Kittens and Chicks

Gerde has done it again!  

And, just what has Gerde done?, you might ask. 

She's supplied us with another cute digi for March's Challenge at Gerde Steiner Designs. 

I am also entering these challenges:
Challenge Up Your Life #11 - Easter
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #114   - Bright Spring Colors + Ribbon
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Fab n Funky Challenge #251 - Spring into Color
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #219 - Favorite Embellishments (I really love the little charms, although they are hard to find in our local stores and expensive .  I picked up a package of these little butterflies on clearance.  When I pulled one off the card, the circle link stayed where it was.  So this little guy is just glued on the card instead of hanging from the bow.)

Dachshund in Love

This cute little pooch is the digital image for this month's January Challenge at Gerde Steiner's Designs.

(stamp and papers are CTMH)

My granddaughter has one of these wiener dogs, Romeo, who protects my great-granddaughter with all the ferociousness he can muster. 

Challenges I am entering today:

Gerde Steiner Designs January Challenge - Dachshund in Love

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes 4 Kids

Pile It On Challenge #53 - Hearts and/or flowers 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #248 - Animals

Sketchy Colors Challenge #240 - Red and Turquoise

Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #184 - Any Holiday

Wags n Whiskers Challenge #146 - Hearts

December Progressive Challenges

Before I forget, I have two cards for Progressive Challenges that I want to post.

First I have a card for From the Heart Challenge using digi images from the December  Christmas Spirit Birdbrain set.

Next, I have a card using an image from Gerde Steiner Designs for her December Challenge - Holiday Angels.

And I also have a card for Challenge #21 - Christmas at East Wind using the using the freebie image found in this month's newsletter, Lala's Merry Christmas, which is available to all who subscribe. 

Back to routines....

after a week at the beach, means making a Mojo Monday card first thing this morning.  This morning I've chosen to use Gerde Steiner's Kid in Pumpkin Costume digi on my card.  Not that I'm ready for Fall or Halloween, I'm just feeling like a pumpkin after eating lots of ice cream last week....  cappuccino crunch, mint chocolate chip, midnight chocolate caramel, chocolate salted caramel, and 

the best chocolate raspberry truffle. 

 

This is the digi provided free for the August Challenge at Gerde Steiner Designs if you participated in last month's challenge.  I've fussy cut his hat and pumpkin bucket and popped them a bit.  I also added some liquid glass to the bucket to give it a more plastic look. Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge # 358 provided the layout I used.

 

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #62 - Use markers or pencils (I used a combination of both to color the image) 

Crafty Hazelnut's August Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenge - Anything Goes

Hobbybook Designer Challenge - All about Kids

Have a lovely day 

and 

thanks so much for visiting my blog!

 

For you KT

The moment I received this cute digi from Gerde Steiner, it made me think of KT, one of our fellow bloggers who is taking some time off right now and preparing to move.  I miss seeing her frequent blog posts and wonderful cards, often featuring an adorable kitty.  KT, hope your shoulder is holding up ok and the packing is coming along.

(Sentiment is a CTMH stamp.)

The sketch at Clear It Out Challenge this week caught my eye, simple but effective.  I used a marker to go around the edges of the polka dot paper giving it a faux layered look.  There was no specific stash item for the challenge, but I did manage to use a few buttons that I recently uncovered.  I printed the digi once on white CS and once on kraft, so I could paper piece the box. 

I've decided to send this happy kitty to play in the following challenges:
Clear It Out Challenge -
 
Gerde Steiner Designs July Challenge  - a progressive challenge, play each month to receive a free digi to play the following month, plus enjoy occasional freebies and an assortment of fun digis available in her shop.
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge July 8-14 - Anything Goes
Animal Friends Challenge #16 - Dog and/or Cat
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Use stamp or digi
Just for Fun Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge #73 - Use a cute digi
Digi Makeover Challenge #148 - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu Challenge - Furry Friends
Great Impressions July Challenge - Animal Friends
Robyn's Fetish Challenge #219 - Animals
A Gem of a Challenger #123 - Animals

Gerde's June Digi goes Mojo

Yes, I'm still using the Mojo Monday Sketch.  I am determined to win this challenge and I'm also going to dust today (maybe in my dreams!)  Yesterday I received Gerde's June Digi and my first thought was 'the gingham dog and calico cat'.  I did a little research because I couldn't remember the poem about the two. It's not a very pleasant poem, as the dog and cat in the poem tear each other to shreds.   Rather than going to the dark side with my card, I decided to make it a happy card suitable for any number of occasions.  

I scalloped the bottom edge of the front card base to blend the embossing pattern,  rounded corner of the sketch and the scalloped square.  Then I also added a green scalloped edge to the inside of the card base so it would show at the bottom and to liven up the inside a bit.  The dog, cat, and heart(a CTMH stamp) are all paper pieced.  The front sentiment and bling are CTMH.  I added whiskers to the cat with a fine marker.  (All cats have whiskers, except one of my childhood pets who fell victim to my scissors.  I started crafting at an early age, not always successfully.)  My I'm feeling witty!  My apologies.

Here are the challenges I am entering today:

Mojo Monday Sketch Contest #348

Gerde Steiner's Designs June Progressive Challenge

Crafting by Designs Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #154 - Critters

Sailing Pineapple Challenge #5 - All Creatures Great and Small 

Cutie Pie Challenge #70 - Emboss It, but keep it Cute

Digi Makeover Challenge #143 - Anything Goes

Digi Sketch Challenge- Sketch and/or Theme...Use a Stamp

Love to Scrap Challenge #31 - Mind Your Banners!

Perhaps dusting would bring me luck.  I could give it a try.  The worst that could happen is that I'd obliterate an important note or phone number written on one of the tables. 

OK so I dusted, vacuumed, and mopped the kitchen floor.  Then made fish for dinner so my house doesn't smell like Spic and Span.  Maybe tomorrow I'll make a few more Mojo cards to increase my odds of winning.  Nah, enough is enough.  Mom and I are headed to the mall!

It occurs to me....

that I haven't shared the projects from the CTMH workshops I attend at my friend, Joyce's, house. Tomorrow she is having an all day extravaganza, and I'll a bunch of cards from there also.  I guess I need to start posting a few every day until I catch up.  To start... Here are the 4 cards we made this past Tuesday using the paper pack that will only be available from CTMH this month.  You can find the details on Joyce's web site here as well as details about tomorrow's workshop here on her blog.

The yellow triangle strips on the bottom card are washi tape, a fun idea for decorating the cake.

This last card I changed  because I thought it would make a good Any Hero card for Operation Write Home.   I used a piece of post it note to block the word "FUN" on the tag stamp and inserted the word "HERO" instead.

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What have I been working on in my dining/craft room?  I made this card for the 7th Freebie Design Digital Stamp Challenge at Gerde Steiner Designs.  The image is May's freebie.  I added the words on the computer before printing.  

(Father's Day sentiment is a CTMH stamp.)

  

This card is also being entered in the challenges below,

and then I'll tuck it in the envelope with yesterday's cards and mail it to Send A Smile 4 Kids. 

• A Creative Romance Challenge - One for the Boys
• Brown Sugar Challenge #94 - Father's Day
• Creative Corner Challenges - Going in Circles
• Savvy Handmade Card Challenge - Zoo Animals
• Sister Act Card Challenge #57 - Anything Goes
• Wags n Whiskers Challenge #129 - One for the Boys
• ABC Challenge - "L" is for lots of layers
• Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations  Challenge #1 - Anything Goes with a Digi
• Flat Friends Challenge #20 - Dies and/or Punches (I used punches for the corners and circles.)
• Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - For that Special Man
• Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge # 92 - Anything Goes
• Word  Art Wednesday Challenge #132 - Anything Goes

Are your tulips up?

My tulips are just poking through the ground.  They always seem to be later than the hyacinths and daffodils, both are blooming already.  And I'm so happy to see some buds on the lilac bush I started about 3 years ago from a tiny twig.  The magnolia trees' flowers, unfortunately, are all brown from our overnight freezing temps the last few days.  I actually had to wear long underwear to my grandson's baseball game on Wednesday evening.  That's just not right!  

  Perhaps this cute springy card will warm someone up, until the temperatures take over.

 

Gerde Steiner supplied this perky chick digi image for use in her current challenge.   For the butterfly hello I used a stamp I recently received with one of my magazines.  And the dotted DP was a freebie from another magazine.  I used markers to do the coloring and add the faux stitching.  

I am entering this card in the following:
Gerde Steiner 6th Freebie Digital Stamp Design Challenge
Craft for the Craic April Challenge - Easter/Spring
Cards in Envy Challenge - A2 Easter
Crafty Catz Challenge #227 - B is for....  butterfly and broken egg
Creative Corner Challenge - What's in a Name?  My name is Debi and I've used Dotted Designer paper, a Digi image, Dotted Embossing Folder, and a Darn cute chick.
Polkadoodles Challenge Week 16 - Springtime
Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge 15 - Use a stamp/digi image
As You Like It Challenge - Stitching, Real or Faux?  I prefer using faux stitching since it's so much easier for a quick card than getting my sewing machine out of the closet.

Speaking of quick cards....  I wanted to show you a cute Easter card from one of my friends.
She said it was a kit from Kim's card kits.