Dorcas Designs

Hi Guys!

Well I didn't think I'd get chance to play with the freebie Mo put up in her shop yesterday but I had an hour or so and grabbed it. Whenever Mo puts a freebie up the next thing you know there's a thousand cards in Blogland  with that image and if you don't get yours up fast you'll never want to see it again. lol

Papers: My Minds Eye

Image: Mo Manning

Button: Sew Sweet

Ribbon: From stash

brad: from stash

Hi All!

Well isn't this is a strange card! lol.

 Not sure what happened but that white space is glaring at me like halogen  headlights. Eek! Turn em off! 

See, this is what comes of working on a card in the last half hour before bedtime. You think all is well and go to bed. The next day you wake up and glance over at the table, stop short and what the.....what was I thinking? lol

 Oh well, its not that bad really just different.

It's an anniversary card for a friend so I hope she likes different. If she doesn't it will give her a chance to practice polite.:-D

Image: Marianne D

Colors: Lyra Rembrant and Prismacolors

Papers: My Minds Eye

Dies: Whiff Of Joy

Flat backed Pearls: Bunny Zoe's

Ribbon: From stash

Hi Guys!

Is anyone buried in snow yet?

None here in NC, its balmy and warm. But I thought I'd "play winter" with today's card which I made for Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge. there's several options with this week's themes so head over to the challenge blog to check it out.

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Prismacolor Pencils

Paper: from stash

Button, bakers twine and ribbon: Sew Sweet

Sentiment: Whimsy

Hi Everyone!

So this is a little different for me. I've never used one of these pillow boxes before but its kinda cool.

A friend of mine had a little "surprise" and I wanted to cheer her up. I thought this Kraftin Kimmie stamp was funny and sweet at the same time.

Oh! And by the way...just a little fyi, I know there's several of you out there practicing your awesome coloring on kraft skills and I don't want you to get frustrated in the process. I want you to know that there's all kinds of kraft cardstock on the market. If you try one brand/type and have little success, don't automatically assume its your coloring skills. Its most likely the paper. Seriously. I mean that.

This pillow box  looks right and feels right and is almost perfect but is a bit too smooth to get many layers of pencil lead down.  Now, If I had started  practicing my coloring skills with this I would be frustrated. I guess the thing to realize is that people use kraft for many ,many purposes and so there's different kinds of  kraft used for different things.  You need to scout around and find one that's right for you and your project.

For instance, this pillow box came from an online store called the "Kraft Outlet". They do all kinds of Kraft. Boxes, tags, reems etc .If you buy their brown Kraft cardstock its actually  kraft colored cardstock. Perfect for card bases but not for coloring. If you want kraft for coloring you would need to buy their "lunchbag kraft". Just a tip.

Someday I think I'll do a side by side comparison of all the kraft on the market and which ones are best for coloring. That could be fun. In the meantime its just trial and error. 

Image: Caroline (Kraftin Kimmie)

Pillow box: The Kraft Outlet

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyra Rembrants, paper piecing

Ribbon and gems: from stash

Card candy

Hi Guys!

Today I have a card I made just for fun. When I was making the fuzzies for my flocking card a few posts back (Foxy Lady) I made a little too much white so I decided to use the white fluff on this little girl's muff. The rest of the image had already been colored in so it worked out quite perfectly. :-)

As you can see, I also challenged myself to a card with no sewing and no matting. I almost succeeded but couldn't resist a little border around the image.

If you want to see a few ladies who really rock this technique check out Alina, Sandra and Renata.

Image: ADFD

Papers: from stash

Kraft cardstock: Kraft Outlet

Buttons, button twine: Sew Sweet

Corner flourish: Sizzex

ADFD: Flocking

Hi All!

This week's challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil is "Winter".

I thought I'd cover a cheapy chipboard notebook I bought at a discount shop.

I'm not sure what I'll use it for, knowing me I'll probably look at it for a couple of months and give it away. :-)

My layout is just a free- form kind of patchwork. Pretty simple. Not much explaining to do here. 

Image: Mo Manning

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors

Ribbon: form stash

Web Ribbon: Sew Sweet

metal flower: gift

button sticker: K&Co. (I think)

Adhesive Pearls: Recollections

Hi there everyone!

So here's my Bunny Zoe card for this month's challenge. 

Although the challenge this month is Christmas themed, (Anything Xmas with/Pearls) you don't have to do Xmas , as you can see I didn't. (I don't celebrate Christmas). So I just used the and/or Pearl option.

Seems everyone is our congregation is sick right now, can't make get well cards fast enough. I fell in love with this Wild Rose Dragon (though I think she looks dinosaur-like). Look at that face.

Isn't it enough to make you feel better?

Recipe:

Image: Wild Rose (Fergus with Poppy)

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors, distress ink

Papers: My Minds Eye

Sentiment label: Spellbinder's

Ribbon: From Stash

Poppy sticker button: K&Co (I think)

Lace webbing: Bunny Zoe

Metal corners: Wild Orchid Crafts

Hi Folks!

So this is a little funny. I was checking A Day For Daisies challenge a few days ago to see what the new theme was. It was "Flocking". I thought, cool. Birds. I like birds.No, flocking as in fuzzies. Noooo! Don't make me do this! I always swore I would not stoop to buying fuzzies in a bottle. Well you'll be glad to know ( I think) that I didn't. I just asked my hubby for some belly button lint.

ROFL. Ok, I didn't do that either. :-)

After politely declining to make a card this week after viewing the challenge, "Sorry. No flocking. Can't do it." Tracy sent me a link on how to make flocking. Thats right. How to make fuzzies. Like I said, our hubbies have it all worked out. (Hey I'm running low on black, can you wear your star wars shirt today?) But no, they want you to get a cheese grater and shred paper to make fuzzies.

Seriously! People think us crafters will do anything!

Well I used the sharp edge of a scissor blade with much the same results.

My daughter was like, "Oooh cool you're making fuzzies!" Yup, Moms are the smartest things evah!

Paper: October Afternoon

Digi: ADFD

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Ruffle: from stash

Twine,  polkadot button : Sew Sweet

Little buttons: Home Sew

So have a good look at the tail. Pretty rustic, huh? Like a well loved teddy bear with its fur all nappy. lol

It makes me laugh just looking at it, so thanks Tracy, I needed that!

I am using this card as my project for The Catered Crop this fortnight, which by the way, isn't this fortnight at all, its the last challenge til the new year. Yup. We all are having a break! So nows your chance to play along! And know what else is  ironic,  guess whose card we're casing? Tracy's!! Ding Ding Ding!

See below, she does gorgeous work!!

I'll see you all tomorrow with a new Bunny Zoe challenge!

Hi Guys!

I'm back. Did you miss me? :-D

Todays card features the artwork of Chrissy Armstrong for Wags and Whiskers.

I like the detail of the image and the innocence of the two buddies.

Papers: K&Co and MME

Image: Wags And Whiskers

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Hi Guys!

I hope you're all doing well. :-)

Today's card was made for this week's challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil:

I haven't made an easel card in a while and I guess I felt a little cramped. (big image again). The paper was so perfect I hated to lose sight of any of it so kept the design pretty CAS.

Thought it made a good masculine "Miss you" card.

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors

Paper: My Minds Eye (Away We Go)

Sentiment: Printed on computer and handwritten

Brads: Basic Grey