Can You Case It #120, A Sketch Challenge

Welcome back friends!  So glad you took the time to visit.  I hope everyone has had an amazing week and is ready for what the upcoming week will bring.  I am sitting here posting this blog after celebrating my oldest son's 19th birthday.  I am stuffed from Chinese food and Dairy Queen ice cream cake (Oreo Blizzard).  Yummy!  He has always liked DQ's ice cream cakes; me not so much.  Apparently DQ has changed their recipe and I thought it was so good.  He said that he likes the old recipe better.  How's that for irony?

Can You Case It has a sketch challenge this week for us card makers.  Check it out right here:

Here is my card showcasing this fabulous sketch:

Supply List:
1.  Sentiment (Tim Holtz;Stampers Anonymous)
2.  Acetate compass die cut (Basic Grey)
3,  Sentiment was stamped in Island Indigo (Stampin' Up)
4.  Background was created with oil pastels (Prima)

Thanks for visiting and make sure you visit the rest of the CYCI Design Team for even more inspiration!

Until next week my friends...
Dawn

Can You Case It #119, A Color Challenge

Happy Mother's Day!  Welcome crafty friends!  This week we have a wonderful color challenge at Can You Case It!  Check it out right here:

Here is my card; I really love how it turned out. 

I stumbled upon this gorgeous sunflower stamp (Stampin' Up) at a garage sale last summer.  And this is my first time inking it up.  Oh this stamp will be used plenty.  It's a beauty...it is now one of my favorite stamps.  I really enjoyed painting it.  It was painted in Vegas Gold (Art Anthology).  I love this paint; gives so much dimension.  The center was colored with a Gathered Twigs marker (Ranger/Tim Holtz).  The sentiment is a stamp from the Beautiful is never perfect stamp set (Unity Stamp Co.).  Gold stripe paper and chipboard pennant is Teresa Collins.  The sentiment was stamped in Brilliant Blue (Stampin' Up).  Blue cardstock is Bazzill and heavy white cardstock is Darice. 

If you are a mom in the United States, I hope you have a fabulous Mother's Day.  Thanks for visiting my blog.

Until next week my friends...
Dawn

Can You Case It #118, A Sketch Challenge

Welcome back friends!  This has been a whirlwind of a week; my youngest son dislocated his knee cap, and later today we will be driving to Athens to pick up our oldest son, who just completed his first year of college.  Oh yeah!!  Party at my house after I get some sleep...Lol.  Well enough about my week; ready for some card making inspiration?  Peep this sketch:

Love this sketch...so much you can do with it.  Here is my take right here:

I love these florals; one of my favorite stamp sets that I really need to use more.


Supply List:


1.  Ink (Memento Luxe; Tsukineko)
2.  Art Anthology Dimensional Paints
3.  Floral stamps (Bloom Collection; Prima)
4.  Sentiment stamp (Let Your Dreams Bloom; Unity Stamp Co.)
5.  Pattern paper (My Minds Eye)
6.  Brad (Basic Grey)
7. Card stock (Darice)


Thanks for visiting my blog and make sure you visit the rest of the CYCI DT!


Until next week,
Dawn

Can You Case It #117, A Color Challenge

Hello there and welcome to this week's color challenge at Can You Case It?!  Here is the inspiration:

This is a fabulous color combination...very feminine and romantic.  Thus I created a very feminine card.  Check it out right here:

 Not only I am pleased with how this card turned out, but I am over the moon with the photography.  I always wish that my photos turn out better and today they did.  Yippee skippee! 

I hope you will join us this week at CYCI?!  Thanks for stopping by.  Until next week...Dawn

Supply List:

1.  Shoe stamp is from one precious life (Unity Stamp Co.)
2.  Sentiment stamp is from the February 2015 Kit of the Month (Happiness Looks Gorgeous) (Unity Stamp Co.)
3.  Paper flowers (Michael's)
4.  Metal Hardware (Prima)
5.  Pattern paper (Authentique)
6.  Cardstock (Recollections)
7.  Die cut paper (Heidi Swapp)
8.  Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento Luxe; Tsukineko)
              Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger)
9.  Water color pencil (Prima)

Can You Case It #116, A Sketch Challenge

Welcome back crafty friends!  We have a sketch challenge this week at Can You Case It.  Check it out right here:

Pretty amazing, right?!  When I first saw this sketch, I knew I was going to use butterflies.  I don't know why, but this sketch screams butterflies to me.  LOL  So here's my card.  It's not quite how I envisioned it, but my cards never are and I'm sure this holds true for many card makers.  I'd love to hear what others have to say about this.  Don't be shy...leave your thoughts and comments below. 

Supply List:


1.  Butterfly stamp is from Delight in Beauty (Unity Stamp Company)
2.  Sentiment stamp is from Smile in your Dreams (Unity Stamp Company)
3.  Stamp that resembles eyelashes to me is from the August 2015 SMAK Kit (Unity Stamp Company).  It was stamped in Shaded Lilac (Ranger, Tim Holtz)
4.  Embossing powder is called Enchanted Gold (Ranger)
5.  Watercolor backgrounds created with oil pastels (Prima)
6.  Brads (Basic Grey)
7.  Sentiment stamped in Spiced Marmalade (Ranger, Tim Holtz)
8.  Pattern paper (My Minds Eye)


Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out the rest of the CYCI Design Team inspiring creations. 


Until next time,
Dawn

Can You Case It #115, A Color Challenge

Welcome back to this week's challenge at Can You Case It.  This week we are having a color challenge.  Here are the colors:

Yes!!  I can finally use another stamp from my Strength stamp set (Ranger/Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley).  The colors for this challenge inspired me to use this particular stamp from this set.  I mean just look at her...she exudes confidence, strength, and power.

To create this card I stroked some yellow paint (Dylusions) on heavy white cardstock by Darice (90lb).  I then stamped her in black Staz On ink.  I then stamped half of the circle in Fired Brick (Ranger/Tim Holtz) on the right side of the card and then repeated on the left side.  The circle comes from the October 2015 SMAK kit called Just Magic (Unity Stamp Co.).  The sentiment was stamped in Fired Brick also.  The sentiment comes from the as I see it stamp set (Unity Stamp Co.).  This stamp set was created in collaboration with Donna Downey.  Unfortunately I smudged the ink in the second 'am'.  I did not try to hide it or totally redo the card.  I think the smudge compliments what the sentiment says.  Basically, I am not perfect...I am who I am.  I am still confident and strong; I never said I was perfect nor am I trying to be.


As always thanks for visiting and make sure you check out the rest of the CYCI DT.


Until next time...


Dawn

Can You Case It #114, A Sketch Challenge

Welcome back friends and hopefully welcome to some newbies for this week's sketch challenge at Can You Case It!  We have an amazing sketch for you this week.  Check it out right here:

And here is my card:

I've seen so many cards lately featuring stacked mugs, so I thought I give it a whirl.  I really enjoyed coloring all of the mugs.  This card makes me happy...what about you?  So you wanna know what products I used in creating this happy card?

Here is the list:
1.  Image and sentiment both come from a Unity Stamp Co. Kit of the Month June 2014, In Love with Love
2.  Inks:  Stampin' Up markers and water color crayon
               Colored Pencils
               Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers
               Copic
                Image was stamped in Stampin' Up Early Espresso and then colored using the above inks
3.  Pattern paper:  The Girls Paperie
The banners were actual banners on a sheet of paper and I just cut them out
4.  Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
5.  Darice Heavyweight Cardstock

Thanks for visiting!  I hope I'll see your happy creations on our blog.  I can't wait!

Until next time...
Dawn