Diva Coffee Break Designs Sketch Challenge

Well it is another gloomy, rainy day for us here.  This winter seems to be grayer than normal where we are at.  We are used to some sunshine even in the winter, but we have had more clouds than sun.  In fact for the first time ever we have moss growing on our tree.  We have never seen that and everywhere we look there is moss growing on trees and fences, even some rooftops.   Anyways I wanted sunshine so I made a nice bright card for this challenge.

It was a fairly simple sketch this week, and easy to work with.  Here is what I came up with

This is my pretty much “free card”  It uses Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper, Sale-a-bration Accents, and SAB buttons.  I felt like my sentiment was kind of getting lost so I ended up mounting it one a large scallop circle. 

Hope you day is sunny and bright, filled with ones you love.

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Beautiful Peony Flowers

I just have not had the time to sit down and stamp for me lately and I am really missing it.  I cannot decide if I am ready for spring to come or not.  I have one of those love/hate relationships, I love the brightness and the new life of spring but I have such horrible allergies in the spring.  I made some great flowers that will not give anyone the sniffles.

These pretty flowers are made out of coffee filters dyed with Stampin’ Up! ink refills.  They were fairly easy to make but did take a bit of time.  These currently grace the top of out wood burning stove (when there isn't a fire going) and bring a bit of cheer to the room.

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Diva Coffee Break Designs Color Challenge #218

I really like this weeks color challenge.  The colors are fabulous springy colors just perfect to pull one out of the winter blues.  I had so many ideas for these colors the hard part was deciding which one to use.   I decided to go with a fun baby card this time, but you will probably see this color combo popping up again.

This is a fairly simple card, but I just LOVE it.  I stamped the three baby outfits in a row on the whisper white cardstock, then I stamped it again on each color, cut them out and glued them to their hangers.  The ends of the congratulations tag were made by slipping just the ends of the paper into the Modern Label Punch.

Come on over to the Diva Coffee Break Designs blog to check out what the other designers have come up with.  There is quite a variety with this color combo.  Then take the colors and play along with us so we can see your creations!   Pin It Now!

Headbands and Hexagon Box

While I was struggling with my computer, my second project was posted over on UStamp With Dawn and Friends!! Oh My Word edition.  I used Stampin’ Up!’s beautiful Spring Time Vintage Designer Fabric to create some headbands.  This would make such a great Mother Daughter class since headbands are so popular.  Although they do involve a little sewing they are super easy.  Just a few straight lines.   I just knew I had to have some great box to put the headbands in and came up with this tall Hexagon Box. These are the 3 different headbands that I made for this project.I really like the way that the card turned out for this project.  The blossoms on the branch were colored in with versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder before sponging on the Baja Breeze ink.Here is a Mommy and Me shot.  My 8 year old made her headband with just a little supervision on the sewing machine and the 4 year old helped out with hers too.    

Although the live events have been completed it is not too late to subscribe to the Oh My Word Edition on Ustamp With Dawn and Friends!!  You can still access and down load all of the projects at http://ustampwithdawnandfriends.com. 

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I’m Back!!! (and have a late DCBD sketch)

As I have shared my computer and I have not been getting along nicely as of late.  Well a week ago Sunday night things took a turn for the worse and we got caught in a cycle of error messages and restarts and it was just a mess going no where.  So we took the computer in to the “doctor” to get it fixed and the techs said it would be a day or two tops.  Well that turned into 4 days and then when we get it back home and start it back up, Windows wouldn’t even launch and it went to an MS DOS prompt saying that the system fan has failed and that it needed to be serviced, so right back it went.  We now have it back, running in tip top shape and we are back in business. 
During our week of separation I missed a posting for the Diva Coffee Break Designs.  This week was a sketch challenge.  This sketch actually came together quite quickly for me, something that usually doesn't happen with sketches and me.  This sketch and Stampin’ Up! designer series paper were made for each other.  It was really a no brainer in trying to pick out the patterns for the different layers with the wonderful coordinating paper. 
It is not too late to play along with this weeks challenge!  Give the sketch a try and post your link over on the Diva Coffee Break Designs Blog so that we can check out and comment on your creation.
Stamps:  Party This Way
Ink:  Pacific Point, Peach Parfait, Versamarker
Paper:  Celebrations DSP, Real Red, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, and Pacific Point
Accessories:  Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Stampin Dimensionals
Tools: Big Shot, 2 1/2” circle punch, 2 3/8” Scallop Circle punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Heat ToolPin It Now!