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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Blog Hop Winner

Well today's the day that we announce the winners of our World Card Making Day Blog Hop! I hope that you all had as much fun as we did and were inspired by what we had to show you. So I won't keep you all in suspense any longer...since I don't have a fancy machine to do it for me, I assigned a number to every name and my dd picked a winner out of a bowl and the winner of the adorable image I used, Festive Snooze, is PUMPY (PAM)!!! Congratulations Pam...I am so excited for you and I can't wait to see what you do with this sweet little image! Thank you to everyone who joined in on our Blog Hop...it was so wonderful to read all of your comments and have you all become a follower of my blog. For a full list of winners head on over to our Challenge Blog.

Hugs ~ Charlene

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Christmas Greetings


It’s time for another challenge at Digistamps4Joy…well, actually it’s been on for a week already and I’m just doing the one week reminder. Last week Team A posted their lovely creations for our challenge, this week is Team B’s turn. So what is this challenge you ask? Well this time we would like you to make a tag. That’s right, we want to see tags. Now this can be a gift tag or a tag on a card, whatever you choose to make.
So since Christmas is just around the corner (sorry to remind you, but it’s true), I decided to do a Christmas tag. I used Digistamps4Joy’s wonderful new image by Jen Lee, called Vintage Lantern Girl. She was just so much fun to play with.
The tag is a svg file by Birds Cards that I printed out and cut out by hand. I then printed out the image on white cs and then paper pieced her outfit. I wish I could tell you what the papers were, but they were just pieces I had in my stash. I used my red glitter pen to trace out the pointsettias on her dress and hat.


I used my bronze metallic pen for the lamp and my gold glitter pen for the light in the lamp.
I then added stickles onto the “fur” part of her outfit and used my Staedtler pencil crayons and oms to colour her dress, band on her hat her face and hair. I used my white gel pen to add small white dots to her dress and the band of her hat. The Merry Christmas and the holly were part of my stash.
Now it’s your turn to show us what you got. Just head on over to Digistamps4JoyChallenge blog to check out all the rules and prizes. And while you’re there, check out what my team mates, from A and B, have done up to inspire you.
 
Thanks for visiting…..Charlene
 
Challenges Entered:

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog: Challenge #36 - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenge: Monday Anything Goes
The Crafty Blogger Network: Challenge #4- Anything Goes
House of Gilli: Anything Goes
Stamp and Create.com: October Challenge Winter Wonderland
 

Monday, October 8, 2012

Digistamps4Joy World Card Making Day Blog Hop


Welcome to our World Card Making Day Blog Hop. You have arrived at Charlene’s Blog in the Fraser Valley in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada.


To celebrate World Card Making Day Digistamps4Joy is having a blog hop! And guess what…Digistamps4Joy is also offering the prizes! And what prizes they are too. Each DT member has gotten to choose her favorite image from the store to make a project out of….and that is the prize for her blog. So the image she presents it the image you have a chance to win! So with 12 stops along the hop, that gives you 12 chances to win! You might win one image…you might win more as each prize will be randomly drawn by each blog owner.

If you landed on my page first, then just carry on down the list, and from the top again till you are back at my blog OR start at the top at the Digistamps4Joy blog, and work your way though to the final stop (Ursula’s blog). The hop order is indicated on each blog, so you will not ‘get lost’!
Digistamps4joy (starting blog)
CHARLENE(that’s me, so you are here now)
DESIRE (Your next stop)
URSULA (last blog)







This is the card that I am showcasing for the Blog Hop. I used the image Festive Snooze and you can get it at the store or maybe win it here.
I coloured it with Staedtler Pencil crayons, oms, and my red and gold glitter pens. I used my homemade white flower soft for the snow at the bottom of the image. I used my SU Christmas Wheel (sorry, I don’t remember the exact name of it) and glitter blue embossing powder to add the flourishes. The frame for the image and sentiment was made with my Nestibilities Scalloped Oval Dies. In behind the image I have added more of my heat embossed paper. The base dp is from Bazzil and the glitter paper was some that I have had in my stash for years. I also used the glitter paper to punch out the snowflakes. The ornament is a svg from The Cutting Café. I used my SU ticket corner punch on some of my corners. The card fold is called a Center Step Card.


And this is the image that you can win on my blog



RULES FOR ENTERING THE RANDOM DRAW

Please read carefully - we do not want you to miss out!

 

1) Be/become a follower of THIS blog.

                                 2) Make a comment on this posting

 

So that IS easy isn’t it!!

 

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Your next stop will be the talented Desire.
The Hop will end at 6 am (Central African Time) on Tuesday 9th October.
The full list of winners will be announced on Thursday 11h October on the Digistamps4Joy blog. 
Each blog will also indicate its own winner on 11th October.
 
Thanks for visiting…have fun on the hop!   Charlene
 
 

 


 

Friday, October 5, 2012

Takin a Little Nap


If you would like a chance to win this adorable image or some of the 11 others being showcased, go to our blog hop by clicking here



Hello all, it’s another beautiful day here in the Fraser Valley, the sun is shining and the sky is blue…hard to believe that it’s fall already. Or that Christmas is around the corner…brrrrr. And speaking of Christmas, I just have to show you the adorable image that I just got to play with for our current blog hop at Digistamps4Joy. The image is called Festive Snooze and let me tell you, this little guy looks like he has really enjoyed Christmas.

I coloured it with Staedtler Pencil crayons, oms, and my red and gold glitter pens. I used my homemade white flower soft for the snow at the bottom of the image. I used my SU Christmas Wheel (sorry, I don’t remember the exact name of it) and glitter blue embossing powder to add the flourishes. The frame for the image and sentiment was made with my Nestibilities Scalloped Oval Dies. The base dp is from Bazzil and the glitter paper was some that I have had in my stash for years. I also used the glitter paper to punch out the snowflakes. The ornament is a svg from The Cutting Café. I used my SU ticket corner punch on some of my corners. The card fold is called a Center Step Card and you can find it here.

You can find this adorable image at the Digistamps4Joy store or you can join in on our blog hop and have a chance of winning it when I do my random draw.


Thanks for visiting….Charlene

Challenges Entered:

Divas by Design: Challenge #55 - Use some texture (my embossing, glitter paper and snow flower soft)
Fab n Funky Challenges: Challenge #141 - No Patterned Paper
Just Keep on Creating: Christmas Challenge (till Dec.1st)
Lady Anne's Challenges: Anything Goes
Paper Craft Star: Challenge #115 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Challenge #96 - Die Cuts and Punches
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Glimmer and Sparkle
Crafty Boots Challenge: World card Making Day Mini Challenge
Delightful Challenge: Winter Holiday
Shelly's Images: TTT - Tic Tac Toe - Bling, free space...I used Punch or Die cut, Embossing).
Paper Play Challenges: Week #40 - Shine On



Winter Wonderland


It’s time for another fabulous challenge at Pattie’s Creations. This time the challenge is to Make a Tag. That’s right, we want to see your tags. It can be a tag on a card or an actual tag the choice is yours.


I decided to make a tag for a gift for my project. And to make my tag I used 2 of Pattie’s incredible images, Merry Christmas Lamp Post and Cardinal Branch Snow. I decided to make a little mini scene with them…well, you’ll see what I mean…

I coloured them with my Staedtler pencil crayons and oms. I used my bronze metallic pen for the lamp post and sign and my gold glitter pen for the flames inside the lamp and sign. I coloured beneath the sign to make it look like a sidewalk or road and then lightly penciled in my snow hills and the pond in between them.  I made the snow with my homemade white flower soft (I rubbed 2 styrofoam balls together) and then added stickles to the branch with my Cardinal for the snow there. I used my SU Pastels and scalloped punch to give some difference in colour for the sky. The tag is one that I got as a freebie from Birds Cards. The red ribbon, the gold Merry Christmas and dp is from my stash and the cs is by Bazzil.

To check out all my team mates fabulous creations and to join in on the fun, just head on over to Pattie’s Creations Challenge Blog. We can’t wait to see what you create.



Thanks for visiting….Charlene
 
Challenges Entered:

Charisma Cardz Challenge: Challenge #39 - Badda Bing (Bling/Shiny).
Craft Us Crazy: Challenge #27 - Halloween or Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons Challenge: Challenge #29 - Anything but a square
Delightful Challenge: Winter Holiday
Forever Friends: Oct. Monthly Challenge - Bingo (tag, glitter, ribbon) Oct. 31
Paper Play Challenges: Week 40 - Shine On (Sparkle, Shine or Gloss)
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge: Anything Goes
Created With Love Challenge: Challenge #11 - Christmas


 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

DS4J World Card Making Day Blog Hop


We’re having a Blog Hop….that’s right, to celebrate World Card Making Day Digistamps4Joy is having a blog hop! And guess what…Digistamps4Joy is also offering the prizes!
Have I gotten your interest yet? Oh good, because from October 4-9, 2012, we are going to be hopping and we would sure love all of you to join us. We’ll be starting at Digistamps4Joy’sChallenge Blog and going from there. We hope to see all of you there.


Hugs ~ Charlene

Monday, October 1, 2012

Thinking of You

Hi all, it's time for another Digistamps4Joy Release day. Actually, I'm a day late in getting mine posted. Had my 30th Highschool reunion this weekend and my mil's birthday and it just threw my schedule wonky.

The image that I got to play with this time is a  new one from Jen and it is just too cute for words. It's called Patches Little Nap. I used this sketch by Lisa Smith at Willow Sketchie Challenge
I turned it on it's side and instead of a rectangle in the middle I used a square.
I used green cs from Bazzil and two different dp's that were in my stash. They are from my local dollar store and they didn't have a name on them. The sentiment I found on the Anything Goes Challenge site on Paper Craft Planet. I coloure the image with my Staedtler Pencil Crayons, oms and my metallic silver pen. I added a few white highlights in the brown spots on my dog using my white gel pen. The green flat backed pearls are from Recollections
Isn't he just too adorable. You can find him and all of the other new releases on our Challenge Blog.

Thanks for visiting ~ Charlene

Challenges Entered:

DL. Art: Thankful Thursdays: Have at least one leaf and some bling.
Craft Us Crazy: Challenge #27 - Halloween or Anything Goes
Milk Coffee Challenge: Welcome Fall
Outlaws Twisted Thursday: Fall
Cards for Men: Challenge #20 - Animals
Crafty Boots Challenge: 3 of something (I have 3 "squares" and 3 flat backed pearls)
Creative Stamp Friends: Challenge #61 - Autumn Colours
Forever Friends: Challenge #46 - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge: Challenge #139 - Colours of Autumn