Thankful For Vegans!

 This card was made for this month's Give Thanks and/or Thanksgiving challenge at Creatalicious Challenges using Thanksgiving Turkey Die Set by Echo Park Paper Co.

I had fun blending inks (turkey) and using rubbing alcohol (leaves).  I added some ribbon across the lower center.  I used an embossing folder on the white sheet.  I used a shimmer brush on the purple of the turkey.  I created the sentiment myself.  My final and funnest touch?  Those Googly Eyes!

Thanks for looking!

613 Avenue Create (UP TO 3 ENTRIES)– ATG w/opt. Give Thanks

Make My Monday – Wild Animals

Simon Says Stamp Monday – Thanks/Thanksgiving

A Place To Start - ATG AND/OR Sentiments of Thanks

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) – Thanks/Thanksgiving

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  ALWAYS anything goes  

Fab’n Funky – Autumn/Halloween

Moving Along With The Times (up to 5 entries)– Sparkle

Ellibelle’s – I spy with my little eye…COLORS of the SEASON

Winter Beauty

 This is another image I created using AI.  I added some shimmer to the snowy trees and along the sides of the river.  I added a snowflake charm and made a bow.

To create the image I used Microsoft Bing Image Creator.  The Prompt used was "beautiful winter scene with snow covered evergreens red and pink poinsettias a beautiful deer walking by the frozen river trees icicles on the tree branches and iridescent white clouds in detailed oil paint style".

I will share this image and 3 others with you so that you can create something beautiful too!  Please do not sell the image!!  Feel free to sell whatever crafty item you make with it though!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (UP TO 3 ENTRIES) – ATG 

Make My Monday – Wild Animals

Creative Moments  – atg and/or  Winter

Unicorn Challenge Blog – Christmas and/or Winter

Sisterhood Of Crafters (no more than 3 entries) – Landscapes

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  ALWAYS anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner (up to 2 entries) – ATG  w/opt 3+ Layers

Digi Choosday – ATG

Moving Along With The Times (up to 5 entries)– Sparkle

As You Like It – Fav. Embellishment (and why?) - ribbon/twine because it can add depth and texture to any craft item, it can also cover up mistakes.

Farm Quest Challenge – Frozen Pond or Creek

Allsorts Challenge Blog (max of 3 entries) – ATG or Christmas

Crafty Animals - Anything featuring an animal

Daisy Chain Challenges – Winter/Christmas

Sparkles Christmas (up to 5 entries)– Snowflakes

Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round (MONTHLY)– Reindeer, deer or moose

An Unusual Christmas Card

 Well, It's not quite Thanksgiving and I'm about done making Christmas cards.  There is a challenge blog that perked my interest a bit (well, obviously more than a bit) and made me think about a Centaur Christmas card, The Fairy and the Unicorn Challenge Blog.  I had exactly zero centaur images in my stamp collection or digital stamp libraries.  Thanks to AI I was able to create my own.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of the ones I did make.  I have one left after the holiday bazaar I did Friday and Saturday.  I will share the images I created with you.  The image itself is not for resale; however, you are more than welcome to make something with it too if you want (you can sell that).  By the way, I don't think AI really likes to do centaur images, it came up with all sorts of interesting things.  LOL  AI also has an issue with spelling words correctly, even when you put it in quotes.  Between those two issues, I only came up with a couple of images.

For this card I used some silver stars from Stamp'in Up.  The Designer paper was from CTMH (now part of Stamp'in Up), the silver adhesive starts are also from Stamp'in Up.  I used the Twinkling Stars embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp on the solid blue cardstock.  I tied a bow using white ribbon and my Bow-It-All.

Here are the images I created.  

Again, I reiterate:  The image itself is not for resale; however, you are more than welcome to make something with it too if you want (you can sell that).

The other options were Minotaur or Faun images.  I gave those a try too.  Here is what AI came up with.  Some of these were VERY WEIRD.  LOL  

This one made me laugh.  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge:  Fantasy, Mythical and/or Mystical w/Centaur, Minotaur and/or Faun

Unicorn Challenge Blog – Christmas and/or Winter

The Crafter’s Café Challenge Blog (up to 5 entries – only 10 challenges) – Atg w/opt. Fantasy

Aud Sentiments Challenge – Glitter and/or Christmas + a Sentiment

Allsorts Challenge Blog (max of 3 entries) – ATG or Christmas

Daisy Chain Challenges – Winter/Christmas

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (enter up to 10 challenges) – C is for Critters (A Centaur is a critter...right???)

Make My Monday – Wild Animals

Ellibelle’s – ATG 

Crafty Calendar Challenge (up to 3 entries) – ATG 

Winter Hello

 This card was made for this month's "Make Your Own Background/Winter" challenge at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Blog.  I used two background dies in the upper part of the card.  Then I added the train found on Cricut.  The Penguin is from an older retired Christmas set from CTMH, I put him on a wobble, so he moves.  The Santa and Pole are from Jan's Digi Stamps, called Santa's Jalopy.  

I created the background paper using inks, alcohol, and sprays.  I also drew on the road and the tracks.

Thanks for looking!

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) – ATG

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  ALWAYS anything goes  

Creative Fingers (3 entries)– ATG

In the Garden

 I have been playing with creating AI images. I created these specifically for this month's challenge over at Beautiful Blossoms Challenges.  I will share them with you.  Feel free to create whatever you want with it, just please, do not sell the image I created.  

Thanks for looking!

Beautiful Blossoms – Anything Flowers goes or opt. color theme 

A Perfect Time To Craft- ATG 

 Crafts Galore Encore (3 ENTRIES)– always ATG   

Crafty Animals - Anything featuring an animal

C.R.A.F.T challenge (up to 2 entries) – ATG

Moving Along With The Times (up to 5 entries)– Autumnal Colors

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  ALWAYS anything goes  

 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (UP TO 3 ENTRIES) – ATG 

Hi There

 This was made using an embossing folder and some stencils from Altenew.  Pretty huh?  This set is called Daisies.  I got the bundle.  You can get just the embossing folder or just the stencils if you wished.  I picked colors that best matched their current challenge HERE.

I did use word dies that I had from CTMH (no longer in business), and I added some gems.  Other than that, this is relatively CAS.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Altenew Inspiration Challenge - see pic above

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (UP TO 3 ENTRIES) – ATG 

A Place To Start - ATG AND/OR Use the color Pink

Little Red Wagon – Emboss It

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  ALWAYS anything goes  

Creative Fingers (3 entries)– ATG

A Perfect Time To Craft- ATG 

Beautiful Blossoms – Anything Flowers goes or opt. color theme 

Playing With AI images

 So, as of late, I've been playing with AI in Bing (totally free).  I'm not quite sure why I was so afraid of it.  LOL

I decided to create some fun images for Christmas cards.  I've tried keeping them a standard size and "flat", meaning nothing that would make them "hand metered" to cost more for shipping.  I created these 5 images and cards, I will share the images as a freebie for you, please, do not sell the image, however, you're welcome to sell what you make using the images.  

Sparkles Christmas (up to 5 entries)– The word Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge – Christmas U for Unusual Colors & V is for Velvet

Little Red Wagon – Emboss It

Crafty Animals - Anything featuring an animal 

Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round (MONTHLY)– Snowmen

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) – Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and checking out what I made!

Sesame Street Happy Halloween

 These fun images are from a Cricut cartridge I came across at a thrift store, it had never been used.  I made this for this month's Halloween and/or use black & Purple challenge at Creatalicious Challenges.  The digi paper is from Bearly Mine.

Thanks for looking!

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (UP TO 3 ENTRIES) – ATG 

Make My Monday – Kid Friendly Card

Crafting Happiness Challenges (2 entries per challenge) – Costumes

Unicorn Challenge Blog – Autumn and/or Halloween

Shopping our stash (up to 13 total challnges)–  Halloween

Little Red Wagon – Halloween

The Paper Shelter (enter up to 3 times, one must use a TPS image) – Halloween colors

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) – Halloween/Spooky

Sisterhood Of Crafters (no more than 3 entries) – Orange, Black and/or Purple

Simply Create Too – Halloween/Halloween Colors

Daisy Chain Challenges – Autumn and/or Halloween

Floral Sympathy Card

 This card was made using two different stamp/die sets from Altenew:  Radiating Beauty and Build-A-Flower Fashion Monger Dahlia.

I used an older lace edge embossing folder on the bottom and left side of the card.    The sentiment idea came from the "What to Write in a Synmpathy Card", also from Altenew.  It's nice they give you sentiment ideas!  I used "Freestyle Script" at the size of 36.

I added pink and purple gems to the upper right corner of the card and yellow gems to the center of the two flowers.

Thank you for looking!

Altenew Inspiration Challenge - 

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  ALWAYS anything goes  

Fab’n Funky – gems and/or pearls

A Perfect Time To Craft- ATG 

Beautiful Blossoms – Anything Flowers Goes 

With Love And Gratitude

Time for another challenge over at Incy Wincy Designs!  This time the challenge is "Autumn and/or More than one fold".

I went with Autumn.  This card was made using elements from one of the past Stamp'in UP Paper Pumpkin Sets (the actual pumpkins/gourds, the gold leaves and the flag/sentiment) and a whole lotta leaf dies.  I used some orange spray on one side of the card and added some sequins.

Thanks for looking!

Classic Design Challenge Blog – ATG and/or Autumn/Fall

Unicorn Challenge Blog – Autumn and/or Halloween

Papercraft Challenges – Fall

Shopping our stash (up to 13 total challnges)–  Leaves

Moving Along With The Times (up to 5 entries)– Autumnal Colors

Beautiful Blossoms – Anything Flowers Goes w opt.