Merry & Bright

   Hello Everyone ....


There were so many Christmas in July challenges that I had to join as least one.
This card is inspired by the challenge at Jingle Bells which was to use their header as inspiration.

For my card, I started with white cs and the water colored with my water brush: Peacock Feathers, Pumice Stone,Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass and Crushed Olive. I then sprayed Heidi Swapp Clear glitter shine.
I then cut the squares with MFT Square die and frame (I cut the frame from gold cs). I trimmed it down more and then rounded the corners.
The front is cut from grey cs and then I ran that through the machine with a Cuttlebug folder of Snowflakes.
I filled the shake with goodies from Lucy's Cards: Little Things Mix and Ice Cube Mix and gold cs stars that I cut with a Fiskars punch from the same cs as the frame.
The backing paper is from DCWV Twinkle Stack in gunmetal shimmer.
I mounted the shaker section onto the embossed front.
I then cut the reindeer with a die from Hampton Arts from Kraft cs (I first used the coordinating stamp and gold embossing powder but didn't like it) and then added Wink of Stella to make it shine.  A teal button and a couple of extra goodies from the shake added around the panel with some Neuve drops in gold and a blue drop of same on the nose.  Everything is Merry & Bright.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may .... ho ho ho:

Jingle Bells: Use the Header for Inspiration
Fab and Funky: Christmas in July
Die Cut Divas: Christmas in July
QKR: ATG
Simon Says: Christmas in July
C.R.A.F.T Christmas in July
ModSquad: Christmas in July
Jo's Scrap Shack: ATG
Crafty Sentiments: ATG
Simon Says: ATG
House that Stamps Built: ATG
Outlawz: Event=Holiday
Crafty Friends - ATG
Crafting By Design: ATG
Inkspirational Designers Choice


Thanks for stopping by
Have a great crafting day !!


Dawn

hauʻoli lā hānau

Hello everyone from the design team of IF you Give a  Crafter a Cookie ... or cookie for this challenge is

Our sponsor for this fortnight is:

For my card, I started with the image from Lemon Shortbread and I used both markers and colored pencils.  The drape is covered in Wink of Stella and is just more beautiful in hand.
I trimmed it down to an arch and framed it with salmon cs to match the dress.
The flower cs that I used for the front panel is one of my favorite pads from DCWV.  It has all this great texture.  This one piece is like canvas.
The sentiment is computer generated and is 'Happy Birthday' in Hawaiian.  I brushed Worn Lipstick on the edge.
A handful of paper flowers in colors to match and it's ready to go.

I hope you have fun in this challenge.  Tis the season for tropical fun.   I also wish you all luck in the challenge as well.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Inkspirational: Birthday
Aurora Wings: ATG
Color Crazy: ATG
Polkadoodles: ATG
QKR Stampede: ATG
Make My Monday: Color the Image
Use Your Stuff: ATG
Crafty Sentiments ATG
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
Addicted To Stamps: Make Your Mark



Happy crafting to you.

Thanks for stopping by

Dawn

Pink Watercolor

Hello Hello

A special birthday card going out.

I started with white cs and stamped the flowers by Fiskers random on the piece.  I then painted watercolors in the petals of the flowers and let that dry.
From dark grey cs I stamped the sentiment and then edged it with a scalloped Fiskers edge punch.
I ran pretty daisy grosgrain ribbon down the edge between the sentiment and the scalloped edge.
All mounted onto a lighter shade of grey cs side from base.  I added coordinating paper flowers as well.






I would like to add this card to the following challenge if I may:
Jo's Scrap Shack:  ATG
Polkadoodles: Atg
QKR Stampede: ATG
Creative Fiingers: ATG
Inkspirational: Birthday
Use your Stuff: Birthday
Cute Card Thursday: Ribbon
Crafty Sentiments: ATG
Outlawz: Friday

Just Us Girls: Watercolor










Thanks for stopping by ....





Happy Crafting
Dawn

Yellosphere

Hello everyone from the design team Try Stampin' (or not)  on Tuesday. This week we have a tick-tack-toe  challenge for you:

For my card, I went with the middle down.  Yellow, geometric and circle.
I started with a black and white printed paper with the circled lines.  I blended Scattered Straw, Wild Honey and Fired Brick on top of the printed black and white paper.
I then had a small piece of white card stock that I ran through my machine with a swiss dot embossing folder.  I punched a 2" circle on the one side.
I secured the blended paper behind the open circle.
Next with dark yellow cs, I die cut using a Spellbinders die a large postage stamp cut.
I had a scrap piece of yellow polka dot  paper that I cut 2 long strips and I attached that onto the large die cut.
I then cut a piece of pale yellow cs and stamped the sentiment with a Tim Holtz stamp and Walnut Stain distress ink and clear embossing powder.
Now to layer it all together.  I attached 2 small flags from yellow scrap with 2 gold brads.
All on a pale yellow top fold cs base.


I hope you have fun playing along with the challenges if I may please:


Card Mania: ATG
Creative Fingers: ATG
Inkspirational: Birthday
Crafting from the Heart: ATG
Use Your Stuff: Birthday
Die Cut Divas: Layers
Through the Craft room Door: ATG
Southern Girls: TicTacToe = Ink, Stamp, White
Jo's Scrap Shack: ATG
Crafting By Design: ATG
Crafty Sentiments: Add a Sentiment.



Happy Crafting !!!
Dawn

tweet wishes

Hello again .... what a fun tweet!!


For this card, I started with white card stock and I masked off the circle in the corner.  I then blended distress inks of Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed and Spun Sugar from the corner and then blended again to the bottom Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber and Tea Dye. I removed the circle mask and then blended Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade into the body of the sun.

The stamp and die set is from MFT (Tweet Wishes) and I used all markers (sharpie actually) on the die cuts. 
The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was stamped in Aged Mahogany distress ink and then topped with clear embossing powder.  The musical notes were added by hand.
All topped onto a top fold, forest green cs base.

I would like to add this card to the following card challenges if I may:

Sunny Day Crafting:  Any Animal
The House the Stamps Built:  The Great Outdoors.
Crafting by Design: ATG
Crafty Cardmakers: Use two dies or punches.
Sketch Saturday: Sketch 521
Simon Says : Summer Fun - Fun in the Sun
Tuesday Throwdown: Color Combo
Creative Knockouts: Summer Fun.


Thanks for stopping by ...
wishing you all happy crafting ...


Dawn

lacy flowers

Hello Everyone ...


For this card, I started with a flower stamp by Beccy's Place.  I used distress ink as watercolor for the flowers and leaves.  I then cut the image with a  circle die that I anchored on top of a Wilton doily.  Now to build the front panel.  I covered the entire panel with pattern paper by Recollections.  I set the doily and image into the corner and then added a bunch of paper flowers I had in my stash.  I tied a tight ribbon bow and added that to the corner.  The sentiment was stamped and then edged with Spun Sugar distress ink.





I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may please:
Crafting by Design - ATG
Polkadoodles - ATG
QKR Stampede: ATG
Tuesday Throwdown: color combo
ModSquad: Birthday with flowers.
.C.R.A.F.T.  - Shabby Chic
Alphabet Challenge - H is for Happy Birthday

Thanks for stopping by !!

Have a great crafting day.

Dawn

Did someone say cake?

Hello everyone from the design team at If you Give a Crafter a Cookie. our cookie for this challenge is

our sponsor for this fortnight challenge is:

 For my card, I started with the image from 'All Dressed Up' and I used all marker.  I trimmed it down for my front.  To frame it, I found a piece of dark purple cs and I trimmed one side with a Martha Stewart edge punch.

I covered the from panel with purple polka dot paper from Recollections.  I love how the white dots from the printed paper poke into every other flower in the cut edge. 

I tied a purple satin ribbon and bow across the bottom of the panel and then added clear gems in various sizes around the card.

 All of this was set onto a dark purple side fold cs base.
Sooooooooooooooo cute.

I really hope you have fun playing along ... there's nothing more inspirational than baby critters of any kind.

Wishing you all luck on the challenge.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may please:
Addicted to Stamps - Birthday
Pause Dream Enjoy - ATG
Outlawz - Make it Funny
Shopping Our Stash - Feed Me
Sunny Day Craft - Any Animal
Jo's Scrap Shack - ATG
Crafting from the Heart - ATG
TTCRD - ATG
ModSquad - Birthday with flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Ribbons and bow.

Thanks for stopping by .......................
Happy crafting


Dawn

Baby Rattle

 

Hello .... 

For this card, I started with masking off a piece of white CS and blending Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon, Warn Lipstick and Mustard Seed. 
I then blended Festive Berries, Ripe Persimmon and Mustard seed on a piece of scrap and cut the letters for baby with my Circut using Plantin School House font cartridge. 
From a piece of pink cs, I cut the baby rattle using the Cricut Sampler cartridge.  I then cut the rattle out with my Spellbinders circle die.  Using the negative die cut as a  mask, I blended the same distress colors onto the white cs with the blended edge.  With the die cut circle, I used a white gel pen and faux stitched around the edge and the rattle itself and then raised it over the sponged circle with dimensional tape.
I grabbed a piece of grosgrain ribbon from my stash -- as well as a few matching flowers -- cropped the corners round and then mounted the whole kit and kaboodle onto a white top fold cs base.  So cute for a new baby.  

I would like to add this card to the following card challenges if I may please:
Die Cut Diva ... add a circle
City Crafter ... in the pink
Fantabulous Cricut ... for a baby
Jo's Scrap Shack ... ATG
Cards for Gals - for a little girl
Simply Create Too ... no patterned paper
Card Mania .... ATG
Sparkles ... Pretty ... Pretty in pink.
Cute Card Thursday ... ATG
Outlawz ... Tuesday color combo. 
Dies R Us ... ATG

Thanks for stopping by ....
Have an amazing crafting day !!!

Dawn

Birthday Tea

Hello from the Design Team from BROWN SUGAR CHALLENGE Our Theme this month is to use 2 different pattern papers Our sponsor for this month is

For my card, I started with the stamp from 'A Day for Daisies' and I colored it all with colored pencils.  I covered the balloons and the big 'G' with glitter.  The two designer papers are from the same pad - Simple Stories.  I also used a piece of lavender cs and used a Martha Steward edge punch.  The blue polkadot stripe is Recollections washi tape.  I added Neuvo drops around the digi stamp in bubblegum pink, cream and robin's egg blue.
All attached on a top fold lavender cs base.

I would like to add this card to the following card challenges if I may:
Cute Card Thursday = ATG
Creative Knockouts = Birthday
Cards for Gals = Little Girl
4 Crafty Chicks = Birthday
Crafty Hazlenut = Patterned Papers
Outlawz = Tea Pot
QKR = ATG #303
Polkadoodles = ATG week 27

Thanks for stopping by.
Looking forward to your creations

Dawn

Beach in your heart

Hello Everyone, this is my design team contribution for

Pattie's Creations

The Theme this month is
"Under the Sea"

The digi stamp is "Seashell Border One"

 from Pattie's Creations.

For this card ... I started with the sentiment on white card stock.  I then blended Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac in layers across the piece.  The graphic was printed on sand card stock and I used color pencils on the image.  I then fussy cut the one edge only and left the the other side to frame the inked piece. A couple of  Nuvo drops in sand beige.

I hope you try out the challenge at Pattie's Creations with the Under the Sea Theme .... Looking forward to seeing all of the great creations.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Crafting by Design = ATG
Watercooler Wednesday = Feminine ATG
Simply Create Too = No Patterned Paper
Dragonfly Dreams = Summer
Card Mania = ATG
Addicted to Stamps = CAS
Colour Crazy = ATG
Jo's Scrap Shack = ATG
Double D Challenge = Nautical/Beach

Have a great crafting day.


Dawn

Bon Voyage

 Hello again

This is my Design Team card for 

Through the Purple Haze

The theme this month is 
MARINE

My card was worked entirely with my cricut.  I used the "Stand and Salute" cartridge.  From, I cut the boat, the anchors, the wording and the wave frame out of various pieces of card stock (blues, black and grey) .  I covered the wording with a Wink of Stella to make them shine.

I then cut a piece of white card stock for the front panel.  I blended  Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood and Salty Ocean and then flicked white on top. 

I layered all the pieces with Ranger's Multi Medium.  The sentiment was edged in Faded Jeans distress.  I added a couple of navy Neuvo drops in the corners. 

I hope you have fun playing along with us at TTPH. 

Looking forward to your ocean creations.


I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
C.R.A.F.T = Inspiration picture of  Boats
Double D Challenge = Nautical Challenge
Crafting from the Heart = ATG

Happy crafting ...............................

Dawn

Zoom ......

This is my design team card for

Stinkin' Inkers

and the theme this month is

Planes and Trains.

For my card,  I started with a cute digi stamps from Polkadoodles.  Such a fun image.  I used markers and colored pencils.  The sentiment is from Polkadoodles as well.
I trimmed the graphic down and rounded the corners.  I then edged it with Cracked Pistachio distress ink.  Framed it with black cs and then again with mint cs.
The front panel is  paper from Recollections which I rounded the top corners as well.  The sentiment was edged in Cracked Pistachio and the trimmed on the angle.  Three acrylic drops on the side and everything was added to a top fold mint cs base.
I hope you have fun playing along with us at Stinkin' Inkers.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Crafty Hazlenut:  Use Patterned Paper
Stamp Ink Paper: Designer's Choice
CASology: Zoom
Just Us Girls: ATG
Southern Girls: Just a bit of FLASH
Polkadoodles: ATG
QKR Stampede: ATG
Jo's Scrap Shack ATG 

Thanks for stopping by ...
Have a fun crafting day.

Dawn

Gator Love

Hello everyone,

This is my Design Team card for the monthly
 Technique Challenge at 
Try Stampin' (or not) on Tuesday.


The challenge technique this month is paper tearing.   
I am also combining with this weeks sketch challenge here at Try Stampin' on Tuesday (see sketch below).

For my card, I started with a Bugaboo Stamp and I colored the cute little gator with colored pencils.  I used a Wink of Stella for the outer skin for some shine and shimmer.  For the underside of the tail and the belly, I covered with Glossy Accents. 

I use a Spellbinders postage stamp die to cut it and then trimmed it down smaller still. 

I covered the front panel with a green and white gingham from Recollections.  I then tore lime green cs to match the sketch on the angle. 

I framed the image with a darker shade of green cs.  The balloon was cut with Simon Says balloon die out of DCWV cs and adhered with dimensional tape to give it lift off of the card.  

The sentiment was stamped on green cs and gold embossing powder with a Stampendous stamp. 

All of this set on a green side fold cs base.

Here is the sketch for you:

I hope you have fun playing along with both challenges.








I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may please:
Crafty Hazlenut: Must use patterned paper
Crafting from the Heart: ATG #213
Creative Fingers: ATG #149
Outlawz: Celebrate
Sunny Day Crafting: Any Animal
Color Crazy: ATG



Thanks for stopping by ..... 

Happy Crafting !!!

Dawn