{ My Favorite Things sketch and color challenge }

It’s Saturday and so gloomy outside. I was cleaning my desk and wanted to look around to see if there was a fun challenge. I totally love the blue and gray from the Color Challenge #62 and decided to participate in the sketch challenge, as well. I love all the new stamps that are coming out and really need to add some more to my very small collection.

Here is my card.

I love how this card came together. I used Beast Friends stamp set and dies. I colored him with watercolor. “Sending hugs” was the extra die that came with my order. The hearts are die cut from white cardstock that I colored with Blueberry ink. The heart die is from Tag Builder Blueprints. The diamond shape under the Beast is a tree from Oh Christmas Trees stamp set. I stamped them with Tropical Teal and Spearmint and cut them out. The polka dot strip is a piece of washi. I used 3D foam squares to add dimension to the little Beast.

That is all I have for today. Let me know if you have any questions.

Have a great Saturday!

{ My Favorite Things sketch and color challenge }

When I saw the Beast Friends from My Favorite Things I just had to have them. They are adorable! This summer we went to Disney World and took a ride on Expedition Everest at Disney Animal Kingdom. It was a rough and scary ride. Alex, who doesn’t even like roller coasters, had taken several fast rides over our 4 day adventure including Test Track and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. He was not too happy about it. We did get him a cute Yeti after the ride to help him forget all about it.

I used the colors from Color Challenge #55 and sketch 302. I used Kraft as my base and a strip across the card, as in the sketch. I found the striped paper that matched the color perfectly. I colored the Yeti with my Prismacolor Pencils. I die cut him and used 3D foam squares from Therm O Web to pop him up. Same with the sentiment strip. The circle is from Die-namics Tag Builder Blueprints 6. I did add Whipped Spackle with a stencil to the background and some sequins and Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Here is Alex after the ride with Yeti.

Have a great Tuesday!

{ Hello – color and sketch challenge }

I have a quick card today that I created after I saw the Color Throwdown #398. In addition, I used a sketch from Case this sketch #178.
I wanted to use some of my brand new Technique Tuesday stamps that were released this month. For this card I used Bravo stamp set and Marquee Arrows DIY Steel die.

I used my Ranger Distress Stains, they are like paint daubers. I added two strips of washi under that. “Hello” is stamped and cut out. I added Therm O Web 3D foam adhesive to pop it up a little bit for dimension. I added some Whipped Spackle through a stencil from StecnilGirl Products. The pink wasn’t bright enough so I die cut an arrow from bright pink paper and added some sequins.

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I'm entering this card for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Tic Tac Toe - Sequins + Stencil + Washi, Color Throwdown #398 and Case this sketch #178.

Have a great Monday!

{ Layered butterfly freebie }

I know totally random post today since I am sharing a freebie. Didn’t quite make the Card Kit Monday, even though I am thinking about it. I was sharing files every Monday and making a card with them and sometimes I even had a video. There were lots of downloads, but I have never seen anyone make anything with them. I am still thinking about sharing free files, I have lots of them.

Today I am sharing a card I created using Silhouette Studio files that I designed. I was cleaning my studio yesterday and placed a stack of layouts (40) in an album. One of them had these cute layered butterflies from Crate Paper, Notes and Things. I decided to make my own. I used a freebie butterfly I already had that I created last year and used on a card I created for Card Kit Monday. I changed this butterfly a little bit by adding a center piece. I layered all three and used my sewing machine for the center. The exact size of the butterflies: L 2.25 M 1.625 S 1.25 You can make them any size that you need.

I used Fab Friday 87 for the sketch and The Challenge #73 for the colors. The diagonal stripe background was cut from white cardstock and for the insert from a different card background. I have been seeing diagonal lines like this on various cards and I like it.  I added some whipped spackle  to the background and watercolor paint. I added a vellum frame and a strip of polka dot vellum as a banner for the House of Cards challenge. For the hand drawn circle I have several different ones here and here. Make sure you visit the FREEBIES page and download what you like. I cut “hello” from black and white cardstock and layered them with a little offset. It’s my own handwriting.

***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.***

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SVG file is available here.

Have fun with them. If you make something please share so I can see. Post a link to you creation in the comments below, email me, or share on Instagram or Facebook and tag me. Pretty please.
Have a great Tuesday!

{ Hello–color challenge }

Hi, here I am again. I saw this color challenge from Just Us Girls blog and I had to play. I received a few Color Burst colors and I had to give them a try. The one used here is called Ultramarine Blue. I watched some videos on YouTube to figure out how to use it. I used watercolor paper that was painted with white gesso, left over from another project, just to try it out. I spritz water over the paper and then squeezed the bottle gently over the top. I should have taken a photo before I layered all the other elements over the top.

I love to mix and match things, especially my stamps. I picked several from my mixed media/journal box and went to work using only colors from the challenge: Teal, Aqua, Navy. The stamps I used (in order that I stamped them): Love Score, Really Useful Stamps – Circles, Flourish 1, Silhouette 15 (butterflies), Everyday Words (hello). Not too bad, right. The first two were stamped with Navy ink and the rest with Aqua. I distressed the edges and the navy mat under the watercolor paper. The flower with the center are teal. I added a few sequins to match.

Here are all the stamps I used.

These are the Color Burst I am using.

 Challenge #331 COLOR WEEK

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Don’t forget to check out my last post with a second layout created with Gale Song from Scraptastic Club.

Impression Obsession Happy Birthday challenge is still open.

Have a great day!

{ Impression Obsession DT challenge – Happy Birthday to You }

Hi and welcome to our  Impression Obsession challenge – Happy Birthday to You.

I started this card by stamping the  Vintage Briar Rose Background on the bottom of the card and added a strip of washi to the seam. I stamped the Lg. Solid Dot Tag and then the banners just took over. I die cut Hollyhocks from watercolor paper and painted them with watercolor.

Impression Obsession Stamps and Dies:
Vintage Briar Rose Background
Greeting Banners
Banners & Greetings
Hollyhocks
Lg. Solid Dot Tag

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 February 18 – March 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
Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson ----> you are here
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

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 The Challenge:

Just Us Girls #330

{ 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!

{ 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

{ Card kit Monday–Circles and Triangles–take 2 }

Hi and happy Monday. I have a new card using the brand new Card kit Monday from last week. You can still see the one I made last week { Card kit Monday–Circles and Triangles }.

I do have a process video to go with this card. Did you know that I have a YouTube Channel? You can follow me there. I would love it if you would subscribe and give me a thumbs up if you liked the video.

How about this color combination? It came from Color Throwdown #361. In addition, I used a sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 288. To make the card fit the sketch I had to add a tag. This kit doesn’t have a tag, but if you check out my freebies you will find lots of free stuff there. I used a tag from Bread Tag freebie and I have some more in Pocket with tags freebie. A little flower with a button and some twine. Perfect little card.

When I am getting ready to cut my pieces I usually arrange everything in my Silhouette Studio. As you can see in the photo, I even color all the pieces so I know what colors I need to cut. I import the photo into the program and use my dropper tool to add the custom color. This card came together in less than 10 minutes. I hope you create something with this kit.

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.

Enjoy the video:

 

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Color Throwdown #361

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 288

{ Card kit Monday and a freebie }

I made it, Card kit Monday on Monday. This is my third card with this kit. I changed the sentiments and embellishments. So many other things can be added from your stash.

For this card I used Color Throwdown #350 and Fab Friday 68

This time I added the butterfly (my previous cards had an arrow and a balloon).  I am sharing  the arrow, balloon and butterfly in the freebie file below.
I cut the striped panel from white cardstock and painted it pink and orange using watercolor to match the colors for the challenge. The butterfly is painted, as well, with the same pink color.

My friend Teri Anderson created an adorable card using this kit. Make sure you check it out.

***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.***

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Have fun with the kit. If you make something please share so I can see. Post a link to you creation in the comments below, email me, or share on Instagram or Facebook and tag me. Pretty please.
Have a great Monday.