Get Stitching… #167 A Sassy Challenge

Judy brings us our Sassy Challenge 
this week,
Stitch Away!

Play along using any Sassy Cheryl’s image and you could be a winner of TWO FREE digis! Woohoo!!

And don’t forget about our up-coming Guest DT call!!!

Ok, being lazy and not wanting to wind a bobbin for my sewing machine, I thought I’ll just do faux stitching! Welllll…. once I got the holes pierced, I decided to to use some Sulky metallic thread and sew by hand! Sheesh… that was MORE work than winding the stupid bobbin! LOL!

Anyhoo… this is one of the Simple Bunch of Flowers group, colored with Copics. Guess I was in a ‘pink’ mood!

The sentiment is from What’s the Scoop by North Coast Creations.

For more stitching fun,
see what the rest of the sassy DT created!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

More Fabulous Fashion!

The Fabulous Fashion Collection 
in download form!

ONLY $2.50 per download (regular price $4.99)

There is so much content in each Fabulous Fashion collection... 31 files all packed in to one download!

Your Fabulous Fashion collection covers Hats, Bags and Dresses, which co ordinate perfectly with The Fabulous Shoes. Each download contains decoupage, card toppers, PNG images, quick cards, digi stamps, 6 matching backing papers and an amazing miniature shop to house your own perfectly co-ordinated Fabulous collection.

*Half price offer expires Tuesday 28th May

All the following cards are the pre-colored versions

This one is Whimsical Wedding, with matching backing papers! The sentiments are from the stamp set, Fabulous Sentiments and the flowers are from the Die Cut Paper Flowers collection.

Quick cards in no time!

Also new, is the Fabulous 4th Collection!

This one literally took minutes to make! Print everything, cut it out and slap it on!

Be sure to check out our Facebook Page and the Flower Soft blog for lots more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Something FABULOUS at Flower Soft!

The Fabulous Fashion Collection which comes as clear stamps OR downloads {31 files!!} now available!! And, right now…. the downloads are 50% off!!! That’s $2.50 per download! Offer expires Tuesday, May 28th

Wowzers! You can’t beat that with a stick!!

This is a tri-shutter card I made using the stamps, Gerbera, Daisy and Grape Vine, paper piecing the skirt part of the dress and Copic coloring the bodice.

I added some Kool Tak beads to this bodice

This was so much fun to make too!!

Be sure to check out our Facebook page and Flower Soft blog for more samples.

I also have some download samples to share…but I’ll save those for another post.

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn

North Coast Creations May 2013 Release!

Caution…this blog post might cause drooling and insatiable cravings!

*Disclaimer* I am not responsible for weight gain!! LOL

This has to be one of the yummiest releases I’ve ever done!

Welcome to the North Coast Creations May release!

 

This month we will be choosing 2 winners who will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store for stamps just for commenting on our Design Team cards! You have until May 17, 2013 at 9:00PM EDT to make a comment on each of our designers blog posts. Our 2 random winners will be announced on the

NCC Blog on May 18, 2013.

This is What’s the Scoop. Too fun, right?! I stamped and masked each scoop in a different color ink to match the ice cream! Adirondack Wild Plum, Peach Bellini and Pink Sherbet and colored with Copics. Dies used, ODBD Elegant Ovals, Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles and Labels 22.

And another using You’re The Bomb

Way too much fun making these cards!!

For more yummy inspiration, see what the other girls made!

Sandee Lori Angie Sabrina Julie Cathy

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Papers and Pixels May Issue is Ready!!

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See how I put this frame together using an unusual item, how to make a Sailors Knot, some Mudd Puddles and stamps from Our Daily Bread designs….

In this issue of Papers and Pixels

 

Lace and Making Flowers… #166 A Sassy Challenge

Our Sassy Challenge this week is by
sassy Miz Cathy and she wants us to use Lace and make some Flowers!

Play along using any Sassy Cheryl’s image and you could be the winner of 2 FREE  SC digis!!

Also….we have some FUN  exciting news in store for you!!! So keep watching!

This is Maddie, Ace in the Hole,
colored with Copics. 

I had more fun with my Cameo, cutting her out and making my flowers and grass! I LOVE those Queen Anne’s Lace!! I think Maddie is just too cute in her field of flowers! The DP is Bo Bunny Ambrosia.

For more lace and flower inspiration, see what the rest of the team did!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Can You Use This?… You Just Never Know!

A couple of days ago a friend, who has her own interior designs business, asked if I could use some fabric swatches she was going to throw away. I have a hard time resisting anything that just might be used in card making…so I took them!

I also have 2 good friends that suffered with kidney and gall stone trouble recently that I needed to send a card. Two challenges on Splitcoast sounded good…

So….why not kill two birds with one stone! Pun intended!

The sketch challenge and ways to use it, ‘discover it’, try something new. Stamping on this new fabric!

I stamped Fishing Net Background with Ranger Archival jet black, although it took some drying time, was nice and black! Mounted that on some close colored Prismatic cardstock with several pieces of Kool Tak Premium PRO double sided tape and distressed the edges.

I stamped The Waves on the Sea with Tuxedo Black, coloring with Copics. At the horizon I sponged some Worn Lipstick Distress Ink mimicking the color in the water with Copics. Using my homemade cloud template, and Broken China Distress ink, I sponged the clouds.

Then I had some fun! I love to mix acrylic paint with my coloring!

It might be hard to tell from the pic, but I took white acrylic paint and my waterbrush and added the spray around the boat and definition to the clouds. I also took my Copics and added some shadowing… the same colors of the water and the lightest gray for the clouds.

My Spellbinders of choice this time were Sprightly Sprocket and Fleur de Lis Motifs. They looked ‘nautical’ to me.

Now, if you haven’t seen the cute ‘Stamped By’ mini stamps that ODBD just released, you need to head over there!

This is Praying Hands Mini {my name is not part of the stamp, I’ve had that for years} which I thought went well with the cards and the situations!

 

 

 

 

 

I hope I’ve inspired you to try something new!!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

The View From a Restaurant Window…

In my dreams!

Can’t you just imagine sitting at a restaurant by the sea, looking out the window as a fishing boat comes in to dock!! I can almost smell the salty air and hear those seagulls!

{right clicking on a picture will bring it up larger in another window for your viewing pleasure}

This is ODBD The Waves on the Sea, colored with Copics and white gel pen, clouds sponged with my homemade cloud template using Distress Dried Marigold and Tumbled Glass.

I cut the panes out of the Cathedral Window and Border Die to make it look like a regular window, leaving the top to show the ‘clear’ cracked glass and more sponged clouds.

For the embossed background, I inked (Adirondack Latte and Juniper) my Victoria folder (on the ‘name’ side) and ran it through the Cuttlebug and stitched on the sewing machine.
I did the same for the Cathedral Window frame.  

The final touch to the window was filling in the top with Crackle Accents and the main part with Glossy Accents…. and letting it dry overnight.

I love how it turned out!! A few Martha punched leaves and some flowers…and done!

Ahhhh…some day!

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Girls Rule!! #165…A Sassy Challenge

Pat…put the ‘sass’ in our Sassy Challenge this week! She is quite that (sassy) and funny too!
She chose Girls Rule! Sorry, guys!

This is Let’s Party and Sally sure looks like she’s ready!! Colored with Copics. The card and Sally were both cut on my Silhouette Cameo….I’m s-l-o-w-l-y learning and getting brave to try different things!

Join along, just use any Sassy Cheryl’s image and link to the Sassy Challenge blog… you could be a winner of 2 FREE digis!!

For more GIRLS RULE, see what the rest of the DT created!!

Cathy Edgar ~ Ann English
Judy Kreucher ~ Pat Frank
Jackie Mooney ~ Jeni Tidwell

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn

Loving Spring…Flowers…A Lama Walk and a Card

What a gorgeous Spring we’ve had, the colors are just awesome…everything waking up after a long Winter’s nap!

I have 3 or 4 Redbuds scattered around the yard…I need more! Back 100 years ago or so, this entire bank was lined with Lilacs! Can you imagine how gorgeous that was and how good it smelled!!

I have lots of Grape Hyacinth too, scattered all over.

On my kitchen counter…oooh, smells sooo good!

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We had our first llama walk of the year with the 4H club… I really need to start saying ‘lama’ now as we have a couple alpacas ourselves and one in the club! I think the kids had a good time and of course people in town enjoyed it too… taking pictures, petting the animals…

A bus load of boys from a neighboring school was stopped at the light as we were walking by. They all shifted to the right side of the bus, pulling out cell phones, taking pics before the light changed!!

We always stop at the park where we make anything and everything an obstacle! Jumping over, weaving through, going under…

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And my card

I combined several challenges on Splitcoast for this one! The sketch and free 4 all…to stamp and dry emboss.

I used the new Fishing Net Background, ODBD, like a trellis, stamped on DP and embossed with the Victoria folder. 

For my main image and quote, I used the sets, Crave the Rose and Roses from North Coast Creations. Coloring with Copics then taking my white gel pen and adding highlights.
The Spellbinders I used are Labels 22 and Decorative Labels 22.

And the cute ‘Stamped By’ Ladybug Mini, part of the ODBD May release…18 different ones to choose from!

I know… a long post today, but I had a LOT to share with you!

Have a lovely weekend!

Thanks for stopping!!

Dawn