Createful Heart Digis & Designs Challenge #7/Blog Hop 2017

Hello and welcome to my blog! I want to share with you the first ever Createful Heart Digis & Designs Blog Hop November 30th-December 13th, 2017! I'm so glad you decided to drop in! I hope that you'll not only join in on the Blog Hop, but also the current Challenge #7! Just post your entries at the Createful Heart Digis & Designs Challenge Blog! The theme for this challenge/blog hop is CHRISTMAS.

Each Challenge has an Overall Winner and Top 3. But wait! There's more! There's a Blog Hop Door Prize Winner! The winner will receive a 20% Coupon toward any digi purchase of $10 or more in the Createful Heart's Etsy Store.

In order to win, here are some simple rules to follow to be eligible for the Blog Hop Door Prize:

1. You MUST leave a comment on each of the Design Team’s blog, including the Createful Heart Blog (www.createfulheartcards.blogspot.co...)
2. You MUST follow the CHDD blog
3. Winner will be announced on the next Challenge, #8 and also on our Facebook Page: Createful Heart Digis & Designs (link HERE)
4. If you’re a winner, please contact Mary Smith, owner/creator

The Date of this Blog Hop will run with the duration of the current Challenge, November 30th through December 13th, 2017. Now here is the list of our Design Team Members for you to “hop on over to”!

Mary Smith - Owner/Creator of Createful Heart Digis & Designs https://createfulheartcards.blogspot.com/...

Jeanie Ellis - Scrapbookingmamaw  https://scrapbookingmamaw.blogspot.com/...

Kimberly Pate https://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/...

Judy Markowitz (You are here)

Gail Hutchinson - https://hutcho53.blogspot.com/2017/...

Geneva Ellis

Jana Forrest - https://havecolorsbehappy.blogspot.com/...

NanaConnie https://mygrammysattic.blogspot.com/...

IF YOU GET LOST, JUST COME BACK HERE! :)

Now let me show you what I created for Challenge #7/Blog Hop!

This adorable image is called It's A Wrap (Hettie Hedge Hog) Christmas stamp and you can find it here. This adorable image has been colored in with Copics. Such a fun image to play with!

Okay, there you have it friends! Be sure to hop around and also get your Christmas card entered into the challenge! Have fun with it!

 

I can't wait to see what you create!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy

Challenge #151 ~ Crafty Gals Corner Challenge-To Die For

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #151 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 
Check it out! We have an awesome sponsor this week! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog.  
Our sponsor this week is:

Sparkle N Sprinkle

Prize: $15 Gift Certificate

 

My project this week features an image by Sparkle N Sprinkle called "Beautiful Friendship 665B". This image is so versatile! I love that you can add a sentiment and literally use this on almost any card!

So we would love for you to play along! Remember this weeks' challenge is Anything Goes, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on December 5th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!
 

Hugs!

Judy

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #147-Charlotte's "Anything Goes" Challenge

Welcome to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge! And this week it is Anything Goes!

If you are like me then you are probably working on those lists of holiday things you need to do, want to do, would love to do if you could get to it, you know the story. What you may not know is that two of my favorite people to craft with are my daughters, Ally and Sammy. Ally was kind enough to give her "old Mom" a bit of Crafty Time. She actually got to be the idea person behind these adorable Hanukkah holiday tags for her cousins. She was in charge of coloring and stamping and tieing and attaching, and well I was the pretty assistant! To be perfectly honest she is actually quite an amazing artist in her own right and I love learning from her!

This week we are playing with two sets from Kindred Stamps called Bears With Feelings and Hanukkah Stamp Sets. These images are colored in with Zig Clean Color Markers. The dies are from Craftin Desert Divas and the set we used this week is called  Fancy Stitched Label Dies.

Here are the fronts:

 

 

And here are some of the backs:

Make sure you head to the Watercooler Wednesday Blog and check out all the amazing samples the Design Team has for you and do play along with us!  For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking here.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, December 4th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time to link your project.

 

 

So remember it is Anything Goes and what better time than to share those projects you are working on to get ready for the holidays! We would love to see what you are up to!  Come on over to the blog, take a few minutes this week, play along and enter! I look forward to seeing what you create! And of course, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Judy

Holiday Image Sheets With Craft Fantastic

Today I want to bring to you a closer look at the new Holiday Image Sheets. There are two, one for All Jewelers Sizes and one for Mini and Small Glass Sizes. When you use Craft Fantastics amazing Jewelers Glass with our Glaze and Glue, the images tend to become more crystal clear and even magnified a bit. This really makes those holiday images jump off the Image Sheet!

Take a look at what these look like once I have applied Glaze and Glue and used our Jewelers Glass. I do apologize for a bit of glare in these photos. Please forgive me!

I really love how these images pop!

I can't wait to see what you come up with! And the new Holiday Image sheets are a great place to start!

Hugs,

Judy

Challenge #150 ~ Crafty Gals Corner Challenge-To Die For

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #150 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 

Check it out! We have some awesome sponsors this week! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog.  
Our sponsors this week are:

Scrap N Dipity

Prize: 3 Digital Images

SheepSki Designs
Prize: 3 Digital Images

  
  
  My project this week features an image by Scrap N Dippity called "Baby Panda". This image is super cute! I actually made two of them and flipped one so that they were facing each other. Definitely check out their images. You will be happy you did! I really focused on using dies and used foam tape to pop up these cutie pies.

 

So we would love for you to play along! Remember this weeks' challenge is to use Dies, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on November 28th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

Hugs!

Judy

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #146-Kath's "All About Christmas" Challenge

Welcome to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge!And this week it is A Christmas Challenge! This week I am playing with an adorable image from Kraftin Kimmie called Holiday Daddy-O. This image is colored in with Copics. The dies are from Craftin Desert Divas and the set I used this week is called  Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies. I love how this turned out with a bit of a vintage feel!

 

Make sure you head to the Watercooler Wednesday Blog and check out all the amazing samples the Design Team has for you and do play along with us!  For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking here.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, November 27th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time to link your project.

 

So remember it is All About Christmas and what better time than to get those cards ready for the holidays! And while you are at it,  share with us! We would love to see what you are up to!  Come on over to the blog, take a few minutes this week, play along and enter! I look forward to seeing what you create! And of course, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Judy

Sharing Today On Craftin Desert Divas for the CDD Monthly Mood Board Challenge

Hi Everyone! I am sharing with you all this adorable Chilly Time Digital in a Box Card! I adore this new digi set. What could be more fun than PENGUINS IN THE SNOW!!!!

You can find this adorable digi here!
I also used this Box Card Die set, Harvest Border Die set and Fall Border Die set and I needed a bit of a snow hill die so I trimmed down one of the border dies that had trees and house and cemetary stones and once trimmed became a snowy hill.
I must say I really love the Craftin Desert Divas Dies! They cut beautifully and are super versatile!

So play along with us on the Craftin Desert Divas Monthly Mood Board Challenge. Be sure to use the tag #cddmonthly so we can see what you create!

So check out the Monthly Mood Board Challenge at Craftin Desert Divas. I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs,

Judy

Have You Checked Out The Craftin Desert Divas November Release Yet?

Hi All! I wanted to share with you all this fun project with the Chilly Time new digi and the Scribble Snowflake Die! OMG this release is so fun!!!!!!!

I have also used Fall Border Dies and Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies. The background was done with Distress Oxides and the penguins were colored with Copics.

 

Make sure you head over to the Craftin Desert Divas New Release Event which can be found by clicking here!

Challenge #149 ~ Crafty Gals Corner Challenge-Thankful

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #149 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 

Check it out! We have some awesome sponsors this week! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog. 

Our sponsors this week are:

All Dressed Up

Prize: 2 Digital Images

Rick St. Dennis 
Prize: 2 Digital Images

 

My project this week features an image by Rick St. Dennis called called "Country Lane Scene ". This image is really gorgeous and so much fun to color up! Definitely check out their images. You will be happy you did! And for this week's theme of Thankful I have added a sentiment stamp which says, "Thankful for you". I love the feel of the metallic die cut frame with this image too!

 

So we would love for you to play along! Remember this weeks' challenge is Thankful, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on November 21st to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

Hugs!

Judy

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #145-Judy's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Welcome to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge! I am your host this week and it is Anything Goes with a masculine twist! This week I am playing with an adorable image from Craftin Desert Divas called Timber. This image is colored in with Copics. The dies are also from Craftin Desert Divas and the sets I used are called Fall Border Dies and Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies. Definitely a super fun image to color up!

 

Make sure you head to the Watercooler Wednesday Blog and check out all the amazing samples the Design Team has for you and do play along with us!  For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking here.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, November 20th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time to link your project.

 

So remember it is Anything Goes with a Masculine twist, so share with us! We would love to see what you are up to!  Come on over to the blog, take a few minutes this week, play along and enter! I look forward to seeing what you create! And of course, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Judy

It Is Time For Challenge #6 At Createful Heart Design And Digis!

It is time for Challenge #6 and it is Anything Goes! Please be sure to read the rules for the challenge and come play! You can find all the details on the blog here. Mary's images are really amazing and so much fun to play with!

I got to play with this adorable image called Northern Saw-whet Owl  and you can find it along with many other amazing images at the Createful Hearts Store here.  This image was colored using Copic markers.

Come join me and the amazing Design Team and check out this Blog Challenge for Createful Heart! And please be sure to spread the word! And if you're on Facebook and use one of Mary's images, please share it with us on the Creative Heart Digis & Design Facebook page!

I can't wait to see what you create for this new challenge!

Hugs,

Judy

Getting to work on those holiday gifts!

Hi Everyone! Are you starting to think holiday presents? I am! So today I am bringing you our Retro Posh Bracelet kit. What I love about this bracelet is the many possibilities! The size of the glass in this bracelet gives you a lot of space to work with. You will also need Craft Fantastic Glaze & Glue and Jewelers Sticky Dots.

Now several months ago I was away with my husband and I can't resist going in to paper stores, craft stores, etc. and I happened on a paper specialty store, where I found this really beautiful paper. It was sold in large sheets and was called "Fine Paper" and was in a section that appeared to really be sort of a wrapping paper type section, but it was imported from Asia and is this really beautiful paper that had gold through it, and there were a number of different ones to choose from. Well this is one of those papers. What I really love about it is that you can position your glass on different parts of the paper and get different images. So here is a small piece and you can see I have placed my glass in different ways and color areas to give my bracelet variety.

To get started you will use your Craft Fantastic Glaze & Glue on the back of the glass ovals that come in the Retro Posh Bracelet Kit and glue on to the paper as usual. make sure to use a qtip to clean up any glue that seeps out at the edges. Trim around with a scissor once the glue is dry, trimming at a 45 degree angle so you can get a clean edge.

Now because this glass is pretty large I would suggest using two jewelers sticky dots as I am showing here.

Peel off the orange side of the sticky dots and adhere your finished jewelers glass to complete your project. Here I am showing you the completed bracelet. You can see how the jewelers glass amplifies the gold that is in the paper!

So take a look at your specialty papers and see what wonderful images you can find!

 

I can't wait to see what you create!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy

Challenge #148 ~ Crafty Gals Corner Challenge-Ribbons and Lace

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #147 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 

Check it out! We have an awesome sponsor this week! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog. 

Our sponsor this week is:

 

Fabrika Fantasy

Prize: 3 digital images

  

My project this week features an image by Fabrika Fantasy called "Wonderful Meeting". I really adore this image as I am having so much fun coloring all kinds of animals! This image is really gorgeous and so much fun to color up! Definitely check out their images. You will be happy you did! And you can see where I have added my ribbon and I went with Eyelet Laceish as one of my layers...and also the die I used was a lace pattern as you can see framing the image.

So we would love for you to play along! Remember this weeks' challenge is Ribbons and Lace, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on November 14th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

Hugs!

Judy

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #144-Penny's "All About Birthdays" Challenge

Welcome to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge! It Is an Anything Goes Challenge with a birthday twist.This week I decided to play with a pretty new set from Stamps Of Life called Pear 2Stamp. I colored the pear and leaves with Copics and also used the die set that matches along with one of the die sets that make doing these flip cards so fun.

 

Make sure you head to the Watercooler Wednesday Blog and check out all the amazing samples the Design Team has for you and do play along with us!  For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge by clicking here.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, November 13th at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time to link your project.

 

So remember it is Anything Goes with a Birthday theme, so share with us! We would love to see what you are up to!  Come on over to the blog, take a few minutes this week, play along and enter! I look forward to seeing what you create! And of course, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Hugs,

Judy

November Mood Board Goes Great With A Cup Of Coffee

Hi All! Today I am sharing this adorable project for the November Mood Board Challenge over at Craftin Desert Divas! Check out this amazing board! Don't you love all the colors?

Here I have used this adorable digital stamp called Coffee & Donut Bear, and colored him up with Copics. I then used Fancy Frame Dies to put this card together. A fun CAS card!

So check out the Monthly Mood Board Challenge at Craftin Desert Divas. I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs,

Judy

Another Share For The Mood Board!

Hi Everyone! Here is another project for the November Mood Board Challenge for Craftin Desert Divas. For this project I used Fancy Frame Dies, Holiday Border Dies, Sending Die, and Sending Sentiments Stamp Set.

I really love how this project turned out. I hope you are inspired to check out the November Mood Board Challenge and can't wait to see what you create! Be sure to add the hashtag #cddmonthly so we can see! Here is the mood board for you to check out!

 

 

As always, thanks for stopping by!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy

November Craftin Desert Divas Mood Board Window Pane Card

Hi Everyone! I want to share with you this window card I made for the Craftin Desert Divas November Mood Board Challenge. I have used digital stamp images from the Christmas Eve Digital Stamp Set. I used an acetate behind the window that I added snow to by using Snowflake Flurries Stencil and dies from three different sets, Fancy Frames Dies, Holiday Border Dies, and Window Pane Dies.

I really love how this project turned out. I hope you are inspired to check out the November Mood Board Challenge and can't wait to see what you create! Be sure to add the hashtag #cddmonthly so we can see! Here is the mood board for you to check out!

 

 

As always, thanks for stopping by!

 

Hugs,

 

Judy

Challenge #147 ~ Crafty Gals Corner Challenge-Harvest Colors

Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #147 with the Crafty Gals Corner! 

Check it out! We have an awesome sponsor this week! Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog. 

Our sponsor this week is:

Morgan's Art World

Prize: 3 Digital Images

 

My project this week features an image by Morgan's Art World called "Wild 2". I really adore this image as I am having so much fun coloring all kinds of animals! This image really gives you both direction as well as freedom to create whatever details you choose. Definitely check out their images. You will be happy you did!I used Copics on the image as well as square stitched dies from Stamps Of Life and flowers with bling from Queen & Company.

So we would love for you to play along! Remember this weeks' challenge is Harvest Colors, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win this week's prizes! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on November 7th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

 

Hugs!

Judy