November Sunrise

This beautiful sunrise this morning...
the fog laying low in the field

Enjoy your day....GO BUCKS!!!!

Buttons & Bugs & Poinsettias...oh my!

Today's Limited Supply Challenge on Splitcoast is to make a Long/Tall card. Why don't I do these more? I love the look! I have two to share with you today.

First, Button Bugs newly released from Angels Landing.

It measures 3.5 x 7. Using my light table, I traced the My Minds Eye paper using the printed image as a guide. Then I cut out the pieces and glued them in place. With my piercing tool, I made the holes to actually SEW...yes I did!...on the card!

I used variegated embroidery floss. My faux buttons are 3 punched circles each from the base layer, glued together, pierced, embossing ink painted on, clear ep sprinkled and heat set... one more coat of embossing ink and more ep!  

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My next card combines the color challenge from this week too!

This uses the newly released Blessed Christmas from Our Daily Bread designs and Spellbinders Labels 4. Colored with Copics, sponged with Distress inks Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw and Brushed Corduroy. The base is Prism Herbal Garden and the trim is by Prima.

and the inside...

I used the same size Labels 4 die for the ends, then traced the center part and cut freehand to the ends, layered on Curved Rectangles. It's sponged with Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, Brushed Corduroy and Shabby Shutters.

The card measures 3.5 x 6.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Angels Landing, a Hop Release and BLOG CANDY!

To celebrate the new releases, from Angels Landing, I'm offering some Blog Candy.

One lucky winner will receive free download links for both of this month's new releases, Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs!

To be eligible to win, leave a comment on my Blog Hop post before Sunday November 22, 2009, at 11:00 PM Eastern USA time. I'll use a random generator to pick a winner on Monday November 23. Please remember to leave your email in your comment & check back again then to see if you're a winner!!!

If you got here from Cheryl Walker's blog, you're in the right spot. No worries though if you happened here by chance, Judi starts the hop!

Here's my first card using Polar Bear Cubs.

Is he cute or what!! I printed him and the sentiment on one piece of cs, colored with Copics, then I masked the cub and airbrushed the clouds, using a homemade cardboard template. see tutorial

The snow-capped sentiment has liquid appliqué sprinkled with holographic embossing powder (while still wet) and heated to puff it.

I then partially cut around the lower half of the bear so I could add the snow drifts.

 

On each torn piece of cardstock, I squeezed a thin line of Zip Dry glue then sprinkled with Sugar Dust  from Stamp La Jolla.

 

 

 

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My second card uses the cute Button Bugs set. The Button Bugs are designed to work with real buttons, sizes 1/4" and 3/8". The set also includes images of the buttons alone, which can be colored, punched or cut out, punched with a 1/16" hole punch, and popped up to make faux buttons. I tell ya, that Judi thinks of everything!

Airbrushing and the cloud template were used here again. Elmer's Painty pen for the dots on the wings.

Be sure to visit the other designers in today's Blog Hop, since there are more Blog Candy offers. Good luck.

Your next stop on today's Blog Hop is Cheryl Rowley, I'm sure she has something fabulous waiting to show you!

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As always, thanks for stopping!

Leah Having Fun!

Caught a few pictures of Leah having fun throwing leaves!

A Small Explosion!

Well, that got your attention didn't it! LOL

In keeping with Angels Landing DT challenge this week, "Think Small", 3 inches or less, I made this little Explosion Box.

I used Pierced Pansies and Pierced Violet Leaves. That's the cool thing about digital images, you can size them any way you want! This box measures 2.5 square by 2.75 high. The sentiment is a rubber stamp from Our Daily Bread designs, Friendship.

  When it's closed up and everything is scrunched together!

Then, take the lid off and SPROINGGGGG... 
it explodes into life!

The Pansies and Violet Leaves are on acetate, the cute little dragonfly buttons are on wire (I wrapped it around a tiny dowel).

The leaves at the base are a Cuttlebug die, airbrushed with a Copic marker. I cut and scored 2 pieces of K & Company DP the same, then cut the inside down a little so it looked layered. It isn't... I just fauxed it with Copics and a ruler!
Two Spellbinders Decorative Photo Corners on each corner...they overlapped just enough that it looks like one continuous piece!

All of the flowers and leaves are colored with Copics, pierced and painted partially with Angel Wings Shimmerz. Flower Soft is in the center of each one. Only the lid flowers and leaves did I faux stitch with a fine tip pen.

I cut around some of the petals and also broke down the paper fibers of the leaves and flowers by curling and bending, so they'd have more of a natural appearance.

Stop by the Angels Landing blog to see what the other girls did.

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Christmas Past (My Niece, the genius!) and a Sketch

I had a feeling when I got that Tim Horton's Pumpkin Spice (medium size) at around 4PM... I might pay for it later...and I don't mean with cash! Yup, it's after 6AM and I've yet to go to bed!! LOL

Today's sketch on Splitcoast is another winner! Gosh that Roxie is good!! Here's my first card...isn't this shepherd cute!! Thanks again, Toshypooh, for this darling Sarah Kay "Noel Shepherd".

It's colored with Copics, sponged with Distress inks. There's glitter pen on the star.

My second card incorporates yesterday's color challenge on Splitcoast.

I stamped the poinsettia, from the newly released Our Daily Bread designs Luke 2:11, with Distress Aged Mahogany then immediately sprinkled clear embossing powder and heat set. I used Twinkling H2O's to watercolor it, traced the size of the front panel and carefully cut around the leaves and flower with my craft knife. I also cut around some of the petals for added dimension.
I sponged around the vanilla cardstock with Aged Mahogany. And there's some more of that yummy SEI designer paper!

The verse is stamped with Distress Black Soot, then I sprinkled on Ranger Enchanted Gold EP and heat set. It's soooo shimmery! 

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Okay, now for Christmas past...and why my niece, Amanda is a genius! This picture has been circulating around the internet. Have you seen it? I've gotten it twice in less than a week...one email was from my friend in Connecticut! The picture was taken in California!

So, why is this picture so special? Because that's Amanda's house! Yeah, the one with the DITTO! LOL!!
I only wish I'd saved her Christmas card (08 when she did this), showing her boys standing out front with the "Yeah, that's our can't-squeeze-one-more-lightbulb-anywhere neighbor" look on their faces!!

Of course, she is MY niece, so I'm sure her creativeness came from MY side of the family! LOL

So, when your friends ask if you've seen the "Ditto" house... you'll know the real story! And for fun, please tell me where you're from if you've received the Ditto house.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Mega Holiday Recipe Blog Hop!

Welcome, today is the second day of the Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop which features the Apron Holiday Treats Recipe Kit.

If you got here via  Nathalia Castellon's blog, then you're in the right spot! No worries though if you just happened along, you can go to Die Cut Diva where you'll find all the info needed!

Let me show you what Terry sent us to play with, this Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Kit...everything you need to make these adorable Apron Recipe albums except for adhesive, extra embellishments, stamps (if you want to add any)...and recipes of course!

For the next six days, CC&M will offer 20% off the entire store. 
This sale will end on Nov 14^th. Make sure you enter this code recipebloghop2009 during checkout.

As a continuing part of the celebration Creative Cuts & More will of course give away great gifts.
Each day Terry will give away one kit.
Here is the twist – go through the blog hop, leave some love for us designers. After you have finished the blog hop, return to www.diecutdiva.com and instead of leaving a comment, you need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit. Share the recipe on your blog and link it back and get another chance to win the kit. Help us also make this a great recipe swap.

Now...here's my album
*All recipes will be displayed at the end*

stamps: lined paper by cornish heritage farms, rubbernecker, gingerbread fun by our craft lounge

ink: memento tuxedo black, colorbox silver

copics, helmar glue, zip dry glue, martha stewart border punch, spellbinders nestabilities, foam glitter paint, white gel pen, spiral punch, slit punch, yarn, glue dots

View Full Album

Click on the album, then on each individual card for the recipe

My album will be going in a basket for a benefit dinner/silent auction next month. It will be included with hand crafted cards and small altered items from around the world! The dinner is for a neighbor less than 2 miles down the road, who on Sept 23 was struck by a  trailer as it came unhitched from a passing vehicle. Paula was getting her mail at her mail box and was hit head on by the trailer! You can read about her, her family, and our caring community here.

If you're a crafter and would like to donate something, please feel free to contact me. I'll tell you this, whoever wins one of these baskets is going to get the best ever because it all comes from the best crafters in the world...YOU!

Now, you need to hop along to 
 Stephany Zerbe's blog 
and see what yummy recipes she has to share!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

"Time With Dawn" and a Magic Box

Today is "Spending Time with Dawn" over at the ODBD blog.
Each week one of the "Breadsticks" is featured....
this week, it's me!!!

When Lorelie showed us the Magic Box she'd done, I knew I just had to try one! (she has several on her blog...be sure to scroll down and check them all out...gorgeous!)
There are instructions here. (Elaine's site must be down at the moment...keep trying)

I used the poinsettia and Scripture from the newly released set, Luke 2:11, stamping on Prism Blush Red dark in Distress Black Soot and immediately sprinkling on clear embossing powder and heat setting.

 I then bleached out the color a bit (using bleach) and re-colored using Copics and white gel pen. Each panel is spritzed with Pearl Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels.

Kelley sent us an assortment of beautiful designer paper from SEI, it was so hard to decide which to use and to cut into...but cut I did!

Each of these poinsettias was stamped three times using another newly released set, Blessed Christmas. Coloring with Copics, cutting and spritzing again with Pearl Glimmer Mist. Lots of shimmer here!
Gold Liquid Pearls by Ranger finished off the centers.

I used a Cuttlebug maple leaf die and a Martha Stewart maple leaf punch to assemble the flowers for the inside. Each is cut from white cs and colored with Copics, Pearl Glimmer Mist (there's that Shimmer again!!). The fern fronds are punched from the same SEI paper as the inside.

 

Kelley does a package deal if you order all 3 sets together...you get 10% off! And don't forget, you still have time to get in on our November challenge, Show Us The Shimmer!

 

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Holiday Treats Peek!

A sneak peek at what's coming tomorrow...Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop! I'm part of Day 2....if you want to see what's going on today, click here.

I'm getting hungry already just thinking about all the yummy recipes!

thanks for stopping!

Dawn

John 15:13

I hadn't planned on a blog post today or even much stamping as I've got a busy day ahead of me...but....

When I saw the challenge both on Splitcoast and Stampin Sisters in Christ, I knew I'd have to play!

The technique today was Paper Towel Flowers (basically wetting a paper towel with some kind of coloring medium, tearing and layering to look like a flower!) and the SSCC was to make a card with thoughts of our service men and women and send it to them through Operation Write Home... thinking of last weeks tragedy at Ft Hood.

Our Daily Bread's Friendship and God Bless America was the perfect choice for me.

I used Ranger Colorwash and reinkers to wet my paper towel, then spritzed with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels.

To all our men and women to serve our country... Thank You!

Thanks for stopping,

Dawn