Martini on Sunday!

This weeks NEW RELEASE image at Digistamps For Joy is Martini. Here is my card using this beautiful pre-colored  image.

New Release Sunday!!

It is time for the best day of the week! It is Sunday and time for New Release Images at Digistamps4Joy! My digi image is from the very talented artist and owner of Digistamps4Joy, Margaret Kieser! 

Challenges Entered:

1.  Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (2nd Week) Challenge #35 Anything Goes.
2. • The Glory of Christmas Challenge - 2W, Sunday, E unlimited Winners Friday Christmas paper projects only -#20 (2nd week) Snow.
    
3.   CHNC challenge extra for December 

Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy!

Misteri and her BFF

Time for a NEW challenge at DS4J! It is ANYTHING GOES!!! Come play and show us your stuff!

Guest Designing For Glitter N Sparkle

This week I am guest designing for Glitter N SParkle! Go check it out and play along this week! 

New Release Images!

Misteri Gardner

It is Sunday and time for one of the latest New Released Images this week! Here is the card I made for New Release Sunday! Sunday is such a fun day!

Distress at Digistamps4Joy!

Time to Distress at Digistamps4Joy! Come on while the weather is great! Play along with us at Digistamps4Joy!

Sundays are Best!

It is time for digistamps4joy  NEW RELEASE SUNDAY!! My favorite day of the week! This lovely image drawn by Jen Leeflang is absolutely beautiful!

New Release Sunday at DS4J!

Its time for NEW RELEASE SUNDAY!!! With one of the new images I decided to incorporate crochet with my card and make an ornament!

Stitching

Real or Faux stitching the next two weeks at Digistamps4Joy Challenges!

October Holidays Swap

 At Paper Craft Planet in the Anything Goes Group I received these awesome cards from my swap partners Mary and Anne for October Holidays Punk for a Day and Halloween!

Recipe Challenge!

Time for a Recipe Challenge! 3 design papers and 3 layers! Come show us your stuff in the Digistamps4Joy Challenges!

Embossing Challenged

Time for another great challenge at Digistamps4Joy! YOu can find this adorable image at the Digistamps4Joy store! Embossing dry or wet! Come on and join in on the fun! 

Challenges Entered:

1.  Crafting By Designs - F -  Anything goes 
2.  Inklings and Yarns - 3E, JFF - Always Anything Goes

It's A Hoot at Lady Annes Challenges!

Isn't he a "HOOT!"  I really enjoyed making this card with this adorable owl stamp, not only did I use up some old scraps but I had crafty time fun doing it! :) This weeks sponsored image brought to us by Bugaboo Stamps!

It is time for Anything Goes at Lady Anne's!

 I am the Guest Designer again this week so you, YES YOU, must stop by and take the challenge or leave some love!! See ya there!

Cuttlebug Pocket Fold Card

 Want to know more? Come join Paper Craft Planet and I will show how to make this in the Cuttlebug-ers Group! This challenge goes LIVE today and ends on October 27th!  

 

 

DS4J International Card Day Blog Hop WINNER

A huge thank you to all my lovely Followers old and new, who took the time to comment and hop along with all of the lovely and talented designers at Digstamps4Joy.

Remember if you are not the winner here, you still have a chance to win the main prize at DigiStamps4Joy's Home page, here, on Sunday, 13 October 2013.

Drum roll please .... and the WINNER from DigiStamps4Joy International Card Day Blog Hop, here at my blog is:

Linda Palmer

She had this to say about my card for the hop:

"Angela, your card is fantastic. I am a fellow Oklahoman and I love the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Beautiful coloring on this great image."

Congrats Linda you won this lovely DS4J image (“Champagne”)

Linda , please email Margy (the owner of DigiStamps4Joy) at info@digistamp4joy.co.za to claim your prize and mention that you have won the image at my blog xxx

Digistamps4Joy New Release Sunday

What a fun image to play with and you can have it to! Stop in at the Digistamps4Joy shop and choose from many beautiful images! This is the New Released image for today!

Cuttlbuggin Acetate

In the Cuttlebuggers Challenge group over at Paper Craft Planet we were challenge to use acetate in our Cuttlbug machine. I found my acetate on a box of Swiffer wets. I embossed with the cute winter Penguin Scene and sealed glitter inside the two layers of acetate. 

BLOG HOP for International Card Day

 

BLOG HOP for World Card Making Day

  October 5th - 8th 11th 2013

 

  

Welcome to the Digistamps4Joy COUNTRY theme Blog Hop running from 5 –  8 11th October 2013 to celebrate World Card Making Day on the 5^th of October. 

You have arrived at Angela's blog in Oklahoma, United States! For my theme I based it off of the American West heritage, thinking of the native Indians, the Oklahoma Land Run, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum to name a few places here in the state of Oklahoma!

Entrance of National Cowboy Hall of Fame

Fabulous Hop Prizes
1. DS4J is offering a different digistamp on EACH DT member’s blog as the prize for the randomly drawn winner on that blog. With 17 DT blogs in this hop you have 17 chances of winning a digistamp! So come on in, meet our fabulous Design Team, and have some fun!

2. The main DS4J blog is also offering a whopping $30 Gift Voucher to the Digistamps4Joy store! Now isn’t that a fabulous prize?

There are some rules for winning these digis, so make sure you read these below!

Blog Hop Navigation
If you landed on my page first then just carry on to the next blog which is Antoinette and then from the main blog again till you are back at my blog, OR start at the top at the Digistamps4Joy blog, and work your way through to the final stop (Ursula’s blog). 

The full hop order is listed on the main DS4J blog.

 Here is the card I made for the Blog Hop.

The image was colored in with Copic Markers using colors E50 E53 & E57, and I created the horse shoes as well as the sentiment using my Silhouette Cameo, the scalloped frame was cut with the Cricut Machine, I punched a scalloped border on the gray pieces and used flowers that were the remnants from another projects border punching. :)

And here is the DS4J image (“Champagne”) you could win.

 

RULES FOR ENTERING THE RANDOM DRAW ON MY BLOG

Please read carefully - I do not want you to miss out!

1). Be/become a follower of THIS blog

2). Leave a comment under this post

RULES FOR ENTERING THE $30 DRAW ON THE MAIN DS4J BLOG

Please read carefully - we do not want you to miss out!

1). Be/become a follower of the main DS4J blog

2). Collect all the letters scattered over the participating DT blogs,

put them together to create a quote, then email this quote to

Margy at info@digistamps4joy.co.za with subject title “DS4J Blog Hop quote”

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Your next stop will be the talented Antoinette

The Hop will end at 1600 (Central African Time) on Tuesday 8^th October.

The full list of winners will be announced on Thursday 10^th October Sunday 13th October on the Digistamps4Joy blog. 

Each blog will also indicate its own winner on 13th October

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Main DS4J BLOG (no card or digi), List of all blogs published here

Alex - "Winston"

Angela - YOU ARE HERE!~ "Champagne"

Antoinette - "Margarita"

Asmah - "Weskus Fisherman's Village"

Berni - "Misteri in uniform"

Charlene - "Misteri toasting marshmallows"

Desire - "Mini Misteri as Bo Peep"

Ema - "Misteri with apple basket"

Jackie - "Michiko" 

JenLee (artist) - "Misteri as a scarecrow" - NEW DIGI!

Karin - "Whoa!"

Margy (personal blog) - "Neighbour Nancy" 

Pam - "Farm scenery"

Riette - "Karoo water"

Sharon - "Country Bride"

Ursula - "Guineafowls"

 

October Holdays Swap

World Smile Day! Look at this adorable little rascal I received from my friend Claire in the October Holiday Card Swap over at Paper Craft Planet.

And for National Golf Day I received this beautiful card on the green from Josie!

Guest Designing at Lady Annes Challenges

 

Here is my second card for being a Guest Designer at Lady Anne's Challenges! The sponsored images are from Bugaboo Stamps! Isn't it so festive and wonderful!! Thanks so much for stopping by and do leave me some love! 

Recycling at Digistamps4Joy

Use recycled items and ADD a snowflake

 

For my recycled item I used the large snowflake it didn't exactly cut out right on the Cricut machine and I had it in my stash for quite some time waiting for the right moment to use it on something, for my snowflake I am considering the embossed circle sentiments added on snowflake as my added snowflake. This adorable digi image I know I will use over and over for a long time isn't it adorable! Jen Leeflang the artist, has just recently celebrated her 500th image being submitted to Digistamps4Joy! You must stop by the store and see all of the images from the talented ladies who designed them! Why not play and have some crafty time fun!

DATE CHALLENGE STARTS ON DS4J BLOG : Wednesday 2nd October 2013
DATE CHALLENGE ENDS : Tuesday 15th October 2013 

Lady Annes Challenges Guest Designer!

It's time for Anything Goes at Lady Anne's!

 I am the Guest Designer this week! The challenge  is sponsored by Digistamps4Joy! For my card, being the frugal paper crafter that I am, I used up more paper scraps, I'm really working hard to lighten up the scrap paper box, so I can buy more pretty papers most of all my paper was purchased in 2008 so it is time for some new pretties to play with, I just can't bring myself to purchase more when I have so much!  My image is no different, I colored it in my Color Me Creative Copic marker class taught by Suzanne Dean and even though I am not totally satisfied with the way she is colored, I cannot waste her, she must have a home on a happy card! You must stop by and take a look at the challenge, play along and don't forget leave some love!! See ya there!

September Holidays Card Swap

Another great card received from the September Holidays Card swap over at Paper Craft Planet! This card is from the fabulous card designer Claire! I love card swaps! What a great way to rid me of some of my card stash! I don't know enough people to mail my cards out to, that is why I joined swaps to mail cards to soldiers and that kicked off my paper craft addiction, but after many swaps and joining challenges the cards are not leaving my possession fast enough. The goal was not to have more boxes of stuff stashed in the closet...lol! Unlike some card makers I do not feel confident with my card making abilities to advertise to sell cards that I have made, maybe someday. I have sold cards but as a fundraiser for Backpacks for Children, for this causeI refused to make a profit. :)

National Mud Pack Day!

Received this cute and creative card from Bridget Collins for the September Holidays Card swap in the Anything Goes group at Paper Craft Planet.

DS4J New Release Sunday!

 Time for another new digi image release over at Digistamps 4 Joy! You must see the new images they are fantastic I know I want them all and you will to!

Challenges Entered:

1.  Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #30: Anything Goes
2.  Red Carpet Studio - W, movie inspired, layout, card - Challenge #54 Pretty in Pink.
3.  Scribble and Scrap - 2W, SIO, E3, C15 Challenge #2 Always Anything Goes.
4.  The Squirrel & the Fox - 2W, 2E - (2nd week) Challenge #53 Happy Birthday.
   

International Peace Day!

What an adorable surprise I found in my mailbox to celebrate International Peace Day September 21st! This sweet little notebook from Mary Gregor over in the Anything Goes group at Paper craft planet we joined a swap group called the September Holidays. 

New Release Sunday!

Another great image released today Misteri - Artist! She's not the only NEW RELEASE so come on over to DS4J store and check out more!! 

Challenges Entered:

1.  Robyn`s Fetish - W -CHALLENGE # 178 -Back to School.
2.  Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Anything Goes / Bright Colours
3. Digi Makeover Challenge - W, SIO, must use digi - Anything Goes

Color Challenge at Digistamps4Joy!

 

Color Challenge With a Twist - Add twine or ribbon

Your creation can be anything as long as you use the colors in the inspiration picture, and you must add a stamped image.  Use more than one color.

Challenge #76 runs from September 18 to October 1

DATE CHALLENGE STARTS ON DS4J BLOG : Wednesday 18th September 2013
DATE CHALLENGE ENDS : Tuesday 1st October 2013 


Challenges Entered:

1.  Ruby's Rainbow - 2W, JFF, C10 - #62 Masculine (2nd week)
2.  Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E - #144 Anything Goes
3.  Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - M, must use a stamp - anything goes

March with Modern Wagoneerr Sam

This beautifully designed layout although I take a crooked photograph. I found at Let's Scrap challenge site. I have less than a month to finish my scrapbook and I feel like I am so far behind that I may not make it! But at least I am taking in some crafty time fun! That has been my main focus lately searching for new places, sites, and groups to join in some fun challenges and make some new crafty friends as well as take on a challenge or two!

I recently was searching for a paper challenge site where the groups are not stagnant like at Paper Craft Planet. Don't get me wrong my current design team Digistamps4Joy has a group located at Paper Craft Planet but most of the groups at PCP have been stagnant not just for months, some haven't had a topic for years. I sent the owner of the site Suzanne Boyd a message about this, her advice rather than delete these groups and clean up house at her Ning site, was for me to step right in to the groups and get them fired up again. Why would I want to step on someone's toes and just start taking over their group? That just doesn't seem right to me.

 I joined  a couple groups at PCP and I started taking on old stagnant challenges, some groups it encouraged others to start chatting again but others not a word, just silence. I found a challenge group I thought I could possibly kick start into gear, but being that it was started by someone else I decided to send her a message asking if she would relinquish her group to me. That didn't work out, the group has been silenced so long that I never received a response. 

I found the Anything Goes group which isn't really anything goes challenges that I have noticed it is mostly Random Happies, where you send someone from that group a random greeting card, and they also do Holiday card swaps where you pick a silly holiday in the month you join and send cards to group members. I joined Anything Goes and the Cuttle-buggers group.  The cuttle-buggers started to clear the cob webs and get it going again.. YAY!

Feel free if you have a challenge site that you think I may want to try out please let me know in my comments section! I would love to stop by!

I'm A Top 3 Pick!

 

Lzazovi I Slatkisi  ("Challenges and Sweets") Top 3 -  Angela Bonanno, & Margy (DS4J) 

So exciting that not only I was in the Top 3 pick but the owner of the Design Team at Digistamps4Joy is also in the Top 3! YAY!

New Releases Sunday 500th Image!

Wow, the amazing, artistic and very talented designer Jen Leeflang has made it to her 500th image drawn for Digistamps4Joy! Congratulations Jen! I am so thrilled to be designing with your beautiful images! 

Want to see more of her wonderful NEW RELEASES stop on over at Digistamps4Joy shop!  In my card is the Misteri as Dorothy image.  

Challenges Entered:

1.  Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #28: Anything Goes
2.  Come and Get It Challenges - W -Focal Image on Side of your Card/Project
   

Teddy Bear Day!

That's right in September we celebrated Teddy Bear Day, thanks to my Paper Craft Planet, Anything Goes group, September Holiday Card Swap partner, Mary Gregor. What an Adorable Teddy Bear card!

 

 And from Josie Hancock for Read A Book Day I received this beautiful card! What a super fun swap to take part in!

Modern Wagoneer Sams Month Two

Here she is, page two of my Scrapbook for the Modern Wagoneer Sam Oklahoma Chapter. Yes, I am way behind on getting this Scrapbbok made. I am at a rush to get it done and I am not sure at this point if I am following the guidelines for the competition or not.

 I am designing my layouts from the challenges at HOME AND SCRAPPED. For this layout it was a fun game of tic-tac-toe and my line of three items are the color black, stars, and cogs. I incorporated all three items in my page for the challenge!

 If you have a really good eye you can look at my first layout and you may recognize the gray paper on the background. My objects in my first layout were cut from this piece and I incorporated the scraps out of the stash!

Cuttle-buggers Challenge

In Challenge #160, all members of the Cuttle-buggers group at Paper Craft Planet have been challenged to make a card using only the colors black and white, an embossing folder, and at least one die cut.  Be sure to label your card Pccuttlebug 160.

In my project I decided to make a tag, my Cuttlebug Embossing folder, a Cherub cut from my Cricut Expression, I tossed in some punched flowers and a little tied bow! 

Monthly Freebie!!

Time for a monthly freebie at Digistamps4Joy! This is a perfect image for the 60's themed challenge as well! I call it a 2fer! 1 great image + 1 great challenge= 2 a great time to be visiting and playing at Digistamps4Joy!

Using Image called: Moon walk

For my card I added some adorable space stickers that were given to me years ago, 2008 when I joined some of my first card swaps for Anysoldier.com. One of the ladies was finished with swapping and sent me all of her scrapping stash!  I used the stickers from the stash to create this fun card for a boy! I definitely need more cards in my stash to give to the guys in my family, since guys out number the girls in my family!   

Challenges Entered:

1.  Creative Corner - W, 3E  - No.34 - Child's Play
2.  Daring Cardmakers - W, C5 – Colour Combo*