Bon Appetit

Hi!

I wanted to share this epicurious concoction of a card.

It's perfect for the chef in your life.

It actually reminds me of these Italian chef figurines that they keep at the
kitchen my mom works at.

I have this card for sale in my Etsy shop.

Have you checked it out yet? I have some of your fave cards listed there and
will be uploading on a more regular basis.

So check out Cr8ive M.E. on Etsy.

This card uses Manic Monday Freebie Fundays image from The Digi Shack, check
it out here. And The Digi Shack's Sketchbook Wednesday challenge.

I still really like TDS' designs although I am no longer a part of the team.

So you should definitely go check things out.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Happy Wednesday Drama Queen

Hi!

Happy Wednesday!

Yay! Just 2 more days till Friday.

Today I have The Digi Shack's Wednesday Sketch Challenge to share with you.

I used Monday's Digi Shack FREEbie image. Yup, you heard me right it's a FREEbie
image and you can find it here. But hurry cause FREEbies don't last for long. But
no worries as this will go up in the shop for the low, low price of $1.

The background is some scrap from one of my SU! packs. Let me just say thank
goodness for double-sided paper, it just makes it easier for a crafter to craft.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

For you DAD

Hi!

Today is Sketchbook Wednesday over at TDS blog.

Below is the sketch. I didn't see it on the TDS blog.


You will definitely find a lot of inspiration from the DT though. So I
definitely encourage you to participate with us today. I promise the
DT will stop by and leave you lots of LOVE if you do.

Today I choose to go with a Father's Day card idea you will also see
that some of my fellow DT members choose to go with either Father's
or Mother's Day card ideas too. FYI: Mother's Day is on May 9th
I know that's soon.

So on with the deets about this card.

The buttons came from my stash and the inner circle where the sentiment
is well that's a CM shapemaker that's no longer available as I believe they've
done away with all the smaller shapemaker sets in order to make room in their
inventory for the NEW shapemaker shapes.

And the sentiment stamp is from The Angel Company. Do you have an
Angel in your life? Do you have questions about TAC? If so I would love
to be of help to you please feel free to email me at cr8iveme_at_gmail.com
just put something about TAC in your subject message.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Digi Shack, The Angel Company Thinking of You

Paper: My Mind's Eye Check Her Out

Ink: Bic Mark-Its, Sharpies, Copics, Uniball Silver Gel ink, SU! Classic Chocolate Chip

Accessories: CM Shapemakers Circles

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Calling All Sistah's!

Calling all Sistah’s!

The Digi Shack Design Team Call

It’s that time again where we are looking for a few fresh faces to join The Digi Shack.

If you LOVE digi’s you’ll love being part of our family! We are looking for new design team members. We’ve recently lowered our prices on our images to just $1 each to do our part in saving the world of paper crafter’s money! We are also adding a few new lines to our shop including some fabulous templates!

Open to:

U.S. and International English speaking applicants

Please read the following very carefully before submitting your application. It is very important that you follow the directions as that too is part of the determining factor of you becoming a DT member

· 3 pictures of your VERY BEST work. Photos must be sized at 640x480. This can either be cards, layouts with pictures or altered items

· A paragraph (not a sentence) about you and why you want to be a Shack Sistah and what you will do to promote The Digi Shack.

· A clickable link to your blog

· A clickable link to your online gallery or galleries

· A list of clickable links to all Design teams you are on. It is favorable that you are not active on more than 3 design teams while you are with TDS.

What is expected of DT members?

If you are chosen to be a Shack Sistah you will be expected to:

· Complete weekly challenges and post to your blog on the challenge day(s).

· Post comments and photos on SNR and PCP and other social networking sites.(this means you will have to have a user account at SNR and PCP)

· You will also be required to leave comments on blogs for all of our TDS fans that participate in our challenges and your sistah’s blogs

· Participate in ALL TDS events where sufficient notice is given.

· It is not required but we encourage all DT members to submit their artwork to magazine publication at least once a month. A list of publications will be provided for you on the DT blog.

You will also be required to participate in Digi Day on SNR on the 1^st Saturday of EVERY MONTH for your term.(this date is subject to change without notice) as well as our monthly Ustream live video feeds (you do not need to have a webcam but you do need to sign up for a free Ustream account so that you can participate in the live chats)

You must use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome as your internet browser in order to view all of our images – both safer than IE and free to download. Our images are not always visible on IE. This does not mean if you use IE you have to delete it, you just need to use Firefox or Chrome while working with TDS images and blogs. You can have more than one browser installed on your computer and it should not harm or interfere with your system.

You must also know and understand how to use digital images. No special software is required but you must be able to print digital images in order to showcase them. Further, you must have a working knowledge of blogging software and understand the basic principles of inserting links, adding photos, etc.

A digital camera to photograph your work is required. No scanned images please.

You will be required to promote TDS by placing a clickable blog button on your blog. (This will be provided to you by TDS if you are chosen to be on the team)

You must have a blog that is updated at least 3 times a week.

You must be willing to commit to a 3 month term (June 1, 2010-Sept 1, 2010)

You will be required to check the DT blog daily to check for updates or new events. This is our main form of communication.

You must be willing to work under short notice. I am not a planner and more often than not, I plan things at the last minute.

Failure to comply with the above terms may result in termination with or without notice.

What do DT members get as part of being on the team?

You will receive free TDS images! This round we are doing things a bit different. Once selected as part of the DT you will receive 3 images of your choice to create with to announce your position on the team. Once I see that these three images are used you may choose 3 more and so on. I’ve found that if I freely give out images then they are not being used to showcase TDS. This isn’t just about getting free images, your position on the DT is to showcase and promote The Digi Shack. As long as you are creating with our images and showcasing them, you will receive all of your requested images. Please remember that this is a serious commitment and I expect that you treat it as such if you are chosen. Please do not apply if you can not commit.

Monthly we will be releasing new images and you will automatically be sent those images before the release date so that you can sneak peek those new arrivals. Those new releases do not count towards your images of choice.

If you think you have what it takes to be a Shack Sistah email your application with DESIGN TEAM in the subject line by May 15, 2010 – Any applications with anything more or less than DESIGN TEAM in the subject line will be disqualified.

Good luck!

Celebrate

Hi!

Happy Wednesday to you!

Yes, I'm still feeling a bit sick so no work for me today.

But I did get a chance to play a little.

Plus, I found out I didn't exactly get the job I was interviewing
for. Oh, well.

At least the birds are singing, the sun is shining, and I'm not
running a high fever today. Trust me that wasn't pretty, I was
having some horrible delusions and trouble breathing.

Today is Sketchbook Wednesday over at The Digi Shack. You've
just got to see the amazing cards that the DT came up with and
can you believe it Toni even participated with an adorable take
on a Mother's Day card. She used an image that hasn't yet been
released to even the DT. So you definitely will want to check that
out.

Oh and don't forget you can participate with us too! You can even
use the image that I used on my card above. It was Monday's
FREEbie and it's still available for FREE. But hurry cause the FREEbies
don't stay up for long. But don't worry it will still be available for
the low price of $1 after that though.

For today's card of course I used the Sketchbook Challenge sketch
but I also took a little inspiration from Sketches! {by tamara} with
using this week's Challenge # 115 - Recipe Challenge. Which was to
use

• Brads
• Buttons
• The Color Blue

Now for the deets on my card.

Well the ribbon, buttons, and brads along with the sentiment stamp came from my stash.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Digi Shack

Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper Wildberry Pie, Basic Grey Offbeat paper pad

Ink: Bic Mark-Its, Sharpies, Copics, Uniball Silver Gel ink, SU! Classic Chocolate Chip

Accessories: SU! round tab punch

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Manic Monday Freebie Fun Day

Hi!

I wanted to let you all know there's a wonderful freebie available today over at
The Digi Shack blog.

I personally haven't had a chance to work with it yet as I've been sick since
I got outta work on Saturday.

I can barely talk so I had my dh call my manager this morning and the owner
tonight. I did manage to make a call this morning to the owner to let him know
I was having trouble getting ready. It took me 20 minutes to get myself into the
shower this morning. So no crafting fun for me today. Hopefully tomorrow I will
feel well enough to craft.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Friends Forever

Hi!

Today I've altered a Laura Ashley notebook with Silhouette which has
got to be my favorite The Digi Shack image to date. You can check her
out along with the rest of the wonderful images from TDS here.

You can see all the fun 3D projects the DT made here.

And if you are interested in purchasing these wonderful digis you can
see the whole line here.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Thinking of You

Hi!

I didn't turn my work in on time I guess. Although, I did send it yesterday
for The Digi Shack.

The reason why it's late is because I've been JOB hunting and trust me after
the meeting we had at my current job yesterday there's even more of a reason
for me to look.

*** WARNING: TMI MOMENT ***
Turns out my new boss is a Child Molester. Yup, he didn't even have a good
reason to defend himself and the owners of the store I work at said they
would not be letting him go, even if the rest of the staff left.

For those of you that know me this isn't exactly a situation I want to be in
given my background. Let's just say I've had a visit from Mother Nature for
25 years and I'm only 33, which means it didn't start naturally it was forced.
** END OF TMI MOMENT YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO REGULAR POST**

So I called back on my last interview to check the status. And I've got
another interview with them this Friday.

I love the new silhouette that TDS came out with. Just wish I could find my
CM CCS blades. Guess, that's why I'm scoping out EBay.

You should definitely check out what the rest of the DT did. I don't know how
long Toni will be keeping me but hey I will take the blame for everything around
me going to pot and creating a chaotic environment which isn't conducive to my
creativity.

And if you are interested in purchasing the stamp I used or any of the stamps
the DT used please visit here.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

New Images @ The Digi Shack

Hi!

I wanted to share with you a couple of the new images over at
The Digi Shack.

Digi Day was yesterday and if you missed it there were some HUGE
announcements.

So huge that you've just got to go visit the SNR group and keep in mind
TDS does Digi Day at least once a month. So you might just want to join,
just to make sure you keep track of all that's happening.

So here are my cards:




Happy Crafting.
M.E.

It's DIGI Day @ SNR

Hi!

Want to know where I'm at?

I'm headed on down to The Digi Shack's DIGI Day over at SNR.

And you won't believe the love that's being shared.

Like what? Well how does 50% off sound. You've got to head on
down to TDS' DIGI Day.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

HoPpY EaStEr

Hi!

Today I created 2 cards to wish you all a HoPpY EaStEr.



Both of these cards use a lot of the same elements. But are definitely
unique and different in there own way.

For the 2nd card I used this awesome template I found over at House
of Stir Fry. It's their Egg Card Template.

Last week as you recall TDS had a shape card challenge. And today
they're hosting a sketch card challenge. So in honor of both I'm
bringing you 2 cards.

You should definitely come and play along with today's challenge over
at the The Digi Shack.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Digi Shack Bunny With Flower

Paper: CM Cardstock Raspberry, Studio 8 Paper Company Easter Collection Egg Hunt

Ink: Copics, Sharpies, Bic Mark-its

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

For My Rock Star!

Hi!

I created this sentiment to go along with today's card.


Today's challenge over at The Digi Shack is to create a card in a non-traditional
size or shape.

Last week the challenge was to create a water colored card.

So I choose to do a twist on both challenges with my card today.

This dp just reminds me so much of water. And the fish is just awesome, btw
he's called Fish Notes and can be found in The Digi Shack.

I also used this dp for The Stamping Boutique's blog hop. Which you will
find above this post.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Digi Shack Fish Notes

Paper: Bazzill Basics Cardstock Island Breeze, TAC Sands of Time Accessories: KI Memories Heirloom Brads, CM CCS Wavy Frames Patterns

Ink: Copics, Sharpies, Bic Mark-its

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Barrel of good wishes

Hi!

I wanted to share this quick card with you.

The image is from The Digi Shack. It's today's Manic Monday Freebie
Funday image. So you'd better grab it quick while it's FREE because it
will be removed and placed in the shop before you know it.

Another fun fact about this card is that it uses nothing but scraplings. I
know my scraplings are a bit bigger than most but really this card
measures in at 4 1/2 x 3.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Happy St. Pat's Day

Top O' The Mornin to ya or should I say evenin!

That's my best try at sounding Irish, which clearly I'm not. But
hey aren't we all a little Irish today?

I would have posted this sooner except we just got back from
purchasing our NEW 2010 Subaru Forester in Paprika Red. Very
caliente.

As is the image that I worked with today. OK. I was playing around
with my Paint.Net file again. So no you can't technically get this image
from the website but I promise this is totally a The Digi Shack image.

I picked her up a while ago as Lani Patriotic. However, I don't think
she's up in the store. So she's probably a little outdated. But I love
her. She totally looks like she could kick butt.

Happy St. Pat's Day!!!

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Discount Today ONLY!

Toni got up this morning in a good mood so she thought she'd share that good mood with all of US by offering a discount for TODAY!!!

Receive 15% off of your order of $10 or more today only. Simply enter 3945WVV3 upon check out.

**Make sure that you enter this code BEFORE you log into paypal. The discount is not a paypal discount and must be put into your shopping cart before you check out!

Since this was originally posted at 6:50 AM PST. I'm assuming this SALE is good until 6:50 AM PST.

So there's not time to waste check out The Digital Shack.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Psalm 97:1

Hi!

I created this card for The Digi Shack's watercolor challenge today.

This was an interesting challenge for me as I don't have watercolor paper
nor true watercolors.

Instead I used my Aqua Painter and my ink pads. It took me a couple of tries
to get it just right. But I've got to say I love the result.

The sentiment I used is from The Angel Company, it's Be Still. Have you heard
of The Angel Company? Would you be interested in learning more or shopping
with The Angel Company? I'd be glad to help, just drop me a line at
cr8iveme_at_gmail.com

Materials Used:

Stamps: TDS Bud Blossom, TAC Be Still

Accessories: CM CCS Oval, Flora Doodles from Petaloo, Aqua Painter

Ink: SU! Old Olive, Regal Rose, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

I admit it ...

I'd go bananas without YOU my followers and your loving words of
encouragement.

Don't you love these dancing bananas. They're so silly.

How silly. Well, when I showed this card to my dh it reminded him of
this song.


This digi stamp is of course from The Digi Shack. You can find them and
all the NEW images here.

The great sketch that I used for this comes from the CTMH Originals Card
Confidence Program. CTMH has awesome books for both scrapbook and
card layouts.

Materials Used:

Stamps: TDS Dancing Bananas

Accessories: SU! Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Ink: Sharpies, Bic Mark-its, Copics

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

The Digi Shack Blog Hop

Welcome to The Digi Shack's Blog Hop!

You probably just visited Marlene's Blog. Didn't she do a fantastic
job!! If not you should start out at The Digi Shack so you don't miss a thing.
This is an introductory blog hop to the NEW Design Team and all of the
NEW images from The Digi Shack! Yesterday was our Digi Day over at SNR.
Throughout the hop, each Design Team member will be providing you with a
challenge. Each of these gals are super talented.

I hope to be able to be as talented some day.

My challenge to you is to "Create a SHAKER card". Which was a challenge for me
too. As I've never done one before but I always think they look awesome.



I used Bunny Luv (which can be found HERE with the rest of the
NEW Release) and I didn't want to leave him hanging out all by himself. So
I added a few embellishments. The ribbon is from my scrap stash and goes
along with the theme of this card which is spring and flowers and since this
little guys an Easter Bunny he of course had to add an Easter Egg. The
Easter Egg is from Hobby Lobby.

The flowers inside the shaker part are from my scrap stash. And the container
holding them is a mini sandwich bag. That's at least how I decided to do my
shaker card. I used the CM Custom Cutting System Oval to cut around Bunny
Luv and then fussy cut the sections around him out.

This awesome image is from The Digi Shack. You've got to check out the NEW
images they're AWEsome!!

Your next stop on the hop is Ramona. I can't to see what she's got in store for us.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Sneaky peeks of TDS

Yup.

That's right. I've got some sneaky peeks of the upcoming The Digi
Shack images.











And I will be using one of these images in my project for the BlOg HoP this
coming Sunday.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.