Merry Christmas 16

Hi there! I'm having fun creating Christmas cards lately. Today I have another one to share featuring a pretty ornament from the PTI Brilliant Baubles stamp set as the focal point: The sentiment is from the PTI Beautiful Berries: Winter stamp set: For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Christmas Card Throwdown September Colour challenge: For sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the CASE this sketch sketch challenge: Many...

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warm winter wishes 15

Hi there! Today I have a fun Christmas card to share: I dusted off a Stampendous stamp from my stash which actually has three little penguins in a row but I masked the other two so I could feature just one. The sentiment is from a PTI stamp set.  I'm joining along with the following challenges: the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge is to feature a penguin: for sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Global Design Project...

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Autumn wishes 13

 Hi there! Today I have a couple of Autumn projects to share featuring pretty fall die cut leaves. First up is a tag: The tag features a stamped / heat embossed doily on water color paper. I embellished with a die cut leaf which I had applied various Distress Inks: I'm joining along with the Tag You're it! challenge where the challenge was to be inspired by the sample shown below:  Next up is a greeting card: The card is very...

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Thankful for you 32

Hi there! Today I'm joining along with the PTI September Blog Hop. This month's challenge was to create a project inspired by the pretty picture shown below: I was inspired to use the fun bird image from the Round and Round set to feature as the focal point using the chalkboard technique. I embellished with foliage from the Spruce and Sprigs set and a small die cut flower.  I also made a similar Christmas card: I'm joining along with...

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a season of Blessings 21

Hi there! One thing I miss about living in the northeastern US is the abundance of pretty fall foliage in my backyard. We are taking a road trip to Flagstaff located in northern AZ to soak in some of that natural beauty! With the change of seasons on my mind, I created a mixed media style Autumn art project featuring a homemade wreath on an 8" x 8" art board: I was inspired by the September Mixed Media Place challenge moodboard for color: To...

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thank you 30

 Happy Friday! Any fun weekend plans? Today I'm joining along with this week's PTI Make It Monday challenge where the challenge is to create a project Mixing Floral stamp sets. I stamped the background using a combination of floral images from the PTI Bloomin' Cute and the Beautiful Bloom stamp sets:  Once I had the background stamped and die to to size, I embellished with stamped/die cut leaves and a decorative sprig from...

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Merry Christmas 19

Hi! Today I'm joining along with the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge where the challenge is to create a card featuring a decorated tag using texture, bling and die cuts.  Here's my take on the challenge: For texture, I dry embossed a piece of watercolor paper, spritzed on Ranger Meadow Distress Ink, followed with spritzed water. Once dry, I randomly stamped and heat embossed some fun polka dots. I embellished the die cut tag with...

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