Huge celebration!!!

First of all.

A big CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!

You totally deserve it!

In Holley's celebration, Sandra Caldwell graciously put 3 wonderful digis on sale for us to use.

All other details are at Holley's Blog.

The images are on sale for 1.50 each, can't beat that!

I used all three.
'Old Lady Present'

 

'Chorus Line Hippos'

 

'Party Panda'

 

COME JOIN US!

 

 

 

Paper Piecing

OUTLAWZ

Twisted Thursday

OUTLAWZ Challenge Blog  
is always Anything Goes, however there are twists and this weeks Thursday Twist is Paper Piecing.
Artist Sandra Caldwell is sponsoring it.
I have never tried it but after seeing other lovlies, thought I should give it a go and I must admit
I LIKE IT!
I made a card using spell binder dies and the dress form is a framelit called 'Dress Up' by Stampin' Up.
The flowers are a Stampin' Up punch.
My image is from Sandra Caldwell called 'Miss Kitty'.

 

I paper pieced her dress and her flower, I colored her with Copic Markers.

Corrugated Cardboard

Outlaws Twisted Thursday

At Outlaws challenge blog, it is always Anything Goes but this weeks twist for Thursday is 'Corrugated Cardboard' and Sandra Caldwell is sponsoring it!

So I am using 'Message in a Bottle' by Sandra Caldwell.

I colored it with copic markers and the Sun and Sunset are colored with Pebbles chalk.

Tall & Skinny Card

Outlaws

Twisted Thursday

The challenge (the twist) is Tall & Skinny cards but other than that it is Anything Goes.

The Artist Sandra Caldwell is sponsoring this challenge and I used her fabulous digi called

 'George Burns.'

 

And here is my Tall and Skinny card. 

 

This is one of his many quotes.

I put little red crystals on his cigar

Holley's BIG celebration!

It's a big celebration!

To help celebrate I have entered my 4th entry

'Bunny Hippo'

Sandra Caldwell has put 4 wonderful Hippos on sale until the end of this wonderful occasion.

More details can be found HERE

 

Here's the finished card

Never loose hope!

This is my 3rd entry for Holley Barnhart's BIG celebration!

More details can be found HERE

Sandra Caldwell has generously put 4 Hippos on sale for $1.50 each.

I have used 'Doctor Hippo' and colored him with copic markers.

 

I found some Doctor stickers in my stash.

It's a CELEBRATION!

This is a celebration post for Holley's celebration. She is 8 yr. seisure free from a brain tumor!

A reason to celebrate!

I have used 'Holley's Ouch Hippo' by Sandra Caldwell, She has genously put 4 Hippos on sale for this awesome event. 

Check it out HERE

 

It opens like this

A REASON TO CELEBRATE!

This is a big celebration! Eight yrs. of seizure-free! What a feat for Holley! HOORAY!
Sandra Caldwell has put 4 Hippos on sale for this delightful event and challenge.
This is 'Ballerina Hippo' by Sandra Caldwell and there are 3 more, check them out HERE and they are only $1.50 each. who can beat that?! So she is colored with Copic Markers and made into a gatefold card.
She is so cute! I had previously colored her but now she is a card.

 

 

Here it is closed.

 

THANK-U HOLLEY AND SANDRA!!!!!

HIPPO HEADACHE

At Your ScrapBook Place 

Artist Sandra Caldwell is sponsoring.

I created a triple layer flap card using 'Hippo Headache' by Sandra Caldwell at Etsy

Here it is closed and fits into a regular size envelope

 

Here it is open for another layer

 

And here is the final layer

Holleys Brain Power

This is Holley's 7 year post-op brain surgery and Sandra Caldwell has created  a very special stamp called 'Holley Brain Power' I joined in her special celebration.

CONGRATZ TO HOLLEY!

Here is my card colored with copic markers

 

I added some stickles and Glossy accents

 

You can see the glossy accents more on this pic

 

AGAIN HOLLEY CONGRATZ AND YOU GO GIRL!

 

 

Prince

At 613 Avenue Create our challenge is always Anything Goes but they usually have an optional Twist and this time it is CAS, Blue, and make your sentiment the main focal point. 

I LOVE IT!

 

So can you guess who this tribute is....

Ok, PRINCE!

I used 'Formally Known As' by the fab Sandra Caldwell

 

GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!

Outlawz Sketch

Sandra Caldwell is sponsoring The Outlawz Wednesday sketch and here is our sketch

 

I have followed the sketch and colored Sandra Caldwell's Kisses cupcake

 

 

Can't you just taste it!

I colored it with copic markers and added some embellies from my stash.

Sandra has so generously put 6 custom made for this challenge stamps on sale for $1.50

How awesome is that!

 

Come and Get It, Christmas challenge

At 'Come and Get It' challenges we are challenged to make a Christmas Project

and it is being sponsored by, one of many, Sandra Caldwell where I am a DT member!

I am using 'Pretty Please'

I made a Double Z Fold card, here she is just colored using copic markers.

 

Here it is open

  

I used an ornament punch,  some ribbon, and a mosaic punch from Stampin' Up. The little ornies are stickers from my stash and the Christmas letters are a recycled tag.

 

Folds flat for mailing.

Look at this face! How can you deny a visit from Santa!

 

I love this senti

Digitally Sweet Challenges

Our challenge at Digitally Sweet Challenges is to use an animal or a pet, so I used a an Elephant by Tim Jeffs 'Animals In Detail'
This is 100% digital and I used MDS2 for digital program, even colored it with MDS2,

this is a grey scale elephant from Tim Jeffs coloring book,

You can get it from Amazon or Barnes and Noble, probably at other places too

but I got mine from Hobby Lobby

Scrapbook page using Tim Jeff's "Animals in Detail'

Our challenge this month at Digitally Sweet is make a scrapbook page!

I am having so much fun coloring these grey scale Animals by Tim Jeffs in his book called

Intricate Ink "Animals in Detail"

I have colored this page with Conda markers from Hobby Lobby with a molotow marker for dots

I scanned it back into my computer which made it 100% digital

 

You can get this awesome coloring book at alot of different places, I got mine at Hobby Lobby, but it is on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Walmart ect.

I use 'My Digital Studio' by Stampin' Up (sadly discontinued)

Digitally Sweet Challenges (Floral)

This is my second 100% digital entry at Digitally Sweet cuz I love flowers.

This time I used a Little Thorns by Artist Cate Edwards with my own coloring

I scanned it back into my computer and used digital embellishments from the web and my digital software from Stampin' Up in combination with WORD. The little colored horses were her greyscale which I removed the background, colored them on WORD, mirrored some of them, grouped them together, and made them small

Digitally Sweet Floral with Lunagirl

At Digitally Sweet Challenges, we are challenged to make a floral project and boy do I love flowers and butterflies always follow flowers!

Their amazing sponsor is Lunagirl! Wonderful Vintage images

 

I have used 2 collage sheets from Lunagirl. Have a look at their images and see for yourself and see how fantastic they are!

For my 100% digital project I have PNG-ed several images

 

I have used digital software from Stampin' Up MDS2  which I believe they do not make anymore.

I have entered Digitally Sweet (Floral)

Lunagirl (Anything goes)

 

Sandra Caldwell's Birthday Blog Hop Winner

The winner of my blog candy for Sandra Caldwell's Birthday blog Hop is...

(what a hard choice) 

BONNIE IRVINE

Have a looksey at Sandra Caldwell's Etsy Store and choose 3 of her delightful images and Email me (Denise) your choices

Sandra Caldwell Birthday Blog Hop

GOOD MORNING!
We are celebrating the very talented Sandra Caldwell's Birthday (which happens to be TODAY!)
with a birthday blog hop. Won't you please help us celebrate?!

We have each made a creation with images from her Etsy store.
If you arrived here from Holley's Blog, YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!
I used 'Old Lady Special Birthday'
Here is my coloring

I also chose to use a special digi, Sandra drew for her ATC challenge

I made an envelope card for Sandra

Open it and here is 'Old Lady Special Birthday'

Added stamps colored with prisma colored pencils and layered from SU and also added stickles and glossy accents.
I am offering blog candy if you follow my blog and make comments on everybody's, the prize is 3 Sandra Caldwell digis of your choice. I will choose a winner from my comments.
  In case you get lost, here is your line-up.
So hop on over to Cindy's van Oorschot's blog and see their wonderful creation.
Start at the beginning
Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans Facebook Timeline 
Holley Tondre Barnhart

                          Denise Pustelniak  (you are here)

Cindy van Oorschot

Bonnie Irvine

Barb Poole

MaryAnn Samuelson
Dana Gebhard Johnson
Sharon Rogers 
Laine Kammeraad-Smith
Delores Miller
Cathy Preissing
Donna Mundinger
Elizabeth Perez-Collazo 
End here and wish Sandra Caldwell a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans Facebook Timeline 

(Starts July 28th at 7am PDT and ends July 29th at 7am PDT)

Digitally Sweet Challenges

Our challenge at Digitally Sweet Challenges is Green and White and one other color, and you guessed it, my other color is LILAC!

 

My friend Jane Bradshaw gifted these beautiful digital papers from Coosty Creations to me and aren't they beautiful?!

I also used My digital software from Stampin' Up and the grape vines are free clipart from the web.