Love You Today, Tomorrow & Forever

What do I do when I can't sleep at 3 am?  I come downstairs to my crap room and play with paper!!!  That makes me happy :)

Last night was a really rough night.  I woke up at 3 and was WIDE AWAKE!!  UGH!  So I came downstairs to my crap room and whipped up a quick little card using the Teresa Collins Family Stories line.  I love how this turned out.  Quick, clean and simple and I love the colors, they make me happy :)

It is freezing here (actually it is 20 degrees outside right now, brrrr!) and it will be cold all weekend, so I plan on getting lots of crafty time, so hopefully I will be back with another card tomorrow!  Stay warm!

Thanks for stopping by!

TTFN
Dawn

paper: Family Stories by Teresa Collins
stamps: collectible by MME (My Minds Eye)
sequins, washi tape by Teresa Collins
twine by American Crafts
color shine in blush by Heidi Swapp

Summer Card Camp 2 Thanks Card

I'm back with another quick CAS card from the online summer card camp 2 class.  On Saturday there were some bonus color combo's to choose from and I chose the yellow, pale pink, brown, white and black combo.  I left off the black.  I also used a sketch from the first day of class by Jennifer McGuire.  There is no stamping on my card today.  I used a die cut from memory box.  This came together pretty quick and I will be using this sketch again and again! 

I had one of my dearest friends come and visit this weekend whom I haven't seen in over 22 years, so I didn't have any time to play.  We were too busy yapping and catching up, lol!  It was awesome!!!!

Anyway, here is my card:

 

supplies:

marshmallow, espresso cardstock

Teresa Collins - Summer Stories

My Minds Eye - Collectable

die cut - memory box

button & twine

 

 

Sneak Peak at cards for July

Happy Monday!!  I was a busy girl over the weekend and had lots of crafty time.  Yay me!!  I got all my cards made for my regular July card class.  But first I had to clean up my mess from the kids cards that I was working on last week.  I love to start working in a nice tidy area, but of course it doesn't stay that way for long!  I know what I will be doing when I get home from work today; yup, cleaning up my mess from the weekend, ha!

Anyway, here is a sneak peak at the cards for July's class.  I will post full photo's when I get them up at the store! 

Have a great day!

TTFN
Dawn

Thought of you Today and Smiled

Finally home from work and able to upload my card that I made this morning for the challenge on splitcoastampers.  They have recently started a new challenge on a Friday called Mix-ability, where we use mixed media on our projects.  Since I have recently bought quite a bit of mixed media, it was perfect for me this morning.

Anyway, for todays challenge we had to use 2 different mediums and do some hand drawn doodling.  I am NOT a doodler on my cards, in fact I don't think I have EVER doodled on a card.  Yikes!!  Anyhoo, I started with some watercolor paper and sprayed some art anthology spray onto my craft mat and then spritzed it with some water.  I then lay my paper into the liquid and smooshed it around and dried it with my heat gun.  I wasn't happy with how it looked, so I took some dylusions white linen spray and sprayed that onto my mat on top of the other spray and smooshed my paper into it once more and zapped it with my heat gun again.  Better!  Next I stamped my image and sentiment and then doodled around the edge with a black marker.  Finally I sprayed some pearlized water over the top and mounted my panel onto my card base.  Mood when done?  Happy!

 

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!

 

Dawn

 

The challenge can be found here:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/mix-ability-challenge-f390/mix13-mr-squiggle-4-26-13-a-t572189.html

 

supplies:  art anthology spray in watermelon

dylusions spary in white linen

versamark ink

perfect pearls

american crafts marker

watercolor paper

stamps: fabrications by Teresa Collins

sentiment by Papertrey Ink Happy for You

Clean and simple card class

I wanted to share my next card class that I will be teaching at Scrapdoodles.  Spring is in the air (or at least that is what the weather man says, lol!) so it is time for some butterflies! Anyone that know me, knows that I love butterflies!! Anyway, my next card class samples are done and I am ready to show you how to get a little inky and use some fun new products (to me). I have discovered that it is OK to get inky and still stay true to my clean and simple style. Here are the cards that we will be making in class:

Call the store at 540 548 3788 to register or stop by in person! I am offering this class on 2 seperate days, so pick the day that works best for you!

Clean & Simple Cards With Dawn
At Scrapdoodles, Fredericksburg, VA
Saturday April 6th at 1pm
AND
Wednesday April 10th at 10:30 am
$15.00

Supplies needed: basics kit, double sided tape, pop dots, ink blending tool, distress inks in these colors: peacock feathers, wild honey, vintage photo
black ink, heat gun, craft mat, corner rounder, mini mister.

I look forward to seeing you!

Dawn