Snowman Hugs

Hiya, well that's Christmas over, hope you have all had a good one and were spoiled rotten!! I've had a great one this year as we were able to spend it with our family and more importantly our first little grandchild 'Olivia'... The best early Christmas present by far!!

We have now moved in to our new place, still have a few outstanding things to be done and fixed though, but will have to wait till next year!!

Now on to sharing some inspiration. It's my turn today to share for Digi Doodle Studios. I'm using this fab winter image called 'Snowman Hugs', you can find it here.

On a 7x7 blank card, I matt and layered purple non-shed glitter card and patterned paper, with ribbon border. The image, I printed on to watercolour card, coloured with Promarkers, added various loose glitter for depth and effect, then die cut out, layering on die cut glitter card. Decorating with die cut vellum poinsettia flowers, die cut berry sprigs and twigs. Finishing off with gems, glitter glue...

Materials Used 

Digi Doodle Studios - 'Snowman Hugs' image

ProMarkers - Cool Grey 1, Gold, Plum, Pale Pink, Purple, Orchid, Shale and L.E. Apple Cider

Wink of Stella - Clear Glitter pen

Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card

Trimcraft - First Edition 'Beyond the Shore' paper

Craft Buddy/Dawn Bibby Creations - Poinsettia, Blossom Stamen, Berry Sprigs and Twig dies. Purple non-shed glitter card

Spellbinders - Grand decorative oval die

Creative Expressions - Cosmic Shimmer 'Iced Snow' glitter

Pinflair - 'Iced Diamond' glitter

Ranger - Stickles glitter glue Purple

My Stash - Ribbon, Gems and Purple vellum

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope that I have passed on a little bit of inspiration. You can find loads more by both DT and Fans if you stop by our Facebook Fan Group. 

Wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2019 to you all!!

Crafty Hugs

Donna (DT)

xxx

A Little Christmas Inspiration with Vanessa Rae

Hi there Crafty Friends,

Well Christmas is nearly upon us and at the time of writing this, I'm up to my eyes with moving house, just finsished packing, especially the hoards of craft stash, I have!!!..Have already managed to clear out bags and bags of old stuff, but will need to try and do more... Will be busy unpacking and  organising new house when this goes 'live'. Will be back to 'normal' craft mode soon!!

I'm here today as it's my turn for some Digi Doodle Studios inspiration. For this I am using Vanessa Rae, and have created this traditional Christmas card...

On a 7x7 scalloped white card blank, I matt and layered First Edition 'The Gift of Christmas' complimenatry papers onto Craft Buddy red non-shed glitter card, along with red ribbon border. The image, I printed onto watercolour card, coloured and added glitter for effect. I die cut out and layered on the same glitter card, which I die cut too. I decorated with a die cut Dawn Bibby Creations poinsettia, blossom stamen, berry sprigs (added glitter glue on berries) and twigs, finishing off with die cut sentiment, gems and ribbon bow.

Materials Used 

Digi Doodle Studios - 'Vanessa Rae' image

ProMarkers - Satin, Blush, Red, Berry Red, Ruby, Lemon, Mustard, Primrode, Ivory and Limited Edition Apple Cider

Wink of Stella - Clear Glitter pen

Trimcraft - First Edition 'The Gift of Christmas' papers

Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card

Craft Buddy/Dawn Bibby Creations - Poinsettia, Berry Sprigs, Twigs and Blossom Stamen dies

Red  and Green Non-Shed Glitter card

Britannia - 'Merry' & 'Christmas' dies

Spellbinders - Grand Decorative Oval die

Presscut - Oval die

Creative Expressions - Cosmic Shimmer 'Diamond Sprinkles' 

DecoArt - Gold Glamour Dust glitter

My Stash - Red metalic ribbed paper, Gold Linen card and Red satin ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope this has given you some festive inspiration. but you could stop by our Facebook Fan Group for loads more creative ideas by both DT and DDS Fans. 

Till Next Time

Crafty Hugs

Donna (DT)

xxx

I am entering this into the following challenges:-

Morgans Artworld Challenge - #12 Anything Goes 1-27 Dec
Classic Design Team Challenge - #12 Anything goes 1-27 Dec
Not Just Cards Challenges - #December Anything Goes
Love to Caft Challenge - #29 December Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge - #116 Seasons Greetings
Brown Sugar Challenge - #285 December Theme
Pearly Sparkles Challenge - #35 Merry Christmas
A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge - #81 Anything Goes
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge - #460 Colour Challenge (Red, Green, White)
Promarker Challenge - #473 Mega Christmas (Hip to be Square)
I Love Promarkers Challenge - #374 Anything Goes

Season's Tweetings...

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Bloggers and Followers, hope you are all well and starting to get into the throws of the Christmas rush!! I still can't think about it yet...Today I'm all set for last minute packing and ticking off my to do list for our big move tomorrow!! ... I do appologise for not being about for the past couple or so weeks, it has been all go with the move. Been doing a big clear out as we go, and oh my can't believe how much stuff we hoard, that hasn't seen the light of day for years!!

So on to the reason I'm here, today Digi Doodle Studios is kindly sponsoring Crafty Catz weekly challenge, so I am sharing with you a little card I created, as being GDT, using Chipper Tweets...

Taking a blank 7x7 card, I matt and layered white embossed card and red satin card, twice, creating the double panels. On this I added more matt and layered card, this time die cutting the red/white card and embossing the white with different pattern. The image, I printed, coloured and die cut out, layering on to some more red card, finishing off with die cut snowflakes, gems and some loose glitter for dimension and effect!...

Materials Used 

Digi Doodle Studios - 'Chipper Tweets' image

ProMarkers - Umber, Tan, Sandstone, Shale, Oatmeal, Khaki, Leaf Green, Red, Berry Red and Ruby also Limited Edition Apple Cider

Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card

Craft Buddy/Dawn Bibby Creations - Red satin card

M&C Boutique (The Works) - Square Faux stitch dies

Trimcraft - First Edition Snowflake dies

Creative Expressions - Cosmic Shimmer 'Iced Snow' glitter

My Stash  - Gems

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope you can come and join in with the challenge over at Crafty Catz.

Till next time

Crafty Hugs

Donna 

xxx

I am entering this into the following Challenges:-

Classic Design Team Challenge - #12 Anything Goes 1-27 Dec

Morgans Artworld Challenge - #12  1-27 Dec

Love to Craft Challenge - #29 December Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge - #116 Seasons Greetings

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge - #81 Anything Goes