Crafter's Cafe Challenge #321 Christmas in July

 Hello and Happy Christmas in July!  Gosh this is a wonderful time of the year.  But...to tell the truth I am just lucky to get today's challenge posted.  We only have one sponsor for this challenge and she's a biggie!

Sheepski Designs

Prize~3 Digital Images

I have been creating and sharing my cards since 2013.  One of the first sponsor images that I got was from Sheepski Designs.  I love these images.  Please go show some love and maybe a thank you.

My Christmas is July isn't a card.  It's a gift box.  The gift box pattern is from Simply Crafty SVG'S.  The 3D construction is a Single K-Cup Holder.  The image that I am using from Skeepski designs is titled Ginger Hot Tub.

I colored the image using my Prismacolor Pencils.  Then I selected
papers for the single K-cup holder.  The holder when done has
a front panel.  I adhered my image on there.  I inserted a hot cocoa
K-cup.  Quick easy done!

That is it for this cafe challenge.  I hope you can play along.  So from my heart to yours,

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know that you are blessed!

Crafty Gals Corner challenge #321. __________ July and anything goes.

 Hello everyone!  Thanks for visiting my blog.  The July challenge over at Crafty Gals starts now.  Here are our sponsors.

Patties Creations

Prize~3 Digital Images

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RAM Stamps
Prize~$10 Gift Certificate

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:

I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

Both of these sponsors are fabulous.  Please go and show some love and maybe leave a thank you!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge is going on vacation.  There will be NO challenge for August.  This challenge will run until September 8, 2025.  So please show us your beautiful creations and see you on September 10, 2025 for the new challenge.  See you all when we return!

For this challenge I am working with a image from Patties Creations titled 'Hippo Rita'.  Here is my design for July 9, 2025.

I have colored Miss Rita with my Castle Arts Colored Oil
based pencils.  I found a background searching the web for
free printable jungle image.  Printed it out and glued it onto 
a 5.5 by 6.0 card base.  I found my flip flop paper and PNC'd
an inner tube that Rita is floating on.  I searched for a small
bit of brown tag for the saying on front.  

This is another copy of the background paper used on  the front
of the card and some more of the brown tag stock.

The back with my new sticker.

Well that's it.  I hope you all have a wonderful summer and I will be back for the next challenge on September 10, 2025.

Stay healthy, Stay Safe and know that you are blessed.

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #320 Anything Goes optional masculine.

 Hello everyone!  Can someone please tell me where the year went?  Gosh you retire and the years just go zipping by.  I think I work more now than I did in the IT business.  Oh Well.  Here is our sponsor.

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps.

PRIZE~~ 2 Digital images.

I started being on design teams in 2013.  Dr. Digi's was one of the very first sponsors I created for.  I have since collected quite a selection of digital images.  Please go show some love and say a quick thank you. 

My image for the Month of June is Eugene the Engineer.  I forgot to take pictures before sending it off with my daughter to send to her dad for Father's Day.  So daughter took some picture to get Mom out of the dog house.  Here they are.

Here is Eugene the Engineer.  I used an old set
of markers to do the skin.  Next I paper pieced 
almost the entire card.  The base is bright red,
with a spotted gray layer and then a layer that
has tools on the paper and finally a border of
measuring tape!  (in all honesty, I pretty much
copied an example from a DT member on Dr.
Digi's web site.  But I did change it up)

This is the inside.  I printed the words on 
vellum.  You can see more of the tool paper
underneath.

The back

So I got the card done, made an envelope put stamps on it and gave it to my daughter to give to Dad on Father's Day.  Never took the pics.  The background is her backyard.  It is just gorgeous with a water

feature.  

So for now that it's for the month of June.  I will be back next month with another project.

So from my heart to yours, stay safe, stay healthy and know you are blessed.

Much love and hugs, Jana

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #268 Dad's_______?

 Where has the year gone?  As I am writing this blog I just figured out in less than 2 weeks fireworks will be available for 4th of July celebrations.  Then Christmas in July all month and then it's Halloween.  Life goes so fast.  Here are the sponsors for challenge #268.

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

PRIZE~~2 Digital Images

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Sheepski Designs

PRIZE~~3 Digital Images

Two of my favorite sponsors.  I have been on design teams for 12 years.  I have been creating with images from these sponsors also for the last 12 years.  Please go show some love and please leave a quick thank you!

My image for this challenge is from Sheepski Designs and called Strawberry Season.  Here we go.

The first thing I did was paper piece all the leaves.  Next I
colored all the vines and berries using my Castle Arts Oil based
Colored Pencils.  The front says it's almost strawberry shortcake 
time!  My husband is nuts over strawberry shortcake.  

The inside.

I have a weird sense of humor.  Do you know how hard it was
to find an old image of Strawberry Shortcake?  I found the
image and did a print and cut.  The saying is NOT that
Strawberry Shortcake.

Next I found an image of Strawberry Shortcake the dessert.
Did a Print and Cut.  Made a candle from a birthday set of
dies.  Finally happy Birthday was printed out on vellum.

I can't tell you who or when this paper was printed.  I found
this paper pad at St. Vinnies a while back.  It's good DSP.

That's it for the month of June!  Please come back next month for another creation.

So for now stay healthy, stay safe and know you are blessed!

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #315 Anything goes + No Squares

 Hello again!  This is my May design team post for Crafter's Cafe Challenge blog.  Sure hope that you can come on over and play along.  Here are our sponsors.

All Dressed Up!

Prize~2 Images

For this challenge were not supposed to use squares.  I decided on a octagon.  As for the image, the design team was offered two images.  I chose the adorable Bushy Tail image.  Here is my May project.

Here is my Bushy Tail squirrel.  I first made the actual card.  I
enlarged a scalloped edged octagon using the nesting feature in
Sure Cuts A Lot 6.062 software.  I made each level a color that
I used on the squirrel.  The yellow octagon has white and gold 
buffalo plaid designer paper that I finally adhered the very
Bushy Tailed Squirrel.  I colored the squirrel using my prisma
colored pencils.  
 

This was a saying that my mom always said.  More of the same
Buffalo Plaid in Gold and White using a smaller scalloped 
octagon.  The saying is printed on vellum.  

The back

Well that is my project.  I hope that you can come and play along.  

So from my heart to yours, Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are very blessed.

Crafty Girls Corner Challenge #267 Fill in the blank Fancy ________!

Hey everyone!  I am back with another monthly design team post.  This time our sponsor is Moondrea Designs. 

Moondrea Designs

Prize~$10 Gift Certificate

Moondrea Designs is a wonderful company that many of you already know.  Go give some love and please say thank you.

My card this month is really cute.  Love the image.  Gigi Flap Dancer.  Here is my creation. 

 

Moondrea Designs has had so many of her images copies that
she asks that DT's please put something over her image to prevent
this.  

I have used Graphic 45 papers from Bohemian Bazaar.  Love how
all the prints are matching.  I colored Gigi using my Castle Arts Oil
colored pencils.  The signs are from the stamp set that matches 
the papers.  Chandelier is printed on vellum.  The stamp is from 
Crafters Companion.

 

Here is the inside.  The women on the left side are from 
another G45 set called Steampunk Debutante.  And I added
holographic bronze paper behind them.  

 

Here the chandelier is from Crafters Companion dies and
the corners came along with the die set.  The quote from Coco
Chanel is a stamp from years ago.

Well that is it for May!  Everyone please be safe and have a wonderful Memorial Day holiday!

So from my to yours, Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are blessed!

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #318 ATG/feminine

 Hello everyone!  This is going to be quick.  Here is our sponsor.

Polkadoodles

Prize: £8.50/3 images

I have created my June cover for my happy planner.  The image is called Fantasy Moon.  Here is what I designed.  

I took the black and white image and mirrored it.  Using several different kinds of pencils I colored
and blended on the flowers and the leaves.  I cut it out using my Silver bullet Pro.  The background
is made with paper from DCWV circa 2013.  I cut out the word June and made a frame.  The edge
is tape with black washie tape.  

Sorry this is so short.  My hubby has dementia and is having a bad afternoon.  So I am off to calm him down.  So from my heart to yours,

Stay safe, Stay Healthy and know you are blessed.

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #266 Adorable----

Hi everybody!  I have a super quick project for you today.  They are simple Easter gift tags.  But first the sponsors.

Polkadoodles digital stamps

Prize~3 digital images

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The Paper Shelter Digital Stamps

Prize~3 digital images

A big shout out to our sponsors.  We just couldn't have a challenge if is wasn't for them.  Please go show some love.

I am working with a image from Polkadoodles called Party Balloon Bunny Rabbit.  Here is what I have made.

I used the pre-colored image.  I cut out 3 very sturdy tags.
Next I went digging and found some tiny rick rack.  That jazzed
things up.  Some ribbon and finally the bunny.  And we are done.

I don't know what the gifts for my girls will be but I ordered some garden pretties.  Hope

that they will like them.

So for the month, from my heart to yours, Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are blessed!

Happy Easter 2025

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #317 Anything Goes/CAS

 Sorry everyone!  I almost forgot about this challenge by Crafter's Cafe.  It's everything goes with a twist of CAS.  Here is the sponsor.

Fred She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - Digi's, Pre-coloured images, Papers, Sets, Fred's Flower Kits, and even digital cutting files.  Have some fun with Fred! 

Prize $10 voucher

 https://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com/

Such a wonderful sponsor.  Great sponsor and really easy to work with there images.  Go say thanks, look around and find something you can't live without!

So for my card I worked with the image called Better Than Chocolate.  It is supposed to be a Valentines Day image but I am using it for a birthday card.  Here is the completed project.

I got out my stuff to foil this card.  I used a hot pink.  Foiled
all the outlines.  Colored with my Castle Arts oil based colored 
pencils.  The base is a pretty pink card and the paper is ancient.
The candies needed something so I put mirrored stars in a pretty
purple.   

I am so glad that the person getting this card has a great sense
of humor.  

This is the inside sentiment.  Cute card!

The back with the new label for 2025.

Well that is all for this month.  I will be back again on the 15th of April with something different.  So from my heart to yours,

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and know that you are blessed.