Rounding out my last 2 October Doodle Pantry projects, I played with Laurie’s Birdie Bat and Birthday Birdie digital stamp sets. This cutie is colored using the Magic Pencils technique with Glossy Accents and Stickles for emphasis. DP, CS, and ribbon are from my stash.I used the Magic Pencils technique along with Stickles to color this precious birdie.  I added some eyelet ribbon and organdy flowers for a fun and feminine touch.  The stitching is courtesy of my purple Staedtler triplus fineliner pen. The CS is Bazzill embossed with an SU texture plate.

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween.  Nadya enjoyed her weekend adventures with a Fall Festival on Friday and Trunk or Treat with her friend Abby on Saturday.  We will be “selling” her excess candy tomorrow at one of the local dental offices – they send the candy to our troops overseas and Nadya doesn’t make herself sick eating it – a win-win situation!

Have a fabulous week and for those in the US – don’t forget to VOTE on Tuesday if you haven’t already.

How’s that for a catchy title? For today’s Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff project, I opted to go 3D!  I created this cute Halloween treat container using Lindsay’s Milk Carton template set – I used Sure Cuts A Lot and the SVG file, but Lindsay has included a printable template as well for those that prefer that option. I left one end of the carton unglued so that I could easily fill it with treats. The cute spider is from my Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge embellished with silver Smooch and black Stickles. I added a double ribbon layer and viola – a super cute and easy gift container!

Recipe:

• Digital Cutting File: Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Milk Carton
• Cardstock: Bazzill Purple; Paper Studio Black
• Other: Tombow Mono-Adhesive; Fiskars Paper Trimmer; Fiskars Glue Dots; Bone Folder; Black Grosgrain Ribbon; Black Spider Web Ribbon; White Embroidery Thread; Paper Piercer or Needle; Black Stickles; Silver Smooch; Sure Cuts A Lot; Cricut; Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge

Challenges I Played In:

• AI Factory – Halloween
• Create with Connie and Mary – Halloween
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best – Anything Goes
• Dutch Dare – Halloween
• Paper Play Challenges – Halloween

Have a fabulous day! If you haven’t been to Lindsay’s blog – be sure to visit her! She’ll have lots of inspiration, perhaps a freebie, and the links to the rest of the DT blogs.

Yea! I have a fun and fairly easy project to show you!  Nadya’s preschool class learned about Community Helpers. They covered lots of topics, had special visitors and even built their own communities (LOTS of Cricut time for me using Everyday Paper Dolls and My Community carts) – the kids LOVED them.  So, to wrap up the period, we decided to participate in a card drive for deployed Marines that I discovered on Rachel’s blog – Back Porch Creations as we felt our Service Men and Women are very important, but not often visible, members of our communities. I started by creating a sample card, and then simplified my design a bit to allow the kids to color and to minimize the ink consumption. When brainstorming this idea, I knew I wanted to use Laurie Wilson’s Let Freedom Ring digital stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps paired with a frame from the Stand and Salute Cricut cartridge. Using Photoshop and a fabulous Vintage Paper style from Kim B, I created the background script and layered the Flag over it.  The Thank You sentiment was also generated in PS.  I flattened the image and then created my printable template by dragging my image onto a new 8.5×11 document.  I printed 2 cards per page. My flag is colored with Sakura Glitter Pens.  Then I went to work in Design Studio.  I selected the God Bless America and My Hero Frames from Stand and Salute – sizing them to 5.25×4.  I cut 4 per 8.5×11 sheet alternating between Red and Navy Blue in both sentiments.  On my card, I added a scalloped border inside the frame and then attached everything with pop dots.  For the kids, we decided simpler would be best, so I eliminated the vintage paper background and the scallop inset as the kids would be coloring and assembling themselves.  Each child (with the help of a teacher) dictated a simple message for the inside of the card and we added their first name and age. I am very proud of our kids and the effort they put forth.  I hope the Marines that receive the cards will be equally happy. 

Recipe:

• Digital Stamps: Laurie Wilson/Clear Dollar Stamps Let Freedom Ring
• Digital Supplies: Kim B’s Old Paper Print Photoshop Style
• Ink: HP Inkjet; Sakura Stardust and Metallic Pens
• Cardstock: SU Whisper White; Red and Navy from my stash
• Other: Tombow Mono-Adhesive; Fiskars Paper Trimmer; EK Success Dotted Scallop Punch; Photoshop

Challenges I Played In:

• 52-Card Pick Up – Count Your Blessings
• CD Sunday Challenge Blog – No Embellishments
• Clearly i Stamp -  use a CDS digi image
• Glitterbabe – Frame It
• Robyn’s Fetish – Anything Goes
• Shelly’s Images – Thankful

Another Thank You to our Service Men and Women and to their families for their sacrifice in protecting what I hold dear.