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 Hi there! Do you have any fun weekend plans? Early tomorrow morning around 6:00 am, Angie and I are headed to the one day event called Junk in the Trunk! It's a HUGE indoors flea market style event. We are hoping to find a few treasures and trinkets :)Tonight I have a layout to share featuring a photo of Angie:

I surrounded her with die cut fall foliage and roses:

 I just love this photo of Angie that was taken by a friend:

 To create the background, I added lots of texture using a Tim Holtz stencil along with texture paste, various distress stains and Tim Holtz stamps. The layer immediately behind the photo, was cut using a Sizzix Tim Holtz die and grungeboard then coated with Distress Paint and Distress embossing powder:

 I embellished with die cut grungepaper fall foliage and die cut roses that were made using Sizzix Tim Holtz dies:

and colored using various Distress Stains and added a layer of crackle Paint to the leaves:

The title is from a Tim Holtz stamp set:

For theme / color inspiration, I joined along with the current A Vintage Journey which is: The Colours of Autumn and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sketchabilities sketch challenge:

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

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Hi there! So happy to be playing along with the September Prima Build A Page sketch challenge:

I created a layout featuring a photo of my dear daughter Angie:

surrounding her with a variety of pretty Prima products:

To create the background, I combined pretty papers from the Prima Something Blue collection:

I added texture using a Prima stencil and embellished with various Prima trinkets, flowers and die cuts:

The title was stamped using my favorite Prima typeset font stamp set:

The color inspiration came from the current Scrap Around The World challenge mood board ~ (the binoculars, the set of books and the heart pendant):

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

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'Tis the Season 31

Hi there! Today I have a few holiday projects to share featuring pretty patterned papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection along with sentiments from Starry Christmas:

First up is a paper mache ornament that I painted using chalk paint, followed with a coat of antique wax then embellished with lots of handmade glitter coated die cut roses: 

Next up is a greeting card featuring one of the many elegant Days of Winter images:

also embellished with a handmade glitter coated die cut rose:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Fusion challenge (sketch only):

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit ~ I hope you enjoy my projects as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used:
Days of Winter ~ Images ~ PD5111 front
Days of Winter ~ Church ~ PD5105 back
Days of Winter ~ Blue Ornament ~ PD5108 front
Days of Winter ~ Borders ~ PD5111 back

Other supplies used: MFT Starry Christmas stamp set, Spellbinders dies, Sizzix die, glitter, chalk paint, antique wax 

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thanks 41

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Don't forget, it's Stamptember over at Simon Says Stamp and I really hope you'll join us for a month long stamp party full of inspiration and celebrations. It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week we are challenging you to Rock the Techniques!

I was inspired to create a tag featuring the heat embossed resist technique:

I love the contrast effect that may be achieved by heat embossing stamped images using white embossing powder. With the Autumn season right around the corner, I opted to create a fall themed tag featuring Leaves.

The background was created using a variety of Distress Inks and the sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamps Thanks set. After created the background, I embellished with Fall Leaves and a doily:

Thank you for visiting! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!

Products Used:
Simon Says Clear Stamps LEAVES AND SCRIBBLES sss101445 Stamptember, Simon Says Clear Stamps THANKS, Spellbinders FALL LEAVES Presto Punch Punchabilities Templates, Spellbinders MEDALLION 1 One Shapeabilities Die D-lites Dies, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die TAG & BOOKPLATES Movers And Shapers, Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE Ranger, Tim Holtz 4 Oz Crackle Paint ROCK CANDY Distress Clear Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Ranger, Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD, Ranger Embossing Powder WHITE, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash MENAGERIE 8 x 8 Cardstock Pack, Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK, Ranger MANILA TAGS #8 Craft Inkssentials Surfaces, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger Summer, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILD HONEY Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE Ranger, Tim Holtz Idea-ology CRINKLE RIBBON, Tim Holtz Idea-ology GRUNGEBOARD BASICS PLAIN Altered Art

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