birthday wishes 21

Hi! Today I have a birthday card x 2 to share. I really struggle creating masculine cards so since I had to make a birthday card for my dear husband, I made one for a male friend of ours.

I created a water colored background then layered on a die cut forest scene:

I embellished with a double layered die cut snowflake and a die cut male deer then randomly spattered acrylic white paint in hopes of making it appear like snow.

For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Inspired by All The Little Things challenge:

as well as the CAS Mixed Media card challenge where I combined stamping, watercouloring, die-cutting, splatter, stains and sprays:

Many thanks for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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warm winter Birthday Wishes...Exciting News 14

Happy December! I have the honor as the Tag You're It Guest Designer to be sharing another sample for the current challenge. 

The challenge is to CASE the Featured Artist or use his or her tag design to inspire you to create a design of your own. Shown below is the beautiful tag made by featured artist Jessica Frost -Balls to be inspired by:

This time around, I created a tag for my sweet husband's birthday which we will be celebrating next week :)

I combined a variety of techniques and products including various embossing techniques and fun stamps from the PTI In The Meadow Stamp set:

You still have to play so please be sure to visit the Tag You're It challenge site and check out all the inspiration!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Merry Christmas...Exciting News! 14

Hi! Today I have the honor of joining along as a guest designer with the tag You're... it! challenge design team. If you have not visited the challenge site, please be sure to stop by to see all the fabulous inspiration and join along with the challenges!

The challenge is to CASE the Featured Artist or use his or her tag design to inspire you to create a design of your own. Shown below is the beautiful tag made by featured artist Jessica Frost -Balls to be inspired by:

Here's my interpretation:

My tag features a die cut chipboard female deer (doe) that I embossed with pretty gold embossing powder. The tag was stamped/heat embossed using PTI snowflake stamps then inked using Distress Inks.

I also made another similar tag featuring a male deer (buck):

Love all the shimmer and shine in the gold embossing powder:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ please be sure to visit the tag You're... it! and check out all the fabulous inspiration!
Be Sweet ;)

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Season's Greetings 22

Hi there! Today I have a couple of fun projects to share. First up is a white on white Christmas card:

My card features a few die cut trees which I coated with a sprinkling of shimmery glitter then layered on top of a dry embossed background:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges: for color inspiration: The Paper Players:

for sketch inspiration: Christmas Card Throwdown:

Up next is a baby girl tag featuring a onesie t-shirt with a fun sweet pea from the PTI Baby Button Bits set adorned with a trio of buttons:

I'm entering this tag in the tag you're it challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be sweet ;)

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Peace on Earth 13

 Hi there! Today I have a mixed media style Christmas decorative hanging to share featuring a pair of shimmery angel wings. I'm joining along with this month's Stamps and Stencils challenge where the challenge is to create something using pastels:

 To create the background, I used a stencil and texture paste. Once dry, I misted with various inks and sprays. I topped off the hanging with a stamped sentiment:

I'm also joining along with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge: Anything but a Card:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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be merry 18

Hi there! Today I have a Christmas card to share featuring a die cut deer which I heat embossed with embossing enamel. I'm joining along with this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge where the theme is All Creatures Great and Small:

To create the patterned background, I applied ink to an embossing folder, then sent it through my die cut machine:

I'm joining along with the following challenges:
For sketch inspiration, Freshly Made Sketches:

For color inspiration: the card Concept challenge a Clean and Layered card:

and the November CAS Mix Up challenge: (stamping, glitter, heat embossing, dry embossing, a die cut)

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Merry Christmas 12

Hi there! Today I have two very similar Christmas projects to share; a tag and a card. Up first is the tag:

I was inspired to join along with the current Tag You're It! Challenge when I saw the challenge inspiration shown below:

Up next is a Christmas card:

The card also features a similar scene as the tag ~ two die-cut/ stamped Christmas trees from the PTI Joyful Christmas stamp set and a sweet die cut deer:

For card sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge: (I flipped the sketch counter clockwise).

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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thinking of you 20

Hi! October is breast cancer awareness month and it's never too late to schedule your mammogram! I'm joining along with the current CAS-UAL Fridays challenge to help spread the word!

 I made this pink card for my dear niece Renee:

 To create this card, I heat embossed a beautiful background stamp from Tim Holtz that I've had in my stash for a few years now and finally put to good use! Once dry, I applied a few different colors of Distress Inks, misted then dried. I embellished with a trio of Tim Holtz die cuts. I'm also entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge where the theme is mononchrome:

 Using the same sketch, I created another CAS card using pretty stamped/die cut flowers from MFT:

 For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the current Color Throwdown color challenge:

Last but not least is another VERY CAS card:

All three cards sketch were made based on the inspiration from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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