Christmas Truck

This is my card for the SCS Sketch.

The background and sentiment were created with several distressed papers from the Heartfelt Creations Festive Holly Paper Collection.  The truck from the HFC Simply Classic stamp and die sets, was heat embossed and water colored with Zig Clean Brush markers and filled with two sizes of sponged poinsettias from the HFC Celebrate the Season and Ornate Sleigh sets.

The arched window was created by cutting out the Botanic Window Die in black cardstock.  The corner holly is from the HFC Festive Holly & Cardinals stamp and die sets.

Blessings,

DJ

Sunflower Bucket

The SCS Color Challenge Colors this week are:

Blackberry Bliss
Tangelo Twist 
Daffodil Delight 
Black (optional)

For the challenge, I heat embossed the Heartfelt Creations Sunflower Bouquet stamp and water colored it with SU markers.  The flourish was cut out from Blackberry Bliss cardstock from the HFC Cut Mat Create 2A die and the doily was cut from orange cardstock with two of the HFC Raindrops on Roses Die.  The border lace was made with a Spellbinders die.  For the background, I used an older piece of wood grain designer paper and corrugated cardboard with a panel from the HFC Classic Sunflower paper collection on top.  The corrugated cardboard and the doily frame were burnished with Nuvo gold mousse.

Blessings,

DJ

Snowy Night

The SCS Inspiration Challenge is the Society 6 site.  You can find the inspiration art I chose here.

I cut a small circle of tape for the background and sponged shades of blue to create the night scene, removing the tape gave me a bright white moon.  The trees are from the Heartfelt Creations Snow Kissed Spruce stamps and dies.  I added some glossy texture paste to a snow stencil and topped with white glitter to add sparkly snow.  The buck is from the HFC Woodsy Critters stamps and dies and was sponged with black ink.  The poinsettias are from the HFC Celebrate the Season collection and were sponge with ink and yellow prills and glitter added.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the same collection and was stamped on a small MFT banner die.

Blessings,

DJ

Piggest Fan

Creating a card today for the MFT sketch (MFTWSC355).

For the sketch, I used distress ink for the background and added some Nuvo crystal drops.  The pig and butterfly are from the MFT Sow Much Cuteness stamps and dies, which were stamped on water color paper and colored with copic markers.

Blessings,

DJ

Sparkling Sunflowers

I made this card today for the SCS Sketch Challenge.

I created a square card so I squished the circles together, using a tag for the center one.  The tags and circles were made from the Heartfelt Creations Classic Sunflower Paper Collection.  The background paper was created with wine colored cardstock and the Classic Sunflower stamp.  The ovals were framed with scalloped stitched oval dies from MFT.  The sunflowers were made with the HFC Classic Sunflower stamps and dies , the center prill are from Queen and Company with lots of glitter added.

The leaves are from the HFC Delightful Daisy collection and the HFC Classic Rose Vines.

Blessings,

DJ

Vintage Plane

The SCS Color Challenge colors are:

WILD WASABI
POWDER PINK
SO SAFFRON
SOFT SKY

For the challenge I used paper from the Heartfelt Creations Young at Heart Paper Collection, the map paper was distressed and a MFT stitched circle was cut out from the center and raised with foam tape to reveal the scenery paper beneath.  The plane and sentiment from the same collection were heat embossed and water colored with SU markers.

Two trees from the HFC Snow Kissed Spruce stamp and die set were stamped in black and sponged with ink, then glitter was added.

Blessings, 

DJ

County Cottage

The SCS Free 4 All challenge is to use nontraditional fall colors.

I started with a card base of paper from the Heartfelt Creations Woodsy Wonderland paper collection and trees, flowers and critters stamps and dies from the same collection, all were colored by sponging them with ink.   For my unusual fall color, I sponged the tree leaves with SU Blackberry Bliss ink.  The raccoon,  and the truck from the HFC Simply Classic stamp and die set were heat embossed and the truck was water colored with Zig Clean Brush markers.

The leaves and flowers were sponged with glue and sprinkled with Crystal Clear glitter.

Blessings,

DJ

Let the Good Times Roll

The SCS Color Challenge colors are:

Rich Razzleberry
Night of Navy
Bermuda Bay

For the Color Challenge, I inked the MFT background stamp with MFT After Midnight ink and stamped it on the frame of SU Bermuda Bay.  The frame was lifted with foam tape over the Heartfelt Creations Young At Heart paper.  The truck is from the HFC Simply Classic stamp and die sets and was heat embossed and water colored with Zig Color Brush markers, the flowers created with the HFC Wildwood Florals with Gala Glitz - Mauvie centers. The Journey sentiment from the Young at Heart collection was heat embossed and sponged, and the fence is from the HFC Wildwood Cottage collection.

Blessings,

DJ

Precious Little One

This card was made with the SCS sketch using the TLC challenge - Acrylic Batik.

The Acrylic Batik technique was used to create the background using green acrylic paint and a polka dot background stamp by MFT.  The sweet vintage baby image was found on the internet and I added lots of flowers made with the Heartfelt Creations Berry Blooms stamps and dies with Heart of Gold prill centers, the leaves were made with HFC Wildwood Florals stamps and dies and sponged with Momento Bamboo Leaves ink.  The large lace border is by Spellbinders.

The sweet little sentiment is from the Verve To The Moon stamp set and was stamped on a little tag die by MFT, then raised with foam tape.

Blessings,

DJ

Country Truck - Acrylic Batik

The SCS Technique Challenge is Acrylic Batik.

The background was created with the Acrylic Batik technique for the challenge.  The truck from the soon to be released Heartfelt Creations Simply Classic stamp and die sets was heat embossed and water colored with Zig Color Brush markers. The trees and purple flowers are from the HFC Woodsy Woodland Collection and the sunflowers are from the HFC Sunflower Accents stamp and die sets, they were sponged with ink with daubers.

I finished it off by sponging the flowers with glue and adding glitter.

Blessings,

DJ

Country Christmas

The SCS Inspiration Challenge is the Victorian Trading Company, here are the ornaments I used for inspiration.

For the background, I used the cabin paper from the Heartfelt Creations Winter's Eve Collection, adding accents of snow with the DecoArt Snow Writer and a layer of Frosting Powder.  The poinsettias were made with the flowers and holly stamps and dies in the HFC Ornate Sleigh Set with yellow prills for the centers.  The larger holly and cardinals are from the HFC Festive Holly & Cardinals stamps and dies and all of the foliage was colored with ink pads and daubers.

The snowy tree in the front was created with the HFC Snow Kissed Spruce stamps and dies, and lots of snow and glitter added.  

A ticket from the HFC Festive Holly paper collection was added to the top.

The truck from the soon to be released HFC Simply Classic stamp and die set, was heat embossed on water color paper and water colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  A tree from the HFC Woodsy Wonderland Woodsy Critters stamp and die set was added to the truck bed, along with a small poinsettia and two mistletoe branches from the HFC Window Box Fillers stamp and die set.

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Inside of card.

Blessings,

DJ

Bears in the Forest

The SCS Ways to Use it Challenge was 'Fun and Games', and the Free 4 All Challenge was 'Fall'.

For the challenges, I colored up lots of the images from the Heartfelt Creations Woodsy Wonderland Collection with sponged ink and colored pencils, as well as the adorable bears from the HFC Beary Fun Retreat Collection.  They are layered in a shadow box made with the HFC 6x6 Foldout Cards - Kraft.  The sunflowers are from the HFC Classic Sunflower stamps and dies and the flowers and trees were sponged with glue and sprinkled with glitter.

Blessings,

DJ

Sunshine

The SCS Color Challenge colors are:

peek-a-boo peach
early espresso
lemon lime twist

and the background was made using yesterday's technique challenge - Acrylic Distress.

I made several backgrounds yesterday for the technique challenge and this one happened to work out for today's color challenge.  The scalloped oval was made with the Heartfelt Creations Eyelet Oval & Basics Large, the center was sponged in Peekaboo Peach and vintage photo inks.  The espresso flourish is from the HFC Cut mat Create 2A die set and the roses and leaves were made with the HFC Classic Rose stamps and dies.  The roses were stamped in Peekaboo Peach and the centers sponged with Lemon Lime Twist, the leaves were stamped in LLT and the centers sponged with Peekaboo Peach.

Lots of glitter was added for sparkle and a sentiment  was also added from a HFC paper pad.

Blessings,

DJ

Vintage Roses

The SCS Technique Challenge is to use Acrylic Distress on a card.

The acrylic paint I chose for the challenge turned out to be very close to SU Mint Macaroon, so I used that color for my card base, along with the SU Blackberry Bliss that I used in the roses.  After the embossed paper was painted, I sponged it with cocoa ink and then wiped off the excess with a damp paper towel, I'm so happy with how it turned out! The roses were created with the Heartfelt Creations Botanical Rose and Classic Rose leaf stamps and dies and lots of glitter added.  A sentiment from a HFC paper pad was sponged with Blackberry Bliss and added with foam tape.

Blessings,

DJ