Happy fall 34

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a couple of projects to share. First up is a 16" x 20" canvas that I painted. I'm practicing so I can paint a couple of 24" x 36" canvas's for my home. 

 To begin, I collaged pages from an old Webster's dictionary onto the canvas:

 then I had a lot of fun painting the background and poppies:

I also made a card in celebration of fall featuring a PTI Friendship Jar full of Fall goodness:

For color inspiration for both projects, I joined along with the current Colour Me challenge:

For card sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge:

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

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Happy Harvest 35

Hi there! Tonight I'm joining along with the PTI Blog Hop

which is based on the photo inspiration shown below as well as creating a project using the chalkboard technique. 

Here's my interpretation:

I created a card featuring a combination of stamps from the Fall Elegance and Spooky Sweet 11 stamp sets:

 Even though the temps are in still in the 100's here in Arizona, I'm starting to decorate my home for Fall. Here is a my front door showing a couple of wreaths that my daughter and I made along with my sweet girl, Gretchen ;)

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

Thanks so much for visiting. I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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joy...Prima DT projects 15

Hi there! Today I'm it's my turn to share a project on the Prima blog. We are having Color Fun with Julie Nutting. 

I chose to have color fun with the regal color palette consisting of gold, shades of red, pink and coral to create an oversized tag featuring the fun and sassy Julie Nutting Marisol cling stamp. 

Combining a variety of flowers from several collections made for a finishing elegant touch:

I also made a holiday shaker tag featuring the darling snowman stamp from the Julie Nutting Cling Stamps 2-Snow Suit Set. 

The shaker was filled with with A Victorian Christmas-Say It In Crystals and Finnabair art ingredients Glass Glitter Pearl. 

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ please be sure to stop by the Prima blog for additional inspiration!
Be Sweet ;)

Prima Product List:
911232-Julie Nutting Cling Stamp 1-Marisol
911256-Julie Nutting Cling Stamps 3-Skirt & Pants
911348-Julie Nutting Cling Stamps 2-Snow Suit Set
910853-Julie Nutting Tag Pad Watercolor Paper
580599-Jodie Lee Butterfly Flowers
580674-Debutante Flowers
580605-Jodie Lee Butterfly Flowers
583446-A Victorian Christmas-Rudolph’s Nose
583408-A Victorian Christmas-Peace & Holly
582357-A Victorian Christmas-Cling Stamps
991050-Frank Garcia-Trims Cours Mirabeau Floral Lace
576813-Trim
961633-Finnabair art ingredients Glass Glitter Pearl
576691-Watercolor Pencils Scenic Route: 09, 61
891121-Chalk Edger Old Rose
891176-Chalk Edger Dry Sand
890995-Chalk Edger Black Coal
580421-Watercolor Brush Pen
576462-Palette Set: A84
576448-Palette Set: A85
546455-Palette Set: A120
576516-Palette Set: A79
582333-A Victorian Christmas-Say It In Crystals
990497-A Victorian Christmas-Une Cartede Noel
990503-A Victorian Christmas-Le Sapin de Noel
990534-A Victorian Christmas-Un Chant de Noel
584054-Crochet Doily Metal die

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Christmas tags PTI style 27

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Today I joined along with the PTI create ALONG WITH US challenge where the challenge allows you to select something that a PTI DT member  has created during the release that inspired you, and create your own version.

I was inspired by Dawn McVey's vibrant Christmas tags shown below:

I love the bright and bold color combo of Raspberry Fizz and Pure Poppy:

as well as Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist and New Leaf:

I don't own the latest products but I sure love what I do have on hand :)

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week!
Be Sweet ;)

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2015...halloween wishes 21

Hi there! I hope you are having an amazing weekend! Today I have a couple of projects to share. First up is a mixed media style art journal page:

This page was inspired by Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesday Week 1 on-line class:

My page features a large stenciled blossom measuring 8.5" x 8.5":

This pages contains so many layers of paints:

Next up is a Halloween card featuring the Faux Chalkboard technique:

For the focal point, I stamped the fun cat image from the PTI Spooky Sweets 11 set:

Than layered her over a PTI die cut doily and embellished with a

For color inspiration for both projects, I joined along with the current Color Throwdown color challenge:

and for card sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current retro sketches sketch challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!

Be Sweet ;)

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be inspired 23

Hi there! Today I have a couple of VERY different projects to share. The first one up, are two pages that I painted in an art journal which was inspired by a Donna Downey's Inspiration Wednesdays e-course.

 This particular art journal measures 11" W x 14" H:

I painting my way so I am comfortable enough to paint a couple of 30" x 40" paintings for my home:

Next up, is a rather clean and simple card featuring a PTI stamp set from 2007 that has never seen an ink pad until now:

For both projects color inspiration, I joined along with the current ColourQ colour challenge:

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

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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