Challenge #211 Black and White

Hello 

 Shirley here with this weeks challenge.  To me there is nothing more striking than a good black/white combination.  So your challenge this week is simple create a card, layout, OTP whatever you want using black and white!  This week I decided to do a card:

Karrie

 I made this simple valentine's day card with rub-ons from Crate Paper and scraps.

Majo

I created an ATB with CherryPie Stamps in B&W, was so much fun, thanks for the challenge, dear Shirl ♥

Amanda

Lori

Thanks to my fellow DT members for their gorgeous creations!

I can't wait to see what you all create... don't forget to link up your creations below so we can all leave you some love!

Hugs Shirl

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Highlights of challenge #210

Thank you for playing along in my challenge this week.  As always there were so many great projects you have been working on! Thank you all ♥

Here are some highlights for you:

JANE

Who wouldn’t be eager to open the doors of this chest of drawers?

 

CHRISS

I'd love to get a Valentine's gift like this beauty!

KERSTIN

I love all the different elements on her card!

 

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#210 - Use an Embossing Folder

Hi, it's Majo here from the design team and I'd like to show you two of my Easter cards using an embossing folder as a background. 

It's always so easy to add texture without using patterned paper, the embossing technique does it all for you :)

This is what our talented team came up with:

Martha Lucia -  I used my embossing folder to stamp! Yes. I inked the raised side of my embossing folder with VersaFine Ink, put my paper inside of the folder and pass through the big shot and voila, I have a new image with embossing details that I colored with color pencils.

Amanda Crow - Dry embossing is one of my favourite techniques! I love how it can change the look of plain paper in so many ways!

Julia

Yes...I am working on Christmas cards for this coming Christmas!!

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Challenge #209 Highlights

Happy Superbowl Sunday Everyone!  I'm not a big Superbowl fan, but I hope that those of you who do watch, enjoy it, and those of you who don't---well there's always crafting! (I might watch snippets for the commercials....can't believe I just said that..LOL)

Thank you for playing along in my LOVEly challenge this week.  As always such great projects you have been working on ~!

Here are some highlights for you

#1 - Hazel 

I was really taken with the steampunk heart's unique look!

#3 Cheiro Urgia

This decoupaged box of hearts was a great way to upcycle some napkins!

#5 Oh You Made Me Ink

I really liked the use of the paws around this card!

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#209 - Inspired by a Love Song

Hello everyone!  Are you ready for this week's challenge...we want you to be inspired by a song..not just any song though...with February and Valentine's Day upon us, we want you to be inspired by a  LOVE SONG!
From the heart and from the soul, show us your love song inspired projects!

Here is what the Design Team has for you this week to get you started......

Shirley Tait

For this weeks challenge I took my inspiration from an Australian band called "Secret Garden" and their song "To the Moon & Back" in creating both my title for this layout as well as sentiment towards our gorgeous "adopted" Nan & Pop whom we all love "to the moon and back"!  

Karrie
 I chose Madonna's 1985 song Crazy For You to title my page.

Lori
I, too, was inspired by Madonna's Crazy For You song to make a Valentine's Day card.

Tammy
I was inspired by the Bette Midler song Baby Mine.  I think that the love a mother has for her child is one of the greatest in the world...my son is my everything..it felt like I waited for him forever, but I just had to wait until the time was right to accept all that love!

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HIghlights for Challenge # 208

Thank you for playing along with our challenge this week everyone! Such wonderful entries for our sequins/glitter challenge. Here are some highlights for you!

 #3Judy Mckay 

 Those sequins added just the right touch to this wonderfully textured card!

#9Gemeil

The clean look of this layout is really great with just a few pastel sequins put in for some great clustering.

#15 Tanya

This fun watercolored shaker card is a great way to use up a bunch of those sequins in one shot. :)

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Challenge #208 - Sequins or Glitter ♥

Hello everyone!  Renee here with the new challenge for this week.  I'm not sure about you, but I fell in face first to the sequin/glitter craze.  Consequently, I have a ton of it in my craftroom.  Lately, I have been looking for a way to use lots of it up at a time.  So, the challenge for this week is to pull out some of your sequins or glitter and use it on a project.

For my take on this challenge, I used my Fuse tool, another of my supplies that often sits unused, and made a bookmark for my planner for the month of January.  Because I was custom fusing the bookmark, I was able to put in a ton of sequins to add sparkle to the bookmark.  

Okay, your turn.  Lets see what you can come up with using sequins or glitter.

Majo

I used some old book pages for the background. I stamped my image and placed it behind a "frame", actually a leftover from a Lace-Up Picture Frame, which I colored with gold, brown and a tad of green acrylic paint. 

Since I didn't have any sequins I added distress glitter to a heart.

Martha Lucia

To create my card, I used a Fancy Heart die cut from DieNamites as focal point and a stamped background in the same tone on my card base. Also I added three different colors of sequins gold rose, antique rose and white and a little touch of glitter represented on the bottom border.

 

Julia

I used one sequin embellishment on this layout, it's the yellow bow on the bottom left of the layout.

Tammy

I've had this big stack of glitter paper for awhile and so I've been trying to use it on a variety of projects.  It worked just great for this Valentine's Day card I CASE'd off of Pinterest

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