love 28

Hi there! It's hard to believe that February is nearly over ~ time sure flies. Today I have a couple of projects to share featuring beautiful patterned papers from the Pion Design My Precious Daughter collection. First up is a layout featuring a photo of sweet Meredith that was taken at least 14 years ago when Barbie's were the center of her world! :)

~she still drank from a sippie cup!

and still had all of her baby teeth :)

I created a textured, inky background using various ColourArte products:

and embellished with a variety of blossoms from my stash and die cut foliage:

From the scraps, I made a rather clean and simple greeting card:

For layout inspiration, I joined along with the current My Scraps and More Sketch challenge:

and for the card sketch and color inspiration, I joined along with the current retrosketches sketch challenge and the color throw down color challenge:

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








Pion Design products used:
My Precious Daughter ~ My Daughter ~ PD4901 front
My Precious Daughter ~ My Daughter ~ PD4901 back
My Precious Daughter ~ Baby Doll ~ PD4904 back
My Precious Daughter ~ Alma's Dress ~ PD4907 front
My Precious Daughter ~ Alma's Dress ~ PD4907 back
My Precious Daughter ~ Borders ~ PD4910 back

ColourArte products used:
Radiant Rain Dauber ~ Plumeria
Radiant Rain Shimmery Mist ~ Pink Grapefruit

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happy 41

Hi there! Hope you are having a great week! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of sweet Meredith that was taken nearly 10 years ago while we were on vacation:

I challenged myself to create using the fun color palette for this week's ColourQ color challenge:

I don't own pretty patterned papers featuring that particular color scheme so I pulled out a variety of beautiful ColourArte products and added lots of color to a sheet of 13arts patterned paper:

I added a lot of design to the background using various stencils, stamps and the following ColourArte products: Radiant rain Shimmery Mist: RR-29525 Elderberry, RR-26408 Teal Zircon and RR-29526 Honey Dew as well as Radiant Gel Dimensional Paint Coral Berry:

Along with a trio of various blossoms from my stash and some die cut foliage:

 For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Let's Get Sketchy Sketch Challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your week!
Be Sweet ;)









ColourArte products used:
Radiant rain Shimmery Mists: RR-29525 Elderberry, RR-26408 Teal Zircon and RR-29526 Honey Dew
Radiant Gel Dimensional Paint Coral Berry

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joy 52

Hi there! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge there are not any rules! Simply craft! Anything goes!

I was inspired to create a mixed media home decor wall hanging:

I love to decorate my home with various homemade projects so I took advantage of this challenge to create a mixed media wall hanging:

Using a variety of Distress Stain Sprays, I created an inky Trellis Framework textured background:

I embellished with a trio of die cut Tattered Pinecone blossoms and Garden Greens:

and a crackled Caged Bird:

For the sentiment, I used a fun Big Chat Sticker:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope you join along with theSimon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp Challenge blog to see all the DT's fabulous inspiration!

Be Sweet ;)

Products Used: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Big Chat stickers, Tim Holtz Ranger Crackle Paint Rock Candy Distress Clear, Tim Holtz Sizzix Caged Bird Bigz die, Distress Stain Sprays,  Tim Holtz Sizzix Trellis Framework die, Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Pinecone die, Tim Holtz Sizzix Garden Greens Bigz die, Tim Holtz Idea-ology GRUNGEBOARD BASICS PLAIN Altered Art, Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE GESSO Media, Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PINE NEEDLES Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Rusty Hinge Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain BROKEN CHINA Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Vintage Photo Ranger, Tim Holtz Idea-ology PAPER STASH FRENCH INDUSTRIAL 12 x 12, Dina Wakley Ranger GEL MEDIUM Media, Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO Ranger, 

Ranger Paint Dabber BLACK TIE, Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder VINTAGE PHOTO Rust Effect Ranger, Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark, Tim Holtz Idea-ology RING FASTENERS

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Thank you 29

Hi there! I hope you are having an awesome weekend! Today I have a couple of rather clean and simple greeting cards to share featuring pretty patterned papers from the Pion Design A Day in May collection.

The sentiments and images are from PTI.

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

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Be Sweet ;)









Pion Design products used:
A Day in May ~ Lady ~ PD4402 back
A Day in May ~ Butterfly dance ~ PD4403 front
A Day in May ~ Butterfly dance ~ PD4403 back
A Day in May ~ Blooming branches ~ PD4404 front
A Day in May ~ Blooming branches ~ PD4404 back
A Day in May ~ Apple blossom ~ PD4405 front
A Day in May ~ Apple blossom ~ PD4405 back
A Day in May ~ Brown ornament ~ PD4407 front
A Day in May ~ White blossom ~ PD4408 front
A Day in May ~ White blossom ~ PD4408 back
A Day in May ~ Tags ~ PD4412 back
A Day in May ~ Images ~ PD4411 back

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Sweet Friend 46

Hi there! Any fun plans for the weekend? I have been traveling out of town for one reason or another over the past few weeks so it will be great to be spending time at home this weekend :) Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of my sweet boy Griffin :)

 Griffin is the sweetest boy dog that's ever owned me :)

 Just look at those eyes! They scream I'm so adorable :)

To create this layout, I randomly splattered various ColourArte Radiant rain Shimmering Mists on the background:

 I embellished with die cut leaves that were misted with ColourArte Radiant rain Seafoam Shimmering Mist along with a variety of flowers from my stash:

 I used the following vibrant and shimmery ColourArte Radiant rain Shimmering Mists: RR-26466 Fern, RR-29526 Honey Dew, RR-29527 Seafoam:

 For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sketchabilities sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I joined along with the February Scrap Around the World challenge:

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

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