Donna-Marie's Designs

Have a Sweet Day!

I love this card!

 

The Lime Paper and the 3D glass are from K&CO.

The trim was punched out of DCWV Paper with an EK Punch.

I added the Lime Paper and Kiwi Card Stock on top of the trim.

I added some Dew Drops and Lime Green Stickles.

 

The card is actually a tri-fold card.

I used Red Card Stock, it measures 91/2 long and 51/4 wide.

I scored it on the 2 inch and 4 inch marks and folded the card to create the tri-fold.

I matted the inside remaining section with White and Kiwi Green Card Stock.

In the bottom right hand corner I added some embellishments: a Quickutz Citrus Slice, Strawberry Paper Clip, and more 3D stickers from K&CO.

 

a bit of ribbon and Dew Drops finish this part off.

 

You can see from this angle that I had the trim and another lime slice hanging over the edge so that it gives an added feature when opening and closing.

Thank you for stopping by!!

All the supplies you need for this card are at

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Have a good night and I will be back tomorrow night after work.

I will be at the store tomorrow come on by and say HI!

Enjoy the Day!!

Hello my friends.

I have a few new cards to share with you..

However, I am at work until 4:00p.m.

I will be posting tonight for sure!!!

Stop back and check them out.

Have a Scrappy-do-day!!

Come by and see me at

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Garden Greetings

I love this new tag/butterfly stamp from Impression Obsession!!

It was the inspiration for this card...

 

Here is a close up of the oval piece on the card

 

The stamp is the tag.  I stamped it three times and layered the butterfly so that it looked like it was fluttering. I left the remaining pieces for the white bow (see below).

I colored in this stamp with my Copic Markers.

I also added Flower Soft on a wire and tucked it through a small hole under the bow.  The blue bow is also part of the stamp.

I finished the stamped image off with a button and a brad from Creative Imaginations.

I layered the stamped image with a Spellbinders Scallop Ovals and Plain Ovals.

Waterfall Stickles were added around the scallop.

 

Here is the close up of the bow.  The white ribbon was wrapped around the top layer of the card and tied into a bow.  It looked plain so I added pieces left over from the stamped image.  Once again I layered the butterfly. I also included more Flower Soft on wires.

The metal tag is a piece I have had for a while (from another card).

The card measures 5x7 and is layered with blue card stock, Dream Street Paper, and the top layer paper is from a Mat Pack from last year.  I had to dig deep into my reserves to find a matching paper for this card.  I know we all have those piles of paper.

The right side of the card seemed to be missing something so I played with the corners.  I got my punches out and added some pearls to finish them off.

 

Here is a side view showing all the layers.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

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A quick shout out to Karyn and Pat thank you for your nice comments!!

And Congrats to our very own Gillian on her recent graduation from Curry College!!

You go Girl!!!

I will be at the store all day tomorrow so stop by and say HI!

TTFN

Flip Card

Good Morning!

Today is the kind of day to stay inside and play!!

I have some housework and then...time to play.

Until then I will share my new card.

This card is already cut, folded and packaged for you by Creative Imaginations.

On the front I added DCWV Paper, White Ribbon, Creative Impressions Felt Butterflies (with a Heidi Swapp Ghost Butterfly in between).  Dew Drops and a couple of flowers finish off the front of this card.

The inside has an interesting twist....

 

The bottom panel pops out!

 

You can also fold it back to stand on its own.

 

The inside flap is matted with white and more DCWV Paper.

I added a white ribbon tied into a bow (the ribbon extends to the front).  Two more red flowers held in place with a stick pin.

 

The last panel is more DCVW Paper.  I trimmed the paper to leave just enough room around the orange/red flower to stamp a sentiment.

My sentiment was stamped with Red Staz-On Ink.  I used my Rubber Soul set for the sentiment.  The aqua base card comes in the package of cards.  All I had to add was the DCWV Paper, some flowers, butterflies and dew drops.

All of the supplies needed for this card are at

Wholly Scrap!

Thank you for stopping by!!!

TTFN

Have a Scrappy-do-Day!!!!

What a Beautiful Day

I hope everyone had a great weekend!!

A personal shout out to all military personnel overseas and home, past and present...

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

Without you protecting our country, with your lives, what would become of us??

Scary thought!

I know from personal experience from my in-laws the sacrifices made by these families!

May God Bless them all!!

 

I spent the day yesterday cleaning!!!

However I did manage to make this....

Changito is so cute!!

That is what Stampendous calls him, the company he came from    (hee hee hee)

This is a tri-fold card (you will see that further down).

It is from Creative Imaginations, love the color and the open punches are already done for you!!!

I cut out flowers from some DCWV Paper and "blinged" them with Dew Drops, some also got layered (I love foam tape)!

 

I included some blue flowers gems (I think from AC Moore).

Changito got colored in with my Copic Markers, layered, and Stickled with Waterfall as well.

I first inked him with Memento Black Ink on Prism Smooth White Card stock and then colored him in...

 

These are the colors I used.

I cut Changito out with my Round Nestabilities and added a red layer of Zig Zag Nestabilities underneath.  I also inked the white area softly with Ranger Lemonade Ink.

The opening was done much the same....

 

Changito was stamped, colored and cut and layered on top of a DCWV cut out Paper flower.  I stickled the opening.

The first part to the inside has the sentiment...

 

This stamp is also from Stampendous.  I stamped it in Memento Black Ink and cut it out using my Circle Nestabilities.  I layered it on another Zig Zag Nestabilities.  More bling, cut flowers and Dew Drops were added.  I wanted the image to slightly disappear off the side, that always gives it a more interesting look.

 

The full inside looks like this....

 

You can just about see it but I stamped Changito's all over the inside with more Lemonade Ink.  I thought this would be the perfect backdrop for a personal message.  At the top is the Changito you saw from the front, he peeks through both holes!

I had a lot of fun making this card!!

Thank you for stopping by.

I have met so many wonderful people through

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Working there has been and hopefully will continue to be one of the greatest parts of my life.  Thank you for all your thoughtful comments!!!!

Stop by the store and see all the new stuff that has come in.

Maybe I will see you there.

Til then have a Scrappy-do-day!!

The Day was Marvelous!!

What a great day we had yesterday!!

It started at 4a.m., yikes!!

Johnson and Wales Graduation was in Rhode Island at 8:45a.m. and we just made it, whew.

You know how I am always late, hee hee.

  

She is all done !!!

My baby is all grown up (kind of).

 

Oh well........many happy tears an era has ended.

Here is a card to share....

  

I thought this card was very appropriate 

"3 chairs for you", I think that is so cute!!

I have been searching for a good chair stamp and I love the saying that came with it.

Unfortunately, it is not available at Wholly Scrap,

it is from Flourishes on line (sorry Denise).

All the other supplies are available at the store!!

The card is 5x7 with blue, white and orange card stock.  The patterned paper is from DCWV.

I stamped the chair with orange Adirondack Ranger Ink.

I colored it in with a blue watercolor pencil and then used my Water Brush from EK to spread the color.

I matted it and added a few flowers from Flora Doodles.  I love these paper flowers, they are already jeweled!!

 

The tags on the side (I got a bag of them at the yard sale!!)

are braded together and tied onto the bow. All the brads are from Basic Grey.  The ribbon runs under the chair matt.

The bottom blue strip was cut with my Border Nestabilities.

I layered some more smaller strips on top with a white paper decorative strip on top from Creative Imaginations.

 

Two brads finish off this strip. The sentiment was stamped on white card stock and layered with more DCWV patterned paper.  I used my Marvy Scallop Punches to cut the Scallop Squares.

More flowers finish this card off, no stickles??, wow!

 

Here is a side view to show all the layering, some with foam tape.

Enjoy the day!!

I have run out of steam!!

A nap my be in order today :-)

Wholly Scrap!

is open today

stop by and do a little shopping.

Thank you for stopping by and all your lovely comments!!

Have a scrappy-do-day.

 

Hello folks!

Just a quick card to share...

 

I made this card while I was at the Sue Gilman Show in Framingham.

The stamps are from Impression Obsession.

This is a quick easy one, not very complicated, yet nice.

I can sometimes get overly involved with my cards, there is something to be said for simple!

The oval cuts are done with the Mary Punches.

The brown scallop and white circle are pre-packaged items from Paper Cuts.

The stamp is colored in with Copic Markers.

The background paper was stamped with a smaller Impression Obsession stamp randomly with Versa Mark (it gives it a "watermark appearance").

Have a great Holiday Weekend!!!!

I am off to a Graduation YEAH!!

I had a great time at the MassArt Fashion Show

I am so proud of my students!!

I know I usually share something I have created, well tonight I thought I would share something else.

I thought I would give you a peek into the world of fashion design at MassArt....

This is what I teach during the day when I am not crafting.

My students were asked to create a garment made of non-textile materials (anything except fabric).

The top 8 are as follows:

made from paint chip cards woven

 

made from plastic wrap

 

made from cassette tape (crocheted)

 

made from window screen and a plastic table cloth

 

made from dollies spray painted to look like leather

 

made from records (melted and formed)

 

made from cotton balls and dyed

 

made from 3D glasses

Aren't these awesome!!

I will be back tomorrow night for my regular postings!

I hope you enjoyed!

My students inspire me everyday, I hope something you have seen here has tickled your fancy.

TTFN

Busy, Busy, Busy....

Good Morning!

This will be a quick post today.

I have 2 fashion shows to help run in Boston tonight and my daughter's graduation party to finish planning for this Saturday.

I should weight about 90 pounds with all the running around I do LOL

Anyway I thought I would share the favors I made for Elizabeth's Party (she is graduating from Johnson & Wales: Culinary Arts).

  

I searched all the Dollar Stores yesterday and came up with an oven mitt, wooden spoons, measuring spoons, and I made a book of spices.

The mitt I curled around and pinned (with a safety pin) creating a fold to fit the spoons.  I attached the measuring spoons around the largest wooden spoon.  I tried to keep the colors all generic because we have males attending the party.  I thought Red, Black and White was generic enough (they are my favorite colors after all).

The spice book was something I made on my own.  I wanted to add another item to the gift without the big $$ tag. I thought of what a Cuinary Artist would use everyday and came up with spices!

We all season our food to some degree and thought it would be fun to create my own little spice book.

 

I used the new Culinary Paper from Teresa Collins.

The cut I made measures 4 1/2 by 8.

I rounded the corners and scored at the 31/2 point from both sides with my "Score-It".

I love this tool, the measurements are right there for you to score perfect lines for decoration, cards, books, tags, ppockets, folders etc...

On the top of this book I added a medallion.

It has three layers; the bottom is a Marvy Punch of Black Sparkle Paper from DCWV and the next layer is a smaller Marvy Punch of Red Sparkle Paper.  The top is a new stamp from Just Rite, remember the circle blocks where you can add different rings and center sentiments....

well these fit perfectly with my theme.

The ribbon is another culinary item, this one from Creative Imaginations.

I used foam tape to raise the last black scallop leaving a space for the ribbon to run through underneath.

Tie the ribbon and the outside is done.

Now the inside...

 

It is not quite done yet (shame on me) I had to watch Dancing With the Stars last night!!!

Can you believe who won???

Anyway I made up packets of spices.

The left is a family recipe of a Meat Rub. I purchased large containers of what I needed at the dollar store and mixed up a big batch.  I got small zip closure bags and filled them up.  I plan to adhere a label tomorrow on the top of the bag explaining what it is and how to use it.

The right side is more of the same.  This time I used all salts and peppers.  I have learned through Elizabeth that not all salt and paper is created equally.  Multi-colored pepper is fabulous!!  What a taste, and Sea Salt is better for you.  So that is what went into my last packet, Multi-colored pepper (corns and crushed) and Sea Salt.

Once again I purchased a large quantity at the food store (the dollar store does not carry stuff like this) and mixed it up and filled the packets.  Once again I will be creating labels to finish off my inside.

Luckily the paper was double-sided.

I hope these do not look too "wedding showerish"??

I have to get to work.

Do not forget

Wholly Scrap!

has all your scrapbooking needs!!

That is where I get all my stuff LOL

Thank you for stopping by.......

TTFN

Hope you had a good weekend!

If you have not seen the new line from Basic Grey "Wisteria"

then you are missing something!

It is beautiful!!

I could not wait to use it!

 

I used a 5x7 card base and matted it with gold card stock.

The next 2 layers are Basic Grey "Wisteria".

The top white element is white card stock stamped with a soft blue ink.

I tore the piece and curled the edges to give it a more natural look.

In the bottom right corner I added "bling" by Basic Grey, a wheat stalk.

On top of that I added two wire stems with Flower Soft (Delphinium Blue), glued onto it.

If you put regular white glue on the wire and roll it around in the flower soft you will get a stem with a "flower" on the end of it.

You can repeat this technique on top of each layer to make a bigger flower!

 

I also added stickles in between the layers for sparkle, of course!!

 

I poked the wires through to the back of the white inked paper and adhered them with a glue dot on the back.

The butterflies are "ghost" butterflies from Heidi Swapp.

I adhered more Basic Grey "Wisteria" to the back of the the butterflies. I traced the acetate butterfly on the paper and cut them out.  I glued them together and to the card with Zip Dry.  This is a strong liquid glue the dries quickly.

I further decorated the acetate butterflies with Waterfall Stickles around the edge.

I added a gold framed tag (I got a bag of these from the yard sale!)stamped with one of the new

Quote Stamps from WordsWorth, Rubber Soul.

 

I used very little foam tape, only on the top white piece.

All of the items to make this card are at

Wholly Scrap!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Have a Scrappy-do-day!!

TTFN