{ Scraptastic Sketchy Thursday!! }

Hi and happy Friday. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday!

It's time for another Scraptastic "Sketchy Thursday"! This is my first time participating in the Sketchy Thursday for Scraptastic Club. Here is what I created with the sketch using  Ain’t No Sunshine kit, add-on, and Digital Cut file.

Here is the original sketch.

If you want to play along or if you want to see what the other designers created, please hop over to Scraptastic Club's blog!

I have three more projects that I created with the November kit.

For this layout I used Foodie Stamp Set.

For this card I heat embossed the labels (Feels like home stamp set) on watercolor paper and added watercolor crayons to the background.

For this one I used the butterfly mask that came in the kit and traced the stencil with black pen and then added watercolor.

You can find this kit and some other fun things in the store HERE.

{ We R Memory Keepers Guest Designer }

I was asked to be a guest designer for We R Memory Keepers and I was given Wildflower collection for my projects. How awesome is that! This collection is beautiful and I had so much fun creating these projects.

I would love it if you would go and visit their blog for details about what I created.

Have a great Tuesday!

{ November 2015 Memory Keepers Studio by Technique Tuesday }

Our November release of Memory Keepers Studio – Home Is and Fresh Cut Studio – Happy Home is out and available. Here is what I created with the set.

I die cut the house from patterned paper and gold paper for the windows and doors. The font in this set is beautiful.  I used my new washi tape that I got recently at Hobby Lobby.

Here is one more card that I created for Technique Tuesday blog with Santa Mail stamp set, as well as the This Tag die and Postage Card die.

Find your retiring favorites! They're now 60% off!

Last week was action packed with 50% off all retiring products at Technique Tuesday. This week let's kick it up a notch with 60% off the remaining retiring products. Some of these products have already sold out and since we are not manufacturing any more, they are really gone. Some of my favorites are on that list.

Have a great Sunday!

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge – Season’s Greetings }

Hi and welcome to our  Impression Obsession challenge – Season’s Greetings.

Here is my card.

I just love these nontraditional colors for Christmas. I made a similar card not that long ago and I thought I would use the same “recipe”. I am using the Starburst stamp for the first time. Behind it I layered Wood Tag stamped in pink . The small pink stars are Wooden Star Block that I cut out the star only. I have layers of All-in-One Frames – Circles behind the tag that is popped up with 3D foam squares from Therm O Web. A little pin at the top, holding it all together, with twine and some sequins. The sentiment is from Christmas Words stamp set.

Impression Obsession stamps and dies:
Starburst
Wood Tag
All-in-One Frames – Circles
Christmas Words

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Why don’t you come along and play with us. To enter the challenge go to the Impression Obsession Blog (all the details are there!).  Create a new project using  Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog between November 19 – December 2. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

Make sure you check out what the rest of our DT created.

I hope you play along.

Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson ----> you are here
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

{ New Card Kit Monday – Acorns and Tags }

Hi and happy Monday. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to do a Fall/November card or Winter/December card. Since it’s still November for a while I thought I would go with that. It’s super dark outside, it’s raining, and the photos are the way they are.

Here is my card. I fell in love with Acorns after seeing some fun crafts on Pinterest. I made several for a project I did for Therm O Web. I don’t have any stamps so here is how I made mine.

The acorns are in several layers so that you have that white border after stamping the main pieces. I planned on doing a video on how I did this and I didn’t. If anyone would like to see how these come together, let me know. I used Impression Obsession stamps for the acorn (Scallop Bunting Set and Card Screen) and the tag (Wood Grain). “Be Grateful” is from Be Grateful stamp set.

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***These Silhouette Studio files are created by me, and are for personal use only. If you use my designs, please give proper credit and link back to my blog and/or original file.***

Click on photo to download files.

Let me know if you have any questions or ideas for a different card kit. Have a great day!

{ Scraptastic Club Ain’t No Sunshine Kit }

I am sharing my second layout with Scraptastic Club Ain’t No Sunshine kit + add-on. I have a blog post about it on Scraptastic Club Blog. I had this photo of me and my new glasses. My first pair of reading glasses. When I saw this adorable patterned paper in the kit I just knew I had to use it with this photo.

Lots of pink, just the way I like it. Oh, and gold, Love the gold and black with pink. Love the butterflies, too. I made a layout using boy photos the other day and now all pink about me. This kit is so versatile. I think I will make some cards next.

You can find photos of all our current kits on Scraptastic Club website.

Visit Scraptastic Club on Facebook and Instagram.

{ Scraptastic Club SUBSCRIBER CHALLENGE - 4×6 Photos }

Today is my first blog post and a layout for Scraptastic Club and it’s a challenge – 4 x 6 photos. The Scraptastic Club subscribers issued a challenge to our designer team members to use two 4x6 photos on a layout.  This is a fun one because the subscribers get to see projects specifically that interest them and the designers get a creative push.
As you know, I only scrapbook 8 1/2” x 11” layouts and rarely do I have a full 4x6 photo on a page. Well, I did it. I added two of them. Here is my layout.

Come and check out our blog to see what other designers crated. I used Ain’t No Sunshine kit + add-on. Ain’t No Sunshine Digital Files and Feels Like Home Stamp Set.
You can find photos of all our current kits on Scraptastic Club website.

Visit Scraptastic Club on Facebook and Instagram.

{ Exclusive November 2015 kit from Elle’s Studio }

Exclusive November kit is ready for purchase now.

Check out our NEW Design team gallery. You can bookmark your favorites, leave comments and see close ups of our design team’s projects in our gallery.

Here are my November 2015 creations.

For a list of supplies used on all my projects, please visit my gallery.

*It is available today, on the 10th, for $9.99 and then the price goes to $11.99 at midnight PST.*
*The kit is exclusive to Elle’s Studio and a limited edition – once the kit is sold out it is gone for ever!*
Our add-ons are also limited and while supplies last, and are made to coordinate with the kit.

All November items: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/ExclusiveNew/
November kit: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Elle-s-Studio-November-2015-Kit.html
Happy Holidays Stamp: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Happy-Holidays-Stamp.html
Holiday Acrylic mix: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Holiday-Acrylics.html
Family Wood Veneer: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Family-Wood-Veneer.html
Thankful Printables: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Thankful-Printables.html
November Digital Cut Files: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/November-Digital-Cut-File-2015.html
November Exclusive Kit Mini Course: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Exclusive-Kit-Mini-Course-November-2015.html

Free shipping on orders $50+ with coupon code HOLIDAYS

{ Card Kit Monday – Tags and Branches – take 3 }

Hello and happy Monday. I have a new card today using the Tags and Branches Card Kit Monday kit. I saw this awesome challenge on Always Plying With Paper and thought I would use the same colors to make a Holiday card.

I made the chevron card background really large, to fit the card front. The banner is cut out from white cardstock. I skipped the heart tag and added the flowers. It’s another freebie I shared a while ago Layered Flowers. I cut the three flower layers from different cardstock and patterned paper. I added some Heidi Swapp color shine and some sequins.

That silver wasn’t showing up that well, so here is one more photo. I love the gold from this pack as, as well. The cardstock is super thick and smooth and my Silhouette Cameo loves it. Its DCWV pack that I got at Michaels, I think. The sentiment is from brand new stamp set from Technique Tuesday called Poinsettia Wishes.

Let me know if you have any questions. If you don’t have this Card Kit Monday – Tags and Branches go HERE and download it. It’s free.

Here is the little photo for The Challenge #50

Have a great day!

{ 25 Days of Christmas Tags with Technique Tuesday }

This is my second post for the day, If you are looking for my Impression Obsession - Give Thanks challenge you can find it HERE.

Hi and welcome to 25 Days of Christmas Tags organized by Tracey McNeely. Today Technique Tuesday DT is sharing their tags made using Technique Tuesday products. Tracey McNeely has been doing the 25 Days of Christmas Tags during the Christmas time for past five years.  There are lots of guests and giveaways along the way! To find all the info and how you can win some awesome prizes check out her blog HERE.

Here is the tag I created using Jolly Holidays stamp set. In addition, I used Lots of Dots and Story Card - DIY Steel Die,

I used chalkboard paint for the bottom portion of the tag. I stamped the dots on the bottom and added some washi tape and glitter ribbon. The tree I colored using Prismacolor pencils.

Don't forget to visit Tracey's blog HERE to get more details, inspiration and enter tons of giveaways including one from Technique Tuesday.

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge – Give Thanks }

Hi and welcome to our  Impression Obsession challenge – Give Thanks. We had lots of participation in our last challenge, “Feeling Blue”, and I hope this one is just as fun.

My card today has a very interesting color combo. Not my typical colors, but I really liked the challenge at Color Throwdown #367: gold, coral and green!

If you know me and have been reading this blog for a while, you know that I like to mix different stamps and patterns together. One of these days I might make a clean and simple card, but not yet.

I started with the Tapestry Tag that I layered over All-in-One Frames - Rectangles 2 I die cut from gold paper. The Peony, from Peony Set 2 and Peony Set 1, is stamped with Cameo Coral, old Stampin’ Up ink that I had for ages. I was able to achieve different shades by stamping off for the first, light layer, and then stamping with regular color, and third layer I double stamped. It worked with one ink pad. That is the only coral color I have. Same with the leaves. I used Old Olive.

I fussy cut the flower and leaves and added foam adhesive to the flower for dimension. The card base is stamped with Cover-a-card Screen. The sentiment is from Be Grateful stamp set. I added twine and sequins to finish the card.
I used Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #293 for this card.

Impression Obsession stamps and dies:

Cover-a-card Screen
Tapestry Tag
Peony Set 2
Peony Set 1
Be Grateful
All-in-One Frames - Rectangles 2

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Why don’t you come along and play with us. To enter the challenge go to the Impression Obsession Blog (all the details are there!).  Create a new project using  Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog between November 5 – November 18. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

Make sure you check out what the rest of our DT created.

I hope you play along.

Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson ----> you are here
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

{ Thanks card and treat bag for Therm O Web }

I am on Therm O Web blog today using Autumn Day collection by Photo Play Paper. I made a card and a little treat bag to be filled with yummy chocolate for a friend or that special someone. I designed the acorns in my Silhouette Studio. Please check out my post at Therm O Web blog for all the supplies and step by step instructions.

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Don’t forget to check out my Card Kit Monday post and video from yesterday.

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On Monday I received my first Scraptastic kit!! It’s beautiful. For November, I chose Ain’t No Sunshine kit and add on.  You will be seeing projects from me with this kit.

Impression Obsession DT challenge is tomorrow and 25 days of tags from Technique Tuesday. See you then!

{ Card Kit Monday–Tags and Branches–take 2 and a video }

Hello and happy Tuesday! As you can see, I have lots of Card Kit Mondays on a Tuesday. Yesterday was my catch up day. Alex was sick last week with a very high, asymptomatic fever. All the tests they could run at the office were negative. Luckily it went away after three full days. I don’t like it when he is sick, but I do like all our time together, snuggling, reading, watching TV and just hanging out. Who doesn’t. Everything else becomes less important.

I have to share some exciting news!! I was asked to join Scraptastic Kit Club! I will share my awesome kit that arrived yesterday and lots of projects that I make on my blog.

My card for today is full of layers and goodies. Watch the video. I am just so indecisive. I had no plan for the card at all.

Can you see all the layers? I just love playing around with all the stamps, mixed media, glitter, sequins and  mist. All the patterned papers are from Crate Paper that I got from Emma’s Paperie. Photo corners and all my adhesive is from Therm O Web. The stamps are from Impression Obsession.

Once again, if you make something with the kit please share and let me know. I would love to see. You can download the kit HERE.

Here is the video or watch it on YouTube.

Let me know if you have any questions or ideas for a different card kit. Have a great day!

{ November Scrap Our Stash Challenge #32 Guest Designer }

I was asked to be be Guest Designer for November at Scrap Our Stash. I recently discovered their challenge blog and I love it.

The November Stash Challenge #32 is to create a layout and to include an item from your stash for each letter in the word A-L-B-U-M-S.

I had to challenge myself to get some of the items from “ALBUMS” on the page. I really had a hard time with “U” and umbrella kept coming up. I knew I had a photo of my son with his umbrella so I thought I would design one in my Silhouette Studio. The umbrella creation prompted me to make a cloud with some rain coming down.  I designed the page with a large letter “A” that is outlined with a Silhouette sketch pen and then cut out with the Cameo.

I tried to use lots of little bits and pieces I have been holding on to. Like I said, I designed all the elements in my Silhouette Studio: cloud with rain, letter “A” and the umbrella.

I included a quote and used an old stash of sticker alphas. “When life gives you a rainy day, play in the puddles.”

Here are all the challenge supplies I used on the layout:

A – letter A (for Alex)
L – lines on the paper background
B – buttons
U – umbrella
M – modeling paste (for the triangles)
S – stripes, stars, Silhouette, and stickers

Check out Scrap Our Stash Challenge blog for all the details and how play.