Wedding Dreams

It’s new release day again at Digistamps4Joy and have we ever got a great bunch of new images for you. Oooh and just wait till you see the little cutie that I got to play with….she is just too sweet.

Her name is Country Bride and doesn’t she look beautiful sitting there dreaming about her groom? To see her and all of the other great images that are being released today, just head on over to our challenge blog and check them out. And while you’re there maybe leave some love for the rest of my teamie’s creations.

Supplies Used:

CS – by SU

Embossed swirls – Baroque Motifs by SU with clear embossing powder

Nestibilities: Floral Ovals and Beaded Oval
Memory box Savanah Border

Pearlescent water colour paints

Crayola Pencil Crayons and oms

Pre-sticky rhinestones from the dollar store

Ribbon and brad from my stash

Oak leaf punch by Marvy

Silk flowers from my stash

Challenges Entered:

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody: Challenge #11 - Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge: Challenge #165 - Out with the Old, In with the New (flowers, ribbon, snowflake brads from stash)
Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge #48 - Anything Goes
Glitter and Sparkle: Challenge #14 - Anything Goes
Pan Pastel: Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Platypus Creek Digitals: Challenge #23 - Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish: Challenge #141 - Anything Goes
 

 

 

Thankful for You

Hey everyone, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s Eve and Day. Our Christmas was great…had my son come home and spend it with us and then had some of the inlaws for Christmas dinner. New Years Eve and day were pretty quiet around my place, but that’s o.k. because the time leading up to Christmas was pretty chaotic lol.

Digistamps4Joy just had a new release on Sunday and unfortunately I was late getting my card done, but better late than never. The image that I used is called Sharon. I paired her up with a sentiment from Desert Diva. I coloured her with a combination of my SU felts and my Staedtler pencil crayons and oms.

The cs is by SU and the dp isGarden Trellis in the Victoria Garden series by Echo Park Paper. I used my brand new Floral Ovals Nestibilities to frame the image and sentiment.  I cut out 2 border dies (one in the floral paper and one in the green) using my Meridian Border die by Memory Box.  I layered these and then glued them to a piece of dp and the green. I added some flat backed pearls by Recollections and some ribbon and a flower brad from SU. The flowers were from my local dollar store. The leaves were made using my leaf dies by Memory Box and my oak leaf punch by Marvy. I used my SU Pastels for distressing around the image and sentiment. I also added in some string pearl from in my stash.

I hope that you will take a few minutes out to check out all of the wonderful creations that my teammates made using some of the new images. And then pop on over to the store to see all of the incredible images that Margy has been adding lately.

Thanks for looking ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

 

Shelly's Images: TTT Challenge - Out with the old, in with the new (New Nestibilities Die)

Cute and Girly: Cute and girly challenge - closes Jan. 30

Anything Goes Challenge Blog: Challenge #83 - Just Good Friends - closes Jan. 13

Bearly Mine: Challenge #67 - Something old, something new (pearl sting:old, Floral Ovals Nestibilities: new)

Digital Tuesday Challenge: Challenge #191 - Layers

Through the Craftroom Door: Challenge #51 - Anything Goes

Lady Anne's Challenges: Vickie's First Challenge - Anything Goes
Divas by Design: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenges: Use a stamp (Digital or rubber) - closes Jan. 22

Happy New Year 2013

Just a short note to wish all of my wonderful friends far and near a wonderful, safe and prosperous New Year. It has been my extreme pleasure knowing all of you for these last years since I started my blog. Your continued support of me and my crafting is more appreciated than words can say. May you have a wonderful, safe and Blessed New Year.

Hugs ~ Charlene

There's Something Magical About Christmas

Well here we are, the last challenge at Digistamps4Joy before we take a break for Christmas. And we have such a wonderful challenge for everyone. The theme of our challenge this time is “There’s Something Magical About Christmas”. We want to see projects that depict “Your” meaning of the Magic of Christmas.

To me, Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ, so the image that I used is NativityVillage.

I coloured the image using my SU felts and my gold glitter pen. The black and the gold cs is from Recollections. The oval shaped easel card is a svg file from The Cutting Café that I printed out in pdf form and then cut it out by hand (I don’t have a cutting machine).

I decorated it with my Madera Corner Die by Memory Box, red roses from my local dollar store (I know they look like they’re pink, but they are red lol), and some red flat backed pearls by Recollections.

The sentiment is by Teresa Arsenault and if you click on the picture you will get a close up of this wonderful sentiment. I cut it out using my Nestibilities scallop die.

Now it’s your turn to show us what makes Christmas “magical” to you. For some fabulous ideas and to check out all of the rules and prizes for the challenge, head on over to our Challenge Blog. Remember, our challenge lasts for 3 weeks this time as we are taking a break over the Christmas holidays. Our next challenge will start on January 9^th, 2013.

 

I would like to take this time to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and All of the Best for the New Year.

Thanks for visiting ~ Charlene
 

Challenges Entered:

ABC Christmas Challenge: Y is for Your Punch and/or Die (my Memory Box Madera Corner Die & Nestibilities Scallop ovals)
Sweet Stampin Christmas: Challenge #1 -Anything Goes with a Christmas feel
Diva's By Design: Challenge #66 - Anything Goes
For Fun Challenges: Christian Christmas card or project
Freshly Brewed Challenges: Challenge #125 - Christmas 
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog: Challenge #106 - Merry Christmas
 

Snow, Snow, Snow

It’s time for another reminder for Digistamps4Joy’s current challenge. Our current challenge is called “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and we are looking for your creations that make us think of the cold. It could be a snowman, a snow covered scene or even a fireplace or a nice mug of hot chocolate. Whatever it is that makes you think of the cold. This is also a recipe challenge so we will be looking for 1 image, 2 patterned papers, and 3 snowflakes.

 

I chose to use Digistamps4Joy’s Gilly Gluwein for my card. She is dressed up all nice and warm and holding her mug of Hot Apple Cider. Nothing like a nice hot mug of apple cider on a cold day.  

The style of card that I decided to do is called an Upright Diamond fold card and you can find the tutorial for it here.

The cs is by Bazzil and the dp’s are pieces that I had left in my stash from another card. The little hat and stocking were from my local dollar store as were the snowflakes. The red flat backed pearls are by Recollections.

I used my Nestibilities Scalloped Oval for my image and my inside sentiment. Both sentiments are by Desert Diva.

I added stickles to the pompom on her hat as well as the Merry Christmas sentiment and the embellishment hat and stocking.

So now it’s your turn and we would just love to see what you come up with. Just remember that it is a recipe challenge and you need to have 1 image (digital or stamped)…of course we would love to see a Digistamps4Joy image, and it would also get you a chance to win $10 worth of Digistamps4Joy images…2 patterned papers, and 3 snowflakes. For full challenge rules, and to check out the fabulous projects that the rest of our very talented Design Team has come up with, just head on over to our Challenge Blog.

 

 

While you’re there you might also want to pop into the store and check out the store and all of the incredible images that Margy has been adding. Every Sunday is a New Release day so you can imaging how many wonderful images there are.

 

Thanks for dropping by and From Our House to Yours…Have a Very Merry Christmas ~ Charlene
 

Challenges Entered:

Shelly's Images: TTT Challenge - Christmas is in the Air
The Outlawz: Twisted Thursday Challenge - Add Snowflakes

 

 

 

Winter Wonderland

It’s that time again, time for another challenge from Pattie’s Creations. And what a fabulous challenge we have for you. If you haven’t been able to tell by how busy all of the malls and stores have become, Christmas will soon be upon us. Now I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am nowhere near ready for Christmas. Every year I tell myself that I will start making my Christmas cards early…well you know the old saying about the best laid plans of mice and men? Yup…that should give you an idea of how well that idea went *laughing*

Thankfully Pattie’s Creations has decided to have a challenge that will get at least 1 more of my many Christmas cards I need done. That’s right, our new challenge is for you to create a Christmas card.

I chose to use Pattie’s adorable images “Penguin Igloo” and Snow Globe.

I decided for this challenge to do a Gate fold card. The white and red cs is from Recollections. I used a digital paper by Bearly Mine Design and printed it out in shades of black and grey on the red to give me my dp.

The large snowflake behind the image and the small fabric snowflakes in the corners I got at my local dollar store. The ribbon is some that I’ve had in my stash for the last couple of years. I punched the corners with my SU ticket corner punch. I heat embossed the snow in the bottom of my snow globe and falling inside it…the embossing powder is called Christmas Tinsel and my sister gave it to me years ago.

The sentiment on the inside is part of a set of 10 different Christmas sentiments by Pattie’s Creations. I framed it with a frame, but for the life of me I can’t remember who the frame is by, so as soon as I know, I will post it here.

I coloured everything with a combination of my Staedtler pencil crayons with oms, my SU felts and my gold and green metallic pens. I used stickles on the penguin’s hat.

So now it’s your turn to show us what you’ve got. The challenge will be running until January 11^th, 2013 as the DT is going to be taking a holiday. The rules for the challenge are easy…make a Christmas card…yes it must be a Christmas card and it must have a stamp (digital or rubber) on it. Please no back linking and turning off your word verification would really help us to make comments on your wonderful creations. For a list of all the rules and the fabulous prizes to be won, head on over to Pattie’s Challenge Blog. And while you’re there, check out the incredible creations that my fellow teamies have made.

Thanks for visiting ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Avadares: Challenge #6 - Anything With a Digi
Shelly's Images: TTT Challenge - Christmas is in the Air

Digistamps4Joy Freebie Friday

It’s Freebie Friday time again at Digistamps4Joy and boy does Margy every have a great freebie for you this month. This freebie can be used for making some awesome gifts, as you will see by what the dt has done.

The freebie today is a “Setof Calendar Stamps” that you can find at the store. I made an easel card note pad holder/calendar with mine.

I paired up the calendar with Wisteria Splendor. The cs and dp I used was by SU and I coloured the Wisteria Splendor image with my SU felts. I did the door knocker and handle with my silver metallic pen and the grass in front with my Staedtler pencil crayons. The shape behind my image is from my Microsoft Word program. I made the sentiment on my computer.

I didn’t have a note pad that was 5x5, so I cut up loose leaf paper, punched holes in it with my cropodile and added brads to keep them together. The flowers are prisma flowers and I added the vine using my Meridian Border die by Memory box. I added just a touch of stickles onto the tops of my flowers. The 3 white flat backed pearls are by Recollections. The ribbon is something that I had in my stash.

So pop on over to the Digistamps4Joy Store and pick up your “Set of Calendar Stamps”…we can’t wait to see what you do with them. Then hop on over to our Challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT has to show you.

Thanks for visiting ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Avadares: Challenge #6 - Anything with a Digi
Anything But a Card: Challenge #7
Desert Island Crafts: Challenge #43 - Pick 3 (Anything but a card, ribbon, glitter)
Digi Galore: Anything Goes
Mema's Crafts: December - Anything Goes