Nana Donna's Card Dreams

Mother's Day Card

2019-04-26T15:43:00.001-07:00

Hi, I have a quick card to share with you today.

I love to create cards following a sketch and I saw that

Atlantic Hearts has a sketch so I decided to play along.

This is the sketch for this week.

I really liked it so I created a cut file for it in Design Space

so I could cut the pieces out using my Cricut Explore.

I was going to make it a birthday card then I thought

it would make a great Mother's Day card. I am pleased with how

it turned out so I still may go ahead and make a birthday card

since I have the file all set up it should go fast.

The papers I used are from DCWV French Country stack and the

Mother's Day stamp is from Mother's Day Bouquet stamp set from

Sweet & Sassy Stamps.

The vine is a stamp and die cut from the Stamp of Approval box

from April 2016, my first SOA box.

Challenges entered:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch - sketch

Crafting with Friends - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes - twist add a sentiment

Simply Create - anything goes

Stuck on Orange for a Bit

2019-04-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

Hi, hope everyone had a blessed Easter with family

and friends.

I have been playing around with inks and noticed that

I was kind of stuck on orange.

So I will share 3 cards I made recently.

This first one I created the orange background using Distress Oxides inks.

Then using the feather from the Unity Stamp set Feathersoft Love

I stamped and heat embossed

with white sparkle embossing powder. Then using the same

Oxide colors, I colored the feather.

I took a plain piece of white paper and then using waving Gina Marie

dies I cut off the top and the bottom.

I stamped it using the sentiment from

the Unity Kit of the Month Aug 2018 Never Be Afraid.

I hand cut out the feather and popped it onto the white added

some sequin and that's it.

I had bought some Yupo paper a while ago but didn't

really play around with it much. So I pulled it out and using

some of my Copic refill inks I started dripping colors on and

then moved it around to create the pattern I got. I was

pretty happy with the turnout. I cut out the happy birthday several

times out of white using a die and then glue them on top of each other

so they would have some dimension. I added a die cut flower

that I colored with a matching Copic marker.

And finally, I was cleaning up a bit and ran across this digital

stamped image of these poppies and decided

to color it and make a card from it. I used my Copic markers

and Prisma pencils, to color it.

The happy birthday is a stamp.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I would love to hear what

you think of my orange streak.

Unicorns & Rainbows

2019-04-09T15:11:00.002-07:00

Boy am I behind on posting. I made this card for my

great-granddaughters 8th birthday and did not

get it posted yet.

She loves rainbows & unicorns, in fact she had the underside

of her hair dyed "unicorn" style. It was really cute

but worn off quickly.

The unicorn and the rainbow stamp is from a set from

Simon Says Stamps called "Magical Birthday".

They had sent it to me for my birthday several years ago.

I created the background paper using my Distress Oxide inks. I colored

the unicorn and rainbow using my Copic markers then added some

sparkle to them, but you can't see it in the photo. I die cut the clouds and sun using Gina Marie dies. The oval is also a Gina Marie

die.

This week over at Retro Rubber the challenge is to use a

rainbow or rainbow colors, so I will enter this in

that challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a fabulous day.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Sentiments - For girls only

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Circle Flip-it Card

2019-03-31T14:39:00.001-07:00

Hi, I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

I have a quick card to share with you today.

I made this card using Sizzix Circle Flip-it card die set.

I had bought this several years ago and only used it once.

It fits perfectly into the sketch this week at

Tuesday Morning Sketches.

It was so fast and easy to put together using this die set.

Hardest part is picking out the paper.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak.

Have a great day.

Happy Birthday Cutie

2019-03-12T15:50:00.000-07:00

Hi, sorry I have been so absent in posting lately. I think

I lost my mojo a bit. Hopefully, I will get'back on track soon.

Today I have a card to share with you using a

SherriBaldy - Bestie stamp. I had belonged to her monthly club for a

little bit so a have quite a few sets.

I have had these stamps for several years and I have never

stamped and colored one (hanging my head in shame😧),

so I finally did one as this one reminds me of my

great-granddaughter.

She is so much brighter and vibrant in person.

I colored her using my Copic markers and details with Prisma

Pencils. I framed her with a Gina Marie die.

The striped background paper is from DCWV Nana's Kids

stack. It worked out perfect because this week over at

the Retro Rubber Challenge is "Mad about Stripes".

Well, thanks for taking the time to stop by. I will try and

get things posted more often.

A Circle of Birthday Wishes

2019-02-02T14:58:00.001-07:00

Hi, hope everyone is having a great weekend and all

prepared for the big game tomorrow.

Today I have a card to share with your that I made following the sketch

over at "What if Wednesday - sketch challenge J3019"

This challenge is posted by The House that Stamps Built blog and sponsored by Repeat Impressions stamps.

This is the sketch. You have till February 5th to play along.

Here is the card I made.

My great-granddaughter turns 8 tomorrow so I made her this card.
The papers I used are from the CTMH Confetti Wishes pack.
I stamped the sentiment using a Rubbernecker stamp. I loved the way this circleof birthday wishes fits perfect for this sketch. I cut it out using a stitched die
and then backed it with a couple of die cut scalloped circles.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to get more into the groove
of creating a posting for regularly.

Watercolor Flowers - GinaK

2019-01-17T15:34:00.000-07:00

Well hello, long time no post. The holidays for some reason

really got to me this year. My Mom was here from

Colorado, so I was busy with her and then just had a

hard time getting in my room and getting anything made.

I did make some Christmas presents which I hope to

share in a future post.

I felt like doing some watercoloring so I looked through my

stamps and settled on one from GinaK from the

"Arranged With Love" set.

I have had this set for a number of years, in fact, it is in red rubber at

that time GinaK was not even making this set in clear.

Like I said I have had it for several years and actually never used it,

let me tell you after making this card I will be using it often.

I love the way it turned out like always, it is much

prettier in person with the gold embossing.

I used my Gansai Tambi watercolors. The sentiment stamp in the center

is from the same stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I am back in the card marking

groove and can post more often.

Challenges entered:

Crafting With Attitude - anything goes - ends 1/27

Southern Girls Challenge - anything goes

The Outlawz - anything goes

Wine and Birthday Cake

2018-11-30T14:38:00.001-07:00

Hi, I have a card to share with you that follows the sketch

this week at Palm Trees & Pogo Sticks.

I chose to make the card a longer version so it fits into a

#10 business envelope.

I had such a hard time getting a clear photo of this card

for some reason. In "real life" the sentiment is very clear and

reads "What kind of wine goes with birthday cake? It doesn't matter let's celebrate" Both that sentiment stamp and the stacked wine glasses are stamps from Unity Company. The stacked wine glasses are from

Let's Get Tips and the sentiment is from

What Kind of Wine.

I don't make this size card very often but I enjoy making them when I do.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by hope everyone has

a great weekend.

Red Barn Birthday

2018-11-27T14:43:00.000-07:00

Hello all, I hope everyone had a great time with family

and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday.

My daughter was born on Thanksgiving day 47 years ago.

Still loves the farm style decor so I made her this card

for her birthday.

It was created following the sketch this time over at

Mojo Monday.

I stamped the barn using a GinaK stamp from the Farm Life set and

then colored in on kraft with Prismacolor pencils.

The background I embossed the Cuttlebug folder chicken wire and

added some corners and that was it.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak there is still time to play

along at Mojo Monday.

Loving Birthday Cross

2018-11-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

Well hello there. So sorry I have not posted in a

while I have been working on a couple projects for a guy

at church.

He asked me to make a religious birthday card for his wife

whose birthday is in December.

It is a large card, a letter size paper folded in half.

I love the pearl embossed background paper, I had used it for my son's

wedding card HERE. The cross is one I found online

and uploaded it to Cricut Design Space and cut it out with

my Explore. Since it is such an intricate design I put some

Stick-It adhesive on the back of the cardstock before I cut it out.

It worked great! It is very thin and light so the Explore had no problem cutting it out. The sentiment on the bottom is a Cricut file I had my Explore

write. I love the new very fine point pens.

Here is the inside.

The verse I typed out in Word and then printed on pearl

paper.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you

all have a very Happy Thanksgiving, we have so much

to be thankful for.

What if Wednesday Sketch Challenge

2018-11-01T15:19:00.000-07:00

Hi back to share a card I made following the sketch at

The House That Stamps Built,

WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge O3118.

Here is the sketch

This challenge is put out by Repeat Impressions stamps,
you do not have to use them but you get an extra entry if you do.

The Kokopelli is a RI stamp that I have had for years so
I am not sure if it is even still available. Since I live in the
Southwest I love these kinds of stamps.
I colored it using Catherine Pooler Inks and a water brush. The
purple panel I embossed using a Southwest pattern folder. The
happy birthday is a Gina K design stamp.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog.
Have a great day.

Challenges entered:

WHAT IF? Wednesday - sketch - ends 11/7

Art Impressions - Lots of layers - ends 11/7

Crafting with Attitude - anything goes - ends 11/25

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes - ends 11/7

Seize the Birthday - birthday - ends 11/6

Have a Beautiful Day

2018-10-27T16:10:00.001-07:00

Hi, sorry I have not been posting too much lately

have just been in one of those funks that when I go in my

room I am all over the place and not settling down to

make a card. But I have got some things cleaned up and

put away although you could not tell by looking at my room.

I did, however, get some Christmas cards done so that

is a good thing.

Today's card I made following this week's sketch over at

MFT Wednesday Sketch challenge.

Sometime ago I had bought a 6 x 6 pack of

Bazzill Kraft and Foil paper pad.

So when I saw this sketch I thought using that paper

would be perfect.

The oval center I cut with my Explore out of pearl paper

and stamped with a Unity stamp oval frame and heat embossed it in gold.

The sentiment in the center is also a Unity stamp.

Well that is it I hope you like my card and have

a great weekend.

Sunflower Wedding Wishes

2018-10-04T15:20:00.002-07:00

Hi, I had to make a card for a niece that is getting

married this weekend.

Usually when I make a wedding card and try and use the

wedding colors or the wedding theme.

So the invitation was Sunflowers on a woodgrain background,

so I went with that.

The background woodgrain paper is from Cricut and it is pretty neat,

it has a lot of texture to it and is more like material than paper.

I used a GinaMarie die to cut the oval and then stamped it

with a very old stamp that I had. I stamped it in

dark brown and then heat embossed it with clear sparkly embossing

powder. Did not picture too well but is pretty in person.

I added some Martha Stewart sunflower stickers and

a few brown sequins.

Entered in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - use a 2 word sentiment - ends 10/8

Craft Rocket Challenges - Autumn/Halloween - ends 10/27

Crafting with Attitude - anything goes - ends 10/28

Moving Along with the Times - Autumn/Fall - ends 10/10

Coloring on kraft

2018-09-21T14:49:00.001-07:00

Hi I haven't done this technique is a very long time

and thought I would give it a try on kraft paper.

I stamped on kraft cardstock using one of the stamps from the

December 2017 KOTM. Then using my Prisma pencils I

colored just one of the flowers.

I cut it out using a Gina Marie stitched die and added a

banner sentiment. The sentiment is also a Unity Stamp.

And that was it a very simple quick card to put together.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend.

A Sweet Friendship

2018-09-20T12:53:00.001-07:00

Wow, a month since I posted last, well I have a good

reason for that. A "sweet" friend and I went to visit my

Mom out of state for a few weeks. It was a

fabulous trip.

So when I got home I had to make her a card to thank her

for going with me. My Mom loves her too and calls her,

her adopted daughter. This friend means more to me

than I can out into words.

I used this week's sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches

to create this card.

Here is my card.

I LOVE how this card turned out. I created the background

using Distress Oxides, Abandon Coral and Fossilized Amber.

I really like how these two color blend together. I recently got a

few spiritual stamp sets. The above was from a stamp from the

Penny Black set called "Faith" I am sure you will see

more card made using these stamp sets. I stamped

it using the Catherine Pooler Ink Coral Cabana. The

vine/branch is a CP die from one of the SOA boxes.

I will share this card on the following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - due 9/23

Crafting with an attitude - anything goes - due 10/3

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes - due 10/5

Through the Purple Haze - bright colors - due 10/6
CASual Fridays - break out the sequin - due 9/25

A Simple Card

2018-08-21T14:23:00.000-07:00

Hello, hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

Today I have a simple card to share with you following

the sketch over at The Stamping Bug.

I have a hard time doing CAS so I embossed the background. When

I was first picking out my paper, I could not decide whether to us

the coral paper or the turquoise paper so I just

used both for a matting. I stamped the

sentiment and that was about it.

There is still time left if you want to play along with this CAS sketch

at The Stamping Bug.

Here is the sketch.

Midnight Dahlia

2018-08-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

Hi, today I have something to share with you that is

not a card.

Every month at Vanilla Arts, Amy Shulke does a live stream

to teach coloring and she is am an amazing teacher. I love

her style of teaching.

It is always a Power Poppy image so this month

the image was Midnight Dahlia.

I so could not color this without Amy's help. I am pretty happy with

how it turned out, except for my stars in the background😏.

The background is made on Cryogen paper using distress inks,

Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord.

It measures about 6 1/4 so I am not sure what I will

do with it.

Well, thanks for stopping by.

Hot Air Balloon - Dreams

2018-08-10T14:40:00.001-07:00

Hi today I have a card to share with you using a

Close to My Heart stamp and pack of paper.

Over at the Outlawz they have a challenge every Sunday

that is called Songs & Rhymes, this week the song is

"Up Up & Away".

I knew right away what I wanted to do, I had had this

hot air balloon stamp and paper pack called Balloon Ride

for several years and it was perfect for this theme.

I stamped the image and then colored it with my Copic

markers trying to match the colors in the paper. I cut it out using a

Gina Marie Die. This card also follows the sketch this week

at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

I kind of flipped the sketch a bit to make it work with my image.

The sentiment is a Unity stamp and thought it went well

with the image.

Thanks for stopping by hope you are having a great weekend.

Hip HIPPO Hooray!

2018-08-08T15:36:00.002-07:00

Hi today I have a fun card to share with you.

I created following the sketch this week at

My Favorite Things.

Here is the sketch.

Isn't that Hippo cute. The image the progressive freebie challenge

over at the Outlawz and is from Sandra Caldwell.

I colored it using Copic markers. I had the perfect stamp

to go with this image and it is from Pink by Design.

Thanks for stopping by you have plenty of time to play

along with the MFT Sketch Challenge.

Yet another Black & White Card

2018-08-04T14:44:00.000-07:00

Hi, I have a simple card to share with you.

It is another black and white card for the

Unity Stamps Facebook challenge, however, it is made

following the sketch over at Palm Trees & Pogo Sticks.

I am just getting in under the wire because the challenge ends

tomorrow.

The image is from a Unity stamp set called

Insightful Meadows. The sentiment is also a Unity Stamp.

Well that is it for today, I will try and make something a

bit more colorful next time.

Black & White Card

2018-07-30T16:09:00.001-07:00

Hi, the current challenge over at the Unity (Shoe & Tell)

Facebook page is to make a card using only black & white.

It sounded interesting so I thought I would give it a try

and here is white I came up with.

The flower image is from the Dec 2017 KOTM called

"Start of Something New" and the sentiment I

stamped and heat embossed, is from the set

called "Butterflies and Sunbeams"

The lacey back piece is a die from Gina Marie and it

cut from a pearly white piece of paper, the sentiment is

on the same paper. You can't see it in the picture but

the whole center piece is pop dotted for a bit of dimension.

Now I thought it would be fun to do one with the colors

opposite, so here it is.

So tell me which one do you like better. I think I

am leaning towards the first one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hickory Dickory Dock.............

2018-07-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

............the mouse ran up the clock.

That is the song for this week's challenge over at

The Outlawz, Sunday Songs & Rhymes.

I had struggled a bit with this one and then I found this

cute little file on an Etsy shop called BoxerScraps. The background

paper is also from an Etsy shop this one is called

PoppyMoonDesign.

So here is what I came up with.

I thought this could be a new baby card or a birthday card

for a small child.

I printed it out and then cut is using one of my Gina Marie dies.

The words I printed and cut using my Cricut Explore. I amazed

myself because I made this card without following a sketch😁

something I never do.

So come on over and join The Outlawz.

Fireside Christmas

2018-07-15T00:05:00.000-07:00

Hi, over at the Outlawz message board the challenge

on Sundays is Songs and Rhymes and this week the

song is "It' beginning to look a lot like Christmas".

I was honored to be asked to be a guest designer this week.

So here is my card using that song as inspiration.

I created this card using my Cricut Explore. All the images

are from NitWit collection called Fireside Christmas.

I love the collections that they have. I just import the images

into Design Space and then print and cut them out.

The tree and the chair are cut separately and then pop

dotted to add dimension. I also used the Explore to write

the sentiment. I printed it on glossy photo paper

so the colors are very vibrant.

So head on over to the Outlawz and sign up to be a member

and join in the fun challenges.

Tulips for Your Birthday

2018-07-13T14:29:00.000-07:00

This was a fun card to color and design.

Over at The Outlawz message board, they have a freebie

every month for you to use and if you post a card using if you

will automatically get the image for the following month.

This is my first month playing along and our fabulous image

is from SheepSki Designs.

I colored this using my Copic markers and then did a little

detailing using PrismaColor pencils. Something I have

learned from taking the monthly Livestream class from

Amy over at Vanilla Arts. She is a fantastic teacher, I love her

approach to things.

I knew right away when I saw this tulip border image

that I wanted to cut it out using the fancy frame die from Gina Marie dies.

I stamped the happy birthday using a Stampin Up stamp from the

Rose Wonder stamp set, added a few sequins and that is it.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you enjoyed my card.

Challenges entered

Aud Sentiments - Flower + Sentiment - ends 7/16

Crafting with Attitude - anything goes - ends 7/29

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes - ends 7/17

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes - ends 7/24

Sieze the Birthday - birthday option +sequin - ends 7/17

Christmas Snowflake

2018-07-06T13:20:00.002-07:00

I thought I better get a little head start on my Christmas cards.

Every year I usually send out about 40 cards and most

of them are the same and then some random ones I made

during the year.

I am really thinking this might be my mass produced one.

I followed the sketch (of course) this week at

Palm trees and Pogo Sticks.

Here is my card.

It was so hard to get a good picture of this. The

snowflake is very sparkly and the Merry Christmas is

heat embossed in silver.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, have

a great weekend