Christmas Card ~ For You {1st Post}

Christmas is just one month away now. Yikes.

Wonder what this little guy has hidden in that present?

*Polar Peace digi set from Dee Dee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the Holiday Greetings stamp set from Verve Stamps.

*N2, N4, E000, G05 and R46 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Dee Dee's digis Nov. digi of the month {progressive}
Word Art Wednesday #211 Anything goes/family friendly
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #22 Anything goes

Halloween Card ~ Pumpkin Patch {2nd Post}

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!

My favorite part of Halloween is 

opening the door for our trick or treat visitors.

For years there were NO young kids in our neighborhood.

Consequently that meant we had NO trick or treat visitors.

Slowly that has turned around and last year we got about 30.

Can't wait to see how many little cuties ring the bell.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Pumpkin Patch digi set from Dee Dee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the Happy Everything stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

*YR00, E15, E33, Y15, YR04, G05, B23 and 100 markers from Copic.
*Memento Rich Cocoa stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Dee Dee's Digis Oct. digi of the month {progressive}
Cardz TV {card} #4 Halloweeen
DL Art October linky Anything goes
Emerald Creek Dares Tricks or Treats 

Birthday Card ~ Fall Is Coming {1st Post}

Tuesday was the first day of school for our students.

It was so fun to see all those sweet and excited faces.

While the start of a new school year marks a time for things to slowdown 

for a lot of you, it is the opposite for those of us in the education biz.

Autumn is coming and the leaves will soon be falling.

Right now I'll take and totally enjoy the few sunny days we have left.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.

*Elephant  from the Leaf Your Cares Behind digi set from Deedee's Digis.

*Sentiment cut using the Happy Birthday Border from Lawn Fawn.

*N2, N4 and E000 markers from Copic.
*GR3, Y03 and OR4 markers from Chameleon.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis September stamp of the month {progressive}
Word Art Wednesday #200 Anything goes/family friendly {Happy 200th!!!}
DL Art September linky Anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #104 Anything goes
613 Avenue Create #140 Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #17 Anything goes
Craft Your Passion #278 Anything goes

Just Because Card ~ Summer In a Basket {1st Post}

Summer is quickly coming to an end.

School starts here real soon.

The rain is back. Goodbye 95 degree days.

So I thought I'd share a little basket of sunshine.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.

*Basket from the Seasonal Baskets digi set from Deedee's Digis.

*Sentiment handwritten by me.

*E25, E57, E59, YR04, YR23, R29, R35, R46, Y06, Y15, YG06, YG11, YG17, YG67, G05, B24, B29, C4 and 100 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis August digi of the month {progressive}
  ***Join her progressive for free this month {here}
Marker Pop #76 Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown Just because
Artistic Inspirations #138 Anything goes
Creative Knockouts #104 Anything goes

Birthday Card ~ Ice Cream Anyone? {1st Post}

Wow can you believe it is July already?
I loVe to play along with progressive challenges.

This month I totally got them done way ahead of schedule.
I printed the images as soon as they were sent to me.
Last night I woke up at 3 am and colored them up.
Today during my breaks I made them into cards.
This is the first of three cards I have to share today.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Ice Cream Truck digi from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the To A Cute Little Chickie from My Creative Time.

*E33, E57, B23, R46, R83, C4 and 100 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love and happiness.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis July digi of the month {progressive}
Word Art Wednesday #190 Anything goes
QKR Stampede #146 For a child
Through the Craft Room Door Anything goes

Thinking of You Card ~ Hi {1st Post}

Oh my goodness the end of June is here already. Yikes.

Each month I tell myself I am going to play along early 

with the progressive challenges I join in each month...

I download the wonderful freebie I am sent and even copy it.

Then life time flies and I realize I haven't played yet.
Here is the first of the three I have to share today.

First I colored up the fun sea life background.
Next I colored up this cute little diver duck.
To finish my card I fussy cut and applied the duck with foam tape.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Diver Daniel digi from Deedee's Digis.

*E13, E17, E25, E33, B21, B23, BG10, Y13, YR00, YR04, YR12, N0, and N2 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love and happiness.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis June digi of the month {progressive}
DL Art June linky Anything goes
The Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge {#9}
Crafty Gals Corner #25 Anything goes
Digi Sketch Challenge Holidays, the sea and/or sketch.
Artistic Inspirations #134 Anything goes

Father's Day Card ~ Relax {2nd Post}

Didn't this sweet little corgi make a good Father's Day card?

I inked up my embossing folder to create my background.

I have been having such a fun time with this technique this month.

Next I colored up the corgi and slippers.

To finish up I used a sentiment from my stash.

*Dad's Day Off digi {non EU}{EU} from from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from a stamp set from Fiskars
*Embossed using a folder from the Chain set from Lifestyle Crafts.

*E13, E19, 100, G05 and N0 markers from Copic.

*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis May digi of the month {progressive}
DL Art Thankful Thursday #157 Father's Day
Pile It On #71 Focus on color
Suzy Bees Bloomin #82 Bright and colorful
CRAFT Challenges #313 Father's Day/male
Eureka Stamps #142 For the boys

Just Because Card ~ A Pretty Trellis {3rd Post}

I did it! I did it! My goal this month was to not wait 

until the last minute to complete my progressive challenge cards.

My third card is created using one of the images 

from the Deedee's Digis April SOTM set.

Thanks Deedee for the sweet set.
This beautiful trellis can be used for so many occasions.
I'm thinking Mother's Day, sympathy, thinking of you.
The occasions and colors are endless.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Trellis digi from the Blooming Blessings set from Deedee's Digis.
*BV17, RV34, G21, Y21 and E13 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis April digi of the month {progressive}
Word Art Wednesday #177 Anything goes {Deedee is a sponsor this week}

Birthday Card ~ All Aboard

Oh my gosh where oh where did the month go?

I can't believe the end of March is coming so quickly.

I was working on our taxes today and realized I hadn't taken a picture 

of or posted my card for the progressive challenge at Deedee's Digi's. Yikes.

Here is my updated photo. The other inside one was yellow. lol.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Train digi from the Right On the Track set from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment stamped called Happy Birthday from StampCraft.
*C1, 100, B29 and R46 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis March digi of the month {progessive}
DL Art March linky Anything goes
CRAFT Challenge Inspired by a film {Thomas and the Magic Railroad}

Love Card ~ You Had Me At Meow

I've had this card in the works for a few days.

First thing I did was color up the tigers.

I went with traditional tiger colors.

Next I added them to the base layers keeping 

with my black, orange and white color combo.

To finish off I added this cute MCT sentiment.

I just got the set it came in today. tee hee.

It came in a set with little kitties but I 

thought it would work with these big kitties, too.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Forever Friends digi from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the You Had Me At Meow stamp set from My Creative Time.
*YR04 and 100 markers from Copic.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis February digi of the month
DL Art February linky Anything goes

Love/Valentine Card ~ Caughtcha {2nd Post}

This little cutie caught a heart while ice fishing so I thought 

this would be perfect for a creating a Valentine shaker.

I added faux stitching to the sentiment rectangle to help it stand out.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.

*Ice Fishing digi from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the Happy Days stamp set from Cardz TV.

*Oval cut using the Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies from My Creative Time.

*Cuttlebug Love's In the Air embossing folder from Provo Craft.

*Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Memento.

*C3, C4, YR04, R29, E13 and B24 markers from Copic.
*Beads from Bead Landing.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis Jan digi of the month challenge
Cardz TV #2 Hearts
DL Art Thankful Thursday #149 Valentine's Day
Cut It Up #63 Embossing
Hiding in My Craft Room #184 Any holiday
Time Out #23 Valentine's Day with twist of hearts
CRAFT Challenges #296 Valentine/Love
Cuttin and Stampin #5 Valentine's Day
Eureka Stamps #125 Hearts
QKR Stampede #124 Hearts
Crafts 4 Eternity #211 No pattern paper
Sentimental Sundays #243 Anything goes 
Suzy Bee's Bloomin #65 Anything goes with twist add stitching

Christmas Card ~ Warmest Winter Wishes {2nd Post}

I added some stamped snowflakes around the polar bear digi and I even 

added one for her to hold while she enjoys her skating adventure.
I colored up her sweater and skates with some Copics.

*Polar bear digi from the Happy Brrr-day  set from Deedee's Digis.

*Sentiment and snowflakes from the Winter Cheer set from My Creative Time.
*B23 and V17 markers from Copic.

*Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Memento.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis December stamp of the month {progressive} 
Loves Rubber Stamps #131 Holiday Blitz Anything goes
Cuttin and Stampin #4 Winter project
Simon Says {Wed} Anything goes
Pile It On #49 Anything goes Christmas/holidays
Scrapbook Blessing Club December linky anything goes holiday
CRAFT Challenge Anything goes
Time Out Christmas is Love with all the trimmings
Inky Impressions #190 Winter wonderland
Digi Sketch Winter snowflakes
Wednesday's Creative Inspirations #294 Christmas / New Year!
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #209 Anything goes {Christmas}
Craftyhazelnut's Extra December Christmas
Decosse's Dynamite Doodles 12 months of Christmas cards

Christmas Tag ~Baked With Love {2nd Post}

I have another progressive challenge project to share.
I combined these cute mixing bowls and sentiment
to create a tag to attach to a baked holiday treat.
Now if I could just cook. lol
{seriously the cooking gene skipped this generation}

*Sentiment and bowl digi from the Mix It Up set from Deedee's Digis.
*Tag cut by hand.
*Circles cut using the Nesting Circles die set fro We R Memory Keepers.
*R37, G07 and E133 markers from Copic.
*Ribbon from Offray

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges
Deedee's Digis November progressive challenge
Decosse's Dynamite Doodles 12 months of Christmas card link up

Thinking of You Card ~ In My Thoughts {1st Post}

I have another progressive challenge card to share.

This little guy would be perfect for a lot of occasions.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Mouse/pumpkin digi from the Thinking Spot set from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from Studio G.
*YR04, G07, E13, E17, C4, B24, B32 and B83 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges
Deedee's Digis October progressive challenge
Clear It Out Theme: color orange Stash: orange things {marker}

Just Because Card ~ Climbing Monkeys {2nd Post}

Hello my sweet friends. Sorry I was gone longer than expected.

I ended up with heat exhaustion. I am on the mend now but still tire easily.

This is the 2nd of three very CAS cards I created to share.

I wasn't sure what sentiment I wanted to add.

I may add more to it later when my strength is back.

Thanks for understanding!

These cute little monkeys remind me of  the fun the kiddos 

have climbing all over the play structure at work.

*Monkey Business digi set from Deedee's Digis
*E13, E17, E33, BV23, Y11 and Y15 markers from Copics.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis August progressive
Word Art Wednesday #147 Anything goes
Suzy Bees Bloomin #44 Anything goes
CRAFT Challenge #274 Animal/pet
Through the Craft Room Door Anything goes

Christmas Card ~ Penguin Cutie {1st Post}

Each month I swear that I am not going to wait until the last minute 

to post the wonderful progressive challenges 

I currently play along with and of course time gets away from me.

I have two to share with you today.

This one is getting in on the last day. Whew.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*So Cool digi from Deedee''s Digis..
*Sentiment from the Happy Celebrations stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas.
*Design paper from Recollections.
*Y04, B32, B05 and 100 markers from Copic.
*Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Memento.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis July digi of the month progressive
DL Art August linky
DL Art Thankful Thursday #137 Christmas in July
Craftin Desert Divas #36 Christmas in July
Decosse's Dynamite 12 months of Christmas card link up
Simon Says {Mon} J is for... {Jolly penguin}

Missing You Card ~ Piggy Friends {5th Post}

I copied off two little pigs so they could go swimming together.

*Pigs from the Life Is A Beach digi set from Deedee's Digis.
*Embossed using the cloud folder from the Cuttlebug Skyward Set.
*Sentiment from the I'm Here For You Rain or Shine stamp set from My Creative Time.
*Wave border punch from Fiskars.
*Copic markers R29, B24, YG06 and R83.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:
Deedee's Digis June progressive Life is a beach
Craftin Desert Divas #34 Red, white and blue
Paper Pretties #316 Red, white and blue
Digi Haven Life is a beach
Sentimental Sunday #213 Summer
Pile It On #26 Outdoor fun 

Father's Day Card ~ Not a Tie {1st Post}

This Father's Day card can also be used for a birthday card.

I inked up the embossing folder before running 

my paper through to make my background.

I colored, cut then added the panda, bag and tie.

The tie and top sentiment are adhered with foam tape for dimension.

*Panda, bag, tie and sentiment are from the Not a Tie digi set from Deedee's Digis.
*Embossed using the Cuttlebug Argyle folder.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad.
*Copic markers G05 and 100.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:

Deedee's Digis May digi of the month
DL Art June linky
Word Art Wednesday #134 Anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania Father's Day
Paper Pretties #312 Father's Day / Masculine cards
Pile It On #22 Humor

Mother's Day Card ~ A Little Snuggle

I went with a clean and simple look for this Mother's Day card.

I love how the little one is snuggling up to its Momma.



*Card base 5.5 x 4.25 in.
*Owls from the "Under Your Wing" digi set from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the "Happy Days" stamp set from Cardz TV.
*Border cut using the Scallop Dot punch from Martha Stewart.
*Copic markers Y21, E13, E15, E17 and E59.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad.

 

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,

D~

Please join me and play along with these wonderful challenges:

Deedee's Digis April progressive
Jo's Scrap Shack #47 Mother's Day
Hiding In My Craft Room #147 Mother's Day

Simon Says {Wed} Clean and simple
Sentimental Sunday #204 Clean and simple
DL Art Thankful Thursday #131 Mother's Day
DL Art April linky
Crafting With Dragonflies #24 Mother's Day

Easter Card ~ Meow Surprise {1st Post}

I would like to thank the wonderful people at Word Art Wednesday

and Deedee at Deedees's Digis for today's little cutie.

I recently won the challenge at Word Art Wednesday

and Deedee was one of their generous sponsors.
{I got to pick 3 digi sets of my choice}

 Thanks so much everyone!!!

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Uneggspected digi from Deedee's Digis {at Diane's Daydream Designs}
*Copic markers B32, BV00, Bv23, Y11 and RV21.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,

D~

Please join me and play along with these terrific challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #125 Anything goes

Deedee's Digis March digi of the month challenge

Craftin Desert Divas Brad, button, ribbon and twine {at least 2}
DL Art Thankful Thursday March linky

Eureka Stamps #82 No squares
Open-Minded Crafting Fun #7 Animal antics
Simon Says Stamps {Wed} Anything goes with buttons
Kitty Bee Designs #20 Play pretend
Pause Dream Enjoy #6 Twine