Doodle Palace is Beary Nice!

Happy Monday! Hope you all have some time to fit a little crafting in today! I'm being an enabler today! lol

Have you seen all the adorable images over at Doodle Palace.com lately? And there will be even more this Wednesday!!! There is a FREEbie up at the blog too! Here's a Christmas card I made today...


and here's a recent release card....




Would you like to be a Guest Designer for the Doodle Palace? Simply enter their weekly challenges and the winner lands a guest designer spot and some free images! How cool is that?!

The Doodle Palace challenge blog is HERE!
Visit the store HERE!
You can even follow the Doodle Palace on Twitter for updates, discount codes & specials HERE!
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Here are some challenges for my Christmas card!

Doodle Palace~recipe.
All That Scraps~snowflakes ....my stamped background.
Simon Says~Let it Snow.
Stamp Something~winter.
If the Shoe fits...Scrap It~snow.
Dare U 2 Digi~ red/green/neutral.
Crazy 4 Challenges~snow theme.
Our Creative Corner~Christmas card.
Secret Crafter Sat chall~snow.

On the homefront.........
We are finally digging out the Christmas decorations today! So the younger kids will be helping me decorate and bake bread while my hubby and the older boys are cutting & spliting firewood! We're going for that whole Little House on the Prairie theme! lol Did I mention we have a big pot of soup cooking atop the woodstove? lol I pray you have a wonderful day surrounded by those you love! Blesssings!



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Have a Grrrrrrrreat Birthday!

Click HERE if you're looking for the 'Spread the Love for Jaimie' Blog Hop!

Happy Wednesday...we're half way there! Today is release day at Doodle Palace and I'm just lovin' these newest images! Checkout this little lion, isn't he the sweetest?!

Coloring was done with Copics & Prismas. I used molasses Smooch, pearlized ink, on the mane to add depth and shimmer, I love, love, love this stuff!!!! The sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe-all occasion circle words-and I colored gold around it to appear as a second layer! I didn't have the right colored brads so I made my faux brads with a hole punch and shimmered them with some more Smooch!! Pretty clean & simple masculine birthday card!!

Doodle Palace will be releasing their new images later today, including this sweet Lion!

Here are a few challenges...
Tree House Stamps~colors.
Stamp Something~cute & fuzzy.
Polka Doodles~masculine card & brads.
Cupcake Craft Chall~sketch.
The Pink Elephant~color recipe.

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• SPREAD THE LOVE FOR JAIMIE blog hop & card drive continues thru Monday, November 9th!

• Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 7th for the Three's A Charm blog hop! Three stamp companies coming together for fun, inspiration and prizes! How exciting!!!!

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It's really been busy in the Matter household and I'm falling behind in blogland...but I will be around to visit all of you when I can! Gosh, I thought when all the kids were old enough to feed themselves life would get easier! lol Apparently, that is not the case! Creating my own homeschool transcripts for the kids is all new to me....so I'm still on the computer but researching and reading.....not creating and commenting! lol It's all good though and I'll get it all sorted soon!! :)
Praying Peace over you and your house! Many Blessings!!!

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Penguins at The Palace!

Happy Wednesday! Today is Release day at Doodle Palace...yay! I was so excited when we rec'd the new images this week...they are all so adorable!!!! Here's the first one I have to show you...a sledding penguin!

I popped the front of the sled and the sentiment is CG. Here's a little tip on the layered sentiment. I used my circle punches but wanted a layer in between so I punched two smaller circles and used one as a 'mask', drew my black circle in marker, removed the mask and placed the sentiment circle! Easy peasy!!!
I wanted to use snow, so I tried making my own according to Holly Young of Hog Wild about Stamping! I was so pleased with the result!!!!! It's similar to polar white Flower Soft, but you easily make it yourself for pennies!!!! Checkout her tutorial HERE!

Here are the challenges...
SophistiCat chall~the sketch and use 3D.
Craft Catz~blk/wht & one other color.
Saturday Surprise~blk/white.
Die Cut Dreams~winter wonderland.
Crafty Angels~blk/wht.
Whimsy Chall~embossing.
Challenge Up Your Life~a recipe.

And the new Doodle Palace challenge is now live...

Create a Birthday Card for a Non Sporty Boy between the ages of 11 and 16! Follow Juyle's tutorial on creating a 3-Dimensional DS gaming console or just create a Masculine Birthday Card for a kiddo who doesn't/can't participate in sports, celebrating their other interests!

Hope you have a chance to play along!

Click banner to go directly to the store!


Abundant Blessings!!!!

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A Doodle Palace Rock Star

Have you seen the new releases from Doodle Palace???? This week Robin & Dee have released this Rocker boy and a little Breast Cancer Awareness Bear set...fabulous! I needed a male birthday card ....

I think I get a little carried away with the distressing....but it's just soooo much fun! lol
The DP is K&co, Rocker boy is colored in copics and pastels. The sentiment is from H&M stamps.

Here are the challenges...
Loonie Stampers~colors.
Stamp with Fun~sketch (mirrored)
Stampin' for the Weekend~colors.
Tanda Teaser~men.
Stamp Something~brown.
Charisma~distressing.


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Stamping reminders...

**Doodle Palace is having an awesome halloween sale, check it out HERE!

**Play along with The Doodle Palace challenge this week (it's a recipe) and have a chance to win some free digis!!! Deadline Monday, Oct 19th!!!

**Did you find that Squigglefly button yet....there's still time, pop over to the STORE! This quest leads to a chance to win free digis! The button looks like this...

**And don't forget there's still time to enter the Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential challenge to dress up a tree, click HERE for deets!

**Or how about the Digital Tuesday Challenge to make a halloween card, deadline is next Monday, Oct 19th!!!

****On the homefront************
October seems like such a busy month, with the seasons changing! We've have the woodstove going now and I still haven't done the 'cross-over' for the kids clothes! I dread going through all the boy's clothes, thank goodness I only have one girl!!! There is so much to 'clean up' outside before the cooler weather comes, though they're forecasting snow in the upper regions of PA tonight! We need to make applesauce and possibly saurkraut yet....then there's the business paperwork and homeschooling & the paperwork! eek....why am I even on the computer! lol Awwwww, because you all make me smile with your happy, funny, kind and encouraging comments! Thank You! I will be visiting you all later tonight....praying peace, joy and much love over each and every one of you!!! Blessings!!!

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Doodle Palace New Release Day!

Happy Wednesday! Today is new release day at the Doodle Palace....every Wednesday Robin & Dee show us their awesome talent with new images!!! I had so much fun creating two very different cards for this release!!
This first one uses the DP mushroom....I just fell in love with this mushroom......I know, it's an inanimate object and it can't love me back.....and yet......

...I just think there's something about a polka dotted mushroom! lol I used prisma markers and the sentiment is hand written! I scored a border line on either side of the narrow ribbon...can you see it?

Another new image being released today is this sweet DP fairy! I thought she would be lovely on a girly girl card so I went this these sparkly K&co papers! The sketch is from Cutie-Stampers challenge blog! I used copics, prismas and SU! markers and diamond dusted her wings....don't you just love winged things!!!!
Pop over to the Palace and checkout all the new releases along with the inspiration from the rest of the Palace Princesses!!!! Everyone did a smashing job!

While you're over there make sure you grab the newest DP FREEbie and play along in the Doodle Palace Tuesday challenge. Our hostess this week is Sheryl and she has come up with a wonderful challenge...
Please create a THANK YOU card using a ribbon and Sheryl's Plastic Wrap Texture Technique! Challenge Runs 10/06/09 - 10/12/09! You can enter as many times as you would like for a chance to win free digital images!!!

I hope you have the opportunity to play along!

Praying peace, joy and much love over each and every one of you!!! Blessings!!!

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Merry Christmas from The Doodle Palace

Well, I did it, I made a Christmas card! I had to........just look at this cute little image! lol The Doodle Palace New Releases are coming out today!!! Actually, they have new releases every Wednesday....always something new at the Palace!!!

This is one of the brand spanking new images, Santa & Rudolph. I used copics & prisma markers, SU cs colors-olive and ruby red along with K&co DP. And lots of glitter!!!
The sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches...I really liked this one! All the bling is for the Paper Cutz challenge and since I used my MS scallop punch, I'll play along with the Pile It On challenge this week!

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The new Doodle Palace challenge went up last night. It's a sketch and color combo. The winner will receive FREE digis and a GUEST Design Team spot...how exciting is that!!!
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On the homefront******************
Can you believe I'm still cleaning out?? I'm probably going to regret throwing everything out later! lol My hubby is even getting into the clean out mode. He took everything out of the deep freeze and reorganized it! I'm now thawing out 'mystery meat' in the frig! So we truly are wondering 'what's for dinner?' lol We did find some concord grapes, so the kids will be making grape butter later today! yum!

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Hey Pumpkin Bear!

ETA: FREEbie Available over at the Doodle Palace blog!

Oh, isn't this beary cute?! Even though my lovely daughter is a teen, I still call her pumpkin bear at times! lol Well, I had me a little break and this is what I made....

I used one of the recent fall releases from Doodle Palace, pumpkin bear! He's colored with copics and prismas. I layered SU! cocoa and olive with Basic Grey junebug DP. My little tag holder is a simple orange paperclip with an olive ribbon and CG circle punched sentiment. Two cocoa eyelets hold the embossed olive strip in place. I thought it turned out kinda cute! Love working with fall colors!!!

Here's some challenges I played along with...
Doodle Palace~orange & green.
Tree House Stamps~rounded corners.
One Stop Craft~teddy bears.
Basic Grey~embossing.
Play Along Monday~a recipe.
Color Chef~colors.
Lili of the Valley~colors.
Twisted Thursday~sketch and halloween embellishment. sorry ladies, no halloween emb. so I just went with the orange paperclip! :)

That was fun, now I'm off to do another 27 Fling Boogie! lol Any questions, ask FlyLady! Blessings!!!

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New Fall Releases coming to the Palace!

I told you, I'd be back!!! Exhausted! Fall cleaning is for the birds! Actually, the birds don't fall clean....they leave it and move to a new house! Hmmmm!
Well, here is a little sneak peek for the new releases coming this Wednesday to Doodle Palace!!! This sweet little scarecrow is from the Fall Set...


...I just had to paper piece those overalls when I saw this digi paper over at Gina K.'s StampTV!! Isn't it perfect?! I embossed the brown strip behind the image with the pumpkin vine folder then covered it up, duh? lol

The challenges...
Doodle Palace Tue chall~ A Digital Image, One Piece of Designer Paper and A Ribbon.
Charisma Cardz~patchwork.
OCC~fall card
Treehouse Stamps~fall card
The Sweet Shop~sketch.
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Now off to visit you! Blessings!!!

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Doodle Palace Sneak Peek

Tomorrow Doodle Palace is releasing some new images and here's a little sneak peek...Trixie Dog....isn't she cute?!


I made this little set for a friend to give to her boss....hope the boss doesn't 'read' anything into the witchy image! lol The wee milk box is from a template, I'll link at the bottom of the post! easy peasy! I used my creative memories cutting system to cut the circle, since none of my punches would reach to the center around the box flaps. A small piece of acetate is attached to hold all that yummy candy in! They're Hershey Kisses in candy corn colored foils...too cute!
Trixie is colored with prisma markers and the paper is from one of those 'celebrate the year' stacks.
Sooooo, have you been over to checkout the fabby images Doodle Palace has to offer....one more day!!! 60% off turns a $2.50 image into a $1.00 image....hocus pocus!

Well, I hope you enjoyed your Monday, look for new releases tomorrow along with the deets on the Digital Tuesday Challenge!

Oh, I almost forgot the challenges... some more NEW ones (for me!)
Create 4 Fun~milk box template.
Use It chall.~halloween gift bag, whoops I made a box! :)
Pollycraft~animal.
Stamping B's~acetate.
Wed Stamper~dogs.
Whimsy chall.!~touchy feely....I used the blue mesh 'ribbon'.
Stamp Something~animals.

Blessings!

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Pumpkins at the Palace

It appears we are harvesting pumpkins at the Doodle Palace today! And this huge one should win a farmers award! It's from the recent Thanksgiving Set release.

I decided to use the paper piecing technique this time with some MME papers. The circle sentiment is from the SU! set, seeing spots! I chalked in a sky and some grass and added faux stitching. I even found a button to match!

If you haven't been over to the new Doodle Palace website, now is a great time to go! They're having a mega sale...(click the banner)

...to celebrate their Grand Opening! yay!

And I have an announcement....

I always knew I was a princess, but now's it's official........lol!

There are challenges every Tuesday at the Palace blog with digis to win! The current challenge is a recipe of sorts~ use pastel colors and daisies~otherwise anything goes! No product restrictions! The Palace blog is also where you will see new images being released and Freebies to snag!

Great fun, huh? Well, stay tuned to this blog because I have so much more to share with you, lots up my sleeve, so to speak! And it's all just for you!

Now let's look at some challenges for this card!
The first one is a New one to me...
La-La Weekly Wednesday chall~stitching.
Monday Lunchtime Sketch~the sketch.
Scrappy Frogs~paper piecing.
Creative Inspiration(Sun)~stitching.
Crafty Creations~a farm theme.

Ok, I think that's it for today....we have a busy weekend and are away today shopping and picnicing...I hope the rain stops! Praying you have a day of Son-shine and laughter! Abundant Blessings!

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