Some of My latest work

Still having fun playing with Tim Holtz products and following his demos.  You can see my latest on Instagram.

Hope you all are continuing to create!  For more, follow me on Instagram.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Fixing Up Blah Designer Paper

Hi everyone!  Sorry I have not been posting lately, been busy taking care of my 92 year old Mother and 88 year old Mother-in-law.  But I have had time to create - just not time to post. 

As I was cleaning out my craft room I came across some 4 x 5 1/4 Designer Paper I had cut up to use for cards.  Some of the designs were just Blah!  I could have got rid of them but decide to recycle them using stamps and dies.  Here is what I came up with.

I lightly stamped the background paper with archival ink.  I used some other Designer Paper to cut out the flowers.  

Products Used:  Stampers Anonymouse CMS 106 and CMS 155.  Sizzix Wildflowers Dies and Tag Collection Dies.  Distress Ink Gathered Twigs.  Ranger Archival Ink.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Cards in Envy All About Numbers

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Time for a new challenge on the Cards in Envy blog.  Create a card featuring numbers such as a birthday, at date, 2019, etc.  I'm celebrating the new year with my clock card.

I used the Tim Holtz Weathered Clock die.  Cutting it out of double stick tape and using Nuvo Guilding flakes in Radiant gold over the surface.  The hands are coated with black glitter. The words are from Elizabeth Craft Dies.

Head on over to the Cards in Envy blog and post your cards with numbers on them.  Be sure to check out what the Design Team came up with.  

Happy Crafting!

Donna   

Cards in Envy Spirit of Christmas Challenge

Time to really get in the Christmas Spirit on the Cards in Envy Challenge Blog!  Show us any style Christmas card and any color theme.  Here's my Spirit of Christmas card.

Sadly the photo does not do justice to the glittery background that I created with Cosmic Shimmer Sky Blue Glitter Kiss smooshed through a Tim Holtz Christmas stencil.

Hop on over to the Cards in Envy Challenge Blog and check out the other Design Team Members Christmas Cards.  Then link up your Christmas Card with us.  

Happy Crafting

Donna 

Cards in Envy Santa Baby

Time for a new challenge on the Cards in Envy blog.  Create a card that uses anything that makes you think of Santa.  Could be Santa's hat, belt, sleigh or Santa himself!  I decided to make a card with Santa.

This vintage Stampin'Up Santa worked well with the Tim Holtz Sizzix retro Merry Christmas die.  There's just a touch of bling on the Christmas tree and a rinestone on the i in Christmas!  Come on over to the Cards in Envy blog to see what the other design team members did and then link up your Santa cards!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Merry Making Day 5

The last day of the Online Card Classes Merry Making was a focus on watercolor.   I tried the watercolor through a stencil technique.

I used my Zig Clean Color Brush pens through a Clear Scraps stencil.  The sentiment is Tim Holtz Sizzix thinlits.  

I am adding this to the Merry Monday challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Sunday Inspiration

Yesterday was my Son-in-Law's Birthday.  We are taking him and my daughter out to dinner tonight and here is the card that I made for him.

I went with the larger 5x7 format since the Tim Holtz Picture Wheel die cut is very large.  DP is older Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections.  Clock stamp is Time by Stampington & Co.  I was inspired by this pin on Pinterest.

Hope your Sunday is a blessed one!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

Any Hero Cards at Bandimere Speedway

This last Saturday was the Women's Expo at Bandimere Speedway.  I was invited to set up a table and ask people to sign Any Hero Cards for Operation Write Home.  I was thrilled that 75 cards were filled out in appreciation of our Troops.  They are being mailed off today to Operation Write Home to be included in the box of blank cards for the Troops to write home on.  Here are examples of the cards I made for people to sign.

Stamps:  Stamper's Best and Club Scrap (Both retired)

Camouflage Duck Tape

Stamp:  K Anderson (retired)

Really Reasonable Ribbon 

Brads from Michaels

Digital File from OWH

Sketch from Airbornewife's Stamping Spot

Paper Creative Memories (retired)

Digital File OWH

Brads from Michaels

Stamps:  Hero Arts OWH Fundraiser

CASEd from Sandy Allnock

Tim Holtz "On The Edge Stars Die"

Stamps:  Hero Arts OWH Fundraiser

Stamps:  Paper Smooches

CASEd from Paper Smooches

Stamps:  Hero Arts OWH Fundraiser

CASEd from Sandy Allnock

75 Cards with love for our troops inside, on the way to Operation Write Home.

Happy Crafting!

Donna 

House of Cards April Sketch Challenge

Good Morning!  The Challenge over at the House of Cards Challenge Blog for April is a sketch challenge. So this two weeks of April is for Clean & Simple Cards (CAS) or Classic & Elegant cards that follow the sketch.  Hop on over and play along with us.  Here is my DT card for the challenge. 

Here's the sketch.

I am still playing with my Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Trellis Framework Die.  The diecut was leftover from another card I did.  The papers are "Nature Garden" from Prima.  I filled in the diecut with papers that coordinated with the background paper.  The butterfly is Memory Box Darla and Vivienne.  I double embossed the Vivienne butterfly with clear embossing powder to give it a nice shine.  Then I stamped and colored the Hampton Art Graphic 45 "Once Upon a Springtime" stamp.  

I am also entering this in the MOJO Monday 342.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

12 Tags of 2014 April

I decided to play along with Tim Holtz and his 12 Tags of 2014 for April.  There's a lot of distressing and inking on this baby.  I used my new Tim Holtz Alterations Frameworks Trellis Die.

Roses are made from the Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone die.  I love the mirror inserts in the trellis.  Hard to see in the photo but really makes the tag shine!

Happy Crafting
Donna

This One's For Mom

Good Morning!  The Challenge over at the House of Cards Challenge Blog for March is to "Add A Button." So this two weeks of the month is for Clean & Simple Cards (CAS) or Classic & Elegant cards with a button on them.  Hop on over and play along with us.  Here is my DT card for the challenge.

I got carried away with the button theme and went with a whole sewing theme on this one.  I have decided this will be my Mother's Day card to my Mom.  She loves to sew and quilt but with Macular Degeneration she can no longer do so.  I might have gone a little bit vintage on this card versus Classic & Elegant .

I love how I thought of having the scissors cut the edge of the paper.  Here's a close-up of that.

The DP is Authentique Original 6x6 pad.  The bodice stamp is Tim Holtz  Stamper's Anonymous Sew Exceptional.  Scissors, button and thread spool are from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Sewing Edge.  Scissors and button are cut from Ranger mirror foil.  I topped the scissors with dot of  silver Perfect Pearl  for the screw.  Sentiment stamp is from Great Impressions Stamps.  Inks used are Distressed Inks Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Vintage Photo.  Flower is made from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Floral Die.  Jute and lace are from my stash.    

Hope you come and play with us at the House of Cards Challenge Blog.

I am also entering this in the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #4 - Show Some Sparkle,Glitz, or Glam (what's more sparkly or shinier than that Ranger foil?)

Happy Crafting!
Donna

You're Sew Special

I am continuing on with  the Apron String blog Cookout Challenge.  Here is the recipe I drew in this round.
Beef Patty = Red Cardstock
Red Onions = Buttons
Blue cheese = Stitching
Mustard = Mini Brads
Specialty  Bun = Use a new technique

The new technique I used was from the Technique Time Tuesday blog "Blurred Vision Stamping."  The sentiment and the dressmaker's form are blurred.
Products used:
Authentique Glory Collection DP
Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Sewing Edge
Stamps:  Stampers Best Sewing Kit,  Cardmaking & Papercraft Sew Pretty (free gift with magazine), Stamper's Best Ornamental Grunge Tags.
Buttons and Brads from my stash.

This card will be an Anyhero card for Operation Write Home.  I'll write a special message to a hero inside thanking them for their service to our country.  I am adding this to the Operation Write Home Our Daily Bread Monthly Challenge "Stitching".

I am also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog Patriotic because after all it is an Anyhero card.  What's more patriotic than that? :-)

Happy Crafting
Donna.

Inkspirational Challenge #12

The latest challenge on the Inkspirational blog is a CASE.  

I had a lot of fun with this one and that cute dress makers form!

The dress form and thread stamps are from a free set from Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.  The sentiment is from Great Impression Stamps.  The edge die is Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Sewing Edge.

Ink is Tim Holtz Distressed Vintage Photo.  Cardstock is  Core'dinations Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress Collection.  The scissors and bobbin are covered with Ranger Inkssentials Foil Tape Sheets.  

Happy Crafting!

Donna

You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.

Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Challenge

This is my second post of the day.  Scroll down to see my Operation Write Home midweek challenge post.  Tim Holtz is having a Tattered Floral challenge and the prize is a $100 Tim Holtz goodie bag.  My daughter recently got engaged and as we were wedding gown shopping she saw a beautiful fabric and paper floral wedding bouquet.  She looked at me and said, "You could do that, Mom!"  So here is my first take on the paper flowers to be used in the bouquet.  It is made from vellum and sprayed with Tattered Angels Sugar Plum Fairy mist which made the vellum curl up much like flower petals.  I found the pearl center in the floral section of Michael's along with the floral supplies to make the stem.  My daughter has great faith in my crafting skills.  Hopefully I can live up to the hype!

Happy Crafting!

Donna

You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.

Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown

The challenge this week at Operation Write Home was Easter cards.  I apologize for the poor quality of this photo.  All of a sudden my camera has focusing problems.  It was sitting on the tripod very still and the auto focus kept going in and out.  I am afraid  that it is going to have to go in for repairs.  I'll have to try to use my cellphone while it is in getting fixed.  Anyway here is my Easter card.

This is a CASE from a card I saw on Splitcoast Stampers but now I can't find out who it was to give credit.  I used the Stampin'Up! Elegant Bouquet for the background embossing.  The embossing on the basket is Cuttlebug Picnic Check background.  The bird and brown leaves are a Stampin'Up punch.  The green leaves are from the Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Festive Greenery Sizzlit.  It is a Christmas Die but parts of it work well using lighter green cardstock.  The sentiment is from Stampin'Up Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I used the Stampin'Up Word Window Punch and Modern Label Punch.  Silver Liquid Pearls are the bird's eye and the label decorations.

Happy Crafting
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #156

The sketch challenge #156 over at Operation Write Home threw me for a couple of days until I turned it on its side.  Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I went totally masculine and Tim Holtz distressed on this one.  The image is "Rusty Truck" from Stamper's Best stamped on craft cardstock with Walnut Stain Distressed ink.   It is mounted on Tim Holtz Distress collection core'dinations in Walnut Stain.  The cardstock base is embossed with Tim Holtz Steampunk Embossing Folder with all the gears.  I applied Walnut Stain Distressed ink to bring out the embossing more.  The ribbon is Tim Holtz idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon died with Vintage Photo Distressed ink and Broken China Distressed ink.  (I learned how to do this when I took a class from him at Scrapfest.)  He is an amazing person to take a class from.  You learn so much!  I finished it off with three copper mini brads from Oriental Trading company.  This also qualifies as a Monochromatic Color Scheme for the Operation Boot Camp Design ABCs of Color.  That is a great class by Paula on Color Theory.  

Happy Crafting!  

Donna

You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.  

Holiday Card Workshop Day 6

UPDATED!  Day 6 of the Online Card Classes Holiday Card Workshop is all about inking techniques.

For the dot background I used a Stampin'Up! stamp and wet embossed with opaque white embossing powder.  I cut a mask from heavy acetate using my Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Snow Flurries.  Then I applied Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves and Salty Ocean inks to the cards.  I applied a coat of Perfect Pearl over the card.  The delicate snowflakes are a Memory Box Die and the larger punched snowflake is from Creative Memories.  Sentiment and label punches are from Stampin'Up!

The second card for the day was a faux stained glass.  I had the perfect stamp for this that I have had for many, many years.

I only cut the top half of my Creative Memories Shimmer White Paper with the Stampin'Up! Apothecary Arts Framelits.  This gave it a steeple look.  I embossed the Shimmer Paper with the Cuttlebug Paper Lace Damask folder.  The stamp was colored in with Tim Holtz Distressed Markers and then painted with Perfect Pearls Gold.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.

Boo Peeps!

Yes two posts in one day --amazing!  I actually am getting some cards made for Operation Write Home.  The Halloween themed cards are due to the shippers by August 31.  I made these two cards with some very cute 'Peep" stamps that I found at the Stamp and Scrap Expo in Colorado Springs in July.

The stamps are by Elaine Madrid and her website is www.carmensverandarubberstamps.com.  She didn't have a picture of them on her website.  The sheet of Rubber stamps included a Bunny Peep and Christmas Peeps of Gingerbread man and women, Christmas tree, Snowman and Christmas Cookie.  I look forward to making some cute Peep Christmas Cards very soon    I made the sentiment on my computer using BlackKnight font and cut it out with Stampin'Up! Itty Bitty Banners dies.  The large banner is Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations (trimmed down to fit the card). I inked all edges with Tim Holtz Distressed Ink in either Black Soot or Rusty Hinge.  The Designer Paper is Authentique and it is gorgeous!  That's it for today, I have to get back to work and fill up my card box to mail off to Operation Write Home this week.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories Website HERE.
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My Brother's Birthday Card

Both my husband and my brother love Chevy Chevelle.  My brother is in the process of restoring one now.  So when I found this Chevelle stamp and the Gears stamp at Stampers Best I snapped them up!  My inspiration for this card was from Ellen over at In a World of Craft.  She created a cool card for her son with all kinds of gears that you can see HERE. Here is my take on Ellen's card.

 The background paper is October Afternoon "Kick the Can."  I used Athentique "Blissful" in both 12x12 and the 6x6 pad for the different layers.  The gears are Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations "Steampunk."  The birthday sentiment is from TPC Studios.  Ink is Tim Holtz Distressed ink in Vintage Photo and Black Soot.
So here's wishing my brother a Happy Birthday today!  Thanks for looking.


Happy Crafting!
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories website HERE.   

Two Dad's Day Cards

I wanted to post these two Dad's Day cards that I made for my husband but did not want to post them until after her received them. The heat here (over 100 degrees for the last 5 days with no end in sight) has made me disinclined to do anything but sit in front of my window air conditioner.  My crafting room in the basement has not stayed cool due to the extreme heat.  This is NOT normal for Colorado and the fires have smoked up the air really bad.

 But I digress, I made this card for my daughter to give to her Dad.

I used the Art Deco Cricut Cartridge.  I love the monogram designs you can make with that cartridge.  The DSP is Night and Day a retired DSP from Stampin' Up!

Here is the card from me that I made for my husband.

The background is made using Ranger foil tape sheets, a Tim Holtz embossing folder, Ranger Adironack Alcohol inks and then rubbing with steel wool.  There is a video you can watch on the technique on the May Flaum "Confessions of a Chocoholic" blog.  The Chevelle stamp and sentiment are stamped on Creative Memories White Shimmer Cardstock.  He loved both cards and was blown away by the Chevelle stamp from Stampers Best.  He raced a Chevelle on the quarter-mile track in his younger days, so this card was special to him.  I can make him many more with this great stamp.  (Also will be great for Operation Write Home masculine cards!)

Thanks for looking.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

You can view my Creative Memories website HERE.