Crafters Cafe Challenge #303 "Feminine"

 Hello everyone!  Welcome to Crafters Cafe Challenge.  This is challenge #303 and the theme is 'feminine'.  This is also the last challenge of 2023.  The challenge will run for 2 months.  Thank you to everyone who has made 2023 such a wonderful year!  Now let's see who our sponsors are.

SheepSki Designs

Prize~~3 images 

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Odynetika

Prize~~$10 voucher

What great sponsors.  Both of them have clear and crisp designs that are a dream to color.  Please go show some love and give each of them a big thank you.  

My project for this challenge is from Sheepski Designs and is titled Hot Chocolate.  Here is what I created.  

I started with dark brown heavy cardstock for a base.  Mint 
green and then pink solid card and two really pretty printed
paper round out the stack.  See the last piece of paper,  it has
on it tea pots.  Very special paper of mine.  The image was 
colored with my Prismacolor Pencils.  I paper pieced the foam
for the hot chocolate and the mint greet sweater.  Finally a snow
flake and a gem to finish the front.

The inside is papers by Crafters Companion.  I used some a
metal die set to make the medallion.  The sentiment is Take
Good Care Of Yourself.

Here is a better photo.

The back and my sticker and inital.

Well that is it for 2023.  On to 2024.  I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.  I will be back in January with a new blog look (keep your fingers crossed).  So from my heart to yours,

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and know you are blessed.

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #249 Dots and/or Stripes

 Hello all!  How was your Halloween?  Here at home I make special packages filled with goodies for the littles across and next door to me.  But, my daughter and daughter in law live in a very affluent area in Salem, OR, USA.  They are finding out that their area is where everyone loves to trick or treat.  They had a grand total of 406, yes 406 kids visit.  They gave out 6 really large bags of candy (the Costco size ones).  Just amazing.  That's my update!  Here are this months sponsors.

Jan's Digital Stamps

PRIZE~~$10 Gift Certificate

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https://mirtillamente.blogspot.com/

Prize:  2 digis, 1 pad of digital papers "mini"

and the possibility of being Special Guest DT

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Well these sponsors are the best.  Always generous with their prizes.  Very very nice images that are a joy to work with.  Please go show some love and leave a thank you.  They do appreciate it!

On to my project.  I have used an image from Mirtillamente called Gertrude Autumn.  Here we go.  (I didn't link my image as Mirtillamente is under construction right now)

I just love it when I have a table cloth that matches 
what I create.  Makes displaying so much easier.  Here
is the envelope.  It was made from AC cardstock.  

I colored Gertrude with all of my colored pencils and my
Shuttle Art markers.  I also used my sparkle gel pens to
add dimension.  The card was designed from a site.  I 
downloaded it and made a card with a fold at the top.  
All the papers are from a very old book from DCWV 
dated 2013.  The solid color paper is card from AC
Cardstock.  Autumn Mode On is cut using a die from 
KSCrafts.

Here is the inside.  You can now see the papers.  

The back.

Once I decided what I was going to create this card came together very quickly.  The start of a new project always takes the longest time.  So from my heart to yours,

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

***HAPPY THANKSGIVING***

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #302 Flowers

 Hello friends.  I hope this post finds you well and warm.  It's rainy and windy here is Oregon.  I just got back from the grocery store.  It's Fall!!!  That means bean soup and some stew down the road.  Gosh I love this time of year.  So the theme for challenge #302 is Flowers.  We are teaming up with Double Trouble.

Here is the link:
https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/Challenge-150.html  

Now we only have one sponsor for this challenge.  Here she is...

Beccy's Place
Prize~$10 Voucher

Gosh I love working with the images from Beccy's Place.  They are beautiful and print perfectly.  So please go share some love and say a quick thank you!  Thanks gang!

Now my image for the theme 'flowers' is Daisy Elements Digital stamp.  I have used the single Daisy and the sentiment 'Wishing you Sunshine & Daisies'.  Here is my project.

I have made a shaker card.  I colored the daisy with my 
Shuttle Art Alcohol Markers.  I set it aside and made a vase
and cut out 6 cardboard ones and glued them together
to make the shaker frame. I made the back of the vase and
the top layer out of metallic silver.  I dug around my embellies
and found some sequins and some little red circles.  Next I
added some little white beads and made sure I did not over
fill.  I used red card for the base and the envelope.  It is a 
slimline card.

I printed the sentiment on vellum and heat set it.  The 
background paper is from the Goddess of the Garden series
made by G45.

Finally the back.

Well that is my project for October 2023.  I'll be back next month with another project to give you inspiration.  So from my heart to yours...

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and know you are blessed.