Looking Forward to...

 Time for a new challenge at Paper a la Mode over at The Outlawz and the theme is Looking Forward to...!  

I designed another scrapbook page using fun papers and elements from our sponsor Kate Hadfield!  For a list of the different pieces I used, please see the material list!

I don't have any fancy equipment or programs for digital creating; I simply used my notes program free with my Mac.  I'm sure those who have and are familiar with "photoshop" type programs could really do spectacular creations with these fun papers and extras!  But I was out to prove you can have fun and come up with something special on a free program with very little computer creating knowledge as well!

If you are interested in dabbling, as I am, go for it!  It's very fun and not difficult!  ...and hey, it doesn't get glue, sparkles, and ink everywhere!   hahaha

To get the Doodle Den Freebies, you simply become a Newsletter subscriber and you will get a password to get lots of fun downloads!  It's at the bottom of her home page HERE.

While you are there, check out all the ideas for teachers, card makers (hybrid creations), clipart, scrapbooking, journals, etc!  Lots to see at her site!

You'll find lots of freebies to try HERE!

 Material List 

All from Kate Hadfield Designs

Bits and Pieces 3 from Kate Hadfield Doodle Den

Snapshots from Kate Hadfield Doodle Den

Spring Paper from Kate Hadfield Doodle Den

Everyday Extras

My layout is off to the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Scrap:  AG

Girlz Creative Crafts:  Inspired by a Song ~From this Moment (Lyrics:  "My dreams came true because of you")

Sparkles Monthly:  Something Big-Something Small

Arty Divas:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG 

A Place to Start:  AG opt:  My Fauna Valentine

Sisterhood of Crafters:  Favorite Pet

Crafty Gals Corner:  Add a Heart

Cupcake Inspiration:  AG!

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Paper a la Mode for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Snowmen

 Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is Snowmen!  It's fun to celebrate snowmen and a great chance to get a start on those Christmas/Holiday cards!

I decided to go with a die cut from Cricut Access and include a snowman digi from our sponsor, Oddball Art Co!

Material List

Chilly Willy Snowman Head from Oddball Art Co

Copic Markers

Adhesives

Cricut Design Space to cut dies and use offset feature

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade
Cricut Maker

This is off to the following challenges:   

Happy Little Stampers:  AG w/Dies 

Crafty Calendar:  AG

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a CD, USB or Digital Download

Creative Fingers:  AG

12 Months of Christmas:  AG

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.   

Paint the Town Red

 It's time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  Paint the Town Red.   

I opted to be a bit literal and make a night time scene with my cityscape in red! Th background is created in Cricut Design Space using the Print and Cut feature.  Then I added an Offset (shadow) around my super hero and printed him.  Colored him with Copics and attached!

Here's a peek at the inside.

    Material List 

Digi Little Dudes SuperHero from Polkadoodles

Sentiment from Polkadoodles Just Hangin' Little Dude

Copic Markers

X Press It Blending Card

Cricut Access: Cricut Print and Cut:  Superhero Heart Collage #M2963DF7E (modified); Super Dad #MC1FB41F; 

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade
Cricut Maker

My card is off to the following challenges:  

Polkadoodles:  AG

Digi Choosday:  AG

Crafty Calendar:  AG

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge:  AG

TTCRD:  AG

Colour Crazy:  AG hand coloured

Paper Minutes:  For Men

Crafter's Cafe:  Make Your Own Background (Designed in Cricut Design Space.  I turned cuts into print and used the Print and Cut feature.)

Fab'n'Funky:  Birthdays 

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Twisted Thursday for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Family & Music

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Celebrate!  We will share different optional themes every month for you to celebrate!

We are moving through this month with this theme: Celebrate Something Special About Your Family!  This card is for my cousin specifically, but music cards would be appropriate for almost everyone in my family!  We have all studied music at some point in our lives and many of us have studied at the collegiate levels going on to to play into adulthood.  Some of us are music teachers, professors and/or performers and we marry other musicians!  So my family is full of music! 

   We'd like to hear your ideas at Path of Positivity.  Come share them with us!  

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive!  The theme is always optional.  

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This card features a die cut made from an oboe reed cut I created in Cricut Design Space welded to the wings of a dragonfly cut.  The background was also designed and made in CDS using cuts (mentioned below) as Prints.  I used the Print and Cut Feature and cut the card background.  I then cut the dragonfly from black and the wings from sparkle cardstock.

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Material List: Cardstocks: CTMH  Sparkle Cardstock from Stash

Adhesives: Double sided tape, Fabric-Tac

Cricut Design Space for Layout Cricut Print and Cut: Using Polkadoodles sentiment from Love and Kisses

Cricut Access: Music Heart (#M24A8A8B8) from Assorted Collection altered;  

My own design:  Double Reed Dragonfly made by combining shapes to make reed and wings from Dragonfly (#M45AD7) CTMH Art Philosophy 

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade
Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Paper Dragonfly Creative:  Anything Flies using only Pink and Black 

Corrosive Challenge:  AG

Creatalicious:  AG w/optional Make Your Own Background

Daisy Chain:  For the Girls

Double D Friends:  Shades of Pink

Critter Crazy:  AG with a Featured Critter

Crafty Animals:  AG with an Animal

Dream Factory:  A Bug's Life

Craft Rocket:  Sparkle/Bling

All Sorts:  I Love...Music, the oboe, wildflowers, and dragonflies

CCC Digi Creations:  Things with Wings

Be sure to come on 

over to 

Path of Positivity 

and see 

what the team 

thinks about our optional twist!  

You can also find 

more information 

about entering 

the challenge!  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Puppy Love

As a member of DT for Conie Fong, I get to color some amazing digital stamps!  I'm sure when you see Conie Fong's art, you will be inspired to make some new projects!  You can learn more about Conie and her art on her Etsy Site or Facebook.  There is also a challenge site for Conie Fong images:  Conie Fong FaceBook Challenge.

I have combined a couple of digis to make this card!  All the info is below!

Material List:

Digi: Molly's Basket of Love from Conie Fong

Puppy Digis:  Gnome Sweethearts with Dogs from Conie Fong

Digital Background Papers from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles: Pawesome Holiday; and Polkadoodles Painted Wood

Violet Paper from CTMH 

Copic Markers

Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner

Cricut Design Space

Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access:  Puppy Love (#M2FD9A) from Paper Pups
Cricut Maker

I'm sending this card off to the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments:  Love Sentiment

As You Like It:  True Love or Fab Friendships ~ Wow, that's a hard one, but I'll go with Fab Friendships...or is this true love?  Hmmm..  this is a card for my little grand girl who I truly love, but she's not my true love.  Love is such a tricky notion! 

Dream Valley Challenges:  More than 2 Pattern Papers

Colouring in Scrapland: Heart or AG Coloured

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: AG

Corrosive Challenge:  AG

Try it on Tuesday:  All Loved Up

Passion for Markers:  Add a Sentiment

Colour Crazy: AG Hand Coloured

Let's Craft and Create:  AG + From the Heart 

Little Red Wagon:  Be My Love - Valentine

Creative Knockouts:  Love/Valentine's Day

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a USB, CD, or Digital Download

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.

Let's Get Digital!

 Time for a new challenge at Paper a la Mode over at The Outlawz and the theme is Let's Get Digital!  

I designed scrapbook page using fun papers and elements from our sponsor Kate Hadfield!  For a list of the different pieces I used, please see the material list!

I don't have any fancy equipment or programs for digital creating; I simply used my notes program free with my Mac.  I'm sure those who have and are familiar with "photoshop" type programs could really do spectacular creations with these fun papers and extras!  But I was out to prove you can have fun and come up with something special on a free program with very little computer creating knowledge as well!

If you are interested in dabbling, as I am, go for it!  It's very fun and not difficult!  ...and hey, it doesn't get glue, sparkles, and ink everywhere!   hahaha

To get the Doodle Den Freebies, you simply become a Newsletter subscriber and you will get a password to get lots of fun downloads!  It's at the bottom of her home page HERE.

While you are there, check out all the ideas for teachers, card makers (hybrid creations), clipart, scrapbooking, journals, etc!  Lots to see at her site!

You'll find lots of freebies to try HERE!

 Material List 

All from Kate Hadfield Designs

Art Joodles Mixed Bag 1

Snapshots from Kate Hadfield Doodle Den

Spring Paper from Kate Hadfield Doodle Den

Everyday Extras

My layout is off to the following challenges:

International Art & Soul:  All About Love Hearts

A Perfect Time to Craft Open:  AG

Everybody Art Challenge:  Love and/or Heart

Crafty Gals Corner:  Add a Heart

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Paper a la Mode for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Cutting Cafe Valentine

 

Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is Love!  Perfect challenge to get you started or finished up on Valentines!

Our sponsor, The Cutting Cafe, has so many fun ideas from great sentiments to creative cuts!  You are sure to find exactly what you need for the perfect Valentine's project!

Material List

Cutting Cafe Feb 14 Printable Stamp Set 

Cardstock

Copic Markers

Adhesives

Cricut Design Space to cut dies and use offset feature

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade
Cricut Maker

This is off to the following challenges:    

Double D:  Hearts

Moving Along with the Times:  Love, Anniversary, Wedding

Creative Fingers:  AG papercraft

Cupcake Inspiration:  Heart

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.   

Hearts at TT

 It's time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  Hearts or the word Love.      

I decided to go with an entirely digital project.  Sometimes I just get in the mood to go digital and I have a few more pieces coming in the near future!  So, if you're "into" digital, be sure to check in with me!

New to digital creations?  Here are a couple of older videos you might enjoy!

Material List 

Winnie in Wonderland from Polkadoodles
Photo Scape Program
Notes Program on my Mac

My page is off to the following challenges:  

Polkadoodles Craft:  AG 

Digi Choosday:  AG

A Perfect Time to Craft Open:  AG

River of Creativity:  AG

Fairy and the Unicorn:  AG Fantasy

WWODT:  AG

A Place to Start:  AG opt twist ~ My Fauna Valentine

Art Journal Journey:  What's Your Style?...That's a good question!  Not sure I have a style I use all the time.  I'm constantly dabbling in different areas!  Sometimes digital, Victorian, or Chic.  Sometimes I color, other times there is collage.  Just never know what direction I'll take!

Classic Design:  AG

Get Creative:  Use Hearts

Everybody Art Challenge:  Love and/or Heart

Friendship Friday

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Twisted Thursday for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Celebrating my Family

It's a new year, and as we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Celebrate!  We will share different optional themes every month for you to celebrate!

We are starting with Celebrate Something Special About Your Family!  

What's special about my family is we all love photographs and have for many years!  I have pictures going back to the turn of the century...1900's that is!  I have no date for this photo; but I believe it to be before 1910.  The original is put away in its original photo album.  

This is my father's grandparents; Grandpa Oliver was one of my dad's favorite people.  I'm so fortunate to have this pictorial history!

For more information about this layout, please join me at the video below!

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   We'd like to hear your ideas at Path of Positivity.  Come share them with us!  

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive!  The theme is always optional.  

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Material List: Copy of a Vintage Photo Cardstocks: CTMH Digital Paper Designs: Background paper from Polkadoodles; Tree leaf paper from Polkadoodles Halloween Trick or Treat ; Tree trunk paper from We Are 3 Digital Birthday Bouquet CTMH Inks Ranger Ink Cheese Cloth CTMH Ribbon Cards (tags) from Polkadoodles Belle Papillon Flowers from Prima and Stash Pearl Gems: Bo Bunny and stash BronaGrand charms Clock (Amazon) Salome Idea Skeleton Keys in Silver (Amazon)

Key turned gold with Gold Metallic paint and Bo Bunny Bronze Glimmer Spray

Book stamped with retired CTMH stamp and inks Adhesives: Double sided tape, Fabric-Tac, E6000 Cricut Design Space for Layout and Script for Sentiment: Liberty Script Cricut Access: Tree (#M303BE) from Serenade; Book (#M143D70DC) from Teacher Gifts; Family with offset feature (#M34FB4) from Heritage; Grandma (#M372DF) from Heritage; Grandpa (#M34628) from Heritage; Square Doily Mat (#M901BE) from Anna's Elegant Embellishments Cricut Print and Cut

Cricut Access:   

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade
Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Crafting Happiness:  AG

WWODT:  AG

Pearly Sparkles:  AG

Fab'n'Funky:  Pearls and Lace (Lacey doily mat and pearl gems)

Creative Knockouts:  Lots of Layers

River of Creativity:  AG

Taylor Made Cards 4 U:  AG opt Fancy and Frilly

Arty Divas:  AG

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a CD, USB, or Digital Download

We Love 2 Create:  AG Mixed Media

Creative Artiste:  AG Mixed Media

Sparkles:  Use Ribbon, Rafia, or Twine

Create with Joy ~Friendship Friday 

Be sure to come on 

over to 

Path of Positivity 

and see 

what the team 

thinks about our optional twist!  

You can also find 

more information 

about entering 

the challenge!  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Gnome Sweethearts

As a member of DT for Conie Fong, I get to color some amazing digital stamps!  I'm sure when you see Conie Fong's art, you will be inspired to make some new projects!  You can learn more about Conie and her art on her Etsy Site or Facebook.  There is also a challenge site for Conie Fong images:  Conie Fong FaceBook Challenge.

I have combined a couple of digis to make this card!  All the info is below!

Material List:

Digi:  Gnome Sweethearts with Dogs from Conie Fong

Hearts and Sentiment are from Lulu and Lonny Bundle of Love

Background papers CTMH and Sparkle paper from Stash

Copic Markers

Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner

Cricut Design Space

Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access
Cricut Maker

I'm sending this Valentine off to the following challenges:

Ellibelle's Corner: Hearts or Flowers

Paper Funday: AG opt twist ~ Hugs & Kisses

Bastel-traum: With Heart

Little Red Wagon: Slimline Cards

TTCRD: AG

Shopping Our Stash:  My Heart Beets for You ~ Card with Hearts and/or Vegetables

Krafty Chicks:  Stamp Act

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.