birthday wishes 21

Hi! Today I have a birthday card x 2 to share. I really struggle creating masculine cards so since I had to make a birthday card for my dear husband, I made one for a male friend of ours.

I created a water colored background then layered on a die cut forest scene:

I embellished with a double layered die cut snowflake and a die cut male deer then randomly spattered acrylic white paint in hopes of making it appear like snow.

For color inspiration, I'm joining along with the Inspired by All The Little Things challenge:

as well as the CAS Mixed Media card challenge where I combined stamping, watercouloring, die-cutting, splatter, stains and sprays:

Many thanks for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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warm winter Birthday Wishes...Exciting News 14

Happy December! I have the honor as the Tag You're It Guest Designer to be sharing another sample for the current challenge. 

The challenge is to CASE the Featured Artist or use his or her tag design to inspire you to create a design of your own. Shown below is the beautiful tag made by featured artist Jessica Frost -Balls to be inspired by:

This time around, I created a tag for my sweet husband's birthday which we will be celebrating next week :)

I combined a variety of techniques and products including various embossing techniques and fun stamps from the PTI In The Meadow Stamp set:

You still have to play so please be sure to visit the Tag You're It challenge site and check out all the inspiration!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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Winter wishes 19

***I have two posts today, if you are looking for my Prima post, please click HERE-thank you :)***
Hi! Today I'm so excited and honored to be joining along side the creatively talented design team as the featured stamper at the color throwdown challenge! I'd like to thank the color throwdown team for inviting me to join along!

Here's this week's color inspiration:

I made a rather clean and simple card featuring a fun snowman image from one of my first Stampin' Up stamp sets that dates back to 2004:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the color throwdown challenge to see all the design team's beautiful samples and to join along in the fun! Please be sure to visit the Prima blog for a lot of Christmas inspiration!
Be Sweet ;)

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