Sew Many Cards Freebie Friday – Polar Bear

Hi Everyone

Today see’s the launch of the new Friday Freebie from Sew Many Cards.

This weeks freebie is a real cutie, here is a preview

If you would like this fab freebie then you need to be a subscriber to the newsletter, you can become one by using the sign up form in my sidebar under The Sew Many Cards logo

Have fun with this image

Crafty hugs Donna xx

Sewn Together Challenge #13

Hi Everyone

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and also leave comments – I really do appreciate it and you are all so kind.

Today see’s the launch of the new weekly challenge from Sew Many Cards. This weeks challenge is a Colour Challenge

The challenge is to make a card/ paper crafts project using only the colours Brown, Orange and Green for your papers, card stock and embellishments, you can however us other colours on your Sewn Together image.

As a Design Team member we were asked to take the challenge too, so here is my take on it

For my challenge card I chose to use the new digi stamp of Angela’s puppy Hershey!!! and I coloured him with my copic markers. My patterned papers are from a Papermania pack that I purchased from QVCUK a few years ago. TO finish the card I added a punched border using a Woodware border punch and shaped the edge with some Fiskars Victorian paper edger scissors, then I added some grosgrain ribbon, some text cut with one of my Quickutz alphabets and some buttons from my stash.

Here is a closer look at Hershey – isn’t he adorable!!!

If you would like more inspiration for this weeks challenge then why not visit my fellow Design Team mates blog – they are listed in my side bar.

To enter this weeks challenge you can find all the details on Angela’s blog HERE and if you would like Hershey and his friends to come to your house then you can link to the shop from Angela’s blog too.

So that’s it for today – speak to you again soon

Crafty hugs Donna xx

Sew Many Cards Freebie Friday - Dolphins

Hi Everyone

Yes I know it’s not Friday!! So yes I am late posting this but in my defence I have a terrible cold and a dose of the flu all together so I’m barely functioning at the moment.

The Freebie Friday from Sew Many Cards this week is beautiful and when I feel better I will add a card using it as I adore them so much.

Here is a preview of the image

You can download this image HERE

Crafty hugs Donna xx

Sew Many Cards Special Freebie for Veterans Day

Hi Everyone

As today is Veteran’s Day in the US, Angela from Sew Many Cards has produced a special image to commemorate this day.

In the UK today is Remembrance Day so this image has a special place with me too, even with a US flag on it. I am from a Army family so the Armed forces hold a special place in my heart

I’m really sorry I’ve not had a chance to do a sample with this image but I’m choked up with cold and flu but if I do get a chance I will add it in another post

Here is the special image

To download this image please click HERE

Crafty hugs Donna xx

Sewn Together DT Challenge #3

Hi Everyone

I'm really feeling terrible that I'm kind of neglecting my blog but I feel so rough at the moment. I promise as soon as I start to feel a bit better I'll get back to posting properly, at least now the girls are back at school it's a bit quieter during the day so hopefully some rest will see me right.

Well it's that time of the week again, time for the next Sewn Together Challenge , this week is a Themed Challenge to make a Christmas card using any image and any colour. So this is what I decided on

For my card I wanted to use colours that are not usually associated with Christmas and I also really wanted to use the super cute image of Miki with Candy Cane, so I decided that I would colour him in pinks and greys (with a little bit of other colour for contrast). I used my Copic markers to colour in Miki and then decided to use some papers from the Diecuts with a View Rose Tinted Christmas - Christmas Multi Stack for the card as they were the exact colours I was using and also had a Candy Cane just like Miki did. To accent the card I added some grosgrain ribbon from the Dovecraft Smirk range and some sticky-back rhinestones (I didn't have any black ones so I coloured a silver one with my black copic marker), finally to finish the card I added a stamped greeting from a clear stamp set by Hot off the Press and some glitter on the candy cane because you have to have sparkle with Christmas.

Here is a closer look at Miki all ready to celebrate the holiday season.

So that's what I came up with, I'd love to know what you think. Please visit my wonderful DT team-mates to see all the fab ideas that they have all come up with, I know they will be worth the visit, and why not give the challenge a go for yourself, you can find all the details on the Sew Many Cards Blog and Angela will announce on their what you could be lucky enough to win if your card/project is chosen. While you are there don't forget to check out the Freebie Friday section and if you would like some of these cute little guys 'n' gals to come to your house then you can find them all HERE patiently waiting for you.

Thanks again to everyone who takes the time to visit my blog and for all you kind comments, I'll be back again as soon as I can.

Crafty hugs Donna xx

I found a Magnolia Blog Candy

Hi everyone

Just wanted to pass on details of a blog candy I found, Vivi is celebrating her first 100 posts by giving away 100 stamped Tilda images. You can find the details Here so be sure to visit Vivi and have a go at being the lucky winner

Once again sorry that there's no card today but I've been really busy, I do have quite a few 'in progress' cards but they are not completely assembled yet however I will have my first Sewn Together Challenge Card this week as the first challenge begins on the 25Th Aug so please remember to stop by the Sew Many Cards blog Here to check out the challenge and my fellow team members projects (please don't forget to visit their blogs to check what else they are up to) and while your at the Sew Many Cards blog why not check out the Freebie Friday image as well as all the cute images that Angela has for sale (if your anything like me you won't be able to resist them!).

Anyway that's it for this post, I hope everyone is having a good weekend. 'Speak' to you again soon

Crafty Hugs Donna xx

I did it!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe it! I've been asked to be a member if the Sewn Together Design Team! I am so happy right now that I cannot put it into words.

If you get a chance please visit the Sew Many Cards site (http://digital.sewmanycards.com) and take a look at the cute images that they have. They are digi stamps and I just cannot wait to start working with them, I've looked at them all and I can honestly say that there isn't one that I don't like. Also every Friday they have a freebie image so make a note to visit there every week to see the freebie Friday image.

I would also like to say a huge congratulations to the other new team members, once I have all their blog address's I will add them to my side bar (I have some there already), so please take a minute to visit my new team mates. They are:-

Cheri
Deanette
Georgia
Jenn
Jennifer
Jeri
Julie
Kim
Mary
Sam
Sarabeth
Sheila
Stephanie
Trish
and Me

Well that's it for this post, sorry there's no card but I was too busy jumping around the room celebrating!

Crafty hugs Donna

Sewn Together Design Team Call

Hi everyone
Today I have five projects to show you that are part of my submission to be part of the Sewn Together Design Team. I'm really excited at the prospect of working with digital stamp images.

This first card was made using one of my favorite Tilda stamps from Magnolia called Tilda with Basket, she was stamped with Brilliance ink and then she has been coloured with Copic markers. The papers are from Hot off the Press and the card stock is from Making Memories



This is a close up of her

My next card is made using another one of the beautiful Tilda stamps from magnolia called Tilda with Sunflower, she was once again stamped with Brilliance ink and coloured with copic markers. The papers for this card are from Provocrafts Rob & Bob collection.


And this is her close up

For this card I decided to use one of the stamps from my Stampavie collection, it's from their Rachelle Ann Miller line and is called Candy Time. This time I decided to colour the image with my Faber Castell pencils and blend with Sansador (Gamsol) on paper stumps. The papers for this one are again from Hot off the Press.

Here is the close up of Candy time



For my fourth card I choice a stamp from my Whiff of Joy collection from their Guardian Angel collection called Melinda with Muffin Basket. For a change I decided to colour her with watercolours for a different feel, when I use watercolours my style tends to be quite lose and free unlike when I use copics where I try to have everything super blended. The papers for this card are from Diecuts With A View.

This is a close up of her

For my final card I decided to again use a stamp from Whiff of Joy from their Medieval Collection called Princess Charlotte. To colour this image I went back to using my copic markers, my daughter loves this image so much and asked if I would colour her using her favorite copic marker colours (she is not happy at all that she is not allowed to use mums craft markers!) so the whole project was based around the colours she choose. The papers are again from Diecuts with a View,

And here is the close up of Charlotte

I really hope that Sewn Together like the cards that I have produced as I would so love to be a part of their team, to me their images are a perfect blend of two things that I love the most computer crafting and colouring stamped images. Fingers crossed that they do

Anyway thats all from me today, I'm off to play with the other images that I stamped out just in case. Take care

Crafty Hugs Donna xx