APTTC - June Sponsor Dr. Digi

Welcome back to my blog!

June along with one of my long time favorite digi sponsor,  Dr Digi.

Over the past few decades of being on various design teams I've accumulated a few digi images from Dr. Digi.  Love the weirdness of his images.

I have been guest designing for 

A Perfect Time to Craft's 

monthly challenge where its always anything goes.  Create any project and share in the challenge.

I began with the main image, Cathy the Cashier. 

I created the grocery store and not only did I include  Cathy at her cashier register, I also threw in some of her elderly neighborhood friends and pup which are also Dr. Digi images.

The background grocery store is an entirely different scenario.

As I colored in these images I saw some grumpiness,  some who did not want to lose their youth, one who smiles yet is getting by one day at a time with the help of her bestest loyal friend. 

Then we have Cathy the cashier who smiles with her customer friends.  She always has an encouraging word for each and every one of them.  Stay well, she says we can make it one day at a time and a little help from our friends.

Keep smiling... 

a simple smile can cheer the lowly one.  

                                                                                       

With my Copic markers I began to color in the images one by one    

Then I began tackling the background and food displays.  

On the background wall, I used Tim Holtz's distress ink Dried Marigold.  

Don't forget to head over and check out the other team member's awesome cards.

Don't forget to swing by the challenge happening over at 

A Perfect Time To Craft 

and win some digital images to make your own creations with.

Stay well and keep smiling.

Ivy 

 

                      Cardmaking Tutorial, Support & Inspiration

        

    

                                    

Sweet November Digi / Leia & R2D2 Droid

Here is another Sweet November digi I loved.

 

Sweet November Digi / Leia Underwater Mermaid

If you know me, you know I am a HUGE Star Wars fan.

Sweet November Stamps inspire me so much, below meet 

"Rey" 

a Star Wars character. 

Sharing one of Sweet November's Digi that I just had to use. 😉 

Dr Digi Mermay Challenge - May 2026

On June 1, 2026 I was notified that I won the 

Mermay Challenge.

I joined in on the challenge by creating this piece using 2 separate images.  Aside from the images that I colored using Copic markers.  

 The fishes and the turtle were fussy cut from a leftover underwater scene.  For the underwater colorful grass I used Liquid Pearls.  

APTTC - January-Sponsor Conie Fong (2 images)

 I volunteered to design a second image for the January challenge which is happening over at 

A Perfect Time To Craft.

    Our sponsor is Conie Fong.  I chose to go with 2 Conie images one is Bamboo Pandas and the second is Balloon Bears.  

On the Panda Balloon image I used my TH distress inks, crushed olives & peeled paint.  I printed and minimized the images to fit an ATC card and colored them w/ copic markers. 

I created a small slit beneath the panda to insert part of him into it

and cut some slivers of card stock that I colored to represent grass.

 

I also hand drew and colored the bamboo sticks some on card stock and some on frosted vellum paper.  Below are some samples of how I created and painted them.

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Balloon Bear

I began with prepping the ATC using my Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks.  Setting the ATC aside and printed out the Balloon Bear image and began coloring with my Copic markers.

Liquid Applique was used to form the clouds, I used a heat gun to make it puff up.  For the string on the balloons I used thin metal wire,  this photo does not do it justice.

If you like, hop on over to 

A Perfect Time To Craft.

to join in on the Anything Goes challenge before the end of the month.

These images were entered on the following challenges listed below.

            Love to Challenge Blog

              Cardmaking Tutorial, Support & Inspiration

               Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Craft Challenge

               Classic Design Team Challenge

               Polkadoodles Challenge

               Colour Crazy Challenge

               Morgans Art World Challenge

               Cards Galore Challenge

               Creative Lady Bird Creatives Challenge

               Crafty Gals Challenge

               Crafty Sentiments Challenge

               Crafting By Design Challenge

                      Hope you have been inspired.   

                                                            Ivette        

APTTC - DEC. SPONSOR DR. DIGI

                      Hello and welcome to my blog.  For the month of December I am the Guest Designer for the challenge happening over at 

A Perfect Time To Craft.

    Our sponsor this month is Dr. Digi and I am using the Hi-Fi-Hugh.

 As soon as I saw the image I knew right away what I was going to create.  The image was downloaded onto my printer and uploaded it to Canva where I downsized the image to the ATC size I wanted.

The entire image was colored with Copic markers.

The background was 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" white card stock pressed through the Switch machine using a Tim Holtz small brick embossing folder.  I then used my Distress Inks, barn door, fired brick and finished around the borders with black soot.       

   The blue graffiti splatter with the word "ART" was hand drawn.

  I colored the entire image with my Copic markers.

The background was created using white card stock pressed through the Switch machine using a Tim Holtz small Brick embossing folder.  I then used my Distress Inks, Barn Door, Fired Brick and finished around the edges with Black Soot.       

   The blue graffiti splatter with the word "ART" was hand drawn.

The blue graffiti splatter with the word "ART" was hand drawn and colored with Copic marker.

                 Hop on over to A Perfect Time To Craft and join the challenge with your own creation, it can be anything such as cards, paintings, knitting, etc.  It's always anything goes!

I will be sharing this image on the following challenges:

                 Cardmaking Tutorial, Support & Inspiration

               Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Craft Challenge

               Classic Design Team Challenge

               Polkadoodles Challenge

               The Crafty Addicts Challenge

                Friendship Challenge Blog

                Morgans Art World Challenge

                Crafty Creations Challenge 

                Crafting with Friends Challenge

                Crealicious Challenge

                Altered Eclectic Challenge

                Cards Galore Challenge

                Creative Lady Bird Creatives Challenge

                Crafty Gals Challenge

                Crafty Sentiments Challenge

                Crafting By Design Challenge

                Carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/

                Dianamlarson.blogspot.com

Janet Klein-Vera Lane - Starry Night Joy Ride

One of my favorite ATC creations. The car is from AALL & Create and the passengers are from different Vera Lane collections that I threw together.  

Everything else was hand drawn.

TH distress inks, spiced marmalade, salty ocean, uncharted mariner and black soot inks.

I cut out the 3 window panels to see through them, that took a while and a very sharp exacto knife.  A white pen for the stars and  copic markers. 

Another fun task, btw, my table is a mess. 😜

Stay humble and safe.

Ivette (Ivy)