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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Bella & Benji Kiss

Here's my first DT card for February, featuring this darling new image from Conie Fong called Bella and Benji Kiss, and you can find it by clicking on the name. The sentiment is part of that set.

I colored the image with water color paints, then cut it with a die from Lawn Fawn. The red frame was also cut with a Lawn Fawn die and the frame piece was embossed using my 'Linen' EF. The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die. The plaid ribbon came from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the grosgrain bow was tied using my bow maker.

Challenges:

Can You Handle ...?

There's a Stamp ...

That's it for today but now that my camera is working again, I'll be posting several cards over the next week or so. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, November 21, 2022

Pumpkin Kisses

I love the images in this set from Jan's Digi Stamps! The set is called "Fresh from the Farm" and I've used some of the lesser image, merged together to create this image. The sentiment is also part of the set.

The image and the frame were each cut with a die from Spellbinders. The "butterfly" bow was one I tied and wrapped using 1 inch grosgrain ribbon and 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon, plus my bow maker. The ribbons were originally white but I dyed them with ProMarkers to get the colors I wanted. Pretty CAS card even though it looks a lot more complex.

Challenges:

Creative Fingers

Creative Knockouts

Dream Valley

Inspiration Station (autumn colors & harvest)

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Butterflies

I'm sharing with you my DT card for the current challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. Our theme is always "Anything Goes" except on a 5th Monday, and that happens only a few times each year. Our sponsor this week is the artist Varada Sharma and I've only recently been introduced to her work. She's really marvelous! I used her beautiful butterflies, merging them together into an interesting pattern and adding the sentiment before printing.

I colored with ProMarkers and watercolor pencils, then cut the image with my Fiskars paper cutter. I did the corners with Fiskars and Uchida punches. I added glitter to the butterfly wings and let it dry. I chose one color from the butterflies and matched (as closely as possible) colored CS to it for the background piece. I tied a Butterfly shaped, wrapped bow, using 1" grosgrain ribbon, and 1/4" ribbon for the center wrap.

Challenges:

We really would love to see you join in our challenge; "Anything Goes" and it runs until next Sunday. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Tropical Toucan

Today a new "Anything Goes" challenge is starting at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and we're sponsored by the fun and fabulous SheepSki Designs. Andrea provided images for the DT to use for this challenge and I chose this one called "Tropical."

It's cold enough today that I can wish I was somewhere tropical, chattering with a toucan, with a hibiscus flower in my hair. :-D No worry, spring will be here in another 24 hours and the temperatures will quickly rise, to a point beyond anyone's comfort zone and we'll all be wishing for the cooler, crispier temps of early fall.

I colored the image with ProMarkers, then cut it with a die from Spellbinders. I dry embossed a piece of spring green CS with my Linen EF (which I've used quite a lot this month), and mounted both of those onto the card front. The sentiment is fussy cut and I hand-tied the large bow using 1" grosgrain ribbon. Final touch - 3 sequins.

I used the colors from Cupcake Inspirations.

Challenges:

613 Avenue Create

Cutie Pie (B for Bird)

Lil Patch of ...

Happy Crafting and we'd love to see you playing in our challenge this week. NanaConnie

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Spring Bunny

I have two posts in a row which feature images from Jan's Digi Stamps and this one is for the new weekly challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. Our theme is our usual "Anything Goes." Jan's Digi Stamps is sponsoring us this week and I used one of the newer releases called "Spring Bunny."

I adore this bunny surrounded by all those Easter eggs, claiming to have somehow hidden all of them! The sentiment is part of the set. If you look at the set in the store, you'll notice that I flipped the image side to side and added extra eggs by merging secondary images before I printed anything.

I also printed the image after adding the sentiment. I used the pre-colored image but printed it grayscale so that I could use brighter colors on the eggs and flowers but still have the shadows and highlights of the original image. I cut the image with a rectangle die from QuicKutz, then used a Fiskars punch on the corners. The papers are from a Recollections stack and the bow was sewn together with a rhinestone finding (for making jewelry.)

I chose colors (all 4) from My Favorite Things,

plus a couple others for the eggs.

Challenges:

I hope we're going to see you playing along in our Anything Goes challenge this week. We love seeing what you create and being inspired by it. Come on over and see what the rest of the team has created. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Thursday, February 3, 2022

A New Home

A new, weekly challenge just started at Creative Knockouts and our theme is "Lots of Layers." We're sponsored by Twinkle Lane Designs and they are offering a gift certificate as the prize. You can go to their online shop and buy some really adorable images with it. :-D

They generously provided images for the DT to use and I chose "Toadstool Homes." I am perfectly certain that gnomes and fairies must live in them. I colored with a combination of ProMarkers and polychromos pencils, then cut the image & the frame with dies from QuicKutz. Using dies to cut images and frames is probably my favorite card making technique. I used a Fiskars punch on the corners.

The sentiment circle was cut with a Dare 2B Artzy die. The large bow was made with 1 inch wide, grosgrain ribbon. Even though the card has 4 distinct layers of CS, plus the bow, I tried for a relatively CAS design to really showcase the image.

Challenges:

Come and play in our challenge. Layer up card and enter it before the week runs out!

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

'Tis the Season

Today we start a new challenge over at I Love ProMarkers and our sponsor is Colour of Love. I'm getting on well with all my pre-scheduled December posts and I hope to be back into my normal routine for January posts. This image is called "Rory - Tis the Season."

I used my ProMarkers to color sweet Rory, then cut the image with a Spellbinders die. The green CS and the red dp (from Graphic 45) were both cut with dies from Die-namics, as was the sentiment. The holly embellie was done by fussy cutting a scrap of dp which came from Beccy's Place. The grosgrain bow was hand-tied. I think hand-tied bows are my favorite embellishment for Christmas cards because they are quick, easy, and work well with nearly every card design. This one just happened to use up the last scrap of that green, polka dot ribbon.

Challenges:

This is our last challenge for the year and it's going to run an extra week until January 3, 2022. We'll be back on January 5 with the first of our 2022 challenges. In the meantime, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, December 6, 2021

Holiday Sleigh

Sorry to be late with my post this morning but I needed a little bit of help before I could get it posted. This morning there's a new monthly challenge starting at Jan's Digi Stamps and our theme is always "Anything Goes."

I've used Jan's beautiful image called "Holiday Sleigh" and the sentiment is from that same set. I merged the image and the sentiment before printing, then I used my ProMarkers to color the image with highlights added using gel pens. I cut it with a QuicKutz die and inked the edges. I used some doilies from my stash and made the bow from 1 inch wide, grosgrain ribbon.

Challenges:

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Thankful

So, another week has gone by, we're closer to the fall holidays, and another challenge has started at Creative Knockouts! This week, our theme is "Thankful" and our fantastic sponsor is LeAnn's World 101. I used a sweet image called "Rainy Walk" and out where I live we've had a terrible drought for more than two years now so I'd be really grateful for a bit of rain (or a lot of it!) :-D

I used my ProMarkers to color the image, then cut it with an oval die from QuicKutz, as were the two sentiment phrases. The background paper was water colored. The pale orange, grosgrain, ribbon came from my stash and I added a flower sequin to the bow. Pretty CAS design but that showcases the image.

Challenges:

A Perfect Time ...

Lil Patch of ...

Come play with us this week, won't you? We love seeing what you create and you could win some really delightful digis from LeAnn's World. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, September 26, 2021

You're my Best Friend

This morning I'm sharing another card with an image by Mariola Budek, an artist I discovered early this summer. Can't you tell these two are Best Friends? I haven't added the sentiment yet because I'm considering using it as a birthday card but haven't decided positively. I have great-granddaughter who would love it regardless of the occasion. :-D

The image is colored using ProMarkers in a rainbow of fall colors, then cut with an Unbranded die. I cut an oval from orange CS using a die from Spellbinders and mounted the image on top of it so that the orange would show through the negative, open spaces. I mounted that onto gray CS which had been dry embossed with my Linen EF.

I trimmed a scrap of striped dp to fit the A2 card front and added a narrow strip of washi tape to the left edge. I did a hand-made bow using grosgrain ribbon to which I added sequins, one on top of the other.

Challenges:

Cardz TV

Colour Crazy

Crafty Catz

Creative Inspirations

Have yourself a wonderful and creative day. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, September 19, 2021

In Sympathy

Time for the newest challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies where the theme is "Anything Goes" (unless it's a 5th Monday when we have a theme.) Our sponsor this week is Jan's Digi Stamps and while they provided images for the team to use, I chose one from my own collection. The lily image comes from a set called "Easter Blessings" but it's versatile enough to use on nearly any kind of card. I needed a sympathy card and it was perfect.

Because I needed this card right away, I used one of the pre-colored images in the set and fussy cut it with scissors. The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die. The faintly striped, background paper was a scrap left over from cutting a large scrapbook sheet of paper. The wide, green, grosgrain ribbon made a lovely bow for this otherwise CAS card.

Challenges:

Are you going to come and play along in our challenge this week? We'd love to see what you create. Maybe you'll inspire one of us! :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, September 10, 2021

State Fair Gnomes

Conie Fong has some of the most adorable gnomes and I'm going to be sharing DT cards using some of the newly released gnomes this month. This is my first one and the image is called "Pumpkin Gnome." The set comes with 4 Gnome images (facing right and left) and 2 sentiments and it's ON SALE for $2.00 right now! Go check it out.

These happy gnomes seem to be so proud of their harvest and are on their way to enter them into the competition at the state fair. :-D

I merged the right and left facing gnomes into a single image, and added my own sentiment before printing. I colored it with my ProMarkers, then cut it with a large, square, QuicKutz die. I used a ProMarker to ink the edges of the image. The dp was a scrap which I cut into smaller pieces before adding it to the card front. I had embossed the card front with my Linen EF for a slight bit of texture.

I hand tied the double-loop, grosgrain, bow with the help of my bow maker and added it to the top corner. I think this is a card which could be used for either a guy or a gal.

Challenges:

As You Like It (squares over circles because they don't require a die to cut them. :-D )

Lil Patch of ...

Don't forget that Conie Fong has two challenges which each run for an entire month over on the Facebook page. One is for coloring only and the other is for completed projects like this one. You do have to use a Conie Fong image but with this one on sale (along with one or two others - check out the Pumpkin Kitties, too!) and with so many cute, cute, CUTE images, how can you resist? We hope to see you there.

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Summer Mermaid

As one of my DT cards for Conie Fong last month, I used one of the Liliana Mermaid images (see post here.) Today, I'm using the second mermaid in the set - the one with the water lily - and I have reversed her before printing.

I used ProMarkers to color her and added highlights with gel pens. I cut the image and the green backing for the sentiment with dies from Spellbinders. All the papers and CS were scraps from the basket, including the ribbon strips hanging from the grosgrain bow. The pinpoint circle was cut with a Dare 2B Artzy die.

Challenges:

Don't forget that Conie Fong has two challenges starting on the first of every month - one for coloring images only and the other for completed projects, like cards. You have to use Conie Fong images but who could resist such darling images? Come play with us. Have yourself a marvelous weekend and Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Foxy Elsa

Here we are in April and I'm not fooling when I say it's time for the next challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, where our theme is always "Anything Goes with a Critter." We are sponsored this month by SheepSki Designs and they generously provided images for the DT to use. I used a cute little fox called "Elsa."

I've managed to get cards done for 3 of my DTs, which you'll see posted this upcoming week but it still takes me a day or two to get one card made. Sitting up to do the coloring is the most time consuming and I find that my attention drifts and I tend to call it 'finished' before I add all the shading and highlighting I normally would do. I think it's because I'm afraid I'll take too long and miss the deadline, and I just want to get on to the actual card making part of it. So, be patient with me and my coloring will get back to my usual painstaking detail.

Colored with watercolor pencils & ProMarkers

Cut w Sizzix die

Scraps of dp from my stash - 1 cut w Sizzix die

Grosgrain ribbon from my stash

Hand-tied bow

Challenges:

Come play with us this month and don't forget to visit the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies blog to see what everyone else has done with SheepSki Designs images for this challenge. Happy Crafting NanaConnie

Friday, January 15, 2021

Seeking Snowman

Here we are in the middle of the month and it's time to start a new challenge over at QKR Stampede. As usual, our theme is "Anything Goes" and you have two ways to win; if you use an image from QKR (or their sister company, Eureka Stamps), your entry is put into a separate draw from all other entries and that increases your chances of winning by a huge amount!

For my DT card today, I used a cute image called "Seeking Snowman" which I reversed before printing. Think of it as something we've all thought more than once during this ridiculously long pandemic. :-D Despite that, I'm using it as a birthday card for a gal who's looking for all those years already behind her.

I did this in my favorite winter color combo of blues. That combo always makes me think cold & icy which is perfect for a winter card.

I used the colors from My Favorite Things.

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w CUTplorations die

Mat cut w Spellbinders die

Grosgrain bow

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

Card front hand-embossed w stylus

Challenges:

I have a second card to share today and this image is called "Sleepy Owl" but why he's sleepy when the moon is out is beyond me. I think the sentiment expresses everything that needs to be said. lol

Colors from CMH Color Dare (Lemonade, Lagoon, Peacock, brown & black)

Colored w ProMarkers & water colors

Cut w Dare 2B Artsy die

'Linen Closet' dp

Sheer blue ribbon

Black satin bow

Gems from CTMH

Challenges:

Once again, I'm 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!

I hope we're going to see you playing along with us this fortnight. Remember, it's Anything Goes and you can use any image from any company. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Polar Bear Present

Good morning, Friends. Today is the beginning of our final 2020 "Anything Goes" challenge over at QKR Stampede and it will run until the end of the month. We'll see you again on January 1 so let me wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Remember, for QKR challenges you are not required to use a QKR Stampede image but if you do, or if you use one from our sister company, Eureka stamps, your card will be put into a separate draw with others who have also used QKR/Eureka images and your chances of winning will be greatly increased. :-D

I've used a QKR sentiment called "I Know Santa" and a Eureka image called "Polar Bear Present."

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w Spellbinders dies

Die cut edges inked w ProMarkers

Snowflake ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Red grosgrain ribbon for bow

Challenges:

Double Trouble (dies + ribbon)

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Making Beautiful Music

I want to share one more DT card I've done for Digi Doodle Studios and this one features an image called "Violinist Janie." She looks so happy playing her violin for that little song bird. What a duet that must be! :-D

Colored with ProMarkers and water colors
Cut and framed with dies by Spellbinders
Net ribbon is sparkly (hard to see) and a scrap
White grosgrain bow from 1" ribbon
Yellow 'dots' in the corners are drop out bits from frame

Challenges:
Bastel-Traum
Crafty Gals Corner
Creative Inspiration
Double D (music)
Dream Valley
Ellibelle's Crafty Weds
Get Creative
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Word Art Weds.

Have a wonderful week, my friends, and find some creative time. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Spring Flower Basket

One of the things I love about spring is that my garden begins to bloom with flowers, which I cut and arrange on my dining table. Each type of flower comes in its own time and I get to measure the progression of spring by what flowers are on the table. My daisies are just beginning to put on buds but in a couple of weeks, they'll be in full bloom and then I can put a huge basket of them on the table.

When I found this image in my collection of Stamper's Delights (previously Scrapper's Delights), I just had to print and color it. It'll have to do until my daisies bloom.

Colored with polychromos pencils and ProMarkers
Image and frame cut with QuicKutz dies
Satin ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon
Grosgrain ribbon for bow from Crafty Ribbons

Challenges:
Cardz TV
Crafty Catz
Crafty Gals Corner
Crafty Sentiments
Creative Fingers
Creative Inspirations
Double D
Outlawz Festive Fri
TTCRD

I'm off to get caught up on at least two other posts which need to be written and pre-scheduled today, then I need to read some of the emails which have been piling up. I think I need a vacation from all this 'stay at home' time so that I can get some things done! :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, February 17, 2020

Leprechaun Days

Edited to add: Sorry this is late. I set the timer incorrectly when I pre-scheduled the post and just now realized it. All fixed now. :-D

Good Morning and Happy President's Day! It's time for the start of another challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps where our theme is Always Anything Goes. I hope you're going to play along and maybe win a gift certificate for some of Jan' fabulous image sets.

Today, one month ahead of St. Patrick's Day, I've used this fantastic image of a fun Leprechaun 3154J. Both the leprechaun and the pot of gold are images in the set; I just combined them for this card.

Each year, I make St. Patrick's cards and send them to my grandchildren because I celebrate my birthday on St. Paddy's and I'm Irish on both sides of my family tree! I want to remind them of their Irish heritage. My dad used to say, "Irishmen never father anything but Irishmen, regardless of what's on the other side." lol

Colored with ProMarkers
Image and mats cut with QuicKutz dies
Polka dot paper from DCWV
Glitter paper from CTMH
Grosgrain bow 'dyed' with ProMarker

Challenges:
Arty Divas
Creative Crafters
Dream Valley
Incy Wincy
Lemon Shortbread
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Outlawz Greetings
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Simon Says Stamp & Show
Star Stampz

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

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