Ordinary to Extraordinary

HEART'S QUEST LOVABLE QUOTABLES August challenge is posted. It's "always anything goes with a quote or saying".

For this card, I created a warm orange background with soft floral patterns to let the inspirational quote take center stage. A touch of machine stitching and a scalloped border add texture without taking away from the clean design.

The quote, "Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well" is a wonderful reminder that greatness is often found in the little things we do every day. 

Sharing my project with:

~Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap-anything with patterned paper

~Neglected Stuff Challenge-old, neglected stuff is a piece of patterned paper that I found wayyyy in the back of my scrap basket (I remember keeping it because I LOVEEEE the bright orange !!)

~Love Those Pretty Papers-anything with patterned paper

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~A Perfect Time to Craft-anything goes

~Pammie's Inky Pinkies-anything goes

~Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends-anything goes

~Crafting Happiness-anything goes

Happy Crafting, 

~DEANNE~

Wherever You Go, Go With All Your Heart

New challenge blog !! Woohoo !!

I'm on the design team.

Heart's Quest Lovable Quotable Challenge is for anything with a quote. Check out the blog for more details about the challenge.

Sharing my project with:

~AAA Colorful-color board

~Let's Craft & Create-option (from the heart)

~Aud Sentiment-love and sentiment

~Path of Positivity-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Shopping Our Stash-love

~Try It On Tuesdays-love

~Fab N Funky-love

~Little Red Wagon-love

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Can You Handle the Pressure-embossing folder

Happy Crafting, 

~DEANNE~

If You Want to Be Happy, Be

The new challenge at CUT IT UP is "this makes me happy". Check out the blog and play along. Make sure to add a diecut !

Here's my project. I made a card with a butterfly on it because butterflies make me happy. I also added a quote by Leo Tolstoy about being happy.

Sharing my project with:

~Triple B-butterflies

~Snippets Playground-anything with a snippet of paper

(the patterned paper on the butterfly was a snippet that I found in my scrap stash.)

~A Cut Above-anything with a die (both pieces of the butterfly)

~Neglected Stuff Challenge-neglected stuff were the butterfly dies and the patterned paper.

~Path of Positivity-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Unicorn Challenge-animals

~Paper Funday-pastel colors

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Alphabet Challenge-U is for uplifting

~Can You Handle the Pressure-embossing folder

Happy Crafting, 

~DEANNE~

Keep Smiling (Challenge YOUrself)

The new challenge is up at Challenge YOUrself and it's get messy!!

I used inking and paint to get messy!!

Check out the challenge and plan to play along.

Sharing my project with:

~Triple B-butterflies, blooms

~613 Avenue Create-option (flowers)

~Lasting Memories-tic tac toe (flowers, feminine, 2X patterns)

~Crafting Challenge-add embellishments (brads)

~Creations in Pink-project mostly pink

~Paper A La Mode-add embellishments (brads)

~A Place to Start-option (add embellishment-brads)

~Crafting from the Heart-anything but a card

~Path of Positivity-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Mix It Up-anything goes

Happy Crafting, 

~DEANNE~

Imagination...

The new challenge at {PIN}SPIRATIONAL Challenges is this quote...

I used the quote on my card.

Sharing my project with:

~Crafter's Café-flowers

~Scribbles-flower power

~Word Art Wednesday-anything inspiring/encouraging

~Creative Fingers-anything goes

~Penny's Paper Crafty-anything goes

~QKR Stampede-anything goes

~A Perfect Time to Craft-anything goes

~Creatalicious-anything goes

~Arty Divas-anything goes

~613 Avenue Create-anything goes

Happy Crafting, 

~DEANNE~

As Charles Schulz Once Said...

The challenge song this week at SCRAP IT WITH A SONG is {Friends by Aura Dione}.

The sponsor is Kenny K and I've used one of their digis.

There's a line in the song that says "free to be myself", so that's where I got the idea to do this card and add a sentiment...

Be Yourself!

 Challenges:
~Crafty Little Fairies-inspired by a song (Friends)

~My Time to Craft-scraps

~Natalie and Amy's-for the boys

~Everybody Art-for a boy

~Just Inspirational-stitching

~OLLCB-stitching

~Paper Makeup Stamps-stitching

~Digi Stamps 4 Joy-stitching
~CCEE-stitching

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging


Wow, amazing how many challenge blogs have STITCHING this week as their challenge!! Cool!

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” 

-Oscar Wilde

(¨`•.•´¨) Hugs

  `•.¸(¨`•.•´¨) from the

(¨`•.•´¨)¸.•´ Heart

 `•.¸.•´ ~DEANNE~

. . . psst, don't forget to check out my {PIN}spirational Challenge Blog !

YES!!!

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