Happiest of Holidays

This one is for the My Favorite Things sketch 252.

Stamps: MFT Santa's Elves, MFT Snowfall BG

Accessories: MFT Die-namics(Stitched Snowdrifts, Santa's Elves, Stitched Mountain Range), sequins, heat embossing, foam tape, copic markers.

Blessings,

DJ

Winter Cabin

I'm combining three challenges today: the Our Daily Bread Shining the Light challenge- to use heat embossing ad dry embossing,  the Splitcoaststampers sketch, and the Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use it challenge - brush work.

I heat embossed the cabin and rabbit and water colored the sky and colored the cabin with Stampin Up markers. The background designer paper was dry embossed and I added a greeting from the ODBD Christmas Carols set.

 

I have a soft spot in my heart for bunnies and this bunny from the Midwinter set is extra sweet! I wanted to make him a focal point so I placed him on a bed of branches made with the ODBD Fancy Foliage dies.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Christmas Carols and MidWinter (AO)

Accessories: ODBD dies (Beautiful Borders, Fancy Foliage), Spellbinder scalloped circle die, MFT Die-namics(Double Stitched Oval Stax, Radial Stitched Circle Stax), embossing folders, enamel dots, heat embossing, water colors, Stampin Up markers, sponging.

Blessings, 

DJ

Oak and Olive

I'm joining in the Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper challenge, this week the FS is Jamieruthp, who has a wonderful gallery, I chose this card as my inspiration.

I loved the colors and leafy theme of the inspiration card, so I heat embossed my wonderful new image from the Power Poppy Olive and Oak stamp set and water colored it with Stampin Up markers. I added a strip of music along the bottom with a trim made with a Recollections border punch.

This is one of my favorite scripture verses and it was stamped on a MFT Die-namics Double Stitched Oval stax and I added red enamel dots.

Stamps: Power Poppy Olive and Oak stamp set.
Accessories: MFT Die-namics(Blueprints 14, Double Stitched Oval Stax), Recollections border punch, enamel dots, heat embossing, foam tape, Stampin Up markers.

Blessings, 
DJ

Joy to the World

I'm playing along with the Splitcoaststamper Inspiration challenge today.

I chose a nativity charm for my inspiration, I've been dying to use this sweet nativity by Hambo Stamps and I paired it with this wonderful verse from Taylored Expressions. 

Stamps: Hambo -Manger, Taylored Expressions -Sing of the King, MFT - Garden Flourish BG

Accessories: My Favorite Things Die-namics (Inside &Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax, Radial Stitched Circle Stax, Double Stitched Oval Stax, Stitched Scallop Edges, Doily) Sizzix Primitive Star, Spellbinder scalloped Oval, Stampin Up markers, foam tape, enamel stickers, heat embossing.

Blessings, 

DJ

Peaceful Christmas

We have a very gorgeous inspiration photo for the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge this week, check it out below my card.

I combined the SLC with the Ways to Use it challenge - book print challenge. I colored my ODBD deer image with Stampin Up markers after heat embossing, and added a poinsettia made with the original ODBD poinsettia die and the new Merry Mosaics Dies as an overlay, the center was cut out of gold paper.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Peaceful Deer

Accessories: ODBD Dies(Merry Mosaics, Peaceful Poinsettia, Beautiful Borders), Spellbinder oval and scallop oval dies, MFT Double Stitched Square Stax Die-namics, heat embossing, enamel dots, embossing folder, foam tape, Stampin Up markers.

Blessings, 

DJ 

Joy

I'm playing along with the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge, Anything Goes:

It was tons of fun to create a snowy scene with my Paper Smooches Warm Hearts stamp set and dies, I colored the images with Copic markers.  The background was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder.

The greeting was cut out with stitched dies and raised with foam tape and I added a bit of holly from the same stamp set.

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Warm Hearts

Accessories: Paper Smooches Warm Hearts dies, MFT Die-namics(  Radial Stitched Circle Stax, Double Stitched Circle Stax, Stitched Scallop Edges), embossing folders, foam tape, Copic Markers, enamel dot.

Blessings, 

DJ 

I Dig You

This week's Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge colors are: 

Elegant Eggplant
Calypso Coral
Old Olive
Bermuda Bay

I made a watercolor wash for my Gnome's background using Stampin Up markers. I stamped the other background pieces with the MFT Sketched Chevron BG and dry embossed. 

Stamps: MFT You Gnome Me, Sketched Cheron BG

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (I Gnome You, Inside & Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle, Radial Stitched Circle Stax, Circle Stax, Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Banner Stax, Stitched Scallop Edges), Copic markers, foam tape, embossing folders, Stampin Up markers (for background).

Garden Gnome

The Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoaststampers this week is full of gorgeous illustrations, you can see my sweet artistic choice here.

The colors and theme were of this illustration immediately reminded me of my MFT Gnome stamps set.  I brought out the mushroom, plum, and green from the illustration and colored my gnome with copic markers.

The background was stamped with the MFT Gingham BG and dry embossed with a plaid ef, and the MFT Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax die cut was stamped with the MFT Sketched Chevron BG and dry embossed with a polka dot ef.  The oval was sponged with the MFT Brick Wall stencil and layered on a MFT doily die cut.  I added a strip of my favorite green polka dot dp and a border of MFT Stitched Scallop Edges die cut.

Stamps: You Gnome Me, Sketched Chevron BG, Gingham BG

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (You Gnome Me, Oval Stax, Oval Doily, Stitched Scallop Edge, Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax), embossing folders, MFT English Brick Stencil, foam tape, Stampin up sticker dots, copic markers.

Blessings, 

DJ

Snowflakes

The Our Daily Bread Shining the Light challenge this week is a sketch.

I created a water color background of blue and lavender and added ODBD snowflakes heat embossed in white that were fussy cut and raised with foam tape.  I added an embossed strip and ODBD lace border die. The greeting is from the ODBD Blessed Christmas.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Sparkling Snowflakes, Blessed Christmas.

Accessories: ODBD Beautiful Borders, embossing folder, MFT Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flag Stax, enamel dot, heat embossing, Peerless water color.

Blessings, 

DJ

Gnome

Today's Free for All challenge at Splitcoaststampers is to use Water Color Drip to make a background.

I got the chance to try out my new Peerless water colors for the background

Stamps: MFT You Gnome Me

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (You Gnome Me, Radial Stitched Circle Stax, Stitched Scallop Edges,Grassy Fields) Taylored Expressions Rolling Clouds, foam tape, copic markers, SU pistachio twine, embossing folder, Peerless water color.

Blessings, 

DJ 

Christmas Elf

I received cuteness in the mail today, in perfect time for the My Favorite Things sketch 250.

I added lots of MFT Background stamps on my MFT Die-namics layers as a backdrop for my elf and his tree.

Stamps: MFT Santa's Elves, Sketched Chevron BG, Candy Striped BG, Polka Dot BG.

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (Blueprints 22, Unknown Blueprints containing larger stitched rectangle, Radial Stitched Circle Stax, Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Flag Stax, Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax, Blueprints 16), Copic markers, foam tape, enamel dots.

Blessings, 

DJ

Sand Dollar

Kitty Wreath

I'm checking in today with a card for the Splitcoaststampers Sketch, as well as the WT- Cats challenge.

I embossed the background pieces, cutting out the two panels with the MFT Die-namics Vertical Stitched Strips with a Magnolia lace border die cut along one side.  This sweet Penny Black kitty wreath was heat embossed and water colored with Stampin Up markers on a MFT Die-namics Cross Stitch Rectangle Stax die cut.  The bottom was wrapped with a bit of red striped twine.

Stamps: Penny Black
Accessories: MFT Die-namics (Veritical Stitched Strips, Cross Stitch Rectangle Stax), Magnolia lace border die, twine, enamel dots, heat embossing, Stampin up markers.

Blessings,
Dj

Christmas Church

Today I'm participating in the World Card Making Day challenge at Power Poppy.
The challenge is to use a sketch, unconventional Christmas colors, and sparkle.

I chose to use peach as my non-conventional Christmas color and heat embossed this wonderful church image by Power Poppy and water colored it with markers. The tag was made with the Merry Littles set, the greeting, bow and sweet sprigs are all from the set. The background was dry embossed and I added a Magnolia lace border die cut along the musical strip and a Cheery Lynn doily die is peaking out at the bottom.

Stamps: Power Poppy - O Holy Night, Merry Littles

Accessories: MFT Die-namics Double Stitched Circle Stax, Magnolia Lace border, Cheery Lynn doily die, heat embossing, Stampin Up markers, foam tape, glitter glue, sparkly white enamel dots.

Blessings,

DJ 

Purr-fect Day

This week's Free for All challenge at Splitcoaststampers is to use the color purple, who could resist? 

Today I'm combining two of my favorite things, cats and the color purple. I heat embossed my adorable Penny Black cat and water colored with markers.  The background stamps are by My Favorite Things, as well as the dies.

Stamps - Penny Black cat and greeting, MFT Houndstooth BG, and Polka Dot BG.

Accessories- My Favorite Things Die-namics (Jumbo Stitched Fishtail Flag stax, Double Stitched Circles, flower, small banner, leaves), Stampin Up twine, Spellbinders scalloped circle, enamel dots, heat embossing, Stampin Up markers, foam tape.

Blessings, 

DJ

Christmas Cat

The Ways to Use it Challenge at Splitcoaststamper is to add a cat to your card.

I brought out one of my favorite Penny Black cat stamps for the challenge, heat embossed and watercolored with markers.  I added background paper stamped with My Favorite Things background stamps. 

Stamps: Penny Black cat, MFT Gingham BG, Sweater Stitch BG, Power Puppy - Bough Wow Wow (sentiment).

Accessories: MFT Die-namics Blueprints 6 (lace border), MFT Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner, holly die, enamel dots, MFT Office Supplies die-namics, Spellbinder scalloped circle die, foam tape, heat embossing, SU markers.

Blessings, 

DJ

Adore Him

I made this card today for the Splitcoaststampers sketch.

My ODBD poinsettia was heat embossed, cut out with the matching die, then I watercolored it with markers. The background papers were dry embossed and sponged and I added ODBD lace border and a MFT pierced fishtail flag die with the scripture verse.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Blessed Christmas

Accessories: ODBD Beautiful Borders Dies, Poinsettia Die, embossing folders, jewel stickers, MFT Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags Stax, foam tape.

Blessings, 

DJ

Celebrate the Season

I'm participating in the Power Poppy Bits & Pieces Challenge and the Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.

Stampin Up colors for CC:

Blushing Bride

So Saffron

Pear Pizazz

The Power Poppy Bits & Pieces challenge is to use only part of an image.  I've been waiting all year to ink up this sweet vintage image and I thought it would be perfect for the color challenge as a non traditional Christmas card. I heat embossed the main image, as well as the background flowers and watercolored with Stampin Up markers. I sponged the layers, as well as a tag with the greeting, and added a bit of holly and a seam binding bow.

Sequins and dry embossing.

Magnolia lace border and sponged tag with holly.

Inside of card.

Stamps: Power Poppy - Heaven & Nature Sing, Bough Wow Wow

Accessories: My Favorite Things Die-namics (Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax, Double Stitched Square Stax, Fishtail Flag, Stitched Jumbos Fishtail Banner Stax), Merry Christmas embossing folder, Taylored Expressions sequins, Magnolia lace border die, seam binding ribbon, foam tape, heat embossing, Stampin Up markers.

Blessings, 

DJ

Bonjour

It's time for the My Favorite Things Color challenge 30, this month's colors are:

Spearmint

Tropical Teal

Lemon Chiffon

Gumdrop Green

For the challenge, I stamped the Spearmint BG with the Romantic Script BG and dry embossed.  The Paris silhouette was placed on top of a watercolored background and I added the sweet girl image from the MFT Mon Cheri Set colored with Copic markers, with the greeting stamped on a small flag die with a key tied with a satin ribbon.  I also added some sparkly enamel dots.

Stamps: My Favorite Things - Mon Cheri, Romantic Script BG

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (Mon Cheri, Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax, Paris Skyline, Keys and Locks, Blueprints 18, Blueprints 8, Stitched Scallop Edges), satin ribbon, foam tape, Copic markers, enamel dots, embossing folder, re inkers.

Blessings, 

DJ

Water Color Mittens

Today's Technique challenge at Splitcoaststampers is to cut die cuts out of water colored paper and I used this week's My Favorite Things Sketch (MFTWSC248).

For the challenges today, I layered several matts, the Kraft layer stamped with the MFT Writing Tablet BG, the Sno Cone matt was stamped with the MFT Myriad Dot BG and cut out with the MFT Die-namics Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax, and the Field Green layer was cut out with the stitched square from the MFT Blueprints 8 and Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax and stamped with the MFT Sweater Stitch.

I cut out my water colored mittens with the MFT Cozy Mittens Die-namics and added snowflakes from the same set, also cut out of water colored paper. I added a designer paper Fishtail Flag with a cute greeting, a paperclip from the MFT Office Supply Die-namics, enamel dots and twine to tie the mittens.

Stamps: MFT Cozy Mittens, Myriad Dot BG, Sweater Stitch BG, and Writing Tablet BG.

Accessories: MFT Die-namics(Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square Stax, Blueprints 8, Office Supplies, Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax, Cozy Mittens), foam tape, twine, enamel dots.

Paper: MFT (Sno Cone, Field Day, Kraft), Recollections Black, water color.

Ink: MFT (Field Day, Kraft, Sno Cone, Berrylicious).

Blessings,

DJ

Christmas Hedgie

I'm playing along with the Featured Stamper Challenge at Splitcoaststampers today, the FS is Mayapple, she has a wonderfully whimsical gallery, full of fun creations! It was so hard to pick a favorite, but I chose this one, I love the sweet hedgie and adorable scene.

I decided to cut out my critter with a MFT Double Stitched Circle Die-namics after heat embossing and water coloring with markers.  I was looking through my paper pads when I found this black piece covered in Christmas greetings, I had originally planned on adding a greeting, as in Mayapple's card, but decided to let the dp do it for me. The green polka dot paper was dry embossed with a Stampin Up Snow EF.  I sponged the main image and scalloped border and added a MFT bow die-namics, holly die and enamel dots.

Stamps: Penny Black

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (Double Stitched Circle Stax, Bow, Stitched Scallop Edges, fence), holly, enamel dots, foam tape, heat embossing, water markers, Stampin Up embossing folder.

Blessings, 

DJ

Snow Bird

I'm playing along with the Splitcoaststamper Inspiration challenge today, you can find the inspiration I chose here.

I had so much fun with this color combo yesterday, that when I saw the inspiration, I couldn't resist, plus, there was the chance to color this sweet little Stampendous bird!  The image was heat embossed and water colored with SU markers, the greeting is by Verve and both were cut out with MFT Double Stitched Oval Stax Die-namics.  I made a similar red ink embossed border as yesterday, but added a different Magnolia lace border and red gingham knot.

I added glitter glue accents to the berries.

Stamps: Stampendous - Snow Bird, Verve- Glad Tidings (sentiment), MFT Gingham BG.

Accessories:  MFT Double Stitched Oval Stax Die-namics, Magnolia lace border die, enamel dots, gingham ribbon, Stampin Up markers, embossing folder, heat embossing, foam tape.

Blessings,

DJ

Peace, Joy & Love

I'm playing along with the Free for All - Dog challenge at Splitcoaststampers.

I love this sweet little trio from Simon Says Stamps, today they were heat embossed and water colored with Stampin Up markers.  The background was stamped with the MFT Gingham BG stamp and cut out with the MFT Blueprints 8 stitched square Die-namics. The image and greeting were cut out with MFT Double Stitched Circle Die-namics.  I embossed the red cross piece with an inked embossing folder and added a Magnolia lace border.  The bow is from the MFT bow Die-namics and the scalloped circles are by Spellbinder.

Stamps: Simon Says Stamps - Furry Christmas, MFT Gingham BG

Accessories: My Favorite Things Die-namics(Blueprints 8, Double Stitched Circles, Bow), Magnolia lace border, Spellbinder scallop circles, foam tape, heat embossing, SU markers, enamel dots.

Blessings,

DJ

Baby Jesus

I'm playing along with the Splitcoaststamper sketch challenge today.

Christmas Blessings

I'm excited to play in two challenges today, the Our Daily Bread Shining the Light challenge to use inked or embossed background and the Ways to Use - Greenery challenge.

I LOVE this manger scene, so fun to color! Today I heat embossed the image and water colored it with Stampin Up markers.  I dry embossed all of the layers, for the bottom one, I also inked the embossing folder. I put foam tape between the layers of the star and also under the image, and added a ODBD tag with a couple bows of greenery and a satin ribbon.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Baby Jesus, Cardinal Ornament (greeting).

Accessories: ODBD Layered Lacey Square Dies, ODBD Mini Tag Dies, ODBD Splendorous Stars Dies, Spellbinder nesties, MFT fern die-namics, satin ribbon, enamel dots embossing folders, foam tape, heat embossing, Stampin Up markers.

Blessings, 

DJ