Shameless plug for Duffy Barkley

A friend of mine has written a book called "Duffy Barkley is not a Dog". She has a blog about the book that can be found at http://duffybarkley.blogspot.com/ . Check it out! I just started reading it, but at one point found myself forgetting I was reading I was so into the story. That's usually a pretty good sign that the book is going to be good.

Dixie self-published the book and is using a lot of the money she makes to buy more books to donate. She is a crafter of words, not paper, but we should all support each other, right?:-) Have a great weekend.

Christmas card challenge

I'm putting this on the Christmas card challenge at My Pink Stamper. It's a 5"x7" card. The paper is from DCWV. All but the glitter paper is from the Homemade Christmas stac k. I inked around the edges of the card with 2 shades of distress ink, one brown and one red. They worked well together. The ribbon is something that was on a present (throw things away, seriously??) The pearl paint is Viva Decor. The ornament is from the Joys of the Season cartridge and is popped up with MS foam dots. The sentiment is inside.

Birthday Hedgehog

This card is for a friend's birthday. I'm entering it into the birthday challenge at My Pink Stamper. The hedgehog is from the Four Legged Friends lite cartridge. He is so cute! The paper is a combination of things, some DCWV and some random paper from my stash. I got the flowers at Tuesday Morning and the gem on clearance at Walmart.

Action Wobble card

I made this with the Gingerbread cartridge and an action wobble. Those things are so much fun to play with. I'm being very stingy until I can buy more. I cut the gingerbread people out at 3 1/2". The green snowflake is MS punch with an Irock gem in the center. The small snowflakes are from a Fiskars mini cartridge punch with a hint of Stickles in the center. The polka dot paper is K and Company. The rest of the paper is from my stash. (Been collecting a looong time). The ribbon is from Michael's. I'm going to attempt to add the video as well as the picture. Hope it works.

Turkey card

This card is for the challenge at Momo's blog. I'm not happy with some of it. I need to practice cutting that card, my sides weren't even. Anyway, the challenge was to use a turkey, so here it is. The cartridge was Create a Critter. The paper was a combination of things from my stash. I used a sharpie for the lines and MS foam pop ups under the turkey. My camera died while I was doing this. I may try to take a better picture tomorrow.

Crafters Digital Art and CES

I tried some digital art this week. I definitely need to work on my coloring, but it's fun. Here are the cards I did for challenges there. The pumpkin/corn image is from Digi Drawn and the mouse is from Nana Vic. They were both colored with prismacolor pencils. Most of the paper is from my stash. The paper behind the mouse is DCWV. The polka dot piece was cut on my cricut (Wild Card cart., I think). I'm entering the pumpkin card in the CES challenge as well, as it is all about autumn. It also includes piece embossed with a cuttlebug folder behind the pumpkins. I use MS foam to raise the pieces for the layers. The background piece is actually much more green than it photographed.

30 minute card

This was fun...30 minutes to make a card from start to finish using pink, purple and green. I used a variety of scraps and the Create a Critter cartridge. I ran out of time to stamp a sentiment on the front as I couldn't find anything I liked (yes, I set a timer). The ribbon matches the tummy better in person.