Always Love a Sketch! #105 Sassy Challenge

Our Sassy Challenge today is a sketch from Sassy Jackie! Sometimes the layout is the hardest part, so give me a sketch anytime and I’m happy!!

I had soooo much fun doing this card, think maybe part of it is because of the stinkin’ cute image?? Don’t tell Cheryl, she’ll get a big head!

This is Sally and Her Rag Bunny. I made 3 prints of her for all the extra pieces. The silly sentiment I made on the computer.

FUN right?!!

A little tedious cutting all those parts….

No….

Very!
But well worth the work!! lol
And I only ‘colored’ (shading etc) the top pieces, the layers were just quickly done.

So, the DP is SEI Happy Day, Spellbinders Blossom 3, Classic Circles and Petite Scallops, ribbon, flowers and bling from my stash!

For more Sassy sketches, see what the rest of the girls did!

Ann English ~ Cathy Edgar
Pat Frank ~ Judy Kreucher ~ Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

To Color OR Not to Color…No Question, it’s Easy Either Way!

Our Flower Soft theme this week is to use create a border (or use a border punch) and Sweet Pea and/or Ultra Fine Sage.

don’t forget, right clicking on a picture will bring it up larger in another window for better viewing =)

I’m waiting on a ‘grass’ die I ordered to arrive….so until then I had to get creative! I used my Martha drippy punch and turned it upside-down!

 

I used Sweet Pea, I think my favorite of the blends!
This is Our Daily Bread designs The Light of Life and Flourished Verses.

Colored with Copics, Spellbinders Labels 18 and Grommet Tags, brads were silver but I added some color with a Copic. Sentiment was sponged while still in the die. I stamped a second lantern and popped it up.
The Sizzix wood grain embossing folder is sponged with several Distress inks.

Now, for those of you that aren’t confident of you coloring skills… this image works great NOT colored!

The Technique today on Splitcoast is to use one color ink and NOT to color!

See what I mean?! Easy peasy and still beautiful!

I inked (Adirondack Espresso) up my image and stamped off on a scrap (to lighten my ink) then stamped again on my cardstock. The sentiment is full strength, lol.
I used Spellbinders Lattice Pendant and Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish. I cut the flourish apart to better fit the pendant and popped some paper flowers on top!

Hope I’ve inspired you to try something a little different!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

March Release Blog Hop! Our Daily Bread designs

Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs March Release Blog Hop! If you got here from Chris’s awesome blog, you are in the right place. If not you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog  and start from the beginning. If you get lost along the way, simply return there, where the entire hop is listed with links.

The Hop will run 8am EST Mar. 1 until 8pm EST Mar 2. The winners will be announced on the ODBD Blog on Mar 3. Four hoppers will win a $20.00 Gift Certificate, and One blessed hopper will win this month’s Bread Basket Bundle!!!

Here is what you have to do to be qualified to win one of these prizes:

Hop to each designer’s blog and leave a comment Return to the Our Daily Bread designs blog and leave a comment telling us that you completed the hop, making note if there were any you could not comment on. Answer the question on the ODBD blog when you leave your comment.

Here is Light of Life and Sweet Friendship, I guess I’m ‘into’ rusty or patina! Both the frame and lantern image are colored with Copics. DP is Basic Grey and Prima, Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio sponged with ink while in the die. I used several Copics and ruler on the two cut edges of the base piece so it would match the other sides as this card is 5x5.

I’m sure you’ve enjoyed the hop so far… now it’s time to hop to Angie’s fabulous creation!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Be A Mirror…

Sharing a peek at one of the new March sets, Spread Light, from Our Daily Bread designs. Don’t miss our blog hop tomorrow for the release!!

I did the Sketch Challenge and the Resources tutorial for this week, Faux Letterpress, from Splitcoast.

Embossing folder used for the faux letterpress, Victoria with Distress Dusty Concord. I also used the same ink on the oval for a mat and sponged the edges of the quote while still in the die. Spellbinders Lacy Ovals and Classic Ovals are the dies I used.

I heat embossed the ribbon a bit too. A quick, easy card that looks like you actually spent some time! LOL!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Dimension with Mable Lucie Attwell 3D Kit!

A fun 3D challenge from the girls at Flower Soft; play along and you could win
three pots of Flower Soft and a FS glue!

Be sure to check out all the fun MLA kits.

Wouldn’t this just make you feel better to get this in the mail and open this cutie patootie?! I popped up her head and hands, and scored the front. The kit comes with plenty of foam for your dimension layers!

And, here’s the inside…

Fun, right?!

Be sure to see what the rest of the team created!!

Jen Buck
Lisa Murphy
Linda Beeson
Jeanne Streiff
Debbie Seyer
Deb Felts
Cibele Glazer
Stephanie Lee
Krista Riley

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Seeing Spots and Dots! #104 Sassy Challenge

Our Sassy Challenge this week is brought to us by our Sassy gal across the pond, Jackie…Dots and Spots!
Play along…you just might be the winner of two digis from Sassy Cheryl’s shop if you are randomly selected as our winner. You don't have to use a Sassy Cheryl image, but if you do, your name is entered twice in the drawing. All of our challenge rules are listed on the challenge page (see link above).

I used Polly’s Swim in the Bath for my card today. Colored with Copics, sponged with Distress ink while still in the die, Glossy Accents on the bubbles and under tub legs. The sentiment from Verses Rubber Stamps, is only half, the rest reads… Amongst the Madness of the Day.




I put foam dimensionals under the center only, rounding out the image…hard to catch that from the pic =(
The DP is My Mind’s Eye, Lost and Found (thanks again, Jeni!!) Spellbinders Labels 21, 10 and Fancy Tags 3. I also added some Recollections Microbeads to the tag.

For more creativeness,
see what the other girls did!

Ann English ~ Cathy Edgar
Pat Frank ~ Judy Kreucher ~ Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Pinterest Tip and Crafty Too!

Yes, I admit it…
I’m addicted to Pinterest!
There is just so little time and $ for all the ideas I’ve pinned!! And the recipes…oh my!

This is what we had last night; it was sooo yummy!

I’ve also been playing with a new app on my phone, PicSay Pro….yes, I had to buy it after playing with the free version!
So, this picture and the following were taken with my phone and edited in PicSay.

I’m not necessarily an ‘organized’ person, oh, I’d love to be one…it’s just not totally in my nature! and…I get lazier the older I get… LOL

But, I’m trying!! I really am!
I found this tip on Pinterest for the bathroom cabinet. I wasn’t able to find the exact containers in my limited searching.

If you saw my post yesterday, you saw that I’d played with a new digi set from Sassy Cheryl’s and made a full sheet of ladybugs and flowers.

don’t worry….it all ties in together, keep reading! lol

The containers I found are made for the shower or even kitchen sink, able to drain. That’s all fine EXCEPT if you want to put thin things in that might slip through the slots! What to do?!!

Cut some paper and line the bottom!
AND
while you’re at it, might as well make it cute!!

I had just enough cardstock left that was printed that I got 2 inserts! (colored with Copics)

The thought “I’m turning into my mother” crossed my mind….she saved EVERYTHING!! I never thought I’d be using toilet paper rolls for anything!!

Now the little things like tweezers, splinter tools, etc that easily get lost in the clutter of the cabinet… WON’T! 

Gee, it’s been at least an hour
since I’ve checked…
someone has no doubt pinned something I NEED!!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

No Embossing Allowed! #103 Sassy Challenge

Our Sassy Challenge this week is again from our Sassy Cathy… No Embossing. Play along and you could win 2 Sassy Cheryl’s images! Remember you don’t have to use her images to win, but if you do, you double your chances!

Today I’m using Callie and Her Ladybug Friends, it also comes with an extra ladybug and flower!! Cheryl has been busy-busy…be sure to check out all the new cuties!!

After some subtle hinting…ok…. nagging! Cheryl accessorized this set…..just think of the possibilities! You can make your own DP, personalize your SC images!!

Hope she makes more accessories HINT HINT!

So, I’m going to show you what I came up with, nothing fancy, just some blocks of ladybugs and flowers repeated!

I started by getting Callie just the size I wanted, then pulled in my single ladybug to start making my block

You can see I started to remove some of the bg on Callie because I was going to add a flower there, but decided not to, I also removed some of the white around the ladybug and flower so that wouldn’t overlap in my block.
I did 3 ladybugs (click on your image, hold down your Alt key, you’ll get a ‘double' arrow…don’t let go, you can now drag an extra image, keeping it the same size!)
I selected all 3, held down my Alt key, and spaced them as you see them….(each set you need to do the Alt key)
I did the flowers the same way then filled in with a single flower or ladybug where needed. Make sense?
The big ladybug is for the envelope flap.

After printing this sheet, I removed Callie and the single ladybug, selected the entire block and copied it, making an entire full sheet to use later! (don’t forget to save it!)

It’s colored with Copics, sponged with Distress ink.
The DP is My Mind’s Eye….thank YOU, Jeni!! The sentiment is Hero Arts and the Fence Border Die is from ODBD.

For more creativeness without Embossing,
see what the other girls did!

Ann English ~ Cathy Edgar
Pat Frank ~ Judy Kreucher ~ Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Acrylic Distress

Do you ever start out with one idea then totally end up getting INVOLVED??!! That’s what happened to me today with the Technique Challenge on Splitcoast, Acrylic Distress.

Basically, what you do is paint your cardstock with acrylic paint (if you only have white, just add some reinker to it!), let it dry…doesn’t take long… emboss with a folder or plate, sand, sponge on some dye ink, dampen a paper towel and wipe the excess off. I’ll give you a link to a tutorial in a bit.

So, I got to my craft room and thought how cool ‘bricks’ would look. Yup, they turned out awesome and grungy…so the stamps to use were obvious, Never Give Up and Grunge Cross with matching die from Our Daily Bread designs!

I painted my paper with Espresso paint dabber and embossed with Tim Holtz Bricks embossing folder, sanded and sponged on Adirondack Raisin.

I stamped the Grunge Cross and quote on a page from an old book in Raisin. Spellbinders Cross Collection was cut out of more Espresso painted cs and sanded for my layers. I dabbed some paint onto Ribbon Tag Trio 2 after cutting and lightly sanded.
I had an old drawstring from who-knows-what (I knew I’d use it someday!) cut a short piece, opened it up and frayed it. Perfect color!

Ok, even though I loved how this one turned out, it was dark and although encouraging, not very cheery!

Enter card #2!

Hmmmm, if this technique works with an embossing folder, why not try it with an embossing plate too!

I started out with Spellbinders Labels 21, painted my cardstock with Lake Mist paint dabber, embossed with Our Daily Bread designs Butterfly Embossing Plate, sanded and sponged on Tattered Rose Distress ink…and wiped the excess off with a damp paper towel.

I love these two colors together! I painted some more cs with Lake Mist, and stamped the 2 Step Butterfly in Memento Tuxedo Black & Tattered Rose. (make sure each step is dry before proceeding… ask me how I know!)
I did 2 butterflies so I could layer them and used the Butterfly 2 Die that matches.

The medallion layer is Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Motifs, and Lattice Pendant topped with Labels 18 that matches Bird & Butterfly Labels! Again using the same inks to stamp and sponge while still in the die. The sentiment is from Mini Tags 3.

Martha Stewart flower and foliage punches make up my spray. The cardstock is all white, just take the ink pad and smear it onto the white to color!

For the complete tutorial, click

here

I hope I’ve inspired you to try something new if you’ve never attempted this before
OR
To break out those paints that have been gathering dust, get a little ‘painty’ and have fun!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

A Fancy Fold…

I don’t usually miss looking at many challenges on Splitcoast, I might not do them regularly, but I check them for fun. How I missed this one 3 weeks ago, I don’t know! The technique challenge is a favorite!!

Anyhoo, back on January 30, Holly posted this fancy fold technique. For a good video tutorial, see Marilynn’s blog…………….here.

And, here is my card

A little tedious, but fun just the same!

Our Daily Bread designs Flower Frames 2, You Will Find Refuge, It Is Well With My Soul and The Mighty Sea are the stamps I used…along with Chickadee Die and Fence Border Die, also from ODBD. The Fence Border Die qualified the card for the WT362 (use a border punch/die) challenge too…woohoo… love when I can combine several challenges!

Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish is cut from My Mind’s Eye, Paris & Co.

Here it is closed

I actually got the idea for stamping the hymn inside the frame from one of the other girls on the ODBD DT, Connie. Check out For The Love of Borders and Frames Blog Hop, featuring these beautiful borders and frames….

Hope you give this fancy fold a try!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn