Leila (aka Green Goddess) has blog candy... hurry over!

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Green Goddess Leila is giving away blog candy just for us (fellow bloggers) to share her two year anniversay and to share why we're crafting/blogging...  I'm doing it because I love it... blogging is very new to me though. I've just been blogging for a few months.

Experimental card (for me)

I normally will use rubber or clear stamps for sentiments and the occassional image, but not often.  I'm a huge fan of Dustin Pike and love, love, love his digital art!! I went to a Stampin' Up party at A Cup of Memories Thursday evening and got some stampin mojo. Many thanks to the ladies there for hosting this inspirational party.

I tried using presentation paper for the front of this card to see how well inks would adhere and layer... I think it turned out fairly well.  I'd love to hear your opinion!

Gramma

DDS Challenge 17 - "Fold Away!"

Outside of folded card

Outside left flap

Card unfolded

Inside center

Inside left flap

Inside right flap

The challenge at Doodle Dragon Studio this week was to use an alternative fold on a card base.  I chose the "Joy Fold" card.  The layout of this card enabled me to add six (6) Dustin Pike digi images to my card.  They were all colored with Sakuru pens and Copic markers.  I had a blast making this card and I hope you enjoy it too!

I've entered this card in the Halloween card challenge at CARDZTV too!

No Designer Paper? Egad! Doodle Dragon Studio Challenge #16

Here he is... my favorite 'bird with an attitude' expressing his shock at no designer paper..

I had loads of fun doing this challenge... I used my CB "Falling Snow" folder on the background and some glittery letters spelling "Egad!" on the snow below the bird. 

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do!

Autumn Quilt

Mary at CardzTV made one of these cards a few weeks ago and I just fell in love with both the card and the sentiment.  I made a couple of modifications in order to send it out as one of my Cards for Soldiers.  Mary had the sentiment "A patchwork of warmth & comfort," that I put on a tag that tucks in behind "Friends are like quilts," on the inside of her card.   The Cards for Soldiers are left intentionally blank inside so our troops have plenty of space to write to their dear friends and loved ones on the inside.

The papers are from DCWV "Indian Summer-2009" matstack.
 I used my EK Success punches to perforate around the edges of the quilt block.

I hope you like it!

What's Cooking? DDS Challenge #16

The challenge this week was to follow a recipe for a card construction.  The card must have:

• a Doodle Dragon Studios image,
• Buttons,
• Stitching,
• and a decorative edge.

I used the Dustin Pike "Bearbath" image along with 4 mini white buttons(WM), some decorative stitching using a Cutterbee stitching punch and Sakuru Souffle Ink, finally I added more decorative edging with the (MS) Drippy goo border punch.