Card Design: From the Heart Stamps November Challenge

Time to strike one more thing off my list!  It is time to post my November card for the From the Heart Stamps (FTHS) progressive stamp of the month challenge. I'm so happy to have my project completed in time!  
 
In order to enter the FTHS 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.

General Information: 

• I had some paper in my scrap pile that has big snowflakes on the bottom and thought it would make a nice backfround for my card so I decided to keep it simple.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• The image on the front, Deck the Halls Birdbrain, is available for purchase over at From the Heart Stamps. Click on the title or on the watermark below to go to its location in the store.
• 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.
• This image was coloured with Copic Markers.  The ground was added with coloured pencils.

Digital Sentiment Details: 
The sentiment used on the front was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  I picked it up as a freebie a while back.  Click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and HERE to go to the store.

Embellishment Details: 

• The half pearls were purchased at Dollarama.

 INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• The sentiment used on the front is from the Deck the Halls Birdbrain set.

Embellishment Details: 

• The snowflakes are Crafts brand and were purchased at Dollarama.

OVERALL
Paper Products: 

• Card, image & sentiment bases: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• Patterned paper is from the Recollection's Bright Christmas paper pad. 

Challenges I am entering: 

• From the Heart Stamps -- progressive stamp 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 -- Anything Goes 
• http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes but no digital colouring
• http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/ (3) -- Anything Goes Holidays (2nd entry)
• http://stampartpapel.com/retarte-63-anything-goes/ -- Anything Goes
• http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.ca -- Cold Outside
• more to be added later...

Well guys, that is it for this one. I've got lots more to accomplish by the end of the month so I'll see you all again real soon!

Until next time,

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

Hello and happy Thursday evening to you.  I posted a Thanksgiving themed freebie a little earlier and now I'm posting 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.

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

Polar Peace is a fab set perfect for any Christmas creations.  As always, Deedee's sets come with both outline and coloured versions to provide you with incredible variety and sentiments to help you out as well.  If you did not participate in last month's challenge, you can still purchase this set for just $1.25 during the month of November at the store or get it for free with any $10.00 purchase (check blog for more details). You can find it in the store HERE.

As you can see, this month's set offered FOUR different awesome images to choose from.  As soon as I saw the star image and the "to-from' sentiment, I knew exactly what I wanted to make.  

Here are my tag and the details...
 
OVERALL VIEW

 Digital Image & Sentiment Details: 

• Polar Peace: You can find both the image and the sentiment in the Polar Peace set available in the store. Details above. I used the coloured version from the set to once again help save me some time.

OVERALL
Paper Products: 

• Tag base:  Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.

Tag Base:

•  I used a shape from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper, as the basis for my tag.  After assembling it I fussy cut it.
  

 
Digital Paper Products: 

• I used one of the papers from my 12 Days of Christmas set (preview below).

Here is a full on view...

Challenges I am entering: 

• Deedee's Digi of the Month Challenge

 Others I am hoping to enter...

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

• http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays:  Anything Goes
• http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/(UL) -- Always Anything Goes 
• http://ttcrd.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes (1st Entry)
• http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Anything Goes Holiday (2nd Entry)

Well that is it for tonight.  Have a great one!

Until next time,

Happy Thanksgiving America!

Oh my goodness.  I am sorry that I am posting this so late in the day.  I was hoping to get it done last night but have had to deal with some unexpected computer issues.  SOMEONE living in this house who shall remain nameless, decided to download a game onto MY laptop.  HE knows better because he never reads carefully when he is downloading stuff.  As a result I ended up with this 'palikan search' engine which I couldn't get rid of.  After some investigation I found out that it spies on your web browsing history and delivers ads and promoted links that match your browsing history but that it can also be used to hijack your system.  So then the quest for trying to remove it started.

I checked a couple sites and downloaded three different programs geared at locating spybots and adware.  The odd thing is that each program found something different.  There was quite a bit of adware that I wasn't aware of on the laptop.  At least two of the programs allowed a fix option for free.  Of course the third program which found other stuff has to be purchased and at approx. $60 for six months, that is a bit too steep for our budget.  Obviously the programs I currently use aren't picking these things up at all so now I'm going to have to start running a bunch of different scans everyday to try and catch these things.  Now the one program located palikan and apparently deleted it but it still showed up in my Firefox when I rebooted.  I've set the browser back to its default and hopefully have taken care of the issue.  SOMEONE has been banned from using my laptop.  I lost all last night to trying to deal with the issue and over two hours today as well.  As such I didn't get a chance to create my freebie in honour of the American Thanksgiving until just now.  

Of course, then I ran into a glitch when I wanted to start working on the paper.  When I made the one in honour of the Canadian Thanksgiving, I had come across a cute pilgrim clip art image over at Pixabay and thought I'd use it for today's paper.  I'm starting to think my biorhythm is in the toilet because when I typed Pixabay into my search engine, an 'authentication required' box is popping up asking for my user name and password?  Huh??!!  I was just there last night for Pete's sake!  What is going on now?  Hopefully tomorrow it will be back to normal but for now that left me in a lurch.  Thankfully however, I did find an alternate pilgrim's hat from a different company so that I at least was able to come up with something.

Long story but there it is.  That is why I'm so late!  So here is what I came up with.  Hopefully you be able to use it on next year's Thanksgiving projects.

This paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels and in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include:  Free PSD Files and Rita from the The Coffee Shop Blog.  To grab today's offering, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, the preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders. 

I hope that those of you celebrating Thanksgiving today in the US, have a wonderful day surrounded by family and/or friends.  These same wishes go out to all my readers, followers and friends of course, no matter where you may live in the world.  Now if you do happen to live in the States, enjoy your feast today.  I'd love for someone to have a great big slice of any kind of pie (as long as there are no nuts) and let me know how good it was.  Or a bite of stuffing....ooh, then there are all those mashed potatoes out there too...yum!

I'm hoping to also get my creation for the Deedee's Digis progressive challenge done this evening so I might just see you all again a bit later.

Until then,

Oopsies! Bonus Date Stamp for November Error Now Fixed

Ummmm.  Oopsies!  It has been pointed out to me (and thank you so much Suze for doing so) that I made a boo boo with the date stamp offered up in yesterday's Wonderful Wednesdays--Offering for November (which you can scroll down one post to find).

When I was working on the date stamp, I remembered to change all the colours, but I forgot to change the word from October to November (I use the previous month as a template).  Well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.  

I've updated the original post and am adding it here to in case someone downloaded it and didn't catch the mistake.

Sorry about that folks!  I always proof my posts a minimum of two to three times and still couldn't catch it.  Although, to be honest, the way my brain has been functioning lately, I'm actually surprised I am not making more ridiculous mistakes.

Remember, left click on this one to bring it up in the lightbox and then right click to save it in its original size.

I'm working on another freebie in honour of the American Thanksgiving and hope to post it in a little while.  I'll explain why it is coming out so late in the day in that post.

Until then,

Wonderful Wednesdays--Offering for November

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. 

 
Lord love a duck!  Is it the last Wednesday of the month already?  At least this month I remembered while it is still actually Wednesday!
 
If you are new to my blog in the past year, you can find other items for the November kit by clicking on the respective links below:

November 2013 

• The word November offered up as a word art creation, altered with a layer style, in four different colours based on the palette of this particular kit. You can also find one paper done in four different colours and another paper done in two different colours.  I was apparently ambitious that week.  Click HERE.
• Four different frames.  Click HERE.
• Four different tags--each set has a time related word or phrase on one and the other is blank, and a bonus date stamp.  Click HERE.

 
For 2015, I am offering up another digital paper for the November kit with the theme: As Time Goes By...

I found this really cool clockwork image that I though would be a great component of my paper.  This paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels and in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include:  Yj Youn (Pixabay.com); Chris Spooner from Spoon Graphics; Buzillo Stock; Design TNT (obtained through Inky Deals) and Rita from the fabulous The Coffee Shop Blog.  To grab today's offering, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, the preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

Finally, you can find your bonus stamp for November below.  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. 

Stay tuned for a new Wonderful Wednesday post coming next month!  

Until next time,

Card Design: Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge...November

 

Helloooooooo!  I'm popping in tonight to share my entry into the Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge.  This month we got to work with the following cute image...

What a sweetie pie!  This little bear is all set with a nice warm drink.  The perfect cup of cocoa as the air has taken on a definite chill.  In fact, as I sit back and proofread this post, I'm sipping a cup of my own.  Everyone who played along in last month's challenge received Little Mug Bear for free. If you decide to hop on and play along in the Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge, then you can purchase this digital by clicking HERE (or on the watermark above to head to its location in the store). This way you'll receive next month's digital stamp for free.

Here are my card and details...

General Info: 

• I wanted to keep this one clean and simple; so, I went searching for some corner images (specific details below) on my system and thankfully found these great winter themed ones perfect for my card.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Little Mug Bear:  You can find this image in the store.  Details above.  This image was coloured in with Copic Markers.  The ground was added in with coloured pencils. 

Digital Embellishment Details: 

• These wonderful corner images are courtesy of Trine Secher, Nothing But Freebies.

INSIDE

Digital Sentiment: 

• The sentiment used on the inside was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  I picked it up as a freebie a while back.  Click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and HERE to go to the store.

OVERALL
Paper Products: 

• Card base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, Cool Water Collection.
• Image & sentiment base: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.

 

Challenges I am entering: 

• Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive 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 -- Anything Goes 
• http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes but no digital colouring
• http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.ca/ (3) -- Anything Goes Holidays (2nd entry)
• http://stampartpapel.com/retarte-63-anything-goes/ -- Anything Goes
• http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.ca -- Cold Outside

Well guys, that is it for this one. I've got lots of posts coming out this week so I'll see you all again real soon!

Until then,

Card Design: Scribbles Designs Special Movember Mini Challenge

Helloooooooooo!  Last week I shared a write up over on the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog showcasing all of Sandy's fabulous Movember related images.  Don't know what Movember is?  Be sure to check out the post by clicking HERE.

I also shared with readers, a mini challenge going on with the same theme and shared a digital card that I created.  I didn't have time to post it on my blog last weekend and figured I would wait until this one since we are midway in the challenge.

Check it out...

General info:

• This card was created 100% digitally and then layered in a poster mockup.

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Moustache Freebie:  You can find this image, along with two other Movember related freebies in that same post by clicking HERE.

Other Notes: 

• The poster mockup that I used to display the card is from Design Bolts.

Digital Sentiment Details:

• One I created for this card.

Challenges I am hoping to enter... 
***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button** 

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.ca/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://ttcrd.blogspot.ca/ (2E) -- Always Anything Goes (2nd entry)
• Avenue 613 -- Anything Goes with optional twist
• http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays:  Anything Goes

We'd love for you to join us for this special mini challenge over on the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog, so I hope to see you there. 

 
 Until next time,