Clean up

So ..... I am in the process of attacking the challenge to clean up the craft room.  It hasn't been touched since the renovation and quite frankly .... there's stuff in here that I have absolutely no idea how it got in here.  Everything has just been piled on and piled on.  There's even a plant stand in here and a brand new empty pot waiting for a house plant ... how ... I have no idea.
I started with organizing the piles and just moving piles from one pile to another ....
paper crafts ... knitting ... sewing ... jewelry stuff ... It's over whelming.  There are bags of stuff that I bought that ... I have no idea what it was bought for.  I found clear stamps in with my scraps and dies that I bought that I never used.  So sad.
I thought I had one box of paper scraps ... I found 4 ... literally 4 boxes of scraps.

This... a combo of two containers

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So .....................................








my goal for the next two weeks (maybe months) is to work on challenges without touching a new piece of paper ...
and so we begin ...........................

Thank youz

 
   So I made this card and totally forgot to post about it.  It was created using a sketch "Freshly Made Sketches"  that challenge has come and gone.  It happens LOL
For the card .... I started with grey cs and ran that through my cuttle with a circle swirled folder.  From black cs I ran that through my cricut and cut the shooting star from the 'Stand and Deliver' cartridge and then stamped the 'thanks' using a Hero Arts set and silver embossing powder.
On white cs I blended Cracked Pistachio and Festive Berries and placed that in the background of the shooting star cut.  I cut a piece of teal cs to frame the black and mounted that all together.  The tag sentiment was printed on white cs and hand cut.  The edges were inked with Festive Berries then mounted with dimensional squares.  I added a big hot pink acrylic dot as embellishfun.



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

City Crafter: Something with "S" - Shooting Star
Dies' R Us:  Sentiment as the Focus
Addicted to Stamps: Make your Mark - Blended Inks and Silver Embossing
Fantabulous Cricut: ATG (must use a cut) - Stand and Deliver (Shooting Star)
The House that Stamps Built:  ATG
Creative Knockouts: Tag time
Through the Purple Haze: ATG

Wee little sailor ....

Hello from the design team  at the Brown Sugar Challenge. The theme this week is  Use Layers and our sponsor this week is Store

Such cute little guy.  I used colored pencils for the image.  I then layered up all of the frames ... I cut the black frame using my cricut and the Stand and Salute Cartridge for the Anchor Frame then mounting that on red and then the light blue.  Using faux stitching throughout with a white gel pen.  The large anchor I also cut from the same cartridge and then covered it in glossy accents to give it great look and then lifted it off of the card with dimensional squares.
I hope you'll play along with us this week.


I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may pretty please:
Simon Says: ATG
The House that Stamps Built:  ATG
Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark (colored pencils) 
City Crafters: "S" Sailor
Crafty Sentiments: ATG
Fantabulous Cricut: ATG (must have one cut) The anchors from Stand and Salute






Thanks for stopping by ...

Have a great day.
Dawn.

Sending Smiles

 This card was created using a sketch challenge and a color challenge.  This sketch is from 'CAS this Sketch' and the color challenge is from 'Double D' (black and white and a splash of color.  The paper is from Recollections.  I have a large pad of just black and white papers.  I cut that to size of the black card base.  I cut the flag out of white cs and then the two diamonds.  The smaller one I used a small hole punch to mimic the sketch and then ran the faux stitching in a white gel pen.  The sentiment was stamped in white embossing powder using a Hampton Arts rubber stamp.  I attached that to a salmon pink diamond and then used dimensional squares to raise it from the base.  I found some pink squares in my stash that have been there forever and added them to the bottom in a diamond direction.





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

CAS this sketch









Double D Challenge; Black and white with a pop of color
Addicted to Stamps: ATG
Fab and Funky : Use Pattern Paper
CASology: Diamond
Creative Knockouts: Stitch it up


Thank you so very much for stopping by ... please feel free to leave a comment.
Have a fantastic day


Dawn

blue snowman

My blue christmas snowmen.  I cut and colored the snowman from white cs.  The stamp and die is from Hero Arts. I used markers to color the snowman.
I cut the snow drifts with a curvy edge die.  The stamp 'let it snow' is from the same stamp set and the snow man.
I flicked white paint on the navy blue card stock top fold base and added white sequins about and on the buttons of the snowman.



Super fun.   As hot as it is ... I'm not looking forward to cold weather.






I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
4 Crafty Chicks =  Blue Christmas
Star Stampz =  Christmas in July
Cards 4 Gals =  Winter
Little Red Wagon =  Christmas in July
Deep Ocean =  Christmas in July
Outlawz =  Festive Friday Christmas


Thank you for stopping by ... please feel free to comment .. I would love to hear from you
Have a fantastic day

Laugh ....

   

This card is a for a sketch challenge at the Outlawz.
Using a little banner stamp, I stamped multiple flags in Peeled Paint, Broken China and Wilted Violet then fussy cut them all.
From black cs I cut the oval with a die then ran stitching around the outer edge with a pink glitter gel pen and then ran the whole piece through my cuttlebug with a swiss dot folder (that folder has been getting a lot of play this week)
On white cs, I stamped the sentiment in white embossing powder and let dry.  I then dragged it through Wilted Violet and Broken China Oxide Inks and then wiped off the color from the white embossed areas.
I glued down the twine and then added the little flags with dimensional squares to lift them up and over the twine.
I added the blue double loop ribbon to the bottom with various paper flowers to match everything going on.




I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
Crafty Calendar:  Anything Goes
Glitter and Sparkle: Anything Goes
Dragon Fly Dreams: Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations: Use Flowers


The sketch for the challenge is:

Thank you for stopping by my place ...
Have an amazing day !!!



Dawn

Butterflies

    This card was created using a sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.
I smooshed both Distressed Inks and Oxide Inks onto white CS.  So many colors: I believe there's Orange Marmalade, Broken China, Wilted Violet and Peeled Paint in there in one form or the other.  I then stamped the butterfly from Inkadinkadoo with Wilted Violet Oxide on top of the smoosh and then dropped Iridescent Stickles in various spots of her body and wings.
Mounted that on to teal cs and ran faux stitching with a gold gel pen.  I cut the tag to fulfill the sketch and stamped the sentiment "Heartful Thanks" ... also from Inkadinkado ... in silver embossing powder and tucked that under the main piece.
All of this .... mounted onto blue cs.
Voila !



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

Freshly Made Sketches




Through the Purple Haze:  Anything with wings.
Little Red Wagon: Thank You
Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes.



Thank you so very very much for stopping by.
Have a fantastic day and happy crafting !!



Dawn