Card Design: Imagine That...Jars of Cheer

Hello everyone.  I'm here today to present my final Imagine That! Digis by Kris project for February.  If you missed last week's IT DbK post, be sure to click HERE to catch up on all that is new and exciting this month over at the Imagine That! blog.

Right now, it is time to check out my latest project...

General Details:  

• I only managed to get two other Christmas cards done this month so I figured I better take the opportunity to get another one into the pot to help me avoid the yearly Christmas Card Panic that I seem to fall into.  With this card, I have surpassed my goal of two for February. 

Christmas Cards to date for 2015:  7

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Digital Image Details: 

• Jars of Cheer: Once again, I've chosen to work with the coloured version for this project.  You can't beat the coloured versions for helping to save quite a bit of time.  You'll always find great value over in the IT DbyK store.  With one image offered in a variety of styles both coloured and line drawing, plus a choice of sentiments to choose from, you get a significant return for the money you put out.  Especially right now when everything in the store has been reduced in price.  Right now you can get this set for only $2.25 reduced from $3.50!  Clicking on the name or watermark below will take you to the set's location in the store. 

Embellishment:

• This glitter flourish is Recollection's brand and was purchased at Michael's.
  

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Digital Sentiment Details:

• I've been wanting to use this sentiment for quite a long while and I thought that even though I'm not actually using candy canes that the 'twist' still applied.  Only in this case it is a peppermint twist.  This wonderful sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  I picked it up quite a long time ago as a freebie.  For more wonderful freebies, click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for some awesome sets to purchase, click HERE to go to the store.
  

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Paper Products: 

• Card, image and sentiment base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• All three designer papers are from Recollection's Bright Christmas paper pad.  They were all in my scrap file so it was nice to use up some bits and pieces.
• The shimmery cardstock used as matting is from Michael's open stock scrapbook paper. 

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

***if word verification appears, simply ignore it and just publish the comment without filling the captcha***

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://ttcrd.blogspot.ca (2E)-- Always Anything Goes (1st card)
• http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes Christmas
• http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.ca/-- Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au (max 10) -- Holiday
• http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays Anything Goes
• http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/ -- Use it Up!  (the three designer papers I've used are all taken from bits and pieces that I had in my scrap pile)
• http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes

Don't Forget to Check out the IT Challenges...

You still have a little over 24 hours to enter into either of our challenges this month over on the Imagine That blog.

Click on the left image for the current Stamp of the Month Challenge! 

 

Click on the right image for the current use ANY IT! digi challenge!

Well folks, it is time for me to get busy doing some behind the scenes work for the new challenges coming out Sunday for The 12 Months of Christmas and Monday for The Path of Positivity.  I've still got one more card to do by Sunday as well, so I'm in for a rather busy weekend.  Hope you at least get some time to relax and chill. Have some fun for me, would you!

Stay tuned for more Imagine That! Digis by Kris creations coming your way soon, along with all my regular features and design team posts. 

Until next time,

Card Design: From the Heart Stamps February Challenge

It is time to post my project for the February, From the Heart Stamps (FTHS) progressive stamp of the month challenge.  I was a bit worried I wasn't going to get it done but thankfully I pulled it off with a couple days to spare.

In order to enter the progressive challenge, you must either have received the latest image by having participated in the previous month or you can buy the stamp for the current month's challenge.  Everyone who enters and follows the rules is a winner because you automatically get the stamp for the next month's challenge.  Stop by the site and check out the rules for yourself.  While you are there, have a look around.  They have some really awesome images.

Here are my card and details.  I hope I haven't forgotten anything important...

General Information:

• To help inspire you, I have created a simple, love you card.  Although this one definitely has a humourous touch.  Another one to add to the pile I'm making for the hubs this year, just because, and this month's challenge provided me with the perfect opportunity to continue.  So, on cue...

HUBS

BACK AWAY

FROM THE

COMPUTER!

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Digital Image Details: 

• The image on the front,  Loves Me Birdbrain, is available for purchase over at From the Heart Stamps. Click HERE or on the watermarks below to go to its location in the store. It was coloured in with Copic Markers and coloured pencils for the smaller objects and grass.
• If you missed out, you can still play along with the challenge by purchasing the image. Then you can enter the challenge and receive next month’s digi free. Alternatively, if you spend $10 in the From The Heart Stamps store this month, you'll receive the image for free.  To find the special code you need, be sure to check out the original post by clicking HERE.

Embellishments:

• The half pearls are Crafts brand and were purchased at Dollarama.

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Digital Sentiment Details: 

• This cheeky sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  I picked it up recently as a freebie.  For more great freebies and inspiration be sure to click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for awesome sets for purchase, click HERE to go to the home page of the store.

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Paper Products: 

• Card, image and sentiment bases: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• Once again I managed to find some papers in my scrap pile that I could make work.  Both patterned papers are from the Recollection's Bold Basics Paper Pad.

Challenges I am hoping to enter: 

• From the Heart Stamps -- progressive stamp of the month challenge

Others I might get it into...

• http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.ca/ -- All You Need is Love (limit of one entry per week: this is my second entry.  My first entry was during the week of Feb 15th - 21st)
• http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes but must be a card
• http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.ca/ (UL)-- Always Anything Goes
• http://miriamscraftingblog.com/challenge.html -- Romance
• http://paperminutes.blogspot.ca/ -- Birds
• http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes (2E)
• http://www.withoutwordschallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Je t'aime
• http://www.houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.ca -- Love (for the cute category)
• http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/ -- Use it Up! (the patterned papers are all from my scrap pile, I was able to use up bits and pieces from previous pages already cut)

My final progressive card is done for the month.  Just a couple more projects and posts to go to fulfill DT duties and then the new challenges start at both The 12 Months of Christmas AND Path of Positivity.  Goodness it is going to be a busy few days.  Wish me luck!
 
Until next time,

Wonderful Wednesdays--Offerings for February

If you are new to my blog and want to know how this concept got started, you can find the original post by clicking HERE.

Hello peeps.  As it turns out, I didn't get my IT project posted yesterday.  Unfortunately, I just ran out of time so I'll be posting it later in the week instead.  Along with doing some behind the scenes work for the challenge blogs I own or co-coordinate, I also needed to get some stuff done for my design teams and also wanted to make sure that I got something ready in time for this month's Wonderful Wednesday offering.

Thankfully, I've managed to pull something together for this last Wednesday of the month to offer up for the February kit.  If you are new to my blog in the past year, you can find other items for the February kit by clicking on the respective links below:

2013 

• Wordart:  Click HERE.
• Pink heats paper:  Click HERE.
• Swirly hearts background:  Click HERE.
• Love/heart journaling cards in three colours + bonus circular stamp:  Click HERE.

Please note that the quality of my creations offered up in the beginning months of 2013 may not be up to standard as I was just starting out in design.

2014 

• Ornate lock paper, key paper and a heart ribbon in two colours:  Click HERE.

And that is where last year's offerings end I'm afraid.  I had intentions to do another post in Feb. but it just never happened, then I just became even busier and overwhelmed and that was the end of that.  Hopefully trying to only do it monthly this year, I'll fair better.

Now I never did give a name to the February Kit, so how about we call it 'Love Truly'.  Here are a set of four 'Beautiful Brads' you can add to your February kit...

These digital brads are 214 x 214 pixels (a little under 3/4 in squared), in png format and published at 300 ppi.  This time around I've offered them up in gold.  Hopefully, in future February offerings, I'll add silver, bronze and other metals to give you a variety of selections to work with.  Credits:  I have used resources from Pixel Scrapper and Me Oh My Graphics (full credit info in file).  To grab these brads, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, its preview sheet, the credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders. 

Now since I offered up a bonus date stamp in January of last year, I figured I'd continue so that you have this particular date stamp for the rest of the months as well.  You have 12 circular ones (if you collected each month in 2013), so it would be odd to have just one horizontal one for January.  You can just left click on this one to bring it up in the lightbox and then right click to save it in its original size which is 3600 x 192 pixels (12 inches x .64 inches).   Sorry that the colour clashes with the orange background.  One of these days, I plan to change my blog jacket but first I need to find the perfect background and find some time to do so.  It will look better when you bring it up into the lightbox.

 

Stay tuned for a new Wonderful Wednesday post coming your way soon!

Until next time,

Card Design: A Purrfect Birthday with Nicecrane Designs

Hello!  I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend.  Today I had a dental appointment so it is a good thing that I can type and don't have to talk or you'd definitely have a hard time understanding since I had to have two separate freezings.  Talking about freezing, I hope you are no where near as cold as I am.  The hubs was kind to me and stopped for hot chocolate on the way home.  I was soooooo cold and after an hour of being back home my poor little toes still haven't thawed out.  With the wind-chill factor making the temperature feel like it is in the lower minus 30s Celsius, it is no wonder.  Hopefully I'll warm up soon.  Typing should help!

Today I am posting a special card that I have created using an image from the Nursery Lamp collage sheet from Nicecrane Designs.  The reason it is special is that it is meant for the most important woman in my life:  my momma.  Unfortunately, my momma became quite ill last week from the flu or a virus and it took an awful lot out of her.  In fact she ended up passing out twice.  Then, my poor father picked it up.  I hate being so far away and knowing there is no one to take care of them during times like this.  Thankfully though they are both on their way to recovery.

  
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Digital Image Details:

• Nursery Lamp CS:  For this card I used the image you see in the middle of the preview below.  My momma loves cats, so this was the purrfect choice for my card.  Click on the name or the watermark below to take you to its location in the store.

Embellishments:

• The half pearls are Crafts brand and were purchased at Dollarama.

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Digital Sentiment Details:

• Both of these sentiments were created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  The first one is from a new set that I acquired called, Sweet Sentiments, Birthday Digi Set.  You can find it in the store by clicking on the preview below.  The sentiment I used on the inside is a freebie that I picked up a while back.  For more great freebies, click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and to purchase other sets, click HERE to go to the store.

Paper Products:

• Card base and matting behind sentiment: Ummmm...it was downstairs in my stash so I can't remember if it is from a Recollection's set or Crafts brand.  Sorry about that.
• Image and sentiment bases:  Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• Designer paper is from the Recollection's Paisley and Damask paper pad.

 Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ (3E) -- Let's Hear it for the Girl (3rd card)
• http://scrap-craft-inspiration.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E) -- Birthday (3rd card)
• http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.ca -- Animals (Hope that little kitty cat counts enough)
• http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.ca/ -- For the Girls
• http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://eurekastamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Birthday Cards
• http://crazychallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- For My Mom

Before I go...
Once again I thought I would share another wonderful set available at Nicecrane's Designs.  Sticking with the theme of children, I wanted to show you this adorable Sunbonnet Babies set.  This is a digital stamp sheet so you will receive black and white digi stamps.  I'm hoping to be creating a card with a Sunbonnet Baby from a different set very soon.  They are just so cute.  Be sure to go and check them out while you are at the store (click on image below to head to its location).

Don't forget, to stay current on ALL the latest releases and to check out the fabulous inspiration from my fellow DT members, be sure to head over to the Nicecrane Designs blog.

I am so happy that you had a chance to pop by and check out my latest creation.  If things go as planned I should be back tomorrow with my latest Imagine That post, then it will be time for the next Wonderful Wednesday creation so I better get moving.

Until next time,

Card Design: Deedee's Digi of the Month Challenge...February

It is time to post my project for the Digi of the Month Challenge taking place over at Deedee's Digis.  In order to enter the progressive challenge, you must either have received the latest image by having participated in the previous month or you can buy the stamp for the current month's challenge.  Everyone who enters and follows the rules is a winner because you automatically get the stamp for the next month's challenge.  Stop by the site and check out the rules for yourself.  Be sure to check out the store while you are there too.  Currently there are a few sets available for free and of course there are some wonderful ones available for purchase in the store.  I'm thrilled to say that Deedee's Digis has also just become a sponsor over on The Path of Positivity and will be sponsoring us later in the year.  We are very excited to have them on board.

Right now it is time to check out the wonderful set participants got to work with this month...

Such cute images and sentiments in the Forever Friends set.  Of course each set comes with both outline and coloured versions to provide you with some variety.  If you did not participate in last month's challenge, you can still purchase this set for just $1.25 during the month of February at the store. You can find it HERE if you are a resident of the European Union, or find it HERE if you are not a resident of the EU.

Here are my card and details...

General Information:

• For Christmas the hubs got me a paper pad that he had come across in an abandoned cart at the local superstore.  It is filled with some interesting papers including animal prints.  I completely lucked out with finding a tiger print in the book that went perfectly with the image for this card. 

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Digital Image Details: 

• Forever Friends:  You can find this set in the store.  Details above.  I used the coloured version from the set and just added some ground with a couple coloured pencils.

Embellishments: 

• The little glitter fabric hearts are Crafts brand and were purchased at Dollarama.
• The black ribbon is Offray brand that I got from a stash from my momma. 
• The gold edged sheer black ribbon is also Crafts brand.

Paper Products:

• The strip of orange paper on the front under the ribbon is from the Ki Fancy Free paper pad.

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Digital Sentiment Details:

• The top part of this wonderful sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC. I picked it up as a freebie a while back.  To find more great freebies, be sure to check out Paulette's blog by clicking HERE. To find awesome sets in the store available for purchase, click HERE.
• The 'I'm here for you' sentiment is from the Forever Friends set listed at the top of the blog.

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Paper Products: 

• Card base and matting on inside: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, black.
• Image and sentiment base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• The tiger print is from the Colorbok Fashionista Designer Pad.

Challenges I am entering:

• Deedee's Digi of the Month Challenge

 Other challenges I hope to enter... 

***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button*** 

• Word Art Wednesday -- Always Anything Goes
• http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes but must be a card
• http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://yournextstamp.com/blog/category/challenge/ -- Color Challenge (I'm just missing the blue:  both shades of orange are represented, as is the black, and grey is used on the bottom of the image for the ground.)
• http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.ca -- Animals
• http://thepapershelter.blogspot.ca/ (3E)-- Animal Magic (card #2)
• http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.ca -- Always Anything Goes
• http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes 
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes 

Well guys, another one is done.  Woop, woop!  Just one more progressive creation to go this month but at least four or five more cards to go by the beginning of March.  Then of course there is the Wonderful Wednesday creation and post due next week and about 18 billion other things!  Better get moving right now!!!

Until next time,

Card Design: Imagine That...Chloe's Heart Balloons

Hello everyone.  I'm here today to present my second Imagine That! Digis by Kris project for February.  But before I get to it I just wanted to share some of what has been happening over at the Imagine That! blog these past couple weeks.

Free Digi Paper

• First up, if you like working with digital papers, Kris has a really sweet Glitter Hearts paper available that you can find HERE. I don't know how much longer it will be available, so be sure to go and grab it now.  If you do, don't forget to leave Kris some love.

New Section in the Store

• Kris has been hard at work creating some alphabets and has even added a new section to the store to showcase them.  Check out these great new designs perfect for scrappers and card makers alike.  You can find each of them in the Alphabet and Word Art section of the store by clicking HERE.

•  You can check out some great cards made with the new Heart-Filled Plastic ALPHA and the new Ladybug ALPHA  from a couple of my fellow teammies by clicking HERE.

Store Wide Sale on Now

•  Yup, you read that correctly.  Kris has everything in the store on sale right now.  All of the sets that were originally priced at $3.00 are now on sale for $1.95.   Digi paper sets selling for $2.50 have also been reduced to $1.95.  Everything else is on sale too so now is the absolute perfect time to pick up that set you've been wanting.
• Don't forget that Imagine That! Digis by Kris is still selling world-wide.  US residents who make a purchase will receive instant downloads.  Unfortunately due to the whole EU VAT issue, non-US residents can no longer download instantly BUT they can still make a purchase directly through Kris.  You can find out all the details over at the STORE.

Well that is what is new and exciting with Imagine That!  Of course we still have our February challenges going on and you can find the links you need at the bottom of this post.  Right now, it is time to check out my latest project...

General Details: 

• I decided to make another birthday card.  I think I might send this one to my surrogate niece whose birthday is on March 2nd.
• I don't know what it is lately, but I'm wanting to experiment more and more with washi tapes.  I've collected several over the year so it is time to start using them.  I just love this tape in particular.  It  almost looks like the lace on the bottom of Chloe's dress, making it perfect for this card.

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Digital Image Details: 

• Chloe's Heart Balloons: Once again, I've chosen to work with the coloured version for this project.  I just added some ground using coloured pencils.  For great value be sure to check out the sets in the IT DbyK store.  With one image offered in a variety of styles both coloured and line drawing, plus a choice of sentiments to choose from, you get a significant return for the money you put out.  Clicking on the name or watermark below will take you to the set's location in the store.  Right now you can get this set for only $1.95!

Digital Sentiment Details:

• This wonderful sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  I picked it up a while back as a freebie.  For more wonderful freebies, click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for some awesome sets to purchase, click HERE to go to the store.
  
  

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Digital Sentiment Details: 

• This great sentiment is also from the Chloe's Heart Balloons set.

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Embellishment Details:

• The washi tape is Crafts brand and was purchased at Dollarama.

Paper Products: 

• Card, image and sentiment base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• The paper used as matting is from Michael's open stock scrapbook paper.  

Challenges I am hoping to enter... 

***if word verification appears, simply ignore it and just publish the comment without filling the captcha***

• http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes
• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://ttcrd.blogspot.ca (2E)-- Anything Goes (2nd card)
• http://thepapershelter.blogspot.ca/ -- Animal Challenge
• http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E)-- Cute + lots of pink (Entry #2--I hope that this qualifies as enough pink!  If it doesn't, please let me know.)
• http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ (3E)-- Let's Hear it for the Girl (2nd card)
• http://scrap-craft-inspiration.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E)-- Birthday (2nd card)
• http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes Birthday
• http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.ca -- Animals

Don't Forget to Check out the IT Challenges...

There are still over nine days let to enter into either of our challenges this month over on the Imagine That blog.

Click on the left image for the current Stamp of the Month Challenge! 

 

Click on the right image for the current use ANY IT! digi challenge!

Well folks, if I can pull it off, I've got one more post that I'd like to get published today.  If not, I'll be back tomorrow.  I still have so much to accomplish before the end of the month.  

Stay tuned for more Imagine That! Digis by Kris creations coming your way soon, along with all my regular features and design team posts. 

Until next time,