Guest Designer - Krafty Chicks Challenges #447 - Polka Dots

Happy Thursday all!  This month is just rolling right along

for me.  I can't believe it's already the third week of my 

Guest Designer spot for the KRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGES.

I'm having lots of fun with the great challenges this month

and getting totally inspired by the DT creations too.

The theme for Challenge #447 is... POLKA DOTS

Ohhh I LOVE this one! 

Here's my card using a fun Bugaboo Stamps digital image

Not only are there polka dots on the floaty horse,

there's also a bunch of tiny dots in the background paper.

The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. 

Oh how I long for summer and warmer days! 

I'd like to enter this card in the

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenges - CUTE

Please go visit the challenge site and see what the 

Krafty Chick DT has made to share with you too.

I hope to see your creation in the gallery this week! 

Hugs! D

Guest Designer - Krafty Chicks Challenges #446 - Shades of Green Only

Howdy!  Hope you're having a wonderful day!

This is my second week of Guest Designing for

the Krafty Chicks Challenges.  Such an honor

to be playing with the talented Chicks!

The theme for this week -  Challenge #446 

is Shades of Green Only.

My brain literally went straight to shamrocks and

St. Patty's Day because of the holiday (there is not

one tiny little bit of Irish in my DNA), but you could 

also interpret this as Spring or nature (trees/grass etc.)

The trick is that we ONLY want to see shades of green

- no other colors except neutrals and skin tones. 

I found this Doodlebug Designs paper in my stash

and colored and die cut some adorable Silly Monsters from 

Your Next Stamp for my Shades of Green card.

I stamped each image in a light grey ink instead

of the traditional black for a no-lines look.  

Aren't they funny?!

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Your Next Stamp (YNS) Fun Friday Challenge #109 - Patterned Paper

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Friday Challenges FFC#272 Always Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge #187 Add a Shamrock/Clover

I hope that you'll decide to play along with us this 

week and show us how you interpret the

Shades of Green Only challenge. 

The Krafty Chicks DT have some

really awesome green creations to share

with you so go check them out too!  

Thanks for visiting me today!  Hugs! D  

Guest Designer - Krafty Chicks Challenges #445 - Babies

Hello friends and followers - I'm happy you're here to visit me!

I'm delighted to be a Guest Designer for this month over 

at Krafty Chicks Challenges.  Thanks Chicks for having me!

The theme for the first challenge of the month

for Challenge #445  is....BABIES.

Now I'm wayyyy past the having baby stage but fortunately

I have some younger friends and coworkers who are

having little bundles of joy soon.  I'm so excited for 

them!  I love to make baby cards and I love squeezing 

babies even more! Maybe they'll let me hold their 

sweet little ones while the open their cards - lol!

Here's my card to share with you.  It's a little bit non-traditional

for a baby card but I think it's fun - and perfect for a baby boy!

The mama is actually a friend of a friend, so I don't have to 

worry about her seeing it before it's given to her. 

The stamp set is called Wild World by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps,

the papers are from my stash (finally found a great way to use them).

I colored with copic markers and filled in the nooks and wrinkles

of the skin with prisma color pencils.  Isn't this rhino adorable?!

In addition to participating as a guest designer, I'm also

entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Animals Challenges #24 - Anything Goes w/an animal

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #331 Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenges #487 - Lions & Lambs (& Other Animals)

{PIN}spirational Challenges #233 (photo inspiration - baby)

Cardz 4 Galz - Challenge #91 Oh! Pretty Baby

As You Like It Challenges - Layers: One or Many

(and tell them why). 

I LOVE layers! The more the better as far as I'm concerned! 

I really struggle with one layer cards - layers just seem to 

add so much interest (in my opinion) and make me feel happy.

I've been trying to do more CAS cards because I do love 

the look of them but I really struggle with them.  Honestly, 

the fewer the layers the longer it takes me to put a card 

together - LOL.

Thanks for stopping in to visit me!  Pop on over to the 

Krafty Chicks Challenge blog and take a peek at the

DT creations for your inspiration this week!  Hugs! D