Angels

      It seems like forever since I posted anything on my blog, and it has been nearly 3 weeks but I've been busy.  It seems my daughter has convinced me to do some craft fairs and other vendor events, focusing on my gnomes.  I've made so many and given away many of them, but it was a blogging/crafting friend who first gave us the idea of selling them.

     My daughter has several contacts for various events and one of them takes place as a fund raising event for a local Christian school.  They allow only hand made items to be sold; no mass manufacturing.  I have a few months to get enough stock made to make it worth while and since it takes place at the beginning of the Christmas season, I decided it might be good to branch out and make some angels, too.

     So, today I'm sharing a free-standing angel and several angel tree ornaments.  What do you think?

13" tall, burlap and lace

Wired ribbon, 4" tall

Glitter craft foam, 4.5" tall

Unwired ribbon, 3.5 " tall

and finally, the kind everybody has made for the last decade but it's my first one...

Deco Mesh, 8" tall

     That's it for today.  Hopefully, I'll have more to share and it won't take me another 3 weeks to get  post done.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Angels Sending Peace

      I feel like it's been forever since I did my last DT card for Conie Fong but my back problems last month meant that I just couldn't sit very long, and coloring was very difficult so I took some time off.  Now I'm back with a card using two merged images, "Angel Messenger" and "Angel Prayers."  Both sets have the angels facing both directions and in Angel Prayers, one of the angels has roses at her feet..

Colored w ProMarkers

Glitter added to wings

Image is fussy cut

Both blue dp from DCWV

Ribbon is sheer and glittered

Sentiment printed and hand cut

     Challenges:

12 Months of Christmas

Cardz TV

Colour Crazy

Creative Fingers

LeAnn's World

Morgan's ArtWorld

Outlawz Festive Fri

Scribbles Designs

Your Scrapbook Place

     Coloring is still a slow process for me because sitting too long aggravates my back but I can sit for a lot longer than the mere 10 minutes only a week or so ago.  That feels great!  

     Don't forget that Conie Fong has two different challenges running each month; one for coloring only and the other for finished projects.  Prizes are always Conie Fong images and you must use a Conie Fong image but how could you resist them?

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Humor Me at Catch the Bug Critter Chaos

     Another fun Bugaboo Stamps image for today's Critter Chaos challenge at Catch the Bug where the theme this time is "Humor."  I love, love, LOVE stitched dies (because they make the faux stitching so much neater than anything I can do by hand!)

I used one of the sketches from Sweet Sketch Weds.2

but turned a quarter turn.

Colored with ProMarkers
Cut with Die-namics stitched dies
Aleene's Snow
Papers from Doodlebug
Sparkle red ribbon and red satin ribbon for bow

     Challenges:
As You Like It
C.R.A.F.T.
Creative Knockouts
Cute Card Thurs
Mod Squad
Outlawz Festive Fri
Scrappy Land
Time Out

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sunbonnet's Candy Cane

     It's Anything Goes week at Catch the Bug and I took the opportunity to make one more Christmas card for my stash.  This one features Fancy Sunbonnet (my favorite Bugaboo Stamps character!) with her huge Christmas candy cane.  I don't remember ever getting a candy cane that size but I'm sure that one will last her until July or even August!

Colored with ProMarkers
Image and mat cut with QuicKutz circle dies
Glittered ribbon and satin ribbon for bow (my fav embellie for any card)
"Linen" EF on card front for texture

     Challenges:
ABC Christmas
Cardz TV
Crafty Hazelnut's
Cute Card Thurs.
CuteNCrafty Christmas
I {heart} ProMarkers
Scrappy Land
Winter Wonderland
Word Art Weds.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

White Christmas

     Day 6 of the week-long Christmas in July challenge at Catch the Bug and there is both an inspiration photo of a lovely Christmas tree and inspiration from the White Christmas movie.  I chose a Christmas Tree image from Bugaboo Stamps and a more-or-less white-on-white design.

ProMarkers
Tim Holtz & Darice embossing folders
Glittered & wired ribbon bow
Fussy cutting
Dimension with Pop Dots

     Challenges:
Crafty Creations
Creative Fingers
House that Stamps Built
I {heart} ProMarkers
Mod Squad
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Paperbabe Stamps
Work It Weds.

     Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Monsters Are Hiding

     Did you know that when monsters hide (in the closet, under the bed, behind the flower pot), they can't be seen?  It's true!  Check this out.

     This image is for the April Progressive Challenge at Sasayaki Glitter and I colored it with watercolors, then used gel inks on the flowers and eyes.  I did all the die cuts with Unbranded dies.  The little plaid bow is actually made from a strip of fabric.  I added the glittered ribbon for just a touch of sparkle.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Cardz TV
Crafty Catz
Creative Fingers
Double D
Happy Craft
Jo's Scrap Shack
Outlawz PAM
Take It, Make It

     Hey, we're mid-way through the week!  Does anybody else feel like time goes way to quickly these days?  I mean, we're a third of the way into April and almost a third of the way through 2019, and it still feels like I was doing Christmas cards just a couple of weeks ago.  Sigh...  Oh, well, Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Bunny Girl's Special Egg

     OK, we're back to Easter cards again.  The image for this one comes from Scrapper's Delights and is the one for their Progressive Challenge.

     I colored with ProMarkers, then die cut the image with a QuicKutz die.  I trimmed the left side of the die cut so that I could use it "off center."  I used hot pink CS to make the card base.

     The ribbon has glittered dots and a metallic edging.  The sentiment was printed, hand cut, and adhered across the ribbon.

     Challenges:
Cardz TV
Colour Crazy
Crafter's Castle
Crafting with Friends
Happy Craft
I {heart} ProMarkers
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Paper Shelter
Scrappy Land

     That's it for today.  I have a really busy schedule the next two days but I'll have a DT post tomorrow for QKR Stampede so be sure to come by again.  Thanks for visiting.  NanaConnie

Waiting

     It's time for the next monthly challenge at World Wide Open Design Team and, as usual, we have an Anything Goes theme.  I used this sweet image from Julia Spiri called "Little Lori."  It wasn't designed to be a winter or Christmas image, but I used gel inks to add the snow and it made a perfect Christmas Eve image.  Can't you just feel Little Lori missing all those who are due to come for Christmas?

I was influenced by the sketch from My Favorite Things

but I flipped it a quarter turn so that my card would be horizontal instead of vertical

and moved the vertical bow off the image to the side.

     I colored with ProMarkers, then used dies from Art Impressions to cut both the image and the frame.  I chose a pre-made card base from DCWV and the "Holly Jolly" design is printed right onto the card front.

     I went through my stash of Christmas ribbons, found two that were gold and glittery, used one to wrap the card front and the other to tie a double loop, double layer bow with the help of my Bow It All.

     I printed and hand cut the sentiment.

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps
A Gem of a Challenge
Allsorts
Aud Sentiments
Craft-Dee BowZ
Creative Fingers
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Mod Squad
Simon Says Stamp
Words to Craft By

     Come play with us this month, won't you?  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Joyeux Noel - all from scraps!

     I was working ahead on a card for one of my DT commitments and had some scraps on my crafting desk afterward.  I almost tossed them and then decided to see what I might be able to create in the way of another Christmas card for my stash.  This was the lovely but simple result.

     The burgundy square with the cut corners is the center negative of the frame I used on my DT project (Spellbinders die.)   I had used another Spellbinders die to cut out the snowflake and a Die-Versions die for the "Joyeux Noel" sentiment, both of which were used on the DT project.  I found a square of glittery, embossed, white CS, which I trimmed and used as a backing for the burgundy piece. 

     The decorative corner came from another Spellbinders die in the same set as the frame/center piece and I thought it made a great decorative corner for this simple card.  The ribbon was a scrap of  2 inch wide, wired ribbon which I had used to tie a large bow for a tree decoration.  Actually, I made two dozen of those as Christmas tree decorations and that's what was left over.  I folded it along the length and curled the two points up, then ran it diagonally across the card front, layering the other pieces on top.

     It took more time to write up the explanation of what I did than it did to actually make the card.  :-D

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's
Cute N Crafty
Jo's Scrap Shack
Kreativinkauf
Outlawz Greetings
Scribbles Designs
TTCRD

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thanksgiving Greetings

     A couple of weeks ago, I saw this card on Jane Willis's blog, Onions and Paper, and was so impressed with it that I just had to CASE it!  Thanks for the inspiration, Jane!

I love the simple design, striking background paper,

and wonderful autumn theme.

     Here's how I used that inspiration.

     The sentiment/image is from my growing collection of Victorine Originals stamps.  I actually added the little pumpkins on each side (also Victorine) so the main stamp is the sentiment.

     I used ProMarkers to color, then cut it into the long rectangle.  I inked the edges to make it stand out.  The argyle plaid paper is a digital paper and I really don't remember from what company.  It was a leftover scrap large enough to cover my card front and had gorgeous autumn colors.

    After putting on the sentiment piece, I added glittered ribbon above and below and knew instantly that the card was finished.  

     Challenges:

Crafty Friends

Crafty Sentiments Designs

Creative with Stamps

Double Trouble

Dragonfly Dreams

Get Creative

Hiding in My Craft Room

Jo's Scrap Shack

Passion for ProMarkers

Path of Positivity
Sum More Fun

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie