Choose Joy

The new kit from Cluster Queen Creations and Little Butterfly Wings definitely makes you want to Choose Joy.  Check out this sweet Peanut layout.

Credits Today I Choose Joy by Cluster Queen Creations and Little Butterfly Wings Gimme Layers vol. 34 by Cluster Queen Creations Happy Scrapping!

Applesauce

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Antique Autumn by Tracie Stroud

Recipe Album by Memory Clips

Happy Cooking!

Sparkly Holiday at Make It Crafty Blog

Hi all!  It's my day to post on the Make It Crafty Blog.  I have been eyeing Fairy Tinsel for a while now, I love a fairy with glasses!  But I wasn't sure what to do about that tinsel.  It looked really hard to color.  Then, I had a thought - glitter.  I sometimes feel like I'm cheating on the MIC team when I resort to glitter.  I think if tinsel doesn't call for glitter, nothing does.

Here are the colors I used along with my image.  I liked Zoe's angel background from the other day, so I colored a background using W3, which looked good with the papers I'd chosen.  You can see I only did one layer of color on the tinsel, since I'm going to use glitter.

Here's a close-up of my colored image.

And, here's my finished card.  I added the glitter to her tinsel and the fur trim on her coat.

Supplies

Fairy Tinsel by Make It Crafty

Make It Colour Blending Card

Copics

Happy Crafting!

 

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Photo Inspirations

We're dreaming of snow at The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan.  Our challenge this fortnight is to make a card with this photo inspiration.

Here's my card.  You can see my supplies used below.  I printed a single layer card using digital papers and a digital stamp.  I added some embellies when I was done coloring.

Here's my color chart:

Supplies Winter Berries Digichick Collab  Lisa Snowman Digistamp by Make It Crafty Copics Make It Colour Blending Card Marigold Baker's Twine from The Twinery
I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges: 1. 2 Sisters #119 - winter wonderland 2. Crafty Calendar - Wrap up warm for winter - optional string Happy Crafting!

Cupcake Inspirations #188 sponsored by Jellypark

We have some cute friends this week at Cupcake Inspirations (photo is linked to original source).

We're sponsored this week by
 
I paired up this cute rabbit from Jellypark with a new paper pack I got in the Black Friday sales.  I added a button that I got for free at Penney's to make the tag.  You can see that I picked it up a little too early and the glue started to run - oops!

Supplies Cute Rabbit with Balloon by Jellypark Friends Peapod Baker's Twine from The Twinery Make It Colour Blending Card Holly Day Wishes Paper by Recollections
Happy Crafting!

Happy Black Friday!

I drafted this post yesterday, but I didn't get it posted until today.  Sorry! Did you go out shopping today?  I'm headed out with my sister early this morning.  We don't actually have a lot to buy, we just like to go out on Black Friday.  It's much less stressful if you're not trying to get THE good deal. There are good digital scrapbooking deals to be had as well.  Cluster Queen Creations and geniaBeana have a new collab - Visions of Sugarplums.  CQC has a template grab bag with three other great designers today that I've used for my layout as well.

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Visions of Sugarplums by Cluster Queen Creations and geniaBeana

Gimme Layers vol. 43 by Cluster Queen Creations

Juno Designs has a beautiful kit to Count Your Blessings with.  Doesn't Peanut look beautiful?

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Count Your Blessings by Juno Designs

Happy Scrapping!

Meredith Cardall Release for Farmer's Market

It's Farmer's Market at Scrap Orchard and Meredith has a sweet release for only $1!  Here's my layout with Owl-ways Love You.

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Owl-Ways Love You by Meredith Cardall Designs
Owl-Ways Love You Alpha by Meredith Cardall Designs
Happy Scrapping!

Challenge 187 at Cupcake Inspirations

 We've gone to the birds this week at Cupcake Inspirations - the turkeys that is.  We are sponsored this week by

Fresh Brewed Designs!

Thank you for sponsoring this challenge!!!

Now for our Inspiration Cupcake (the image is linked to the original source):

Here's my card featuring Give Thanks Pumpkin from Fresh Brewed Designs.  I dug out some Thanksgiving papers from last year and cut little banner strips.  I'm loving this popular look for my scrapbook pages and this is the first time I've used it for a card.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Card Makin' Mamas - Thanksgiving/Thank you

2. Wags 'n Whiskers #92 - Be Thankful

Happy Crafting!

New Releases from Cluster Queen Creations and Juno Designs

It has been a crazy, busy weekend for me.  We decided to have a yard sale yesterday, which went well but required a lot of preparation.  On Friday, I also went to Peanut's preschool to do some chemistry experiments.  So, I'm a little late getting my weekend posting done.  This is the first post of two for today.

Credits Family Gathering by Juno Designs Gimme Layers v. 41 by Cluster Queen Creations Happy Scrapping!

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - Thankful

Before I share my cards, I have sad personal news.  Today, I took my cat Misty to the vet to be put to sleep.  He was 16 and had stage four kidney disease.  He's been with me since he was two months old.  May he rest in peace.

We're thankful this fortnight at The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan.  I wasn't feeling very crafty this weekend, but the November Digichick Designer Collab made these cards really easy.  I love the colors.  I made two clean and simple cards.  The first uses papers and elements from the kit.

The second uses a printable card that's included with the kit.  I added papers banners and a "button."

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Simply Thankful by The Digichick Designers

I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

1. Paper Playtime #88 - autumn colors

2. Dream Valley #45 - anything goes

3. Sentimental Sundays #128 - thanks/thanksgiving

Happy Crafting!

Slightly Steampunk Christmas Card

It's my day to post on the Make It Crafty blog.  Do you struggle with backgrounds?  I admit that most of my images are just on a white background.  Of course, you can always add a MIC background and color it, which turn out fantastic.  When I saw this Steampunk Santa, I knew that I wanted to have him on a dark blue background.  I also didn't want to use tons of ink to get a really smooth background.  I started by coloring the background with B29.  I only laid down one layer of color and you can see that it's darker in some areas.



 Next, I took colorless blender and put it on a small piece of terry cloth cut from an old towel.  I dabbed the towel all over the background to create even more light and dark areas.  This way, I think the background doesn't have to be colored evenly and still gives a great effect.  I think it looks like the night sky with snow falling in the background.

 Here's my finished card.  I used Y28 to color most of the sleigh.  I really like this marker as it gives a really gold color.  I added a flower with a gear center for my slightly Steampunk Christmas card.

Supplies

Dashing Santa Claus Digi Stamp

Gears Galore Chipboard

Make It Colour Blending Card

Copics

Happy Crafting!

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!

Are you celebrating digital scrapbooking this weekend?  I know I will be.  I've already warned my family that the computer will probably suck me in for the weekend.  I think this is my third DSD post already.  I've written them at different times so I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself this weekend. I've started already with two layouts from Cluster Queen Creations template grab bag with Scrappy Creations by Melanie.  Here are my layouts:

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Art and Soul by Tracie Stroud Designs

Gimme Layers vol. 39 by Cluster Queen Creations

Font: sf Natalie

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Chic or Treat by Cluster Queen Creations and geniaBeana

Gimme Layers vol. 40 by Cluster Queen Creations

Font: Traveling_Typewriter

Siamese Studio has a great new grab bag perfect for your December Daily album.  Don't miss out on this amazing deal!  I liked the template I used for my run layout so much I used it again :-)

Credits Happy Holly by Siamese Studio Gimme Layers vol. 39 by Cluster Queen Creations
One last layout with a new grab bag collab by Cluster Queen Creations and geniaBeana - Thankful.  This layout is very special to me because of the photos of Peanut and my brother, who we don't get to see very often.

Credits DSD 2012 Grab Bag by Cluster Queen Creations and geniaBeana Scraps Gimme Layers Vol. 37 by Cluster Queen Creations
Happy Scrapping!

New Releases

Hi all!  Do you know what this weekend is - Digital Scrapbooking Day!  I'm trying to figure out how I can cram as much scrapping as possible into the family commitments I already have.  

It's the first of the month and new release day at Scrap Matters.  geniaBeana has a great set of minis for the November Make-a-Kit.  I love them all!  I paired them with Gimme Layers vol. 36 by Cluster Queen Creations, which is released in a bundle this week so you can get it at a great deal.

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Country Chic Papers by geniaBeana Scraps

Country Chic Ellies by geniaBeana Scraps

Country Chic Burlap Papers by geniaBeana Scraps

Country Chic Chipboard Alpha by geniaBeana Scraps

Gimme Layers vol 36 in Gimme Layers Bundle vol. 9 by Cluster Queen Creations

Happy Scrapping!

DSD Weekend

DSD weekend is already starting.  I have several digital scrapbooking posts to share with you this weekend.  The new releases are out at Scrap Orchard and Meredith Cardall has a great new fall release - Hello Autumn.  I made a layout from our recent trip to the local fall festival.

Credits Hello Autumn by Meredith Cardall Designs Hello Autumn Project Cardsby Meredith Cardall Designs Font: sf Haven
Happy Scrapping!