Sunday, November 3, 2024

Freshly Made with a Center Feature


I seem to be "hit and miss" with card-making over the past few months;  today, I worked on the card for Freshly Made Sketches.    The use of the DSP was kind of an experiment.  The center shape needed a partial frame to make it visible, so I chose metallic gold for it and the leafy border embellishment. 
 

 


Monday, October 14, 2024

The Flower with a Stencil


It's interesting to me how I can visualize something and it actually turns out!  That was what happened with this Flower Challenge The stencil is a chrysanthemum design, so it was an obvious choice.  The the darling 3 daisies were stamped over the bi-colored stencil. 





 

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Spook and Pink for the Month of October

To Spook or Not
either Halloween or
October Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pink)




The Challenge on Double D just seemed to require a double response. The sentiment on the pink card is especially appropriate for those who fight breast cancer.  As a survivor, I am well aware of the need to be strong. I was one of the lucky ones. 










Friday, October 11, 2024

Back in a Groove with Freshly Made Sketch

I've been "absent" for an entire month...life really got in the way this summer.  Getting back in the craft room was on the list today. I started with the latest Freshly Made Sketch   I rarely use a tag as an embellishment, but it was a good challenge today.  Accents are gold. 














 

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Sunday Stamps with fall colors


I chose a Unity set to feature the color palette in the current Sunday Stamps challenge.   It turned out to be my first "fall" card of the year.  






 

Oh those Sunflowers!

 I live in a rural area where there are acres and acres of farmland growing a variety of crops.  For the past several years, there have been several giant fields of sunflowers ....this year, none!  It was such a shock when I went on one of my photo trips and couldn't find any sunflower fields.   However, I enjoyed this challenge, enough that I made two cards.   The big sunflower is a "double" image...the image is fussy cut and popped onto an underlying sunflower.  

                                                                        

Hello Double D fans,
it's time for a new challenge theme and it is 

SUNFLOWERS

Double D Challenges: Sunflowers Challenge (daranddiane.blogspot.com)


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Unity Image and Sentiment





Saturday, August 31, 2024