Daily Grace Creations

Searching For A Certain Card.......

2018-08-20T17:42:00.002-04:00

Today I've been searching through my blog looking for a certain card I made a while back. I know I made it because I have it. However, I did not find where I posted a description of it. But while looking for it, my heart was blessed looking at all the cards I have made. I didn't realize I missed working on them as much until my trip down memory lane.

I came across cards Donna, my daughter, made and posted as well. Her son, Jacob, is a senior in high school this year so she is busy with a full time job and a teen. Need I say more. I miss our crafting time together.

I have no excuse for my lack of passion for my cardmaking except I got burned out. However, I've begun to make cards for new parents at church. I hope this sparks my creative juices to flowing.

I've missed the interaction with my crafting friends on my blog, too. I haven't posted in so long, they may have given up on me. I hope not. If you still get my posts, leave me a note and let me know.

God Bless You!!!!

Peggy

Graciellie Design Holiday Release w//Really Reasonable Ribbon

2017-11-01T06:00:00.000-04:00

It's our first blog hop of the holiday season. Gracie Chavez has created some beautiful images and digital paper for the months of November and December. You will love all these products. And to make it even better, we will be featuring Really Reasonable Ribbon on all our creations. This is my card.

Card details:
4.25 X 5.5" card base - Gold foil
Background paper - Graciellie Design Holiday Traditions Digital Paper - Cut at 4"X5.25"
Anna Griffin Die - Cut from green shimmer paper
Image - Jingle Bells by Graciellie Design - foiled and holly colored with copics
Ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon
Therm-o-web Foil
Sequins

This is a close-up of the image:

I foiled a sentiment and created a label for the inside of the card.

Below are the Graciellie Design Products and the Really Reasonable Ribbon used on my card......

Thank you for joining our blog hop and visiting my blog. Be sure to visit all the design team members blogs and leave a comment for a chance to win Gracie's prize of $20 gift card to her shop. The next person to visit is

Regina

So until next time. God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #44 - Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #18 - Anything Christmas Goes (Week 1)

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Bountiful Season - Graciellie Design

2017-10-23T11:12:00.000-04:00

The temperatures in NW Georgia are finally beginning to cool some. It has felt like Fall for the past few days. The nights are crisp and the days warm. It makes me start thinking of Thanksgiving and Fall festivals.

In that frame of mind, I set about creating this card from a Graciellie Design image called Bountiful Season. This image belongs to a digital stamp bundle calleld Thankful Words. It is on sale in Gracie's Etsy Store for 15% off. The bundle contains 4 lovely stamp sets. See below.

Card Supplies:
4.25 X 5.5" card base
Image/Sentiment - Bountiful Season
Orange Foil
Border Embossing Folder from Anna Griffin Summer/Fall Folders
Copics
Cardstock from my stash
Ribbon
Yellow Seed Beads

The first thing I did was foil the image and sentiment with the orange foil. That didn't present with enough color so I colored the image with Copics. Coloring over the foil with Copics did not alter the foil. After embossing the edge of the purple cardstock, I assembled the card as you see it. The last step was to apply the seed beads to the glue I had applied in the center of the flower.

This picture shows the foiling better.

This is the "Thankful Words" Digital Stamp Bundle.

Thank you for visiting with me today. I always read every comment. Please come back soon.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Color Inspiration Monday - M 1st Monday, hand colored images (Top 3, winner) - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES WITH HAND-COLORED IMAGE
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
The Paper Girls - 2W 1st & 3rd Mondays, layouts, cards, F, 3E, A grand prize winner is randomly chosen every quarter - #138 Pumpkin Spice (Week 2)
Come and Get It - W, 3E - Add a Pumpkin
Stamping Sensations - M, 3E, Winner + Top 3, must use stamp (no pre-colored digis) Stamp must be focal point of project – October - Autumn Glory
The Ribbon Girls - 2W, must use ribbon, must be a card – Image + Ribbon (W2 of 2

Graciellie Design/Unity Stamp Blog Hop

2017-10-16T06:00:00.000-04:00

Time for our second blog hop with Graciellie Design and Unity Stamps for the month of October. Unity's recent release of some of Gracie's designs has been a success. See Gracie's rubber stamps here. I chose "Sweet Tea Kitty" for this card. This little kitten is so adorable. You can also purchase this image as a digistamp on Gracie's Etsy Shop.

Card Supplies:

4.25"X5.5" card base

Embossed Oval

Image: Sweet Tea Kitty by Graciellie Design and Unity Stamps

Sentiment is part of the same stamp set.

Image colored with Copics

Flowers and Ribbon

Here is a close-up of the little kitten.

Unity Stamp

Sweet Tea Kitty

Be sure to check out the entire blog hop for inspiration and Gracie will be announcing the winner of our Oct. 2nd blog hop. The blog you want to visit is

Cards by Regina

Thank you for visiting with me today. I know I've been rather quiet lately but I have been visiting with my sister in SC. She recently lost her husband. When I came back home, she came with me for another week. Family comes first.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E - No.41 - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - No.52 - Anything Goes (W2 of 2

Crafty Catz - W, 3E – No. 388 - Anything Goes with optional twist Use Ribbon

Really Reasonable Ribbon - 2W, 3E (1st & 3rd Friday) - No.173 - Anything Goes with Ribbon (W2 of 2)

Creative Moments - 2W, 3E, Always anything Goes (W1 of 2)

DS4J - Patches' Nap

2017-10-08T01:00:00.000-04:00

Today is new release day at Digistamps4joy challenge. Jenlee is one of the artists and she created an adorable image that I used on my card.

Card Details:

6X6" card base

Image - DS4J image by JenLee "Patches Little Nap". Doesn't he look comfortable?

Colored with Copics and Promarkers.

Stickles

Thank you for visiting with me today. Please go to DS4J shop and see all the new releases.

God Bless You!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - September - Autumnal Coloured Project

Creative Fingers - M , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.137 - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - W, C5 – Harvest Home

Simply Papercraft - M, last Fri - No. 50 - Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers - Fancy Folds

2017-10-02T07:00:00.000-04:00

Today on Crafty Cardmakers our theme is "Fancy Folds". The design team has worked hard to create some lovely cards for your inspiration. My card is a Flip card. I used an Anna Griffin card set for this card. The card set includes dies and embellishments to help with your design.

The center of the card flips to reveal your sentiment.

Thank you for visiting with me today. You are why I'm here.

God Bless You!! Peggy

Unity Stamp/Graciellie Design New Release

2017-10-02T06:00:00.000-04:00

Today is an exciting day. Unity Stamps and Graciellie Design have teamed together to bring you some new rubber stamps. Here is a link the new releases. There are some beautiful images and they're all on sale. I had the privilege to work with a couple of them. This is my first creation. Tune back in on the 16th for another cute design.

This lovely image is called "Amazing Things", colored with Copics. The background paper is from a 6X6" paper pack by DCWV called In Stitches. I crisscrossed some yarn around it before adding the image. I think this would make a lovely encouragement card. Here is a closeup of the image.

And here is a pic of the actual stamp package. The stamp is made of high quality rubber and stamps clearly.

Did I mention that this is a blog hop. Oh yeah. There will be prizes announced on October 16th. You will want to leave a comment on every design team members blog to increase your chances of winning. What is the prize, you say. There will be 3 prize packages from Unity Stamps that include 3 stamp sets. How generous is that? So be sure to leave a comment here on my blog, then go on to Regina's blog to see her beautiful creations. She's been a busy girl.

Regina's Blog

Thank you so much for joining us in this blog hop today. Looking forward to reading your comments.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E - No.39 - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - No.51 - Anything Goes (W2 of 2)

Morgan's Art World Open Challenge - 2W, E3, any image - No. 19 - Anything Goes (W2 of 2

Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday-Graciellie Design

2017-09-27T01:00:00.000-04:00

Graciellie Design is sponsoring the Word Art Wednesday Challenge today. Word Art Wednesday offers free inspirational word art from scripture. Be sure to check them out.

My card features Gracie's "Friends" image. The scripture is from 1Timothy 4:12.

Friends by Graciellie Design

Card Details:
7X5 Card Base
Images - "Friends" by Graciellie Design and sentiment by Word Art Wednesday
I printed the images on a laser printer, then foiled them with gold foil. I colored the flowers with Copic Alcohol markers. Alcohol markers don't affect the foil. It shines right through.
Butterflies - Martha Stewart punches from foil cardstock.

Thank you for visiting with me today. I love reading your comments.

God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Always Fun Challenges - W, E3, Top 3 awarded - #25 ANYTHING GOES
Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3, F - #186 ANYTHING GOES + ANYTHING GOES
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOESPammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
Addicted to Stamps 2W, winner + Top Picks, Must include digi or rubber/clear Stamping (no precolored digis) - #153 Stamp a Background (W2 of 2)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 Always Anything Goes

Happy Birthday To My Son

2017-09-26T09:27:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow we celebrate the birth of my son. When he was born I knew nothing about taking care of a baby, much less raising him to be an incredible man. However, with the help of the Lord, through all my mistakes, he has become a good Christian man. He's hardworking (too hard working, if you ask me), a faithful companion to my lovely daughter-in-law, and a good father to his two sons. I'm afraid I don't get to see them as much as I would like but we live 5 hours apart. Can you tell? I am very proud of him.

This is the card I made him. It is a simple card made with an Anna Griffin card topper, but it was made with love. I love you, Brian, and am so glad the Lord gave you to me and your Dad.

THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO YOU!!!!

Thank you for your visit today. I hope your day is filled with Peace, Joy and Love.

God Bless You!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Come and Get It - W, 3E - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - W, F - #258 Happy Birthday

The Corrosive Challenges - M, 3E - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Autumn

2017-09-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

Last week we were struggling through Hurricane Irrma, although it wasn't bad here. My heart goes out to those affected by this terrible storm. The temperatures certainly cooled a lot and it felt like Fall. I'm not sure if I'm ready for weather that cool just yet.

This week at Crafty Cardmakers our theme is Autumn. So I pulled out some fall colored cardstock and came up with this card.

Card Supplies:

Harvest Blessings - this is a Cricut Design Space file. I cut it from 2 different rust colored pieces of cardstock.

Anna Griffin Summer/Fall embossing folders - The 6" square card base was embossed with one of the folders and the matching border folder.

Stickles - gold was applied to the "Blessings"

I like how this turned out. The hardest part was getting the two layers away from the cardstock without tearing them up.

Thank you for visiting with me today. Thank you for your lovely comments.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E - No.37 - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) No.49 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - 2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.136 - (W2 of 4) Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - 2W, E3, C10 - No.196 - (W1 of 2) - Fall Colors

Allsorts W,3E - Feels Like Autumn

Hiding in my Craft Room W,1E - It's Fall Ya'll

Scrap and Craft Inspiration M, 1st Saturday - Autumnal Colours

Graciellie Design Blog Hop- The Vine

2017-09-13T06:00:00.000-04:00

Are you ready for another blog hop featuring the fabulous Graciellie Design DT? Gracie has released some new images and we got to play with them. You are in for a treat. I chose "The Vine" for my card. There are two images and five lovely sentiments with this stamp.

Close up of the image. I added Stickles glitter to highlight it.

Anna Griffin die used for the background

This is the second image from the set. I colored it with Copics and cut it out with this sentiment die.

This is the inside of my card. The sentiment die created a ridge around the cutout so I outlined it with a marker.

I enjoyed working with this new release. There are more on the other design team members blogs. Be sure and visit them. The next person on the blog hop is:

REGINA

Be sure to leave a comment on each member's blog as there will be a $10 gift to Gracie's Shop.

Thank you for visiting with me today. I hope you enjoy this blog hop as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you.

God Bless You!!!

Challenges for this card:

Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #37 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #50 - Always Anything Goes (Week 1

Retarte 2W, E3 - #105 - Anything Goes (week 2)

Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3, F - #185 ANYTHING GOES + ANYTHING GOES (Week 2

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

My First Christmas Card 2017

2017-09-06T01:00:00.000-04:00

I would like to share with you today my first Christmas card of 2017. I have some left from last year so I shouldn't have to make too many this year. How about you? Have you started your Christmas cards yet. I would love to see some of them. Show them in the comments. This is my first.

Card Supplies:
5.5"X5.5" card base made from KandCo. Christmas pad. I have several so I can't give you the exact name.
Red Shimmer paper embossed with AG Holiday Seasonal Folder
Ornament - AG Christmas Die
Merry Christmas - from Cuttlebug Seasonal Wishes Dies & Border Folders. I used foiled paper for the ornament & sentiment.
Gold Ribbon for the handmade bow.

I hope you will share your Christmas cards with us (any cards for that matter). Would love to see them.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Cuttlebug Mania 2W, 3E - Anything Goes with Die Cuts and/or Embossing
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #49 - Always Anything Goes (Week 2)
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #14 - Anything Christmas Goes (Week 1)
Tuesday Throwdown W - #359 - Punches and/or Dies
Christmas Card Challenges - 2W runs for 11 days, must be Christmas/Winter card, THEME IS OPTIONAL- Anything Christmas/Holiday /

Crafty Card Makers - Monochromatic

2017-09-04T07:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Crafty Cardmakers Challenge. The theme for this week is "Monochromatic". I know a lot of us automatically think of black and white or various shades of brown when we think monochromatic. I thought of going against my natural inclinations with pink. This is my card and I like how it turned out. I admit I struggled with it a bit..........

At first I laid out the flowers on the the pink background with no embossing. No matter how I laid them out, it just didn't look right. Then I found this Sizzix embossing folder I had never used. It seems to lead your eyes to the flowers. I then added a bow and gems to complete the card along with a Happy Birthday greeting. The flowers were made using Anna Griffin 3D Flower Dies.

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you have a marvelous Labor Day. Be sure to have time with your family.

God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything Goes
Craft-Dee BowZ (M P1, E3, project must have hand-made bow) Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.
Creative Craft Cottage Challenges (2W, P7/21, F, E3) #94 Let's get Sparkly
Dies R Us Challenge (2W, P1/15, E3, die cuts) #80- Die Cut handmade flowers
Sparkles Forum Challenges (M, P15, 3E) #95 - Birthday
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge (M, P15, E3, F, must be on DT) Always Anything Goes

DS4J New Releases - September 3

2017-09-03T01:00:00.000-04:00

Time for another new release at Digistamps4joy. There are several new mandalas, deer and kidsart. They are all fun images. I chose Mandala #1 for my card. I started out coloring it in, then decided to be a little radical and do something totally different.

I've had a Minc machine for a year or more and never played with it much. Lately, I've been giving it a go. I decided to print my Mandala image with my laser printer. Then I ran it through the Minc with gold foil paper. I decided the negative image left on the gold foil would be pretty on some toner paper so I ran it back through the Minc machine. Here is the result.

I placed the Mandala images on some gold and black paper, added some sequins and added a sentiment. What do you think? I also added a sentiment to the inside with a foiled rose.

I hope you will go to the DS4J Blog Post and check out all the new releases and see all the projects by the other members of the Design Team.

God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Scrappers Delights M, First Saturday of the M - September - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything Goes

A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) - Always Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes

Graciellie Design Bundle Sale

2017-09-01T06:00:00.000-04:00

Normally on the first of each month we have a blog hop. However, today we are featuring some stamp set bundles that will be on sale for 30% off through the 14th of September. You don't need a code for this discount, however on the 15th the bundles will go back to a regular price. These are beautiful images, as you will see later in my post. First, I want to share the image I picked for my card.

The image I chose is Strong and Courageous from the Bold Florals Bundle. It is a layered rose image. I printed and colored 2 of them with Copics. I then added glitter accents to the leaves. The background paper is from a 6X6 Best of Anna Griffin Paper Pad. I placed my hand colored images over the flowers in the paper. The sentiment is from the same image set.

Close up of the flowers

The center of the card. Also, one of the sentiments with Strong and Courageous. I printed it on a laser printer, then ran it through my Minc machine and foiled it.

Now to show you the bundles that you can purchase for 30% off until the 15th.

These bundles can be purchased at Graceillie Design Etsy shop. Be sure to visit Gracie's blog. There's a $15 prize to win.

Thank you for visiting with me today. I love reading your comments. Be sure to snatch up these beautiful bundles while you can get them at a discounted price.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E - No.35 - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) No.49 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - 2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.135 - (W4 of 4) Anything Goes

Little C's Aloha Friday Challenge - W, 1E - Digital Image

Crafty Cardmakers-Under The Sea/At the Beach

2017-08-21T07:00:00.000-04:00

The Crafty Cardmakers have been on little hiatus but we're back today. The theme for our challenge is "Under the Sea or At the Beach". I couldn't think of a more appropriate image than this one. This image is a product of a Kit and Clowder monthly coloring class. It is a Conie Fong image. These classes are so much fun and you learn so much.

This image was colored with Prismacolor Pencils. I hope you will join us at Crafty Cardmakers for our current challenge.

Thank you for visiting today. I love hearing from you. Any constructive criticism is appreciated.

God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Challenge Up Your Life 2W,E1, Summer (W1 of 2)
Scrappers Delights M, First Saturday of the M -August - Anything Goes
2 Sisters On The Blog (M, P1, E10) - #6 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything GoesCrafty Awesomeness (M P1, E3, must have coloured image) August - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Awesomeness (M P1, E3, must have coloured image) August - Always Anything Goes

Red Foil Fun

2017-08-18T11:59:00.000-04:00

Here I am with another foil card. I think this one will go to a friend that is having a house warming Sunday afternoon.

The roses on this card is a free svg file from Digital Gems. I cut the file out of toner paper and ran it through my Minc with red foil.

The background is silver glitter paper, although the photo doesn't do it justice. I added some red gems & silver bow. Now to just add a sentiment and it's ready to go.

I love your visits and comments. Thanks for your encouragement.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Crafting By Designs - W, F, 3E - Anything Goes for August (challenge open till 8/29)

Day Dreamer Challenges - M, last Wed of M, E3, #1 - Always Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts M, 3E, #39 - Anything Goes/Option of Girly

Paper Minutes W, - #500 - Anything Goes

Retarte 2W, E3 - #103 - Anything Goes (week 2)

Gold Foil Fun

2017-08-16T20:35:00.002-04:00

I've been noticing a lot of foiling on cards of my team mates on the Graciellie Design DT. I have been playing with some of it this week and I made this card. I really like it and it was easy to make.

The gold foil design is actually the negative of an original design I used. I'll be sharing the original another day since I messed it up. After I ran the original through the Minc machine, this pattern was left and I just placed it on a sheet of toner paper and ran it through the Minc. I don't think this picture shows the true beauty of the gold. I had to maneuver the camera around because I kept seeing my reflection in the card.

Thank you for your visit today. I hope you like my card. More later.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Crafty Creations - 2W, 2E, #348- Always Anything Goes (Week 1 of 2)
Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #361 - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts M, 3E, #39 - Anything Goes/Option of Girly
Deep Ocean Challenge 2W - #161 - Shabby Chic/Vintage (week 2

Graciellie Design Inspiration Blog,

2017-08-15T06:00:00.000-04:00

The Graciellie Design DT are ready for another blog hop featuring the beautiful images, digital papers and die cuts released by Gracie on August 1. I hope you like our creations and get inspired to jump right in and join us. This is my card I made using the Magnolia Dreams Digital Paper Pack.

Card Details:

5.5" Square Card Base

Background - All the elements on this card except the butterfly and the sentiment are from Magnolia Dreams paper. I imported the paper with the magnolias on it into my Cricut Design Space and removed the background until I only had the magnolias. Then I cut out 3 layers. I adhered 2 of them together with foam adhesives and cut out the main flowers and popped them for a 3rd layer.

Sentiment is from Gracie's Friend Collection.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit here. The next person on the blog hop is Regina. Click on her name and go to her blog.

If you didn't start the blog hop at Graciellie Design, please go back and start there and leave a comment on each participant's blog. You're in for a treat.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - M, 1st Sunday, E3 - (August) Pastel Colors

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 Always Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting M, 3E No.8 - August - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - M - August - Use Flowers

Cardz 4 Galz 2W,3E #53 Pretty Pastels (W2 of 2)

Moving along with the Times 2W,3E #51Things that Fly (W2 of 2)

DS4J Mid-Month Challenge Post

2017-08-15T01:00:00.000-04:00

It's time for team B to post some inspiration for the Digistamps4joy August challenge. The theme this month is Anything Goes with the twist Summer. We are in the throws of summer here in the South. I know some of you are having winter where you are so maybe our fun cards will warm you up a bit.

Card Supplies:
5.5" Square card base
Background - I used chalk to create the background
Images - I used 2 DS4J images for this card, Beach Umbrella and Misteri - Where's Summer (pre-colored)
Beach Umbrella was colored with Copics.
The sentiment was a freebie from another company. I uploaded it into Photoshop Elements (which I know very little about) and worked with it until I got the words colored.

I'm so happy you came by for a visit today. I hope you will go over to the DS4J Blog and see all the fabulous cards the design team made.

I will be posting again later today regarding the Inspiration Blog Hop at Graciellie Design.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Colouring in Scrapland - M 1st Monday, E2, winner + Top 3, No digital coloring, must have hand-colored image - ANYTHING GOES
Color Inspiration Monday - W, hand colored images (a weekly Top 3, a monthly prize) - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES WITH HAND-COLORED IMAGE
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - M, 1st Monday, E2, SIO - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

New Release - New Artist - DS4J

2017-08-13T01:00:00.000-04:00

We have a new artist at Digistamps4joy. Her name is Lyndall and draws fabulous birds and animals. We were given a couple of her images to create a card for her release. I chose the "Collared Sunbird-colored" for my card.

I used Cuttlebug Bird Cages and Branches Dies and Embossing Folders for the background, branch and birdcage on this card. The bird was already colored beautifully so he needed no help from me.
Be sure to check out DS4J blog today to see all the other designer cards our team made.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a fabulous Christ-filled Sund

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Crafting with Dragonflies 2W,1E, No rude/sexy or Halloween/witch cards only -Embossing Wet or Dry(W1 of 2)
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Emerald City Crafts Challenge Blog - M, 1st Fri, E3, C10 - No. 2 - Anything Goes
Moving along with the Times 2W,3E #51Things that Fly (W2 of 2)

DS4J New Release Sunday

2017-08-06T01:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to new release Sunday at Digistamps4joy. Margy and JenLee have some new digistamps to show you. Some are black & white so you can color them with whatever medium you choose. Some are pre-colored if you prefer those. Either way, there are plenty of cute images to choose from. One of them is called "My Insect Garden" drawn by Margaret Keiser, our fearless leader. It contains quite a few separate files like flowers, insects and toadstools. I took 3 of the flower files, a grass file and a bee file to create my card.

Card Details:
A2 Card Base
Background - Blue and Green Cardstock
Images - Flowers, grass, and bee from "My Insect Garden" available in the DS4J store. The lady bugs are cricut files that I flattened, then print and cut them
Images colored with Copics.

Be sure to go by the Digistamp4Joy blog to see all the inspiration of the Design Team.

Thank you for visiting with me today. Looking forward to hearing from you.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Crazy 4 Challenges W,1E - Summer Fun
Southern Girls 2W,1E,C10 #165 Flower Power (W2 of 2)
Through the Purple Haze 2W, E3, C10 #130 Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - 2W, 2E - #347- Always Anything Goes (Week 1 of 2)

Graciellie Design and Paper Temptress Blog Hop

2017-08-01T06:00:00.000-04:00

Graciellie Design and Paper Temptress are teaming up today to bring you a blog hop featuring new releases by Graciellie Design and a new paper pack Paper Temptress prepared to coordinate with the Magnificent Magnolia Collection. The new release I chose for my card is "Happy Greetings". As you can see it is a beautiful set of tulips with lovely sentiments.

My card:

Card Details:
A2 Card Base
All the lovely papers I used were from the Paper Temptress Magnolia Dreams Variety Pack
Background Paper: I used Paper Temptress Amethyst Mica/Metallic paper. It has a beautiful sheen to it.
Die cut background - This pattern is one of Gracielle Design die cuts designed to go with these new releases. The paper used for this is another Paper Temptress product, Vintage Silver Lustre. This paper has a gorgeous swirl pattern. This photo really doesn't show it's beauty.
Image - Happy Greetings by Graciellie Design. I chose the tulip with the leaves, removed the background to make it a png file, then duplicated it. I flipped one of them horizontally, then put them together to make a bouquet. I, then, printed it on PT's Cryogen White #89 paper. This is one of the best papers for coloring with alcohol markers. Image is colored with Copics. I then attached it to a paper doily with adhesive squares and glued the doily to my background.
Bow - made from Gold Opulence Ribbon from Paper Temptress. It adds a touch of elegance to this card.
Butterfly - a foiled Anna Griffin embellishment

Now, it's your turn to visit all the other designers to see what they have created with these new releases. The prize for today's blog hop will be the complete Magnolia Dreams Collection which features digistamp, papers and die cuts.

Here is our blog hop list for your enjoyment. These ladies have some beautiful things to show you. Be sure to leave a comment on each one in order to be eligible for the prizes.

Plus Paper Temptress DT
Patricia
Melanie
Ginny
Vicki
Holly

I know this has been a super long post but I appreciate you visiting today. I hope you enjoy the blog hop and good luck on winning. Their will be another blog hop tomorrow at Graciellie Design.

God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Meet Graciellie Design New Design Team

2017-07-30T09:21:00.001-04:00

I have the extreme privilege to be on the new design team for Graciellie Design. Gracie has so many beautiful detailed images to work with. Our term begins August 1 with a blog hop between Graciellie Design and Paper Temptress. Paper Temptress created a new variety paper pack to coordinate with Gracie's new release. You don't want to miss this event. Now to meet the team.

So glad you stopped by today.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Cuttlebug Bird Cages and Branches

2017-07-27T01:00:00.000-04:00

Here I am back today with another HSN July purchase, Cuttlebug Bird Cages and Branches Dies and Embossing Folders. This card is really clean and simple. You can take this idea and use whatever dies and embossing folders you have.

Card Details:
5X7 card base
Background design: Cuttlebug Bird Cages and Branches Embossing Folder
Butterfly - Cuttlebug Bird Cages and Branches Cutting Dies
Sentiment of you choice

Thanks again for dropping by to visit. I love to hear from you.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Paper Creator's Crafts (M, P1, 3E) #59 - Anything Goes
Stemplegarten (M, P5, E1, C8) #63 - Anything that can Fly
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
The Corrosive Challenges - M, 3E - Always Anything Goes
Less Is More W, C5, must be CAS - No Stamps This Challenge will run for 2 weeks See Belo