Baby it's COLD Outside...

Today I am back with my Design Team card for Digi Haven

 

For this fortnight challenge our THEME is:  Baby it's COLD Outside

 

Our Sponsor is Bugaboo

 and I am using the Winter Bird - Scarf image for my card today...

I started with an A2 white cardstock base that opens at the top
I layered it with DP from 6" x 6" pad from My Minds Eye - Merry Little Christmas
I ran DP paper through my Cuttlebug using a die from My Favorite Things for the scalloped edges
The image was colored using the following Copic markers:
B00, B02, BG01, RV000, RV13, Y06, Y17, YG41, Blender
I finished the card by adding a punched snowflake, sponged with baby pink ink
The bird has black adhesive rhinestones for eyes and a pom pom on the hat
I also added a cluster of 3 adhesive rhinestones to the upper left and one in center of the snowflake

I absolutely LOVE the way this card turned out...
I LOVE this image and  I LOVE this paper too!

I hope you like my share today and I invite you to join us for the challenge
Please stop by the blog, there is some really AWESOME cards to INSPIRE from the Design Team

Have a really AWESOME weekend...
I am planning to watch the HAWKS game tomorrow afternoon - LOVE watching the HAWKS

Home Game + Saints = HAWKS WIN!

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Hanna and Friends - #187 Snowflakes
Cute Card Thursday - #303 Cold and Frosty

Wishing you a ...

Happy Holiday Season

My Design Team card for Digi Haven fortnight challenge CHRISTMAS CARDS
I am a day late posting, too much on my plate
I do not why I keep thinking I can DO IT ALL - because I can't...will I ever learn?

Here's my card... using Reindeer Block from our sponsor- Bugaboo, which you can find HERE

 

 

My card was inspired by an old sketch #DS93 posted in April 2013 from deconstructing jen 

I get a lot of inspiration on her site, also check out The Deconstructed Sketchbook for other sketches

 

I started with an A2 white cardstock base

Layered with designer papers from Doodlebug Design 6 x 6 pad - North pole (Love this pack)

I colored the image in using the following Copic markers:

E11, E31, E33, E35, E53, R11, R22, R27, R59, G07, YG06, YG11, YG23

I did a little bit of paper piecing with the nose, holly and berries, then added Glossy Accents

To finish the card I added green circles, red button tied with jute and my sentiment banner

 

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo

 

 

I invite you to COME PLAY ALONG WITH US in our CHRISTMAS CARD challenge

Check out the HOW TO PLAY tab for all the details

REMEMBER:  you must use a DIGI image and link back to Digi Haven

 

Now grab a cup of coffee or something else warm and head on over to the BLOG to be inspired

 

Thanks for stopping by this morning - Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Life's a BEACH!...

Today brings another fortnight challenge at Digi Haven

 

Our theme for this challenge...

BEACH

 

Our Sponsor is... Bugaboo

 

 

And the PRIZE will be 7 images

 

I had so much FUN playing with the image I chose from Bugaboo - Love this DOG!

There are so many possible images available to chose from that fit this theme

And you will see many wonderful BEACH inspirational cards by the Design Team

 

 

Here's my card using  Summer Dog Sand found HERE 

 

 

Make sure to check the Bugaboo store for more BEACH images

I hope you'll be inspired to play along - check out the HOW TO PLAY tab

REMEMBER - you must use a DIGITAL IMAGE

 

I used the following Copic markers to color this image:

E31, E35, E50, E53, Y02, Y08, Y17, R27, R29, RV42

Designer Paper from Doodlebug Designs, INC 6 x 6 pad - Flower Box

Sentiment from CTMH - D1290 August Word Puzzle

Twine from Doodlebug - swimming and yellow button finish the card

 

And I have a second card to share for this challenge, as I was helping my DT sister - Sandra

She is pregnant and has been having a rough go of it - hospital stay, dehydration

Thinking about you Sandra and sending well wishes

 

For this card I used the Sand Pail

 

 

I used the following Copic markers to color this image:

E31, E35, E50, Y02, Y06, Y17, B00, B02, B05, R27, R29, RV42

Designer Paper from Doodlebug Designs, INC 6 x 6 pad - Flower Box

Sentiment from CTMH - D1288 June Word Puzzle

Scalloped trim was cut from Cricut  - "Just Because Cards" cartridge pg. 42 <Truck-s> at 4-1/2"

Twine from Doodlebug - swimming and yellow button finish the card

 

I am looking forward to what you come up with for this theme

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by

 

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

 

I am entering the Summer Dog Sand card in the following challenges:

 

 Crafty Ribbons - Challenge #55 - Use One or More Circles

Craftin' Boutique - Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - #280 - Anything Goes

Hanna and Friends - #177 - Anything Goes

Happy Campers - #20 - Summer

Shelly's Images - Oh Scrap! (use your scraps)

Southern Girls Challenge - #74 - Animal Antics

Cut it Up Challenges - #24 - Celebrate Summer (use a die cut)

QKR Stampede - #50 - Summer Fun

Pile it On - #30 - Anything Goes

 

 

#60 Lots of Layers for Tammy's Scrapin' Corner

Happy Monday Morning Everyone...

 

I am here today to share my DT card made for Tammy's Scrapin' Corner

 

Our theme this week is...

 

#60 - ANYTHING GOES WITH LOT'S of  LAYERS

 

I am using this TOO CUTE Bugaboo image called Lil' Kitty on limb, which can be found HERE

 

Our sponsors this week...

 

Bugaboo

 

 

and SKdigis

 

 

Make sure to check out the rest of the FABULOUS Design Team creations - Be Inspired!

 

I look forward to seeing what you come up with and share with us this week

 

Until then - Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

New Digi Haven Challenge...

A new fortnight challenge starts today at Digi Haven

 

Our theme - Rain/Umbrella's

 

Our Sponsor...

 

 

...who is giving away 7 images to one random.org winner



My card...using image Skelekinz - Ain't No Sunshine from Bugaboo which you can find HERE

Paper Orange Tangerine Sketchbook by American Crafts 6 x 6

Copic markers uses:

B00, Bo2, B05, C-1, C-5, E00, E21, Y11, YG03, R11, RV06, RV12, Blender

White Gelly roll pen used for hi-lights on the image

Paper pieced the umbrella

Adhesive rhinestones, button and twine

 

Want to play along... read the How to Play rules and join us!

Need some more inspiration? 

Check out the rest of the creations by other Design Team members - we love to share and inspire!

 

Thanks for coming by today - Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Try Stampin' on Tuesday...

 

Today is my Design Team post for Try Stampin' on Tuesday

and we have sketch #110 for your inspiration this week

 

 

I decided to flip the sketch and make a smaller 4 x 4 card this time

Only because I wanted to use the black gingham paper

and it was the only piece I could find in my stash.

But, I really like little cards, as they are so darn cute!

And speaking of cute, don't you just love this image from Bugaboo?

 

 

Image can be found HERE from Bugaboo

All papers from my stash

I used the following Copic markers: 

C-1, C-5, C-7, G14, R05, R22, R27, RV000, YG06, YG23, Y08, Y11, Y17

Hello sentiment - old Close to My Heart stamp

Finishing touches:  green ribbon/bow and red adhesive rhinestones

 

Remember to check out the rest of the inspiration on the blog from the other Design Team members

Come play along with us this week - I would love to see what you come up with for sketch #110

 

Until then - Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Monthly Post for Scrappy Frogs

Today I am also sharing for my monthly post as a Design Team member at Scrappy Frogs

You get two card shares today.  Oh Happy Day!

 

This month our theme is: 

Luck O' the Irish - Use GREEN

 

 

For my card I am using this Bugaboo image, Margaret Calendar Month-March.

Which can be found  HERE

I colored her in one of my favorite color combo's, lavender, green and orange

Using the following Copic Markers:

BV00, BV02, BV04,C-1, C-5, E00, E21, E31, E33, E50, E53, RV21,

Y00, Y02, Y06, Y17, YG23, YG63, YR00, YR02, YR07 and Blender

Sentiment from SKdigis - St. Patricks Day Sentiments, which you can find HERE

 

I hope you will have a chance to visit the blog HERE 

and check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

 

Be inspired to create something wonderful today, this week, this month.  Get Creative!

 

Thanks for stopping by today, 

I'll be back tomorrow for my weekly Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge.

I can't wait to share with you my card and my announcement.

 

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
Sweet Stop Sketches - SSS200
Sandy's Crafty Creations - March Anything Goes with shades of Green
Broken Box Stock - Challenge #21 - St Patrick's Day
Melonheadz Friends - Going Green
Celebrate the Occasion - #102 Luck of the Irish
Clear it Out - St Patrick's Day - use your Green supplies (buttons/paper)
 

 

 

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

 

Tammy's Scrapin Corner #51

 

I am a new Design Team member for... Tammy's Scrapin Corner

 

 

And today kicks of my first post as a Design Team member with Challenge #51

 

PAPER PIECING

I sure hope you will be able to join us for another fabulous challenge week.

I am so excited to share my card, but first a few details...

Our Sponsor this week is... Bugaboo

 

 

We also have two Guest Designers joining us... Dayan Marin and Trudy Thomas

 Make sure to visit their blogs and congratulate them on being a Guest Designer.
If you would like to be a Guest Designer put GDT after your name when you link your project.

And now for my card...

I absolutely LOVE this card!

I used Ava Flower Patch image colored with the following Copic markers:
C-1, E00, E11, E21, E33, E50, E53, R11, R27, YG11, YG23
Paper Pieced the butterfly, flowers, bow, dress and shoes
Sentiment, old Close to My Heart stamp
Finished the card by adding burlap strip and bow, wooden button with twine and adhesive pearls

I hope you enjoyed my sharing today.
Please head over to Tammy's Scrapin Corner to check out the rest of the DT inspiration.
Get inspired to create something wonderful this week and play along with us.
We would love to see what you come up with.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - #50 Use Kraft
Love to Create - #54 String, Twine, Fiber
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - #78 Anything Goes

 

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen



There's a party going on...

...at Digi Haven

 

Hello and Welcome Everyone!

It's a New Year 2013 and a new beginning for all of us here at Digi Haven!

We can't even begin to tell you how excited we are for our Grand Re-Opening.

As you can see below we have a lot going on!!
Please read through to the end so you don't miss anything!!

* Our Grand Re-Opening challenge sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps who will give our Grand Prize winner a total of 10 Digi images, of their choice, from the Bugaboo Store.

How Generous!! How Exciting!! How Inspirational!! Thank you so much Bugaboo!!

* We also have quite a few more digi prizes from some super fantastically generous people who also wanted to help us celebrate our Grand Re-Opening!!

* If you read the "How to Play" rules, you'll see that our challenges are no longer limited to only free digi images. You can now use ANY Digi Images for our challenges.

* Each challenge will have an awesome Sponsor, a theme and at least one digital prize!  Sponsors
 
* And the Cherries on the top of this multi-tiered Delicious Goodness are the 2 new members of our Digi Haven Design Team!

Welcome Chrissy xx and Lisa

Please visit Our Design Team to meet all our DT members.

Ok so let's get started ... our Grand Re-Opening Challenge theme is "Sparkles and Bling".

You must follow our challenge rules to be eligible for our winners circle drawing.

Please check out our "How to Play" rules HERE

There will be one Grand Prize winner who will receive the Bugaboo Prize of 10 Digital Images.

The Grand Prize winner will be chosen using Random.org. 

 

There will also be a "Top 3" list chosen by the Digi Haven Design Team.

For our Grand Re-Opening Celebration, the "Top 3" will also receive a Digital Prize from either:

 

Stamp-n-Doodle

or

Mynnette Kitchen - On a Stampage

or

The Stamping Shack

This challenge will end on Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Our Grand Re-Opening SPONSOR is ......

Bugaboo is full of Deals, Freebies, Challenges, Sales, Rewards and new Images .... don't miss out! Visit Bugaboo today!

Don't forget to stop by the Bugaboo Challenge Blog to say hello and join in a challenge or two.

In addition to our wonderful Bugaboo sponsor, we also have a quite a few more prizes from some very generous individuals and store owners:

Broken Box Stock   *   Stamp-n-Doodle   *   Platypus Creek

Mynnette Kitchen   *   The Stamping Shack   *   Di's Digi Downloads   *   SKdigis   *   Kenny K

Please visit the "Our Sponsors" tab to learn more about our wonderful sponsors.

All our Sponsors and Donated Prizes are very much appreciated. Thank you!!

 

MORE CHANCES to WIN PRIZES!!

 

Just complete one or all of the following tasks for additional chances to win a prize:

* Leave a positive comment on this post before January 17th.  We will choose 2 random.org winners. One will receive 3 Digi Images from Broken Box Stock and the other will win a $10 voucher to Di's Digi Downloads

* Visit all the Design Team blogs before January 17th, and leave a positive comment.

 

Chrissy - Truly Chrissyxx

Dana - Imagine What You Could Do      

Denise - Scrappy D's House of Cards

Karen - Simply Frenzied  (you are HERE)      

Kevin - McCraftys Cards

Lisa - Crafty Corner

Mynnette - On a Stampage      

Sandy - Sandy's Crafty Creations      

Sandra - Crea-Sandra      

Wendy -  Confessions of a Papersniffer

 

There will be two random.org winners.

One will receive 3 Digi's from Kenny K store.

The second will receive 2 Digi's from Platypus Creek store.

 
* Post our Digi Haven Button on your blog and your name will be placed into a random.org drawing for a $6 voucher to SKdigis store.

There are two additional ways to win two $10 gift certificates to the Bugaboo Store:

Sign up as a "Digi Lover" member/follower here at Digi Haven and follow us by email and/or "Like" us on our new Facebook page.

Both gift certificates are donations from the Digi Haven Design Team ...

which reminds me ... of the gorgeous inspirational designs they have created just for you ....

click HERE to check out their creations

 

Let's raise our glasses for a Successful Grand Re-Opening!! Cheers!!!

We can't wait to see the wonderful things YOU create using a Digital Image, Sparkles and Bling!

Made Especially for You - Sketch

Monday begins a new challenge at Made Especially for You

Week 2 of the month - create a crad inspired by the provided sketch (see sketch below)

 

The Design Team is using images provided by Bugaboo

On my card I am using Silhouette-Butterfly Flowers, which you can find HERE

 

 

My card recipe:

A2 card base in Cream cardstock

I cut a 3" circle in the circle of the Brown layer using Cricut George & Basic shaped

I also cut two oval from the same cartridge at 3" and 2.5" for my sentiment

Papers and sentiment from my stash of old Close to My Heart products

Gingham scallop cut (vendor unknown) cut from "Just Because" cards at 5-1/2" trimmed to fit card

The Bugaboo image was printed in brown ink, which my hubby converted for my on Photoshop

Finishing touches:

Added a dark Cream ribbon/bow and tiny adhesive pearls to the image

Medium adhesive pearls added to the oval and along top edge of circle.

 

Our wonder sponsor this week is Bugaboo, giving away 7 images of choice

to the Winner, who will be randomly selected from all eligible entries.

 

 

I am inviting you to join us this week for our Sketch challenge,

so head over to ME4Y and get inspired to create something wonderful using the sketch.

I can't wait to see what you come up with.  Challenge begins on Monday 09.10.12

 

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Crafty Calendar Challenges - Color Challenge - Browns and Creams

 

Squigglefly - SFC3512 - Monochromatic

 

The City Crafter - Week 125 - Monochromatic

 

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - #73 Anything Goes

 

Enjoy your day and Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

 

 

Three Pearls

I had so much to share today...

A Blog Hop with Designed to Delight

and

3 Design Team posts for my Monday commitments:

Fantabulous Cricut

Made Especially for You

Songbird Challenges

...but this is the last one for Monday.

Three Pearls

This week at Made Especially for You it's our week 3 challenge

Make a card using three (3) of a specified item

We are using Pearls

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:

Bugaboo Stamps 

They are offering 7 images of choice, for one randomly chosen winner from all eligible entries.

Will it be you this week? 

You can only win if you link up your card, so what are you waiting for?

If you need some inspiration, check out the Design Teams project on the challenge blog.

Be inspired to create something wonderful this week.

You know I'll be back tomorrow :)

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Southern Girls Challenge - chipboard

This week at Southern Girls Challenge we would like to see chipboard on your project.

My card is not posted on the Challenge Blog, as I was having trouble getting it posted there.

Still not up, so really hoping to get this corrected soon so more can see my fun card.

Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team inspiration.



My card is using an image from Bugaboo.
Chipboard Cat from Maya Road (fall set).  I sponged the chipboard cat with Memento Tuxedo ink.
This was such a fun image to color.
I also found some Halloween buttons in my stash and the purple bat was perfect for my card.

This week we have two wonderful sponsors...



Have a great day - Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

Is there life before coffee?

My answer is "No".  I just love my first sip of morning coffee.  I'll have a Venti Iced White Chocolate Soy Mocha, please.  Thank you very much! The taste and the smell is heavenly :)

It's Monday challenge at Made Especially For You and today's challenge is to be inspired by the provided sketch.










For my card I used Ruby Tidbits - coffee. Paper from my stash and the following Copic markers:
E00, E02, E04, BG01, BG15, BV00, BV04,
RV10, RV23, C-1, C-3, E21, E33

Our wonder sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps.  One randomly chosen winner from all entries will win 7 stamp images of their choice.

Check out our Design Team inspiration and I hope you'll have a chance to play along this week.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday.

Catch the Frenzy!

Challenge at ME4Y

I used the Thanks a Bunch from Make it Snappy- Frame it

It's Made Especially 4 You sketch challenge week.  Create a card using the following sketch:

 

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps,
where one randomly chosen winner will received 7 digital images of their choice.

In addition to the sponsor's prize, we'll be giving away an EXTRA prize this week to a second randomly chosen winner!  This second winner will receive the following two Lucky 8 Punches:

Floral Burst and Tatted Doily

Make sure to check out the inspiration for this challenge from our Design Team using images from Bugaboo.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Catch the Frenzy!