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Hi everyone,
This week at the Doodle Palace they had a new release of two cute digi stamps; Birthday Cow, and Marshmallows & Hot Dogs.
I'm a little late with my post but I wanted to show off my "Birthday Cow" card...

I use celebrations for the confetti, I did cut it at 3" but the confetti is quite narrow in areas and so instead of long streamers, there are mostly just swirls. Note: when cutting the confetti image larger than 4" is best.

Come see what the Doodle Palace Princess have created using these digi images -HERE.

Summer Time Treats Bear

New release day for Doodle Palace digital images, this week there are two new images, "Muddy Buddy" and "Summer Time Treats"

I used the sweet Summer Time Treats bear image, the bear was probably a "he", but just by adding a pink bow, I made her a "she" bear.

I used the "Heritage" cricut cartridge for the green flourish.

Entered in Meljen's Designs challenge --"Flower's and Blooms"

Entered in Wee Memories challenge --"Stitching"

Special Delivery Little Brag Book

Another great digi stamp from Doodle Palace. This weeks image is a very sweet giraffe delivering a baby at the front gate.
I made a little brag book for a mom to write her thoughts and add photos of before delivery and after.I printed my image on patterned paper, then colored using Copic markers. I made the front and back covers using cereal boxes, then covered with the pattern paper. (I knew I should have taken photos of how I made it, I will next time).
This book measures approx. 4" x 5 1/2". I used my "Bind-It-All" for the binding, then tied ribbon and added a few fun charms.
Go see all the other wonderful projects made by Doodle Palace Princesses HERE using this "Special Delivery" digital stamp. This stamp is available in the Doodle Palace digi shop HERE.

A Boy and His Dog

A boy and his dog.... just perfect together. But sometimes we need a dog just so we can go for a walk.
This is one of the two new digital images at Doodle Palace available today.

A Boy and his Dog

I thought this saying was too cute, I printed it from my computer.

I used copic markers to color this image.
See what the Doodle Palace Princess have created using this weeks images -here.

Chibi Dino Boy

Just look at this cute little boy all dressed up in in dino costume, simply adorable.
This is one of the two new digital images at Doodle Palace.

Chibi Dino Boy

I printed the image then used copic markers to color. I think the deckle cut edges gives very rugged dinosaur type feel.
See what the Doodle Palace Princess have created using this weeks images -here.

Teddy With Flowers

aNew release day for Doodle Palace digital images, this week there are two new images, "Teddy w/ Flowers" and "Easter Tree"

I used the cute Teddy w/ Flowers image, he is so sweet, I just love his cute little "x" where his belly button is.

I printed the image approx. 3" high x 3 1/4" wide and used colored pencils to add color, then cut out the teddy bear using scissors.

The box and flower were cut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge. The shopping bag is on page 115, I have a Cricut expressions and used the "fit to page" feature which cut the bag 5 3/4". The flower is on page 107 and I used the blackout feature cut at 3 1/2"
The finished box size measures 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" including the handle.
To view more projects using the "Teddy w/ Flowers" and "Easter Tree" digital images, check out what the Doodle Palace Princesses have made Here.

Thank you for coming to visit my blog today.

Sweetest Little Turtle Girl

This is the sweetest little turtle costume girl that I've ever seen!
Two new images to be released today at Doodle Palace Digital Stamps. This image is "Chibi Girl -Turtle" the second image not shown on my blog is "Bear on Trike" he is adorable you'll just have to take a look.

I used a paper piecing technique for this little girl.
I printed this image 4 times, once on white cardstock, then on two green patterned papers, and the fourth on pink (just so I could cut out the cute flower).

I colored the face and center of the flower using colored pencils. Then cut out the turtle costume and a circle where her sweet face is and with the green grass patterned paper I cut out the belly, hands (mittens), and the tail, but it's so tiny it may be hard to see it.
I used the Cuttlebug "Tiny Mosaic Texture" embossing folder on the solid pink paper. And because it has a white core I was able to give it a light sanding on the top of the squares so the white could show through.

To see more creations and get inspired using "Chibi Girl -Turtle" and the "Bear on Trike" digital stamp, go check out what the Doodle Palace Princesses have created HERE, and remember to click on the names above the project to view the designers blog.

Bear w/ Lamb & Chicks

Hooray.... for new digital images at Doodle Palace, wait til you see the adorable digi images today, both are so cute. The two new images are "Bear with Lamb and Chicks" and "Where the Easter Bunny Lives"

Here is Bear with Lamb and Chicks.

I used a fixative spray on my printed digital image before coloring, so I could use markers to color this image without my printer ink smearing. It turned out so sweet, I added ribbon and a mary jane shoe charm.
Come see more creations from the Doodle Palace design team using these two digital images.

Three Sunflowers

Another lovely card made using one of the two flower image in the digital stamps "Sunflowers Set" from Doodle Palace digital stamps.

I used colored pencils to color the image, then added a bit of glitter on the center of the flowers and the heart.

Little Miss Bunny

Doodle Palace is having their new digital stamp release today, one is Chibi Kids Bunny, the second is an Easter Cross.

I used the sweet little bunny.

I colored the hair, face, belly, hands & ears with colored pencils, then added glitter to the hands, belly, ears, and barrette. Then used liquid applique all over the bunny coat, the tip on this pen makes adding the liquid applique so easy. Then for the fun, I heat the liquid applique with a heat tool and it puffs right up.... so cool!My adorable fuzzy bunny.
To see more great projects using this sweet bunny and the Easter Cross go HERE and check out the Doodle palace design team projects; remember to click on the designers name to go to their blog and see more details about their project.

Lovey Dovey Bears

Isn't this the cutest couple that you've ever seen? They are so sweet!
This one of the newest digital images available at Doodle Palace digital store, this image is called Lovey Dovey Bears. And another new release image is titled Chester the Rabbit he is an adorable Easter image.
I printed the image twice, then used colored pencils to color, with the second image colored only the rose, hat and heart, then cut them out and used pop-dots to give a 3-D look.
Come see more of the doodle palace design team creations using these two new digital images, Lovey Dovey Bears and Chester the Rabbit. Here
Remember to click on the design team name above the photo to be taken to their blog for more details about their creations.

One Sunflower in a Pot -Ribbon Tip

This lovely digital stamp available at Doodle Palace is fun to color. Remember when using digital stamps the size can be adjusted to your desire before printing.
I colored the image with colored pencils, then brushed the edges of the cardstock with an ink pad, I also gently rubbed over the sunflower image with the ink using diagonal strokes.
On the yellow cardstock I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder, then again gently rubbed over the embossed dots using the same ink pad.
I wanted to share a fun ribbon tip that's easy to do and I used on this card.
My card is vertical, and the ribbon I added is horizontal; typically if I added a horizontal ribbon it would wrap all around the card, then the ribbon would need to be untied or removed before opening.

Using the following technique the ribbon stays on the card even when opened.
I use a rectangle hole punch (a round punch could be used as well) to punch the very edge of the folded side of the card.


Opened view of punched rectangle.Slip the ribbon into the hole, then bring around to the front of the card and tie a bow or on my card I used a knot.

A great simple tip, give this a try today on one of your vertical cards.

Oh So Sweet

New images at Doodle Palace, you'll have to head on over and check them out.
This week there is an adorable baby digi stamp set called "Tucker & Tabatha" with 4 images in the set.
I used the cute baby clothes line, in the "Tucker & Tabatha" set for my card.

This week I tried a new technique using my digi stamp. I printed my image on vellum paper then immediately poured embossing powder on the damp image, poured the excess powder off, then heat set with my heat tool.
When I print on vellum the ink stays wet longer so I'm able to use the embossing powder before the image dries (I tried this technique using my regular cardstock but the ink dried way too quick).

With the image embossed I'm able to color with my markers without the worry of the printer ink smearing. The words "Oh So Sweet" were done using my printer.
The other new digi stamp image available today is called "Fishing Stuff", and to view projects using this image and Tucker & Tabatha click here. Remember to view more details about each project click on the Doodle Palace design teams name above their project to be sent to there blog where they give more detailed information about their creations.

Sunflowers in a Row

One thing I'm loving about using digital stamps is you can re-size them, large or small to fit any size card or even a scrapbook page.

I start by measuring my card and decide the size that I would like the digital stamp to be. Then I print the image that size. For this sunflower card I wanted to use three flowers next to each other, I'm able to line them up perfectly before I print.

This digi stamp comes in a set of two sunflower images, available at Doodle Palace. My project shows only one of the images, the other is a bouquet of sunflowers in an old fashioned beverage pitcher.

Sunflower Set

I used colored pencils for the image and a shading technique, using light to heavy pressure on opposite ends of the image.