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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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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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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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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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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Christmas Card

 We've got a new card sketch up today at Atlantic Hearts Sketches. We have a new one every Monday and on Wednesday we reveal the Dt members examples and announce the previous week's three winners.

Here's the sketch

I have to admit, when I first saw this sketch I was stumped. So I dragged out my 6x6 paper pads and it finally came together for me. Actually, this sketch is perfect for using your paper pads where the papers all match. So I followed the sketch almost exactly. I just did the sentiment strip a little differently but I'm very happy with it and I have a Christmas card done! So all in all, it worked out perfectly!

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Happy Birthday

 There's a new sketch up at Sketches in Thyme today. This week's fun sketch is by the Shawn Lahr. 

Here's the sketch

I had to change it up a bit by flipping my photos. The circle behind the photos was cut out with my Cricut along with the stars. The Happy Birthday title was a gift from a friend and all the little hearts and dots just happened to be left over, sitting on my desk. Just a couple days ago I was about to throw them out and then noticed they matched the title so I decided to keep them. Glad I did!

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School Days

 There's a new sketch up at Cookin' Up Creations today. This month we are celebrating our 7th Annual Mad About Sketches featuring sketches from the talented Jenessa Franco. I hope you'll stop by and play along with us....there are lots of fun sketches to choose from.

Here's the sketch

This was a fun sketch to work with. I took some doilies and inked them up with some Distress Oxides. Then dug into my scraps and pulled out the blue and pink papers to match my granddaughter's dress. The stars were cut using Stitched Stars from Tutti Designs. I also added some pink and blue splatters on the white background.

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You're the Best

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

Here's my card

Here's the sketch

This was a fun sketch. I had a bunch of scraps from Easter cards on my desk and I thought they would be perfect for a Mother's Day card for my stepdaughter. I cut the papers all different lengths and widths and arranged them kinda haphazardly and then added the top pink and purple cardstock pieces. Stamped it with a stamp I've had forever and added the little purple pearls.

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So Excited

 I've got a challenge up today at Cookin' Up Creations. This month's theme is Mad About Sketches and we are using sketches by the talented Jenessa Franco. I hope you'll join us!

Here's the sketch

As soon as I saw this sketch I knew it would be perfect for a Disney page. I got out my circle dies and went to town which used up a lot of my Disney paper scraps. I also added some black and red splatters to the background and instead of hearts I used stars and Mickey heads.

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