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Hi there! Today I pulled out an art journal and had lots of fun playing around with a variety of Tim Holtz products including Distress Inks, Stains and Paint to name a few. I joined along with the current Compendium of Curiosities 3: Challenge 19: where the theme is to create a project featuring Frayed Fabric.

I created two wintery themed pages:

To create the backgrounds on both pages, I collaged Tim Holtz tissue paper to cover the surface, trimmed the edges with Tim Holtz tissue paper tape, adhered die cut Grungepaper Chevrons. Once dry, I randomly applied a variety of Tim Holtz Distress products shown below: 

The first page features a sweet image from Found Relatives ~ Occasions which I layered and stitched to a piece of frayed Tim Holtz fabric:

Page 2 features a Tim Holtz frayed fabric die cut tag:

embellished with a couple of Tim Holtz Grungeboard Stacked Snowflakes and silver embossed stamped Tim Holtz snowflakes:

For added interest, I used Tim Holtz Bubble Layering stencil to add additional texture and design along with splatters of paint:

Here are some of the Tim Holtz products used:

For color inspiration, I joined along with the current Pals Paper Arts challenge:

I'm also joining along with Brenda's A Visual Journey 2015 weekly inspiration as well as A Vintage Journey where the challenge is to create a project inspired by a poem shared on their site ~ I was inspired by the word snow.

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








P.S. ~ I'll be back tomorrow, January 5th  Midnight Eastern with an all new Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge ~ hope to see you then!

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Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! It's the beginning of the month so that means there's a new Prima Build A Page sketch challenge up for those who want to give it a try:

I enjoy playing along, so I pulled out some of my favorite Prima products and made a shimmery and shiny layout:

I scrapped a photo of Connor and Meredith that was taken probably about 10 years ago while we were on a ski vacation. 

I framed the photo with a resin frame that I altered with a variety of Prima glitter:

This page started with a piece of pretty patterned paper from the Epiphany collection. I added lot of texture using a Prima stencil along with Prima Soft Matte Gel, a variety of Prima glitters, Prima Color Bloom Sprays, Prima Crystals and Prima Glass Beads:

I embellished with a variety of Prima flowers and die cut snowflakes that were sprayed with Prima Color Bloom Sprays:

I completed the page with a die cut title:

Here are some of the Prima products used to create this layout:

For color and theme inspiration, I joined along with the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:

I also have a thank you card to share featuring pretty papers from the Prima Epiphany collection:

I embellished using a various Prima dies along with a trio of Prima flowers:

For card inspiration, I joined along with the current cardabilities sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Be Sweet ;)

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Hi there! I hope you are off to a great start of the New Year! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of myself and my sweet dogs Griffin (on the left) and Gretchen (on the right).

I added lots of Gesso, texture paste and inks to create the background:

I embellished with a variety of die cuts, flowers and lace trimming:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sketchabilities sketch challenge:

and for color inspiration, I joined along with the current Scrap Around The World challenge:

Many thanks for visiting ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Happy New Year! I'm so thrilled and honored to share that my dear and talented friend Julia Aston invited me to join along as her guest for the first Fusion Card Challenge of 2015!!! The Fusion Card Challenge is celebrating their One Year Anniversary! Please be sure to visit the Fusion Card Challenge site to see all the inspiration that the talented DT has to share!

I was inspired by both the sketch and the photo. I inked up one of my favorite PTI stamp sets which includes the mini canning jar:

I combined pretty patterned paper from my stash along with a variety of die cuts as well as a gold bow and rose embellishment:

Many thanks for stopping by! Please be sure to visit the the Fusion Card Challenge site to see all the inspiration that the talented DT has to share!
Be Sweet ;)

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