Hopping through the "12 Days of Christmas"

Happy Saturday everyone!  Today we're carrying on the celebration of new releases at Doodle Pantry with a fun Blog Hop showcasing all the wonderful ways you can use the new 12 Days of Christmas digi stamp set this holiday season. 

So if you arrived my blog from Glenda's Blog, then you're on the right track. If not, you will want to start at the Doodle Pantry Blog so you don't miss a creative thing!  We have prizes for our hopping blogger fans - randomly selecting at least five of you for $10 gift certificates to the Doodle Pantry Store.  So let's get started with my project and on with the fun!

I'm showcasing all the adorable images available in this new set in my "12 Days of Christmas" house - and several sentiments and one of the digital papers too!  Designed to be a piece of wall art for the holidays, each image in my house was hand colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol.  However, the 12 Days of Christmas collection comes with pre-colored images as well as black outlines so you could whip up this project in no time at all!

Now here's a little preview of the "12 Days of Christmas" set.  It's an incredible value at $4.50 - you get all 12 of the pre-colored images, the five coordinating digital papers, two types of sentiment digis for each image (circle and numbered straight), four additional sentiments and then all the black outline images too.  A black outline image set is also available for $3.50.

Here'a  little closer look at the hand-colored images on my 12 Days of Christmas house wall art.  The paper behind them is one of the digital papers available in this set.

To achieve this look, each image was sized down to about 1-inch square and the circle sentiment surrounding it to about 1.25-inches in diameter.  I just used a circle punch (SU 1-3/8 inch circle) to cut them out once colored and then mounted them on Poppy Parade scallop circle punched cardstock.  The "12 Days" sentiment on the roof of the house was enlarged and adherred with a 3D bulge in the center for some added dimension.  The overall measurement of the house (without the wire hanger) is 12"T x 9"W.  And that's it - pretty easy to do and yields a really festive holiday decoration for your home.

Now leave me a little love here and be sure to comment and enter your name in the blog hop prize drawing at the Doodle Pantry Blog at the end.  You have one more stop to go - at the blog of Sarah Nancarrow, my Doodle Pantry Creative Team buddy.  Be sure to make it around the entire hop - the projects the creative team are showing will just knock your socks off!

Thanks for "hopping" by!

StampFairy's Barry Angel

It's Friday and time for the new digi stamps from StampFairy! This week it's another set featuring our sweet furry Barry, this time as a sweet little angel.

Introducing "Barry Angel" ... you can find the collection of this dear little angel bear in the StampFairy Shop.  The "Star Angel" image in the bottom right corner is today's freebie. 

Here's a closer view  of this new image. Barry was brought to life with Copic markers and little bit of sparkly angel dust added to his wings, the cloud and stars. The papers are My Mind's Eye "True Blue" from the Fine and Dandy line.  A little bit of ribbon finishes it off.

Take a minute and visit StampFairy World to see the rest of the inspiration from our team of StampFairies.  And stop on by the StampFairy Challenge site - a new challenge was posted on Monday using a sketch. We'd love to have you play along in the challenge with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Robin in Winter

Happy Wednesday! Time for a new challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and today we're showcasing one of my favorite sponsors A Day For Daisies.  This digi stamp is called "Robin in Winter" and I really like the simplicity of it with the sketch.

Here's Arlana's fantastic sketch to follow for this week's challenge. I love the clean and simple look of this sketch.

A Day For Daisies is our sponsor this week.  Tammy, owner and illustrator of ADFD, is offering the Grand Prize winner of the challenge a $12 gift certificate for A Day For Daisies digi stamps. This is such a terrific prize - I hope you'll play along with us in the challenge this week.  Remember to qualify for the Grand Prize you have to leave a comment on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog.

Here's a closeup of the "Robin in Winter" image.  I printed it on SU Bashful Blue cardstock and colored it with Copics. The snow was added with a white gel pen and some Diamond Stickles added for the shimmer.  The snowflake paper is digital from My Time Made Easy called "12 Days of Snowflakes".  The back panel of the card is actually real cherry wood veneer that I picked up at a local craft shop.  I used Chocolate Chip ink around the edges to deepen the color of it.  A sparkly snowflake adds the finishing touch.

The Sweet Sketch Wednesday design team is showcasing a terrific variety of A Day For Daisies digi stamps for inspiration - pop on over to the site to see these beautiful creations.  They're like candy for your eyes!

Thanks for stopping by!

Doodle Pantry November Releases

Today we're releasing 13 new digital stamp sets at Doodle Pantry!  You're going to love these wonderful sets - there's a little bit of everything and they're all fun!  So let's get started....

Introducing Christmas Wreath - a simple but elegant digi full of pinecones, pine boughs and berries. This set comes with the black outlines, which I used here and colored with Copic markers, and a pre-colored version as well. 

And what's fun about it is that it also comes with a 1/3 wreath that you can use to embellish any one of the animal sets available at Doodle Pantry too. The picture above shows how it can be used this way with a variety of other digis that are available in the Doodle Pantry Store.  I think this is such a clever idea and shows the versatility of the set.

Here's a closeup showing the detail of this wonderful Christmas Wreath digi stamp. The papers used are from Fancy Pants "Brrr" line and Echo Park's Christmas Carol line. The doily diecut is "Italian Flourish" from Cheery Lynn Designs.

And now on to the next brand new digi set that is so darn cute.  Introducing the Cute Quail set.....

For a limited time, this adorable digital stamp set is FREE with any purchase you make at Doodle Pantry.  Yes, completely free!  This is such a great value too - you get the black outlines, a pre-colored version, three sentiments and two coordinating digital papers in the Cute Quail set.

I used the Cute Quail black outlines image and colored it with Copic markers to match the papers I chose from My Mind's Eye So Sophie line and A Beautiful Life line of papers.  The handmade flowers are layered MS cornflower punches with make your own brads from Stampin Up. 

Now you just have to hop on over to the Doodle Pantry store or the Doodle Pantry new release and challenge blog and see the new release sets and the inspirational creations from the Doodle Pantry Creative Team.  And we're not done yet... plan on joining us November 5-8 when we hop through the 12 Days of Christmas and show off all the possibilities of that new release set.  Of course there's the start of the new Doodle Pantry Challenge also beginning on November 5 too.  Lots of reasons to visit us often at Doodle Pantry!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Doodle Pantry Scarecrow

Well I'm milking the weekend to the bitter end! I've had such a relaxing and long weekend, but I hate to see it end.  So I'm crafting right up 'til my eyelids get heavy and not a minute sooner!  I just couldn't resist playing in the sketch challenge over at Sketches by Carly.  And I also couldn't resist using this pre-colored version of the Scarecrow from Doodle Pantry that was released earlier this month. 

I love this scarecrow - I've used it before but this one comes pre-colored in these fun, bright colors and also includes three wonderful digi papers too - I've used all three on this card.  I think he's the least scary scarecrow I've ever seen and is especially adorable with that sweet little birdie perched on his shoulder.  You can find this wonderful set at the Doodle Pantry Store.

Here's the Sketch by Carly that I followed with my card.  It's a fun sketch - makes a terrific looking card no matter what image you use.

Instead of the butterfly and the flight trail, I used this fun sentiment that comes with the Scarecrow set and a MS branch punch that I think kind of looks like straw - fitting with the scarecrow!  I had so much fun making this card with these fun, bright papers and colors.  What do you think?!

Stay tuned here because the Doodle Pantry November release of new digi images is right around the corner - November 1st.  Come back and visit me here to see the new releases - some fantastic sets you won't want to miss!

Thanks for stopping by!

Clementine Christmas

Happy Friday everyone! This week flew by so fast - some business traveling this week and now I'm exhausted! I'm looking forward to a long weekend since I'm off today and hoping to get caught up and ahead with my card making.

Well it's time for another release of new digis at StampFairy today.  This time we have more of that adorable bunny, Clementine.  Isn't she cute with her candy cane?

Here's the whole selection of Clementine Christmas digis.  The carrot wrapped in a bow is the freebie today.  You can find this new set of digis in the StampFairy Shop.

Sweet Clementine was colored and brought to life with Copic markers.  All the papers here are digital from Shery K Designs. A little bit of ribbon and a sentiment and this card is done.  I like the fun colors of this card - non traditional but festive. 

You really have to visit StampFairy World and see the cards the StampFairies created with this image - some of the cards are so darn clever and all are inspiring.  Pop on over and check them out!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dress Up Day

Welcome back - this is my second post for the day!  Scroll down for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge post.



Today is my last post as guest designer for Inky Impressions.  I've really enjoyed by two month guest spot there. The stamps are absolutely adorable, very high quality and a lot of fun to create with.  So thanks to Nicole for having me on her team!

The challenge theme this week at the Inky Impressions Challenge blog is Paper Flowers.  So create a card with your own handmade paper flowers embellishing it and come play with us at Inky Impressions!

This Inky Impressions image is "Zoe's Dress Up Day" and isn't she precious?! Zoe was colored with Copic markers, the papers are from My Mind's Eye "Honey Cake" collection.  The paper flowers are made using a Martha Stewart cornflower punch - four layers each flower. 

The layout was inspired by this week's sketch at The Sweet Stop challenge blog. I rotated the sketch to suit the image I am using.  The spin in the challenge this week is to use pink.  I think I have that covered!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bra-less Stella!

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's time for a new Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge and this week we're sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. 

It's a wonderful sketch this week - even though I say that every week!!!!  I loved using this sketch and I know you will too!

Bugaboo Stamps is this week's challenge sponsor.  The Grand Prize winner will receive 7 free digis of their choice at Bugaboo Stamps.  What a terrific prize!  I hope this interests you to participate in the challenge this week.

The Bugaboo image I selected this week is a Stella digi called "Stella Peeker-Braless".  The image and sentiment just cracked me up and I thought it would make a fun card. Stella and her bra were colored with Copic markers.  I used designer papers from Authentique here.  My embellishment is a silk flower from a ribbon I had in my stash. 

Now make your way to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to see the beautiful selection of cards the design team has created for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Deputy Christopher

Hi there stampers! I'm highlighting Inky Impressions rubber stamps today.  It was my turn to post at the Inky Impressions Inspirational Blog as a guest designer and I thought I'd share that card with all of you here on my blog as well. This is a bendy fold card that my friend Emma created. I love this card design for the dimension and interest it provides.  You can find the tutorial that Emma has written HERE at her blog, Lady and the Stamp. 

Here you can see the gently bended panels that add dimension and interest to this layout.  I modified the original design provided by Emma to suit the size and shape of the image I was using.  The design is easy to modify to your particular needs.

The rubber stamp I used is Deputy Christopher from Inky Impressions rubber stamps.  I love these rubber stamps for their adorable designs and for the super finely etched rubber.  They stamp beautifully and are of very high quality.  You can find Deputy Christopher HERE at the Inky Impressions Store.

Thanks for stopping by today!



Candy Corn Ants

Well it's getting closer to Halloween and I always enjoy this time of year.  It's fun to pull out the Halloween decorations and finish off my Halloween cards for my nieces and nephew.  This is one of them, featuring the image from a Doodle Pantry set called Candy Corn Ants. 

 This is such a terrific Halloween set.  You get a precolored version of the image as well as black and white, three sentiments and two complementary digi papers.  You can find this collection HERE in the Doodle Pantry Store.

Here, I've used the matching candy corn digi paper from the set with the image that was colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol blending solution.  I thought the real candy corns as embellishments would be a lot of fun and fully appreciated by my nephew!  Pretty easy peasy to put together just in time for Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by!