Can You Case It #92, A Sketch Challenge

Hello Friends!  Welcome to this week's edition of Can You Case It!  It is a sketch challenge this week.  The card I am sharing today is for a dear friend of mine.  She is now in remission from breast cancer!  Her daughter is planning a surprise dinner for her which will take place in a couple of weeks.  I am going to give her this card with a gift.  Let me know what you think!  Thanks for visiting my blog.

 

 

 

Supply List:

 

1.  Heavy weight white cardstock: Darice

2.  Patterned paper:  Bo Bunny

3.  Gelatos

4.  Black ink:  Tsukineko

5.  Courage is my strength stamp set:  Used to be Ippity by Unity Stamp Co.

6.  Watercolor crayon:  Stampin' Up



Can You Case It #91, A Color Challenge, Browns, Greens, and Neutrals

Welcome to this week's edition of Can You Case It #91!  This week is a color challenge...browns, greens, and neutrals.  The woman stamp is from a set called, dream of being, the sentiment is from a set called, Let Your Dreams Bloom, and the leaf is from Bold Bloom...all stamps are from Unity Stamp Co.  I just love this sentiment.  Unity has the best image and sentiment stamps, hands down.  Check out the pictures and let me know what you think.  Make sure you visit the rest of the Can You Case It design team.  Thanks for visiting...supply list follows the pics.

Supply List:
1.  Heavyweight cardstock:  Darice
2.  Pattern Paper:  Bo Bunny; Teresa Collins
3.  Stamp Sets:  Unity Stamp Co.
4.  Ink:  Soft Suede and Early Espresso by Stampin' Up; Shabby Shutters and Gathered Twigs by Tim Holtz; Skin White Copic Marker

Can You Case It #90, Halloween Edition

Hello crafty friends!  Welcome to this week's edition of Can You Case It!  It is a Halloween Edition!  I love Halloween and even more so, love making Halloween cards.  Make sure you check out the rest of the design team and their amazing Halloween projects.  For this challenge we could create anything with a Halloween theme.  I have had this stamp forever and this is my first time ever using it.  Geesh, I keep telling myself that I am not a collector of stamps and that I need to ink up my growing assortment.  Here is my card.  Thanks for looking!  Dawn

Supplies:
1.  Spooky Collage Stamp-Memory Box
2.  Patterned Paper-Authentique, My Minds Eye
3.  Stickers-Teresa Collins
4.  Cardstock-Darice
5.  Skull Trim-Unknown
6.  Ink-Memento/Tsukineko
7.  Heat and stick powder-Stampin' Up!

Can You Case It #89, A Sketch Challenge

Hey Everyone!  If you have not played with us at Can You Case It, what are you waiting on?  We have a weekly challenge that starts every Sunday.  We would love for you to come join us.  We have sketch, color and holiday challenges.  I promise that you will not be disappointed.  This week we are hosting a sketch challenge.  Here is my take on this amazing sketch.

Supplies used to create this card:

1.  Stampin' Up Water Color Crayons

2.  Lawn Fawn Gold Hemp Twine

3.  Basic Grey Chipboard Acorn

4.  Leaf stamps are from the Unity Stamp Co. August 2015 Kit of the Month, Life is Change

5.  Sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co. October 2014 Sentiment Kit, today, I am thankful

6.  Stampin' Up Early Espresso Ink

7.  Stampin' Up Heat and Stick Powder

8. Heat Gun

9. Mixed Media Paper

10.  Heavy Weight Cream Cardstock, Recollections

11.  Studio Calico Wood Veneer Heart







CAN YOU CASE IT #88 Challenge, Designers Choice Edition, SURVIVOR Tag

Greetings Everyone!  When I went to the Adventure in Stamping Conveniton in Akron, Ohio, this past April 2015, I saw these amazing mixed media tags at the Stampers Anonymous booth.  I did not take physical pictures of these beauties, but I took mental ones knowing I wanted to give it a go one day.  Thus for this week's challenge since it is Designers Choice over at CYCI I am sharing my spin on these tags.

First you need a giant #12 size manila tag (Ranger).  They are mega; they measure 5 1/8" x 10 1/2".  I painted the tag in dylusions lemon zest paint (Ranger).  I stamped the woman (Ranger-dylusons) in a black mixed media ink (Tsukineko).  I painted her with dylusions bubblegum pink ink spray (Ranger).  Her neck and shirt were colored using colored pencils.  The word hope is from the soliloquy stencil (Art Anthology).  It was stenciled with dylusions cut grass paint (Ranger).  The raindrops (Prima) were stenciled with a mixture of modeling paste (Liquitex) and a pink gelato (Faber Castell).  The bottom of the tag was stamped with a background stamp called wasted (Technique Junkies).  The sentiment and definition are from a Unity Stamp Co. set called Brave Girl.  The black circle stamp is from a Unity Stamp Co. SMAK Kit from November 2014 called Trust Your Soul.  The amazing floral stamps are Prima.  They were colored with Tim Holtz markers, mowed lawn and salty ocean.

I really enjoyed creating this tag.  Make sure you check out the rest of the design team over at CYCI.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.

Peace and love in crafting,
Dawn

Sympathy Card for Colleague's Husband, Friends with Flair Entry on Unity Stamp Co. Blog

Greetings All!  Today I am sharing a sympathy card I created for a dear friend and colleague's husband.  I lost a wonderful friend last week.  I am a lunchroom/recess assistant at one of our elementary schools.  I volunteered to make a sympathy card from our group to present to our friend's husband.  Since this card was being given to a man, of course I did not want it to be feminine.  I knew right away which stamp I would use.  I received this stamp in my last Unity order.  The stamp is called tangled leaf background; it is a Donna Downey Studios/Unity Stamp Co. collaboration.  The sentiment stamp is from the February 2015 Unity Sentiment Kit called beautiful life, blessed memories.  I used a heavy weight cream cardstock from Michael's for the card base.  I believe the woodgrain paper is Basic Grey.  The following watercolor crayons were used from Stampin' Up:  ruby red, really rust, and summer sun. 

I almost forgot.  I thought I would enter this card into Friends with Flair over on the Unity Stamp Co. blog.  There is usually a hop on Tuesday's but this week it was delayed until Thursday.  Make sure you check it out.

Thanks for visiting!!

Peace and love in crafting,
Dawn

CAN YOU CASE IT #87 Color Challenge...Any Three Blues with Neutrals

Hello Everyone!  I am so excited that you are here.  I can't wait to share this card I created for CYCI #87!  I love this card.  I love, love, love this stamp from the Prima Bloom Collection (there are several other beauties in this collection, just sayin').  Let's just say she is gorgeous and I should've inked her up when I first received her in the mail many months ago.  Anywho, let's get to it, ok? 

I stamped this beauty in a black mixed media ink by MementoLuxe on mixed media paper.  Her hair was colored with a brilliant blue watercolor crayon by Stampin' Up.  The flower in her hair and her clothes were colored with the tempting turquoise watercolor crayon by Stampin' Up.  Her skin was colored with the creamy caramel watercolor crayon by Stampin' Up.  Her lips were done with the really rust watercolor crayon also from Stampin' Up.  The sentiment, Become the woman you dream of being, is from a newer Unity Stamp Co. set called dream of being. 

A piece of heavyweight kraft cardstock was embossed using the poppy embossing folder by Cuttlebug/Anna Griffin.  The blue denim is Recollections (Michael's) and the darker cardstock is Bazzill.  I added some twine through the loops and created a bow and topped each loop with a flower from Fancy Pants. 

Make sure you visit the rest of the design team at CYCI.  I promise you'll be inspired.  Then after all the inspiration, join in on the fun and create something amazing.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.

Peace and love in crafting,
Dawn