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Monday, November 25, 2024

"V" for Vintage Victorian Christmas

Today I'm sharing my "V" card for the 30 Days of Holidays over at Beccy's Place and it's another of my collaboration cards with my SIL. She colored this clip art image and used watercolor pencils after I had printed it in gray scale. She loves the coloring part but I haven't yet gotten her into the card making side, so she colors and I create the cards.

For this card, my "V"s are: Vintage, Victorian, Verdigris green, Vermillion red on the berries, and white Velvet on one layer of the snowflake. I cut the image with a Tonic Studios die, then did a white mat, inked with a vermillion marker on the edges. The sentiment was cut with an Avery Elle die and those edges were also inked.

The background is a scrap of dp from DCWV (!) and the snowflake was made with Cottage Cuts dies. I put the two layers together and added a touch of glitter and a rhinestone for sparkle. The final embellishment was the row of flat-back pearls. A Victorian card seemed to call for sparkle and gems and a fair amount of embellishment.

Challenges:

Outlawz Thurs (Dickens' Christmas Carol)

Polkadoodles

Rudolph Days

Simon Says Stamp

That's all for today. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, November 18, 2024

Letter "P" for Partridge in a Pear Tree

Yep, you guessed it - we're doing the letter "P" in the 30 Days of Holiday cards at Beccy's Place today. I've used Beccy's Partridge in a Pear Tree image from her 12 Days of Christmas set. I've had this set for at least 7 Christmases and have used some portion of it each year. I think this image is my favorite.

I used ProMarkers to color the image, including the Pears and the Partridge, giving her Pink tail feathers! I used Pine green ribbon for the strip at the top and added Pearls on each end. The same ribbon was used to tie the bow.

The image and the scalloped frame were both cut with dies from QuicKutz. Before assembling the tent card, I tapped on a Paint brush to spatter Peach, Poppy and green watercolors on the card front. On the sentiment piece, I used dots which were Punched out of the the same CS I used for the frame piece.

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Crafty Animals

Dream Factory

Dream Valley
Pammie's IP

Thanks for visiting and Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Woodland Critters

A second post today because I just had to share a tag I made using the mid-month freebie from Conjuror of Dreams for their Tag Challenge. They do 2 tag challenges each month on their FB site and I didn't get one finished in time for the first challenge in November so I didn't want to be late with this one. They offer freebies to use in the tag challenge and those alone make it totally worth playing. :-D

Isn't this the cutest collection of woodland critters building their winter snowman? I used kraft CS for the tab and made the shape myself by cutting a rectangle with a die from QuicKutz and then cutting the top corners with a punch from EK Success. The image is pre-colored and I used it "as is" instead of printing it in grayscale and coloring it myself. I added pearls to the sides and bottom, then added a "To/From" stamp to the back. Red twine was added through the hole on top finished it off.

Challenges:

Lil Patch of ...

That's it for today. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The Cats' Christmas Tree

Any of you who share your house (or have shared your house) with one or more cats know how they absolutely take over the Christmas tree once it's up and decorated. It's like they think Santa brought that tree as a gift just for them! This adorable image from Conie Fong, called "Purrfect Christmas," goes so well with another DT card I shared the other day (see post here) which also has Christmas kittens and is from Conie Fong, that I decided I had to share both of these in the same week. :-D Besides, falling in love with one of those images made me fall in love with the other one, too!

For this image, I colored it with water color paints, added gold glitter to the star, and cut the image with an Unbranded die. I used a Darise embossing folder to make the brick background. I printed the sentiment (my own, inspired by the looks on the kittens' faces!) and cut it with an Avery Elle die. I did add a few tiny red pearls as ornaments but I left it without further embellishment because it will probably go a great grandson so it didn't need a lot of fiddly bits.

Challenges:

12 Months Christmas

Carlin's Card ... (C for Cats & Christmas)

Lil Patch of ...

Don't forget that the Conie Fong Challenge is still running on the Facebook site and all you have to do is use a Conie Fong image to enter a card. If you haven't joined the FB group yet, that's free and easy to do. Don't have any Conie Fong images? You can find them in the Etsy store or there are even freebies available. :-D

We'd love to see what you create. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Snow Globe Christmas

One week into July and I'm still doing Christmas cards. My stash has grown but only a little bit considering that I need around 100 cards this year. I think I now have 5 done, maybe 6. lol But I'm making 1 (sometimes 2) each day so by the end of this month, I should be more than 1/3 of the way to my goal.

This lovely image comes from Conie Fong and it's called "Snow Globe Wishes." Amazingly, Conie has put her entire Etsy store on sale at 25% off for three days, July 7, 8 and 9, calling it a 'Christmas in July' sale! But all the images in the store are on sale, not just Christmas images. It started yesterday and two more days isn't very long so better get over there right now.

I colored this lovely lady with Sanjoki markers, then cut her out using a Spellbinders die. I layered her onto a snowflake-embossed panel and that was layered onto a scrap of dp from K & Co. which has die cut borders. I fussy cut the sentiment, added it to a lower corner, then added the three tiny pearls to the upper corner. I think this is a delightfully 'elegant' Christmas card.

Challenges:

12 Months...Christmas

Birthstone

Can You Handle...?

Christmas Bingo ('O' free/pattern dp/emboss)

Crafts Galore ...

We'd love to see you playing in our challenge over on Facebook. All you need to do is use a Conie Fong image (and since you are now rushing off to the 25% off sale, you'll have that part handled!) and the theme is always Anything Goes. Come on over and play.

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Butterfly Birthday

The other day I made a card with a butterfly gem on it and, as I was photographing that card, a butterfly landed momentarily on my windowpane. That reminded me that despite the really hot weather we're having this week (including 1 official day over 100 degree F!), it is still a month before spring turns into summer and I wanted to use a few more butterflies before spring was gone.

I dug through my stash of cutting dies and came up with this die set from Brutus Monroe - relatively new but so far unused. I decided then and there on a card with all die cuts and no stamping of any kind. I went and checked on the theme options at The Butterfly Challenge. What I love most about that challenge is that there are always lots of options, including colors, a theme, and a different card fold. This time, I've used all 4 of the color options (plum, persimmon, pistachio, & pink), plus the theme (Pearls), plus butterflies, although I skipped the fancy card fold.

All the papers and CS came from my scrap basket. The pink dp for the first butterfly came from Stampin' Up, and the pistachio CS for the second butterfly was from Recollections. I ran it through my 'Linen' EF before cutting it with the dies. The butterflies themselves were cut from a plum CS scrap. The sentiment was also part of the Brutus Monroe die set.

The persimmon paper is a scrap from a Lawn Fawn stack, the back side of a dp with leaves but for this card, I preferred the solid side. I added a row of small pearls to each butterfly body and then used 3 larger pearls at the top of the persimmon strip. My final touch was to hand tie a bow using stitched, grosgrain ribbon. Quite a lot done for such a CAS card with lots of white space.

I based this on the sketch from There's a Stamp for That.

Challenges:

Creative Fingers

Lil Patch of ...

Outlawz No Stamps

Outlawz SAR ("Butterfly and bug")

Penny's P-C

Word Art Weds

Have yourself a wonderful spring day. Unfortunately, we're set for another hot, hot, HOT day in my part of the country, but maybe our weather will cool down again before summer actually arrives. The weather forecasters say we might be back in the low 80s for a short while in another 10 days or so. I'm hoping they're right!

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Monday, February 28, 2022

Calico Cats

This is my second DT card as a GDT at Ike's World and I've used an image called "Stitchy Cats." I love these darling calico cats! I merged them together and they just seemed to say "boy" and "girl" so I did them in traditional blue and pink.

Our theme is always "Anything Goes" but our optional theme this month is a Tic Tac Toes board. I chose the middle row of Die cut/ Free/ Pearls.

I colored with ProMarkers, then used a die from Spellbinders to cut the fancy shape. I knew I wanted a very CAS design because it would enhance the image as well as the delicate shape of the die cut. I mounted the image onto pink CS, trimmed it to fit an A2 card, and added a large pearl on each end of the die cut. Voila', done!

Colors from Bastel-Traum.

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspire ...

Just a quick update to let you know that starting next month, I'll be a regular DT member instead of a GDT at Ike's World and I'm so excited! Help me celebrate and come play in our challenge this month. We love being inspired by you. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Saturday, August 7, 2021

Putting on the Ritz

One more of my dance themed cards and this is the one I love the best (so far) because I got to use both water color paints and markers. I'll share another one tomorrow that is all water color and, in its own way, is every bit as glamorous. :-D

On this image, the background is all watercolor, as is the clothing on the couple but their faces, hair, arms and legs are colored with ProMarkers. The problem with markers on watercolor paper is that it tends to 'bleed' into spots where you don't want it but when the background is all water color, that can be a blessing in disguise. The 'lights' were done by putting a tiny brush point of water onto the dried background, then removing the water with another dry brush point, which pulled the color out of the middle, making it look like a floodlight.

The die cuts were made with a Sue Wilson die and I added the pearls to mimic the floodlights in the image. The sentiment at the bottom of the frame around the image is so tiny you probably can't read it but it says, "Puttin' on the Ritz."

I chose complimentary colors of blue and rust

from the color wheel at Color Dare.

Challenges:

Taylormadecards ...

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Sunday, August 1, 2021

Birthday, Slim Line, Easel Card

I played a bit with an idea while making this DT card for Your Scrapbook Place and did something I've not seen before, a slim line, easel card ! Our theme is always Anything Goes.

Our sponsor this month was Bugaboo Stamps and they supplied the images used by the DT. Then, rather suddenly, the shop closed without any notice! So, we're going to offer the challenge winner a prize which will include the images used by the DT on their inspiration projects. I'm so sad that Bugaboo is closed. I adore all their images and love working with them.

On my card today, I used an image called "Rose Block Trio" and, despite it being a silhouette style, I still managed to color it with ProMarkers. I used CS textured with my 'Linen' EF and folded into a lengthwise easel. I added pink ribbon and green pearls, using those same pearls as the easel stopper. The bow is hand-tied and I added a gem to it.

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty ...

ScorPal More than 1 Score

Happy Crafting and come play in our challenge. NanaConnie

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Butterfly Face

Another Monday, another challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. While our theme is almost always "Anything Goes," this happens to be a 5th Monday (in a month) and when that happens we have a specific theme. So this week our theme is "Butterflies."

Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and they provided images for the DT to use. I chose "Butterfly Face" and, much as I love Bugaboo Stamps it's hard to pick favorites, but this has to be my favorite Bugaboo Stamps image ever! What fun to color. :-D

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w QuicKutz die

Circle frame cut w QuicKutz die

Background dp DCWV scraps

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

Pearls added to the frame

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments

Butterfly (Navy Blue)

Catch the Bug

Crafty Sentiments

Creative Inspirations

Remember our challenges run for 1 week and this time you can enter with anything that has one or more butterflies on it. Come on - we want to be inspired by you and what you create! Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Plant a Kiss

Half way through the month of May and very close to half way through the year! How did that happen? We're starting our mid-month challenge at QKR Stampede today and our theme is always "Anything Goes." You can use any images from any company on your projects but if you choose to use a QKR image (or one from our sister company, Eureka Stamps) then your entry qualifies for a separate draw only for QKR/Eureka images. That increases your chance of winning by a huge amount, so think about it! :-D

I did a lovely spring card using the image "Flower Girl" and the sentiment "Plant a Kiss" both of which are from Eureka Stamps.

I pulled my colors from the top row at Color Dare.

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w QuicKutz oval die

Lace trim added to image

Sentiment fussy cut

Row of pearls for embellishment

Mulberry paper flower w pearl

Card base made w shiny CS

Challenges:

Taylormade ...

Come play with us. The challenge runs for the rest of May and a new challenge starts on June 1. We'd love to be inspired by you and your creations. :-D

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Sky's the Limit!

It was wonderful to receive the freebie image for the May Progressive challenge at Imagine That! It meant I was back as one of the participants over there and that made me feel that things were definitely getting back to 'normal.' :-D

I thought this would be perfect for an encouragement card or just to let someone know I was thinking about them.

I based this on the sketch from The Outlawz.

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w QuicKutz oval die

Polka dot dp - DCWV scrap

Flags cut w IO die

Flags colored w watercolors

Metal brads & gray pearls

Challenges:

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, April 23, 2021

Cory Mouse with Cosmos Flowers

Here's another of my DT cards for Conie Fong and this one features Cory Mouse from the Maisy and Cory Mouse bundle. You can see my card with Maisy Mouse here.

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w Die-namics stitched die

Dark blue frame cut w Die-namics die

Aqua frame & background triangle - 'Linen' EF

Signature bow w pearl

Corner pearls

Challenges:

Come and play in one of the two challenges at Conie Fong this month. One is for coloring only and the other is for finished projects. The themes are always Anything Goes but you do have to use a Conie Fong stamp/digi. Prizes are Conie Fong images! Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

A Gift for You

During the time I was getting sick, then hospitalized, and then in the respiratory recovery facility during my battle with COVID-19, I missed out on a few of the progressive challenges I like to follow. Now, I'm playing catch up where I can and purchasing an image if needed to get back in. :-D Today's card is a make up at Stampers Delights using an image called "Gift."

I'm using this as a birthday card and at the moment, it's going into my stash of feminine birthday cards.

Colored w ProMarkers & gel inks

Cut w QuicKutz Octagon die

Sparkle, metallic ribbon

High gloss CS for background

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

Satin bow w pearl

Challenges:

Colouring in Scrapland

Lemon Shortbread
Penny's Paper-Crafty

TTCRD

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Saturday, February 6, 2021

A Fairy Ring

Childhood memory time: When I was about 4 or 5 years old, my family was spending the early part of the summer at my grandfather's cabin in the mountains. My dad and I were walking in the small forest area behind the cabin when we found a small patch of mushrooms (or they may have been toadstools; I didn't know the difference at that point) but Dad said it was a "Fairy Ring" because they were all growing in circle. I was so fascinated by that idea that I spent the next several years of my childhood believing in fairies and searching for their houses. Come to think of it, I still search for their houses whenever I see a mushroom sprouting somewhere so maybe I still believe in fairies! :-D

I made this card from bits of CS left in the scrap basket after all the fall cards last season. I made it specifically for this challenge at Pixie's Snippets and I'm donating a brand new package of those Memory Box mushroom & toadstool dies as a prize for that challenge as part of the new "Ruby's Memory challenges." You can read more about that and see the details about playing in the challenge by clicking on the Pixie's Snippets name above. Briefly, you must use scraps and snippets on your card and it's only one entry per person, per challenge.

Mushrooms & toadstools cut w Memory Box dies

Sentiment printed & cut w QuicKutz die

Bow is hand sewn w pearl accent

CAS design to showcase the die cuts

Challenges:

Be sure to check out Pixie's Snippets and come play along. You might even win a set of these fun, fabulous dies and you can make your own fairy forest. :-D Di has a couple of other wonderful prizes, too, so check it out! Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, January 22, 2021

Valentine for You

One of my favorite Progressive Challenges is at LeAnn's World and this month we're using this adorable "Susie" image. Doesn't she make a perfect Valentine? I took inspiration from her heart shaped pockets.

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.

Colored w ProMarkers & gel pens

Cut w Unbranded die

Metallic ribbon

Red signature bow w pearl, hand sewn

Sentiment cut w QuicKutz die

Challenges:

Angie's Digitals

Aud Sentiments

Color Dare (Color = Red/ Metallic = ribbon/ Neutral = hair)

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Flaky Friends

Growing up as I did in southern California, I had little chance to see snow much less make snowmen. We would sometimes visit my grandfather's vacation cabin up in the mountains during the winter and I always did my best to make a snowman, even if it was only a small one. When I accomplished that, I would then refer to it as my "flaky friend!" To this day, I adore snowmen and I use them on winter cards whenever possible. I'd use them on summer cards, too, but they might melt. lol

Here's one for the BINGO challenge at Catch the Bug this week. I actually did two of the BINGO columns - a diagonal (Snowflakes/ Bugaboo Image/ Ribbon) and also the 3rd column (3 layers/ die or punch - I used both/ Ribbon.)

Colored w ProMarkers

Image & 2 circles cut w Sizzix dies

Blue dp from scrap stash

Snowflakes cut w AI dies

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

Signature bow w pearl

Sheer, striped ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Bottom card corners rounded w Fiskars punch

Challenges:

House that Stamps Built

Paper Funday

Passion for ProMarkers

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Have a wonderful creative day and Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Feeding the Bat

With all the stereotypes about wicked Halloween witches, it turns out there are a few gentle ones who care for their pets just like you and I do. Of course, my pets tend to be cats, not bats, but who am I to judge? :-D

I can't tell you anything about this stamp because it was stamped and sent to me by a friend who has been mailing me stamped or printed images out of concern that I'll lose crafting interest after the total crash of my thumb drive which contained all my digital images. The recovery of those digis, thus far, has been slow and occasional but I do have about 100 (out of some 9,000!) which have been returned to me. I'm hoping for more but we'll have to wait and see.

Colored w water colors & ProMarkers

Cut w QuicKutz dies

Black and orange mats - scraps & QuicKutz die

Sentiment printed on scrap & cut w Avery Elle die

Dry embossed CS scraps (Darice EF)

Shimmer ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon

Satin ribbon for bow - scrap from stash

Pearl added to bow

Challenges:

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

Friday, October 9, 2020

Dancing Emily

Conie Fong has released two of the sweetest little girls and I've used the first of them, "Dancing Emily," for my DT card today. Isn't she adorable?

I used one of my favorite color combos - purple and pink, and used up lots of paper scraps which were on the craft desk, left over from other projects. It must be October if there were that many pink scraps of paper on the desk. :-D

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w die from QuicKutz

Sentiment cut w Poppystamps die

Sheer/Satin ribbon for double bow

Pink pearls

Challenges:

Passion for ProMarkers

Poppystamps

TTCRD

Remember that Conie Fong has two, month-long challenges every month; one is for coloring only and the other is for finished projects. You do have to use a Conie Fong image and enter the appropriate challenge by posting your project into the folder on the Facebook page. Hope to see you there. :-D

NanaConnie

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Princess Aria & her Fairytale Cottage

Last week, I shared with you the first of the new Princess images from Conie Fong and today I'm sharing Princess Aria Fairytale Cottage. I loved coloring this one! I decided right away that I wanted Princess Aria to pop off the background so I focused the brighter colors on her and colored the background cottage scene in very light neutrals with only the palest blue in the stream.

FYI, the cottage scene is also available as a completely separate image and I'll be sharing that one with you later this month.

Colored w ProMarkers
Image fussy cut w scissors
Black mat cut w Spellbinders die
Gold glitter paper scrap
Sentiment printed & cut w Avery Elle die
Hand sewn bow w pearl, dyed w ProMarker

Challenges:
Cardz TV
Colour Crazy
Crafty Catz
Crafty Friends
Creative Fingers
Dragonfly Dreams
Outlawz Festive Fri
Paperbabe
Pattie's Creations
Polkadoodles

I hope you're having a fabulous weekend. Our weather has cooled down into the mid- to high-80s (F) but our air is still horribly contaminated because of the smoke from all the wild fires so we are all still staying inside and breathing only filtered air. I'm sure venturing outdoors without a full hazard suit could be dangerous so I'll use that as an excuse to stay inside and make some more cards. :-D

Happy Crafting. NanaConnie

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