Here Comes SUMMER!! #171…A Sassy Challenge

Our good friends left for a fishing vacation in Saskatchewan Canada on Saturday….I’m soooo jealous! But I was nice enough to make them this card and give it to them before they left!

Sigh…. I hope they can have ‘some’ fun without me!

Our Sassy Challenge this week is
Here Comes Summer
Ann is our hostess.

Once again I had some fun with my Silhouette!

I used Quiet Inspiration and Quiet Moments merged together.

 

 

 

 

 

Sponged the sun, masked it and sponged the clouds.
I printed the sentiment on the computer, and air-brushed the ‘water’.

Looks like a great time to me!

For more SUMMER inspiration, see what the other sassy gals did!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

 

Silhouettes… North Coast Creations June Release!

This month we will be choosing 2 winners who will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store for stamps just for commenting on our Design Team cards! You have until June 17, 2013 at 9:00PM EDT to make a comment on each of our designers blog posts. Our 2 random winners will be announced on the North Coast Creations Blog on June 18, 2013.

I’m super excited to be sharing this release from North Coast Creations…
I designed the floral silhouettes!

I used Adirondack Juniper to stamp the silhouette, then using Copics and white gel pen, colored the flowers and some of the foliage. Dies used, Spellbinders Adorning Squares. Ink, Colorbox Chalk Dark Peony and distress Tumbled Glass.

This next one uses a combo of Find Beauty and Something Marvelous

Basic Grey Plumeria stamped in Colorbox Chalk Wisteria, then embossed with Spellbinders Opulent Ovals.

And, the inside

More at these Coasters!

Julie ~ Angie ~ Cathy ~Lisa
Sabrina ~ Lori ~ Sandee ~ Grace

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Silhouettes….a Peek

I’m excited to be sharing a sneak peek with you from the June release from North Coast Creations!

This is Find Beauty, which will be available this Saturday, June 15th! I love silhouettes…you can dress them up or keep it simple as I did here on this card for a challenge on Splitcoast, a one layer card!

I used Colorbox Chalk Dark Peony ink on Pink Paislee Hope Chest dp and embossed with Grace’s Frame.

I must admit…I have more than the reason than loving silhouettes for being excited! But you’ll have to wait until Saturday to find out why!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

For the Guys… #170 A Sassy Challenge!

Miz Judy is our Sassy Challenge hostess this week, and with Father’s Day coming up, we’re doing GUY cards!

And, don’t forget…
this is the last week to enter our DT call!!

This is one of the images in the “All About Dad” set. I had fun with my Cameo and Flower Soft!

Colored with Copics, sponged cloud template… simply done! I used Christmas Green and Leaf Green Flower Soft for the grass and Ultra Fine Earth for the flower centers.

For more Guy inspiration, see what the other gals created!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

 

OWH Sketch… We Love Our Military

This is the sketch this week at Operation Write Home.

 I kept it simple, using Some Gave All, God Bless America and Fishing Net Background from Our Daily Bread designs. Stamped in Hazelnut on Kraft, sponged with Barn Door, Faded Jeans and Vintage Photo.

It’s also the technique today on Splitcoast, to pop up part of the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Precious…

When I saw the Color Challenge on Splitcoast, I knew exactly what I wanted to do! How perfect for this sweet new image from ODBD, Precious Girl!

I used ODBD Window Die, sponging the clouds with my homemade cloud template using Distress Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky. The DP is Authentique Cherish. 

If you’re wondering about the cute frames… that’s just a custom shape tool in PSE.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Pinkalicious…#169 A Sassy Challenge!

Miz sassy Pat is our hostess this week! 
She chose for our Sassy Challenge…
Perfectly Pinkalicious!!

Play along using any Sassy Cheryl’s image and you could be the winner of 2 FREE digis!

I merged two digis, the butterflies from True Friendship and Maddie from Just a Little Hello for my card today

 

 

 

 

Once again, used my Cameo to cut out the images. They’re colored with Copics with some Stickles added for sparkle! And a little bling on her hat!

And don’t forget….

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog is looking to add THREE talented and "Sassy" Designers to the Design Team (for a 3 month term)! This DT Call will begin TODAY and run through June 17th at 5 pm EST. Interested designers are asked to enter the June 4th and June 11th Sassy Cheryl Challenges. Please add DT to your name when entering your link in Mr. Linky.

For complete details, please check out Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog HERE 

For more PINK inspiration,
see what the rest of the DT created

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Because of the Brave… OWH Sketch 175

This week’s OWH sketch is a special one because of a special lady, Jane. You can read her story here.

This is Our Daily Bread designs Home of the Free, from this month’s release. It’s also for the technique and CAS challenges on Splitcoast. {3 neutrals and a pop of color and tool time=using your piercing tool}

The background is a Darice embossing folder. Stars stamped and hand cut, colored with copics.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

ODBD June Release and Blog Hop!

Welcome to the June
Our Daily Bread Designs Release Blog Hop!

If you got here from talented Cathy’s blog, you are in the right place!  If not, you might want to return to the ODBD Blog and start from there so you don't miss a thing! 

Briefly, here are the details of the hop:

• Hop will run June 1, 8:00am to June 2, 8:00pm EDT.
• Winners will be announced June 3
• There will be  FOUR PRIZES of $15, $20, $30 and $40. GC for STAMPS in the ODBD Store. *Must be redeemed within the month of June
• To qualify to win, all you have to do is hop to each of the designers, leave a comment and return to the ODBD Blog to tell us you completed the hop, and let us know of any difficulties you had along the way.

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What a fabulous mix this month, from patriotic to children! The patriotic sets are perfect for Operation Write Home or anyone in the military… a must have for sure!

These are the sets I used

Here is my tri-fold (tri-shutter) card using Home of the Free and Some Gave All. I also used ODBD Elegant Ovals die.

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The “Precious” kids sets are just darling…In case you missed seeing these Precious Boy and Precious Girl with Children’s Prayer night lights in my “Time With” post {complete instructions in the post}, here they are. I also made a couple of quick gift bags too!

 

 

 

 

Also using the versatile Gingham Background

Now, it’s my pleasure, to send you on to

Grace’s fabulous blog!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn