Irish Cheer

Happy St. Patrick's Week! This week the Tombow DT is sharing their Luck of the Irish themed projects. Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day (this coming Saturday) in any way? I try to do something fun each year for the boys. One year when my youngest was 6 or 7 I was sick and wasn't able to do anything. He said "this is the worst St. Patrick's Day of my life!" I had to laugh and told himwe were probably the only ones that even celebrated it! LOL!!

So this year, we will again have green eggs and ham (and since it's on Saturday, I plan to make some green pancakes as well) and green milk. (minus the green for me cuz it just looks gross Ü). I will also be making some fun rainbow food and have some goodies bought that my youngest (17) will enjoy. I've already sent a pkg to my son and his girlfriend filled with fun green and white and rainbow treats.

Okay, so now on to my card. Green is my favorite color, so St. Pat's just has to be celebrated right? LOL! This card is created with a fun image from Designed2Delight. I love their digi images and this is one of my many favorites of Faith's that she has designed.

I colored the image with Dual Brush Pens 098, 076, 992, 977, N75, and blender pen. I used Tombow's Mono Adhesive Dots to adhere the layers of cardstock.

Joy Snowman

If you are here for the FredSheSaid blog hop, go here

The challenge this week on Designed2Delight is to use your favorite snowman image. Debbie Standard is our hostess. We would love to have you play along with us.

I have a cute new image to show you from Designed2Delight. This image is called Joy Snowman and you can pick it up now in the D2D store. I colored it with markers and then mounted it onto red cardstock and then on a patchwork card using up some of my Basic Grey scraps.

Scroll down if you missed my Thanksgiving pics

D2D Anything Goes

If you are here for the FredSheSaid blog hop, go here
if for the Inky Antics blog hop go here

I love challenges like this and this week on Designed2Delight, Anything Goes is our challenge this week. I used a new image called Trimming the Tree. How cute is this mouse? I don't thing the real things are cute, but this one is.

I used some old Basic Grey Christmas papers I had in my scrap stash (trying so hard to make a dent in my scraps!) and the lovely wired ribbon is by May Arts.

Christmas Planner

Okay, this is weird. I set this post up to go live early Saturday morning while I'm at my brother's for the weekend. Checked it Saturday from their computer and it was up and then now notice it is gone. I heard of one gal that lost her blog. One day it was just gone. Sure hope that doesn't happen to me!

I am the hostess for this week on Designed2Delight. The theme is to make a Thanksgiving gift for a hostess having the dinner or anyone else you can think of that you want to say "thank you" to.

I know this looks more like Christmas, but I am giving Christmas Planners to the female members of my family when they come to our house for Thanksgiving dinner. Some of them start their shopping the next day on Black Friday, so I thought this would be a great gift to give them so they can keep track of their purchases.

I used D2D's Christmas Snowman to decorate the front and typed the words Christmas Planner with my computer. This one is made using a file folder. Later this week I will be showing you two different ways I made these. If you want you can google 'Christmas Planner' and see all kinds of tutorials out there.

Please come on over to D2D and play along with us this week!

Pumpkin Girl

**This is my 3rd post today, be sure to scroll down to see the others.
Today's challenge on Designed2Delight is pumpkins! I love fall, love to decorate with pumpkins and to eat pumpkin pie, bread, etc. Ü

I used another of my crochetd flowers and the orange button is tied with some yummy brown and white twinery my friend Pam sent me this week! You will be seeing it used a lot on my fall projects! Ü Thanks again Pam! (if you would like some, just let her know. She has lots for sale. Ü)

I hope you can come along and play with us this week.

Dancing Mouse

Cute Critters is the theme this week for Designed2Delight's Saturday Challenge. This cute image is one from D2D's Dancing Mice set. I colored it with markers and then cut with a Nestibilities Die. My friend Gail gave me a new SU! catalog and I got the idea for the sketch from the catalog.

I used My Mind's Eye designer papers, a crocheted flower by me and added the Basic Grey button with Tombow's Power Tabs (love how strong they are!) and then some vintage rayon seam binding for ribbon.

We would love to have you come over and play in the challenge.

Thought of the Day

There are so many quotes out there that I love that I had a hard time choosing one to create with. Since this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided to choose one of my favorites that I could make a card around honoring this month. My g'ma, 2 friends, DH's aunt, as well as others we have known, have courageously battled this cancer.

I can only imagine the amount of faith it takes to deal with cancer and each on the ones we know had to take that first step, even when they couldn't see the whole picture.

The card I chose to create uses a new image from Designed2Delight to honor Nat'l Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is called Hope 2011 Cancer Awareness Set. The nice thing about this set is that you can color the ribbon to match the cancer. Here is a link that tells you which cancer each color represents.

I used My Mind's Eye papers, Tombow's Glue Pen to add Cotton Candy Sparkly Fluff(from Our Craft Lounge) to the image ribbon and dots, Foam Tabs to raise up the butterfly image, and  Dual Brush Pens (761 & 800) for coloring and Mono Adhesive permanent.

Falling Leaves

**LAST DAY TO SIGN ENTER: Go here for a chance to win the files to make my fun acorn box

Falling Leaves is the challenge on Designed2Delight this week. We would love to have you come and play along. To play, just create a projects that has leaves in it.
I created this card using an older D2D image called Oak Wreath. The sentiment is from OurCraftLounge's Fall Sunflower.

Autumn Mums

This pretty image and sentiment is one from D2D's Autumn Mums digi set. I used some fall papers I had in my scrap box and the felt flowers are from SU! a few years ago? Forgot all about them and they matched the colors perfectly so had to use them. Ü

Falloween Cat

I have another Falloween Cat image to share with you today. This week's challenge on Designed2Delight is to use colored pencils. I LOVE coloring with colored pencils and blending with Gamsol.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I added glitter with the Tombow Mono Glue Pen to the spider web.

We would love to have you come and play along in this challenge with us on the D2D blog.

FSS Gratitude

Another card made with the precolored hydrangeas by FredSheSaid. The 'gratitude' sentiment and purple polka dot paper is from Designed2Delight's Autumn Mums' set and Fall Fun digi paper set.

Happy FALLoween!

Designed2Delight has a challenge this week to use die cuts and/or punches. I chose this fun image called "FALLoween Cat". I used a Nestibility die for the sentiment and scallop punch for the scallops.

Whipper Snapper Fall/Winter Image + D2D Digital Papers Blog Hop

**ETA: You must leave a way for me to get a hold of you if your name is drawn. Too many are posting as anonymous and I have no idea who you are.

Good Morning! Today many of the Designed2Delight team members are participating in a hop with Faith's new images that she designed for Whipper Snapper Designs. If you have come here from Lola's blog you are in the right spot along the hop. If not, be sure to go to the D2D blog to find the beginning of the hop. You won't want to miss out as Faith has put together a package of papers based on the papers each of us used for our projects and at each stop on the hop we can also give away a $3 Gift Voucher to the D2D store to a random commenter. You won't want to miss out on commenting on each of the blogs along the hop. A list of the winners will be posted on the D2D blog Wednesday.

I chose Faith's image called A New Sweater. Is this just too cute or what?! I also used her new digi patterned papers: Midnight Weave, Butter Plaid, Green Textured, and Orange Plaid.

Leave a message here and I will draw a name Tuesday at 6 pm CST to win a $3 voucher to the Designed2Delight store.

Next up on the hop is Debbie Standard. You are going to love what she designed for this hop.

Back to School Maisie

Today is challenge day over on D2D. The challenge this week is Back to School. While several didn't start school til Tuesday, we've been at it for a month now.

I love this new little girl that Faith designed. Her name is Maisie Belle and you can find her here.

I was inspired by this card for my sketch. I colored with markers and used papers in my scrap stash. Be sure to stop by the D2D blog for more Back to School inspiration. Also if you haven't been by the gallery site lately, be sure to stop by and check out all the lovelies!

Christmas Snowman

Today is a reminder post to come and play along with us at Designed2Delight. This week's challenge is to use buttons.

I used SU! buttons that I have had for YEARS! I'm sure they don't even carry these now, but I love them. The colors were perfect for the papers I used.

Stamps: D2D digital Christmas Snowman
Paper: Daisy D's, K & Co.
Other: markers, SU! buttons, Sugar Sparkly Stuff by OCL (love this stuff! Ü), Tombow Power Tabs, Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Mono Adhesive Permanent, crochet thread

Celebrating Caterpillar

This fun digi image is a new one from Designed2Delight called Celebrating Caterpillar. Still determined to whittle down my scrap box, I used scraps to create the card. I was inspired by this sketch on Our Craft Lounge yesterday and used it for inspiration for my card.

I used Tombow's markers and colored pencils to color the image.

Hop over to the D2D blog to see what other DT member created using buttons and play along with us for a chance to win some free digi images. Have you checked out the D2D album? It is full of inspiration all in one spot.
Pop back in for another post at 8 AM as I am the hostess for a challenge on Splitcoaststampers annual DTGD (Dare to Get Dirty) challenges.

D2D Love Ewe & Stylish Bloom

Good Morning! Today I will be flying back to NE from CHA and I'm sure will have lots to share with you in the days to come. Ü
Today I want to share a card I made awhile back and never got uploaded. This card is using Love Ewe & Stylish Bloom. Aaron helped me "erase" the heart the sheep was holding and insert the bloom. I think this will make a cute "thinking of you", "birthday", or any occasion card.

D2D Strawberries

This is a new release by Designed2Delight called "Strawberries". I colored the image with Tombow's Irojiten colored pencils and Dual Brush Pens.

My card was inspired by this one on SCS. I used scraps from my scrap bin.

D2D Saturday Challenge It's My Party

Hello! Today I am your challenge hostess for D2D's weekly Saturday Challenge. This week is my birthday, so I chose the theme "It's My Party". All you have to do is create anything that you would give for a birthday...card, gift item, gift bag, etc.

I chose to use D2D's Spring Kaela. I just love the look on her face, she is so sweet.

For the inside I used a digital birthday ticket I found here online (you have to scroll down a bit).

To play along, just go to D2D's blog and upload your creation by next Friday. Don't forget to check out all the inspiration in our gallery as well.

D2D Saturday Challenge

This week my friend Bridget is our hostess on Designed2Delight. She has challenged us to make a Christmas/Winter card with the colors red, white, and blue.

I hope you aren't getting tired of these notepads! They are so quick and easy to do and addictive to make. Ü I chose to use D2D's For the Birds Snowman for my notepad. This little notepad will be perfect for all the ideas and notes needed to write down for the holidays.

I hope you will play along with us this week. Don't forget there is lots of inspiration on the D2D blog and in our gallery.