Being Sick Stinks - Lili the Skunk & Elegant Edges

Hi Everyone!  When I saw "Lili the Skunk" in the Digital Delights by Louby Loo store, I just had to have her.  Actually, I liked her so much that I decided to make two cards with her but with different sentiments.

Card Recipe:

Paper - DCWV Lemon Flower (love this paper)
Digi Stamp - Digital Delights Lili The Skunk
Sentiments - Digital Delights 
Scalloped Ovals were cut using Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge
Digis were colored with Promarkers
Bling - Michaels $1 Bins (my home away from home)

I have two friends that haven't been feeling well lately so they'll be receiving Ms. Lili in the mail.  Hopefully, she'll make them smile just like she made me!  Thanks for stopping by.  We hope we've provided you with some inspiration.  Until another day, God Bless You!! Donna

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

BACK TO SCHOOL NOTECARDS/PURSE - MY COMMUNITY, CELEBRATE WITH FLOURISH

Hi Everyone!  School will be starting back soon so I thought I would make something for Ms. Pennington who was Jacob's teacher last year.  Just a little something to welcome her back to the new school year.  I tried to find out today what class Jacob will be in next year so that I could make his new teacher a little welcome gift too, but no luck.  They keep those lists locked up like Fort Knox until Open House the week before school starts. 

I found the instructions for a card purse on Splitcoaststampers.  The directions were very easy to follow.  Here is the link to the website. 

I've ALWAYS loved the smell of a new box of Crayons.  We were shopping for school supplies this weekend and Jacob caught me sniffing a "new" box of Crayons.  He said, "Mom, what are you doing?"  So I explained my love of the smell.  YES, he did think I was crazy but I digress.  So it was with that thought of crayons that I decided to make the notecards/purse below:

Using Design Studio, I welded the square and tall rectangle from George and the Crayons from My Community together to form the notecard.  The picture below is the screen shot of the cut file in Design Studio.  I have this cut file saved and would be willing to share with you - all you have to do is ask.  I cut the notecards out of primary color cardstock - red, orange, and yellow.

I cut the layers for the crayons out of pattern paper to match the front of the notecard box.  This is included in the cutfile along with the words "Back To School" from the Celebrate From Flourish cartridge.  

I think they turned out cute and the only thing missing from them is the "crayon smell."  Love it!!

Well, thanks for stopping by and we hope you'll come back again!  Like I said, if you would like the cut file, please let me know and I'll send it to you.  I think I'll go color something!  Until another day, God Bless You!!  Donna

Art Nouveau Diamond Fold Card

When I was working on my notebook for the Imagine Patterns and Colors, I came across a card I had learned to fold but never made.  So I decided to make one from it.   It's called a Diamond Fold Card.  I got my Art Nouveau cartridge Friday so decided to combine the two.  I've made some pictures to show you how to make it.  I'm sure a lot of you have made this type of card and don't need directions but for those who haven't here are the details.

Cut a 4"X12" strip of cardstock.  I used one with a border on it.

Turn paper over and mark the middle at 6".  Draw a line down the center.

Sorry for the poor quality of this photo, but score at 2 " and 4" on each end.

Next score diagonally from the center line to the 2" score line, top and bottom, on both ends.  This will make an X on each side of the middle.  I sure hope I'm making sense.  The score line at 4 inches should be in the center of it.

This is what it should look like if you can see it.

Turn the card over and fold in the 2 sides at the 2" score line.  Then fold along each score line.

This is what it will look like.  The triangle shapes will fold in.

This is the finished card base ready to decorate.

 This is my card open using the Art Nouveau cartridge.  I used the designs on pages 30 and 40.  Page 30 is the center and page 40 is on the ends.  I cut 2 of the page 40 image but flipped one of them so I wouldn't have two identical images.  I used my Imagine to color fill the images and cut them out.  The background paper is from the DCWV Lace and Linen Paper Stack.  


Sorry for the post being so long today.  Thanks for stopping in with us.  Until tomorrow, God Bless You!!!!  Peggy

My Imagine Cartridge Notebook

For the last couple of days I've been working on a project to get my Imagine cartridge patterns and colors organized.  I wanted to have them all readily available so I wouldn't have to thumb through all the handbooks to find one of them.  I read on the Cricut Message Board that some have printed circles and cut them, then put them on a ring.  I know I have some of those rings somewhere but I have no clue as to where they are.  Now Imagine that.  LOL. So in talking with Donna we came up with the idea of a notebook.

I took each cartridge and printed all the patterns and colors (separate pages for each) on a sheet measuring 8 1/2 X 11.  I used the circle that comes on the Imagine and made it 1.7 in.  Twenty of this size fit on a page.  The reason for doing this is to have an accurate picture of how it's going to print on my machine.  Now when I need a certain color or pattern, I can flip through my notebook and find exactly what I'm looking for.  It's a little time consuming but I hope it will be worth it.  Here are a few pictures to demonstrate what I did.  Don't you just love those Berries & Cream colors?

Thanks everyone for visiting today.  I hope your weekend is blessed beyond measure.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy

ORNAMENTAL IRON & INDIE ART

Hi Everyone!  Happy Friday to you all!  I think Mom and I are on the same wave length this week.  She made a butterfly card the other day and I had been thinking about a card that I wanted to make and it also included a butterfly.  Well, I made it anyway because I love butterflies.  They represent the beginning of new life to me.  So here's my card made with Ornamental Iron and Indie Art.

Card Recipe:

Paper - Anna Griffin Georgette Collection

Used Design Studio (because I can't get CCR to cut) to merge a rectangle from George and two "window shadows" to form the gate fold card base at 6" by 12"

I cut the gates from Ornamental Iron and applied to the front of card.

Butterfly - cut from Indie Art at 3" - used the swirl Cuttlebug folder on the shadow cut  of the butterfly.

Pearls were purchased at Michael's

Sentiment on the inside of the card reads - "Just Fluttering by to say HI"

Thanks for stopping by!  We wish you a Happy Weekend!  I don't know how happy mine will be - this is tax free weekend in TN and we are going to go "school clothes" shopping for Jacob.  Let me just say - he's NOT a shopper so this should be fun - NOT!!!  Please pray for me and for him that we'll both survive!!

Until another day, God Bless You!  Donna

Harvest Blessing from the Fall Kids - Digital Delights by Louby Loo

Hi Everyone!  I don't know about you all but it's been terribly hot here in Georgia and I'm dreaming of a cool, crisp Fall day with the wind lightly blowing. Now doesn't that sound just wonderful??


With Fall in mind, I decided to make a Side Step card to display the new digi stamps from Digital Delights by Louby Loo.  I've never made one of these cards before but I have to say that after making one, I'll be making more.  I got the instructions on how to make this type card from Splitcoaststamper.com. 

The digis I used for this card are from the Fall Kids set by Digital Delights.  Those included from the set are Fall Boy, Fall Girl, Fall Dog, Apple Basket, Pumpkin Set, Sunflower Background, Harvest Blessings sentiment, and Digi Papers Pumpkin Patch and Autumn Leaves Green.


I colored the digis with Promarkers:  pumpkin, gold, midnight blue, burgundy, burnt umber, pear green, orange red, forest green, canary, yellow, crimson, khaki, tan, cinnamon, olive green, caramel, spice, cocoa, terracotta, walnut, burnt sienna, sunflower, denim blue, and powder blue.


I cut the grass using the Zooballoo Cricut Cartridge and the Autumn Leaves Green digi papers by Digital Delights. 


Please drop by Digital Delights to see all the wonderful creations by the Design Team using these new digis.  Thank you for your comments and please come back another day and bring some friends with you.  Until another day, God Bless You!  Donna