Birthday Greetings From Under the Sea & Die Cuttin Diva's Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Hello Crafty Friends,

I'm blessed to be a guest designer for Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week on their blog is a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge.

Pick three boxes from any row or diagonal from the Grid below and create a project that has those three items.

I went a little crazy on my card and was tried to incorporate almost everything on this Tic-Tac-Toe Grid.   Didn't quite make it because i chose to use a birthday sentiment instead of a "Thinking of You" sentiment.

Here's a picture of some of the items I used to create this card. 

I used my MISTI to have the sentiment match the curve of the top of the oval die cut.   

Here is my final card.

It has leaves (I'm creatively cheating and calling the seaweed "leaves" :)), Sequins, Yellow in the pattern paper and twine, Orange in the twine and seaweed, Enamel Dots near the sentiment, Pattern Paper, Twine, Oval and it's a Shaker Card.  

The oval had a dotted border so I decided to stitch around it with Twine.   This took some time but it gave the card an interesting detail that I normally wouldn't have done.  So thanks to this challenge I pushed myself to do something different creatively.    

Here's some close up shots.

Card Recipe:

• Card base 5-1/2"x5-1/2"
• KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Ocean Pearl
• I used the png file to print and cut this cutie and accented it with gel pens and Wink of Stella Glitter Pen
• The sand with coral and seaweed were cut using a metal die from the Craftin Dessert Divas Oean Border Dies set out of white paper and colored with my Copic Markers.   YG25 Celadon Green and G94 Grayish Olive for the seaweed, YR04 Crome Orange for the coral; E11 Barely Beige and E33 Sand for the sand, and C1 Cool Gray around the pearl to make it stand out a little more against the oyster background color.
• The oval of the shaker card was made with The Stamps of Life - Sizzix Oval Framelits-Dotted #661840
• Pink/Orange Twine and Yellow/Orange Twine is from Darice
• Round sequins used as bubbles in twine and inside shaker card are from my stash that I bought awhile ago at one of the Scrapbook Expos I attended.   
• The Dolphin Sequins (Splish Splash Sequins) and small Star Sequins (Starstruck Sequins) are from Die Cutting Divas
• Sentiment is from Jaded Blossom Mermaid Kisses stamp set
• Enamel Dots are from a Card Kit that I get monthly from The Stamps of Life

I hope I was able to provide some inspiration to challenge yourself creatively and gave you some ideas on what you can do on your future projects.  

Here's the picture again of Tic-Tac-Toe grid for the 

Die Cuttin' Diva's #381 Tic-Tac-Toe challenge this week. 

Use any one of the rows --- up, down or diagonally -- to create a project and link it over at the Die Cuttin' Diva's Blog by clicking HERE,

Really hope you join us in this fun challenge.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby 

Koalafied to Party Birthday Card

Hello Crafters,

Sharing a card I made using the KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Koala bear, sentiment from Jaded Blossom and other items from my craft stash.

I alway felt that a koala's ears were a little bit bigger on it's head than other bears so I had to enlarge the ears on this Koala file a wee bit to make them fit with how I think a Koala's ears should be.     I also think that koala's need to be fuzzy so I decided to use gray and cream flocking powder on the pieces I cut out using my Silhouette Cameo machine.   

If you never used or heard of flocking powder before, the best way I can describe it is if you took felt and ground it up into a fine powder you would get something similar to flocking powder.   In order for the flocking powder to stick to my paper pieces I ran them through my Xyron to get adhesive on one side.   NOTE: be sure to turn your pieces upside down before running them through the Xyron because the side faced down is the side that gets the adhesive.   After I ran all the pieces through my Xyron 250 Sticker Maker I started to add the flocking powder.    Below are some pictures showing you the process I use when adding flocking powder to my paper pieces.

From top to bottom of this pic you can see my koala paper pieces on the Xyron strip after I put them through the 250 Sticker Machine.  Next you see the bottle of Martha Stewart Flocking Powder and then the flocking powder I poured onto a coffee filter and added one of my paper pieces to the pile of flocking powder. 

Here's an paper piece showing the adhesive from the Xyron before I added the flocking powder.  

Here it is slightly buried by the flocking powder.  

Here it is fully buried by the flocking powder.  

After I get it covered in flocking powder I rub it into the adhesive

and then tap it to get the loose flocking powder off the piece. 

Here it is after I have worked the flocking powder into the adhesive.

  

Here is a close up of my finished koala bear.  I just love him. 

And finally my finished card.   

I took the branch he's holding and increased their size in my Silhouette Design Studio software to make them into trees.   I ran the branches/trunks through a woodgrain embossing folder after i inked it with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink.   Used my eBrush and copic markers to add details to the leaves. 

Card Recipe:

• KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Koala
• I used a technique I learned from the Kit and Clowder's Coloring Eyes tutorial to accent the brown part of his eyes.  
• Click here to go to Kit and Clowder.   If you sign up to take their tutorials I would greatly appreciate it if you would let them know you heard about them from me. 
• Martha Stewart Gray flocking powder and cream flocking powder I bought in the dollar bin at Michael's years ago that I had in my craft stash.
• Darice Woodgrain embossing folder
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
• Copic Marker E79-Cashew to edge the sticks.
• Copic Marker G09-Veronese to add lines to leaves.
• Nuvo Crystal Drops ~ Ebony Black on his nose.
• Eyelashes are fake eyelashes from the Dollar Tree that I cut in half and added to the back of his eyes. 
• Background paper is from a 6"x6" paper pack I bought from Michael's called Tropical Life.   Thoughts the lines would make cool clouds or give it some dimension when I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks to make it look like a dusk sky.  
• The paper I used for my grass is from my stash and I used Lawn Fawn Meadow Borders to cut them out. 
• Ribbon on the side is from a company that is no longer aground called 3 Girl Jams. This green was from their Spooky Bundle and they called it goblin green.  I love their ribbon so I bought a bunch when I found out they weren't going to be in business anymore.   
• Sentiment is from Jaded Blossom's G'Day Mate stamp set. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope I inspired you with some different medias to use in making your cards.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby 

Wheelie Happy Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Sorry I've been MIA for several months.  Things have been super crazy busy for me and haven't had much time to craft much less write blog posts.   I'm still crazy busy but I'm going to try and create and post as much as possible. 

Today I want to share with you a cute birthday card I made for a co-worker who just bought a guinea pig and thought the new KaDoodles Bug Design Wheelie Love You file would be perfect for her card.   I think the critter could be a hamster or guinea pig.

I used my Copic markers to give his/her fur a varied look. 

Card Recipe:

• A2 Card Size
• KaDoodle Bug Designs Wheelie Love You file
• Copie Markers used to make his/her fur look multi-colored:  E18-Copper, E15 Dark Suntan
• White & Brown Gelly Roll pen for accenting various pieces of the image.

• Sentiment 
• Card Design is from SVG Cutting Files  - CS-70

• Sentiment from Jaded Blossom Sweet Birthday Wishes stamp set
• ekSuccess Sticko Dimensinal Stikers
• Darice Pink/Orange twine
• Pattern Paper behind Guinea Pig is from the Silhouette Store and the artist is Sandi Idleman.

I hope I inspired you to use SVG files in other ways then what the holiday or event they were created for. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby 

Crow Fall Birthday Card

Happy Friday Crafters,

Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made using the KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Pumpkin Peeker  Crow.

Used my eBrush to accent the edges of the pumpkin and to accent the leaves.  I used a copic marker to accent the flowers.  

Card Recipe:

• Card base 5-1/2" x 5-1/2"
• KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Pumpkin Peeker Crow.
• Pumpkin accented with eBrush and an orange sharpie.
• Leaves accented with eBrush and a green sharpie.
• Flowers and beak accented with copic marker Y17
• Pattern paper from the R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor Designer Scrapbook Pad. 
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Wreath
• Crow, flowers, wreath accented with white Gelly Roll pen
• The three yellow dots in upper right hand corner of the card is from the Stamps of Life
• Sentiment from Jaded Blossom Turtley Rad stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby 

Alligator Birthday Card

Happy Friday Crafters,

Today I'm sharing with you a birthday card I made using the KaDoddle Bug Designs Surfing Alligator. 

I first started with making the sky using Time Holtz Distress Oxide ink - Broken China & Faded Jeans. 

I used various copic markers to shade the edges of the paper pieces.  

See below for the colors used.

Waves and sand were cut using Jaded Blossom Tropical Dies.  

I used Nuvo Crystal Drops to accent the waves and white Gelly Roll pen to accent the alligator, surf board, palm tree and coconuts and I used my brush with various brown copic markers to give it more texture.

Sentiments from Jaded Blossom Surfs Up stamp set. 

Here's a close up of that cool alligator.

 Here's the sentiment I used on the inside of the card. 

Card Recipe:

• KaDoodle Bugs Designs Surfing Alligator

• Jaded Blossom Tropical Dies to create sand and waves

• Sentiments from Jaded Blossom Surf's Up

• Copic Markers:
• YG17, YG25, YR04, Y15, G07, RV11, E15, E27
• Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Broken China & Faded Jeans
• Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss White
• White Jelly Roll Pen. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby 

Mouse Get Well Card

Happy Friday Crafters,

Today I'm sharing a get well card I made.

I used the sleeping mouse from the KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Get Well Soon Mice,  sentiment and die from Jaded Blossom. 

Close Up of that cute little mouse

Card Recipe:

• KaDoodle Bugs Designs Cutie KaToodles Get Well Mice file.

• Sentiment Jaded Blossom Rain or Shine Stamp set.

• Gray polka dot paper from The Stamps of Life So Special Collection 6"x6" Paper pad cut using Jaded Blossom Card Layer Dies 2

• Half circle with x's I bought on eBay
• Stampin Up Pixie Pink Ink
• White Gelly Roll Pen

I hope you think my get well card is as cute as I do.

Thanks for stopping by.

TTFN,

Debby 

Birthday Card for Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Happy Friday Crafters,

Today is a special day.   

KaDoodle Bug Designs is a Super Sponsor for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog hop and as a KaDoodle Bug Designs Design Team member I'm excited to share with you a fall coffee card I created. 

The hop starts today and runs through Friday, September 22nd, 2017.

Theme is FALL

Use Coffee, Tea and/or Cocoa Images

For my Fall Coffee Card I used images from the KaDoodle Bug Designs 

PG Witchy Poo Kitties and the Fall Pumpkin Treats files.

Card Recipe:

• Kitty with cauldron is from the KaDoodle Bug Designs PG Witchy Poo Kitties file.

• Coffee cup and pumpkin from KaDoodle Bug Designs Fall Pumpkin Treats file.
• Used my eBrush with orange, green and brown sharpies to accent the Pumpkin, cup sleeve, pumpkin leaves and coffee beans.
• Coffee cup edges inked with Stampin' Up Soft Suede ink

• Sentiment from Jaded Blossom Stamps Coffee Break Stamp Set stamped with Stampin' Up Early Espresso ink.

• Background paper from the Silhouette Store, Design #68317

Please hop over to http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com for their blog line up and also go over to the KaDoodle Bug Designs blog at www.kadoodlebugdesigns.blogspot.com to check the project's my design team sisters created. 

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby

Sweet Lollipop Birthday Card

Happy Tuesday Crafters,

This is an extra post this week because I'm a Guest Designer for Die Cuttin' Diva's today.

Super excited to be a part of this weeks challenge for Die Cuttin' Divas which is the following sketch.

For my card I chose to do a print and cut die cut of the KaDoodle Bug Designs Charmkin Cuties - Lollipop Girl using my Silhoutte Cameo.   I also enlarged the lollipop for the circle portion of the sketch but I changed the colors.  

Added Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen to all items that look like lollipops.  

Card Recipe:

• A6 Card Base -- 6.25" wide x 4.5" high
• KaDoodle Bug Designs Charmkin Cuties - Lollipop Girl
• Lillipops accented with Wink of Stella Glitter Pen.
• Sentiment from Jaded Blossom Sweeter Than Candy stamp set
• Background paper from  DCWV Te Sweet Matstack (4.5"x6.5")
• Gumdrop Brads from my stash, which were already glittery.

Hope you join me and the Die Cuttin Diva's Design Team in this sketch challenge.   Go over to the Die Cuttin Diva blog by clicking HERE to see what the Design Team created for this sketch and to link up your sketch project.   

Can't wait to see what everyone creates.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby 

Pineapple Bear Card

Happy Friday Crafters,

Today I'm sharing a card I made with the KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Pineapple Bear with a Jaded Blossom Sentiment.

A close up of this cute pineapple bear. 

Card Recipe:

• Card Base is an A6 card - 6.25" High x 4.5" Wide
• KaDoodle Bug Designs Cutie KaToodles Pineapple Bear
• 4.484 High x 2.331 Wide
• Accented with White Gelly Roll Pen
• Eyelashes from the Dollar Store cut. 

• Sentiment from Jaded Blossom Be A Pineapple stamp set
• Sentiment cut out using Spellbinders Nestabilities Big Scalloped Ovals S4-252

• Celebrate Ribbon from Michaels
• Flowers from my stash

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

TTFN,

Debby