Stamping Dragon Designs Digi Stamps to Digi Paper

Hi, everyone!

I thought I'd switch things up a bit with my Stamping Dragon Designs post today. I've created some digipapers using the Sewing Stamp Pack from the store! 

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The bottom two squares use the digi-papers I made. I added a Sizzix Sizzlit sewing machine die cut as my focal point, some Sizzix Sizzlits corner accents, and a little bit of gel pen work, which I wasn't thrilled with, but since it's not erasable.....there it is! lol!

Please visit the Stamping Dragon Designs store to pickup your Lighthouse Pyramage!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to stop over at the store to see all the available Stampin' Dragon Designs images and digital papers, and be sure to check out the rest of the highlights on my fellow DT's blogs for more great inspiration! (Their blog links are all located in the left sidebar of my blog for you! :0)) You should also stop over at the challenge blog to catch all the details for the current challenge, and don't forget to enter your project for a chance to win! :0)

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you will join me next week for more Stampin' Dragon Designs eye candy!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Purple Frog - Flowers

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

DRS Designs - make your own patterned paper

Pixie Dust Studio - Use two or more images

(Scissors and Sewing Machine Images used for creating my papers)

Di's Digi Downloads is sponsoring Stamping Dragon Designs

Hi, everyone!

Hi, everyone! I'm here to announce the next Stamping with the Dragon Challenge Blog challenge. It's a sponsored challenge, and our wonderful sponsor this time around is none other than our very own Di's Digi Downloads! :0) 

My card today features the Stamping Dragon Designs Cafe Pigale Digipapers. Click the link I've provided to go to the store to pick these up......right after you stop by the Stamping with the Dragon Challenge Blog to post your entry......you don't want to miss your chance to win!! 

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I also used a new Quickutz die for my dress form and skirt, and my Nesties Lotus Pendant die. The sentiment was added by me in PSE to one of the image extras in the digipaper pack. I used my Cameo Print to Cut feature to cu that out, and popped it up with some pop dots. The lace I added tot he edges of the card was a white lace. I added color to darken it by "mooshing" it into a stamp pad. :0)

 We have two prizes up for grabs for this challenge: 

First Prize

$10 Gift Certificate to Di's Digi Downloads

Second Prize 

(Requires use of a Stamping Dragon Designs Image

on Your Project) 

One Image from the Stamping Dragon Designs store

PLUS 

A Guest Designer Position!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to stop over at the store to see all the Stampin' Dragon Designs images, and be sure to check out the rest of the highlights on my fellow DT's blogs for more great inspiration! (Their blog links are all located in the left sidebar of my blog for you! :0))

I hope you will join me next week for more Stampin' Dragon Designs eye candy! Happy Crafting!

Etsy Shop is back up with some Spooky Digi Papers and a few new additions!

Hi, everyone!
Back in my Etsy Shop for purchase for your super spooky projects this year!
Click HERE to shop! :0) They'll be listed for a limited time only, so grab them while you can!

Back from my trip - a free digi-paper for you

Howdy! :0)
I'm back from my week away, and SO HAPPY to have been able to create a card this morning! Yay!!! I missed my craft room, and all my online friends in the crafty world! I grabbed my coffee and jumped to the PCP and CDAC Bugaboo sites to check out their Wacky Wednesday Challenge #14 for this week, and it's a color challenge. I also checked on their Catch the Bug Challenge Blog, I like to combine the two when I can, and it is a Distressed/Shabby Chic Challenge. Here's what I came up with

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For the PCP and CDAC Wacky Wednesday Challenge, here are the colors for this week that we have to use on our projects

My image is from the Bugaboo Stamps Cowboy images, and the Howdy image is a new release from Jodie this week, and on sale for only $ .65 until Aug 26! I colored both in my PSE program.  

My fence was punched from my MS punch, using a piece of DCWV Cafe Mediterranean Card Stock. 

I used some MME papers, wrinkled it up and rolled it across my ink pad (SU Soft Suede. Then I inked the edges of it, too. That is the paper used for  my base layer. The patterned paper is something I made from different free clip art images that I found online. It's a random pattern, and it is yours as a freebie! :0) It is sized to print as 3-1/2"x5", something I use frequently when making my own patterns to go with designer papers I already have, and the size I use for printing my digi images on. You can cut an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper with minimal mess to this size and have 5 pieces of it. This is less waste than using 4x6 pieces for me. :0)

Anyhow, I printed my pattern on a piece of DCWV card stock from the Cafe Mediterranean Stack (cut to 3.5 x 5 for my printer). I tore the edges of it, and inked them with the Soft Suede, as well. I used some hemp twine, braided, to make my rope, and a Stampin' Up Designer Brad from my stash. 

I'm still in process of cleaning up my craft room, after moving it to a larger room in my house, so I will be working on that more this week. My son also needs help organizing his space, now that he's home from school to stay (finally!). I have a lot on my plate, but am going to tty to do more creating as soon as I can! Thanks for stopping by! Happy Crafting!

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Andy Bauer & A Free Digi-Paper

Hi, everyone!
Snuck a card in this weekend, even with all the busy-body action around here with my son home! :0)

Isn't she cool?! 

This is an image that a wonderful digital artist, Andy Bauer, agreed to let me use to make this card. Andy has some incredible talent! Make sure to check out his blog and website! They are too cool! And....for you Facebook fans, he has a page on that, as well!

I colored the image in PSE, and then I added some Star Dust Stickles to her eye makeup and some Aileen's Paper Glaze to her fabulous lips. The flowers are Prima, and the brads are from my stash of oh-so-many. I used an EK Success Edger for the black lattice, and some Stampin' Up punches for the sentiment layers. The digi-paper in the background is something I made in PSE. It's today's freebie! :0)

You can download it HERE. 

Geez - it's been a long time since I gave away a digi-paper, huh?! Yikes!

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Happy Crafting!

Cocktail Invitation

I know it's a little late for inviting folks over for New Years Eve, but this invitation could be used for a cocktail party any time of the year!
I used the Hostess With the Mostess digi-stamps from Amber Ink for this one. I made my own digi-paper to layer under the image layer and to cut the svg shrimp out. The svg and the digipapers are your freebie today! There are three digi-papers: Salmon, Chilled and a Gradient Salmon color, plus the double layered Shrimp SVG in the file download.
The digi-stamp is colored in my PSE program, printed and then I added some Star Dust Stickles. The champagne flutes actually had the bubbles added in PSE, but they didn't show up in a photo well, and I wanted a little more pizzazz, so I added the Stickles. :)
My son thought I should add something to the top left corner of the card, but I think sometimes "less is more". What do you think?

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If you have any problems with this file, please let me know so I can fix it for you, and for others!

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Should you wish to share my files with others, please post a link to my site and give due credit.

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You can contact me at cherylfirst1@yahoo.com if you have any questions about any of my files, or if you just want to drop me a note! 

Happy Crafting!  :)

Inspiration Team Photo Challenge 09/10 & A Freebie

Melanie, at Scrappily Ever After, is celebrating babies this month, and today is the day for a photo challenge! The team of gals she put together to help inspire others to create cards for Operation Write Home has some amazing submissions for you, so be sure to check out Melanie's blog!
Today's photo is of an adorable nursery! Now who wouldn't love to have this room for their baby?! Such soothing colors....I love it!

The mod pattern on the bedding inspired me to make a digipaper, which you can download for free at the end of this post, but first.......here is my card!

For the giraffe, I used SVGCuts.com digicart, Cuddly Animals. He was somuch fun to ink and piece together! 

Now, the reason you all stopped by......this is the digipaper freebie I have for you today: I call it "Mad Sweetness". :)

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Cartoon Saturday 08/21 - rambling & martians

So here we are......another week has passed, and it's "that" time again! Cartoon Saturday! :)
How about a free little bit of something that's out of this world?! Today I have a cartoon freebie for you that is just that! :) It's Marvin the Martian. "Why Marvin?", you ask......Well, Bugs Bunny is an all-time favorite of many, many people. There are so many characters from the Bugs Bunny Show, and each one holds it's own special place in my heart: the Road Runner and Coyote cartoons were some of my personal favorites. I can remember sitting in front of a 13" black and white tv at my grandma's house, eating Captain Crunch and watching that Wiley E. Coyote running himself ragged over that silly Road Runner! And Bugs......who doesn't love Bugs?!
Now, flash forward twenty-five years...........I met my husband online. After six weeks of emails and phone calls, we finally went on our first date. We went to see the movie, Gladiator, with Russell Crowe. Then we had dinner at a local Thai food place. It was a good date (obviously....we're married! lol!). Anyhow, you're probably wondering what this has to do with Bugs Bunny Cartoons and free digital paper......well........nothing! Except that in order to understand our second date, you had to know there was a first date, and I was rambling..... :)
On our second date, Chris (my hubby) showed up at my house in a Marvin the Martian t-shirt and blue jeans. He LOVES Marvin! That's his favorite character of choice. Well........this week he has been home, working VERY hard to clean out our detached garage (we have a detached and attached garage, and the detached is loaded up with his "stuff"). We are moving to WV in less than two months, and with him only home one week per month,  "taking care of business" has been a long, drawn-out affair. Every week he's been home, and it's been spent trying to "thin out" the "stuff"........for months now. We've had very little "fun time". Which brings me to......he's a great husband, and works so hard to take care of our family! I was sitting in this air conditioned house, daydreaming about how we met (because lately I do that), and I remembered that silly t-shirt he wore on our second date. He still has that Marvin t-shirt, tucked into the bottom of a drawer. I guess some "stuff" doesn't get "thinned out".....which is a good thing. :)

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Inspiration Team Challenge 08/20 & A Freebie SVG file! Bugaboo Back to School Challenge

Melanie, at Scrappily Ever After, has been celebrating the upcoming Back to School season this month, and today is the day for a photo challenge! The team of gals she put together to help inspire others to create cards for Operation Write Home has some amazing submissions for you, so be sure to check out Melanie's blog! 

Today's photo is Alphabet Blocks

I remember playing with alphabet blocks! I used to stack them up, just so I could knock them back down again. I don't think I ever bothered with trying to spell anything with them.

Anyhow, here is my card! I've also entered this one in the Bugaboo Back to School Challenge over on the Catch the Bug Blog! The challenge was to use primary colors on your card.

For this card, I used a Bugaboo Digi-Stamp. I am loving coloring with my pencils. I recently found Bugaboo Stamps, and she had a great sale going on, so I purchased as many as I could afford! The images are adorable, and they print so nice!

The background paper I used on this card is one that I made myself. If you'd like to have it, check out my post from August 6! I also made the alphabet blocks from a text, Baby Blocks, using my Sure Cuts A Lot program and my Cricut. Here is the freebie SVG file for you to use to make your own alpha blocks! :)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like my card!

Cartoon Saturday 8/14 - Some Smurf Love for You!

And here we are again....Happy Saturday!

Last week I gave you a freebie digi-paper that featured the entire Sesame Street Gang, and this week I am switching gears back to some of my favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon characters, The Smurfs! Have you heard, they have a movie coming! Yay! I guess I am just a  big kid at heart, but I still love the Smurfs.....Laaa La LaLa La Laaaaaa......! LOL!
Here is a preview of today's Freebie Digipaper

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Inspiration Team Challenge 08/13 & A Freebie!

Melanie, at Scrappily Ever After, has been celebrating the upcoming Back to School season this month, and today is the day for a photo challenge! The team of gals she put together to help inspire others to create cards for Operation Write Home has some amazing submissions for you, so be sure to check out Melanie's blog! 
Today's photo is a globe

And below is my card!

I've been practicing my coloring with markers, and my Bugaboo Stamp is colored and then cut out by hand. I glued him on a background paper that I made, and this is your freebie digi-paper today! 

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OWH Sketch Challenge #29

Today there is a new post over at Operation Write Home - it's a sketch challenge! (I love sketch challenges!).
Here is the sketch to use

And here is the card I made

The background paper is a spooky graveyard scene. This and the bat paper that I printed the word "Spooky" on can be found in my Etsy shop. CAFexpressions! So if you like them, please.......go buy them! (And check out my other paper packs while you're there - hint-hint!)

I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the 2x5 layers, and the raven and skull are cut with SCAL and my Cricut from SVGCuts.com digicart, Hazel's Wicked Witch Crafts.

I did some embossing with a Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls folder, and some inking on the skull. The raven is also embossed, and his eye is finished off with a Souffle gel pen, and some red Stickles.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look! I hope you like what you see! 

Please spend some time browsing my blog, and click the link to "Follow Me"! :)

(Hehehehe! A little Sunday morning rhyme-time for you!)

Cartoon Saturday - Read A Book Sesame

And here we are again....Happy Saturday!
Last week I gave you a freebie digi-paper that featured the entire Sesame Street Gang, and this week, sticking with Sesame Street, is one that is focused on the return to school! I love fall, and the feeling in the air when the children start preparing to go back to classes!
This did-paper has a more "worn" look to it. Not extreme effect, but I liked how it turned out. Let me know what you think!

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Inspiration Team Challenge 08/06 & A Freebie Digi-Paper

Melanie, at Scrappily Ever After, has been a new theme for the month of August - Back to School -  and today is the day for a photo challenge! The team of gals she put together to help inspire others to create cards for Operation Write Home has some amazing submissions for you, so be sure to check out Melanie's blog! 

For today's challenge, I have made a digital card front. I plan on printing this to affix to a card that is 5" x 5" so I can send it in to Operation Write Home.

I used a digi-kit called Study Buddies, created by Lisa and Jeanne Marie from Precious Piecings and Jeanne Marie's Scraps. (You can purchase Jeanne Marie's other digi-kits at www.acherryontop.com). While I did not use my own digi-paper on this card, I have created one for you to go along with today's challenge photo! You can pick it up at the bottom of this post. :)

I do not have any elementary school age kids: my son is going to be a senior in high school this year. Wow.....where has the time gone! I am recently unemployed, and am looking forward to being able to attend all of the school functions this year! I usually make it to most of them, but now I will be able to visit, even during the week (for those new to my blog, my son goes to a private school, several hours away from home, so visits include overnight stays close to campus). What about you? Are your kids just starting school, or are they "seasoned scholars"?

I hope you like my digi-card, and don't forget to head over to Melanie's blog to see the other team members creations!

And now, for what you've all been waiting for......

a freebie!

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Cartoon Saturday - Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

Another week, another cartoon digi-paper freebie! Yay!

I'm having so much fun with my PSE lately - I think I have neglected my vacuuming duties to the point there may be an entire pack of dogs worth of fur floating around my house! YUUUUCK!!!! So, after posting today, I am off to do some MUCH needed housework!

I decided to switch things up a bit, this week. Instead of a Scooby-Doo Digi-Paper, I have a Sesame Street Digi-Paper for you! :)

I loved Sesame Street when I was a kid. My favorite character was Grover.  Who was your favorite Sesame Street Character??? Leave a comment, let the world know! :)

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Don't forget to come back next week - I'll have another digi-freebie for you!

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Inspiration Team Challenge 07/30 & A Freebie

Melanie, at Scrappily Ever After, has been celebrating Christmas in July, and today is the day for a photo challenge! The team of gals she put together to help inspire others to create cards for Operation Write Home has some amazing submissions for you, so be sure to check out Melanie's blog! 
Today's card is based on the photo of Christmas lights...ooooooooo, prettttyyyy! :) They always do mesmerize me!
In the spirit of using up my scraps, and trying to ease the burden of moving them all when the time comes, I made this card for this challenge.

I'm a terrible photographer, so I scan my cards. This tree is on pop-dots, and I ended up with a shadow, and a slight blur to my pic - sorry! I tried.......and failed.. :( I'm going to try to do better next time. Maybe I'll even pull out the camera and try to shoot the photo. Maybe.

Material List

SU Cardstock from Scrap Pile - Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Confetti Cream

Leftover Christmas Light Brads & Star Brad Buddy

SU Ink - Garden Green

Sponge Dauber

Pop DOts

SU Stamp - Short & Sweet

SCAL

(The christmas tree was traced from a jpg image in SCAL).

In honor of the end of our Christmas in July theme, I have three papers for you today!

:)

Thanks for checking out my submission to the challenges! I hope that I inspired you a little, and that you come back next month for our school theme! 

See you soon!

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