Nostalgia... 38

Hi there! Hope you had a great weekend! Jerry was in town visiting Friday - Sunday :) We met Saturday night for dinner and Sunday afternoon for lunch. Of course, time flew by ~ never seems to go that quickly when I am at work except for my 15 minute morning break and 1/2 hour lunch break.

I'm nearly caught up with dt assignments so to change things up a bit, I pulled out my art journal and supplies. I joined along with Faber-Castell monthly challenge where the theme is NOSTALGIA. 

I stamped the Vintage typewriter image from Die-namics Just My Type, stamped it on a piece of sewing pattern tissue paper then adhered it using Liquitex Medium.

 To stamp the word NOSTALGIA, I used the individual letters from Die-namics Let's Toast Die & Stamp Set. I spelled out the word, then stamped it as well on a piece of tissue paper. All the randomly stamped text is from a stamp from Die-namics DC First Class Friend.

There are many layers and lots of texture on this page! I combined various Faber-Castell Gelatos, Faber-Castell Stamper's Big Brush Pens, modeling paste, ink, paint and stencils.

To create the circles, I used my homemade stencil that I die cut using various Die-namics Circle STAX Set 1 and Die-namics Circle STAX Set 2 dies.

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoy your day / evening!
Hugs,
Mona

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Easter blessings 42

Hi there! Hope you are having a great weekend! Do you have anything fun planned? Scott is working all weekend and I will be spending time creating :) Spring has Sprung in my world! I have a case of Spring Fever REALLY bad! The weather has been beautiful, temps high in the 70's and sunny blue skies. PERFECT bike riding and hiking weather :) On top of that, I'm getting quite restless as I am counting down the days until Scott and I take off for the land down under within the next few weeks, admittedly making it very difficult to focus on what I need to get done before hand. We will be gone for 1/2 of the month of March and thankfully Kim and Jody at MFT are sooooo organized and on top of things thatI have had the products to create for the March release in hand for over a week now!

Today I have a few pages in my art journal that I have been working on in between DT assignments. I combined MANY Die-namics dies and MFT stamps to create this spring scene. 

ALL the die cut pieces were made using inexpensive music note patterned paper from Hobby Lobby, (5 12" x 12" sheets for $1), with the exception of the basket which was made using upcycled corrugated cardboard. Once I colored the background using Faber-Castell Gelatos and Liquitex Basics Gesso, I arranged the die cut pieces on the pages then adhered in place using Liquitex Matte Medium. Once dry, I painted using a variety of Golden Fluid  Acrylic Paints. I used a variety of Faber-Castell Stamper's Big Brush Pens to highlight pieces and a Faber-Castell Essential PITT Artist Pen for doodling.

The flourish shown below was made using Die-namics Large Leaf Flourish, the bird was made using the bird die from Die-namics Homespun Birdhouse, the die cut flower was made using Die-namics Flower & Leaf Trio. The black stamped trio of flowers are from LJD Embellished Eggs. For flourish and bird inspiration, I referred to a calendar that I recently purchased featuring the talented Lisa Kaus. 

To create the bunny, I combined the following Die-namics dies: Die-namics Circle STAX Set 2, Die-namics Heart STAX, Die-namics Oval STAX Set 1 and Die-namics Oval STAX Set 2. For bunny inspiration, I referred to Terry's post where she used a variety of punches to create her bunny and I simply substituted the punches with Die-namics dies. The stamped sentiment is from Pure Innocence Bunny Ears and the random stamped text was stamped using a stamp from Die-namics First Class Friend Die & Stamp Set.

and here's page 2:

Another flourish, except this one was made using Die-namics Large Leaf Flourish:

I die cut a corrugated cardboard using Die-namics Woven Basket and filled it with stamped flowers using a stamp from LJD Embellished Eggs and topped it off with a die cut flower made using Die-namics Flower & Leaf Trio. The die cut eggs were made using Die-namics LJD Easter Elements and the sweet bird perched on top was made using a bird die from Die-namics Homespun Birdhouse.

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoy the weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Happy Valentine's Day 44

Hi there! Happy Valentine's Day to you! It's time for the monthly My Favorite Things Guest Designer contest. In case you are not familiar, the winner of this contest will win over $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and have the opportunity to play along with the design team for the next release and all the Wednesday Stamp Club Challenges for the next month. Please visit the MFT blog (click HERE) for complete details. You have until  Sunday, March 10th at NOON EST to enter.

Using the sketch, I made a rather clean and simple Valentine's Day card for my sweetheart Scott.

This card features one of the many wonderful sentiments from Lovey-Dovey Sentiments. I stamped the sentiment on a die cut layered circle made using both Die-namics Circle STAX Set 1 and Die-namics Circle STAX Set 2. I finished it off with a layered die cut butterfly that was made using Die-namics Butterflies along with a stitched on Natural button. 

I completed the inside as well with another sentiment as well as a heart from Lovey-Dovey Sentiments.

Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

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Friendship...MFTWSC111 36

Happy Wednesday! Hope you are all having a great week! Since it's Wednesday, that means it's time for an all new My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge! Many thanks to all who joined along ~ so many pretty samples! For additional inspiration from participating DT members, please be sure to visit the MFT Blog.

Here's the fun sketch:

Using this week's sketch, I made a card for my dear sister Tina featuring Die-namics Always Time for Tea Die & Stamp Set. We get together quite often, (nearly every other weekend + :), and enjoy a cup of tea while I craft and she crochets :) 

The upper right hand corner features a (cropped to appropriate size) banner that was made using Die-namics Mix & Match Banners. I adhered a die cut butterfly that was made using Die-namics Butterflies then stitched on a Pink Lemonade button.

To create the tea pot, I first die cut the Whip Cream cs teapot and Steel Grey cs "pieces"using Die-namics Always Time for Tea Die & Stamp Set, stamped the polka dot tea pot "body" then adhered the die cut pieces in place. I topped it off with a Pink Lemonade rolled rose that was made using a Die-namics Mini Rolled Roses die. 

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you join along in the fun!
Be Sweet ;)

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