Country Farm Kitchen

      Ok, we're done with the deer from the last challenge and are moving on to our newest theme at FarmQuest Challenge, "Country Kitchen."  I found this clip art image, printed it in gray scale (a technique I really love these days!), and colored it with a combo of (mostly) water colors, ProMarkers to create the 'rust,' and gel pens for white highlights on the cherries. 

     The background stripes were made using a scrap of dp.  The image and the frames were cut with Tonic Studio dies.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  I decided on a CAS design (despite the background stripes instead of just white space) so no embellishments beyond that paper.

     Challenges:

A Perfect Time ...

Classic Design

Crafts Galore ...

Happy ... Stampers

Let's Craft & ...

Mirtillamente

Morgan's ArtWorld

Not2Shabby (4 of 5 colors + country)

     We'd love to see what you create for our challenge.  Anything farm or country kitchen will do.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Absolute Pear-fection!

      I'm tickled to be posting my first DT card for Creative Knockouts and our theme this time is "Something to Say" (use a sentiment.)   The challenge is sponsored by Jan's Digi Stamps (another of the DTs I serve :-D) and the prize is  $10 (US) gift certificate for a shopping spree at their store.

     I chose an image & sentiment from the "Fall Pear-fection" set.  I thought it made a lovely 'Friendship' card. 

     I'm still following the "challenge-yourself" idea being promoted by my blogging buddy, V.  It's called "Just Stash January" and it involves using nothing but things already in your stash throughout the entire month of January!  There are a few reasonable exceptions (all of which mean that no money has come out of your pocket) and you can read about those on her post.  Just click on the link above to find out all about it, then start counting those coins and bills you'll be 'stashing' in your pocket this month instead of crying about even more charges on the credit cards after the holiday season.  :-D  Everything on this card came from the stash! 

Tuesday Morning sketch (flipped & turned)

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w Spellbinders die

Plaid dp scrap from Your Next Stamp

Satin-edge, sheer ribbon for bow

Sentiment cut w Memory Box die

     Challenges:

Cookin' Up

Crafty Sentiments

Ike's World

Lemon Shortbread

Paper Shelter

Passion for ProMarkers

Simon Says Stamp

TTCRD

     Come play in our fun challenges at Creative Knockouts.  We always have fun themes and great sponsors, plus we love being inspired by your fab creations!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Strawberry Birthday

     I'm working on my stash of birthday cards again because in my family we have a ton of summer and fall birthdays, and I begin running through my stash rather quickly starting in May each year.  For this card, I used an image from Beccy's Place.

Colored with ProMarkers and gel pens
Cut with QuicKutz die & inked on the edges
Metal corners (sent to me by my friend, Mia, all the way from Greece!  Thank you so much, Mia.)
Signature bow w/ gem
Sentiment printed and added below image

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time...EXTRA
Classic Design
Craft-Dee BowZ
Crafter's Cafe
Crafts Galore Encore
Do Al(l) Creatives
Incy Wincy
Morgan's ArtWorld
Pammie's Inky Pinkies

     That's all for today.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

May Your Dreams Bear Fruit

     Hey, it's almost the weekend!  Only one more week day and then we all get crafting time.  :-D  Last weekend, I did all my cards which were posted this week and will probably do the same thing this coming weekend.

     For today, I want to share with you a card with a lovely Fabrika Fantasy image.  I've used her before but that time I did all fall colors.  This time I tried to be more spring-like with the colors.

     As usual, I used ProMarkers to color her, adding Cadet Blue glitter to the four tiny butterflies in the image (can you find them?), then cut the image with a die from Spellbinders.  Once cut, I used chalks (as close to the Cadet Blue butterflies as possible) around the border and background of the die cut image.

     I printed the sentiment, and hand cut it.  I found a strip of sheer, golden-tan, ribbon (which looks gray-brown in the photo) and wrapped it around an embossed piece of CS which I used for the card front.

     The large, yellow, butterfly is an applique I made on my sewing machine, using a computer generated program, so it was little work for me other than selecting and changing out the threads.

     Challenges:
Butterfly Challenge  (Cadet Blue)
Crafty Creations
Lemon Shortbread
Papercraft
Paper Shelter
Scrappy Land
Simon Says Stamp & Show
TTCRD
Words 2 Craft By