Follow the Star

The Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers this week is:

Soft Sky
Marina Mist
and Daffodil Delight

I love my Penny Black nativity and color it up every chance I get.  The color challenge fit it perfectly, although almost any color challenge would probably work.  I heat embossed the image and water colored it with  Stampin Up markers, it's so fun to have the markers because they match the challenge colors exactly.

The background dp was dry embossed, I added a Magnolia lace border and a Spellbinder tag tied with sheer ribbon.

Inside of card.

Stamps: Penny Black - From Bethlehem, Sweet n Sassy Stamps - We Three Kings Clear Stamp Set (sentiments).

Accessories: Magnolia lace border die, My Favorite Things Die-namics (Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax, Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax, Double Stitched Rectangle Stax, Circle stax), embossing folder, Spellbinder tag die, sheer ribbon, heat embossing, SU markers.

Blessings, 

DJ

HO3

I'm bringing a card today for the My Favorite Things sketch challenge 247.

I've been making a lot of scenes with my MFT stamps lately, so fun and I love to color.  For the sketch, I placed the Die-namics Stitched Coverup Companion- Vertical which I had stamped with the MFT Diagonal Stripe BG over designer paper and added a scallop border with the Stitched Scallop Edge die, the images are from the MFT Jingle all the Way set and were colored with Copic markers.

I raised the images with foam tape and added two buttons made with the MFT Button Quartet dies.

Stamps: My Favorite Things - Jingle All the Way, Diagonal Stripe BG

Accessories: MFT Die-namics (Die-namics Stitched Coverup Companion- Vertical, Stitched Scallop Edges dies, Button Quartet, Blueprints 20, Office Supplies), foam tape, Copic markers, twine.

Blessings, 

DJ

Cozy Mittens

I'm participating today in the Splitcoaststampers New Technique challenge found here.

The challenge was to accent dry embossing with a white pen.  My white pen seems to be on it's last legs, so I kept my embossed piece small and used stitch lines.  The background was stamped with the MFT Sweater Stitch BG and cut with the Die-namics Blueprints 14 curved corner die.  I added  a MFT Stitched Scallop Edges die and the MFT Cozy Mittens stamp set.

Stamps: My Favorite Things - Cozy Mittens, Sweater Stitch BG

Accessories MFT Die-namics (Blueprints 14, Cozy Mittens, Stitched Scallop Edges, Blueprints 18 - flag die), white pen, enamel dots.

Paper: Stampin Up - Taken with Teal, Cucumber Crush.

Blessings, 

DJ 

Season's Greetings

I'm joining the inspiration challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers, you can find my inspiration here, and the challenge here. I wasn't sure if I wanted to make a masculine card or a Christmas card, but finding the snowflake and button already in my scrap pile from another project, sealed the deal and I went with Christmas and added more green details to go with the button.

I've been waiting for a chance to use my new Stampin Up birch tree embossing folder, so this hit the spot.  The backgrounds were dry embossed and sponged and I added the deer and cardinal from the Taylored Expressions Birch Tree Accessories die set and Band It die set, the Frame was made with the My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Frames Die-namics with the MFT Stiched Scalloped Edges along the side, the snowflake, button & twine are also by MFT.

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Labels of Love II, My Favorite Things - Diagonal Stripes BG

Accessories: TE Birch Tree Accessories and Band it, My Favorite Things Die-namics (Stitched Rectangle Frames, Let it Snowflake, Stitched Scallop Edges, Button Quartet), Stampin Up - Birch Embossing folder, foam tape, embossing folder, MFT twine.

Blessings, 

DJ

The Lord Goes Before You

I'm joining in three challenges today, the Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light Challenge, and the Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It - punctuation, and Free for All - newsprint challenges.

I'm so excited with my card today, I wish you could see it in person!

For the background I distressed and sponged a piece of script dp.  I cut a circle in the chocolate layer with a Spellbinder die, and I love the look of tooled leather, so I inked a flowered embossing folder to give my chocolate cardstock that leather look (It's also a great way to get flowers on a guy card!)  I decided to raise this panel so I applied it to my card with foam tape.  

The ODBD moose was also stamped in chocolate ink, sponged and cut out with a smaller circle, along with a chocolate matt,  so you can see the script dp beneath.  The moose panel was also raised with foam tape.

I sponged this beautiful verse from the ODBD Scripture Collection 10 stamp set and added enamel dots.  It's hard finding a masculine border, and I was excited to see that the border die in the ODBD Cathedral Window & Border die set fit with the card perfectly.

Here's the photo for the ODBDSLC challenge this week.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs- Father's Day, Scripture Collection 10.

Accessories: ODBD Cathedral Window &Border dies, Spellbinder circle dies, enamel dies, embossing folder, foam tape

Blessings,

DJ

Lilies

I'm participating in the sketch challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers.

For the sketch, I heat embossed  the lilies and water colored them with Stampin Up markers. I layered them on MFT Double Stitched Circle stax and Circle Stax. I also stamped the lilies on the bg and used the ODBD Leafy Edged Border along the bottom. The DP was dry embossed and I added a seam binding bow.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs - Stargazer Lily

Accesories: ODBD Leafy Edged Die, MFT Die-namics - Double Stitched Circle Stax, Circle Stax, seam binding ribbon, embossing folders, heat embossing, SU markers.

Blessings,

DJ

Floral Frenzy

I'm playing along with the TLC challenge 'Floral Frenzy' at Splitcoaststampers.  I'm always in to make a floral card!

I colored the heat embossed bouquet with Stampin Up markers and layered with doily dies and lace border on shades of peach and chocolate.

Stamps: Power Poppy Countryside Bouquet

Accessories: MFT Die-namics Cross-Stitched Circle Stax, Magnolia lace border die, Sizzix doily die, embossing folders, seam binding ribbon, enamel dots.

Blessings,

DJ