Holiday GREETINGS and more... 20

Hi there! I hope you are having a great time whatever you are doing. Scott had to work today, so I spent some time creating a collection of 4 cards featuring beautiful images from Pion Design's From Grandma's Attic ~ tinted paper:

All four cards are quite similar with the major differences being the beautiful image, pretty patterned papers used and sentiment. The first three cards were made using a combination of papers from the Days of Winter collection:

I used a variety of Spellbinders die templates:

PTI stamps:

flowers from my stash:

seam binding ribbon:

along with a piece of cotton lace from my stash:

The last card was made using pretty papers from the versatile My Beloved Son collection:

Don't be fooled by the name ~ obviously not just for masculine projects!

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the MOJO Monday sketch challenge:

Many thanks for visiting ~ I hope you have a great week!

Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design papers used:

From Grandma's Attic ~ tinted ~ Warm clothe's ~ PD3105

My Beloved Son ~ My son ~ PD5501 back

My Beloved Son ~ Edvin's world ~ PD5506 front

My Beloved Son ~ Prince Anton ~ PD5504 back

My Beloved Son ~ Martin's train ~ PD5507 front

Days of Winter 6" x 6" ~ Lilly and Siri ~ PD5201

Days of Winter 6" x 6" ~ Erik and Elsa ~ PD5202

Days of Winter 6" x 6" ~ Christmas Flower ~ PD5203

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Hoping your holidays Shine 43

Hi there! Hope you are off to a great start of the new week! Today I have a couple of projects to share featuring pretty papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection. I inked up some PTI stamps and joined along with this week's PTI Make it Monday challenge where the current challenge is: create gold-dipped die cuts.

I dipped the teeny string of lights in gold embossing powder:

I also created a coordinating gift tag:

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

I am entering my tag in the Friday Mashup challenge where the current challenge is to: Create a "Tag for a Bottle, Box or Bag" ~ Create a project with "Bling" ~ or Mash it Up! and create a "Tag with Bling"

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!

Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used:
Days of Winter ~ Lilly and Siri PD5101 back
Days of Winter ~ Christmas eve PD5104 back
Days of Winter ~ Christmas flower PD5103 back

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'Tis the Season 31

Hi there! Today I have a few holiday projects to share featuring pretty patterned papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection along with sentiments from Starry Christmas:

First up is a paper mache ornament that I painted using chalk paint, followed with a coat of antique wax then embellished with lots of handmade glitter coated die cut roses: 

Next up is a greeting card featuring one of the many elegant Days of Winter images:

also embellished with a handmade glitter coated die cut rose:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Fusion challenge (sketch only):

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit ~ I hope you enjoy my projects as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used:
Days of Winter ~ Images ~ PD5111 front
Days of Winter ~ Church ~ PD5105 back
Days of Winter ~ Blue Ornament ~ PD5108 front
Days of Winter ~ Borders ~ PD5111 back

Other supplies used: MFT Starry Christmas stamp set, Spellbinders dies, Sizzix die, glitter, chalk paint, antique wax 

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p.e.a.c.e. 31

Hi there! Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? I'm looking forward to some family time hanging around the house :) Today I have another holiday banner to share featuring pretty patterned papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter:

I combined MFT Die-namics dies, Sizzix Tim Holtz dies, various punches and Prima stamps:

For a little extra shimmer and shine, I adhered glitter:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the weekend!
Be Sweet :)

Pion Design products:
Days of Winter ~ Erik and Elsa ~ PD5102 back
Days of Winter ~ Borders ~ PD5111 back
Days of Winter ~ Blue ornament ~ PD5108 back
Days of Winter ~ Blue ornament ~ PD5108 front

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j.o.y. 27

Hi there! I'm looking forward to a fun filled Friday ~ how about you? Today I have a shabby holiday banner to share featuring pretty papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection:

I was going for a shabby vibe and the subtle papers worked perfectly for this banner:

I used a variety of dies including Die-namics, Tim Holtz Sizzix and I even pulled out circular punches ;)

I have a few more in the making! Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion products used:
Days of Winter ~ Christmas flower ~ PD5103 back
Days of Winter ~ Winter birds ~ PD5106 front

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merry christmas 31

Hi there! Any big weekend plans? Not much planned here, just some R & R and hopefully some crafting ;) Today I have a couple Christmas cards to share featuring pretty papers from the Pion Design Days of Winter collection ~ a pink and a blue version. First up is the pink version:

I die cut beautiful papers from 6 x 6" Days of Winter papers using Spellbinders dies then matted on top of a layer that was stamped / heat embossed using Tim Holtz snowflake stamps:

I embellished with a die cut rolled rose, snowflake, pretty crocheted doily and scalloped trim:

next up, is the blue version:

featuring another beautiful image from 6 x 6" Days of Winter papers:

both sentiments are from the Tim Holtz Simple Sayings stamp set:

Here's a collage of close-ups:

For theme inspiration, I joined along with the current Sunday Stamper A Natural Women challenge where the theme is: NATUAL COLOURS & ELEMENTS where you can interpret the challenge how you like: using your favourite neutral tones and natural colours and for sketch inspiration, I joined along with MOJO Monday.

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a fun and safe weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products:
Days of Winter 6x6 ~ Lilly and Siri ~ PD5201
Days of Winter 6x6 ~ Erik and Elsa ~ PD5202
Days of Winter ~ Church ~ PD5105 front
Days of Winter ~ Christmas flower ~ PD5103 front
Days of Winter ~ Christmas flower ~ PD5103 back

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