Digistamps4Joy New Release May 26th

Hi all...wow, has it ever been a long time since I've done a posting! You all are going to fall over from the shock of it aren't you? So sorry it's been so long but we have been dealing with some health issues in my family and I have had little to no time for crafting. But, I am home with my crafting supplies now and am I ever excited to show you one of the new images that Digistamps4Joy released on Sunday. Unfortunately, I have been having problems with Blogger...gggggrrrrrr....and it wouldn't let me download my picture. Thanks so much Margy for suggesting that I go through Google Chrome :) Anyways, now that I can download again, onto my card!

The image is called Retail Therapy and it was just perfect for a card that I needed to do for my daughter for her best friend. I used the sketch from Creative Stamp Friends to showcase this little beauty.

I made that card for my daughter's best friend for her birthday. I colored the image with my SU felts (I was in a rush as we had forgotten about a card for her birthday lol) and my Crayola Pencil crayons with oms. The yellow dp (if you look closely it has small spots on it) is by Bazzil as well as the light blue cs. The blue dp is by Recollections. I will come back to let you know what the die's are that I used as I just want to try and get this posted now. The flowers are from my stash and the ribbon was from the dollar store. I got the idea for the ribbon from another blogger, but for the life of me I can't remember who it was, so if anyone knows someone that does this please let me know. I would love to give credit where it is due.

Thanks so much for coming and looking...and go take a look at our challenge blog for the rest of all of the incredible images that were released.

Pattie's Creations Design Spring Blog Hop April 4-7th

Welcome to my blog and Pattie’s Creations Spring Blog Hop. The hop starts now and runs until Sunday April 7^th at 1 p.m. CST. If you have gotten here from Bettina's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, please head over to the challenge blog and start from the beginning.
 

Each of our lovely DT members were given a fabulous new image in Pattie’s store called Rain Boots with Tulips. And boy have my team mates ever done up some gorgeeeous projects to inspire you. We have 6 sponsors so there are lots of prizes to be won. For a complete list of prizes and rules for the hop, head on over to Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge Blog.

 

I started out with some beautiful blue dp by Bazzil and then cut out two squares of white metallic dp that I had in my stash using my Spellbinders Decorative Labels One. I coloured the image with my Staedtler pencil crayons and oms and then cut out an oval of blue flowered dp (sorry, don't know the name as it was in my stash)with my Spellbinders Floral Oval and put Pattie’s wonderful image in the middle of it. The pearl and rhinestone swirls were from my stash.

Please remember to:

                       - Become a follower of my blog, leave a comment on my blog, and then head back to Pattie's Creations Design Challenge Blog and add your name to the Inlinkz at the bottom of her post.

 

But above all else, we hope that you have fun hopping through all of our blogs. Your next stop is Jackie’s Paper Crafts blog.

 

Thanks for looking ~ Charlene

Pattie's Creations Blog Hop

Hi all, just a reminder that Pattie's Creations Design Challenge is having a Spring Blog Hop this Weekend. The hop is from 12 a.m. CST April 5th until 1p.m. CST on April 7th! We hope that you will all join us and hop along to check out all of the fabulous creations that the DT has made to inspire you. Pattie will be giving away 6 images...that's right 6 of her incredible images to the winner of the hop. We also have Digistamps4Joy, Fred She Said, Doodle Pantry, Shelly's Images and Doodle Pantry sponsoring the hop so there are lots of fabulous prizes to be won.

You will start at our Challenge Blog and make your way through the hop from there. Hope to see you all here on Friday!

On Your Special Day

Hi all, it’s time for another new release at Digistamps4Joy and boy are you ever going to love the new images that we have for you.

All of the DT got to play with a wonderfully whimsical image by Jen called To Haveand To Hold and wait till you see the stunning creations that my team mates have come up with. I decided that I wanted to do something with a little bit of colour so I chose purple and white to compliment this wonderful image.

I coloured the image with my Staedtler pencil crayons and oms. I added Star Dust stickles to her earring, necklace and bracelet. The DP and rhinestone swirls are by Forever in Time. The white dp (it has vines embossed on it) is called Vine White and is by Making Memories. I used my SU scallop punch for behind the sentiment. The sentiment is from Birds Cards. The ribbon and and purple gem brad are from my stash.
 

I hope that you will head on over to our Challenge Blog to check out all of the fabulous new creations and my team mates wonderful inspirations.  

 

Challenges Entered:

Celebrating Easter

Hi all…I know, it’s been a long time, but I am back again…at least for a little bit. We have had an illness in my family and so I have not been around my home or crafting supplies for the last little while. But enough about me and my life, I know that you are all here to hear about the challenge going on at Digistamps4Joy. If you haven’t been to our challenge blog recently, then I encourage you to head on over and see the fabulous creations that Team A made for the beginning of our challenge. Now it’s Team B’s turn to Wow you. I know, you’re thinking “Come on, what’s the theme for this time?”…well I’m getting there…it has been awhile and I want to enjoy my first posting lol. The theme this time is “Celebrating Easter”. We want to see how you celebrate Easter. For me it’s a little bit of religion and Easter Bunny. When my kids were little we had the Easter Bunny show up, but being raised in a Christian household myself, my kids always knew that Easter was celebrated because of the death and resurrection of Jesus….the Easter Bunny was just for fun.

When I saw the theme for this challenge I was pretty excited because it gave me an excuse to use an image that I got awhile back and have not been able to use yet. The image is called Faberge Egg and you can find it here. I wanted to do something a little different this time…no fancy folds lol. Instead I decided to use the shape of the image to make my card.

Now it’s your turn, just make a project that has to do with Easter and enter it in. Just remember, if you use a Digistamps4Joy Image not only will it make us really really happy, but you will get an entry into a special draw for $10 worth of DS4J images! How great is that? For a full list of prizes and challenge rules head on over to the Challenge Blog. And while you’re there check out all of the incredible creations that my teammates have made.

Supplies:

Image: DS4J

Sentiment: Desert Diva

Coloured with: SU felts and my Star Dust (gold ) glitter pen.

CS: SU

Rhinestone: My Minds Eye Follow Your Heart Collection

Lilies: Local Dollar Store

Ribbon: From a garage sale

Die: Memory Box Seville Buckle

Challenges Entered:

Crafty Creations: Challenge #215 - Easter
ICC: Challenge #103 - Easter/Spring
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Easter/Spring
Stamp N Doodle: 27 March - Easter/Spring
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog: #120 - Anything but a square
Simon Says: Anything Goes

 

A Little Birdie Told Me

Hi everyone, it’s Friday again, and time for another challenge with Pattie’sCreations. Today’s challenge is all about the folds. We want to see all of those wonderful different types of folds for your cards.  

I needed to make a card for my son’s 24^th birthday (isn’t it amazing how old our kids get and yet how young we stay? Lol). The fold that I am going to share with you today is a new one that I found on Desire’s blog, Doing Life. She hasn’t got a name for the type of fold, but you can find it on her tutorial page under the heading of Maybe for Sept. 3^rd, 2012. I used Pattie’s new image Two Can Love as I thought that it would be great for a birthday card. I wish that I could tell you all of the stuff that I used to create it, but I am not at home with my crafting supplies, so I will only be able to tell you bits and pieces.

The yellow paper is by Bazzil and the black and red cs are by Recollections. The die cut is my Nestibilities Decorative Labels One. I dry embossed the red paper behind the image and then used my roller to apply SU’s black ink on it. I did the sky in the background with my SU pastels and my SU Scalloped punch. The flower is also made with my SU scalloped punch.

Sorry but I can’t remember who the corner punches are by and the red hearts and red flat backed pearls are from my stash. The sentiment is from Bird’s Cards. 

 

And here’s a view of the side to give you a better idea of how the fold works. And of course I decorated the back and added a sentiment for my son.

Now it’s your turn to join in on the fun. Remember you must use a image, either rubber or digital. You should use a Pattie’s Creations image, but other’s are allowed. If you use a Pattie’s Creations image you will receive an extra entry. For a list of all the rules and prizes…and of course to check out all of the incredible creations my team mates have come up with, head on over to our Challenge Blog. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by - Charlene

 

Challenges Entered:

CBLA_SF7 - Anything Goes
CDAC - Easy as 123

 

Help Promote Nana Vic's

Hi all....I've got some great new for you all. Nana Vic is asking us to help promote Nana Vic's Digitals and here's what she wrote:

Help Me Promote Nana Vic's Digitals and there is a $25, $10 and $5 voucher up for grabs for 3 people.
To be in the running for one of the vouchers all you have to do is share the image above with a link to my store and if your on Facebook please join me there.

Add where you shared it using Mr Linky or leave me a comment on Facebook.

Nana Vic's Digitals on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nana-Vics-Digitals/125678527476278

How Easy is that. Winners will be drawn on 4th March.

So why not join in...you have nothing to loose but a few minutes of your time and the possiblility of gaining some amazing digitals! :D To add your link for your blog all you have to do is click the image above or click the image in the side bar. Hope to see you all there!


Hugs ~ Charlene