CDAC Progressive Challenge Phase 4

This is the final image in the CDAC Progressive Challenge.  She is known by Hawaii girl.  She is by Back To Paper.  You have until the end of June to create something with these images.  Her name make me think she needed to be in a tropical garden so I tried to create one with Petaloo flowers.

Card Recipe:
5"X6.5" card base
Background paper is some from my stash.  I've had it a while so I don't remember the name.
Petaloo Flowers
Digital Image - Hawaiian Girl by Back To Paper
Sentiment - Computer generated in Word.
Promarkers used to color image:
Hair - Cool Gray2, 3 &4 - I took a black fine line marker and drew lines in her hair.
Flower - Leaf Green, Forest Green, Soft Peach
Skin - Coral
Dress - Duck Egg, Peach, Almond
Shoes - Peach, Canary       

This is the inside of the card.  Sentiment computer generated.

Thank you all for your continued support.  May you have a blessed weekend.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy  

CDAC Progressive Challenge - Phase 3

The digistamp for Phase 3 of the CDAC Progressive Challenge is Woodland Babe by Nana Vic.  This is an adorable little image that would be great for a baby shower or newborn announcement.  I hope you'll visit CDAC and enter one of the challenges.

Card Recipe:
A2 Card Base
Background Paper - DCWV Four Seasons
Digital Image - Woodland Babe by Nana Vic
Petaloo Flowers
Gems
Glossy Accents to give dimension to the baby
Butterflies punched with Martha Stewart Butterfly punch
Promarkers used to color image
Leaves - Leaf Green, Bright Green
Flowers - Fuschia - Gold
Tree Stump - Cool Gray 2 & 3
Baby - Satin, Coral
Hair - Sunflower, Henna
Mushroom - Putty, Almond, Cardinal Red
Ground - Marsh Green  

This is a close up of the image.  I hope you can see the glossy accents.

Thanks for stopping by today.  We appreciate your comments.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy   
  

CDAC Progressive Challenge - Phase 2

The digistamp for Phase 2 of the CDAC Progressive Challenge is provided by Back To Paper.   Click on the link above to find out complete details of challenge.  We would love for you to join us in this challenge.  Here is my offering for this phase.  I must confess I really am not happy with this card.  Someday's things just don't work out to please you.

Card Recipe:
A2 card base
Ribbon behind image.
Label produced from Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge
Rainbow image from Back To Paper 
Stickles to cover rainbow.
Promarkers used to color image:
Amethyst, Powder Blue, Mango, Yellow, Lipstick Red
Sentiments generated in Word

This is the inside sentiment.  

Thank you for your visits and comments.  We really appreciate you.
God Bless You!!!!  Peggy   

Sympathy Card - Free Digi From CDAC

Crafters Digital Art Center is having the final phase of their Progressive Freebie Challenge.  Here is a link to the free digital image you can get to enter this challenge.  It is a beautiful angel and sentiment by Shelly Parker of Shelly's Images.  I enjoyed working with it and I hope you will give it a try.  Here is my card I made using this lovely image.

I found out this week a dear friend lost her brother so I plan to send it to her as a sympathy card.  

These are the components of this card.  
Background Paper is Classic K Bailey by KandCo.
Digital Image  - Angel and Sentiment by Shelly Parker of Shelly's Images.  Colored with Promarkers and highlighted with Pebbles Chalk.
Scalloped Square - Cut from basic cardstock with Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.
Lace
Prima Flowers -I used pearls for the centers
Pearl Flourish

I'm sorry I forgot to take a picture of the inside.  The sentiment says, "Angels have wings to carry your prayers."  I framed it with a pink frame that was left from a previous cut made with one of my Cricut cartridges.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope your weekend is great and relaxing.  Your comments are appreciated.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy
   

Another CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge Card

Yesterday I showed you my first card for the Crafters Digital Art Centers Progressive Freebie Challenge #22.  That was the last day for that one but another will be starting probably today.  This is my second card I entered.  I think this is my favorite of the two.  I did use my E2 for the frame on this  one.

 Card Recipe:
5X6.5" Card Base
Background Paper - KandCo. Susan Wright Botanicals  paper stack.
Free digi from CDAC
Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge for the frame.  This particular frame had mushrooms cut out on it but they hid the image so I cut them off.  There are some cute frames on this cartridge.
Use any stamp for the sentiment
Ribbon 
Gems
Stickles for the flower centers
Promarkers used to color image:
Mushrooms - Gray Squirrel, Tawny Owl, Wild Cranberry (These colors are from the Autumn Limited set)
Leaves - Apple Cider, Lime Green
Flowers - Gold, Sunflower, Purple, Aubergine, Cocktail Pink, Sunkissed Pink 

Thanks for your support and comments.  I hope you will look into the CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge.  It would be a good way to try out digital images and to see if you like coloring.  I always loved coloring so I guess I'm going through my second (maybe my third) childhood.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy 

You Are Sew Special!!

Today is the last day to enter the Crafters Digital Art Center Progressive Challenge #22.  There are 2 images available for this challenge.  Find all the details here.   This is my entry for part a.

Card Recipe:
A2 Card base
Background Paper - SEI Moravia stack
Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Corner Punch
Glossy Accents - to pin heads and buttons
Bakers Twine
Sentiment is computer generated
Promarkers used to color image -
Pin Cushion - Poppy, Crimson, Forest Green
Thread - Putty, Dusky Pink, Twilight Sky, Plum Preserve
Buttons - Twilight Sky, Plum Preserve
Pin Heads - Cerise, Orange, Purple, Azure, Turquoise

Thank you for dropping in on us today.  I know none of this is using the Cricut but we all need to be reminded we can sit down and create a card without a lot of machines.  Don't get me wrong I love my E2 and Imagine but sometimes I just like to make a card without them.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy

Last Day to Enter August CDAC Progressive Challenge

Today is the last day to enter CDAC's Progressive Challenge for August. If you enter, you will automatically receive the digistamps to be used for the first two weeks of September. Click on this link to get all the details.

This lovely teapot, cup and saucer are a couple of the freebies for August. I will probably use this card as one of the birthday cards I need this month. The background paper is one of the patterns from the Imagine Blossom Cartridge. The pink strip is a scrap from a card I made earlier this week. I used Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Edge Punch on one edge and added tiny seed pearls. After coloring the digistamp with Promarkers, I added Glossy Accents to the teapot and cup and saucer to make them look more like glass. The accent embellishment is a piece of tulle tied with ribbon. Promarkers used:
Flowers - Purple, Fuschia, Violet
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest
Tea Pot & Cup - Ivory, Vanilla, Gold Gel Pen

This is a side view. I adhered the teapot, cup and saucer with foam adhesives for dimension.

The inside of the card is simple. I added a label and used Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Corner Punch.

Donna, Jacob and Craig are in Pigeon Forge for a few days before school starts. Jacob starts to school Sept. 6. Their school opening was delayed because of the tornadoes in April.


They are staying at The Wilderness in the Smokies which has a huge water park. Does Jacob look like he's having a ball or what?

They have a ride called the "Storm Chaser". Donna calls it "The Toilet!!" Apparently, it's pretty tall. It drops you and you fall into this tube of water that swirls round and round (like a toilet), then dumps you in about 3 feet of water. They talked Donna into going down it yesterday. She screamed all the way down. You've not heard anyone scream until you hear Donna scream. LOL

She told the guys last night, "I'M NOT GOING TO RIDE THE TOILET tomorrow. Jacob thought she might change her mind but she didn't. I was invited to go with them but that doesn't sound like my kind of fun.

Thanks for stopping by today. We love your visits and comments. God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Hi Everyone - Donna here - we have had a blast the past few days but it's back to reality tomorrow. Open House for school is on Thursday! Jacob said that the only thing that would have made our trip better is if Mamaw had come with us!! I don't think we would have talked mom into going down "the toilet" though - I had a moment of pure insanity. The first time Jacob rode it, he started crying, but then he wanted to do it again and again!! Thanks for your visits and your comments!! Mom, you did a great job on the card (as usual)!! Until another day, God Bless You!! Donna

I Have Happy Feet

Have  you ever made a flap card?  They are very simple yet give you a different look in a card.  I hope you will want to make one after looking at how easy they are to make.   This is my flap card.

I started in Cricut Craft Room, welded a 4" scallop circle from the Bloom Lite Cartridge to a 4X9 rectangle from the George cartridge.  The total length of the scallop and rectangle should be 4X11.  I then chose a 4" scalloped oval frame from the Ashlyn cartridge.  I used the hide contour feature and hid the inside line so it would cut a solid scalloped oval.  This can also be done in Design Studio and on the Gypsy.

This is how it looks when cut.  I chose Basic Grey Euphoria for my background paper.

 Turn 11" card base over.  Score at 4 1/4" and again at 8 1/2".  Fold on scored lines.  

Decorate the scalloped oval with anything you like. I chose this darling little image and colored her with Promarkers. She is another free digi offered in the CDAC Progressive Challenge.  Check it out.

This is the inside of the card.  The embellishments are from Basic Grey Euphoria.  The scalloped circle is from the Bloom cartridge.

Attach decorated scalloped oval to the flap. 

I hope you will try this little card.  I would love to see what you make.  Thanks for your visits and comments.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Olly in Tub - CDAC, Elegant Edges, Nursery Tails

CDAC has started a new Progressive Challenge.  Details  on this link.  There are 6 digis you will receive this first month if you join.  One of them is this adorable "Olly in Tub".  I colored her with Promarkers listed below.

When I look at her, she reminds me of the hot summer days here in SC when I was little girl.  Mom (Donna's Grandmother) would put a tub of water in the sun to warm and we would get in it and play. 

I used Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge and cut this frame and frame shadow (page 24) to go around  the image.  This is a light yellow embossed cardstock.

After putting the yellow frame shadow over the image, I decided the shadow needed to be a different color so I cut another one from white cardstock.

 Since Olly seemed to be in the country, I decided she needed some little creatures around her to complete the scene.  This one I printed and cut with the Imagine and the Nursery Tails Cartridge.  It is found on page 7.  I cut it at 1.7".  These are the separate components.

 This is the same image after being put together.

 This is my card after I added the frame and some "Friends" to a Kraft Paper card base.  The animals all came from the Nursery Tails Imagine Cartridge.  The snail is on page 10.  The frog is on page 9.  However, I didn't feel like it was complete.   I didn't like the white showing through the yellow.

 So I wove some brown checked ribbon through the holes in the frame and tied a bow.  What do you think?

These are the items I used to color the digital image.

Promarkers:

Skin - Blush, Ivory, Coral

Hair - Caramel, Cocoa

Tub - Cool Gray 1, Cool Gray 3

Tub Bands - Terracotta, Walnut

Water - Cool Aqua

Grass - Marsh Green, Olive Green

Pebbles Chalk for the ground - Brown and Blue for the Sky

We really appreciate you visiting with us today.  Donna will have a post for her Design Team tomorrow so I hope you'll pop in to see it.  Until then, God Bless You!!!!!  Peggy