17 October 2014

CELEBRATE THE SEASON {Art by Mi Ran Showcase Blog}

{DT Project for Art by Miran}

Our theme for October is FALL COLOURS.

This year is just flying by and before we know it, Christmas Day is upon us.  So I have been busy expanding my Christmas card stash.  This time I have used this cute little girl called SANTA'S HELPER created by the talented Mi Ran.  She really is so pretty and I am sure has been a very good girl to qualify as Santa's Helper.   Do yourself a favour and hop over to Mi Ran's Etsy shop and check out her awesome digi creations, here.  You can purchase SANTA'S HELPER here at Treasured Times Stamps.

The folded embellishments have been created with a template and the flourishes stamped with Chiswick acrylic stamps.  She has been coloured with Copics.  I have decided to use non traditional Christmas colours to go with ABM's fall theme for October. The sentiment is from Paulette {Create with TLC}.  The design papers and brads are from my stash.


I would like to venture over to the following challenges with this:



  • Through the Craft Room Door - ATG (2/2)
  • Crafting from the Heart - ATG 
  • Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
  • 613 Avenue Create - ATG + Optional Twist
  • Aud Sentiments - ATG with a Sentiment
  • Come and Get It - Women or Girls having fun
  • One Stitch at a Time - ATG with Orange
  • Scrapbook Stamp Society - ATG + Orange
  • Squigglefly - Pumpkin or Orange
  • Party Time Tuesdays - ATG
  • Inky Impressions - ATG
  • Inspiration Destination - ATG



  • Penny's Paper Crafty - ATG
  • Crafting at the Weekend - ATG (3/3)
  • We do Doobadoo - Christmas
  • That Craft Place - Girls but no Pink
  • The Paper Players - Fall Colours
  • Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas
  • Ppinkydolls - ATG or Fall Colours
  • Deep Ocean - Christmas in October
  • Inky Chicks - Christmas
  • Oldie But A Goodie - Christmas (the brads and design paper have been in my stash for more than a year)
  • Christmas Cards All Year Round - Embellish It
  • Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 
  • Decosse's Dynamite Doodles 12 Months of Christmas 
  • The Outlawz Friday Colour Challenge


  • Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed your visit here.

    Crafty Hugs

    43 comments:

    1. This is so beautiful, Desire!! The colors are fabulous together!! The image is so sweet!! Gorgeous card!! Have a great day :)

      Lisa
      A Mermaid's Crafts

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    2. She has the cutest digitals. Too cute

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    3. This is gorgeous!! The colors are beautiful!!!!

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    4. That die is so cute and love the little leaves you added too. Darling image- love that pretty bow and the feather!

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    5. You are amazing with digis
      gorgeous
      hugs Tamara

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    6. It´s sooo beautiful DesirĂ©, and I wish we could get all the awesome digis out there,but there´s just sooo many awesome images these days, that there´s not a chance, that we can ever get through them all LOL. I still have a huge filefolder on my computer of wonderful images, that I´ve been tempted to buy, and never even had time to color yet LOL, so I´ve made myself (andd hubby) the promisse, that I wount buy anymore, until I´ve colored all these at least once he he he, so it might be a while, I´m afraid. But I wount promisse, that I don´t get to slip a single one in there at some time thoug ha ha ha

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    7. Love this! Such great, non-traditional colours! x

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    8. What fun colors for a holiday/winter card! Cute images - I am going to have to visit that store and get one. Adorable stuff! Hugz!

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    9. Such a gorgeous image Desire. I adore the fantastic untraditional colours you have used.

      Hugs
      Cathy
      xxxx

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    10. Fabulous card design and image.Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments challenge good luck Ginny ♥

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    11. Another beautiful design with a Mi Ran image. I love the soft, muted colours for this image because they seem so vintage. I also really like the dot detailing around your embellishments.
      Blessing hugs,
      Teresa

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    12. I just love this sweet image and your colors look amazing!! Really beautiful project my dear!!

      HUGS - *Vicki* -My blog:Stamp Smiles

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    13. Hi Desire!! Love this sweet card...I really like that you went with untraditional Christmas colours!! Enjoy your weekend!!
      Take care,
      Beth

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    14. It is amazing to see how well this Christmas image goes with autumn colours. A very pretty card.

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    15. Great use of colour, gorgeous xx thank you for joining our current challenge over at http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
      Sandie (Aud Sentiments DT)
      http://fairytaledaydream.blogspot.com/

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    16. Beautiful with fantastic colors and design. Thanks for sharing with us at the Come And Get It Challenge this week. Barb

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    17. Oh this is so so beautiful great design bless you for playing at TCP THIS WEEK hugs cheryl xx

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    18. Anonymous7:52 PM

      Brilliant x

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    19. A fabulous Christmas card Desire, such a lovely festive image and I love your non traditional colours.
      Pauline
      x

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    20. Great non-traditional colors and your flourishes are so pretty.

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    21. Hi Desire! Just love this holiday card, the colors are so wonderful. Thank you for joining us at One Stitch at a Time! Best, CG

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    22. This is fab! Such surprising colors for Christmas. Thanks for joining us at Inspiration Destination. Hope to see you again and good luck!
      Ema
      IDCB Owner

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    23. So glad you entered this into our challenge! It is just beautifully designed! :^)
      Hugs, Penny

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    24. So sweet! Your little cutie pie looks like she is ready to be Santa's helper, so fun.

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    25. A sweet, sweet card!! THanks for playing along with us at the Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes Challenge!! :)

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    26. Beautifully colored! I really like those swirled flowers! Thanks for propping it against our front door at 613 Avenue Create!

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    27. Great card! Thanks so much for participating in our PTT Anything Goes Challenge.

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    28. Desire this is a very beautiful card

      gr karin and

      Thanks for join us at ScrapbookStampSociety Challenge.

      Greetings Karin DT Coördinator


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    29. Wow, love the colors you used, different but beautiful.
      Thanks for joining our challenge at Ppinkydolls.

      lots of hugs,
      Hilde

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    30. Wow, love the colors you used, different but beautiful.
      Thanks for joining our challenge at Ppinkydolls.

      lots of hugs,
      Hilde

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    31. Great card again Desire, i like all the little dots!!
      Thanks for joining the TTCRD challenges.
      Hugs,Sandra

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    32. Wonderful card! I love your little flowers! Thanks for playing in Squigglefly's challenge this week!

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    33. A GORGEOUS card! Love the color combo!!
      Have a wonderful day,
      Migdalia
      *Crafting With Creative M*

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    34. I am back! I didn't realize you entered this in the Squigglefly pumpkin challenge Desire. It works perfect with your orange colors. Fun! Hugz!

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    35. the flower you have colored with that dots it sooo cuuteeee...and the little girl in yellow and orange looks adorable on your scene here...love her shoe and another great card you made my friend..big hugs from Munich...is the post still have streik there...I feel guilty...that my envelope never come to you my dear...

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    36. Love the nontraditional Christmas colours, great job. Thanks for joining us at Penny's challenges-see you Wednesday for a new one!

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    37. Very nice card and I love the colors. Thanks for joining us in this weeks challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge.

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    38. This is so beautiful, what a wonderful image! Perfectly embellished - I love the flourishes!
      Rebecca.

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    39. Loooove the Non-Traditional Colours. Great Image and Card!

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    40. This is sooo cute and I love the non traditional colouring here! Very sweet image! I am trying to expand my Christmas cards too and hopefully I have enough by Dec!!! Amazing how quick the time is flying! ;-)

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    41. Very sweet. I love that you've gone with non traditional Christmas colours for this one. It is very effective.

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    42. Thank you for sharing your lovely crafting for CCAYR October challenge, my CHNC challenge extra for October and my Patterned Paper October challenge - hope to see you again soon x

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    43. Beautiful project, Desire.

      Thanks for joining us at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

      Helen x

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