Friday, December 23, 2011

Dilly Beans 3 Images Challenge



Happy Friday! Can you believe it's the day before Christmas Eve? Yikes! Hope you all are more ready than I am. I apologize for being less than prolific the last couple of months, but hopefully by mid January things will settle down and I'll be back in the groove. Here's wishing all of you a fabulous holiday just in case I don't make it back before. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of your friendship and support. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart and a very Merry Christmas to you! xxx


We're still crafting up a storm at the Dilly Beans Designers and Challenge Blog and this week's challenge is to use 3 images on your card or project. I fell in love with #310 Happy Snowman the minute I saw him with his hands thrown up in the air in pure joy. To me he looks like he is thrilled with winter weather and should be juggling snow balls so I added some wired trim so he could do just that. I also thought Megan's "Joy" (hmm, can't seem to find it in the store but I'm not quite awake yet, LOL) would be the perfect sentiment for my little door hanger. My third stamp is from the Holly Tag and Holly Set. This is a mix of fussy cutting, paper piecing, and coloring with Copics. I particularly love the way his "fur trim" came out. My craft room is such a disaster that I couldn't find my puff pen and started poking around in other drawers. I found a SnowWriter (from perhaps 2 years ago, unopened, the opened one was all dried up) and tried that instead and dusted it with FunFlock so it has dimemson AND is fuzzy. WooHoo! His boots are coated with Glossy Accents and the heart buttons are Alpha Beads.


I treated the images sort of like I do Cricut cuts for layering purposes. They were printed on kraft paper first and I fussy cut them with a border that would show. They were printed again on either DP (these were all from the DCWV Homemade Christmas stack) or white card stock and colored, fussy cut, glued or popped accordingly. Originally I planned on making a card, but this week's Whimsicle Wednesday Home for the Holidays challenge called for a home decor project so I used my Nesties Grand Lables Four to make the hanger instead.There's more fabulous inspiration on the Dilly Beans Challenge Blog so go take a look and if you have a moment to yourself this next week, come play along.




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15 comments:

  1. There you go with that cartoony look again =). I absolutely love this look! As usual, you did an amazing job!

    Have a very Merry Christmas Donna!!

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  2. I can't read what unwrote because of the black background- but can see the amazing card- I too love this cartoon style of cards u make.. KMerry Christmas Donna
    Love and hugs
    Sandyfromukiah

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  3. And u can see I don't type very well .. Lol

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  4. Donna, as always your cards are amazing!

    I've been MIA for a while from my blog and I wanted to make certain I got back to wish you and all my family a wonderful holiday -- for all the year!!!

    Hugs, my friend!

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  5. Love your projects. So, so cute and colorful and dimensional. I had not heard of this challenge site before or of these stamps. So happy to learn of them. Have a wonderful holiday. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  6. what a cute project! love it! and I so know what you mean about being a bit behind with the holidays.... looking forward to things settling down after Christmas.
    happy holidays to you and your family!

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  7. This is just too cute for words! I love how he's juggling snowballs!

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  8. Woo Hoo! Looks like he's having a "ball" LOL! I don't even know how I'm cracking jokes at this point. I must be delirious. Love how you added the flocking to the snow writer...very cool! And dig those heart buttons. I've got Bella here begging me to go down to the craft room. Oh well, I guess she's twisted my arm long enough. Here we go....

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  9. Donna, this came out fabulous! Love that you were able to incorporate all into your design, you are a real go getter. You are still doing challenges while everyone else is trying to finish up for Christmas. I really admire your determination my friend. Wish I had your energy, and I am sure I will talk to you again before Christmas.

    Hugz, xoxo

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  10. Donna, I absolutely Love the door hanger and isn't the Snow Pen fun. I use mine all the time. Great mix of images and beautiful coloring as always. Happy Holidays to you.

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  11. This is stunning Donna as always- your creations never cease to bring a simle to my face.. just fabulous. Wishing you and your Family and Wonderful Christmas, xxx

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  12. What a fantastic door hanger! The snowman is just darling with his snowballs and I love all the details you put into this card! Thanks for playing at Whimsical Wednesdays!

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  13. Love the country charm that your card holds and I'm just a "Finnish-American" country girl at heart..LOL
    thnx for sharing this with us girls over at Whimsical Wednesdays
    Hugs
    Nanné

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  14. OMG! How did I miss this part of my comment? Thanks for playing along with us at Whimsical Wednesdays! Happy New Year! Yup, you get the generic version just like everyone else. :)

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  15. I am just doing some back tracking and saw that my comment did not post here?? I was so anxious to see this little guy from the comment you left me. Yup he is perfect for juggling snowballs. You really made this digi come to life, and have so much personality. I really love this paper collection. I did not see that in my stores..is it from last year? I am loving these dilli bean images! Thank you for joining us at Whimsical Wednesdays.

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Thanks for making my day!