Digital Delights new releases this week

Wendy's been working overtime on creating new images for you at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. We have another new release coming this week with lots of fabulous images for you to color!!! Here's a little glimpse of one of them.

5 year old Noah's last Christmas

Wow, was this a hard card to make! Easy in that I kept it very simple as I wanted to hurry and get it in the mail, fearing Noah won't live long enough to receive it. Noah is five, expected to die within the next several days of neuroblastoma. Because of this his family had Christmas for him this weekend and Santa came to see him. They had asked that gifts not be sent to him, as he won't be here to enjoy them. Instead send $1 in a card to the family and they will donate it to the University Of Michigan neuroblastoma research center and the Michigan Make A Wish Chapter. Of course, those that aren't comfortable with sending the dollar, can certainly make a charitable contribution directly.

Cards can be sent to:
Noah Biorkman
1141 Fountain View Circle
South Lyon, MI, 48178

His story is here.
Video of Noah here.
More Video here.

Featured in Scrapstreet emagazine

I made this card as a special project for Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to be included in an article about us in Scrapstreet Online Magazine. What a great magazine! It may well push me to become a scrapper!!

The image I used was the birds with pumpkin birdhouse from Angel's Landing Autumn Tweetings. This is probably one of my favorite sets of Judi's. The image is colored with Copics. Papers are K&Company and Bazzill. Really a simple card but very pretty with the gorgeous image and the Cuttlebug dry embossed panel.


Materials:
Image: Angel's Landing
Paper: K&Company, Bazzill
Ink/Color: Printer, Copics
Misc: Cuttlebug and embossing folder, sewing machine, nestibilities, dew drops, brass leaf.

Friday Freebie time at Digital Delights by Louby Loo

Here's this weeks Freebie from Digital Delights by Louby Loo! I love Pippin the mouse and how inviting this cup of cappuccino is!

You can download your copy at SNR and PCP . Make something fun and run back to SNR and PCP and share it with us!!

Angel's Landing Marching Skunk

You have to admit, this little guy is cute! even if he is a skunk! This weeks assignment to the design team for Angel's Landing was to create a card and to 'finish the inside' . I chose the marching skunk from Marching Band-2. My card is dry embossed with holly branches to match the printed one's, both on the card front and on the inside. I've also done just a little bit of stitching around edges, inside and out. Image is colored with Copics and the forward arm and leg are 2 layers for a 3D effect.

Be sure to stop over at Judi's blog to see what the rest of the design team has done. You won't be sorry!









Be sure to check out my earlier post this morning - something different for me... (click on pic)


Materials:
Image: Angel's Landing
Paper: Core-dinations
Ink/Color: printer, Copics
Other: Cuttlebug machine and embossing folders, dew drops, sewing machine

Cuttlebug Challenge Be Inspired #56

This week's challenge at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot was to create something signifying gratitude or Thanksgiving. We were given Teresa Collins journaling paper kits to use. This was a tough challenge for me. I couldn't very well just make a card with this paper. I opened my kit and was really loving the pink and black papers, but wasn't familiar with the products and didn't know where to begin. I left them in plain sight for days and looked through them every time I walked past them and finally decided to just jump in and create, cutting up the papers, using bits and pieces here and there. It was fun! Felt a little guilty cutting up all those awesome pages of various elements, but I like my finally product. This little mini-book in pink/black will be filled with pics of my four granddaughters, as I am so grateful to have them in my life! (Click on the pics for larger views of the details)





This project also forced me to use my Bind-it-all! I will definitely be using it more! I cut all my pages of heavy cardstock and then bound them with the Bind-it-all. I then cut the coordinating pink cardstock, dry embossed each page with a different Cuttlebug folder and assembled the various parts from my Teresa Collins kit on each page, gluing into place. After it was all assembled, I added buttons, rhinestones and brads to the pages and ribbons and safety pins to the binding wires.


Now you must hop over to Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see the stunning creations by the design team and we have special guest designers today .... Teresa Collins and Jamie Harper!!

Be sure to check out my next post for today .... (click pic)

Materials:
Paper: Teresa Collins, Bazzill
Misc: Cuttlebug and folders, Bind-it-all, ribbons, rhinstones, buttons, safety pins,

Digi Day. Cookie Exchange. Freebie. Prizes.

Digital Delights is hosting Digi Day on SNR Card Universe Thursday November 12th from 7PM-8PM CST. Our event will be a "Holiday Cookie Exchange". At that time we'd love you to bring your favorite holiday sweet treat recipe to share. (Everyone will receive a FREE image just for coming to the party.)

Between no and party time, we'll start an image challenge beginning today and ending at midnight CST 11/13. All you have to do is use the provided image and create any type of card or project with it. There will be a random drawing from those entries for the Grand Prize pictured below along with the complete set of November releases from Digital Delights by Louby Loo.

The challenge image can be picked up in the Discussion Area titled Digi Day Cookie Exchange at SNR The Card Universe, Digital Delights by Louby Loo.

Go grab your image and start creating, come back to SNR to post your creation and be sure to come back on Thursday night for the cookie exchange for another free image in exchange for your sweet treat recipe.

Copics & Digital Images

I made this card as part of a tutorial I did for Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot. I was asked to do a tutorial for Cuttlebug Challenge University, Copics and Digital Images, The Basics ... a beginner's tutorial, if you will. The thought of doing that scared the heck out of me.. I AM a beginner... what on earth could I offer. Then I thought that maybe speaking beginner to beginner, those reading it may well get something out of it that makes the difference between them using their Copics and not using them.

The image I used for my tutorial is an exclusive design by Digital Delights by Louby Loo for the purpose of Cuttlebug Challenge University, Copics and Digital Images tutorials during the month of November. A new tutorial and a new design set every Tuesday! You will see mine there today... part 1 at 7 am EST and part 2 at noon EST - The Basics. Head over to Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to take a peek at my tutorials and also to see how you can get this image for yourself. It won't be for sale until December 10th, but you could win it. Attend the Cuttlebug Challenge University the entire month of November, do your homework, and you will get your Graduation Certificate!

Lately, when doing these larger digital images, I find less is more for me. I'm happy with embossed paper and some stitching and not much in the way of embellishments or bling. I like the focus to be on the image itself. I may go back later and write a sentiment in that sail. I love the expression on the owl's face! Need a sentiment for that.

Materials:
Image: Digital Delights by Louby Loo
Paper: Coredinations
Ink/Color: Printer, Copics
Other: Diamond Glaze, Sewing

Tutorial Tuesday At Digital Delights by Louby Loo

Just a quick reminder that it's Tutorial Tuesday and this week Deanne has a great tutorial for you! I think you will find it useful for the holidays! You can see it here!

Spread the Love for Jaimie

If you've 'hopped' here then you are aware of this tragedy. For those of you that did not 'hop' here, then please take a minute to read this and perhaps you'd like to send Jaimie a card, too.

"On October 4^th, 4 teenagers armed with knives broke into a home in a small town in New Hampshire. Alone and sleeping inside were a mother and her 11 year old daughter. These 4 boys broke into this home with the intent to rob and kill anyone inside. They stabbed the mom, Kimberly Cates, to death and left her daughter, Jaimie, for dead in their driveway. It was a completely random act, their home was chosen only due to its secluded surroundings."

Our hope is that everyone hopping around today will stop for a moment and think about Jaimie and her father and what life must be like for them now. One moment in time has changed their lives forever. We are asking that everyone reading this message please take a moment to make a card and send it off to Jaimie. You can make something very simple or much more involved, but please share some words of hope and love and let her know that people do care and want the best for her. Please send your card to the address below:

Jaimie Cates
c/o Mont Vernon Fire Station
Main Street
Mont Vernon, NH 03057

Every time I think about this young girl and the horrific thing she went through, I get a knot in my throat. Sometimes this grand world of ours is just so cruel! I made the above card for Jaimie and it will go out in today's mail. I chose her favorite color combination... hot pink and black and I chose this sweet Karate girl image because Karate is something Jaimie likes to do. I hope she is able to keep her enthusiasm for the things in life she loves ... Karate, Skateboarding, biking, Razor rip stick, and snowboarding. If you would like to read more of Jaimie's story, you can go the blog dedicated to her and this card drive and find links in the side-bar.

Please take the time over this next week to hop along to other blogs featuring cards for Jaimie, If you can, please do send her a card. If you can't, that's certainly understandable, too, but please do keep her in your prayers.

If you arrived at my blog from Denise's blog then you are hopping along just fine and your next stop is Crissy's blog. If not, then you can go to Katharina's blog to start at the beginning. Be sure to say hello to everyone along the way. I've always loved how the paper-crafting community comes together in times like these.

(I'm not going to get into the details of this card because that's not the reason for the post. I will acknowledge Mo of Digital Pencil Too for the Karate girl image)

Digital Delights by Louby Loo new Design Team member

Finally! I get to announce that Digital Delights by Louby Loo has added another team member... the super talented Faith Skrdla. Pop over to Digital Delights right now to read a bit about her and see an amazing sample of her work! You won't be sorry. You can check out Faith's other work at her blog.

Faith we are thrilled to have you!

New Releases of Louby Loo at Clear Dollar Stamps!

Yay... it's the first of the month and that means new releases at Clear Dollar Stamps.
Louby Loo has this adorable "Just Chillin'" set! How cute! Bears and Penguins chillin'!! Brrrrr!




My sample for this set is this ornament shaped card featuring the adorable little penguin and the North Pole sign. I cut the snowflake on my Cricut and then fixed microbeads to it, then outlined in stickles. The red background is stamped with silver snowflakes from this set and heat embossed. I then covered the entire red circle with Versadazzle and heat embossed the whole thing with clear embossing powder. The snow on the sign and the fur on the penguin's hat is white embossing powder.

Don't forget my earlier posts this week for Just Chillin...
and the other new release for today.... Billy and Maggie Carolers...


Be sure to stop over at Clear Dollar Stamps Blog to see all the new releases for this month. You will be glad you did!!!

Materials:
Image: CDS Louby Loo
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Versafine, Versamark Dazzle, Colorbox Gold
Coloring: Tombow Markers
Misc: Cricut, Microbeads, Stickles

Bismark!

Just a quick post today. Felt like making a card that wasn't for a DT or a challenge. One that I did just because I liked the image. This is another of Mo's Digital Pencil Too images called Bismark!






Image is colored with Copics. Bow is Shimmerz and hat trims are Fun Flock. Scrolls are cut on Cricut.

Gift Tin for small gift or gift card....

I wanted to use these Angel's Landing designs again and decided this time to put them on a 'candy tin' . These are from the Ho Ho Hollydays set. This tin can be used for a gift card, a small gift or candy. Though I bought this tin empty, it's very similar to the Altoids tins we are familiar with except this is deeper. I covered it with a couple of layers of cardstock that I stamped with gold snowflakes and heat embossed, then covering the entire red area with Versamark Dazzle ink and heat embossing the whole thing. I then added a Cricut cut holly shape, colored with Copics and embellished with a few dew drops, also colored with Copics. The image was printed and colored with Copics then attached to the lid, raised a bit off the surface.

The inside top has a layer of paper with die cut and stenciled snowflakes. The inside bottom has a piece of fun-foam.


Be sure to check out my other post for today... click pic..

Materials:
Images: Angel's Landing
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Versamark Dazzle, Colorbox Silver
Other: Cricut, Stickles, Dew Drops

Louby Loo's Just Chillin at Clear Dollar Stamps!

Today I have another sample from the new line at Clear Dollar Stamps by Louby Loo. This set is called Just Chillin' and I took the snowman sledding on a wreath to make this card. The sentiment, one of many in the set, says You Slid Into My Life and Warmed My Heart! I bet you can think of several paper-crafting and online friends you could send that to!

The main image was stamped and heat embossed then colored with watercolor markers. I cut it out and attached it to the card front, lifted a little off the main card for depth.

I used Core'dinations paper for the green and blue layers, embossing the blue with a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, lightly sanding to reveal the core color. The white cardstock was embossed with a swirls Cuttlebug folder and then a few areas of glitter added. I stitched the edges and added a few white snowflake buttons. Sentiment was stamped with embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Hop over to Louby Loo's blog and Clear Dollar Stamps blog to check out other previews of this and other fabulous new releases!

Be sure to check out my other post for today... click pic...

Materials:
Image: Clear Dollar Stamps Louby Loo Just Chillin
Paper: Core'dinations
Ink: Versafine, Versamark
Color: Tombow markers
Misc: Glitter on white acrylic paint, Sewing Machine, White Embossing powder, Clear Embossing powder, Snowflakes,

Friday Freebie time at Digital Delights by Louby Loo

Oh my gosh! How cute is this Digital Delights by Louby Loo freebie??!!! I wish I had found the time to create with it for you today!!

Do me a favor... go snatch it and this time you create with it for me!! You can download your copy at SNR and PCP . Make something fun and run back to SNR and PCP and share it with us!!

Clear Dollar Stamps and Louby Loo preview

Check out these cute images from a new release coming on Sunday from Clear Dollar Stamps. The whole set is awesome - I chose to work with the little dog and cat for some gift tags.

I cut the tags out on my Cricut machine, dry embossed the top layer and inked with gold ink, then some gold stitching around the edges. The images are watercolored with Tombow markers with the bows being colored with Sakura Gelly Roll pens and stickles. The Snowflakes are also Cricut cut and stickled.



Hop over to Wendy's blog to see where else you can find more previews of this Billy and Maggie Carolers set and then hop over to Clear Dollar Stamp blog to see previews of other releases to come.

Materials:
Paper: DCWV
Inks: Versafine, Colorbox Gold
Coloring: Tombows, Sakura Gelly Rolls
Other: Stickles, Cricut, Cuttlebug folder, Ribbon

New Sketch at Delightful Sketches

Look at this great sketch new this week at Delightful Sketches! You know you want to join in.

Enter this sketch for a chance to win a spot as Guest Designer at Digital Delights or a gift certificate for $15.00 from Embellish IT! Come join us! We'd love to see you there!
Remember my card from yesterday..... I used this sketch to create it.

Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot Be Inspired #55

This week at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot we are fortunate enough to add My Favorite Things to our sponsors! Here I used a stamp from MFT of a rather large dog and a rather small boy!

The image is stamped, heat embossed and watercolored with Tombow markers. It's then cut out and attached to a panel of Core'dinations cardstock, dry embossed with the Cuttlebug Houndstooth folder (very appropriate, I think). For visual and texture elements, I added a couple of other panels of cardstock, dry embossed with different Cuttlebug folders. All dry embossing was lightly sanded to reveal the inner color of the Core'dinations cardstock.

I added buttons, round in 3 sizes and a dog bone shaped, as embellishments. The round buttons were clear and the dog bone was white until I colored them with a Copic marker. The word Friends is cut on my Cricut.

Be sure to stop over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see other great samples using My Favorite Things product!

Be sure to check out my other post for today...click on pic...

Materials:
Image: My Favorite Things
Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Coredinations
Ink: Versafine
Color: Tombow markers
Other: Cuttlebug machine/folders, Cricut machine, buttons, Sewing machine

New Releases at Digital Delights

Digital Delights has just released a fabulous new Holiday set for you to create with! For my sample I used Bonnie, sitting on a big package in front of the tree... maybe a big package of Copics?????



The image is colored with Copics and then an extra image with Bonnie is cut out to layer for a 3D effect. The fur trims on her hat and dress are done with fun flock and glitter. The dew drops in the upper right corner of the image weren't quite as purple as I needed so I colored them with a Copic.

There are so many super images in the new releases you need to hop over to Digital Delights and check them out, as well as the other Designer's blogs (links in left side-bar, scroll down).

Be sure to check my other post for today ... click on pic...

Materials:
Paper: Bazzill, DCWV
Image: Digital Delights by Louby Loo
Ink/Color: Copics
Misc: Sewing Machine, Dew Drops, Cuttlebug, die cut scrolls.