Paper Playtime Sponsorship

Today we are sponsoring the Paper Playtime Digital challenge.   Paper Playtime does challenges each week, but the last monday each month they have several digital sponsors for the challenge prizes, and I am sponsoring all year with them on their "last monday" challenge.
Today is an anything goes at Paper Playtime.

I used the Baby Cow image from Doodle Pantry.  I needed a simple card for the father-in-law.  He raises, buys and sells cows and it is always fun each spring when we visit, to see the newest baby calf trotting along behind it's mother in the herd.

SUPPLIES:

• IMAGE: Baby Cow image from Doodle Pantry
• CS/PAPER: Canson 90 lb. watercolor paper, SU old olive, Graphic45 domestic goddess DP
• INK: printer, Tombow markers 946, 947, 098, 850, 990, SU marker marina mist
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, Spellbinders labels dies, CDS spring leaf ribbon, pearl, button, sewing machine, foam dimensionals

Thanks so much for visiting today!  I hope you can play in Paper Playtime this week for your chance to win a gift coupon to Doodle Pantry! 
See you later this week with the March 5 releases and the DPDC9.
Laurie

February 27th Top Notch Artist

Good morning!  It's that time again!  It is time for another fabulous
Top Notch Artist!

How do we choose our Top Notch Artists?

We keep a keen eye on our challenge participants and the members of our CDAC Doodle Pantry Group, and we hand select artists whom have shown us some fabulous work using Doodle Pantry images.

How often wll we be selecting Top Notch Artists?

Twice each month!  All Top Notch artists are notified by email approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the posting date.

What does the Top notch Artist receive?

The selected artist receives ONE Doodle Pantry product of their choice free, has a few of their projects using Doodle Pantry images displayed on this blog, and gets to display the badge below in their blog sidebar.

Drum roll, please!  

Our second Top Notch Artist is Georgia Smith!

Congratulations, Georgia!  It is a pleasure having you play in our challenges, and we love seeing your Doodle Pantry creations!  Thank you for sharing your creativity with us!

We would like to show you a few of Georgia's recent creations using Doodle Pantry images.  You can also click HERE to go directly to her blog, where you will find lots of other eye candy!


Georgia's card using New Year's Birdie

Georgia's card using Love Birdies

Georgia's card using "Hang in There"

Thank you so much for stopping by to see the Top Notch Artist!  Keep making cards and playing along with our challenges here at Doodle Pantry and our CDAC group, and you may be the next Top Notch Artist!

 

Have a wonderful week!

Our New Design Team!

Time to announce the Doodle Pantry Design Team 

for the March - August term 2011!!

In alphabetical order by last name....

 Lorie Ames

Glenda Atkins

Sharon Basel

Kristine Breach   

Heide Dronchi

Rebecca Ednie

Lisa Jackson

  Robbie Stockton  

  Maranda van der Kraats  

  Kathy Winter  

And our Senior Design Team whom are continuing through August 2011:

(random order)

Katlyn Traxler

 Linda Borneman
Pat Dadisman
Sue Morris
Maria Matter
Sarah Taylor

And here is our winter DT whom will finish out their terms through February 26
We have certainly enjoyed every piece of  heart they have created!
Anita Hovey
Jerusha Borden
Claudine Poch
Dawn Frost
Alica Ziakova
Shannon Neparko
Christa Mulder

DPDC#8 - Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge!

Hello!  It's Katlyn here with another challenge!  I hope you can join in on the fun this week! 

Tag/Keyword: DPDC8

1. The theme this time is SPARKLE and BLING!  Everyone loves that, right?  So pull out those pearls, charms, glitter and other fun accents, and show us your sparkle and bling!
2. You may submit projects using any company DIGITAL image, but it must be a digital image.  However, we of course LOVE to see what you can do with Doodle Pantry Images if at all possible. Feel free to browse the freebie page HERE, if you'd like to use one at no cost.

We hope you can play along with us!

The PRIZE for one randomly selected participant is a $10 Doodle Pantry Store Coupon!
And then 3 entries will be chosen as TOP 3, of whom will receive 1 free Doodle Pantry product 
THAT IS 4 CHANCES TO WIN!

Other challenge guidelines below:

1. Each challenge has a specific theme and it is expected that you will create something NEW and follow the challenges theme. 
2. Post your creation on your blog or online public gallery in which a comment can be left.  Post MUST be dated within the time frame of the challenge.  Please, no past creations, create something new!  
3. The linky widget may state that a URL is not required, but IT IS REQUIRED. You MUST LINK YOUR POST of your project/card
4. Challenges are open for 2 weeks and winners posted the day prior to the next challenge (on the 4th)
5. Only enter once per each challenge
6. Keywords or tags for the challenge are DPDC and the number of the challenge, no spaces.

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Here are some of the Creative Team creations using the CHALLENGE THEME SPARKLE & BLING to help get your creative juices flowing!

Dawn used Oxalis and put bling crystals in the shamrocks and on the side

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 Shannon used Irish Birdie and put glimmer on the hat
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Sarah used Lucky Sheep and totally glittered up the horseshoe
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 Pat used Baby Chick and used a lovely shimmer ribbon and crystals

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We hope you have been inspired today, and we hope you can join us.   Thanks so much for stopping by and we wish you a wonderful week!

New Releases and News

We've got new releases today!!  

As well as several new notices below:

1.  I will be starting up the EMAIL NEWSLETTER again, since I received so many questions from customers wondering if they had missed the newsletters this month.  I had decided to stop it, since all the information was redundant, but so many customers have let me know how valuable getting the release newsletter in their inbox was to them.  So I will be sending out newsletters again.

• If you subscribed to the newsletter previously (and didn't unsubscribe yourself), you are still in the contact list, you don't have to do anything.
• If you are a new follower and would like to sign up for the newsletter, the sign up box is on the HOMEPAGE of Doodle Pantry storefront, near the upper left side.
• Not sure if you are in the active Newsletter contact list?  Just send me a note with your email and I will check to see if you are in the contact list.

2.   I have added a Feedburner email signup for THIS BLOG, so that you can get emailed when new posts are made. Just check the right sidebar, near the top.

3.   We are having a PRESIDENT'S DAY sale!   25% off all digital images and templates!  (EXCLUDES watermarks and gift certificates, you need to purchase those separately Thank you.)  CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SPECIALS PAGE on how you can redeem 25% off!


NEW RELEASES
(click the titles to go to the product at the store and see inspirational projects from the Design Team)


BABY CHICK - Free with ANY purchase for a LIMITED TIME!  February 20-25

• Just add it to your cart of other purchased products and pay for your other items and this one ends up being free!

inspiration from Pat

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CHICKEN - Realistic chicken hen with 3 little chicks around her, includes a few sentiments.

 inspiration from Maria

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IRISH BIRDIE - Kiss the birdie, he's Irish! (Every March 17, that is!)  Includes pre-color images and sentiments!  Note that the St. Paddy's Digi paper pack is made to coordinate with this set.

 inspiration from Jerusha

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ST. PADDY'S DIGI PAPER - Six 6x6 digi paper designs with shamrocks, hats, and other irishy styles. Made to coordinate with the Irish Birdie, but can be used for other card backgrounds too!

 inspiration from Guest Heidi

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LUCKY SHEEP - The sheep is sitting on a big horseshoe and she feels lucky to have a friend like ewe!  Includes pre-color image plus one 6x6 horseshoe digi paper, and several sentiments.

inspiration from Guest Donna

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OXALIS (SHAMROCK) - Realistic little shamrocks with a couple shamrock flowers and sentiments.

 inspiration from Katlyn

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Hope you enjoyed a little inspiration!  The next challenge will be posted shortly, we hope you come back and join us!

Laurie

We are sponsoring a challenge today!

Today we have some new image releases which are posted right after this post.

Today we are also sponsoring the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge!
The theme of their challenge is to use green, and their verse of reference is Ex. 8:9-11.
I used the Grassy Hills image and a verse from the Only God image set, both from the previous release.

The supply list is at the bottom of this post.

Card size is 3.25"x6.25"

I placed the scenery into my document first and then added the sentiment overtop, and then printed the combined image.  I used the scallop oval punch as a mask for sponging clouds in the sky.  I watercolored the image with the markers and a waterbrush.  And used the marker writing tip to create grass tufts after the scene was completely dry.

SUPPLIES for GRASSY HILLS CARD:

• IMAGES: Grassy Hills and Only God from Doodle Pantry
• STAMPS: Random doily decorative stamp from some clear set that was unmarked, sorry!
• CS/PAPER: 90 lb. watercolor paper by Canson, white, wild wasabi
• INK: Wild wasabi inkpad, marina mist inkpad, Marina mist and wild wasabi markers, Tombow markers 177, 992, 946
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, sponge, white satin, button, linen thread, dimensionals, spellbinders large curvy rectangle die, pearls, scallop oval punch

THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR SPONSORSHIP POST!  I hope you'll stick around and check out the New releases too.  Thanks so much for coming by and I hope you were inspired to go create something.

 Laurie