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[12.21.2014] wanna sketch highlights

Wanna Sketch no. 22 Highlights

Thank you all for your beautiful card for this month and the whole year!!!  Each round I just love seeing what you all have done.  Let’s get to our highlights for Wanna Sketch #22.

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Joyce

Don’t you just love Joyce’s holiday scene?  I sure do.  From the red brick buildings, yellow cab and Santa in flight, all of it is pure perfection.

Nora

I absolutely adore the sting of lights on Nora’s card.  From the bright colors to the glossy accents, it all works in perfect brilliance.

Therese

It is no secret, I’m one of Therese’s biggest fans!!!  I love this lady and her beautiful style.  This card is just beautiful perfection.  I love the flow of flowers and the balance of movement.  Just stunning.

Well folks, I’m afraid Wanna Sketch is going on a little vacation.  It is that time of year, too much celebrating going on and not enough time for me to get crafty.  So for now, I am so THRILLED to have spent 2014 with you all and I wish you the most amazing Christmas and New Year.  There will be some action on the blog still and Wanna Sketch will return next year.  Hugs.

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[11.17.2014] wanna sketch no. 22

Wanna Sketch no. 22

Wow, November is more than half over.  Yikes!  If you are like me, your remaining weeks in this beautiful 2014 are jam packed and filled with TONS of plans, celebrations, good food, chores, shopping, crafting and drinking.  Not in any particular order.  Ha.  ‘Tis the season.

I have a feeling I’ll be sharing a Christmas card using this sketch in the next couple weeks.  I have an idea brewing.  But for today’s kick off, I have a very springy type card (surprisingly).  It is not quite fall or winter in Arizona.  It is how it goes, we go from 100 degree weather to 60 overnight.  I’m waiting for that to happen.  Maybe this week if we are lucky.  I want to bring out my sweatshirts.

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dahlhouse designs | leaf without you 11.2014

I wanted to make sure that the line of hearts in the sketch were the focus of the card.  I found the perfect stamp to mimic that line and left it in black and white.  One of my favorite stamping tricks lately.  I just used a Copic marker to add a little shadowing.  All the stamping was done in black and then I used patterned paper to bring in the color.  That heart is super shiney in the photo.  Really, it is just glossy accents over patterned paper, but the light hit it just perfect to make it look a little pearl-ish.

Now it is your turn… Are you ready to take this sketch on???  The linky will stay open until Friday, December 19, 2014 {11:55pm PT}.
Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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[11.17.2014] wanna sketch no. 21 highlights

Wanna Sketch no. 21 Highlights

Yikes, I’m a little late to my own party.  Ha.  We are getting the carpet replaced in our house and it looks like all the bedrooms threw up into the other side of the house.  Before I realized, Sunday had came and went and Wanna Sketch no. 22 hadn’t happened.

Well, no worries.  Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from last month’s challenge and we’ll kick off the next sketch in an hour.

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Beth

I can’t stand how adorable Beth’s sweater card turned out.  LOVE the color combo and her use of snowflakes for the accents in the sketch.

Kim

I just can’t stand how creative Kim was to use the ornaments for the accents in the sketch!  Love, love, love that idea.

Jen

Navy, gold and silver… classy and elegant.  This card has it all, just brilliantly done.

The next Wanna Sketch challenge goes up in an hour!!!  Make sure you check back and play along!  You are more than welcome to grab the Wanna Sketch Highlight blinkie to place on your blogs if you’d like.

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[11.9.2014] wanna sketch no. 21 reminder

Hello Wanna Sketch Friends…

Yay, you all are rockin’ out this sketch.  I am blown away by all the amazing ideas.  I want to see MORE, so keep them coming.  I’m back with a second take on the challenge, ready?

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dahlhouse designs | birthday dear 10.2014

When my Picscan mat arrived, this deer was the first image I cut out.  I just couldn’t wait to try out my new Cameo toy.  I colored him with watercolors, let it dry and then used my Cameo to cut him out.  Then, I promptly forgot about him.  Ha.  So, he has been sitting on my desk for weeks, just waiting for his turn.  Well, his time has come for this week’s reminder.

I grabbed some more watercolor paper and created the ombre background with some blue and green watercolors.  Once it was dry, I spritz it with some shimmer.  Then, I added some twine and sequins for the elements in the sketch.

So now, it is your turn to take this sketch on???  The linky will stay open until Friday, October 17, 2014 {11:55pm PT}.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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[10.19.2014] wanna sketch no. 21

Hello Wanna Sketch Friends…

Sketch number 21 coming right up.  Have fun and see where it takes you.  The flowers can be anything from stamps to sequins.  You make the call and I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

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Wow, is it really that time to start thinking about Christmas cards?  Nah.  I don’t believe it.  I still have a month to really think about them.  But Unity came out with a brand new sentiment kit for Christmas (designed by me) and I just had to ink it up.  The are sized big and bold to be a focal point for a card.

These are little money holders.  I used up some of my 6×6 patterned paper to make these little guys.  Fold a 6×6 sheet in half and there you have it.  Just the same size as moolah.

Are you ready to take this sketch on???  The linky will stay open until day, month date {11:55pm PT}.
Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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