SILENT NIGHT

I just love the serenity of this monochromatic card, but I shamefully must admit it is cased from heaven only knows where, and I'm sure not nearly as pretty as the original.  The background paper of this card is one of those shimmery things with lots of glitter and sparkle, however it doesn't show in the photo.   The image by Serenity Rubber Stamps was colored with Copics and mounted on Spellbinders nestabilities dies.  A Spellbinders die was used to create the border.

An Early Christmas Present

Merry Christmas everyone.  Our Anything Goes card for this weeks Digi Doodles Challenge seemed an extra challenge for me and I found it necessary to kill two birds with one stone. Being Christmas week and and all I'm extra busy like everyone else, and to add insult to injury I have a a gravely ill  dog who just ruptured a disk and is paralyzed.  He requires a ton of attention so this card is one I had to make for a friends new Granddaughter anyway, thus the two birds thing.   Actually amid all the chaos, it was a relaxing and fun card to make.  This image called BABY GIRL from the Digi Doodle Shop was fun and easy to work with.

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and a Martha Stewart border punch for the top design.  The image was colored with Copics and mounted on a nestabilities Die.  The only embellishment is the bow.

BABY GIRL

Joy ToThe World

It's that time of the year again so I thought I'd share this little guy with you before it's too late.

The background snowflakes were stamped and embossed in silver.  The two chipboard letters, J & Y are from Heide Swapp and are colored red with a copic marker.

A NEW BEGINNING-A NEW SCHOOL YEAR

ANIMAL CHALLENGE

Ragga Mutts Bootsie

Let It Snow

Our challenge for the DIGI DOODLE SHOP this week was to let it snow.   It was easy to get in the mood for this one as old man winter has finally arrived here in Arizona.  We even had to cover our tender plants at night since the temperature dropped down into the freezing range the last three nights.  "BURR."
I started with a distressed navy panel that I stamped all over with an old snowflake stamp I picked up at Michaels in their $$ bin.  I stamped this in white then embossed with an irredescent powder to create the starry, snowy night time sky.  Next I created the image panel by stamping the Christmas Door Image by Digi Doodle, coloring it with Copics, then finishing it off with punched foliage, beads,  puffy liquid applique and two kinds of glitter, fine and chunky for the snow.   This door image was cut out then mounted on foam tape for a raised diminsional effect. The card was finished with a bow and large punched snowflakes,and gold cord with two mini jingle bells.   The last thing I added was a few stray  white plastic snowflakes.  What a fun fun project.  I love those two little bells, they really do jingle.

What I Used On My Card:
Christmas Door Image: by Digi Doodle
Snowflake background stamp:  Michael's $$ bin.
Foliage Punch:  Martha Stewart
Snowflake Punch: Marvy Uchida
Ribbon, gold cord, jingle bells, beads and plastic snowflakes: Michaels
Glitter by Barbara Trombly's Art Glitter Faux Snow

                                            
                                        Digi Doodle Shop's Christmas Door

RED AND GREEN

For this weeks Digi Doodle Shop's best, we were challenged to create a card using red and green.  I used their Poinsettia Image coupled with several neutral colored die cuts.   The image was printed then glue applied to the lines in the design, covered with gold embossing powder then embossed with a heat gun.  It was layered on several Die labels seperated with dimensional foam tape, and frames.  Image was colored with Copic Markers.

Poinsettia Image: DIGI DOODLE SHOP
Sentiment: GINA K
Die Frames and Labels: SPELLBINDER
Designer Paper:  ANNA GRIFFIN