Reindeer Friendship

Do come on ove4r and join in with the fun at Creatalicious this time, our theme is ATG with an option to use Traditional Christmas colours which as you can see is my choice. Please play along HERE

RECIPE

Image from one of our wonderful sponsors Art By Miran and I used Reindeer Friendship, coloured with markers and pencils, I printed onto a BG
Dps are Simply Creative
Flower, sentiment and leaves from stash

CHALLENGES 

1. Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E (must contain hand coloring) - Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Sunny Day Crafting - W - #22 Anything Goes 
4. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
5. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
6. Creative Fingers -  2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.121 - (W1 of 2)
7. Polkadoodles - W, C10 – No.47 - Anything Goes
8. 4 Crafty Chicks W #326 Winter Wonderland
9. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #169 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
10. Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes

A tale of two snowmen!

May I present Snowman - scarf  and Snowman - Santa two new images from Digistamps For Joy this week and they are super cute! I loved using both!

RECIPE

Images called  Snowman - scarf  and Snowman - Santa from  Digistamps For Joy  coloured with markers and pencils
Top card has a embossed CS hi lighted with Gilding Polish
TH poinsettia die
Craftwork bow
2nd card has Be Creative Dp's
Rub on sentiment 
Snowflakes and gems from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
4. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming
5. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
6. Christmas Card Challenges - W, must be Christmas/Winter THEME IS OPTIONAL- #49 Color Challenge

Selena Snow

Another of the fabulous new releases at Art ByMiran  called Selena Snow, So truly pretty!

RECIPE

Image called Selena Snow from  Art ByMiran  printed onto a red BG and colured with markers and pens
First Edition Dp's
Gold holo strips
Holly border punch
Pine leaves punch

CHALLENGES

1. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
4. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
5. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming 
6. Christmas Card Challenges - W, must be Christmas/Winter THEME IS OPTIONAL- #49 Color Challenge
7. Sunny Day Crafting -  Anything Goes 

'Smell like First Snow of the Winter'

This is a stunning new release from The East Wind and she is called 'Smell like First Snow of the Winter', now we have not had that where I live yet and with a long commute I hope it stays like that!

RECIPE

Image from The East Wind called 'Smell like First Snow printed onto a blue BG and coloured with pencils and markers
Bobbin shaped card
Pebbles Dp
Charms and snowflake from stash
Craftwork paper bow
Spellbinder oval frame die

CHALLENGES

1. Allsorts  Anything Christmas
2. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
3. Scrap From Your Heart Christmas
4. Challenge Up Your Life  Snowflakes
5. Sunny Day Crafting -  Anything Goes 
6. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
7. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
8. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M, P1) - Always Anything Christmas Goes
9. Let's Color Saturday Linky Party 
10. Sweet Stampin W, 2E  Got The Blues 
11. Brown Sugar –  Anything Goes
12. Winter Wonderland – Poinsettias or Snow is Falling

Elfie Elizabeth

Another wonderful  image from  Art by Miran and I could not resist creating with her!!

RECIPE

Image from  Art by Miran called Elfie Elizabeth
 printed onto a BG and then coloured with markers and pencils
Dp's are First Edition
Poinsettia die
Sentiment and gems from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
2. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First
3. Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
4. Scrap From Your Heart (M, P1, 5E, C10) #3 - Christmas
5. Christmas Card Challenges - W, - #49 Color Challenge
6. Challenge Up Your Life  Snowflakes
7. Sunny Day Crafting -  Anything Goes 
8. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First

Exotic flowers

Black Friday?? I think not on my blog. This is so colourful and happy, I just love it. And if you adore colouring this is perfect for you.

RECIPE

Image by Julia Spiri  called Exotic flowers, coloured with markers and pencils
K & Co Dp
Gems and banner from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Sunny Day Crafting - W - #22 Anything Goes 
4. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
5. Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
6. Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, #45 Use Flowers
7. Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  November -  Anything Goes 
8. Sweet Stampin W, 2E  Happy Birthday
9. The Pencil Case 2W, E2  #33 Anything Goes 

Snowman - waistcoat

Over at Creative Moments they are having a new challenge, everyones favourite ATG!! Yay! I used a recent release from DigistampsFor Joy called Snowman - waistcoat as they are kindly sponsoring this challenge for my GD spot!

RECIPE

Image called Snowman - waistcoat from DigistampsFor Joy printed onto a BG and coloured with pencils and markers
I used Gilding polish on the snowflake embossed card and the snowglobe card
Craft Stash poinsettia die
Christmas sentiment
Gem from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
2. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming
3. Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) November - Anything Goes
4. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M, P1) - Always Anything Christmas Goes
5. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
6. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
7. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
8. DL.Art Linky Challenge (M, P1, F, enter once per day, winners 2nd Saturday) Always Anything Goes
9. Scrap From Your Heart (M, P1, 5E, C10) #3 - Christmas

Aurora 'Flower Garden'

May I share with you the utterly gorgeous Aurora 'Flower Garden'  what a stunner

RECIPE

Image called Aurora 'Flower Garden' from TheEast Wind  coloured with markers and pencils
Kanban Dp
Inticutz die cuts
Pearls and sentiment from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 225 - Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #168 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
4. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
5. Polkadoodles - W, C10 – No.46 - Anything Goes
6. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
7. Sunny Day Crafting - W - #22 Anything Goes

Woman

I want to share this card Imade with a Molly Harrison image today, these are such a joy to colour. I lose myself inside every one of them.

RECIPE

Image from a Molly harrison colouring book, cards are allowed in the T's and C's, coloured with pencils
Basic Gre Dp
Border die
SU sentiment stamp
Gems and ribbon from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
2. Inspiration Destination  - Anything Goes
3. Anything Goes link-up - November - Anything Goes
4. DL.Art Linky Challenge  Always Anything Goes
5. 613 Avenue Create - M  Any Craft Accepted
6. Addicted to Stamps 2W, winner  #136 Die Cuts and/or Punches + a Stamp 
7. Dragonfly Dreams - M, Winner + Top Picks – Autumnal Colors!
8. One Stitch At A Time -  #275 Autumn Colors  
9. The Ribbon Girls - 2W, Winner(s) - Use Any Image 
10. A Gem of a Challenge  2W  #182 - Use Ribbon and Bling 

Desi

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, this is such a cute digi, what a sweet face she has.

RECIPE

Image from  Art by Miran  called Desi coloured with markers and pencils
Leanne & Lim die
Cardinal, pine sprig, oval, poinsettia and deer dies
First Edition Dp
CC sentiment

CHALLENGES

1. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
2. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming
3. Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
4. Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) November - Anything Goes
5. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M, P1) - Always Anything Christmas Goes
6. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
7. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
8. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
9. DL.Art Linky Challenge (M, P1, F, enter once per day, winners 2nd Saturday) Always Anything Goes
10. Scrap From Your Heart (M, P1, 5E, C10) #3 - Christmas

Winter Wendy

Yet another wonderful rubber stamp release from Whimsy Stamps drawn by our own Miran, she is such a pretty thing. I am saving this for a close family member.

RECIPE

Rubber stamp Winter wendy from Whimsy Stamps coloured with markers and pencils and overlayed with a snowy acetate
Dp by DO
Craftwork sentiment
Flower punch and embosser
Gems from stash

CHALLENGES

1. A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps (M, P1, E3, SIO) November - Christmas
4. Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
5. Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) November - Anything Goes
6. Crafty Awesomeness (M P1, E3, must have coloured image) November - Holiday
7. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M, P1) - Always Anything Christmas Goes
8. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
9. Live & Love Crafts Challenge (M, P1, E1, C10) #53 - White Christmas
10. The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up (M, P1, E3, Christmas cards) #23 - Anything Goes with option of Bingo
11. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
12. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming

'Sun for you'

 So we have an awesome new release over at TheEast Wind and her name is- 'Sun for you', today we have sun but it is bitterly cold so I wish I were her! That gorgeous felling of the sun in your face, I wish!

RECIPE

Image from TheEast Wind called 'Sun for you' coloured with markers and pencils
TH corner die
Enocraft Dp
Bow, gems and tabs from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 225 - Anything Goes
2. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
3. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #168 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
4. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
5. Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - November - Use 2 Colors (excluding black & white)
6. Creative Corner - W, 3E  - Anything Goes
7. Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.165 -  Use Brown, Green & Yellow
8. Polkadoodles - W, C10 – No.46 - Anything Goes

Snow Day

This is a gorgeous rubber stamp from Whimsy Stamps  drawn by our lovely Miran, I just love these sweet images and enjoy colouring them so much!

RECIPE

Snow Day rubber stamp from  Whimsy Stamps coloured with markers and pencils and Stickles added
Dp's are K & Co
Snowflake die
Gems and sentiment from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
2. Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps (M, P1, E3, SIO) November - Christmas
3. Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
4. Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) November - Anything Goes
5. Crafty Awesomeness (M P1, E3, must have coloured image) November - Holiday
6. Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M, P1) - Always Anything Christmas Goes
7. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
8. Live & Love Crafts Challenge (M, P1, E1, C10) #53 - White Christmas
9. The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up (M, P1, E3, Christmas cards) #23 - Anything Goes with option of Bingo
10. Christmas at Sweet Stampers
11. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming

Kiki

Good morning, it's  Jackie C here and it is my turn to host the Artbymiran Blog and today I would like to share a card I made with Kiki, she looks so proud and independant! I was drawn to that kick a** attitude!!

Good morning, It is my Showcase day today for Art By Miran and I chose to work with the lovely Kiki, just because she looks so fun!

RECIPE

Image called Kiki from Art By Miran coloured with markers and pencils
Dp by Sweet Dixie
Word die
Flowers from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #168 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
2. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
3. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
5. The Pencil Case 2W, E2  #32 Anything Goes
6. Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 224 - Anything Goes
7. Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #346 - Anything Goes
8. Morgan's Art World - 2W, E3, - No 23 - (W1 of 2) - Use an Item From Your Stash9everything here is from my stash

Oh So Shapely

Our latest challenge at The East Wind is Make it Shapely! This is open to your interpretation, it could be a shaped card, shapely image etc. Please enter HERE

RECIPE

Hand coloured with pencils image from The East Wind called Aurora ' marilyn ' coloured with pencils
Oval Die cut
Chandelier die cut
leaf die cut
Gem and sentiment from stash

CHALLENGES

• A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything Goes
• Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
• Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) November - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Daisy Chain Challenges (M, P5, E3) #1 Pink for Breast Cancer 
• Happy Little Stampers Dies (M, P9, must use dies) Always Anything Goes with Dies 
• Oddball Art Stamps (M, P15, E3, SIO, Must use a digi stamp) Anything Goes
• Paper Creator's Crafts (M,P1,3E) #53 - Anything Goes
• Stempelsonnen Challenge (2W, P1/15, E3, Hand-colored Stamp as main focus) Always Anything Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge (M, P15, E3, F, must be on DT) Always Anything Goes 

Winter Romance

I love this image whole, but as she has such a cute face i cropped the image as you may see.

RECIPE

Image from TheEast Wind  called  Winter Romance cropped and coloured with Markers and pencils
Dps are First Edition
Hunky Dory sentiment
TH poinsettia die
Rose from stash
Just rite die cut

CHALLENGES

1. Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
2. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
3. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
5. Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 40 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
6. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming
7. Crafty Awesomeness (M P1, E3, must have coloured image) November - Holiday
8. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #168 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
9. C.R.A.F.T. W,5E #389 Winter
10. ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas -   W is for Wishes
11. Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - M, 2E, Anything Goes Christmas
12. Christmas at Sweet Stampers

Christmas stocking

I made this card to celebrate Margy's Digistamps4Joy 12 Days of Christmas Challenge over at FB,  this super digi is only $1 and you still have 3 more days to join in the fun. I look forward to seeing your work. The theme is add bling! The more the merrier! please enter HERE. 
Here is what Margy said -  am sponsoring a 1-day challenge for the 12 Days of Christmas challenge at Markers! Papers! Digi!

The idea is that one purchases the image while at the special price of only $1, colour it in and make up a card, then post the card in the DS4J photo album of the Markers! Papers! Digis! Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…

Prize: (only if 4 entries in total are received for the challenge): 2 free digis from DS4J.
Winner chosen on 17th November.
Theme: ADD BLING - the more the merrier!
Times: 6am Central African Time (CAT) - 1800 CAT
$1 image: Christmas Stocking (as in the logo above).

RECIPE

Image as stated above, printed onto a BG and coloured with pencils

TH poinsettia die

TH corner die

Gems from stash

CHALLENGES 

1. Digistamps4joy 12 days of Christmas Challenge
2. 613 Avenue Create - M (1st Sunday), 8E
3. Angie's Digital Stamps - M, 1st Sunday, 3E, winner & Top Picks - November - Anything Goes with optional twist Anything Goes!
4. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #168 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
5. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
6. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
7. Glitter n Sparkle - W, F - #214 Anything Goes
8. Stamping Sensations - M, 3E, Winner + Top 3, must use stamp (no pre-colored digis) Stamp must be focal point of project – November - Christmas Greetings
9. Imagine That! Creative Playground  M  First Sat SIO  November - Christmas is Coming

Quiet time

Here is my card with the  Digistamps For Joy  Progressive freebie.

I copied their instuctions below for any reader who may want to participate.
Our Facebook Progressive Freebie Challenge (PFC), to run for the whole month of November.

This is how it works:
1. If you made a card for the October PF challenge, you can claim the November challenge image from me by sending an email to info@digistamps4joy.co.za
2. Make a card with this image and post it in this album (not the main group page please). To get it to show up on the main page, please leave a comment under your photo after placing it in the album
3. At the end of the month, I will send out a message to those who entered, and ask you to email me for the next freebie.
4. If you want to participate in our PFC, but missed the October freebie, you may purchase the current month's freebie from the store at a reduced price of only $1 (http://digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=34_37&products_id=1845), and then carry on participating from there onwards. I will not be sending any previous month's free digis out.
5. My Design Team may participate as there is no winner and therefore no prize - just the next month's image "free". 

RECIPE

Image called Quiet time available as stated above from Digistamps For Joy coloured with markers and pencils
Oval and rect. stitched dies
Sue Wilson flower dies
Simply Create Dp's
Bird die
Sentiment from stash

CHALLENGES

1. Aud Sentiments Challenge 2W,E5  #168 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 
2. Inspiration Destination - W, F - Anything Goes
3. Anything Goes link-up (M, P1) - November - Anything Goes
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
5. WordArt Wednesdays - W, 5E , scriptural word art freebie (Week 1 of 2) - Anything Goes 
6. Sunny Day Crafting - W - #22 Anything Goes