CYP 97 - Recipe Challenge - Delicious Doodles

Our challenge this week over at Craft Your Passion is a recipe challenge and we are sponsored by one of my all time favorite digital stamp designers - Delicious Doodles! I absolutely fell in love with this image (I am NOT goth) when Teri recently released it to us - it screams teenage angst! And with a 15 year old girl in my house, teenage angst is something I know more about than I really want to know.

The recipe this time around is 1 ribbon, 2 design papers, and at least 3 buttons. I used the green printed background paper, along with a fun splotchy one from DCWV. Then layered the image digitally on top of another set of stamps from Make it Crafty - the brick wall. I colored that with my Copics, then put some netting and lace behind the image. I added the cord (my interpretation of ribbon) to hang the cross on and cut the shanks off of some black bubble buttons to accent the corners. The title was printed on white cardstock, colored with my Copics and then cut out. I am very happy with the final results on this one!

Jump on over to Craft Your Passion Challenges for more inspiration from our design team - then get your fingers inky, your scissors sharp and get to work... We would love to see what you can do with our recipe!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Make it Monday - #76 - Linky party
One Stitch at a Time - #100 - Anything goes
Inky Impressions - Use two trims or ribbons
Crafts and Me Challenges - #68 - Use a new digi
Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes

Delicious Doodles #10 - New Year - All Things New

Delicious Doodles is ringing in the new year with a great challenge - New Year - New Things! That was an easy one for me since Teri has been busy creating some wonderful new images. I love this image called "Fallen" - it made me think of someone who was down and needed a lift to believe again. So, I made it into an encouragement card - wishing someone a miracle. I colored her with my Copics and layered her on some great DCWV design papers. The shape is a Cricut cut (as is the star frame) that I just made into a shaped card that turned out kinda cool. The large stars are slightly scored and molded to give them some dimension.

So, it's time to show off what you got for Christmas or find a new image you haven't used yet... Come join us for this challenge and you may just win some great prizes from Delicious Doodles.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Incy Wincy #127 - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - In with the New
Rainbow Lady's Challenges - #186 - Travel through 2012
Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamps - New Something

A Dicken's Christmas stamp release - Copic Marker Scrapbooking

Over at Copic Marker Scrapbooking, the amazing and talented Guy Gondron is back with an awesome set of Christmas stamps. A Dicken's Christmas set includes a bunch of wonderfully illustrated images from this tale's of Christmas, past, present, future. Head over to Making Our Mark blog to see the design team's take on the images, plus you can even pick one of them up for FREE to wish you a Merry Christmas from Colleen and Guy!

I went a little bit different on my cards for this one - My "Frosty" card was just a creative jolt that hit me when I looked at the image. I made the old-fashion postcard, just using some old wooden stamps I had in my collection. Then the hat was colored with, of course, my Copics. I created the sentiment and water pool just using my computer and freehand. I added some crystal lacquer to the silk ribbon on his hat and the water, postage stamp cut it out and added it to the postcard. I think it will make my favorite aunt smile when she opens it up this year!

I colored the candle/lamp image before I even knew what I wanted to do with it... Then the biblical reference of the Psalm scripture kept resonating in my head. Well, I've learned over the years that isn't just a coincidence - that's the still small voice! So, that became the sentiment for my card. A simple layout, some homemade flowers and the image all stood so beautifully on the flocked cream and white background. This too will find it's way into the hands of a loved one.

Don't forget to head over to Making Our Mark to check out the other eye candy and pick up your freebie. I know you'll need the entire set after you see the detail Guy uses on his illustrations.

I would like to enter the Frosty card in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge - Baby it's cold outside

DYSU Challenge #50 - Winter

Charisma Cardz Challenge - #49 - Last minute xmas makes

Paper Sundaes - #99 - Anything Christmas

InkImpressions - #37 - Winter fun

Thanks for stopping by - hope your week is full of holiday cheer!

Catch the Bug Challenge - Guest Designer

Exciting news!!! I was asked to join the Catch the Bug Challenge design team as a guest designer this week. They have a great photo inspiration challenge going on over there - you should definitely pop over and check out the eye-candy their team put together for you.

I used this great image "Stella Witch - Call Me Witch" - it just makes me giggle. I LOVE Stella! She's my hero! Says all the things we all want to say, but are just too darn afraid to say! LOL

For this card I kept it simple - coloring her with my Copics and using some scraps as a color blocked background. I added just a touch of bling by using a sequin ribbon to the edges of the orange DP. I had this great chipboard tree from Little Yellow Bicycle that fit perfectly for a back drop for Stella.

Bugaboo will be sponsoring our next challenge at Craft Your Passion starting on Monday, so make sure and pop over there for some other great Bugaboo inspiration.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

PaperPlay Challenge - #43 - Halloween

Charisma Cardz - #43 - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - IIC#30 - Anything Goes

Fab'n'Funky - #96 - Hubble Bubble Toil & Trouble

My Mums Craft Shop - #29 - Spooky Time

Paper Crafting Journey - #22 Use a Digi

DYSU - #43 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by - make sure and head over to Catch the Bug Challenges and come back here on Monday for another great Bugaboo card.

Delicious Doodles - #5 - Saintly Good vs Ghastly Evil

Over at Delicious Doodles we've got a great challenge going on... Saintly Good vs. Ghastly Evil! I knew I wanted to side with the "good", and finding an image was extremely easy for me.


I chose this great image from Teri because I instantly related to and fell in love with it. About 12 years ago my husband and I had a still born child and one of the things that got me through that was the thought that my little girl was resting with angels. This image depicts the way I like to think of her... being cared for and loved until we are once again together in heaven.


Whichever side you pick, or show both on the same card like many of our design team ladies so expertly did, come join our challenge and show us your devilish side, or your heavenly side!


I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Inky Impression - IIC30 - Anything Goes

Pals Paper Arts - PPA117 CAS - Ribbon

Charisma Cardz - 43 - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - 22 - Use a Digi

Hanna and Friends - 117 - Glitter