Q.T. Patootie Honee Card

Happy Monday crafty friends!

Hope your weekend was a wonderfully blessed one! Today I am sharing a card I created with one of the new QT Patootie Digi’s from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

She is the adorable QT P. Honee digi. I also used the Sunflower card file from PCW too.

Here’s my card.  I used the black and white image and colored her in with my Copic Markers. I then backed the image onto a piece of designer paper from the  DCWV Handy Dandy Stack. I wasn't too sure about this stack until I opened it up and really looked at all the papers. This is a great stack!  Then the Green, Red and Brown designer patterned papers are from the DCWV Timeless Texture Stack. I used the Bounti-fall Blessings sentiment and punched it out with my circle punch. I then punched out a scalloped circle and added the mini paper clip and the pretty sheer bow. The bounti-fall blessings is a sentiment to wish the recipient much blessing into the new year and to thank them for their loving kindness.

Here is a closer look at my QT P. Honee colored digi. She is holding the apple and honey as it is tradition during this season to enjoy apples and honey during the Hebraic Roots of our Christian faith’s honoring of this season.

Here is a closer look at one of the sunflowers. I used the sunflower svg file from the Sunflower card file set from PCW and made the cute sunflowers and the green foliage.

For the centers, I simply added a touch of the Frayed Burlap distress stickles. I wanted the grainy texture of the distressed stickles. I used my Enchantment Ink set from CTMH to lightly ink the flowers with the Goldrush ink pad and the Olive Ink pad to edge the digi. I used my regular sized Saddle Ink Pad for the edges of the red and brown DCWV patterned papers.

I used the following products to complete this card

Pazzles Inspiration To Cut My SVG Files	QT P Honee Digi	Card Sunflower Fenced CF
DCWV Timeless Texture Stack	DCWV Handy Dandy Stack	CTMH Enchantment Ink Set
Saddle Ink Pad	Frayed Burlap Distress Stickles	Copic Markers
EK Mini Photo Corner Punch	1.5 Scallop Circle Punch	EK Success Fern Punch

Additional Products

Green, White and Kraft Cardstock

Misc. Sheer Orange Ribbon

Misc. Copper Antiqued Paper Clip

1 1/8 Circle Punch

1 1/4 Circle Punch

CHALLENGES

For the card layout, I followed the sketch from Mojo Monday

Mojo Monday #310

I am also entering this challenge in the
September Stackaholic DCWV Card Color Challenge

Here are the rest of the challenges I will be entering:

Creative Inspiration: Fall Colors Challenge

Totally Gorjuss: Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts #118: Fall Colors

One Stitch At A Time:  Use A Digi

All That Stickles: Appreciation

Great Impressions Stamps: Fall Colors

Glitter N’ Sparkle: Add A Bow

Digitally Sweet Challenges: Anything Goes. Must Use A Digi

Creative Fingers: Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbon Challenge: Anything Goes With Ribbon

Well, that about covers it for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your creative-crafty time with me. Be sure to come back by tomorrow for another wonderful project!

Two Hello Cards Using DCWV Floral Fair

Good morning crafty friends,

Today I have a couple of cards to share with you. I used the gorgeous DCWV Floral Fair Paper Stack along with My Cricut Artiste Cartridge and some stamps and ink! This month is National Stamp Month, so I will be showcasing projects using some Great Closet To My Heart Stamps as well as some great digi stamps from PaperCraftingWorld.com. I also have a great little tip on how to "color your dew drops". So let’s get right to it.

Here are my two cards. I am created them for this month’s IFTL (I Feel The Love) September Recipients. Please be sure to head over and get the details and join in. You will be blessed that you did!

I cut my flowers out of the Artiste Cartridge from plain white cardstock.

I  used CTMH Hello Blooms Stamp Set to stamp the flowers. This stamp set has several stamps that have corresponding cuts to the cartridge. Instead of using the recommended size, I simply cut my flowers smaller and then lined the stamp up. It still covered the flowers perfectly.

I did this to create flowers with the Sunset, Gypsy and Barn Red Ink Pads. I glued and staggered the layers. Once the layers were dry, I took a thin bamboo skewer and shaped the petals to give them some dimension. The flowers were cut at 1.25, 1 and .75 inches for the different layers.

Next I wanted to add some dew drops to the centers. I have the pretty Morning Dew set. I love the clear softly colored look of the gems, but wanted a stronger more striking color, so I decided to try and “paint” the dew drop with my Smooch Pearlized Sugarberry Ink.

Here is a picture to show you what it looked like after I brushed some of that ink on. I thought it worked perfect! It still gave the gem a semi-translucent look but deepened the color beautifully!

Here is just a view showing what they look like…before and after… or in the case of this picture....after and before...lol.

So I decided to get crazy and used the Siren Smooch Ink to color the soft orange dew drops from the Island Blossom set.

Lastly, I used the little Hello sentiment from this stamp set and stamped it with the Cashmere Ink. I layered the card with layers of that pretty DCWV Floral Fair paper and added some ribbon from my American Crafts Dots stash of mini ribbon spools.

Here again is one last look at both of the cards.

I used the following products to complete these little gems.

DCWV Floral Fair Stack	Cricut Artiste Cartridge	Hello Blooms Stamps

Sunset Ink Pad

Gypsy Ink Pad

Champagne Ink Pad

Barn Red Ink Pad

Smooch Sugarberry Ink

Smooch Siren Ink

Early Dawn Dew Drops

Island Blossom Dew Drops

Mouse Dew Drops

American Crafts Red Polka Dot in Value Pack

White cardstock.

Aside from creating these cards to send in to IFTL, I am entering them in a couple of challenges.

First, The Heart 2 Heart challenge blog is having a color challenge and the other is a sketch challenge over at the seems a little sketchy challenge blog.

Here’s the sketch from Seems A Little Sketchy #47

Colors To Use: Sunset, Barn Red, Gypsy and Cashmere

Well, I think that about covers it for today. I hope my little tip about coloring your dew drops will inspire you!  As always, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty-creative time with me! Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for another great, inspirational project!

DCWV Hello Sweetheart Layout

Good morning crafty friends,

If you live and work in America, you are hopefully enjoying your Labor Day! Summer’s last holiday hoorah! Today I am sharing a cute little layout I created. I used some DCWV Baby Girl Stack 2 Papers as well as some cut files from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

Here is my layout. The sweet little bear is holding the precious little flower. The background piece of paper already had the border and it is glittered too.

Here is a close up of the little bear paper piecing. If you are new to making bears or need a refresher on how to create these faces, then visit my creating faces tutorial: HERE.

Here is a closer look at the cute hello title. I used some Robin’s Nest Dew Drops for the tops of the flower’s stamens. I cute the title and flowers out of the same DCWV Baby Girl Stack paper with the exception of the yellow and white pieces.

Here is a shot of the entire border that came with the cut file set. I did use a Martha Stewart border punch for the white borders.

This is a closer look at the little flowers on the border. Love how easily the borders cut from the DCWV paper! This particular stack has the cardstock weight paper. Not too thin and not too thick.

Here is one last look at the layout. I added in the cute lime green ribbon with the yellow button and a little piece of twine. The Sweetheart letters were also cut from the DCWV paper using my beloved Pazzles Inspiration.

Here is what I used to create this precious little layout

Pazzles Inspiration Cutter	DCWV Baby Girl Stack2	Hello Cut File Set
Island Blossom Dew Drops	MS Botanical Edge Scallop Punch	Bear With Sundae CF
Craf-T Basics Chalks	Sakura 001 Micron Tip Black Pen	Pazzles Chalk Easy Tool
CTMH Brown Bag Ink (discontinued)	CTMH Foam Tape	CTMH Chalk Marker

Additional Supplies

White, Craft, Cream and Yellow Cardstock

Dashes, Dots & Checks Lime Green Ribbon

Misc. Yellow Heart Button

Peapod Green Twine From The Twinery

If you would like to see the rest of my DCWV projects be sure to click the My Galleries tab at the top and then select the DCWV Galleries...There you will find All My DCWV Stack Creations!
Or You Can Simply CLICK HERE

Well, that about covers it for today, be sure to enjoy the rest of your crafty day and as always...thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me!