Graduation Celebrations - Happy Thoughts

Hi again - I'm back with a second post for the day.

We had a whopping six graduates this year between our

family and friends.  I was wayyyy behind remembering

that this was coming up (and honestly kind of shocked

because I still can't believe that some of these young

people are "old" enough to be graduating) and hadn't made

the cards yet.  So I started with some fun themed papers 

and looked for some sketch inspiration that would help

me keep the design fairly quick and easy to replicate.  

Here are two of the cards I made - both using the 

currently weekly sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, 

papers from my stash and two awesome stamp sets 

by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called YOU'RE A HOOT

and HAPPY THOUGHTS (sentiments).  

I've included a close up of each card too

I'm entering these cards in the following challenges:

little red wagon Challenge #552 - Patterned Paper or Make 

Your Own Patterned Paper.   Mine is of course

the actual kind pulled from my embarrassing large

patterned paper stash.  I bought several sheets of this 

6 years ago and am now down to two 12 x 12 sheets left. 

and Freshly Made Sketches #438 where I found

my inspiration for the design. 

Thanks for letting me share with you again today! 

Hope the rest of your week(end) is lovely. D

My Favorite Things 2017 Card Design Superstar Contest - CAS Birthday

hello friends!

I was so excited to see this fabulous contest happening

at My Favorite Things - did you see it too???

In case you missed it I'll quickly fill ya in.

MFT is holding a contest for an opporunity to 

be a Card Design Superstar and there are (of course) 

absolutely AMAZING PRIZES

 - more than $4,000 for the FIFTEEN winners!  

The contest ends tonight at 10PM EST.

There are 3 different categories to participate in:

CLEAN and SIMPLE Genius

COLORING VIRTUOSO

INNOVATION MASTER

I love MFT products and have quite a

stash (many of which I haven't inked up or used yet)

but life has been a tad (okay more than a tad) bit crazy 

for me lately and I wasn't sure I was going to have a 

chance to participate.  Well...I stayed up late last night

and was able to get at least one card made to enter.

I decided to stretch myself and go with the CAS category

since that is the one style I make the least amount of 

cards with.  I made a card that I was so super excited about

BUT... as I picked it up from my craft table I somehow had 

gotten my finger and thumb in some red ink and left two

not so lovely fingerprints right on the card. UGH!  

I was so disgusted with myself that I just had to go to bed.

This morning I got up and decided I was going to make a

another card but a little differently (didn't want the bad juju again).

Here's what I came up with 

I used the following MFT products:

Make a Wish stamp set (sentiments)

Die-Namics Birthday Candles

Subtle Plaids Paper Pack (6 x 6) for the candles

So...thanks for visiting me and please wish me good luck!

It would be so amazing to win.  There are some unbelievable

entries so far.  I'm really glad that I don't have to choose :o)

You can find my card and many other awesome CAS creations by

clicking here. Happy Thursday! Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #384 - Die Cuts

Happy Weekend crafty peeps! 

Today is the start of a new month of challenges 

(and another opportunity to WIN a Krafty prize)

at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE CHALLENGES!

Our hostess for Challenge #384 is the crazy talented

Krafty Gal Marilyn.  She has chosen the theme of

using Die Cuts.  Marilyn is the queen of die cuts

(in my opinion).  I'm always in awe of her creations 

using them.  I have quite a few myself but often forget 

 to use them (not sure why - it must be old age LOL).

For my card today I used the sweet little farm animal

from the NEW Cow's It Going  clear stamp set,

and 3 die cuts (the grass, the cloud and the banner).

Other supplies used: twine (Stampin Up!) papers (SugarPea Designs)

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

Crafting by Designs - June "anything goes"

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #319 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #331 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenges - June "Anything Goes"

I hope that you will decide to join us this week!

We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them 

so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop! 

In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful 

Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will 

be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge 

entries to win a $20 gift card! You can enter as many times 

per month as you'd like!  Pull out those dies and go get crafty!

You will have until June 9th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!

Oh and HEY...make sure you SEE THIS... It's time for another 

 Super Secret KRAFTY STAMP CLUB stamp set! Click on the link 

for more details and to pre-order yours today! Pre-order closes on the 15th! 

Our fans have been loving the opportunity to receive a fabulous set 

before others have the opportunity to order them and have an opportunity 

to showcase their creations with the Krafty Krew during release weeks. 

Speaking of NEW releases...the June Peeks start next week! 

Tune in to the main challenge blog each day starting on 

Wednesday to see what new pretties we're inking up!

Thanks so much for visiting me today!  

Have a wonderful week! Hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday - {Look for Rainbows}

Hello lovely crafty friends - Happy Wednesday!

It's time for another ANYTHING GOES Challenge

for Wonderful Wednesday at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!

My card today features the beautiful young 

gal from Look for Rainbows along with a retired

sentiment from a previous set (sorry about that) that 

has been laying on my craft desk for awhile and seemed

so perfect for this.  That small grass piece on the bottom

was also on the desk waiting to be used :o). 

Are you like me and seldom throw your bits and pieces

and/or rejects away in the hopes that some day you will use them? 

 In this case I'm really glad that I did :o).  

I had colored this image as practice for a color-along that I did

last month for Kraftin' Kimmie in the Facebook Friends group.

I later fussy cut around her and placed her on this card.  

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

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #236 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #185 Spring into Spring

Make My Monday Challenges #43 April Showers

613 Avenue Create Challenge #196 Anything Goes w/optional 

twist of Anything Spring (spring showers & umbrellas) 

I hope that you will decide to join us this week! 

We want EVERYONE to be able to play along so your submission 

can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design 

and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....you name it! 

It must be a NEW creation and you can enter until April 18th at midnight! 

 At the end of the month one random winner will be chosen from 

all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a 

$20 Gift Card to the shop! The more you play the better your chances

are of winning! What do you think.....wanna WIN? Let's see your krafty stuff!

Thanks for popping in to visit me today! Hope the rest of 

your week is a good one! Hugs D

4 Crafty Chicks Challenges {4CC #344} - Crazy Egg/Anything Goes

Well here it is the end of March and my 

last post as a guest designer for 

4 CRAFTY CHICKS CHALLENGES! 

It's been such a fun month of challenges and 

again I'm so thankful to the lovely chicks 

for inviting me to play alongside them! 

This last challenge of March is #344 CRAZY EGG!

That means ANYTHING GOES is the theme!

Here's my card to share with you today -
I gave this to a friend for her birthday recently.

All the products used on this card are from 

Stampin' Up!  I love this soft Sugarplum color! 

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today.
I hope you will go visit the chicks and leave them a
little love while you're there.  Hugs! D

Sketch Saturday #408 (Robyn's Fetish Sponsor)

Hello and happy weekend crafty friendsl!

 It's time for another weekly sketch 

at Sketch Saturday.  We have a terrific sponsor

 this week...Robyn's Fetish!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More 
is happy to award 3 digital stamps of the winner’s choice 
to the winner of this challenge.

Here is sketch #408:

and here is my card using the fabulous sketch
and a sponsor image called Perfect Pair

I printed the image on designer paper (doodlebug designs)
and then colored in some of the parts 
(arms, cheeks, stems & leaf) with distress markers 
before fussy cutting it to add to my panel.
Did you notice the pear pattern on the paper? 
Fun huh?!  I think so :o)

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenges - April 2016
The Brown Sugar Challenges #194 Anything Goes

Please go check out the lovely designs the rest 
of the Sketch Saturday DT gals have made
for your inspiration this week too.  And then
I hope you will decide to join us with your
own fabulous creation!  
Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Til next time...hugs and happy craftin'! D

Sketch Saturday #404 - Hello

Happy Saturday sweet friends and followers!

Have you got plans for crafting or other such fun?

I will be busy working on our taxes :o(  but the hope

is that I may get a refund that I can use to buy more 

crafty supplies - LOL! 

Are you ready for another great sketch challenge at 

SKETCH SATURDAY?!  I sure hope so 'cause it's a goodie!

Here is Sketch #404

And here is my card to share with you today using it:

I had some of these lovely flowers laying on my craft desk 

(from the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set called "Buds & Blooms")

that I had left over from a previous water coloring play. 

So, I decided to use one with these great patterned papers. 

I do love how it turned out! Honestly one of the quickest cards

I've ever made and aren't the colors yummy?! Perfect for spring!

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

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #185 - Photo Inspiration

Crafty Creations Challenges #311 Spring Fever

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenges - March

Creative Knockouts Challenges #133 - Spring is on the Way

My Time to Craft Challenge #317 - Flowers 

Ruby's Rainbow Challenges #125 "The Earth Laughs in Flowers"

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges 3/19/16- Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today.

Please go visit the reset of my lovely DT teammates to

see what they've made to share with you today. 

Then go create and link up your own beautiful creation with us!

Til next time...hugs! D

My Time to Craft - For A Special Lady

Hello again friends!

This is my second DT post for the day 

and this time I'm here for the weekly challenge

at My Time to Craft (MTTC)!

MTTC #283 is to make a creation for a Special Lady.

I made this frame for one of my DT pals Kelli

who just became a Grandma to a precious baby girl.

She has now received it so I can share it with you.

What does it mean "For a Special Lady"?  Well...it could be a creation

for Mother's Day, or for a for a Grandma, a friend, a teacher, or for your

sister or daughter just to let them know they are special.  

So many wonderful possibilities!  

I hope that you will be joining us this week! 

I am also entering my frame in the following challenges:
Ruby's Rainbow #99 - Anything but a Card

Please go check out the creations of my lovely teammates at MTTC

this week too. You'll be glad that you did!

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D