August 27, 2013 Movie Ants

DoodlePantry Digi Popcorn Ants. DoodlePantry digi paper, popcorn Sizzix die, liquid applique, bakers twine, Distress ink - scattered straw, Wink of Stella Pink glitter pen,  and of course POPCORN

Love how this turned out - just found out that one of my chemo buddies (child) is on house isolation as her blood counts are down a bit and she is prone to infection.  So...I have a little package ready to mail to her with a movie and the bag of microwave popcorn.  I used Doodle Pantry Movie Ants Color Plus  which comes with digi paper to match, as well as sentiments.  Made a microwave popcorn "sleeve" to wrap around the "movie butter" microwave popcorn!!! Spent the day with a friend on Thursday "creating" and she has a Sizzix die with a popcorn box and the popcorn so I cut out some popcorn to bring home as I already had this in my mind.  A little liquid applique and a heat gun and it looks like real popcorn.  Hope the movie will help her pass some time at home.
          Challenges:
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Pennys Challenge - Use a die or punch
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Brownsugar Challenge - BUGS
Created with Love - Anything Goes
Card Crafters Circle - Bright Colors
Divas by Design - use twine
Creative corner - Cute Critters

August 25, 2013 Hambo Pig Birthday Card

Flying Pig from Hambo Digi, Basic Grey DP, Bazzill cs, colored with copic markers, Wink of Stella glitter brush for floer centers, bakers twine and button from my stash

My chemo buddy has a birthday coming up this week and she likes and collects stuffed pigs.  I found a really cute pig a while back at Barnes and Noble book store of all places and a calendar with pigs so I knew what I was sending her for her special day.  Next I needed a card, - I have seen this Hambo pig used several times on different blogs and I fell in love with it.  Colored him up with copics and just played around a bit with the placement and layout.  I hope she enjoys her card as much as I enjoyed making it for her.  

August 21, 2013 Happy anniversary Owls

SU Punches, Spellbinders heart nesties, googld eyes

My anniversary card to my husband this year - I had so much fun making it - and yes I saw one very similar on Pintrest and I knew that is what I was wanting this year.  Hubs loved it a lot and we did have a nice anniversary, dinner out in St. Louis with no DOGS!!!  

August 18, 2013 Eat Cake

Amuse Studio stamps Eat Cake and Hey Cupcake, Amuse cherry polka dot cs, copic markers, Amuse blind, Memento dye Inks, stamp positioner

This technique was one of the new ones in Technique junkie for August/September 2013.  I usually like to try out at least one if not more of the new techniques and this one was really fun to do and really makes a wow statement.  You HAVE to have a stamp positioner and even with that my stamping may be just a wee bit off.  Colored the cupcake with copics, paper pieced the muffin cup and cherry and oh the bling well that was added to cover up an "oops"!  Give this a try and I think you will be happy with the results.
Challenges:
     Stamped Blessings - Birthday
     Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
      Creative Corner - Anything Goes

August 14, 2013 Water Otter

Doodle Pantry Digi Water Otter, Doodle pantry DP, Amuse bakers twin, button from stash, Kraft cs, wave punch

How often do you see just what you are looking for???  Well this month there was a special request from a chemo buddy that liked otters and I knew Laurie had released this cute little fellow this month and I knew exactly what I was going to do with it.  The inside has the sentiment also from Doodle put a couple rows of waves, highlighted them with my Wink of Stella clear pen (love this new item).  I tried several white pens and none of them would work so they are no longer taking up precious space!!.  The Wink of Stella pen also comes in white but our LSS was out so next time I go that is on my must have list.  Love the modified gate fold card - it is a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 piece of cs scored at 2 3/4 in. and 7 in. and the DP measures 2 1/2 x 5 1/4 and the other side is 1 1/4 by 5 1/4.  Easy peasy and love the look, this is the second card I have done this way this month.  Found this is Summer 2013 CardMaker magazine, so many fun ideas.  This is in the mail and hoping it will bring some smiles .  entered in
Send a Smile 4 Kids - animals

August 7, 2013 Sunny Side of Life

AMuse Sunny Side of Life stamps, white cs, black cs, asst colored cs, Tim Holtz distress inks, lg. spone dauber.

This turned out so pretty - my friend Patti came over the other morning just to play and have a cup of coffee and we started playing with sponging on some color and then I thought of this stamp set and WOW what amazing results.  I needed a sympathy card so this is the card I sent - I am saving the other one for probably a Thinking of You card.  Just a little bit of ink, sponges, and black Versafine ink - doesn't get much easier than this.  

August 4, 2013 Hot Rod PickUp

HotRod Pickup Digi image from Doodle Pantry, DP from BasicGrey - Tim Holtz collection, Antique Linen Distress Ink, photo turn from my stash as well as Bakers Twin

Love this HotRod Pickup from Doodle Pantry for masculine cards and there is even a pink one for the ladies that love pickups.  I paper pieced the truck and then colored in the tires, lights etc. then followed a sketch on OWH challenge which I really liked.  Hope you all enjoy this "manly" card as much as I enjoyed making it.
Challenges:
     Simon Says - anything goes
     Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
     The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
     Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

August 1, 2013 New Released Day at Doodle Pantry - Picnic Ants

Doodle Pantry Digi image and Doodle Pantry DP, Kraft cs, black eyelets from stash, twine and cloud dies from AMuse Studio grass punch, MS.

Isn't this a fun new image called Picnic Ants which you can see here - love it and this is part of the "release day" fun at Doodle Pantry.  These little critters always seem to get themselves some kind of sticky situation.  This is a "modified" gatefold card that I got the measurements from the Summer 2013 edition of Card Maker and I love it, then I hadn't used eyelets in forever and oh my I have a "ton" so used some black eyelets just as an accent, love the twine wrapped around and tied in a bow too.  PS did I tell you this image is precolored which I absolutely love.  If you love challenges enter Doodle Pantry Challenge #37 and you cTalk about a ould get this set FREE just for playing along with the challenge this month.  This set can be used for your fun fall and Halloween projects and comes precolored and black/white outlines.
Your ATTENTION please - Laurie has just notified us that EVERYTHING in the Doodle Pantry store is 25% off August 1 through August 8th. What a great sales - so head on over to Doodle Pantry and fill up your shopping cart.
Challenges:  The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
                    Inkspirational Challenge - Anything Goes
                   Crafting by Design - Anything Goes
                    Pile it On - Anything Goes
                    Paper Playtime - Pattern Paper
                    Hobby Cutz - Summer
                    Kitty Bee Design - Summer