It's Your Birthday

I'm playing along with the SCS Sketch today.

I decided to make a flowing floral spray for the sketch using the Heartfelt Creations Classic Petunia Collection stamps and dies.  Using paper from the  HFC Raindrops on Roses Paper Collection, I added an elegant border die in white cardstock from the Elegant Border Basics Dies.  The top and bottom lace was created with the HFC Sweetheart Borders and the banner was cut out from with a MFT die, the sentiment is also from the Petunia collection.

The flowers were sponged with lime and SU Blackberry Bliss ink and sculpted with the HFC 3D Floral Basics Shaping Mold, then yellow prills were added to the centers and sponged with glue and covered in glitter.

Blessings,

DJ

God is With Me

The SCS Free for All Challenge this week is to use fruit on a card.

For the fruity challenge, I used the Heartfelt Creations Berries and Peaches Stamps and dies, sponging them with ink.  The flowers are also stamps and dies from HFC and were sculpted and filled with yellow prills.

The verse is from the HFC Words of Comfort Stamp set and was cut out with an MFT stitched oval die and mounted on a Spellbinder decorative oval.  The banner was created with the HFC Banners of Love Cling Stamp Set.

Blessings, 

DJ

Merry & Bright

The SCS Ways to Use It Challenge is to use two different mediums to color your image.

The two mediums I chose were water color and Stampin Up markers. I started by heat embossing this sweet bird from the Power Poppy Tweet Tidings Stamp Set and coloring with markers, then water coloring the background with water color paint and brush, the sentiment is from the same stamp set.

All of the dies are from MFT die-namics.

Blessings,

DJ

Christmas Bluejay

For the SCS Sketch, I used the Whiff of Joy Bird With Christmas Bauble image that was heat embossed and water colored with Stampin Up markers.  The background was dry embossed with snowflake embossing folders and a small MFT snowflake die was added with a twine bow.

Blessings,

DJ

Bird of Tidings

The SCS Ways to Use It Challenge is to use birds on your card.

The background was created by inking an embossing folder on kraft, the burgundy strip used the same technique with a poinsettia EF.  The bird stamp is by Stampendous and was heat embossed and water colored with SU markers.  The sentiment is by Power Poppy, all the dies are by MFT, except for the Spellbinders Nestie behind the bird oval.

Stickles was added to the berries and snow for sparkle.

Blessings,

DJ

Cardinal Christmas

The SCS Color Challenge colors are: 
Cherry Cobbler
Garden Green
Silver

The background was created with paper from the Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia Paper Collection and the cardinal circle is from the HFC Festive Holly Paper Collection.  I framed it with the HFC Eyelet Circle & Basics Small dies.

The poinsettias were created with the HFC Poinsettia and Holly Clusters, sculpted with the HFC 3D Poinsettia Shaping Mold, with prills in the centers and Stickles glue to give sparkle, the cardinal image was also accented with Stickles.  For a touch of silver, I added sprigs of silver mistletoe made with the HFC Window Box Fillers die cut out of silver glitter paper.

Blessings,

DJ

Winter Window

I'm playing along today in the SCS Sketch challenge.

I created a window and used a panel from the Heartfelt Creations Festive Holly Paper Collection for the cabin image.  Because of the size of the panel, I created my own window so that more of the panel would show, I also added lots of Stickles glitter to give it lots of sparkle.  The sentiment is also from the same paper collection.  The background was embossed with an inked wood grain embossing folder.

The holly is from the HFC Festive Holly & Cardinals stamps and dies and the image was sponged with ink.

Blessings,

DJ

Holiday Wishes

I'm playing along with the SCS Ways to Use it - Distressing and Free for All Challenges- Holiday card.

For the challenges I used paper from the Heartfelt Creations Festive Holly Paper Collection for the background panels and sentiment.  The poinsettias were created with the HFC Sparkling Poinsettia stamps and dies, the images were stamped with Stazon ink on Art Foam and sculpted with a heat gun.

I added stamens to the centers and covered in glitter.

Blessings,

DJ

Birthday Roses

The SCS Sketch can be found here.

For the sketch, I started with the Heartfelt Creations Raindrops on Roses paper collection, which were used in all the paper panels.  The roses were sponged in Color Box Dark Peony and MFT Sour Apple and sculpted in the HFC 3D Rose Shaping Mold.

The center oval was cut out of a paper panel and placed on a HFC Eyelet Oval & Basics die.  The left panels were dry embossed with embossing folders.

The roses were finished by sponging with glue and covering in glitter.

Blessings,

DJ

Christmas Blessings

The SCS Color Challenge colors this week are:

Rich Razzleberry
Pacific Point
Berry Burst

The background was created with a paper panel from the  Heartfelt Creations Celebrate the Season Paper Collection.  The circle in the center was cut out and raised with foam tape and framed with a HFC Scalloped Circle die in black, the sentiment is form the same paper collection.

The poinsettias were created with HFC Sparkling Poinsettia stamps and dies, the image was stamped in Stazon Black on Art Foam Paper, sponged with Rose stamp paint then sponged with glue and glitter added.  After heating with a heat tool, the center stamens were added.

Blessings,

DJ

Favorite Stories Bookmark

The My Favorite Things Color Challenge colors are:

I created a bookmark with the MFT Our Stories.  The images were colored with copic markers and placed the sentiment on a MFT pierced rectangle die-namics.  It's finished off with a seam binding ribbon.

Blessings,

DJ

Framed Deer

The SCS Featured Stamper of the week is Donna aka Krashscrapper.

I chose this adorable card of hers to case.  I love the deer and wonderful country feel of the wood frame.  I used a piece of designer paper with birch trees for the background and a deer die that I purchased from Amazon.  The frame was also created with designer paper that was raised with foam tape for dimension.  The poinsettias were heat embossed in silver with the Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia stamps and dies and the holly was made with the HFC Festive Holly stamps and dies.  The sprigs of greenery are dies from Wplus9.

The sentiment from the HFC Celebrate the Season Ornate Sleigh set was stamped on an MFT die.

Blessings,

DJ

Polar Bear Christmas

The SCS Free for All challenge is to use wood or trees on our card.

For the challenge, I chose this sweet bear and trees from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Winter Bears Clear Stamps and dies sets and the berries were stamped with the ECD Blossom Time Clear stamps and die sets.  The images were stamped on water color paper and watercolored with Stampin Up markers.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is also ECD, but all other dies are My Favorite Things Die-namics.  The kraft background was stamped with a MFT plaid background stamp in kraft ink and a striped twine bow was added to the berry sprigs.

  Blessings,

DJ

Poinsettias on Snowflakes

This week's SCS sketch can be found here.

The background was made with a piece of designer paper from the Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia paper pad, topped with a large snowflake from the HFC Arianna Lace dies and the HFC Botanic Window die.  The poinsettias were sponged and sculpted from the HFC Sparkling Poinsettia stamps and dies, they are layered over mistletoe from the HFC Window Box Fillers stamps and dies. 

The flowers and mistletoe were finished with a coat of glitter and the sentiment from the HFC Ornate Sleigh Stamp set was stamped on a tag made with the HFC Cut Mat Create 1B die.

Blessings,

DJ

Silver Forest

The colors for the SCS Color Challenge this week are:

         SILVER AND WHITE or GOLD AND WHITE

I created a frame by cutting a circle in Steel Grey cardstock and embossing with a birch tree embossing folder, this was rubbed with silver Nuvo Mousse.  The scene inside was created by heat embossing in silver the deer and trees from the Heartfelt Creations Woodsy Critters stamps and dies set.  Snow drifts were cut out and topped with glitter. Two snowflakes from the HFC Snow Kissed Spruce stamps set,  poinsettias from the HFC Sparkling Poinsettias sets, and holly from the HFC Festive Holly & Cardinals stamps and dies were heat embossed in silver also.

The inner frame was made with a MFT stitched circle die-namics die.

Silver poinsettias

Silver cardinal.

Blessings,

DJ

Christmas Lantern

Hi there,
Today I'm playing along with the SCS Technique Challenge and the Featured Stamper challenge.

Our featured stamper this week is Andrea and you can find the card I chose to case here, it fit perfectly with the Watercolor Imprint technique challenge.  I began with a holly stencil and peacock feathers distress ink.  After cutting the circle, I added a HFC Large Elegant Word Background stamp to the center circle and raised the frame with foam tape for dimension.  The images are from the Heartfelt Creations Festive Holly Collection and the sentiment is from the Celebrate the Season Paper Collection.

The images were sponged with ink and accented with a dove blender pen.

Blessings,

DJ

Pale Poinsettias

Playing along with two challenges today, the SCS Ways to Use Leftovers and SCS Inspiration Challenge.

The inspiration I chose can be found here.  I loved the silver and beautiful texture on the lamp and decided to mimic it on my background by brushing Nuvo Silver Mousse on an embossed piece of Steel Grey cardstock.  For the WT left-over challenge I added these mauvy pink poinsettias made with the Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia stamps and dies.  The poinsettias were sponged with ink and covered with Creatology Glitter from Michaels.

The sentiment is from the HFC Celebrate the Season stamp set on an MFT stitched banner die.  The holly branch is Winter Branch by Die-namites.

Blessings,

DJ

Ski-sons Greetings

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
Playing along to day with the MFT sketch 360.

For the sketch I colored up this sweet bear from the MFT Ski-sons Greetings stamp set with copic markers and added a Action Mini Wobble Spring to give him a little bit of jiggle.  The background was cut with the Stitched Mod Rectangle Stax Die-namics and stamped with the MFT Sweater Stitch Background stamp.

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped on a MFT die.

Blessings,

DJ

Lavander Foam Floral

This is my card for the SCS sketch this week.

For the sketch, I combined Heartfelt Creations Majestic Morning Background stamps and dies made with HFC Art Foam and green stamens, with leaves from the HFC Italiana Grapevines stamps and dies. The flowers were sponged with glue and glitter added.

The background paper and sentiment are from HFC paper pads.

The background doily was made with the HFC Decorative Medallion Die.

Blessings,

DJ

Christmas Forest

The SCS Color Challenge colors this week are:

Tranquil Tide

Crumb Cake

Berry Burst

Gold

For the challenge I used stamps and dies by Heartfelt Creations.  The deer and trees are from the HFC Woodsy Wonderland Collection, the poinsettias are from the Celebrate the Season Collection, they were colored by sponging them with ink, prills were added to the poinsettias and glitter was added to all.  The frame was made with the HFC Eyelet Oval Basics Small & Large and the background flourish was made with the HFC Sweetheart Borders Die.  The designer paper and sentiment are from HFC paper pads.

Blessings,

DJ

Thanksgiving Place Card

The SCS Free for All Challenge is to make a Thanksgiving card or place card.

This is the first of nine place cards that I'll be making for next week.  I used a 'grateful' die with a mum from the Heartfelt Creations Enchanted Mum stamp and die sets in SU Blackberry Bliss with yellow pearl stamens  and a leaf from the HFC Classic Rose set.

Blessings,

DJ

Starry Night

The SCS Ways to Use it Challenge is to make a space background or starry sky.

I created a water color starry sky with this technique and added a Bethlehem die from Paper Smooches with a Taylored Expressions sentiment.

Blessings,

DJ