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July 28, 2016

[7.28.2016] Unity Thursday

Another month has almost passed by… amazing how quickly its flying by. The Unity design team has gathered together to share what we have been creating for the month of July. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog.

I have quite a few creations to share with you today. I’ve been playing with some of the amazing releases from this month.

First, I have this set of cards from the Going Wild set paired with the sentiments from So Glad You Were Born. I absolutely adore the owl and fox in this set. And when paired with a simple little card design, I had a set of cards in no time. The coloring took the longest and I did that while watching tv. I couldn’t decide if I like the grey or kraft better, so used both. Easy solution.

Switching gears, here we have a bright and girlie set of birthday cards. Again, I paired the So Glad You Were Born sentiment kit with Unicorns & Rainbows. The background was made with blending some Distress Inks onto cardstock and sprinkled with a bit of water and Unicorn White Spray ink (fitting, yes?). Again, I colored these cute little unicorns while watching TV which helped immensely at assembly time.

Totally changing the subject, now we have a little bit of toilet paper humor. Did you know Unity added some bonus sentiments for Just Stinkin’ Cute. I thought this sentiment was just too darn perfect!!! So cute and funny.

And last, I never showed the card I made my dad for Father’s day. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. It isn’t easy coming up with something new, so I was thrilled with the new masculine stamps from Unity. I paired the Happy Father’s Day from All About Dad with the brand new Best Fishes. Inside, I stamped the sentiment from You are a Classic – “I’ll always remember the things you taught me. But more importantly how much you love me”.

That is all from me today… thanks for hanging in till the end and there is more to see.

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May 26, 2016

[5.26.16] Unity Thursday

Time for some more THURSDAY fun with the Unity design team. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog. There’s always fun stuff going on.

I have LOTS to share from this month’s creative adventures… let’s get rollin’.

dahlhouse designs | 5.2016 mother First, I have this Mother’s Day card made for my mother. I’m using the Mama’s & Grandma’s sentiment kit from April. I love that this kit has SO many different verses and saying that you’ll be using this kit over and over again.

I pulled out an oldie but a goodie paper pad True Love by Basic Grey. It has all my favorite colors… rose, pink, mint and teal. I’m going to be really sad when this paper is all gone. I stamped the lovely flower and then colored with Copic markers. It didn’t take long, this floral design is very forgiving and doesn’t require attention to detail. I layered everything up and tied it off with a pretty bow.

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This pineapple from the stamp of the week Summer Citrus just makes me SMILE! We recently came back from a trip to Maui, Hawaii and this little pineapple kept my island happiness alive and well. He is super cool with is sunglasses. I colored the stamp with Copics again, added some glossy accents to the sunglasses and added a sentiment from the So Glad You Were Born sentiment kit. I had LOTS of birthdays in April/May and this one went off to my brother-in-law in Florida. Fitting, yes? dahlhouse designs | 5.2016 magical fairytale 1

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Let the wedding season begin! A dear friend of the family, married his beautiful bride over the weekend. It was a lovely outdoor wedding, followed by a fun night of laughing, eating and dancing in a barn. Good times my friends, it is what life and love is all about.

I brought out two of my favorite Unity sets to create this watercolored card. The flowers are from Big Summertime Bouquet and the sayings from Love is a Magical Thing. I used my MISTI to position all the flowers in a frame around the sentiment on watercolor paper and then painted away. After it dried, I added some black ink spatters, just because I love the look. Since there is so much going on with all the watercolored flowers, I decided to keep this card super simple with just a black scalloped mat. I also created a little gift holder for the inside of the card and decorated it with some more stamps from the set.

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April 28, 2016

[4.28.16] Unity Thursday

Time for some more THURSDAY fun with the Unity design team. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog. I’m sharing some of my favorite cards from April today.

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Lil’ Bloomin Owl

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Kinda Sorta Miss You

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Sending Up Something Beautiful

I went crazy with the Copics this month. I had a coloring sesh. True story, I was just about done coloring the owl’s little heart when my dog walked by and her tail hit my paper. It caused my paper to move and a lovely red line across his belly. UGH! I about cried (ok, maybe I didn’t cry, but I did curse, a lot!). I spent a LONG time coloring him and just couldn’t do it again. So, I took a deep breath and went on with finishing the background and flower. Maybe I can fix it. I decided it wouldn’t hurt to try and fix his belly and maybe I can “push” that red line into the paper and cover it up with some more brown. I used a lot of the lightest brown to push the red down, let it dry in between and as soon as it “disappeared”, I recolored his belly again. Can you believe that it worked? I couldn’t. He belly was actually around the color of his eyes before I started the cover up, so it did take a bit of working but it was fixable. I almost tossed it away! I hope if you find yourself in the same situation, you give it a shot before you toss.

The other two were colored without a hitch. I don’t think I could have handled another mishap, even though I still remained on the couch in the danger zone to finish my coloring. Ha.

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April 3, 2016

[4.3.16] Assemble This! Sketch No. 3

Happy April friends… time to play with a new Assemble This Sketch. It’s a pretty one and I’ll hope it will spark lots of inspiration.

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Lots of options again. Something circular in the center… layered or not layered. Up to you. Then something on half of the card in the background. I’m thinking either patterned paper, a background stamp or dry embossing. These are just a few things that popped into my head. Shall we see what happened?

I decided to go for the gold with this sketch. I’ve had this DCWV paper pad forever and I’m bound and determined to make some cards with it. I created the split background with two different patterned papers and then layered my sentiment over the paper doily. So easy peasy.

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Ready to see my gold embossing in action. Here is the Assemble This! video, you can also watch it on YouTube HERE as well. I’m keeping them short and sweet and under 2 minutes. No jibber jabber, just creativity in action. Hope you enjoy.

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March 31, 2016

[3.31.2016] Unity Thursday

It is the END of the month and the Unity design team is HOPPIN’. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog. I’m sharing all the cards I’ve made this month using the fabulous new releases for March. There are quite a few, so bear with me and most of all, I hope you enjoy.

Up first, these unbearably adorable cards.

This happy guy comes from the Yippee Skippy set. So great for kids and adults alike. By adding a simple birthday greeting from the So Glad You Were Born sentiment kit, I’m all set for my one of my littles birthdays. I have a quick video for this guy on how to create the “fur” texture using Copic markers. You can watch it below or at YOUTUBE.

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Since I used Mr. Skippy, I had to use Bear-ly Enough too. Inside I’ll stamp a birthday greeting. I have another quick video showing how I created the SUPER easy, SUPER quick grass and sky background. You can watch it below or at YOUTUBE.

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This has to be one of the sweetest little butterflies ever. I just adore it. It deserved to be the star of the card, so I colored it in a bold teal color with a hint of pink using Copic markers. My favorite thing to do with butterflies is to pop up the wings. It adds so much dimension. Plus, with this technique, when you mail the card the wings will lay flat and can be fluffed back up once received. I have another quick video on how to create those popped up wings below or you can watch it at YOUTUBE.

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My last two cards use the March 2016 sentiment kit Sometimes I Wonder. Secretly, this is one of my most FAVORITE sentiment kits I’ve designed. Just something about those flowers and bird that I really, really love. I had some fun sneaking in some silly sentiments as well. Both cards are colored with watercolor – the top vase is done with Distress Inks and a waterbrush, the bottom bird was done with Kuratake Gamsai Tambi watercolors and a paint brush. Two totally different mediums, but both with beautiful watercolor results.

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Yippee Skippy & Bear Birthday cards