Desert Museum 2025

Desert fun scrapbook layout. 

Happy Birthday to You

Better Together Koala - Hungry JPEG

Birthday Bundle Quotes - Creative Fabrica

Post 4th

I'm ahead for a challenge with ECal Users this week....summer tags.  So my first tag is a Patriotic tag using Patriotic American Bison from Creative Fabrica.  The flag tag is from Digital Scrapbooking.

Featured Stamper #941 - Santa Flamingo

Congratulations to this week's Featured Stamper, Patti! I chose this card as my inspiration:

Berry Branches by Patti S. Brown at Splitcoaststampers

I focused on Patti's:
-single-layer design
-Paint background behind main image

I changed:
-image from berries to flamingo
-digital splash behind image
-colors
-sentiment

Watercolor Chickadee Winter Bird

Watercolor Chicadee Winter Bird...inspired by this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast.  Used everything from my stash.  

Flamingos in the Flowers

I got a bundle of flamingos from Creative Fabrica.  I think every one of them is so cool, I'm on a mission to use each one!  This is the time I wish I lived in Florida so I could use them in all my layouts.  LOL! Here is just one card.

Boy Nautical - Creative Fabrica

This year I am going to try to focus on challenges from A Cherry on Top along with my Wednesday scrappin' buddies.  This challenge on A Cherry on Top is called "The Third Night of Hanukkah."  The key was to create a page inspired by the Third Night of Hanukkah and the "Festival of Lights." We were to include something that "emits light" ...I added a sun to my page to "emit light."

Victoria Christmas

One good thing about finding time for my design team samples is that I do find the coloring soothing.  Since I had nothing really pressing yesterday, I digitally colored Victoria Christmas from our sponsor, Mirtillamente. 

I unearthed an old free digital paper set from Creative Fabrica (Tropical Patterns.)  It has some green leaf patterned paper, so I created and layered a couple Christmas trees and added so branches for the Kerst Christmas Challenge.

A Quickie for the Ecal Users Group

Here's a Christmas tag for the new mom's package.  The layers are colored digitally with a little bit of glitter detail for Mom and Baby.  I'm so excited and happy with these free ornaments from Creative Fabrica! 

O Holy Night

It's the first day of the Ecal Users Group Tag Challenge, and I'm actually not working at the last minute.  I created a tag cut from Enamel Gold (Nothing but Freebies).  I used Print 2 Cut for the Nativity Scene with Santa Claus (Creative Fabrica), and a sentiment from 'Tis the Season (We Are 3). 

SunRise SunSet from We Are 3

My sister's birthday calls for a special birthday card - so, of course, I used a digital paper from We Are 3 - called SunRise SunSet.  I  I chose a digi from Creative Fabrica called Desert Scene to add to the sun.  I sized the paper so that the desert scene fit the sun.  I printed a second copy and cut out the flower to add for dimension.  

I digitally paper pieced the flower with another portion of the SunRise SunSet so that it matches and has the texture of the digi paper.  This just involves layering the Desert Scene on top of the digi paper...and erasing all of paper you don't want to show through.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I just added some matting, and we're good to go.

Christmas Presents

One good thing about having to color digital images, I can forget all the mess that's on my work desk behind me.  Since I had a little extra time on my hands today, I decided to practice clothing folds - digitally - using Christmas Presents from our sponsor at Kerst - All Dressed Up.  One thing nice about designing is that we are expected to use specific images - images that I would probably never buy - this forces me to color out of my comfort zone.   

It is hard to see in the photo, buy my wings ARE actually transparent.  I can see the stars from the background through my wings.  By happenstance, I selected some paper for the background - I was looking for something with some pattern, but not too busy or loud.  By viewing the icons on the computer, I really wasn't sure what this pattern was until I loaded it up.  What a happy coincidence!  Our theme is stars - and this background paper just happens to be full of stars!!!!  How lucky could I get for my first choice!

I did calculate wrong when printing my image and sentiment - but was thrilled to find a solution by leaving a white border just on the sides rather than a full mat.  I was planning to mat and fussy cut my image - but I liked the bold sentiment - so decided if I went with a single-layer design, I could overlap the image and sentiment and have the best of both worlds\ for this month's Kerst Christmas Challenge.

Not a Square at Kerst Christmas

Here's another for the Kerst Christmas Challenge - this one for the theme "Not Square."  The lovely digital stamp is from our sponsor, Sheepski Designs, called "Christmas Candle."  How could I resist the Mason Jar shape?  I had a heck of a time making a decision about shape and finally found a Mason Jar from Creative Fabrica - a fun shape in my digital stash that suited the theme perfectly.  For the lid, I used my first Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder with a funky basket weave pattern - I obviously did not use the folder correctly....but I still like the funky effect and feel it rounded off the design.

I colored the candle digitally and faded the subtle background using my Eclips.  The holly are from my stash.  The sentiment is Miss Kate Cuttables.

New Challenge at Ecal Users Group

I just love the wreath image on this tag!  It's from the Beautiful Autumn Oak Leaves collection from Creative Fabrica.  The tag came from a Monica's Creative Room border. 

I've been a bit behind in crafting since the Creative Memories Virtual Crop - Trying to play catch up and get items completed for the Fall Tag Challenges at the Ecal Users Group.  This is my first tag.

Fern for Splitcoast Stampers

There's a new Featured Stamper at Splitcoast.  Here is my card inspired by her fern card.

I made a congratulatory card using adorable ferns from Creative Fabrica available here and here.  We both decided ferns don't have to be green.  I had the Congrats sentiment in my stash.

Grace Selfie for Freebie Progressive Challenge

It's the beginning of May, and you know what that means.  New Progressive Freebie Challenge at the Outlawz.  Spring is here, and I'm thrilled to be showcasing Charming Asters.  The flowers are pre-colored, but I colored the cute freebie digitally.  I used We Are 3's Really Simple for the background, which really made the Asters pop.  The matting is Alcohol Splashes for the matting.  I added the freebie to the frame and called it done.

You can check out inspiration for the new freebie on The Outlawz Challenge page, but also take a peek at We Are 3's Etsy shop.  The Progressive Freebie Challenge runs through May 31.  Lots of fun!  Hope to see you there.

All Dressed Up Springtime and New Challenge at Paper Ala Mode

It's Saturday, and that means it's new-challenge day for Paper Ala Mode - and Mom's the focus.  Lovely Springtime is a princess and loves to pick Spring flowers.  I made a simple card with papers from Creative Fabrica (I already forgot the name!) and We Are 3 (GranMargaret's Flowers).   The theme is Mother's Day....and I probably should have added a Mother's Day sentiment.....but I really just love the image by itself!  

She's colored digitally.

Eclips Users meet Sunday Songs and Rhymes

Here's a treat bag for last week's Sunday Song and Rhymes Challenge at The Outlawz - Catch a Falling Star.  It's made with papers from Creative Fabrica - bag file is from Shery K Designs.  Stars are from Love SVG.  

I also entered this in the Eclips Users Group Challenge - Boxes & Bags.

It's a Butterfly

Here I made a card using digital paper from Creative Fabrica's Beautiful Autumn Oak Leaves.  I couldn't help but add a butterfly. 

The sentiment is from SVG Cutting Files.

Painted Canvas from We Are 3

For today's card I decided to go light and Springy with the gorgeous Painted Canvas.  The sentiment is printed AND cut onto Creative Fabrica's Love Spring Florals frame.  I printed part of the sentiment from the Fruity set at We Are 3 - I cut the word "Jam" to allow the background to show through.