Turkey Day cards are warming up our hearts at Doodle Pantry!

I love this time of year when the leaves have turned and there's a crisp breeze in the air.  It won't be long before Thanksgiving Day is upon us and we're stuffing all those yummy goodies into our tummys.
It's a perfect time to use some of Doodle Pantry's wonderful images on my Fall cards.  The beauty of the digital images is that you can combine several different elements of several different sets to make a gorgeous creation.  The leaves come from the set called "Eat More Ham" and the Craft Star is from the set "Autumn Star" (Laurie from DP has several of these 'Star' sets).  Of course the digital paper, mat, sentiments, and the "ribbons" are all from Doodle Pantry!  A One-Stop Shop for sure!  I used some fall cardstock stickers with leaves on the inside accent over some Fall leaf papers from Paper Studio.  Be sure to stop by and let your fingers do your shopping!

Christmas Cards but in a non-Traditional way-now at Squigglefly!

This is the most fun paper in limes, blues, lavenders so it fits perfect with the theme at Squigglefly this week!  We are to use NON-TRADITIONAL colors for a Christmas Card!  So I used lime green poinsettias with blue berries, lavender candles, blue tree skirt, gorgeous lime sheer wide ribbon-all so yummy!!  More of the paper on the inside with a wonderful stamped verse by Stampabilities.
THIS challenge has sparked my Christmas Festive Spirit and I think it's time to set my extra table set up, get all my card embellies out, and start a marathon session with Christmas music playing in the background!  How about you???  Come and join in the fun at Squigglefly and get your Holiday MOJO on!  You could win a prize if you use a SF image-Mine is called "Christmas Tree with Candles and Holly" by Pammie Lehto.  She would be a good starting place to get some images to use on your creations!

Oh Boy, Oh Boy--Masculine challenge at Southern Girls Challenge

Welcome to our new challenge **BOYS** and we have such an easy theme I just know we are going to have LOTS of gorgeous projects entered.

For the next three weeks you have the chance to create a wonderful boy themed project and link it up with us at Southern Girls challenge to be in the chance to win a prize from one of our three awesome sponsors, Make It Crafty, A&T Digital Designs and Iva Nova Chest.

I'm always needing masculine cards, especially for birthdays, so here is my contribution to the super Challenge!  I offset a mat around the image and used a great red patterned paper on the front and inside. Added some black satin ribbon accents and some perfect sentiments for the occasion.  Hope you like and will be encouraged to play along with us at Southern Girls!

Robyn's Fetish is sponsoring Seems a Little Sketchy this week!

This week we at Seems a Little Sketchy are being sponsored by Robyns Fetish digital  stamps and the image I chose to use is called Tom Turkey.  How appropriate for November!!  The sketch shown here is the template for all the sketches that are submitted-makes it so easy to put together a card for sure!
Since I was doing an elaborate paper-piecing job on the ole' bird and that made him a little chubby for the card, I chose to hang him over the edge.  I cut the front panel in half, matted some great leaf/turkey paper called "Where's the Turkey" by Karen Foster, then added my glorious turkey.  The belly is a paper piece that is inserted under a slit by his curved neck feathers.  Each of the feathers were drawn using a duplicate image pattern out of scraps and then glued on top of the finished image.  The three stripes to the right side of the sketch are actually on the inside, again using Fall patterned paper.
Hope you will come and join us in our 2 week challenge!

It's Challenge Time at Doodle Pantry for November!!

                                    


I know that my card this time is a day behind the Holiday but I just wanted to share this design.  I'm using some images from the Doodle Pantry newly released set(s) called Circle Something 1 & 2.  There are so many elements to use that I couldn't just use 1 set!
I just love this small print background paper along with the 3 different printed trees and pumpkins.  The white one is from another one of Laurie's Fall sets.  Isn't the BAT Adorable??!!  I have many of the shapes elevated with foam dots for that dimensional look.  I also finished the inside with a sentiment from the series and think it's just the perfect saying!
Be sure to get your entry in for a chance to win-you've got the whole month to work on it!  There's even a free set of images called "Fancy Pie" with a purchase from the store.  Thanks for looking!

It's countdown time to Christmas at Doodle Pantry's Challenge!

 I'm sure, like many of you, I'm asking where did summer go and how did Christmas manage to sneak up on me once again!!!  Well Doodle Pantry is on top of this Magical Season called Christmas and has given us so many cute images to use this month, including ones for the holidays!  The one I chose to use is called Gingerbread House Ants-yes, they are making a Holiday appearance once again!  Truthfully, I'm not sure if they are eating more than they are building!
The background dotted paper that comes in the set has red stickles on random spots and the solid gold paper in the set I used as a ribbon and a mat for the included sentiment that works so well with the image.  I love the intensity of the colors that Laurie from Doodle Pantry creates in her images! There's also some Lily White Glitter "sugar coating" by Doodlebug Designs on the roof and dripping from the edge of the house.
This day starts out with our launch of the new image sets but be sure to check out the Challenge at Doodle Pantry that starts at noon Eastern time and join in the fun!  There's even a free set w/ purchase offered-great way to build your Image Library up~see you there!

Little Red Riding Hood is FRAMED at Squigglefly!

 All is right in the world finally this week...we have returned from the 10 day Covered Bridge Festival that occurs every October, we've gotten back into our routine of going to work (moving a little slower however with our muscle aches and soreness), and ***getting back to doing the things that we love--for me, it's getting back to making cards and coloring images.  At Squigglefly, we are having our weekly challenge-Use a Frame on your creation.
What with Trick or Treat coming up shortly, I pulled out an image called Little Red by Fawn Palmer 'cause I could see some child dressing up like Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween!  I used some digital paper and embellies from Doodle Pantry's shop: the leaves,"ribbons", background paper, and pumpkins.  I fancy cut Red and wanted to accent her cutie face so that's where I set the Frame we were to use.  Come join us and perhaps you could win an image!I apologize for the "off" color on the frame photo-it truly does match the green on the card!