Celebrate

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! It's my turn to post on the Die-Versions blog and I have a couple of cards to share with you today.

The papers for this card are from the We R Memory Keepers Anthologie stack. I used a Whispers Heart Burst die to cut out the window in the card. I love the scalloped edge it creates...plus I have a die to use for another project :) When I was putting the card together, I had cut a couple of the Whispers Hexagon Background dies to use for the background, thinking I would just use one on each card. But I tossed one down over the other and loved the design!! It completely changed the look of the hexagons. So I glued two together and adhered them to the card.

The butterflies are Whispers Pretty Wings dies. I cut it twice and adhered them together and then popped them up with foam tape. Celebrate is a Sweet Wordlet die. A Wee Petite Button die was used on the ribbon. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1) DL.Art - March Linky
2) Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday
3) Craft It Up And Link it Up - Green

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful week :)

Prima Doll Blog Hop - Week 2 Summer

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for the second week of the Prima Doll Blog Hop!!

We are in the second week of a four part HOP and the rules are very simple. Each Tuesday throughout the month of August we will be sharing creations made with a variety of these fabulous Julie Nutting Prima doll stamps to inspire you.

All you will need to do is hop to each of our blogs (links are below) each Tuesday in August and leave us a comment. Be sure to include your email address because on August 30th we will EACH BE GIVING AWAY A PRIZE. We will be sharing what our individual prize packages are on our blogs.

REMEMBER … you will need to comment EACH TUESDAY to qualify for the prize! AND … if you share our hop info on your blog, your name will go in twice towards the prize. WAIT THERE’S MORE! If you become a follower/subscriber you get a THIRD CHANCE!!

For my Spring project, click HERE. For Summer, I decided to follow along the same theme and create a mixed media canvas.

I started with another 8x10 canvas and adhered torn pieces of paper from  K & Company's Happy Trails paper stack with Claudine Hellmuth's Gel Medium. Acrylic paint in aqua and sea blue were scraped on the background. Liquitex Super Heavy Gesso was applied through a Crafter's Workshop Cosmic Swirls template. The banner was created with Spellbinders Nested Pennants and Nested Lacy Pennants dies. The letters are from Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alpha Parts. For the boardwalk, I basically created a box to attach to the bottom of the canvas. The paper was embossed with a TH Wood Grain embossing folder and inked with TH Gathered Twig Distress Ink. Lollypop sticks with twine hot glued to them were used for the rail. The arrow is a Spellbinders Nautical Frames and Accents die, inked with TH Salty Ocean and Gathered Twig Distress Inks. Boardwalk is from Artistic Outpost's Boardwalk stamp set.

The tag is from We R Memory Keepers Down the Boardwalk stack. The sentiment is from Paper Wings Productions Sea Melange stamp set.

Olive was stamped on an old book page (my favorite thing to use for the doll stamps). You can't tell in the pic, but her top is peach with sparkles - so pretty!! She was popped up with foam tape and then outlined with first a white charcoal pencil and then a black one.

And I couldn't help but make a summer tag, too :)

My summer tag celebrates Independence Day. The paper is from DCWV's Summer Days stack. Stars & stripes, July 4th and the flag were cut from the same paper stack.

The doll was stamped again on old book paper. Her outfit is from the DCWV Summer Day stack. Her sunglasses were cut from the paper in the We R Memory Keepers Down the Boardwalk stack. She was popped up with foam tape.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - August Anything Goes
2. Sunday Funday - August Linky Party
3. Just B Creative Crazy - Just Because Linky Party

Blog candy!!

If you remember from last week, I'm giving away one of Julie's newest doll stamps, Mia, but I said I might add something else...well, this week I'm adding a Prima Mixed Media Tag Pad!! These tags are the perfect size for all of your doll projects :)

All you have to do to be eligible to win Mia and the tag pad is leave a comment on each Tuesday post (4 total). Click HERE for last week's post. If you share info on our blog hop on your blog or facebook, you get another entry. And if you are or become a follower/subscriber, that's another chance to win. You can count these every week for extra entries...but be sure to leave a comment for each additional entry. And be sure to stop back next week...I may add a little something more to the giveaway :)

The next stop on the hop is the amazing and talented Diane of Nellies Nest. Here's the entire line-up in case you get lost along the way or want to revisit anyone:

Dar - Dar's Crafty Creations

Mary - Primitive Seasons

Lisa - A Mermaids Crafts <YOU ARE HERE

Diane - Nellies Nest 

Mindy - Mulberry Mindy

Joyce - Scrap For Joy

Thanks so much for joining us today!! See you next Tuesday for our fall doll projects :)

Paper Playtime Challenge #84 - Punches

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a fabulous weekend!! It's time for another super-fun Say It With Sentiments Challenge at Paper Playtime!! For Challenge #84, we want you to use punches, plus a sentiment. Our sponsor for this challenge is The Robin's Nest. One winner chosen by random.org will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to their store!!

I did not use any Spellbinders or Cricut cuts for this card...I know, hard to believe, right??!! The paper is from We R Memory Keepers Anthologie stack. All of the edges are inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The corner punches are a Fiskars Peacock Corner Lever Punch. The flowers are a Daisy Chain Flower Trim Punch by EK Success, topped with crystal gems. The burlap and hemp fiber are from JoAnn. The tags are Marvy Uchida punches. The sentiment is from K Andrew Designs Beautiful Thoughts stamp set. Click HERE to purchase this set.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art 1,000 Post Linky Party
2. Sunday Funday - Linky Party

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Paper Playtime to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your project using punches plus a sentiment...I can't wait to see what you create!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I will be traveling for two weeks starting on Friday, so I won't be around to visit you, but I will catch up when I get home :)