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Hi there! I'm looking forward to a fun filled Friday ~ how about you? Today I have a shabby holiday banner to share featuring pretty papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection:

I was going for a shabby vibe and the subtle papers worked perfectly for this banner:

I used a variety of dies including Die-namics, Tim Holtz Sizzix and I even pulled out circular punches ;)

I have a few more in the making! Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion products used:
Days of Winter ~ Christmas flower ~ PD5103 back
Days of Winter ~ Winter birds ~ PD5106 front

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Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a Christmas card to share featuring beautiful patterned papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection.

I finished the card off with a trio of flowers from my stash, a piece of lace trimming, a crocheted doily and delicate die cut die cut foliage. The sentiment is from Starry Christmas:

For color inspiration, I joined along with Crazy 4 Challenges and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with Cardabilities:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great day / night!
Be Sweet :)








Pion products used:
Days of Winter ~ Borders PD5110 back
Days of Winter  6 x 6 ~ Lilly and Siri PD5201

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Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's the start of 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's challenge theme is: bold stamping. Make a statement with bright ink, a large stamp, or otherwise be bold in your stamping! Whether you take a big chance in your art journal or try stamping onto a nearly finished project- we can’t wait to see.

I was inspired to create a page in her art journal using a bold color palette along with a lot of bold stamping.

I had so much fun challenging myself to create an art journal page using a bold and bright color palette with Distress Paints including broken china and picked raspberry.

The colors are so vibrant and seem to jump right off the page! 

After applying many layers of paint, I added various bold stamped images using the following stamp sets: Stuff to Say, Papillion and Fairytale Frenzy.

I might just have to step outside my pastel comfort zone again sometime soon!

Many thanks for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!

Products Used:
Tim Holtz Distress Paint Broken China Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Paint picked raspberry Ranger, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Stuff to Say, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Papillion Butterfly, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Fairytale Frenzy Stampers Anonymous, Ranger Archival Ink Pad Jet Black, Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Latticework, Sizzix Originals Die Butterflies and Rings, Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Bubble, Simon Says Stamp Stencil Irregular Dots Pure Sunshine, Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Collection Wafer Thin Die Set, Tim Holtz Idea-ology LINEN RIBBON

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Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's time for an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week's challenge theme is: "Witch ~ Kraft". We’re a bit early with this one, but the word play combined with getting a jump on fall decor and a new color palette has us eager! Team member Sandra dreamed this one - in her words ”a challenge for Halloween. I love the word play, I love Kraft and I love Halloween.” What magic will you work with kraft? Or will your project be more witchy? Whether themed or color based - you can hop on your broom and fly a lot of directions with this one…

I was inspired to get crafty with a Kraft tag:

I LOVE anything Kraft and when you combine a Kraft tag with a Postcard texture fade along with a hint of picket fence paint, you get magic! 

Embellished with several Kraft Glassine flowers makes for a wonderful multi Kraft toned project.

The sentiment is from Simple Sayings:

Many thanks for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT has created!

Be Sweet ;)

Products used:
Tim Holtz Idea-ology KRAFT GLASSINE PAPER STASH PAD 5 x 8, Tim Holtz Idea-ology GRUNGEBOARD BASICS PLAIN Altered Art, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die JUMBO TATTERED PINECONE Bigz, Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits TAG COLLECTION Wafer Thin Die Set, Ranger KRAFT TAG #8 Inkssentials Surfaces 6.25 X 3.125, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die TAG & BOOKPLATES Movers And Shapers, Tim Holtz Sizzix POSTCARD and SHEET MUSIC Texture Fades Embossing Folders, Tim Holtz Idea-ology FANCIFUL BUTTONS Accoutrements, Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE Ranger, Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD, Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Leaves, Ranger Embossing Powder White, Ranger Archival Jumbo Jet Black Ink Pad, Tim Holtz Idea-ology TIMEPIECES Metal Watch Clock Face, Tim Holtz Idea-ology 24 METAL GAME SPINNERS with Brads, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain Vintage Photo Ranger

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