Digital Doodles in the News & Thanksgiving Decor

Hello! What's the weather like in your neck of the woods? Is is chilly? Does anyone have snow? We have a cloudy, drizzly day here in North Carolina. The perfect day to put on some music and do some crafting. Or  wouldn't it be fun to do some baking! I'm forever watching my weight and right now I need to loose about three pounds, so the baking will have to wait until next week! ;)

Anyway, I was excited to see the Digital Doodles Home Sweet Home stamp was in print over at Scrapstreet. The talented Amy Heller created this card a while back and it caught the eye of the folks at Scrapstreet.

Such a beautiful and creative card! Amy printed one of the houses from the image onto a real piece of wood! Very creative, isn't she? I love all the pieces of paper, stitching and buttons!

Just a reminder and in case you didn't see my Tuesday post, all Digital Doodles stamps are 25% off this week exclusively at Two Peas in a Bucket. Most stamps are just 74 cents!

I managed to take down the Halloween decorations and put up some Thanksgiving pretties over the past couple days. Would you like to see?

Here's the mantel with a leaf garland, a berry wreath, a pilgrim couple and so on. I love rich autumn colors!

This is the console table in the family room. It's fun to incorporate regular household items into holiday displays such as the pitcher that's usually in the kitchen and I placed a pumpkin in the bird cage. All you need to make your own Thanksgiving display are a few pumpkins, leaves, dried corn, and fruit.

This end table in the family room has a top shelf and one at the bottom. The top shelf is usually occupied by a box of tissue, nothing special, but the bottom is seen through the glass and makes it look pretty. These items, except for the leaf stems are everyday items too.

I how I enjoy these large glass blown pumpkins I purchased at Target a few years back! The back side of them is open to place candles in. You should see how beautiful they look at night with the soft glow of candle light! The mirrored tray was a recent purchase at one of my favorite antique stores. Just $20! I can use it year round for any holiday display!

Do you decorate for Thanksgiving. I used to decorate just for Christmas with the exception of a few pumpkins at Halloween and Thanksgiving. Maybe a bunny and some eggs at Easter. In recent years I've really gotten interested in dressing the house up for each season/holiday. It's a good time to move some things around and keep the house looking fresh and different.

I thank you once again for popping in to 'see' me. I'm looking forward to some blog hopping today so I can see what everyone else is up to. There's nothing like viewing all of your crafty projects to get me in the mood to do my own crafting. See ya soon! :)

Ditial Doodles Tuesday and a Giveaway

Hi, happy to have you here! Thanks for stopping in! It's a Digital Doodles Tuesday and we have a new little friend to introduce to you! Please welcome our 'Frosty Friend' snowman stamp! The design team has been having a ball making projects for you!

A Cup of Snowman Soup and Card

by Kathy Martin

Jar of You Bake Cookies, Gift Tag and Bag Set

by Arielle Gordon

Winter Scrapbook Page

by Patricia Kumfer

Snowflake Ornament

by Carina Lindholm

Card and Ornaments Gift Set

by Virginia Lu

Journal and Card Gift Set

by Cheryl Nelson

Gift Tags

by Audrey Pettit

Note Card Set

by Vera Wirianta Yates

I love all this snowy goodness! How about you? Do you feel a little chill looking at these snowy projects? Well, our 'Frosty Friend' goes on sale next Tuesday exclusively at Two Peas in a Bucket for just .99 cents and the design team will have another round of snowy projects to show you then! This guy is so versatile, don't you think?

Now for last week's Digital Doodles winner...Renee at Stamping for Sanity! Congratulations Renee! You get to pick a stamp of your choice! This week's Digital Doodles giveaway is our new 'Frosty Friend' stamp. If you would like a chance to win, just leave a comment on this post by this Friday, October 29, 2010 and you will be entered into the drawing! Winner will be announced next week on Digital Doodles Tuesday! Kathy :)

Ditial Doodles Tuesday and a Giveaway

Good day! Great to have you stop in today for another Digital Doodles Tuesday! We have a special set of projects to show off in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month! Digital Doodles Design Team member Arielle Gorden, who has a great big heart of gold, came up with the idea and inspired the following pink projects.

Pink Card

Inside Message:  Fight like a girl!

by Kathy Martin

Bath Essentials Gift Set

by Arielle Gordon

Support Card

by Carina Lindholm

Little Pink Houses Card and Gift Bag Set

by Virginia Lu

Pink Clipboard

by Cheryl Nelson

Love U Card

by Vera Wirianta Yates

I think these projects are fantastic! I love all this pink and what it represents! Thanks ladies! If you are interested in purchasing any of the Digital Doodles images used for these projects or would like to see more Digital Doodles images, click here.

Now for the winner of the Digital Doodles 'Happy Howl-loween' set, Linda of Scrapcat Cards by Linda! Congratulations Linda! I will be sending your digital stamps by e-mail. This week's Digital Doodles stamp giveaway is a stamp or stamp set of your choice. If you would like to be entered in the drawing, just leave a comment on this post by this Friday, October 22, 2010. Good luck everyone!

If you were visiting yesterday you know I went on a date with my hubby to the fair. We had a wonderful time and took lots of great photos which I will share with you sometime soon...maybe with a scrapbook page? I also mentioned last Friday that I got together with my girlfriend to do a cooking and baking day. We had a successful day and didn't burn anything! I will be sharing some pics and recipes of our day tomorrow, so I hope to see you then! :) Kathy

Digital Doodles Tuesday & Giveaway

Today is a very special day! Not only is it a new release day here at Digital Doodles, but it's my darling husband's birthday! Happy Birthday Dan!

I'm not the best at creating masculine cards so I thought I'd try a little harder this year. I perused blogland for a little manly inspiration and came up with this card. I like the way it turned out and I love that I used my patterned paper scraps! My hubby loves maps so this old paper is perfect!

Now onto the new Digital Doodles release! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here with this new 'Night Before Christmas' stamp set!

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care....you know the words! We've been uttering these phrases since childhood. What fabulous memories they invoke! And here is what the the design team and I came up with this week.

Merry Christmas Card

by Kathy Martin

Merry Christmas Photo Frame

by Arielle Gordon

Holiday Cards

by Patricia Kumfer

Tea Lights Gift Set

by Carina Lindholm

Merry & Bright Card

by Virginia Lu

Night Before Christmas Scrapbook Page

by Cheryl Nelson

I've Been Good

by Audrey Pettit

Merry Christmas Card

by Vera Wirianta Yates

I think I hear carols playing off in the distance when I look at these projects! I love Christmas! It's a month long celebration of card making, baking, decorating, drinking cocoa and bringing our children to visit Santa. Before you can blink an eye, it will be here so I plan to get started on my cards and ornaments and I hope these project samples and new 'Night Before Christmas' set will help you to create fabulous goodies this season!

Our winner for last week's Digital Doodles prize is Krissy! Congratulations Krissy! You get to select a Digital Doodles stamp(s) of your choice. This week's Digital Doodles giveaway is the 'Thankful' stamp set pictured below! Just leave a comment on this post by Friday and you may be drawn from the list of comments! Winner will be announced next Digital Doodles Tuesday! Good luck!

Thanks for stopping by! I really enjoyed showing you all the design team projects and revealing the new 'Night Before Christmas' stamp set. On sale now at Two Peas in a Bucket for just $4! I'll be back tomorrow with some more crafts and Halloween decorating! :) Kathy

World Card Making Day

Wow, isn't it great that there's a World Card Making Day, a special day just for those of us who enjoy creating cards?!?! I think it's fabulous and in honor of the occasion, Vera Wirianta Yates, a design team member of Digital Doodles stamps, has organized the 'Caring Hearts Card Drive' for the elderly at nursing facilities! The purpose of this drive is to share our cards with the residents in nursing homes who often times feel lonely during the holidays. Vera is such generous and kind hearted person who decided just this week to start this drive. So, there are still details to be worked out, but that means we can all pitch in and help by either sending cards or sponsoring prizes to make this a successful event! I'm pleased to announce that Digital Doodles stamps will participate and donate stamp sets as prizes for this drive! Please hop over to Vera's blog by clicking here to find out how you can join!

I'll be back later today to show off some cards I'm making today for this event. I  hope you can join in and have a great World Card Making Day! Kathy :)

As promised I'm back this afternoon to show you a Thanksgiving card I made today for the Caring Hearts Card Drive. I created this card with a new digital kit called 'Feels Like Fall' from Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket. Such a cool little kit full of autumn accents and a lot of coordinating patterned papers.

I can't get enough of the fun crinkled seam binding, buttons and Nestabilities die cuts as you can tell from all the projects I've posted lately! I made two cards yesterday that I can't show just yet that uses all the above! They are my go-to items these days!

Well, I plan to squeeze in another card today for the Caring Heart Card Drive. I hope you can join me, but if you can't, the drive will be open until mid November. Get all the details on Vera's blog posted above. :) Kathy

A Second Helping of 'Thankful' and a GIVEAWAY

Who can sit down to Thanksgiving dinner and not dish up seconds? I can't! Thanksgiving comes but once a year and the turkey is so delicious and tender and the gravy is so savory that I can't resist a second helping! So we decided to give you a second helping of Digital Doodles 'Thankful' projects too! Just look what the design team and I have cooked up for you...

To give my white and red gingham ribbon an aged appearance, I just placed the ribbon over my Ranger Antique Linen stamp pad and swirled a tole brush over it.

Jar of Apple Butter with Tag and Card

Kathy Martin

Digital Doodles Designer

Fall Decor Blocks

Arielle Gordon

Candy Apples with Tag

Patricia Kumfer

Apple Cupcake Toppers and Wrappers

Carina Lindholm

Happy Thanksgiving Cards

Virginia Lu

Please Don't Go - Scrapbook Page

Cheryl Nelson

Thanksgiving Napkin Rings

Audrey Pettit

Candle with Pumpkin Card

Vera Wirianta Yates

Didn't these gals rock the projects this week?!?! What's your favorite project? I think I gained a few pounds just gazing at all the goodies that were created! And I would love to decorate my Thanksgiving table and hearth with the banner and napkin rings! If you would like to whip up some Thanksgiving goodness, the 'Thankful' set is exclusively sold at Two Peas in a Bucket.

Want a few good reasons to buy Digital Doodles stamps?

They're adorable! ;)
They require no physical storage space or creative storage solutions!
You do not need dozens of stamp pads since you can color the images with an unlimited color palette from your computer!
You can resize them to make little bitty icons or great big images for scrapbook pages and more!
They can be used countless times without any wear and tear!
They are less messy!
There are no shipping costs when you order since they arrive by e-mail!
You don't have to wait a week until they arrive...ah instant gratification!
They are environmentally friendly since there is no physical product! Now you're talking! ;)
They are less expensive too! Gotta love that!

I can't think of any more reasons off the top of my head, but do you need any? ;)

Before I close, I'd like to offer the Digital Doodles 'Card Sentiments' set to one person leaving a comment on
this post by Friday!

This set has oodles of fun sentiments for all your Digital Doodles designs.

Thanks for stopping by! I enjoyed having you! :) Kathy