Miss You 39

Hello! Are you having a good weekend? I sure hope so! Today I have a few projects to share using some fun paper that I made using the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate. It makes it so easy to create your own "artsy" looking paper without a whole lot of effort ~ gotta love that ;)

I made this card featuring three die cut hearts that were made using Die-namics LJD Rustic Hearts and my "artsy" papers.  

I was inspired by the current Collage Obsession challenge where the theme is Mail Art, to randomly stamp various images from DC First Class Friend on the text paper. I also dry embossed a Kraft cs using a postage themed embossing folder then dry brushed Gesso across to highlight to embossed images. 

For me, variety is the spice of my crafting life so I made a little decoration using Die-namics Mini Album Bracket STAX for my sweet sister Tina who has been away working in New Mexico for the past 3 weeks. I'm going to surprise her and hang this somewhere in her kitchen so she finds it when she returns home next week :)

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

and for color inspiration for both projects, I joined along with Paperdvizhnik:

Thanks so much for dropping by ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

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Born To Fly... 31

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! When I was at the craft store the other day, I spotted a super McCall's cute owl pattern that was just asking for me to take her home ;) This was one of those items that I was just dying to play with and couldn't resist any longer! So I pulled out lots of supplies including my smaller art journal and this is what I created: 

Before I could make her, I first created my own colorful paper:

There are lots of layers of various products on this page. The background was collaged using pieces from all the papers shown above and so is my girl. To create her eyes and the circles on the page, I used dies from both Die-namics Circles STAX Set 1 and 2 to die cut book page paper.

The random text was stamped using the text image from MFT DC First Class Friend and the Born To Fly sentiment and die cut is from Die-namics Airplane Greetings Die & Stamp Set.

I embarrassingly purchased the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate (shown below) back in December from a local stamping store and just pulled it out several days ago! YIKES! I don't know what I was thinking!!! Oh my gosh ~ the paper that you can create with this along with any of your favorite stencils, stamps, paints, sprays, etc... is limitless and SUPER easy!

For color inspiration, I joined along with the colourQ Challenge: 

Thank you very much for visting ~ I hope you have an awesome weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Courage... 37

Hi there! I have the day off from work with a little time to spare for crafting before I spend the day running necessary errands so I pulled out my neglected small 5" x 8" art journal and created a page. One of the things I find challenging about creating "mixed media" projects is the ability to let go of the preconceived notion that everything on my project needs to be just so. That is so untrue ~ it's ok that everything doesn't line up perfectly or you have a splash of this or that here and there. I personally think that all contributes to making it look artistic and opens the creative door without any rules! Sort of going rogue if you will ;)

Here are a few details about this page: The die cut circles were made using Die-namics Circles STAX Set 1 and 2 dies, the sentiment was stamped using one of the wonderful sentiments from MFT DC Vertical Greetings and the randomly stamped text was stamped using the text image from MFT DC First Class Friend.

 I am entering this in a few challenges: The Fashionable Stamping Challenges where the theme is "Sentimental" ~ to focus on a sentiment and for color inspiration, I joined along with The Play Date Cafe:

Many thanks for visiting ~ I hope I inspired to create without any rules! LOL
Be Sweet ;)

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Dream BIG...April MFT Creative Challenge 43

Hi there! Welcome to the September MFT Design Team Creative Challenge! Just in case you are not familiar, the MFT Design Team Creative Challenge is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative side using a specific theme, product, or technique. This month, we were challenged to build a scene using MFT Stamps and Die-namics.

I had so much fun with this month's theme! I created a fun spring scene on a 8 1/2" x 10" canvas board featuring the sweet girl from the MFT Doodle Garden Springtime Wishes stamp set along with a variety of Die-namics dies. I started by covering the canvas board using tissue paper and coloring with gelatos.

I stamped the little sweetie on a piece of Blending Card as well as a piece of patterned paper. I colored the image and paper pieced her dress. She is standing in front of a white fence made using Die-namics Lattice Fence. The grass was made using Die-namics Grassy Edges.

She is flying a kite that was die cut using Die-namics Jumbo Kite:

Nothing like a sunshiny spring day to fly a kite ;) I combined a few dies to create the sun: Die-namics Award Seal, Die-namics Fishtail Flags Layers STAX and Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX:

I stamped a sentiment from MFT Big Greetings and created puffy clouds using Die-namics Jumbo Cloud STAX. 

I wanted to add texture so I die cut a doily using a Die-namics Dizzy Doily Duo die and used as a stencil as I applied a mixture of texture paste and white acrylic paint over the die cut. The white random dots all over the canvas were stamped using white acrylic paint along with a stamp from MFT LJD Darling Dots and the random text was stamped using a stamp from MFT DC First Class Friend.

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my canvas as much as I enjoyed creating it! Remember to check out the MFT Blog for a list of all participating designers who have put their MFT stamps and Die-namics dies to work to create a scene for you to enjoy.
Be Sweet :)

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