Crafty Gals Corner challenge #271 Spooky ____________.

 Hello everyone!  I have some news I would like to share.  My significant other was diagnosed with Temporal Dementia in 2023.  It's getting worse.  I am physically and emotionally drained.  My escape has been making my cards.  But when I start missing deadlines then something has to give.  I am no longer with  Crafters Cafe Challenge.  I just couldn't juggle 3 DT's.  So I am here with Rhapsody and Crafty Gals and still with Penny's over at havecolorsbehappy.blogspot.com.  Just thought I would let you know.

Here are the sponsors for Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #271 Spooky ___________!

Colour Of Love

Prize~3 digital images

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Last Minute Manda

3 Sets of Digi's

What a great mix of sponsors for our Spooky challenge.  Go say thanks and leave a little love everyone!

My project is from Colour Of Love and is titled Cauldron Possums.  Just one thing.  I have a possum that lives under my deck.  I named it Polly.  I can pet her and she eats whatever the cats are eating.  She is sure cute!

Miss Heather comes up with the cutest designs for Possums.
I have quite a few of her possum files.  So I was very excited
to colour up this one.  I have used mainly Castle Arts Oil
based color pencils for the main image.  Paper piecing for the
floor and wall.  

Here is the inside.

Envelope.  This card is going to the girls for Halloween!

So short and sweet for this month.  Now November will be the last challenge for 2025 over at Crafty Gals.  We will start up again in January 2026.  But for now...

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are blessed!

Crafty Gals Corner challenge #270 ATG with the twist __________Fall!

 Hello!  Welcome back to my blog.  Had a very nice summer break and am now ready to get the 'ber' months done so Santa can visit!  Actually my favorite time of year is October.  I had (many years back) a Halloween baby.  So her birthday was Halloween themed.  I have since quit making her Halloween cards and gone to more grown-up cards.  This year I think it will be Lilo and Stitch themed!  (btw she is turning 47. shhhhhhh). Here are the sponsors.

Fred, She Said Digital Designs

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

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

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LeAnn's World 101

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Polkadoodles

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

WOW!  This doesn't happen very much anymore.  3 wonderful sponsors who I believe have seen sponsoring challenges since I started design teams.  Thank you's are in order and leave a bunch of love when you visit!

My project is from Fred She Said.   It is titled Fall Flowers & Paper Pricking Frame.  This is something I have know experience with.  But there is always the first try.  Here it is.

See those dots?  I took the end of a seam ripper and a old
mouse pad and pricked all the holes on the metallic paper.
Next I pricked the holes on the flowered paper and used
3 strands of navy blue embroidery floss.  I guess you would
call it a back stitch around the pricked part.  The envelope 
is light blue card.  Base is a mint green.

I can't get ride of this underline.  I have tried.  So we shall
go on.  The inside of the card is decorated with flowers
provided by Fred She Said.  I printed them out on vellum
and used them.  The other inside is gold metallic and another
flower.

The other flower.

The back.  (notice the underline is gone) I give up...

I am going to quit for this post.  I have screwed up enough tonight.  So from my heart to yours,

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are blessed!

Crafter's Cafe challenge #322 Anything goes + Use designer papers.

 Hey I am back with another post for Crafter's Cafe challenge.  As you can see the challenge is anything goes or a twist with using designer papers.  Here is our sponsor.

All Dressed Up Digital stamps

Prize is 2 images

I just love working with All Dressed Up.  Crisp clean designs that fit almost every occasion.  Go visit leave some love and a thank you!

My card is using the image called little pumpkin.  Here is my card.

I have colored this image with alcohol markers and Castle Arts
oil based color pencils.  The background paper is from G45 set
called Garden Goddess (retired).  The base is a bright orange.
Next I did a print and cut leaving a small border.  I glued on
the images and cut out a Happy Fall sentiment.

The inside

The back

Well that is all for August.  I will be back in September with another project.  But until then,

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

In the USA

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.