Wonderful Blog Candy Giveaway

Hi All,
Just a short post to let you all know about a wonderful blog Candy Giveaway, from one of my favorite Stamps group of Design team. Stamps are Lillie Of The Valley, the most darling images!
Check it out HERE, I am trying to put it on my side bar but having issues with Blogger.
Thanks to anyone stopping by.
hugs

Donna

2nd Card for Joans 41st challenge of the year!!!

Well I did it, I actually got another card done for this challenge, miracle for me of late.
Check out Joan's challenge, HERE, you can see the guidelines and all the other wonderful entries.
Thanks for stopping by.
hugs
Donna

Challenge #40 At Joans Garden

Hi All, sorry I missed last weeks challenge with Hurricane Sandy hitting our area hard, it has been a stressful week. Luckily we only lost power for
4-5 days, others in our area have lost EVERYTHING, some areas look like a  war zone, so very sad. And luckily we got our power back just as it got cold out, so we did not suffer as bad as others, and we also had a generator, after Hurricane Irene hit here last year, we learned our lesson then, we gassed our cars full the day before and stocked up on what we could, and would need, and I am so glad we did, some folks were waiting in the gas line for 4 hours just to get gas for their generators.
So for us at least the roughest is over, but others have so much to endure. Even my daughter, she works 2 jobs to make ends meet and both her jobs were closed due to no power, no work, no pay, so some how and in some form it did effect us all in this area. Saying many prayers for all those in need!!!

On to brighter notes, for this weeks challenge, maybe I will even be able to make more than 1 entry, that would be a first.

So here is my first entry For Joan's weekly challenge #40, some of if not all products I have used I got at Joan's Gardens or they can be found there, if not, just ask and Joan will do what she can to help you.
For the guideline's and prize for this weeks challenge, just check things out HERE at Joan's Gardens.

And of course we all get some of our inspiration from Selma, from Selma's Stamping Corner, and her sample card for the challenge can be found HERE.  

I have not listed what I use, but if you have a question, just ask and I will try and get right back to you.
Hugs
And THANKS for stopping by.

Donna 

Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #38

Gee, guess we know it is time for my post for Joan's weekly challenge, did not think that I would get it made it time, one thing after another kept popping up, and It is a Miracle that I got it done. Not sure what I think of it yet, but being as it is down to the wire, I don't have time to Re Do anything!!
Love to build snowmen with my grand kids and dog, so I went with these two stamps, one of a dog and of a snowman, added some trees and snow and that is all she wrote.
Stamped both, colored with copics and cut them out, they are both popped with 3D dots, as well as the frame. Put some snow and glitter on my trees, used some glossy accents on their noses and such, and some wonder fluff on the snowman's hat for the ball at the tip of the hat.  I used one of my spell binders, the grands to cut the frame and I think that is it. Oh, we had to black emboss something, so my sentiment is stamped and embossed with black embossing powder then I hit it with the old heat gun. Thanks and Any questions, just give me  a yell, or email!!
Take care all.
Hugs
Donna
Oops where are my manners, forgot, the wonderful challenge at Joan's Gardens, can be found HERE. Great place for supplies , friendship and wonderful inspiration.
And as usual, Selma's from Selma's Stamping Corner, who's wonderful inspiration example for the challenge, can also be found HERE.

Thanks again for stopping by.
See you soon,
Donna (again) :)

Challenge #37 at Joans Gardens!

Hi all,
Well another week, another challenge, always fun at Joan's, check out the challenge and the guidelines  HERE.

Of course Selma, did a wonderful example card HERE, from Selma's Stamping Corner, she is  truly a wonderful inspiration.

I followed the guidelines as best I could, and if you have any questions about my card, just ask and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

I used Elizabeth's Glitter to fill in my stained glass window, did a few other versions using colors and they come out so nice!! Love these new dies.

Thanks Joan, as I got my lovely new dies from you, as well as a lot of my other supplies!!
I apologize that my flowers are so small, I did not want them to be too big, and I think I went in the opposite direction and used ones that are too small, and I also may put some black bling in the four corners on the front of the card to dress it up a bit, some times it will take me days of touching up to finish a card to the point that I am 100 percent happy with it. I can not tell you how many times I walk in and out of my craft room and change the card around each time I do, and some times this works and some times it does not!! So I think I still have some more to do!! Such is life I guess.
 
And thanks to anyone that stops by my lonely corner of the world!!! : )
hugs
Donna

Joans Challenge #36 Create A Scene

Well, managed to finally get my card done, took 5 days, but alas when one does not have ones good health, we do what we can.
Guideline's are HERE, on Joan's Gardens site, all items used on my card can be purchased at Joan's, if you have any questions let me know.
Selma did a wonderful demo card as usual, on her site Selma's Stamping Corner, and that can be viewed HERE.

Thanks for stopping by, sorry for the short post this week!!! See yon next week.

Hugs to All

Donna 

Weekly Challenge at Joan's (35)

Well, Hello all, another week and another Challenge at Joan's Gardens.
I Will list the guide lines below, I hope that I have done well enough by them, I love this new line of Bo Bunny Patterned Paper, very pretty, our local shop got it in, and for reasons I can not fathom, they are not ordering the line, and as they knew that I loved it, they gave me the sample line of paper, just gorgeous colors, very similar to their winter line last year in colors. But last years was also very sparkly, this is not, but still love the browns and the blues.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, again, below are this weeks guide lines, and then I will post my card following it. Will try and give a rough draft of what I used, if you have any questions, just give a shout and will get back to you as soon as I can. Also all supplies I used can be purchased through Joan, and HERE is a very lovely sample card by the wonderful Selma, from Selma's Stamping Corner, she is Joan's one woman design team and gives us all such wonderful inspiration, but we get a lot of inspiration from Joan herself too, she is just as talented!! And does some great video tutorials!!
Happy Crafting.

Thanks for stopping by.
Donna

Bazzil Card Stock
Martha Stewart Punch Punch
Martha Stewart Flower Pnch
Memory Box Flourish Die
Memory Box Tender Leaves Die
Martha Stewart Edge Punch (Patterned Paper)
Spellbinders Die for Label
Sentiment stamp from stash
Distress Inks
Memory Box Inks
And thats all I can think of right now.
THANKS

GUIDE LINES or Hope on over and check it out for yourself!!.

Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #35

Use a piece of design paper for background

Use a dimensional flower
Use a flourish
Use a sentiment

You will have until next Thursday (October 4) morning 6:00 AM EST to link your project. You can enter more than once. A winner will be chosen from the Random Drawing for week #35. The winner of challenge and will be announced Friday October 5. This winner will win a JustRite Stamp. The winner will also be entered in the end of the year$100 gift certificate drawing.