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Monday, January 26, 2015

{ MFT Color Challenge }

It’s been a long time since I got to play in my long list of blog challenges that I follow. I have been working on my The Documented Life Project 2015 ART journal and that has been really great. If you follow me on Instagram you know what I am talking about because I have been sharing my progress. Not to mention my Heidi Swapp planner. If the winner from my Season’s Givings giveaway doesn’t get in touch with me I will have to give it away to someone else. Finally, today, I created a card for a color combination challenge from MFT #14 that was perfect.

I used a brand new set from Technique Tuesday called Smirthday. I stamped and cut the balloons and added twine. Zots Adhesive Dots from Therm O Web are perfect for adhering twine and 3D Foam Adhesive for adding dimension. I used Circles - DIY Steel Dies for my white cardstock circle. I sprinkled my blueberry cardstock with Heidi Swapp white color shine. I was pretty impressed by how white it shows up. I did use Mojo Monday 382 sketch for the card.

That is all for today. Let me know if you art journal, use a planner, scrapbook or just make cards. Have a great Monday.

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

{ Season’s Givings blog hop and Impression Obsession DT challenge–Winter Chill }

ETA: Winner: 34. Annette Allen4:32 PM

Please email me so I can get the Planner to you. I want to thank everyone who stopped by.

Happy New Year and welcome to the Season’s Givings Blog Hop!

If this is your first visit to my blog, welcome, and if you have been coming for a while, thank you so much!! What a great opportunity to be hopping with friends and give back a little. It’s a fun way to start the new year.

If you arrived from Dina Kowal you are in the right place.

Today I am sharing a card I created for Impression Obsession DT challenge – Winter Chill. We have at least two challenges throughout the month and we always give away a $25 gift certificate. All you have to do is create a new project using Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog, between January 1 – January 7. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

When I think of winterI think of snowflakes. It is pretty chilly around here so this was a perfect challenge. I used a Snowflake Background die and Snowflake Die set for the large snowflake. I used iCraft Adhesive from Therm O Web to add the glitter to the snowflake. The background is sprayed with color shine which makes the white snowflake background pop. The snowflake is attached to the inside of the card with 3D foam square from Therm O Web. The sentiment is from Winter Trees stamp set.

Check out the Impression Obsession Blog to see what other DT members created for this challenge.

I am giving away one Heidi Swapp Memory Journal Planner

I will pick a winner on Thursday January 8th .

This kit is exclusive to Michael's Stores. I have one and I will be starting with mine tomorrow. This will be my mini Project Life.

This kit comes with a Gold 2 ring binder measuring 6x8
2015 Monthly Calendar Spread (or any year since the calendar is blank)
Monthly Divider Tabs
Monthly Journal Pages
Date Stamps
Gold Foiled Stickers
4 Magnetic Paper clips
Black Gel Pen
Page Flag Sticky Notes
2x2 Journal Cards
Washi Tape
Photo/Journaling Card Sleeves (one for each month)

Hope * Joy * Happiness
Let this New Year bring you all things that really matter in life!

****Your next stop is Lisa Adametz. ****

I am joined today with some lovely crafters for this blog hop where everyone on the list is giving something away. It’s really easy. Hop along and leave a comment for a chance to win.

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Lawn Fawn

Spellbinders Paper Arts

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Avocado Arts

A Jillian Vance Design

Daniela Dobson ------> YOU ARE HERE

Monday, November 10, 2014

{ Exclusive November kit from Elle’s Studio }

Exclusive November is ready for purchase now.

Design team gallery is FULL of brand new inspiration just for you. You can bookmark your favorites, leave comments and see close ups of our design team’s projects in our gallery. Visit Elle’s Studio Blog for links to other Contributing DT members.

Here is what I created with the November kit.

Everything on here is from the kit. I added patterned paper from Good Cheer collection. The silhouette cuts are some of my own pieces I had laying around. I added washi tape, some enamel dots and sequins. For the color shine I used a polar grid template I made years ago. Heidi Swapp Mint Green color shine matches this collection perfectly. I trimmed my white cardstock about half an inch so that the patterned paper shows on the sides.

*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!*

November kit
Christmas Ephemera Pack
Winter Ephemera Pack
Merry & Bright Stamp
Warm wishes stamp
November cut file
December Date Labels Printables
Holiday Notes from this Day Printables
Merry and Bright Printables

Good Cheer cut file
Holiday Tags cut file
Number Pennants cut file

I know that is a lot of eye candy on this Monday morning. Enjoy!

Monday, October 20, 2014

{ Die cutting Saturday–cut file 001 }

I know it’s not Saturday, but Paper Issues has a new monthly challenge - Die Cutting Saturday. Each month they will be sharing a free Silhouette cut file with a challenge to use it on a project. You can download your free file on their blog.

Here is what I came up with. I took only one of the six corner circles and enlarged them to fit my page. I used the knife tool to cut just the parts I needed. I cut it out from patterned paper that I have been hoarding. I had an idea to use some of my old rub-ons that I had put away and had to look for. Some of these are really old: Urban Lilly, Basic Grey, Bo Bunny and Scenic Route.

I used some of the brand new stamps from Technique Tuesday - Having Some Fun, Living and Laughing and Folding Banners - Fresh Cut Studio - October 2014. There is a new date stamp called Many Months that has beautiful font. I stamped the sayings on die cut vellum and tags from Elle’s Studio.
I added the rub-ons to the empty circles on the left side. The one on the right bottom corner has a star, but since it didn’t go with my layout I just covered it up with one of the other circle.

I used a mixture of things, some new and some very old (rub-ons), but it all worked together. I love the black and hot pink together. It’s been a long time since I did a page just for me.

That is all from me. If you want to play along check out their blog and download the free file. Have a great Monday!

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

{ Technique Tuesday giveaway winner }

Hello and happy Wednesday. I have a winner from my little stamp giveaway from last week.

***Heather Thompson email me your address so we can mail that stamp to you!***

I made a little card because I was playing with some new Faber Castell Design Memory Craft goodies that arrived.

I finally used one of Heidi Swapp stencils that I got from Emma’s Paperie. I mixed Whipped Spackle from Faber Castell and blue Gelato to get the color. The chevron from Chevrons Two Step is stamped with Hero Arts ink. The butterfly, from Butterfly Collage, is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with watercolor crayons.
Hello is from Fly Away stamp set.

That is all from me. School started this Monday so I have a first grader to get ready for bed. Have a great night.

I was excited to play in these challenges:

Case this sketch #89

Color Throwdown #307

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Thursday, August 21, 2014

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge – Friendship }

Hi and welcome to our Impression Obsession challenge – Friendship!

Our challenge starts today, August 21, and continues to the following Wednesday evening, August 27, at 10 PM.

Create a new project using Impression Obsession stamps and post it on Impression Obsession Blog, between August 21-27. A winner will be chosen randomly to win a $25 gift certificate to the Impression Obsession store.

Here is my card.

I mixed some old and new dies for this card - Instant Photo Frame and Kite. Love the kite, you can create different color combinations. My big shot can cut through several paper layers so I always layer two or three patterned papers and die cut.

The background is stamped with my all time favorite Cover-a-Card Wood Grain. I added a little “friend” stamp from Express Yourself on a die cut Flags Die Set.

The flair is from {A Flair For Buttons}.

That is all from me. Make sure you check out what the rest of our DT created.

I hope you play along.

IO Blog
Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson -------> you are here
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher

If you haven’t entered my little giveaway from yesterday, make sure you do!

I was excited to play along with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Anything Goes
The Cutting Edge Challenge #8

Tag You're It! Challenge #4

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

{ Technique Tuesday New Release giveaway }

Hello, I am back to share a card I created with one of the new sets from Technique Tuesday called Take Care. You can check out all the new releases on our Technique Tuesday website.

Here is my card.

I used my Hand Drawn circle cut that I created in my Silhouette Studio. I sprayed it with Color Shine to match the green in the card. I created and cut the doily, as well. I can share that one, too, if anyone wants it. The banner is a die cut Banner – DIY Steel Die.
I am trying to organize all my steel dies and it’s a mess. How do you store your dies?

I am giving this little stamp set away, so leave a comment for a chance to win.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Anything Goes
Deconstructed Sketch No. 164

Just Us Girls #254: Blue, Green and any Neutrals

As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to share the mini album that I created with Going Places, our Memory Keepers Studio stamp set for August.

This clear stamp set consists of 21 clear stamps on a 4" x 6" storage sheet.

And this the Going Places steel dies, our Fresh Cut Studio dies for August.

Here is my full mini album. In addition to the August stamps and dies I used the Best Place stamp set that is available for purchase and it coordinates with the other sets. More details on Technique Tuesday blog
I will add our photos from Destin, FL when I get a moment.

Just leave a comment on this post and I will pick one person who will receive Take Care stamp set from Technique Tuesday.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

{ Exclusive August kit from Elle’s Studio }

Exclusive August is ready for purchase now.

Here is what I created with the August kit and cut files.

My happy place by Daniela Dobson

I love the colors in this kit. I chose a photo of us from one morning when we went bowling. If you follow me on Instagram you probably saw this photo. Not sure why I haven’t thought of it before, but this is our first car family selfie.
I used the cut tent file and removed the bottom line, so it looks like they are little chevrons. I spaced them horizontally on the bottom of the white cardstock. I cut the chevron card and “love this” tab at the same time and just cut the bottom portion to use on the page.
I sprayed the chevron card ant the tab with Heidi Swapp color shine to match.

My happy place close by Daniela Dobson

I love all the transparencies this month. I added some butterflies from my stash to match the colors of the kit. I tucked the chevron card to the right side of the photo. Little chipboard hearts are from Studio Calico and I filed the edges to expose the chipboard. I added a few American Crafts rub ons and enamel dots to finish the page.

My happy place close 2 by Daniela Dobson

*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!

August kit: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Elle-s-Studio-August-2014-Kit.html
August cut file: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/August-Digital-Cut-File.html
Back To School cork: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Back-To-School-Cork-Shapes.html
Shine bundle: http://www.shopellesstudio.com/Shine-Bundle.html

In addition, we are doing a free shipping special. When they purchase the SHINE BUNDLE your entire order will ship for free, TODAY ONLY (August 10th )! The coupon code is SHINE and you have to have the Shine bundle in their cart for the code to work.