Wheels Keep Rolling Along at Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog

Challenge Alert, crafters! The Big Wheels Keep Turning challenge at Scribbles Designs is at the halfway point. I'm hoping I can inspire you to join the challenge, as it ends on the 15th of the month.
I created a digital card using a digi image from Scribbles called Just Married. Using a personal photo I took on vacation, I colored and then popped my image into the scene (which is the view from our rented condo to the beach on Siesta Key, Florida).
I framed my image and sentiment with some glitter paper and framed the image by tossing around some digi flowers and greenery. Here are the deets:

Scribbles Designs' Just Married

Papers: DDD Grungy Christmas Purple, Glitterati Purple & Gold

Elements: DDD Leaf Spray and Flower 2 from Tag Grab Bag 1 Mini Kit

Background: Personal photo

Font: Sonoma Script

And now it's your turn! Anything with wheels from the first one made from stone to your teenager's skateboard, whether a card (dig or hand-crafter), canvas or any other mixed media project, just show us where your wheel inspiration takes you! Don't forget to link up with Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog for your chance to win free digis from the store! P.S. (There's a freebie on the blog that will disappear at the end of the challenge - grab it now!).

Out with the Old, In with the New at the 12 Months of Christmas Link-up Blog

Looking for the Scribbles Designs Birthday Bonanza Blog Hop? 

Please click HERE or scroll down to find it. 

What a year 2016 has been! Changes in my personal life, my work life, my family life...political drama and economic upheaval...

I am certainly glad to close the curtain on the last 12 months and focus on the new year. If you are, too, then the best place to start your year off is at the 12 Months of Christmas Blog. You can keep that fuzzy warm holiday feeling while starting on your Christmas cards for Christmas, 2017.

This month the optional theme is "Out with the Old, In with the New." I say optional, but IF you choose to create a holiday card with the theme in mind, don't forget to put the letters FT by your name and you'll have a chance to win a gift certificate to our January sponsor's Store, Ike's Art.

My craft room is still being held captive by the contractors, so I created this digital card using an image from Ike's Art called "  ".

My OLD in this card were all the papers & elements from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles & Pixel Scrappers.

My NEW in this card is the digital image from Ike's Art.

A lot of digital goodies went into my card.

Papers: Decosse's Dynamite Doodles- A Touch of Summer Sunburst & Waves; Grungy Christmas Burgundy Textured paper; Glitterati Gold Glitter paper; An Eclectic Christmas-Gold & Silver Diagonals patterned paper.

Elements: Decosse's Dynamite Doodles A Touch of Summer Bucket; Pixel Scrappers Sheila Reid's Santa Hat, Pauline Thompson's Wire Doodle 7, Sharon Dewi Stolp's Winter Wonderland Red Poinsettia, Brooke Gazarek's Blank Green Tag.

Font: Catfisch Script Pro.

Are you going to start the New Year with some creativity? I hope it's a Christmas card, and I hope you link it up at the 12 Months of Christmas blog for your chance to win prizes!

Let's Quirky Create with Flowers

Good morning, crafters! Today finds us surrounded by flowers, not only out our windows but in our projects. It's time for another Quirky challenge and flowers are blooming all over it. There are three generous sponsors this month, which gives participants incentive enough to link their blooming projects with us this month.
My card today uses a digi image from Ike's Art called Holland. I would love to visit Holland! Now that my  sister lives in Germany, maybe I can hop around Europe if I even get to visit her.
Here is what I used to create my project today:
Papers: my original water color, framed by Paper #5 from the Curiosity Scene Paper Kit by Marta van Eck, MischiefCircus.com; Purple Glitter Paper from the Glitterati Paper Kit by Lisa Decosse, DecossesDynamiteDoodles.blogspot.com
Embellishments include: Eroded Glitter and Shell Hues Glitter Splatter elements from Pauline Thompson, PixelScrapper.com; Rope2 from Thankful Harvest Elements Kit by Melo Vrijhof, PixelScrapper.com; Button 02, Decosse's Dynamite Doodles; Princess Bunting by Marisa Lerin, PixelScrapper.com
Our Quirky sponsors this month include Ike's Art

Bloobel Stamps

and Delicious Doodles

I'm Nuts for Autumn

Welcome to a new week, and a new challenge from Craft Your Passion challenge blog. Guest sponsor this week is Doodle Pantry, and I created a Fall-themed card using a difital set called "Just Nutty." The set is loaded with pre-colored and outline images, digital papers and sentiments.
I was inspired to create this card after meeting one of our newest neighbors.

The family was entranced by this little guy's brashness. He came right up to my daughter and her friend on the front stoop, and made himself comfortable. So of course we had to feed him!

What was truly amazing was that he wanted to make his home in the backpack, and we had to take strong measures to look elsewhere for the winter.

So there you have it in a nutshell-my inspiration for my card. Where do you find inspiration? I find it in the most unlikely places!! LOL

Don't forget that Craft Your Passion offers Anything Goes challenges, so I hope to see your creations on their challenge blog this week. And as always, crafters, have fun!

Autumn Fun at DeeDee's Digis Progressive Freebie Challenge Blog

Here is another digital card I created for DeeDee's Digis Progressive Freebie this month. The featured image, Leaf Your Cares Behind, is on special all month so that if you missed their fabulous challenge last month, you can purchase this image

for half price. Create with it and link up to the challenge blog and the next month's featured digi is yours-FREE!

I actually used one of her colored layering images from leaf your Cares Behind, along with the pumpkin from Goody Jars. Honestly, they are more than images, they are sets, some with papers, often with sentiments.
Here is what I used to create my digital card (which is so nice and flat to mail out):

Images:
DeeDee' Digis, Leaf Your Cares Behind, Goody Jars
Papers:
Lisa Decosse, Brown textured paper, Christmas Grunge Paper Pack
ArtbyMiran, Patterned paper 02, Trick or Treat Digi  Paper Pack
Elements:
Nancy Baumiller Crowabout Studio B: Element 39 (border), Red, Brown, & Green leaves, Hello Autumn Collection
Lisa Decosse, green-checked bow
Sentiment:
The Quote Garden, using Betty Font

Whether you cut, color and paste, or let your fingers do the work, DeeDee's Digis are awesome. Check out the store for some great inspiration!! Then link up your card or project at the challenge blog. See you there!

Challenges I am Entering:

Doodle Pantry challenges - Anything Goes

New Challenge at SBP Challenge Blog Sponsored by DeeDee's Digis

I love an Anything Goes Challenge, and I love playing with DeeDee's Digis, which is this month's sponsor at Your Scrapbook Place challenge blog.
Since I am on a family vacation, I had scheduled this post to run while I was gone. I had created a 100% digital card to print up anytime and send to anyone. I sent it to one to my fave sisters-in-law, Treasa. She and Jill really know how to whip up some holiday deliciousness. Not to mention the fact that both if them are Vets of Dessert Storm.
While it is easy to think of the holidays as a time to entertain and eat goodness, this Memorial Day I spent with my Dad, Gram and Grampa, who are together in heaven, as well as being near each other at the cemetery. Some fresh flowers, a little conversation and some great memories were brought out, and my Memorial Day was complete. Hope yours was too!
Now, spend a little YOU time in your favorite craft area and create something for the Anything Goes challenge over at Your Scrapbook Place. And don't forget to have fun!

Challenges I am Entering:

My Time to Craft - Male

100% Digital Today for One Lucky Dad

One of my New Year's Resolutions, way back on January 1st, was to teach myself Adobe Photoshop. I have been hard at play, I mean work, digitally crafting with some very awesome digi images, papers and elements from some of my favorite designers.
Today I created this fun Father's Day card using images from Dee Dee's Digis set Dad's Day Off. The set comes with:
3 outline images, 17 pre-colored images, 3 white-filled layering images, and 7 sentiments, in JPG and PNG file formats.
To set the scene, I used a background from the Marta Vaneck Curiosity Cabinet set of background papers. I framed it and my sentiment with a gold frame element from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, embellishing one corner with a few musically-themed sunflowers and teal buttons from Decosse's as well.
And to bring back the reference to my resolution, my card today is 100% digital!! In finishing this project, I realize I need to invest in some elements that will bring my cards and such to a higher level, things like shadowing effects and a whole lot more embellishments!
Meanwhile, I am entering my card into DeeDee's Digis Challenge Blog. It's a progressive challenge, so as long as you create with the Digi of the Month, you will get the next month's image set FREE! And who doesn't like FREE?!

Persevere in This Month's Challenge at the Path of Positivity

I think that the quote, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade" is the strongest argument that perseverance is what changes a failed attempt into success. And perseverance is the theme of this month's Path of Positivity challenge.
Personally, I persevered in my attempts to master Adobe Photoshop. Of course, I am still a virtual newbie, but I managed to make this 100% digital project using a DeeDee's Digis set called Lemonade Stand. Besides one of the several colored digis, I used both patterned papers. The sentiment comes from the fonts in Photoshop, and the brads and golden yellow background paper are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.
The sponsors and prizes for this challenge are:
*A $10 gift certificate from Ike's Art, one of our guest sponsors this month, for the post or project that the DT deems most inspiring of the bunch.

• A $25 gift certificate from Deedee's Digis, one of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.
• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

There will also  be:

• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital Stamps for each person chosen as a DT Delight.
• One digital designer paper (made to order in a few different ways) from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles for one lucky voter who leaves a comment.
• One digital sentiment for every single person who enters the challenge

Other Challenges I am Entering:
DeeDee's Digis challenge blog - NSD CASE-ing challenge
(cased off of Pippa's layout; I chose this to continue the "drinks" theme but with lemonade)

Come & Get It challenges - Female

 Sisters of Craft challenges - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes