Happy Sunday!  I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  We’ve been busy here, but that’s not an unusual condition at our house.  The primary event for Nadya and I involved a birthday party for one of her friends – Nadya wanted the gift packaging to be “special”… so of course, I attempted to meet her request.  We opted to combine the card and package – much easier for a preschooler to carry on her own!  Nadya chose one of the precious Birthday Birdie images from Doodle Pantry and wanted a pink theme – so I went to “work” in Photoshop using various  SuperBladePro filters combined with pattern files and my favorite Chalkies styles to color the birdie body, birthday hat, and cupcake liner. After printing, I added shadows and additional coloring with my Copic and Bic markers, then finished off with glitter glue for dimension and sparkle. I created the box in Make The Cut then cut the top from DCWV Glitter CS and the bottom from Echo Park’s Little Girl line – I wanted a double-sided CS so that when the package was opened I didn’t need a separate liner.  If you want the box files (MTC and SVG) you can download them here. Please don’t share my files – send your friends to visit me instead.

Since I haven’t “played” in awhile, I’m entering this challenge:

• Catered Crop – Recipe (I used stickles, digital stamps, copics and pinks)

On a personal note – the party was held at one of the local gymnastics studios – which meant Nadya had a blast!!!  I had this fabulous new storyboard template (complete with sharpening and resizing Photoshop action) from Paint the Moon; I couldn’t resist sharing a few of the snapshots. Check her Facebook Page for a special freebie.Coach Rick is great with the kids and we’ve always known our little one was part Monkey!

Have a fabulous day!

Is exactly what Quirky Skunk, one of the new releases from Doodle Pantry, is.  Laurie invited her previous DT members to do 1-month guest spots so this month I get to play along with the Doodle Pantry DT again.

Nadya is very interested in animals – skunks being one of her new favorites (thank you Critter Time @ Clinton Public library). She was super excited to see this image and immediately insisted I use Pink and Purple as my focal colors and a pink and purple skunk wouldn’t be complete without sparkle!

As this is the 1st release of the month, it’s time for a new Doodle Pantry challenge. We’d love to have you join us – the theme is to use a Doodle Pantry image. Everyone who plays along by midnight EST August 18th will receive this fabulous combo: just in time for school to resume! In addition, 1 winner will be selected to receive a $15 Doodle Pantry gift coupon for the Doodle Pantry store. So what are you waiting for?!?!?!

Have a FABULOUS Friday!

Happy Monday! Welcome to another week – I can’t believe it’s the first full week of March!  Today kicks off another Tiffany Doodles Challenge – this time a photo inspiration. I used Tiffany’s Nicotiana set, pulling the pinks and the floral theme from this Pottery Barn photo: The challenge runs for 2 weeks – we’d love for you to join us! You can select anything from the photo that inspires you!  Using Tiffany Doodles images isn’t required; of course, we’d love it if you did!  If you’re looking for another challenge, you could easily combine this one with Bunny’s Card challenge at DSO – fun and creative times for sure!

Recipe:

• Stamps: Tiffany Doodles Nicotiana; Little Paper Shop Sentiment
• Ink: HP LaserJet;  Twinkling H2O watercolors; Silver Pigment Ink
• Paper: Neenah White; DCWV Flower Shower; Shimmer from stash
• Other: Tombow Mono Adhesive; Elmer’s Glue Dots; Nestabilities; EK Success Edge Punch; Silver Grosgrain Ribbon; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Tools: Fiskars Paper Trimmer; Scor-It Score Board; Bone Folder; Big Shot; Paint Brush; Photoshop

I hope you have a fabulous week!