sending a little Sparkle... 28

Happy November! I hope you are having a great weekend! I switched things up a bit and today I have a non mixed media card to share. I joined along with the PTI Make It Monday challenge where the challenge is to create a project that features: Partial Die Stamping technique. 

I pulled out the pretty shaker ornament die and partial stamped on the inside and decorative pieces on the ornament:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I joined along with the colour me...! challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Believe 31

Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo that I shared a few weeks ago of Meredith all dressed up in her Halloween costume as a Woodland Tree Fairy. She took part in a costume contest and took third place :)

Here she is in full color :) She made up her hair but needed my help painting nearly her entire body green. She looked like Shrek's daughter ;) Today after school, we are going to do it all over again for her costume party tonight!

I think the black and white photo turned out just as pretty :)

To make this layout, I used beautiful 7 Dots Studio patterned papers. I added lots of texture using a Prima wood grain stencil, texture paste 

and 13 arts glass beads:

I embellished with flowers from my stash and various die cuts:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the sketchabilities Sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I joined along with the colour me...! color combination on the left:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a fun and safe weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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hope... 40

Hi there! I hope all is well! Today I did a double workout session ~ one at my local gym, Life Time Fitness and one at the Mixed Media Place Creative Gym :) This month's challenge is to create a project using black, white, grey and ONE color.

My dear husband challenged me to create using one of my least favorite colors ~ red:

 I scrapped a photo of the amazingly beautiful Sagrada Familia Roman Catholic church that Scott took while we were vacationing in Barcelona, Spain a few years ago.

I combined pretty papers from 7 Dots Studio

I added lots of texture using Prima art basics Light Paste along with a Prima stencil:

 I embellished with a variety of flowers from my stash along with die cut foliage:

 For a little splash of color, I flicked on black and red paints:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Let's Get Sketchy sketch challenge:

I loved the color palette so much, I ended up making a greeting card:

To create the card, I used pretty Prima patterned papers, PTI stamps and dies, embellished with a couple of flowers from my stash:

 For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the retrosketches sketch challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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HAPPINESS 52

Hi there! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of my sweet boy Griffin:

For theme inspiration, I joined along with Finnabair's Cosy Challenge where the challenge is to create a work (layout, collage, canvas, cards - anything goes) that represents the concept of coziness and warmth;

I think this photo of Griffin screams coziness and warmth:

To create this layout, I added texture to a piece of beautiful 7 Dots Studio paper using a Prima stencil and Light Paste. Once dry, I applied various Prima Color Bloom Spray Mist:

For an extra cozy feel, I misted a piece of torn muslin fabric, dried and layered behind the photo:

I stitched on a die cut fleece heart to add to the cozy vibe:

I kept the embellishments to a minimum adding a Prima metal flower and 1 paper flower along with a Prima metal trinket for the title:

Lots of texture:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Scrap365 sketch challenge:

I'm also entering this in the 7 Dots Studio October challenge which is all about texture:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!

Be Sweet ;)

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trick or treat 37

Hi there! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is "This is a treat"

Now that my children are all young adults, trick or treating days are long gone but no one in my family, including my dear husband is too old to receive a bag of Halloween treats delivered in a customized decorated treat bag!

I randomly stamped a brown paper gift bag with the Speckles stamp then I created a mixed media rectangular panel to adhere to the front of the bag. I added texture using Texture Paste along with various Distress Paints for color. I topped it off with a heat embossed spider web image from Mini Blueprint which I layered on top of a Rosette.

The sentiment is from Simple Sayings:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope I have inspired you to give it a try and join along with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge!

Products Used: Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps Speckles Stampers Anonymous, Ranger Texture Paste, Distress Paints, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps cms136 MINI BLUEPRINTS Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die PAPER ROSETTE Flower Strip Alterations, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps SIMPLE SAYINGS, Tim Holtz Distress Paint SEEDLESS PRESERVES Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Paint Rusty Hinge Ranger, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Harlequin, Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Ranger Fall, Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER STASH FRENCH INDUSTRIAL 12 x 12, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon, Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD, Ranger Embossing Powder White, Simon Says Card Stock Black, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Cargo, Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabber PITCH BLACK Acrylic, Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles Cookie Cutter Die

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