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Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend so far! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of a gorgeous work of art that was taken in the Louvre museum while we were vacationing in Paris:

For color inspiration, I joined along with the September Prima Product Pick challenge:

I combined fun patterned papers from the Prima Cartographer collection along with several Prima Trinkets and a variety of Prima flowers:

To add additional interest to the background, I used a Prima stamp and a Prima stencil along with various paints and embossing enamel:

I topped the layout off with Prima crystals:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Scrap Africa challenge. I'm also entering this layout in the current Craft Hoarder's Challenge where the theme is All The Pretty Flowers:

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

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Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! Today I have a few Fall inspired projects to share.

I'm not a big fan of the color orange so I painted the decorative pumpkin using a shade of blue chalk paint followed with an application of dark wax:

Both the tag and card were created using a combination of PTI stamps, My Favorite Things/Die-namics, Spellbinders and Sizzix dies:

It's been years since I inked up the fun Halloween set from PTI ~ an oldie but a goldie:

I went with the chalkboard technique for the sentiment tags: 

Here's a pumpkin that Angie painted using a shade of gray chalk paint :)

Also topped off with a chalkboard technique sentiment tag:

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

Thanks so much for stopping by - I hope you have a great day / evening!

Be Sweet ;)

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Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Stamptember is in full swing 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 having a blog hop starting with Andrea's blog and the challenge theme is: to use a Simon Says Stamp exclusive product (s): 

For my projects, I made a couple tags featuring a variety of Simon Says Stamp Exclusive products. The background texture on the tag shown below, was created using the DIAMOND CIRCLES stencil: 

Including the following: beautiful stamped butterflies from Butterfly Friends and coordinating dies:

a delicate DANVILLE WREATH:

Next up is another tag featuring even more Simon Says Stamp Exclusive products!

The textured background was created using the BLOCKED CIRCLES stencil:

I embellished with a stamped butterfly from Butterfly Friends along with a LARGE HEART DOILY:

Here's how I created the backgrounds:

Step 1: Apply Texture Paste using the DIAMOND CIRCLES and BLOCKED CIRCLES stencils:

Step 2: Allow to dry then add colors of choice using Distress Stains and water:

Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps. It didn’t take long until we realized we couldn’t stop there. For more than 10 years we have celebrated rubber stamping and its glory. We work to bring companies from around the world together in a one stop shopping environment. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a “STAMPtember®" event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the delight of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century, rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking, mixed media and many forms of altering and expressing art.

Many thanks for stopping by! If you are hopping along, please be sure to visit Sandra as well as the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog to begin the hop. 

Be Sweet ;)

Products Used:
Simon Says Clear Stamps BUTTERFLY FRIENDS sss101427 Pure Sunshine, Simon Says Stamp BUTTERFLIES Craft Dies sssd111363 Pure Sunshine, Simon Says Stamp DANVILLE WREATH Craft DIE S124, Simon Says Stamp Stencil DIAMOND CIRCLES 121303, Simon Says Stamp Stencil BLOCKED CIRCLES 130317, Simon Says Stamp LARGE HEART DOILY Craft Die SSSD111325, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain Shabby Shutters Ranger, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain Milled Lavender Ranger, Ranger Texture Paste,  Ranger Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink, Tim Holtz Sizzix Die TAG & BOOKPLATES Movers And Shapers, Tim Holtz Idea-ology GRUNGEBOARD BASICS PLAIN Altered Art TH92715, Tim Holtz Idea-ology CRINKLE RIBBON TH93020, Ranger JUMBO ARCHIVAL INK PAD Jet Black XL Tim Holtz A3P06701, Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD, Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE WHITE EPJ36678, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps ATTIC TREASURES CMS123, Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad LULU LAVENDER Light Purple, Simon Says Stamp HAPPY PACK Assorted Papers, Tim Holtz 
Distress Ink Pad TEA DYE Ranger TIM19510

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Hi there! Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? I'm looking forward to some family time hanging around the house :) Today I have another holiday banner to share featuring pretty patterned papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter:

I combined MFT Die-namics dies, Sizzix Tim Holtz dies, various punches and Prima stamps:

For a little extra shimmer and shine, I adhered glitter:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the weekend!
Be Sweet :)

Pion Design products:
Days of Winter ~ Erik and Elsa ~ PD5102 back
Days of Winter ~ Borders ~ PD5111 back
Days of Winter ~ Blue ornament ~ PD5108 back
Days of Winter ~ Blue ornament ~ PD5108 front

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