DP: 613 Avenue Create

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the challenge over on the 613 Avenue Create blog.  Their theme is anything goes.

I'm using a sentiment from the Doodle Pantry set, Renewed Faith.  It's not your typical Christmas card but I thought it worked because Christmas is all about God's love.  My aunt will love it, regardless.  I hope you come join the fun.

Wasting Time

I should be cleaning the floors or doing laundry but blah ... who wants to do that?!!  So I decided to join in the coffee fun over on Dragonfly Journeys.

For my first card, I used the sketch from the Catch The Bug site.  I love this image (tho the crystal effects distorted the coloring on the coffee pot.  It looks way better in real life).

My second card uses another Bugaboo image but the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches site.  This site is dedicated to "clean" cards.  My card is not so clean.  I have too many layers on this card to count as "clean."  Oh well, it's a cute card anyway.

And now ... I suppose I should hit the laundry!

November AIMP

I'm late posting.  Oops.

I knew that the day after Halloween was going to be a bit rough and guess what ... it was!  I don't know if it's the down after the sugar rush or what but it was ugly getting everyone out the door this morning!

It's November first (wow, I actually heard a Christmas song on the radio!  Despite spending the last few weeks making Christmas cards, I am still not ready for THAT yet).  And because it IS the first of the month, it's time for Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge.  Make something with a digital image and post it on the blog and YOU could win.  It's that easy.

This month I'm using Winter Critters to make yet another Christmas card (22 to go)  It might be time to mass produce!

I'm using the sketch over on the Paper Players site.  I DID flip it (mostly because I cut my sentiment backwards!)  It still works!

Paper Play Sketches 19

It may not look like it, judging by this card, but I spent my morning carving out the guts of 5 pumpkins.  I love pumpkins and making them into jack-o-lanterns but I do NOT love cleaning them out.  Blah.  I think I'm off spaghetti for awhile.

I had some time yesterday to ink up my Tim Holtz, Crazy Dog set.  Love the goofy expressions on this dog and I thought that he would be perfect for the sketch on the Paper Play Sketches site.

SS: Cold Twigs

Happy Saturday!!

Eek, it's the end of the month.  Are your little monsters ready for the big haunt on Monday?  Mine aren't; they can't decide what to be.  It's kind of a bummer that Halloween is on a Monday night.  Blah.  Tuesday morning (and school) will NOT be fun!

But in other news, it's time for a new challenge over on the Sketch Saturday site.  This week we are sponsored by one of my very favorite people.  Jodie from Bugaboo.  Her snarky images are fabulous!  This week I chose to celebrate not Halloween but Christmas (and my image is more sweet than snarky!)

Because it's the end of the month, it's choose your own sketch week.  You can use anything from #215 forward.  Come join the fun!

SSW2-101 A Snowy Christmas

Welcome back.  It's another Wednesday and we have a brand new challenge over on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 blog.

This week we are sponsored by Megan Suarez of Dilly Beans.  I'm using her image: Heart Snowman.

Since I'm still a bit light in the number of cards that I have for the holidays, I made two cards.  I only changed a few things but they do look quite a bit different.

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Seriously Sick of Making Christmas Cards ...

I'm spending our time off from the routine of school in the craft room.

I'm trying to use all off the pre-printed images that I have.  This little cutie is from Dilly Beans.  They are such fun to color. I'm experimenting and trying to give texture to the images using darker colors and my white pen.

I'm using the sketch from Try Stamping On Tuesday blog.  I rotated the sketch to fit my image but I DO like how the card turned out.

My next card is using a Bugaboo image and the sketch from the Stella Says Sketch site.

I made the card a square but pretty much stuck to the sketch to finish the card (kinda unusual for me!)