Monday, June 19, 2023

Happy Holidays

 We've got a new card sketch up at Atlantic Hearts Sketches today. We have a new card sketch every Monday and on Wednesday we reveal all the DT members examples and announce the top three winners of the previous week. Hope you stop by and play along with us!


Here's the sketch


I thought this sketch was perfect for a Christmas card. I used papers from an old 6x6 paper pad from Craft Smith called Gold Gift. All the papers are gold and off white. The greenery in the corner was all die cut with Momenta dies. I decided on some black cardstock for the card to make the gold stand out.

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Friday, June 16, 2023

New Year's Eve

 I've got a new challenge up at Cookin' Up Creations today. This month's theme is all about Winnie the Pooh with lots of fun challenges that have to do with this famous little bear. 


My challenge is all about the honey that Winnie the Pooh loves so much. You'll need to use gold and hexagons on your layout. I started with a black background and splattered some gold mist around and then used a hexagon stencil with some gold ink. I added two gold strips behind the photo as well. The title offset paper is also gold. I hope you'll come join us for this fun theme!

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Chihuly Museum

 There's a new sketch up today at Sketches in Thyme. This weeks sketch is by Brenda Ragsdale.  I love this sketch but really had to change it up to work with my photos. 


Here's the sketch


Since I didn't have a set of 4 photos that would work, I decided to use two 4x6 photos. I also kept the background simple as I didn't want to take away from the photos. Once I figured out what I wanted to do it came together quickly. I cut the wreath and title with offset with my Cricut. Added some splatters and that was it. 

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Friday, June 9, 2023

Harpers Ferry Stone House

 I've got a new challenge up at Cookin' Up Creations today. This month's theme is Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!  All challenges will be based on those loveable characters. I hope you'll stop by and play along with us! 

My challenge is based on the 100 Acre Forest. You'll need to use trees along with greens and browns.


I've had this piece of paper for probably 15 years and couldn't figure out how to use it. I ran across it while going through my papers and thought it would be perfect for this challenge and not need a lot of embellishment. So, all I did was mat the photo with some green and orange paper and added the journaling. I printed the journaling out on cream cardstock, tore the edges and then aged it using Distress Inks and Oxides. I added the wooden leaves and squirrel just to add some more texture.

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Floral Thanks

There's a new card sketch up at Atlantic Hearts Sketches today. We have a new sketch every Monday and on Wednesday we reveal the DT members examples and announce the previous week's top three winners. I hope you'll stop by and play along with us! 


Here's the sketch


As soon as I saw this sketch I knew my Pink Fresh layered stencils and die would be perfect. I used some Distress Oxides and blender brushes with the stencils. I love how well the oxides blend! Then die cut it out and added the stitched banner with the Thanks die cut from Impression Obsession's Greeting Set. I also added several Nuvo Drops along the top.

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