Christmas Ornaments -- for Digi Choosday

It's Tuesday, and Digi Choosday.  Today, we start the last Digi Choosday challenge before we take a bit of a holiday break.  This would be a good time to take advantage of the super duper discount code (say THAT 3 times fast!) and do a bit of shopping for digi products in the Polkadoodles store.  We'll all have more time for crafting after the holidays.  Won't we?  Please?

This time's theme is a favorite of many -- anything goes! We're ending the year with a bang!

I recently celebrated Christmas with my staff.  I made this same type of ornament for some of them several years ago, but I have some new staff now, and I wanted them to have one of my "signature" ornaments, too.  These were made entirely out of digi papers from the Polkadoodles store:

Most of the papers are from the Twiggy & Toots Festive Fun Collection, available in both Digital Download and CD.  One of the papers, left over from a former project, but matching perfectly, is from Work & Play 5 - Festive Hollybobs.   Again, this collection is available in both CD Rom and Digital Download.

Our Digi Choosday 'Christmas Decor' challenge is going on for another week, so please link up with us.  Then, link up with whatever your working on with the Anything Goes challenge.  Woot! Show off your makes in the Digi Choosday Facebook group, too! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- December Linky Party

Lemon Shortbread Challenge -- ATG

Stars Stampz Challenge -- Christmas Creations

The Glory of Christmas -- ATG (as long as it's Christmas)

Thank You -- a New Release for DigiStamps4Joy

It's Sunday, and the final New Releases of the year are in the DigiStamps4Joy Store.  There are a number of beautiful ones!

Today, I used Lil Gypsy (jl748):

I printed Lil' Gypsy onto Kraft paper, then colored her with Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils.  I used 2 sizes of a Die-namics stitched die to cut her out and mounted the image on designer papers from DCWV.   The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM.  

Check out the DigiStamps4Joy blog to see the other creations from the very talented design team.  You won't be disappointed!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
The Pencil Case Challenge -- Heartfelt  (heartfelt sentiment)
Through The Craftroom Door -- ATG
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
613 Avenue Create -- ATG
Lemon Shortbread Challenge -- ATG

A Dollhouse for Julia Spiri

It's time for a new challenge on the Julia Spiri Challenge blog.  This one will run for a month, and we are veering far away from Christmas.    Our theme this month is "Dollhouse".  This can be interpreted in a variety of ways, as you can see from visiting the Julia Spiri Challenge blog and seeing what other DT members did. 

Here is my interpretation:

I used Julia Spiri's The Birds and Hair on this house-shaped card.  I colored her with Copic markers, then fussy cut her out.  The house shaped card is an SVG file from My Scrap Chick.  I used the Country Village Small House Box, but chose to make it into a card instead.  Papers are from Echo Park.

I hope you join us this next month at the Julia Spiri Challenge Blog for our Doll House challenge.  I'd LOVE to see what you make!  

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

TTCRD -- ATG

Word Art Wednesday -- ATG

D.L. Art -- December Linky Party 

Lemon Shortbread Challenge -- ATG

Stars Stampz -- Lots of Layers 

Craft Your Passion Challenge -- ATG

Warm Winter Wishes -- for The East Wind

There are New Releases every Tuesday and Friday at The East Wind.    Twice a week -- that's an amazing amount of digital art to be releasing!  Today's new release is so beautiful!  She's called 'White Witch'.

I colored The White Witch with Copic markers.  She seems like a winter fairy or princess to me, with that wand in her hand, so I used cool, winter colors on this card.  

I used a Spellbinders oval die to cut her out.  The snowflake-shaped card is a file from the Silhouette Design Store, cut out on my Silhouette Cameo.  The silver ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  All card stock is from Close To My Heart.  The sentiment is a clear stamp by Whimsical Designs called "Snow Much Fun". 

Visit The East Wind's Facebook Group to see what other design team members have done with this digital stamp, The White Witch. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge -- ATG/Twist of Christmas
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- Christmas
PDE Linky Party -- ATG
Eureka Stamps -- Christmas is Coming
QKR Stampede -- use Some Glitter (ribbon)

Whoooo Likes Ornaments? for Digichoosday

It's Tuesday, and that's Digi Choosday.  I love this day of the week! It's time for a new challenge on the Digi Choosday Challenge Blog. It's also the day to get some really great savings on digital downloads at Polkadoodles.  Do some shopping -- you know you want to!

This week, the theme is Christmas Decor.  I've been needing to make some ornaments, so I took advantage of the theme to create these:

Both ornaments were created using a pre-printed image from the Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun Collection.  It's available in Digital Download, and CD.  Bauble Wishes is also available as a digital stamp. The papers I used on these ornaments is also from the Twiggy and Toots Festive Fun Collection.

The ornament shapes were created with Spellbinders dies.  There's a bit of Timeless Twine to hang the ornaments.  

I used a tree in my yard to photograph these.  Yes, we have snow!

The 'Traditional Christmas' challenge is going on for another week at Digi Choosday, so please join us in that one, and then enter your Christmas decor projects for this challenge!  I'd love to see what you make!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge -- ATG/Twist of Christmas
D.L. Art -- December Linky Party
PDE Linky Party -- ATG
613 Avenue Create -- ATG/optional twist - Bags, Tags, Boxes and more (I'd put this in 'and more')

I Will Always Believe -- for Path of Positivity

It's time for a new challenge at the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog.   This month, our theme is "Believe".  We have two great sponsors this month -- Fresh Brewed Designs, and Pickled Potpourri. 

I used a wonderful image from Fresh Brewed Designs for this card:

This digi image is called 'Shepherd'.   I colored Shepherd with Copic markers, then used 2 sizes of a Spellbinders die to cut it out and mount it.  I used a smaller die of the same pattern to cut out the sentiment.  The sentiment is from Close To My Heart.  The papers are old Christmas papers from my stash.

Please join us this month at Path of Positivity for our "Believe" challenge.  I'd love to see how you interpret this, and to see what you create. 

Warm Winter Wishes -- for Not Just Cards

It's the first Monday of the month, so that means it's time for a new challenge at Not Just Cards challenge blog.   The challenge runs all month, and it's always anything goes.

This month, one of our sponsors is Julia Spiri. I love anything she creates, so the tough part was deciding which image to color.  Here's what I decided on:

This is Snow Fairy.  I colored her with Copic markers.

I created the card using Spellbinders dies. The designer papers are digi papers from Pixel Scrapper.  The lace is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM.  The sentiment is from Whimsical Designs.

I hope you join our Anything Goes challenge this month at Not Just Cards.  We'd love to have you link up.  There's great prizes to win, and I'd love to see what you make! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations Challenge -- ATG/Twist of Christmas
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- Christmas
PDE Linky Party -- ATG
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- Optional Twist is Winter
Crafting From the Heart -- ATG
Eureka Stamps -- Christmas is Coming