Butterflies, Rainbows and Hoarfrost

An odd combination for sure! LOL!

Yesterday I awoke to another beautiful Hoarfrost that lasted well into the afternoon! I hadn’t gone out and taken any pictures because, frankly, it was just plain COLD! But then Jared called on his way home and said, “Mom! have you gotten any shots of this?!” So….out we went!

These were taken about 2:30pm.
I had some fun with Photoshop too.
Enjoy!

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It’s not often Jared lets or even wants me to take pictures of him, so I jumped at the chance! Seriously…we didn’t even do Senior pics! He didn’t care.

He was really into “Finger Lakes” by Tommy Emanuel in every single picture! It was cool (no pun intended… cause it was COLD!) out in the complete stillness and just the sound of his guitar! I did finally get him to smile.

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NOW, the butterflies and rainbows will make sense.

Today on Splitcoast, the Ways To Use It challenge is rainbows. Here’s my card.

I used an A7 size Fancy Frame Window Scallop from Creative Cuts and More. Everything comes pre-cut and scored and Terry has a huge selection of cardstock colors and textures!

The stamps are this month’s release from Our Daily Bread designs, Single Butterfly and Die, and Faith. I stamped the butterfly bg several times over the card front to cover. I used Prismacolor pencils, blending them with baby oil. The single butterfly is popped up on dimensionals over the punched Martha Stewart foliage.

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This will be my last post for a few days as I’m heading out to CHA in the morning!Hopefully I’ll have lots to share when I return!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Faith…A Guiding Light

I’ve wanted to use this DCWV Garden Party paper ever since
Our Daily Bread designs came out with this set,
but I kept forgetting! Imagine that!
Anyhoo, the sketch today on Splitcoast was perfect as I could use several prints from that stack and a variety of stamps too!

This is Faith from the Full of Grace collection, the Butterfly Single and Die, Large Butterfly Background, and the Butterfly Embossing Plate .  I colored the butterfly with Copics, then clear embossed before die cutting.

Hope your day is wonderful!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Love Is In The Air… Sassy #47

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Our Sassy Challenge today is ♥Love♥

I used Lonely Valentines Girl.

Isn’t she sweet!

Now, for more sassy ♥love♥
be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Ann English Cathy Edgar
Heather Huggins Kim Rhead
Jeni Tidwell Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Judy Kreucher

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Greetings In A Waterfall…Sneak Peeks…and News!

I know I’ve been a little MIA lately! The reason? Well, I lost a week being sick with some sort of flu bug…knocked me for a loop! When I don’t feel like stamping, you know I’m sick!
Then…
BIG NEWS
I’ve been busy making samples for CHA…
why?….

BECAUSE I’M GOING!!! woohoo!!
I’ll be helping Kelley (Our Daily Bread designs) demo and make & take at the Spellbinders booth!
And I have a BIG surprise to share… 

If you remember, back in December, I told you that Our Daily Bread designs had been chosen by Spellbinders to be a Preferred Stamp Partner company! I designed this set to coordinate with Labels 18!! Here’s  a sneak…. Exciting!!!

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Now, on to my card. I was asked by Papers and Pixels to do a guest spot. This is the card I designed for that, but they thought it was a little too involved and since I didn’t have step by step pics, they declined it.
(but I did do another card that will appear on Feb 15 )

This is a sneak peek at a set coming in Feb. from
Mark’s Finest Papers.

And surprise, when you open it… it’s a waterfall card!

Here, I used the waterfall mechanism from Creative Cuts and More. I embossed the edges with Cuttlebug’s With Love embossing border and the center pull with Polka Dots.

What’s so cool about Creative Cuts and More is that everything comes perfectly cut and scored! This is Bazzill’s Pear Crush, Blackberry Swirl and Super Smooth White.

You need a strong adhesive, I used White Tear-able Tape, that stuff is great!

The DP here is Basic Grey Curio which is distressed looking on all edges. Obviously when you cut into the piece you’re going to lose some of that look, so… I just used a dark marker and some distress ink on those edges! I did the same to the sentiment piece to match. All images and ribbon/trim from Mark’s Finest Papers and the set is called Greet The Day With Gerber.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn 

Creative Cuts and More January Blog Hop…Hearts!

 

Thanks for joining us
and I’m sure you’ll get lots of  ideas
as you see what the girls have for you along the way!

I’ll be starting the hop but you can always go to Die Cut Diva’s blog for the whole line-up!

Here is what I have for you.

I used Heart to Heart (small) out of chipboard. I smooshed my Versamark pad over them, sprinkled with red Ranger Distress embossing powder, heat set it. Then I did the process again using red Ranger Puffy embossing powder and heat set. To link the two sets together, I cut through one heart, slipped the other through, added more embossing powder and heated it. This sealed the cut! The verse is from Hearts, Hearts, Hearts by Mark’s Finest Papers.

My second card is a Slash Folder with Tag #5  and Heart Picture Frame.

I embossed the front of the pocket with Kassie’s Brocade and used White Tear-able Tape on the tabs. The heart is stamped and embossed. The stamp is one from the same set as above, stamped randomly over the heart.

The small heart is also from that set and is colored with Copics. The quote, I believe, is PSX.

Now, hop on over to Dawn’s blog
and be prepared for your jaw to hit the floor!!!

Thanks for stopping!

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Dawn

Buttons and Bows… Sassy #46

As you can tell by the title, our Sassy challenge today is to use buttons and bows!

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Sassy Cheryl's is running a 'Just Because Sale' through Tuesday night. No special reason, she just felt like a sale.

All digi stamps as well as the Commercial Licenses are 10% Off.

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I used Bee Mine…too cute huh!

She’s colored with Copics and sponged with Shabby Shutters while still in the Spellbinders oval die. I actually had a set from Whipper Snapper, Bee-lieve In A Cure, that had the sentiment!

The bee on the bow is a button with the shank removed. The fun paper is Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety.

Now, for more sassy fun
be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Ann English Cathy Edgar
Heather Huggins Kim Rhead
Jeni Tidwell Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Judy Kreucher

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

MFP January Blog Hop Day 3 Sew What?

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

Colored with Copics, the scissors are clear embossed and I added embroidery floss to the thread.

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Claudine
Dawn M
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Neva
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

MFP January Blog Hop Day 2 happy pansies

Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop on Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

I did a piece of Polished Stone, then stamped the pansy group all over with Distress Black Soot and clear embossed.

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Claudine
Dawn
Joanne T
Nicole
Marilynn
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

MFP January Blog Hop, Day 1 In The Forest

My Sassy Post is Here

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Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!

Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, Floral Tea.
For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

It’s colored with Copics, all paper is Mark’s Finest Papers

Nancyruth
Lois
Vicky
Dawn L.
Anne
Peggysue
Susan
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Emily N.
Neva
Mark’s Finest Papers

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

SNOW and Airbrushing!! Sassy #45..

How appropriate! Our Sassy challenge today is SNOW! Why is it so perfect for today?

1. I love snow!
2. We’re supposed to get 3-5 inches today!!!

This might be a little longer post than usual because I have lots to share with you

Sunday we had a Hoarfrost..it’s so beautiful when that happens, I had to take a few pictures! It was 8*!

A deposit of ice crystals formed in the same manner as dew except that the temperature of the objects on which it forms must be below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and the dew point temperature of the air must also be below the freezing mark.

I’m sure Cheryl didn’t have me in mind when she drew this Winter image, but I can so relate!! LOL

She’s colored with Copics, white gel pen highlights, masked and airbrushed.

Here are the steps as I created this background.

I colored her first, made a mask from copy paper and using 2-way glue put it over the image.

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Peeled off the mask and voila! Then I added some puff paint and heated it to puff it up.

Always start with lighter colors and work to darker. Imagine where there might be shadows and get closer or spray the area several times until you get the desired look. Work in a sweeping motion for best effect. I never know what it’s going to look like until I peel the off the mask! haha!

Now, for more sassy fun
be sure to check the other Sassy Girls.

Cathy Edgar
Heather Huggins Kim Rhead
Jeni Tidwell Peggy Marsh
Jackie Mooney Jodi Ann Lee
Judy Kreucher

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn