I'm Sorry....

It's time for another Sunday New Release day at Digistamps4Joy and have we ever got some fabulous images for you again.

This time I got to play with a really fun image called Guilty Gus. Wait till you see him, he is just too cute! I decided to merge him with another image that was released recently called Garden Gate, and this is what I came up with. Since he had such a guilty look on his face, I decided to make a Belated Birthday card.

I used a nice dark brown cs from Bazzil for my base. To that I added a very soft pink cs from Bazzil that I dry embossed with my Spellbinders M-Bossibilities Reversable Embossing Folder - Enchanted. Over that I added my dp Indie Chic Nutmeg “Hanging Out” Roses by My Mind’s Eye. Then I added the brown and pink cs once again. I used my Cuttlebug Vintage Corner Die for the corner ( cut out one corner and cut it in half).

I coloured the image with my Steadtler pencil crayons and oms. I added some highlighting with my white gel pen. The flowers and ribbon are from my stash and the vine is made with my Memory Box Savannah Border die.

To check out this adorable image and all of the other fabulous images being release, just go to our challenge blog. And while you're there check out the incredible creations my teammates have made.

Thanks for looking ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Challenges 4 Everybody: Challenge #2 - Anything Goes(Sept.28)
Great Impressions: Sentimental Journey - Anything as long as it has a sentiment.(Sept. 30)
No Matter Which Challenge: Challenge #2 - Dies/Punches(Sept. 28)
One Stitch at a Time: Challenge #129 - Use a Digi
Scrappers Delights Challenge: Birthday Challenge
Stampin Sisters In Christ: Challenge #155 - Birthday
Catch the Bug: September Challenge - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter: Challenge #201 - Animal Antics (one or more animals on your card)

 

Cards by Lady Anne Give Away

Lady Anne, of Cards by Lady Anne and Lady Anne's Paper Crafts, is having a give away. She is giving away a 6 pack of New Neon Marker pens. All you have to do is pop along to her website Cards by Lady Anne and leave a comment and add your name to her InLink. You must become a member of her blog to take part in this give away.  You can enter this give away up until Sept. 3rd (UK).
While you're there, check out all of the wonderful challenges that she has happening. Always something new and exciting :D

Thanks for looking ~ Charlene

Anniversary Wishes

It’s time for another Sunday Release at Digistamps4Joy and we have a surprise for you. Digistamps4Joy has been given permission to digitise and sell CountryCrafts and Stamps Janel range of rubber stamps. So we are having a SPECIAL RELEASE to introduce you to this new range of digital stamps at Digistamps4Joy. And this release will not be the only time that you will be seeing them in the store. We will have a few of their images every Sunday.

I was lucky enough to be able to use Rose Trio and decided it was the perfect image to make a card for my sister’s upcoming Anniversary.

I decided on fall colours for my card as they were married in the fall.

 

I used orange cs from SU, the orange and green dp’s are from Echo Park’s Victoria Gardens Theme, and the yellow dp is by My Mind’s Eye. I coloured the image with my Staedler Pencil Crayons and oms. I cut the image out with my Nestabilities scalloped oval. The orange hearts are from my stash and the orange flat backed pearls are by Recollections. The layout is from a sketch from Christmas Challenges.

Now we are doing this a little different this time. On our challenge blog we will be showing 2 of our DT inspirations, and we will continue to show a few creations every day for 5 days! So we hope that you will go on over and check out the new images and then also check back to see what our fabulous DT has come up with to inspire you.

Thanks for coming and looking ~ Charlene
 

Challenges Entered:

Challenges for Everybody: Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time: Challenge # 128 - Use a Digi
Stamping Sisters in Christ: Challenge #154-Punches/Dies/shapes
Craft Your Days Away: Challenge #52 - Anything Goes
Digi Designs Challenge Blog: Wedding/Anniversary/Engagement


 

 

 

Pattie's Creations Anniversary Sale

 

 

Pattie’s Creations is having a 20% off Anniversary Sale from August 31^st – September 8^th. To check out her sale just click here and it will take you straight to her store.

 

Enter the code ALLIE  at the checkout.

Extra Extra Read All About It

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT....DIGISTAMPS4JOY IS HAVING A DESIGN TEAM CALL!!!

You heard right, Digistamp4Joy is having a DT call!

DIGISTAMPS 4 JOY DESIGN TEAM CALL !!!

Would you like to be a member of our Design Team?
If your answer is YES, then HURRY ON OVER to our BLOG and read the details of what we need from you.

This DT call will run from today (24 August) until Midnight 31 August 2012 (Central Africa Time). The new Design Team members will be announced on the blog on 4 September 2012

We'd love to hear from you !!!

Now I have to tell you all, I have been on the DT for Digistamps4Joy for over a year now. It was my first DT position and I have been loving it. You will not meet a better group of ladies and Margy and Jen are just fabulous to "work" for. So if you're interested, I urge you to hurry on over and put your name in.

 

Hugs ~ Charlene

Pattie's Creations Birthday Challenge #51

Morning all, hope you are all having a wonderful day today. It’s time for another challenge over at Pattie’s Creations and this time the theme is Birthday’s. It’s really funny that we are doing a theme on birthdays on this particular day, as it happens to be mine and my team mate Anne Temple’s birthday today. I just thought that was so funny…talk about a coincidence. Between my family and friends, I think that we have most of the days in August covered.  

So I decided to do a card for a friend of mine for this challenge. I used Allie and Wheelbarrow for it because I just loved how it was such a wonderfully calm and relaxing type of image. Just the kind of day that I’m hoping to have…doing nothing but my crafting.

 

The card is what’s called a fat page card. I just love doing these little babies because they are such a challenge to fit everything that you would do on a full sized card onto a card that is only 4X4. Now do you see what I mean about the image? Doesn't Allie just look all relaxed laying there beside that wheelbarrow full of flowers? You can just about feel the sun beating down on him.

 

I coloured the image with my Prisma Pencil crayons, oms and my green and silver metallic gel pens. I also used my gold glitter pen to fill in the insides of the flowers. The lilac swag and butterfly was something that I had in my stash as where the buttons. If you look closely at the lilacs you will see a nice bit of glitter on them. The flat backed pearls are from Reflections and the pink and clear rhinestones are by Deco. The purple cs is by Bazzil, the pink polka dot dp is from BoBunny and the pink rose dp is from my local dollar store (sorry no name with it). The green dp is by SU. The sentiment on the tag is a freebie that I got from Digital Doodling.

I used the sketch from Crafting Life's Pieces for my project.

 

Now it’s your turn to show us what you can do. Just remember that our rules state that you must have a digital or stamped image on your creation. It doesn’t have to be a Pattie’s Creations image, but we sure would love it if it was. To check out our challenge and the rules just head on over to Pattie’s Creations Challenge Blog. While you’re there, check out the incredible creations that my teammates have come up with and if you can, leave them a little love...and maybe some birthday wishes for Anne (even if they are belated *laughing*).

Thanks for looking….Charlene

Challenges Entered:

 ATC's and Cards with Attitude: Challenge #21 - Anything Goes
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude: Challenge #21 - Anything Goes
QKR Challenge: Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
Divas By Design: Challenge #49 - Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesday: Challenge #202 - Friendship (must have a butterfly or fairy on it)
Stamp N Doodle: Loaded with Layers
Lady Anne's Paper Crafts: 2nd Colour Challenge with CWJ
Crafting Life Pieces: Sketch Challenge #50
 

 

 

 

ABC, 123 It's Back to School for You (Not Me!)

School days, school days
Dear old golden rule days
Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic
Taught to the tune of the hickory stick
You were my queen in calico
I was your bashful barefoot beau
And you wrote on my slate
"I love you, so"
When we were a couple of kids


Happy Hump Day everyone! It's time for another fabulous challenge at Digistamps4Joy. This fortnight our challenge is all about back to school. Yup, the kids...and or partners, are going back to school and we want you to make something to welcome them back...or convey your sympathies *laughing*.

Now I don't have anyone going back to school...so I decided to make something that either me or my dd could use. I used Emma for my creation and oh my goodness she is just a dream to work with. Because my dd and I are avid readers (more often than not you can find her nose in a book *laughing*, I decided to make a book mark.

I just love this image...isn't she just adorable in her little dress and hat. She looks all ready for her first day of school. I paper pieced her and made the base with scraps from my stash. The green dp is from SU. I coloured her flowers and band on her hat and the top of her dress with SU markers. The rest of her is coloured with Crayola pencil crayons and oms.  

The Vintage book mark design are by Nicecrane Designs. The small pink flatbacked pearls are by Recollections and the green one's on the flowers are from my local dollar store. The flowers were made by me using my punches.

Thank you for coming and looking at my creation. We hope to see you enter your own creation in our challenge. You can find all of the rules and a list of prizes on Digistamps4Joy Challenge Blog.

Thanks ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Crafts and Me: Challenge #98 - Autumn Colours
Divas by Design: Challenge #49 - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions: Challenge #73 - Back to School
Paper Shelter Challenge Blog: Challenge #78 - Anything Goes
Scrap Creations Challenge: Back to School
Loves Rubber Stamps: Challenge #14 - Back to School