tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53810064033882911472024-03-13T13:57:06.528-04:00Eyes Wide Open ArtsCardmaking, Scrapbooking, Photography, Mixed Media ArtsDeidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-41454465990881649562022-06-07T09:09:00.001-04:002022-06-07T09:09:30.797-04:00Layered Digi Scrapbook with Oddball Stamps<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Happy June everyone! I'm sharing an inspiration for the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/06/june-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-30.html" target="_blank">ANYTHING GOES challenge</a> this month over at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog. With sunny days and vacation time, what a great way to start scrapbooking your photos, but digitally! Yep, check out the 12 x 12 page I created.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFP9AYew22JncyD6bE2XSoKbd7zTX20yaV1tXV1_GbQ67LWNdhqsjxekLIXEUS0V7yauNLY2xSJspjUI8VBU5U2VMRSdYHNXg-uJB5m18yWKTSKDcXOAT14Z3OKJmjthfFCgT4c58OBP7DuK8MRkAyxZK8CYx6teo2wu3mohjz0iXyRuBPxlT4jFuYw/s540/June22digiscrapbook%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFP9AYew22JncyD6bE2XSoKbd7zTX20yaV1tXV1_GbQ67LWNdhqsjxekLIXEUS0V7yauNLY2xSJspjUI8VBU5U2VMRSdYHNXg-uJB5m18yWKTSKDcXOAT14Z3OKJmjthfFCgT4c58OBP7DuK8MRkAyxZK8CYx6teo2wu3mohjz0iXyRuBPxlT4jFuYw/s320/June22digiscrapbook%20small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a blast using the <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digi-stamp-bee-happy-spring-flowers-bees-and-sentiment-image-534" target="_blank">Bee Happy Spring Flowers Bees and Sentiment</a> and the <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digi-stamp-creepy-cute-sentiments-banners-and-badges-image-514" target="_blank">Creepy Cute Sentiments Banners and Badges</a> images from Oddball Art Co.! I imported them into my photoediting software and created layers of paper the same way I would do a regular scrapbook page. I also used the same software to color the flowers and heart images.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>TIP: Use PNG image files if you can find them. They have transparent areas that make layering super easy! JPEGs work too, but you may have to clean up the overlap areas with the eraser tool for a seamless look.</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I hope you give digital scrapbooking a try and this is the perfect challenge to test your skill!</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Clever Dexter Challenge #30</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />JUNE 2022</span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">THEME - </span> Anything Goes <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">(whatever that means to you)</em></span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">OPTIONAL COLOR PALETTE - </span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sky Blue, Yellow, Peach, Flamingo Pink, Tangerine</span> (optional)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">SPONSOR - Oddball Stamps</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;">Hope to see your creation in the gallery! Tag me if you're on Instagram so that I can what you created.</div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-21336251569941813122022-05-01T10:38:00.000-04:002022-05-01T10:38:13.325-04:00Flowers for Mom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy May 1st! We've arrived at the "...brings May flowers" part of the saying :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To open up our <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/05/may-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-29.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a> for the month, I've brought a little flower power.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Distress Inks are literally my favorite blending inks! I used Shaded Lilac and Salty Ocean to match up with our optional color palette this month. I did use a little photo editing (no surprise there LOL) to duplicate and rotate the blossoms. A little swipe of Wild Honey ink for the centers of the flowers and some Stickles for shine were all this lovely digital stamp from Alex Syberia Design needed :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/05/may-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-29.html" target="_blank">This Month's Challenge</a> Theme is:</span><br /></span></h2><h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-weight: 400; margin: 0.67em 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">INK BLENDING</span></span></h1><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are so thrilled to have <a href="http://alexsyberia.com/" target="_blank">AlexSyberiaDesign</a> as our Sponsor this month and she will be providing the Prize for this challenge. I hope you'll join us again this month and share some of your amazing, wonderful, and beautiful projects. We love it when you use our sponsor's digital image, however, it's not a must in order to qualify as our Grand Prize Winner.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/05/may-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-29.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge #29</a></div><div style="text-align: left;">MAY 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;">THEME - INK BLENDING (whatever that means to you)</div><div style="text-align: left;">OPTIONAL COLOR PALETTE - Honey Yellow, Ocean Blue, Apricot, Pale Green, Lilac (optional)</div><div style="text-align: left;">SPONSOR - <a href="http://alexsyberia.com/" target="_blank">Alex Syberia Design</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Deidre</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_rAvojHIPrHMv3R_LtMVy_S3_CWoTgMWMeACJiOuBozpdDpfURAFUVGqM3KD6mymfaCNvmGtSX7F5qkPlV7PrvtNPA7_1E6C3USFlQK4YAC3C7pn0-q6RmFGJ1ZY0rd-ki2GFKe3uInSAC9Ckpcgz1c6lLQq0Fmz2z_xDzoPNsglOVuVc3ky15s0XA/s2362/IMG_20220426_001137_122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><p></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-26118560674696609802022-04-15T09:00:00.020-04:002022-04-15T09:00:00.191-04:00Spring Floral Couture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for popping in today! I'm sharing a card I made using a fabulous digi stamp from Polkadoodles over at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/04/april-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-28.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge blog</a>. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sometimes I know exactly what I want to do with a card...and sometimes I surprise myself LOL. I knew that I wanted to used watercolors (our theme this month) and some of our optional palette colors for the flowers, the rest of it just came together. I'd love to hear in the comments below what your process is like!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This gorgeous digi stamp is from Polkadoodles and is named <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/primrose-the-darling-buds-digital-craft-digi-stamp-download/" target="_blank">Primrose, The Darling Buds</a>. When I saw they had provided this beautiful image, I couldn't wait to play up the flowers. All I did was flip the orientation so she faced right. I did copy and resize some of the flowers to use separately on the corner of the card. Then the real magic happened with my Peerless watercolors. If you haven't used these before, they're totally worth it and last forever! And they're portable because they're sheets of paper color instead of tubes or bottles of paint. A few Stickle dots for shine in the center of the flowers and on her dress, and this card was another one for the books :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>TIP:</i> <i>Want to leave something white, but play with just a hint of dimension, use the oh-so-faintest shadowing of light gray. It makes the white look whiter. I used a C1 Copic marker and softened the edge with the Colorless Blender 0. Check it out on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/" target="_blank">my Instagram page</a>.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks for stopping by! </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">I'm also playing along at <a href="https://thecardconcept.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-card-concept-173-vintage-style.html" target="_blank">The Card Concept</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">I was inspired by the colors and the flowers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOn-3pBIVkY-OP5N8aCskTjxHu6q2inJ5P0STdTexvOBZfz__EflRhGyo_rg3dd61TCmcoaWMi0fIfUoFtyU7IDeAo-DBZa3GQPgw81tYiP28YK8AhUMjTCx_Z9ntRPf3cMB60rmKyiFaaJCOzrdpQ2urUqrOTJxrfkCUIhA56Mrq6xZR1T_WSyYLVA/s639/TCC173%20041322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="484" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOn-3pBIVkY-OP5N8aCskTjxHu6q2inJ5P0STdTexvOBZfz__EflRhGyo_rg3dd61TCmcoaWMi0fIfUoFtyU7IDeAo-DBZa3GQPgw81tYiP28YK8AhUMjTCx_Z9ntRPf3cMB60rmKyiFaaJCOzrdpQ2urUqrOTJxrfkCUIhA56Mrq6xZR1T_WSyYLVA/w151-h200/TCC173%20041322.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">xoxo <i>Deidre :)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span><b>Supplies</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span>Peerless Watercolors: Robin's Egg Blue, Olive Green, Geranium Pink, Jacqueminot Pink, Daffodil Yellow</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span>Distress Ink: Citron</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span>Dress (Copics): </span>C1, Colorless Blender 0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span>Hair (Copics): C9, C7, C5</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span>Skin (Copics): E11, E13, E15</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; text-align: left;"><span>Sentiment: Doodlebuds (by WPlus9)</span></div></span></div></div><br /></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-5240002044384826642022-04-04T09:00:00.053-04:002022-04-07T09:11:10.029-04:00Mile High Cupcakes <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks for popping in today! I'm sharing a birthday-perfect card using a digi stamp from Polkadoodles over at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/04/april-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-28.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge blog</a>. You've heard the saying, "April showers...blah blah blah", so we've chosen "USE WATERCOLORS" as a theme this month.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0daS7cavhE8c_zWGOXdsK5RCgY8w1kqEDnpeNJzZZN_aUqh7jfevREJlkle1nONDLV2EEx7VnG7BwzZ2amD4EieNlLRbEyY5M1kIRfVhICDQ0gidDGx5ak8-RzlNTPceu5QJHvl3_f13A03z8zPD08zA6NWCis3PdTzgaZDbBGl9eHSd3z2gt4tpybA/s1440/IMG_20220407_084026_479.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0daS7cavhE8c_zWGOXdsK5RCgY8w1kqEDnpeNJzZZN_aUqh7jfevREJlkle1nONDLV2EEx7VnG7BwzZ2amD4EieNlLRbEyY5M1kIRfVhICDQ0gidDGx5ak8-RzlNTPceu5QJHvl3_f13A03z8zPD08zA6NWCis3PdTzgaZDbBGl9eHSd3z2gt4tpybA/w400-h400/IMG_20220407_084026_479.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'll admit, I may have forgotten a birthday or two and needed something special to send. Ohhh the shame. These cupcakes really stack up...see what I did there :) It's called <a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/cherry-cream-cupcake-printable-craft-digital-stamp-download-with-free-svg-dxf-files/" target="_blank">Cherry Cream Cupcake</a> from Polkadoodles. I used my photo editing software to layer and flip the cupcakes to make a tall card. I was inspired by the watercolor dots on the the decorative background cardstock I found and used Copic colors to match. The real pop of fun was layering sparkly Stickles on the cherries!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohH9HlBeJ92QjRMC9mA-WkLFqrAY6ieRv8Bf2Zg4mCBIJ5hEaBE70gc3kbTDx_oM7FFCDiDiKmyoLT61eby7nKjZQCYUlIWDeaz_DNDiTKe55KiVAtxNoi7on02nhCbLvSUEuhT6UTOYFAR-VaG2bNSVjrXHPPZLBNBTbjKzR8zRP5Ax9SewpJMQsfw/s1440/IMG_20220407_084026_491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohH9HlBeJ92QjRMC9mA-WkLFqrAY6ieRv8Bf2Zg4mCBIJ5hEaBE70gc3kbTDx_oM7FFCDiDiKmyoLT61eby7nKjZQCYUlIWDeaz_DNDiTKe55KiVAtxNoi7on02nhCbLvSUEuhT6UTOYFAR-VaG2bNSVjrXHPPZLBNBTbjKzR8zRP5Ax9SewpJMQsfw/w400-h400/IMG_20220407_084026_491.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I hope you want you to join us! Check out how to play along below and be sure to share in the gallery before April 30th.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">PRIZE FROM OUR SPONSOR</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Polkadoodles</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="99" data-original-width="250" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5VwKvjmYNIRPneZxYsjvHG0EblPt5UGzGCBLOPqyzUYoyOTZsBKz8Z3rjLlC0lL0VckONKTZGXwgQpmt98LFiymRt5Ibk4p1MYHjh7-GyAlx2YJHKlKFzBGF64vCPxsnMCYwIbYdr0PMUpre5jdeKP7n0GM99iET3JLG52v7qOw2rdqLwUJiXEMDekg=w254-h101" width="254" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't forget to check out the sparkles on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/" target="_blank">my Instagram page</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Thanks for stopping by! </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">xoxo <i>Deidre :)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Supplies</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cupcakes: E29 & E59; E21 & E23</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Frosting: V15, V06, RV66; E01, E93, YR02; BV02, BV13, BV04; R81, R83, R85; BG11, BG23, BG13</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cherry: R29, Diamond Stickles</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wrapper: C1, C3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sentiment: Word Salad (by Paper Smooches)</span></div></span></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-20030986250495665102022-03-07T10:00:00.012-05:002022-03-07T10:00:00.163-05:00Grow Our Friendship<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Hey hey! I have another Stampers Delights awesome digi stamp design. I'm sharing over at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog. We're thinking Spring all month long.</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwsygKulBq-09C9_A2WipL0F0uoG4GOHTnpcu7H8RAcKSH-VcAQabT4nY_m8VCf5TkWf9buNX3uwUs4txibmWlXs7FaeF5Qo4yCBLTMfs1ggqL48XlOOpQZHrTP1DfmyVc3wGUxsEKh8KtxNIn724HsnRmupgAmgJ4vA0NCeGZ3d50YAuLN628eiXW_A=s2758" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="2640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwsygKulBq-09C9_A2WipL0F0uoG4GOHTnpcu7H8RAcKSH-VcAQabT4nY_m8VCf5TkWf9buNX3uwUs4txibmWlXs7FaeF5Qo4yCBLTMfs1ggqL48XlOOpQZHrTP1DfmyVc3wGUxsEKh8KtxNIn724HsnRmupgAmgJ4vA0NCeGZ3d50YAuLN628eiXW_A=w383-h400" width="383" /></a><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">This sweet spring set, called <a href="https://stampersdelights.com/chibi-friendships-grow/" target="_blank">Chibi Friendships Grow</a>, was provided to us for this month's challenge and it's so cute. I wanted to play up the "grow" part of the sentiment, so I used my photo editing software to create a stack of pots and tilted the watering can. The curly hair is always done by hand when I color :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">If you'd like to see videos of my photo editing, please drop a comment below!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJitByYBDuh5L2xq-XdUV8-D2QvnMW6urbTQxYCsgEcoAayLq-Xeim8vKY9x3BywrUv7TYpbQh0ieBE3fQOie5D3Wwtbkox0M98Z1z45dAWo_OxKw416tVukm_-Z78PPWhAD65dBzj1zIt7hW5zoEInUWnPrUfq36-V65sTMuh9a__sgw1K9Il755_JA=s320" width="320" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY7lf1tdXIiBojSvRtXOkDpN8tJ4E2zzAx8J4ApIBzzOHxz3kG_TH0SM1mZOX1s2MjxkZa9nrbGjQ0DtGJEv38Hia6te3l3fVbgSuPU2spvX6HngyN9n9flKu6rMmHTeNnan2_WT6Ge9L-WcmIsQUpBGpekPnm6ftE9yShR-4D0bEUEawLJ0_0YATGzQ=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY7lf1tdXIiBojSvRtXOkDpN8tJ4E2zzAx8J4ApIBzzOHxz3kG_TH0SM1mZOX1s2MjxkZa9nrbGjQ0DtGJEv38Hia6te3l3fVbgSuPU2spvX6HngyN9n9flKu6rMmHTeNnan2_WT6Ge9L-WcmIsQUpBGpekPnm6ftE9yShR-4D0bEUEawLJ0_0YATGzQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">We want you to join us! Check out how to play along below and be sure to share in the gallery before March 31st. I can't wait to see what you create!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Don't forget the theme this month is: HELLO SPRING</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Cleverly Concocted Challenge Rules</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The challenge runs from all month</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Please read the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/p/challenge-rules.html" style="background: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">challenge rules</a> for more details.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Our mandatory theme for this month is HELLO SPRING.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">We would love to see you use our OPTIONAL color palette YELLOW, ORANGE, PEACH, LIGHT GREEN, AND PINK, but its not mandatory to qualify for our prize.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Have fun creating & use the link up below to enter your creation!!!</span></li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">PRIZE FROM OUR SPONSOR</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Stampers Delights</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivrvktW-TKpXlg_R4OyBu3nk5lurU2i4jZrSdox1U0dnOC3hWtW5rUBCFanrtBKWWgJVBMQ2RiZ3T2LGXQ-cgVWQNL-uHIsalpT3CnSbcs1OgO_P70o9bFeK8-1MpiTMRuOyCn6aY7XQmEu3OBS5HiUi1juCdEYvWMZ-l7dBZlJ8ZtW3RnDRgMVleRog=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivrvktW-TKpXlg_R4OyBu3nk5lurU2i4jZrSdox1U0dnOC3hWtW5rUBCFanrtBKWWgJVBMQ2RiZ3T2LGXQ-cgVWQNL-uHIsalpT3CnSbcs1OgO_P70o9bFeK8-1MpiTMRuOyCn6aY7XQmEu3OBS5HiUi1juCdEYvWMZ-l7dBZlJ8ZtW3RnDRgMVleRog=w189-h189" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="189" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Thanks for stopping by! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">xoxo <i>Deidre :)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Copics & Inks</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Her: E11, E13, E15</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hair: C9, C5, C3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dress & Flower: Y08, Y15, Y17, YR18, YR24, YG13, G14, YG67</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leggings: R83, R85</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Flower pots: </span>E08, E09, E35</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Background: Pineapple Paradise, Luscious Lime, & Drop Dead Gorgeous Green Lindys Stamp Gang sprays</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br style="font-size: 14.85px;" /></div></span></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-71294520703232694352022-03-01T10:21:00.000-05:002022-03-01T10:21:09.242-05:00Foxy Spring Kisses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Hey hey! It's the first day of March and a chilly one here in the Tampa Bay area. We're kicking off the month at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/03/march-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-27.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a> with a Hello Spring theme and a lovely sponsor, <a href="https://stampersdelights.com/">Stampers Delights</a>.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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See if you notice them all. I also did a sprayed background and lots of Copic coloring. I hope you enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">We want you to join us! Check out how to play along below and be sure to share in the gallery before March 31st. I can't wait to see what you create!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">Don't forget the theme this month is: HELLO SPRING</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Cleverly Concocted Challenge Rules</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><ol><li style="text-align: left;">The challenge runs from all month</li><li style="text-align: left;">Please read the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/p/challenge-rules.html" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">challenge rules</a> for more details.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Our mandatory theme for this month is HELLO SPRING.</li><li style="text-align: left;">We would love to see you use our OPTIONAL color palette YELLOW, ORANGE, PEACH, LIGHT GREEN, AND PINK, but its not mandatory to qualify for our prize.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Have fun creating & use the link up below to enter your creation!!!</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><u>PRIZE FROM OUR SPONSOR</u></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">Stampers Delights</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivrvktW-TKpXlg_R4OyBu3nk5lurU2i4jZrSdox1U0dnOC3hWtW5rUBCFanrtBKWWgJVBMQ2RiZ3T2LGXQ-cgVWQNL-uHIsalpT3CnSbcs1OgO_P70o9bFeK8-1MpiTMRuOyCn6aY7XQmEu3OBS5HiUi1juCdEYvWMZ-l7dBZlJ8ZtW3RnDRgMVleRog=s320" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivrvktW-TKpXlg_R4OyBu3nk5lurU2i4jZrSdox1U0dnOC3hWtW5rUBCFanrtBKWWgJVBMQ2RiZ3T2LGXQ-cgVWQNL-uHIsalpT3CnSbcs1OgO_P70o9bFeK8-1MpiTMRuOyCn6aY7XQmEu3OBS5HiUi1juCdEYvWMZ-l7dBZlJ8ZtW3RnDRgMVleRog=w189-h189" width="189" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">Check out my colors below. Thanks for stopping by! </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">MY SUPPORT AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU UKRAINE </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">xoxo <i>Deidre :)</i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Copics & Inks</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fox: YR24, YR18, E19, C1, R21, R22</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fence: E23, E25, E27, E29</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Flowers & grass: Y00, Y08, YG13, G14, YG67</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Butterfly: </span>00, Y08, R21, R22</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Background: Pineapple Paradise, Cosmopolitan Pink, and Fuzzy Navel Peach Lindys Stamp Gang sprays</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-76344741732824502472022-02-07T09:00:00.038-05:002022-02-07T09:00:00.172-05:00You Wonderful Sunflower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hey hey! I'm up today over at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog with my first card for February. All month, we're working with a theme I love: <b>FAVORITE TECHNIQUE</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij726SkICV0pgC-zW-J1bulyEsCGLjewVGca7nlH_j06chhitBca0xzNecRN_eSLh0juZUuqTqUJBHq11_fmWKJUyX_A3R_wlOgkEfnxaLkv3IW0EdSHJr7MUJQ7n9wODpkLea72vxwOh-/s1600/1644004079253020-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij726SkICV0pgC-zW-J1bulyEsCGLjewVGca7nlH_j06chhitBca0xzNecRN_eSLh0juZUuqTqUJBHq11_fmWKJUyX_A3R_wlOgkEfnxaLkv3IW0EdSHJr7MUJQ7n9wODpkLea72vxwOh-/w400-h400/1644004079253020-1.png" width="400" /> </a><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p>Once again, the super sweet sponsor, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign?ref=shop_sugg" target="_blank">Alex Syberia Design</a>, sent some absolutely awesome digital stamps for us to use month as inspiration. I couldn't pass up this giant sunflower called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/988340922/hello-summer-a2-card-panel-digital-stamp?click_key=fec7e070fab7afff3551a2c31745b026cac7d93d%3A988340922&click_sum=475caa45&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=alex+syberia+design&ref=sr_gallery-1-4&organic_search_click=1" target="_blank">Hello Summer</a>...it's my actual favorite flower IRL (in real life) :) This card has a combination of two techniques I love, I hope that's not cheating lol. <b>First: making my own backgrounds using stencils, spray inks, paints...pretty much all mediums.</b> I used two stencils, a few red, yellow, and orange spray inks, a mica powder, and ink blending to create the brick wall background and to color the sunflower.</p><p><b>Second: layering for dimension.</b> This sunflower has all of these luscious petals that I knew would be great to fussy cut some out, pop up the layer with foam adhesive, and layer a duplicate panel behind it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYKzNdbyv2B825PkurK1BbF4FICtIrMyjreSjSRP9iIMNmhRU7s1fauHUTE9Czwbc2fEkOdSQs-dYObM8JeZ_vHLJ-dOkxxDGleiFhmgRLHBJHYVQ6ipwWvCRS0da4KEhCqb1OPUwRc5L3H_OKILWIeShmRV8MIwauRZusyGSZmOuG5fUfisEf3nKGAg=s1691" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYKzNdbyv2B825PkurK1BbF4FICtIrMyjreSjSRP9iIMNmhRU7s1fauHUTE9Czwbc2fEkOdSQs-dYObM8JeZ_vHLJ-dOkxxDGleiFhmgRLHBJHYVQ6ipwWvCRS0da4KEhCqb1OPUwRc5L3H_OKILWIeShmRV8MIwauRZusyGSZmOuG5fUfisEf3nKGAg=w284-h400" width="284" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOvsXagffBXVRVmc8FSupNqa5ZLUCg3WWNOTXwNN3CE6qdFaYqbl0jTkSpA99Om7UtngcfZpHM2IG1_MxqaQWphaRpkIJCjQ-f987o9n4Om6EM0RhmZgXYW7fm48K6k9e2ugiuZYQ1rAl/s1600/1644004081268921-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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</div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-59747041843102826752022-01-07T09:00:00.001-05:002022-01-07T09:00:00.178-05:00Dream Catching You<div style="text-align: center;"><p>Hey hey! I'm up at the Clever Dexter Challenge today. We're keeping the theme going all month: <b>SOMETHING NEW</b>.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's my secret for the 2 green borders around my sentiment :)</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>Prize from Our</b><b> </b><b>Sponsor</b><b>:</b></u></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">The <span style="color: #2b00fe;">WINNER</span> this month will receive your choice of <span style="color: #2b00fe;">2 Digital Stamp Sets</span> from <a href="https://www.joyclair.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Joy Clair Designs</a>.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKrfqTCuv3-xTiYewGrhREv0WdicEZ7ftZG22sJMY-DDZwe5BFRu3tF-9EvoXaZzX47q3dyVLSLh-QQ4U6dOMHYxD-NcAddwra0DY5u3pBaQa8ZQfEpg5ajNncwetduL_tm_oOwQzDHf5jnZuhUBU-CR7cZqh2SRq4tvTpMuCfocxecweiY0gCKwDC=s300" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="290" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKrfqTCuv3-xTiYewGrhREv0WdicEZ7ftZG22sJMY-DDZwe5BFRu3tF-9EvoXaZzX47q3dyVLSLh-QQ4U6dOMHYxD-NcAddwra0DY5u3pBaQa8ZQfEpg5ajNncwetduL_tm_oOwQzDHf5jnZuhUBU-CR7cZqh2SRq4tvTpMuCfocxecweiY0gCKwDC=w140-h145" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="140" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Cleverly Concocted Challenge Rules</u></span></b></div></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The challenge runs from January 1 to January 31</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Please read the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/p/challenge-rules.html" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;">challenge rules</a> for more details.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our mandatory theme for this month is <b><i><u><span>SOMETHING NEW</span></u></i></b> (whatever that means to you)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We would love to see you use our OPTIONAL color palette (shown below) but its not mandatory to qualify for our prize.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">White, <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue</span>, <span style="color: #ffd966;">Yellow</span>, <span style="color: #ffa400;">Orange</span>, and <span style="color: #38761d;">Green</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;">Thanks for stopping by and hope to see <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2022/01/january-2022-clever-dexter-challenge-25.html" target="_blank">your creation in our gallery</a> this month! Don't forget to tag us in your Instagram posts so we can check out your awesomeness! #cleverdexter, #cleverdexterchallenge, @cleverdexter</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Supplies:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Digital Stamps: Joy Clair Designs <a href="https://www.joyclair.com/products/floral-catcher-digital-stamp?_pos=2&_sid=71a44df28&_ss=r" target="_blank">Floral Catcher</a><br />Copic markers: YR02, YR04, YR07, B00, B02, Y00, Y02, Y06, Y08, G43, G46, Y13, Y15, Y17<br />Watercolor: Lindy's Stamp - Gang Blue Hawaiian Blue<br />Sequins: Simon Says Stamp - Assorted Moonshine</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-84954233845086241822022-01-01T10:48:00.000-05:002022-01-01T10:48:04.601-05:00Something New with Clever Dexter<div class="date-outer"><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5415496922533597556" itemprop="description articleBody"><div class="separator"><div class="separator">Happy New Year!! Exciting news to kick off 2022... I'm rejoining the crafty team at Clever Dexter Challenge as a DT member. 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</div><br /></div><div class="separator">First up is a sweet Valentine's Day design in a different color palette. I want to thank <a href="https://www.joyclair.com/">Joy Clair Designs</a> for the digi stamps this month.<br /></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">This card is total proof that you don't need fancy or expensive craft supplies to have fun creating cards! I made this card while traveling and using only a handful of supplies. After digging through my mom's supplies, I found some burlap, a yellow colored pencil, and some Crayola markers (which were partially dried out by the way LOL). I did get a chance to take a quick shopping trip to the https://www.facebook.com/enchantedcottagenc<a href="https://www.facebook.com/enchantedcottagenc" target="_blank">Enchanted Cottage- A Papercrafting Boutique in Lewisville, NC</a> and meet the lovely owner and shell out some moolah on some new supplies and this black Valentine's and yellow polka dot decorative paper :) <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>PSA- Support Small Businesses </b>❤</span></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pick out some focal points and give lots of color and interest to those. And don't be afraid to add some personality! I believe <b>representation matters</b>, so my little fairy is curly-haired and brown-skinned :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3wSOjUfTKg9zvE8Nd4QRKVXyquEFp0OO9C-Fu1gcqKwW-Llkfe6ER_hnrJ62pQC16hfq25b-I_iCNA61DzvgkVZR_G3OgjlkLjJvoDS96JEYySyli4lpZxhCkfiBEQefyiPrsXCFT0KNuVYIfyBe6opR6ybkObuuIxI95Nq0FMRhHEy-wnblJd_GtcQ=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3wSOjUfTKg9zvE8Nd4QRKVXyquEFp0OO9C-Fu1gcqKwW-Llkfe6ER_hnrJ62pQC16hfq25b-I_iCNA61DzvgkVZR_G3OgjlkLjJvoDS96JEYySyli4lpZxhCkfiBEQefyiPrsXCFT0KNuVYIfyBe6opR6ybkObuuIxI95Nq0FMRhHEy-wnblJd_GtcQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can join the fun and maybe win a prize at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/12/december-2021-clever-dexter-challenge-24.html" target="_blank">challenge blog</a>!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">This Month's Theme Challenge is:</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>EVERYTHING HOLIDAY</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5cY-Pkexv18BkTOyrA5L4hJbBy2w8AdLeo8vO3KZOL_85bmx7ujlpR_gTR_ooWUPw0Zp9fHWlj6pNvhfoUV19OVBYb3bj2NKAggZ_rI-yiwbyWGRrllezthKlUehaAA4AcnYpRppGFYG6NvszuElpybhGEd3bbAtqFdXAnBMTxIKXCWkzL7SgTnzz2Q=s1640" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5cY-Pkexv18BkTOyrA5L4hJbBy2w8AdLeo8vO3KZOL_85bmx7ujlpR_gTR_ooWUPw0Zp9fHWlj6pNvhfoUV19OVBYb3bj2NKAggZ_rI-yiwbyWGRrllezthKlUehaAA4AcnYpRppGFYG6NvszuElpybhGEd3bbAtqFdXAnBMTxIKXCWkzL7SgTnzz2Q=s320" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> With our Optional Color Palette:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: white;">Red,</span></span> <span style="background-color: #38761d;"><span style="color: white;">Green</span></span>, White, <span style="background-color: #2b00fe;"><span style="color: white;">Blue</span></span>, <span style="background-color: #bf9000;"><span style="color: white;">Gold</span></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><div> <i>xoxo Deidre</i></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi7bWJ-Uz5A-u5Tby5Psil6jQdLU8Twc0RjuqKf4eXJeOAN3SdSRdG15H8KyDDN-qbMMjvy7IjkXt5VV0HN-kVF5r5HHFXuyWWg8bOM8NSVYFTmxHMdZc2Ya3_lIi8PfEvdXL4dHTHlRzDdTttQ48MTst939bjYwaydwJaD0APrO_rtnilTwtn_fV3oA=s1080" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi7bWJ-Uz5A-u5Tby5Psil6jQdLU8Twc0RjuqKf4eXJeOAN3SdSRdG15H8KyDDN-qbMMjvy7IjkXt5VV0HN-kVF5r5HHFXuyWWg8bOM8NSVYFTmxHMdZc2Ya3_lIi8PfEvdXL4dHTHlRzDdTttQ48MTst939bjYwaydwJaD0APrO_rtnilTwtn_fV3oA=w200-h200" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-83632607370207909312021-08-13T11:58:00.000-04:002021-08-13T11:58:02.598-04:00Out of This World with Clever Dexter<p><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Hey Clever Dexter crafties! I'm wrapping up my month of designs today at Clever Dexter Challenge using that fun little astronaut and rocketship. You have to be a lunar-tic to not like these digital images from our amazing sponsor - </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CasettaSullalbero" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">La Casetta Di Chicca</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">! Did you g</span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">et the pun there LOL; a friend helped me with it :)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDs0kFkiIlN66FpD8aLuAl00b4Bnus-xmM40wQUtZs8qeU6xomwYAzH5Piess-bcPSFzM1-F62DP60bOqXbIMl26TPyJP0kPaM73zeDB6mlQ0ZCCJp8GxIu-NC3AFyg4uq1sIIsSsRAFuM/s2048/20210812_004020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDs0kFkiIlN66FpD8aLuAl00b4Bnus-xmM40wQUtZs8qeU6xomwYAzH5Piess-bcPSFzM1-F62DP60bOqXbIMl26TPyJP0kPaM73zeDB6mlQ0ZCCJp8GxIu-NC3AFyg4uq1sIIsSsRAFuM/w400-h400/20210812_004020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibknhBPCP7VN5ikQ8jg4wdLr6R6OmylJNSbAd8XCkvDX7ZDv55Db1kHiJrSuYFj48ihw0QxrnemF2M4C7WTL48DShvIXM8yqoSIbxL34Yjv5SwLGPRverpN2EYgkUVEARN_5uo92U8TYJE/" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="794" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibknhBPCP7VN5ikQ8jg4wdLr6R6OmylJNSbAd8XCkvDX7ZDv55Db1kHiJrSuYFj48ihw0QxrnemF2M4C7WTL48DShvIXM8yqoSIbxL34Yjv5SwLGPRverpN2EYgkUVEARN_5uo92U8TYJE/" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="239" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">The trio of stencils I used along with the color combo (some I snagged directly from our optional color palette this month) made a crazy cool background! It kind of reminds me of the Matrix, just not in black and green :)</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijp_tU4VErmKeFFRTPRKxkA27iFvM4J3xwz8tKhUdbSo8LRCY52EjGC6isBN7-ULwiAETxBCWv_GeTyMf-g07LA0dOSdnDpDt5cVKOt6Yu861KvfMbVgDpGM5fSPmzuEVyB6-42vwd55cc/s2048/20210812_004159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijp_tU4VErmKeFFRTPRKxkA27iFvM4J3xwz8tKhUdbSo8LRCY52EjGC6isBN7-ULwiAETxBCWv_GeTyMf-g07LA0dOSdnDpDt5cVKOt6Yu861KvfMbVgDpGM5fSPmzuEVyB6-42vwd55cc/s320/20210812_004159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Don't forget the theme this month is: Use a Stencil</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">We want you to join us! Check out how to play along below and be sure to share in the gallery before August 31st. I can't wait to see what you create!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9IO-VS6CuBvOyKDOo26lI4mpM40brtUORyUbbjBE7W8kBu0kQRbdq2NfyqCNda9nA04dO6BQk3xKP5WWwC_yQunEeI6ibaKGDqiJaHtPAFPHm62oCD-7JjwfuessHfOwXqxMq8vUieeZ/s1920/August+Cover.png" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9IO-VS6CuBvOyKDOo26lI4mpM40brtUORyUbbjBE7W8kBu0kQRbdq2NfyqCNda9nA04dO6BQk3xKP5WWwC_yQunEeI6ibaKGDqiJaHtPAFPHm62oCD-7JjwfuessHfOwXqxMq8vUieeZ/w400-h225/August+Cover.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Cleverly Concocted Challenge Rules</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><ol><li style="text-align: left;">The challenge runs from August 1st to August 31st</li><li style="text-align: left;">Please read the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/p/challenge-rules.html" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">challenge rules</a> for more details.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Our mandatory theme for this month is USE A STENCIL.</li><li style="text-align: left;">We would love to see you use our OPTIONAL color palette White, Navy, Dusty Blue, Fuchsia, Sand, but its not mandatory to qualify for our prize.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Have fun creating & use the link up below to enter your creation!!!</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><u>PRIZE FROM OUR SPONSOR</u></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">2 Digital Stamps from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CasettaSullalbero" target="_blank">La Casetta Di Chicca</a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Check out the stencils, Copic markers, and ink colors I used for this card below and swing by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">my Instagram page</a> for closer looks. Thanks for stopping by! </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Deidre :)</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBnkfFoHnJZS-2eQDky8RhRFIAbPrrk7Gz_Apb5na-4Qz6R01CRHj8B7XlfYDyvHuCPuEU5w_Ov2Z57nY-mizrvHASW8G2RxI37wqqTpTmGAdi1fYy_aYx7qceLTpC7sg5tFqZy981aw-/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBnkfFoHnJZS-2eQDky8RhRFIAbPrrk7Gz_Apb5na-4Qz6R01CRHj8B7XlfYDyvHuCPuEU5w_Ov2Z57nY-mizrvHASW8G2RxI37wqqTpTmGAdi1fYy_aYx7qceLTpC7sg5tFqZy981aw-/w200-h200/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Copics & Inks</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spaceship: C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, R17, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">R29, R59, BG000, B00, B02</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Astronaut: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">C5, C3, C1, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">R29, R59, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">B93, B95, B97, B99</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Background: Blueprint Sketch, Fired Brick, Mustard Seed Distress Inks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Stamps & Stencils</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hero Arts: CL773 Shoot for the Moon</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crafters Workshop stencil: TCW259S Chicken Wire Reversed, TCW486S Labyrinth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Alexndra Renke stencil: Bubbles</span></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-64316679621388432482021-08-07T09:14:00.005-04:002021-08-07T09:16:07.084-04:00To the Moon with Clever Dexter<p style="text-align: center;">Is it me, or has there been a lot of space talk in the news lately? It's easy to see why we'd like to get away from our planet :) </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>I'm guest designing again today at the Clever Dexter blog using another cool image from an amazing sponsor - </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CasettaSullalbero" target="_blank">La Casetta Di Chicca</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span><span> I had a blast (pun intended LOL) making this card!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnAYrwXdbB-HSHk9I2rI4cwTEMlSR9yrLlOg8w6pwwB8lLU3O-rvtoss6t8EhJsdRU-JcJDmXMNQ6WNgiwnW6xcV1HXKHZuOiau4V801kBiY30ZVMSqnFUENWYZfAcI7WQFDeWeBbMBia/s1036/20210802_164426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1036" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnAYrwXdbB-HSHk9I2rI4cwTEMlSR9yrLlOg8w6pwwB8lLU3O-rvtoss6t8EhJsdRU-JcJDmXMNQ6WNgiwnW6xcV1HXKHZuOiau4V801kBiY30ZVMSqnFUENWYZfAcI7WQFDeWeBbMBia/w400-h400/20210802_164426.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibknhBPCP7VN5ikQ8jg4wdLr6R6OmylJNSbAd8XCkvDX7ZDv55Db1kHiJrSuYFj48ihw0QxrnemF2M4C7WTL48DShvIXM8yqoSIbxL34Yjv5SwLGPRverpN2EYgkUVEARN_5uo92U8TYJE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="794" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibknhBPCP7VN5ikQ8jg4wdLr6R6OmylJNSbAd8XCkvDX7ZDv55Db1kHiJrSuYFj48ihw0QxrnemF2M4C7WTL48DShvIXM8yqoSIbxL34Yjv5SwLGPRverpN2EYgkUVEARN_5uo92U8TYJE/" width="239" /></a></div>I thought it would be cool pop this little guy inside the rocket. Using some photo editing software to combine the images, our adventurous astronaut is waving to say hi!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The galaxy background is watercolored with some of my favorite super pigmented watercolors; the yellow stars are stenciled on and heat embossed; and the black stars and hints of galaxy flashes are stenciled in black. <i>Check out all of my supplies below.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLmysrobD8jJz_5xTiQVFHIFX2r482R8NGyjJdUryM6jBBgIIwPiZjuYbLuv_Qrb4g41GZX0YTYkFJFxHj-Ps8SSI5SpzpXMUVqH28Sw6PcuttZ4Pj4k3K7St1UDiTXbOQKVOzfGQNunx/s540/20210802_163316.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLmysrobD8jJz_5xTiQVFHIFX2r482R8NGyjJdUryM6jBBgIIwPiZjuYbLuv_Qrb4g41GZX0YTYkFJFxHj-Ps8SSI5SpzpXMUVqH28Sw6PcuttZ4Pj4k3K7St1UDiTXbOQKVOzfGQNunx/w400-h400/20210802_163316.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In case you didn't guess, the theme for the month is: Use a Stencil :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out how to play along below and be sure to share in the gallery before August 31st. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait to see what you create!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9IO-VS6CuBvOyKDOo26lI4mpM40brtUORyUbbjBE7W8kBu0kQRbdq2NfyqCNda9nA04dO6BQk3xKP5WWwC_yQunEeI6ibaKGDqiJaHtPAFPHm62oCD-7JjwfuessHfOwXqxMq8vUieeZ/s1920/August+Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9IO-VS6CuBvOyKDOo26lI4mpM40brtUORyUbbjBE7W8kBu0kQRbdq2NfyqCNda9nA04dO6BQk3xKP5WWwC_yQunEeI6ibaKGDqiJaHtPAFPHm62oCD-7JjwfuessHfOwXqxMq8vUieeZ/w400-h225/August+Cover.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cleverly Concocted Challenge Rules</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ol><li style="text-align: left;">The challenge runs from August 1st to August 31st</li><li style="text-align: left;">Please read the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/p/challenge-rules.html" target="_blank">challenge rules</a> for more details.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Our mandatory theme for this month is USE A STENCIL.</li><li style="text-align: left;">We would love to see you use our OPTIONAL color palette White, Navy, Dusty Blue, Fuchsia, Sand, but its not mandatory to qualify for our prize.</li><li style="text-align: left;">Have fun creating & use the link up below to enter your creation!!!</li></ol></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>PRIZE FROM OUR SPONSOR</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 Digital Stamps from Oddball Stamps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can pop over to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/" target="_blank">my Instagram page</a> for closer looks. Thanks for stopping by! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Deidre :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBnkfFoHnJZS-2eQDky8RhRFIAbPrrk7Gz_Apb5na-4Qz6R01CRHj8B7XlfYDyvHuCPuEU5w_Ov2Z57nY-mizrvHASW8G2RxI37wqqTpTmGAdi1fYy_aYx7qceLTpC7sg5tFqZy981aw-/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBnkfFoHnJZS-2eQDky8RhRFIAbPrrk7Gz_Apb5na-4Qz6R01CRHj8B7XlfYDyvHuCPuEU5w_Ov2Z57nY-mizrvHASW8G2RxI37wqqTpTmGAdi1fYy_aYx7qceLTpC7sg5tFqZy981aw-/w200-h200/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Copics & Inks</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spaceship: C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, Y17, Y08, Y02</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Astronaut: </span>R29, R59, B29, B24</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Galaxy: Dr. Ph. Martin's Carbon Black, Cobalt Violet, Ultramine</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Versamark/Versafine Onyx Black ink</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Embossing Powder</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ranger: Wendy Vecchi Buttercup</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Stamps & Stencils</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hero Arts: CL773 Shoot for the Moon</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crafters Workshop stencil: TCW454S Specimens</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Star stencil (unknown brand)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-54154969225335975562021-06-23T10:00:00.033-04:002021-06-23T10:00:00.167-04:00Favorite Technique and Oddball Art Co at Clever Dexter<p><span style="text-align: center;">Hey hey! It's almost the end of June. I'm sharing my last creation as a part of the fabulous DT at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog as we wind down our June "Favorite Technique" theme.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxbUxjPjEyf9gLKoiTKg7zSe6BvlM5alNYUQB0TQpdL7U0Tk2_zyYhPX45HasIcaUjVCitX_V9UojL3X0s0RLhTctsU816y4TtD6YFLqUZNjebKfDwekOab2_v_leH3tomF7_ccFTJ1va/s900/20210620_222014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxbUxjPjEyf9gLKoiTKg7zSe6BvlM5alNYUQB0TQpdL7U0Tk2_zyYhPX45HasIcaUjVCitX_V9UojL3X0s0RLhTctsU816y4TtD6YFLqUZNjebKfDwekOab2_v_leH3tomF7_ccFTJ1va/w400-h400/20210620_222014.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another awesome thanks to Oddball Art Co. for the digi stamps this month! This hungry little worm, apple, and pencil digis come from <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/ccc-17-back-to-school-creepy-cute-chronicles" target="_blank">CCC #17 Back to School</a>. I used a little photo editing to stretch out the pencil and flip the orientation of my apple.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My <b>favorite technique</b> is layering stamps and stencils with spray inks, stains, paints, and emobssing powders to creating real interest. Here I used a starry background stamp with some white embossing powder. Then I layered two different letter and number stencils with orange and peach stains and inks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I colored the entire image with Copic markers. You can check out the colors below. I love how bright and cheery our colors are this month! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzfg_FXVofy2RZTDtulhxWZB6_Hiyn8FqW03Kx-2q_8utQo1JF-9SgMs5E4LnJ8925YOeMUiWd6FtJafz9ApDhdR10MbQwnvLUb1OMkIHwR3deOW-44bW-59OOzLa_66Zb0S8JCnGRpA9/s900/20210620_221917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzfg_FXVofy2RZTDtulhxWZB6_Hiyn8FqW03Kx-2q_8utQo1JF-9SgMs5E4LnJ8925YOeMUiWd6FtJafz9ApDhdR10MbQwnvLUb1OMkIHwR3deOW-44bW-59OOzLa_66Zb0S8JCnGRpA9/w400-h400/20210620_221917.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok, now it's your turn! See the deets below and join us!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEQHATpovepwL81ZPTY-96DQTkr0JHcBXx14b-fFHk3sOmXl9kMeXmkfIWf_XGeWSBZzRl1OrquFoY7jer6vixR9x5w8EfNsFzVlCtKHQMw6NzfVJM54Z4ktsQHHyBe0Spjtsgg4IwlFx/s1640/June+Cover..png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEQHATpovepwL81ZPTY-96DQTkr0JHcBXx14b-fFHk3sOmXl9kMeXmkfIWf_XGeWSBZzRl1OrquFoY7jer6vixR9x5w8EfNsFzVlCtKHQMw6NzfVJM54Z4ktsQHHyBe0Spjtsgg4IwlFx/s320/June+Cover..png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: lora, serif;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Cleverly </span></u></b><b style="font-family: lora, serif;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Concocted Challenge Rules</span></u></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"></div><ol><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;">The challenge runs from June 1st to June 30th</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">Please read the </span><a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/p/challenge-rules.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; font-family: lora, serif; text-decoration-line: none;">challenge rules</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;"> for more details.</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;">Our mandatory theme for this month is Favorite Technique.</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;">We would love to see you use our </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;"><i>OPTIONAL</i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;"> color palette </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;"><b>Yellow, Orange, Peach, Tangerine & Gold</b></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;"> but its not mandatory to qualify for our prize.</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif;">Have fun creating & use the link up below to enter your creation!!!</span></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="font-weight: 400;"><b><u>Prize from Our Sponsor</u></b></h2></div><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: lora, serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;">$10 Virtual Gift Card from <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oddball Stamps</span></a></h3></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Deidre :)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Copics:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Apple: Y00, Y06, Y15</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Caramel: Y23, YR14, YR24</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stem: E55, E57, E59</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Leaf & Worm: G40, G43, G46, B24</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pencil: YR02, YR04, YR07, E21, E23</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eraser: R14, R29, C3, C5, C7</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsF_u6Ohh_P9RWhd435J0Fe6D3fE-wfOdC-TYroZk4-lx0TEPCaGS4witf9eiBERrUV1fczmOvJ_XMndTuxCRVIR5K5GgBBmPbE_hYAbwsAfG3ZsjTFNX0DWZUPDq9Oi7-uowX9NN3SWTC/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsF_u6Ohh_P9RWhd435J0Fe6D3fE-wfOdC-TYroZk4-lx0TEPCaGS4witf9eiBERrUV1fczmOvJ_XMndTuxCRVIR5K5GgBBmPbE_hYAbwsAfG3ZsjTFNX0DWZUPDq9Oi7-uowX9NN3SWTC/s320/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" /></a></b></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-58577035111575933302021-05-23T10:00:00.001-04:002021-05-23T10:00:00.179-04:00Gnomebody Loves You Like I Do<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hey hey! It's almost the end of May. I'm sharing another creation at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog as we wind down our May "Celebration" theme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqGJLWoCuLl7vDO_TLIsHFadLIDzPIN0YIv-9zeloLB1sQecaaXAlGI2l8i0OZm_SXyrBnSonga0o9kzqzapP93q4fCzhNvncHFtSmUP0xF8hAjHPkqyliSiYdfOXDuX0MN2I_no4h7AO/s1600/1621353067639312-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqGJLWoCuLl7vDO_TLIsHFadLIDzPIN0YIv-9zeloLB1sQecaaXAlGI2l8i0OZm_SXyrBnSonga0o9kzqzapP93q4fCzhNvncHFtSmUP0xF8hAjHPkqyliSiYdfOXDuX0MN2I_no4h7AO/w400-h400/1621353067639312-0.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">First of all, I have to give a big shoutout to AlexSyberiaDesign for the digi stamps this month. I plucked this little gnome out of a whole row of them in her "Valentine Gnome" digi. Her designs are fun, playful, pretty, you name it! Be sure to check out <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign" target="_blank">her Etsy shop</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzY-UfSCjC81iBAkRX1wSTtTLG5aYBtE9mfHNfsoxPudqSDSGVNXwQoyM-GMhEbrBlQqJ1z5zznvCPM4dFvlmQ3cX1nf9f9vf2peZjPT6eOlDnYWAJ9rIN4khXdMI0waUDwxaJlqdlMTCY/s900/Valentine+Gnomes+with+name.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzY-UfSCjC81iBAkRX1wSTtTLG5aYBtE9mfHNfsoxPudqSDSGVNXwQoyM-GMhEbrBlQqJ1z5zznvCPM4dFvlmQ3cX1nf9f9vf2peZjPT6eOlDnYWAJ9rIN4khXdMI0waUDwxaJlqdlMTCY/s320/Valentine+Gnomes+with+name.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The business of this card :) If you read my previous tip, you'll know I always...yep always...print 2 copies of my digi stamps. This way I can create my background, do any doodling, inking, spraying, whatevs all over it and not have to worry about masking or staying inside the lines. I use the 2nd copy to color, fussy cut, and pop dot onto the card to create some dimension.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I stenciled the background with a sunray design using a yellow and orangish ink for our yellow & marigold color palette this month. I sponged on the kisses, xoxo, and love the same way, then traced them with a black pen. All that was left, was to water color the gnomie and jazz up his glasses with some silver embossing powder. I created the sentiment myself - I had to have a gnome pun! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBxZf2V1Ag_z6K9JSl7Q5KmCX4SCeYuntevER5bZC3W4YLdjitNSnvH3BryB9kOwf5Bxs-lX1yRYo5UwHElPbjjNjYI20557Q6YxUFl8Ha6IdEguuyk3XD3a-iRhyphenhyphenB6GLknyKGXgLuiG_/s1600/1621771372808269-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBxZf2V1Ag_z6K9JSl7Q5KmCX4SCeYuntevER5bZC3W4YLdjitNSnvH3BryB9kOwf5Bxs-lX1yRYo5UwHElPbjjNjYI20557Q6YxUFl8Ha6IdEguuyk3XD3a-iRhyphenhyphenB6GLknyKGXgLuiG_/s1600/1621771372808269-0.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ok, now it's your turn! See the deets below and join us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnq509wOq6gbM0j3KyrlJULRwkO0GCLE6rA_UxYhLxw7QXKFGCJM-rtswfBlQadt5rZsG8W5a3ecbsUIHQlC5YyrNOdK32eNnvhQUJ9ZG3ZFxhG3lPmhHeISvJO1YwaMKP4Rix2B4Imtd8/s640/Celebration+May+Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnq509wOq6gbM0j3KyrlJULRwkO0GCLE6rA_UxYhLxw7QXKFGCJM-rtswfBlQadt5rZsG8W5a3ecbsUIHQlC5YyrNOdK32eNnvhQUJ9ZG3ZFxhG3lPmhHeISvJO1YwaMKP4Rix2B4Imtd8/s320/Celebration+May+Cover.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-weight: 400; margin: 0.67em 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cleverly Concocted Challenge Rules</b> </span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>WHEN:</b> The challenge runs from May 1 to May 31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>WHERE:</b> Use the link-up at the bottom of <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/05/may-2021-clever-dexter-challenge-17.html" target="_blank">our May 1st post</a> to upload your entries</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">WHAT: Our mandatory theme for May is <b><i>CELEBRATION</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Our OPTIONAL color palette is </span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><i>Purple Rose, Pink Pirouette, Coral, Yellow, Marigold</i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;">Deidre :)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsF_u6Ohh_P9RWhd435J0Fe6D3fE-wfOdC-TYroZk4-lx0TEPCaGS4witf9eiBERrUV1fczmOvJ_XMndTuxCRVIR5K5GgBBmPbE_hYAbwsAfG3ZsjTFNX0DWZUPDq9Oi7-uowX9NN3SWTC/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsF_u6Ohh_P9RWhd435J0Fe6D3fE-wfOdC-TYroZk4-lx0TEPCaGS4witf9eiBERrUV1fczmOvJ_XMndTuxCRVIR5K5GgBBmPbE_hYAbwsAfG3ZsjTFNX0DWZUPDq9Oi7-uowX9NN3SWTC/s320/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" /></a></b></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-6966871710420267302021-02-21T09:03:00.005-05:002021-02-21T09:03:51.270-05:00My Lucky Stars with Clever Dexter<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Happy Sunday crafties! I'm up on the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/02/thanking-my-lucky-stars-february.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a> blog with the theme <span style="color: #d26faf;">JUST BECAUSE</span> and optional color combo of: blue, pink, red, dark red, & white. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have totally loved playing with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CasettaSullalbero" target="_blank">CasettaSullalbero</a> digital stamps! This is my second creation this month...and the month is almost over....wowsers</span></span><span style="font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQu7_1O8ZJQ5kFDk1c15DJb45OgzfdN2_59j4G8rr3XUb-e_qPolT7CvE-q_Wj_z-7nvVrtldFol9Cq2ZSVbpry-PRb58GA9pXiI4kifhyphenhyphenmAJ3Wms1zxPa5dzNHhTeNPvG8FJ7ewAaAfj/s1976/20210221_015840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; display: inline-block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="1976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQu7_1O8ZJQ5kFDk1c15DJb45OgzfdN2_59j4G8rr3XUb-e_qPolT7CvE-q_Wj_z-7nvVrtldFol9Cq2ZSVbpry-PRb58GA9pXiI4kifhyphenhyphenmAJ3Wms1zxPa5dzNHhTeNPvG8FJ7ewAaAfj/w400-h400/20210221_015840.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;">I love being able to take a digi stamp and switch up the ethnicity a little by using fabulous Copic skin tone colors (usually they resemble my own) and adding textures of coils to the hair. You can see my transformation of "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/941905173/alice?ref=shop_home_active_9" target="_blank">Alice</a>" below :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Lora, serif;">I also did a little "digital stamping" with the image to create some extra toadstools. For my background, I did some watercolor smooshing with blue, pink, and green spray inks then layered a diecut star background on top. All of my supplies are listed below :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUG3F_ThvcwkcgsMwecUf8o2fVseuqrOAlsocaE7GC8b6hCpn2hKvboagycAwURfq6QICZ4Ae-aIGegxSDZK0bIneSTr8-koUqnFo4KSABKSSkyPRFY4vuG95vx94nHNW2kUwOEonkJpB/s540/Aliceincolor..watermarked.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUG3F_ThvcwkcgsMwecUf8o2fVseuqrOAlsocaE7GC8b6hCpn2hKvboagycAwURfq6QICZ4Ae-aIGegxSDZK0bIneSTr8-koUqnFo4KSABKSSkyPRFY4vuG95vx94nHNW2kUwOEonkJpB/w206-h206/Aliceincolor..watermarked.png" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObppM3ra-v-ANGmSmrZp6iIPkxSszC5I3oAAPwLxkHH_w_eDn2W-w-PpgyKrm3f64O2V8bKZx5om_TbduAksY4V589gEakW3lv5TPv7FlDb46BWGQVj8ZGq9V7iq2OO8BRZTYjKG4m8EM/s2048/20210221_015751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; display: inline-block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObppM3ra-v-ANGmSmrZp6iIPkxSszC5I3oAAPwLxkHH_w_eDn2W-w-PpgyKrm3f64O2V8bKZx5om_TbduAksY4V589gEakW3lv5TPv7FlDb46BWGQVj8ZGq9V7iq2OO8BRZTYjKG4m8EM/w400-h400/20210221_015751.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">I hope you give it a try!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">We can't wait to see your <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/02/february-clever-dexter-challenge-14.html" target="_blank">challenge</a> projects. It might be cards, a scrapbook layout, home decor, tags, journals, notebooks, bookmarks, and more! </div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Deidre</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lora, serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/02/february-clever-dexter-challenge-14.html" style="background: transparent; color: #37be8b; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa1f2;">Clever Dexter Challenge #14</span></a></div><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929;"><div style="text-align: left;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">February 2021</em></div></em></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">THEME - </span> Just Because <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">(whatever that means to you)</em></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">OPTIONAL COLOR PALETTE - </span> Red, Pink, Blue, White, and Dark Red (optional)</div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">SPONSOR - </span> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CasettaSullalbero?ref=search_shop_redirect" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3498db; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;" target="_blank">CasettaSullalbero</a> </div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Copics & Inks</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Pinks: RV34, RV17, RV66 (strange mix LOL, but it worked!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Blues: B24, B28</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Reds: R24, R29, R59</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Skin: E11, E13, E15 (my favorite go-to)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Eyes: E23, E25, E27</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hair: Multiliner SP 0.35 Black, BV25, C9</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mushroom shadows: C1, C3, C5</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lindy's Stamp Gang Flat Fabio sprays: Caribbean Blue, Hibiscus Rose, Luscious Lime</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dies & Stamps</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Simon Says Stamp! Stacked Stars die</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hero Arts CL582 (Year Round Sentiment)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #646464; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-13417617558677558652021-02-18T10:50:00.002-05:002021-02-18T10:50:31.504-05:00Happy NOT Valentine's Day with Clever Dexter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's just get right to it today :) This bunny and his sign were the perfect images for me to play with!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I passed on celebrating Valentine's Day way back in the 9th grade and have kept up my tradition..even though other people tend to ignore my preference LOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We're doing some pretty creative crafting at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/02/february-clever-dexter-challenge-14.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter challenge</a> this month. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQUYRfqsHBYH0KOEg5Wwt7Ko_ho5LSSCNrE5f8-TrSiSBPynvRayQMoSP5uIs46KP5JlMDLor53MIwTeeHb5PSqzH5R8Jo_g3tLgSZRSnyFLM3faSsKfxMj54odTTqgVv3z_t4_a6u2mC/s2048/20210213_180330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQUYRfqsHBYH0KOEg5Wwt7Ko_ho5LSSCNrE5f8-TrSiSBPynvRayQMoSP5uIs46KP5JlMDLor53MIwTeeHb5PSqzH5R8Jo_g3tLgSZRSnyFLM3faSsKfxMj54odTTqgVv3z_t4_a6u2mC/w400-h400/20210213_180330.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RZra59P5w4vJSrxsrWZDt_O6LuG42O56wE-5SdUrnODYKqhAxR80sn73QeELLlvNp3l-8602XNlgjU8eyZzcOf9zzGr1PYM7EKBVdKpkYkdzf6bG3vKtylNBz-GlmdTOuLFFeajWFiBr/s641/Screen+Shot+2021-02-18+at+6.56.40+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RZra59P5w4vJSrxsrWZDt_O6LuG42O56wE-5SdUrnODYKqhAxR80sn73QeELLlvNp3l-8602XNlgjU8eyZzcOf9zzGr1PYM7EKBVdKpkYkdzf6bG3vKtylNBz-GlmdTOuLFFeajWFiBr/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-02-18+at+6.56.40+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have the pleasure of sharing my creation using a funny, snarky little bunny named <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/941921657/bunny-valentine?ref=shop_home_active_6" target="_blank">Bunny Valentine</a> from the digital stamp collection by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CasettaSullalbero" target="_blank">CasettaSullalbero.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CasettaSullalbero" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YXnPILaGSpGcpvIXgXUWhbI_3C1YZaaPgo9K_WVRYo6BXQASx64T4ac-4ggblArN2z_qArtG1zoYZOQV85SLe1iROBCqEdHyHcHe0dI8HE5seGJCn24cgOjPF-PbUR1EBhYmXBwNf1-G/w165-h165/image.png" width="165" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-erafG65wKuI1q5wAocrge6rAQQ4X4P357oKdGqiJ0xmOJ7A29HY_BKsIDooK2-SRxP8BNX-d-1Z0v8dW8QgbWDfcWbdAdcPl26vJkdAcCYY3BFLb3RYU2yvlLocnvaRjgNmtHTl3fOJ/s489/Screen+Shot+2021-02-18+at+6.29.25+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="488" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-erafG65wKuI1q5wAocrge6rAQQ4X4P357oKdGqiJ0xmOJ7A29HY_BKsIDooK2-SRxP8BNX-d-1Z0v8dW8QgbWDfcWbdAdcPl26vJkdAcCYY3BFLb3RYU2yvlLocnvaRjgNmtHTl3fOJ/w199-h200/Screen+Shot+2021-02-18+at+6.29.25+AM.png" width="199" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to see how I took this single bunny and made him a couple, check out my video on YouTube below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/duCLE3XDvW0" width="560"></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/02/february-clever-dexter-challenge-14.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge #14</a></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">February 2021</em></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">THEME - </span><span> Just Because</span><span> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">(whatever that means to you)</em></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; box-sizing: border-box; color: #292929; font-family: Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">OPTIONAL COLOR PALETTE - </span> Red, Pink, Blue, White, and Dark Red (optional)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">SPONSOR - </span> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CasettaSullalbero?ref=search_shop_redirect" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3498db; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;" target="_blank">CasettaSullalbero</a> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>xoxo Deidre</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Copics</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pink Bunny: R81, R83, R85, RV10, RV13</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sign: R24, R29, R37</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Bunny: B91, B93, B95, B29, B66</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Multiliner SP 0.35 Black</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dies</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Impression Obsession DIE060-I (grass)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recollections Card and Mat Confetti 542702 (heart background & hearts)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-12806872160878083582021-02-03T09:27:00.001-05:002021-02-03T09:27:18.924-05:00Love Mail at CASology<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you enjoy gathering up stacks of your pretty, handmade cards and making that trip to the post office, then you're in luck. We're celebrating snail mail for our newest <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2021/02/week-383-envelope.html" target="_blank">CASology</a> challenge! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_S5bc-gIQ9EzBaOrLMzEZ_8joKl7Senjf40757q0vSE_u4NKvM2ecwJ2BLpJNu3CRhmh0ETrFsZknOOfx2hSqsbwHSEpIJv1Gk0vECscYbzR_LZ91InFJlQ_gM3l_v95PAXBavPt1Zx5/s540/383+envelope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_S5bc-gIQ9EzBaOrLMzEZ_8joKl7Senjf40757q0vSE_u4NKvM2ecwJ2BLpJNu3CRhmh0ETrFsZknOOfx2hSqsbwHSEpIJv1Gk0vECscYbzR_LZ91InFJlQ_gM3l_v95PAXBavPt1Zx5/s540/383+envelope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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I only stamped it on one side of the card, then heated embossed in black. I triple die cut the "love" sentiment in a cherry red cardstock to give the card a little dimension. I loosely watercolored a few of the envelopes using Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YIpqzMpMVDja4tc9sRH_7txwGojCVdNLnugV0cNj9ixGFlw2gJN5u32P1WndfNdfcBdQ8L6G8Ml5uqdhunC03yFiOwOeQYSl0w0Yl9yuYqMNvtg-gev-7QF7CNgB6kz6rJ32XXMmxD7k/s540/383+envelope+cu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YIpqzMpMVDja4tc9sRH_7txwGojCVdNLnugV0cNj9ixGFlw2gJN5u32P1WndfNdfcBdQ8L6G8Ml5uqdhunC03yFiOwOeQYSl0w0Yl9yuYqMNvtg-gev-7QF7CNgB6kz6rJ32XXMmxD7k/w400-h400/383+envelope+cu.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few little hearts from ?who knows what stamp set LOL and it's all done! This color combo really brought my little idea to life. What kind of envelope stamps or dies or even origami can you use to join us at the <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2021/02/week-383-envelope.html" target="_blank">challenge</a> blog? We love seeing your interpretations!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And don't forget to say hi to our <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Guest Designer - <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://cardsandcookingcorner.blogspot.com/2021/02/casology-guest-designer-envelope.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rahmat</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm also playing along with the (sad to say) last <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2021/01/final-case-this-sketch-405.html" target="_blank">CAS(E) this Sketch</a> challenge.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="283" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9hR526sgrjX1_QHj1icFHFJD06X25gVGNDG0isbOT4Db35Jkb3GKtOkZw4Hlws9B3GrxodDZ5KxnqAELJeC_2cJppb8qQkTgHjcMwznNUHv2EIpYxIJmqRsZF1CqIyFzU0tMiO62ZoE7/w124-h176/CTS_405.jpg" style="font-size: small;" width="124" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9hR526sgrjX1_QHj1icFHFJD06X25gVGNDG0isbOT4Db35Jkb3GKtOkZw4Hlws9B3GrxodDZ5KxnqAELJeC_2cJppb8qQkTgHjcMwznNUHv2EIpYxIJmqRsZF1CqIyFzU0tMiO62ZoE7/s400/CTS_405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></div></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-53353915624591138112021-01-23T13:55:00.001-05:002021-01-23T13:55:16.964-05:00KINDNESS and Some Digi Stamping at Clever Dexter<p style="text-align: center;">Hey hey and happy Satur-yay! We're heading into the last week of our <b>January Clever Dexter challenge</b>. Our theme is <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/01/january-2021-clever-dexter-challenge-13.html" target="_blank">KINDNESS </a>challenge with an optional color combo of: white, blue, green, purple, and yellow.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I have totally loved playing with these <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign" target="_blank">AlexSyberiaDesign</a> digital stamps. You may also see them go by "digi stamps" - it's the cool kids lingo :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfd0YZDB063x_GFDjCLhYuxUbBPhHjje3vFi3GQhN1x3VDU62ce7Jz6Ij37cXwPOBtoOtyK-dS3hHjHdR8EA3Cvfd0n3nWLUqZV2Y4RRvlr78DrPLSh-MXt84hu9VXT3NPeJGG-uLapYk/s540/Kindness23rd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfd0YZDB063x_GFDjCLhYuxUbBPhHjje3vFi3GQhN1x3VDU62ce7Jz6Ij37cXwPOBtoOtyK-dS3hHjHdR8EA3Cvfd0n3nWLUqZV2Y4RRvlr78DrPLSh-MXt84hu9VXT3NPeJGG-uLapYk/w386-h386/Kindness23rd.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These florals are so pretty! I wanted them to drift across the front of my card, so I did a little layering in my fave editing software that I bought years ago, that still works just fine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Disclaimer </i>- I totally ADORE every single digi that I use! My editing is simply to create a card with the look I'm going for...Not to sell or claim the new image as my own. Please think copyrights and kindness for the super talented artists who share their gifts with us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can check out a quick how-to at the Clever Dexter blog or watch the video below on how I "stamp and fussy cut" my digi stamps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dGJUj8vKZX8" width="560"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdHEGLqqv5jwMsrcmOykkLQPc39JBwh8nUNE1hkkUNeZR2H02KnbZCxallueKGq8jfCARSfDJG8iV-Rw3qmblwYmQubEP2-9mnYo4X2MfBTCd4MkM_yGhc5O4i8RsHFmJj2QMQvniZpb_/s540/Kindness23rdcu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdHEGLqqv5jwMsrcmOykkLQPc39JBwh8nUNE1hkkUNeZR2H02KnbZCxallueKGq8jfCARSfDJG8iV-Rw3qmblwYmQubEP2-9mnYo4X2MfBTCd4MkM_yGhc5O4i8RsHFmJj2QMQvniZpb_/w400-h400/Kindness23rdcu.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Clearly, I'm a Copic marker fan(atic LOL). I went for more muted tones of our color palette...or at least muted for me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you give it a try!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We can't wait to see your challenge projects. It might be cards, scrapbook layout, home decor, tags, journals, notebooks, bookmarks, and more!<b> </b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">AlexSyberiaDesign</a><b> will be giving away a $15 Gift Card for this challenge to her Etsy Shop.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copic Markers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue: B00, B21, B91, B93</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Green: G12, G40, G46, YG67</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Purple: BV08, BV20, BV23, BV25</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow: Y00, Y17, Y21, Y23, Y26</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Thanks for stopping by!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-36058759623704552462021-01-19T08:58:00.003-05:002021-01-19T08:58:43.853-05:00UNITEd We Stand - a CASology Challenge<p>Hey hey! Crazy 19 days of 2021 or nah?! Lol. Either way, I hope you can find some time to join us at <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2021/01/week-382-unite.html" target="_blank">CASology</a> for the next 2 weeks. We have a heartfelt theme (and sooo timely) to play along with:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF-3ChzNVgLrXp06t6dvf_l0QXWU_L7cRYXtfUsAf_48N2Q8z3CAr5vUfIqXhrzowRmwaHkV6xbnzYdhrdMaEq8zPYxerHMFxWyghRs7MYCiQD95iQl55-Grz_eW3SvE1S1lp-GuLd_Z_/s258/Week+382+-+Unite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="258" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQF-3ChzNVgLrXp06t6dvf_l0QXWU_L7cRYXtfUsAf_48N2Q8z3CAr5vUfIqXhrzowRmwaHkV6xbnzYdhrdMaEq8zPYxerHMFxWyghRs7MYCiQD95iQl55-Grz_eW3SvE1S1lp-GuLd_Z_/w200-h200/Week+382+-+Unite.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6UWwai1CELof2LuU2OjWM_dbt-_obMSuDLs8wSOKu3Ju0sOtpeMCUTAliS4v7UkEOYgV7xWvto370WyyXQCblVDoGsUR4x55Bd7BW2k099ps_uGoHL1JtVrhFl662bRGX5UxVQR_vgUY/s1080/382-unite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6UWwai1CELof2LuU2OjWM_dbt-_obMSuDLs8wSOKu3Ju0sOtpeMCUTAliS4v7UkEOYgV7xWvto370WyyXQCblVDoGsUR4x55Bd7BW2k099ps_uGoHL1JtVrhFl662bRGX5UxVQR_vgUY/w510-h510/382-unite.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This stamp set is a must have...here's the story:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">In June 2020, 12 stamp companies in The Stamping Village, pledged to create a collaborative stamp set, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">We Stand with You Stamp Set</strong>, in support of racial justice. This inspiring stamp set features images that symbolize unity, friendship, and community, as well as lots of motivational quotes by well-known activists.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">This set includes one 6" x 8" clear stamp set containing 28 stamps made in the USA from high-quality photopolymer.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sentiments: </strong>This set includes <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: underline;">fifteen</span></strong> motivational sentiments to inspire us to stand together:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 4px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">we are better together</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">you are beautifully and wonderfully made</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">the time is always right to do what is right</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">you matter to me</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">we are all one</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King Jr.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">choose</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">kindness</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean." -Ryunosuke Satoro</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." -Nelson Mandela</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">the hand of friendship has no color</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">stick with love</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">be the</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">change</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">you wish to see</span></li></ul></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">**As part of a pledge by The Stamping Village to donate $10,000 for racial justice, $5.00 from every We Stand with You stamp set sold will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.</span></strong></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So tell me again why you shouldn't buy this stamp set!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used 9 Distress Oxide inks for the rainbow color effect of the hands: Candied Apple, Crackling Campfire, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, and Picked Raspberry :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I outlined all of the hands with my favorite tracing pens (Faber-Castell PITT artist pens). Oh, that stenciled heart and circle is from a forever ago stash stencil of which I have no idea of the name lol.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pop in to see the other DT card images and our crafty guest designer for this challenge!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you UNITE in our efforts to get some quality "me time" to <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2021/01/week-382-unite.html" target="_blank">play along</a> and link up in our gallery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://casology.blogspot.com/p/design-team.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="320" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqNkXTMarI6Neb40wW0WcHni2JA2KmvlqaBs7W3WlljqhNs2jU2e5IcxdscuxbNdZxgqejcAqFeGUCKPkcMvkWLceKgHZbucSMjQuXoKjzhUamr0VZ1j5z7nmEL-6DEiwPNM1-Bvph2x9/w200-h76/DT+Badge.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guest Designer: Tracy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm also joining at <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2021/01/case-this-sketch-404.html" target="_blank">CAS(E) this Sketch</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1cnK63GSyxNEnXBx4WXEiPIQlxbvb15LUT_2nahAn0nxClEDLWQHDXP8JTisMjkSjv4mqfzRaMK4o4TCZFrn4GyUAiJNmq57kbvYh0mMEmv4HI6V5IHkpCBQU7ZwAXNtbFrYLHbqGUsm/s458/CTS_404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="324" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1cnK63GSyxNEnXBx4WXEiPIQlxbvb15LUT_2nahAn0nxClEDLWQHDXP8JTisMjkSjv4mqfzRaMK4o4TCZFrn4GyUAiJNmq57kbvYh0mMEmv4HI6V5IHkpCBQU7ZwAXNtbFrYLHbqGUsm/w101-h143/CTS_404.jpg" width="101" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for stopping by!</p><p><i>xoxo Deidre</i></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-62662841228306887282021-01-01T10:40:00.004-05:002021-01-01T10:40:29.578-05:00Kick it off with KINDNESS - Clever Dexter Challenge<p>We made it!! Happy New Year 2021 to everyone! I know there were such heavy burdens to carry this past year. As we go into the new year, the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/01/january-2021-clever-dexter-challenge-13.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a> has the perfect theme : KINDNESS. Our (optional) color palette is White, Blue, Yellow, Purple, and Green.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqkVd2EkL3Zg8ERgscr3lNfscsM8tnBZ2WaJcgNsHNahDrKhMbfZE9I_65KVjRlD28CqblKpelg7zGm4ITMMw2U9vGQmlx71pXk5brrZAa0v1UBBbfvFxFflg6sVkljOxkOqEh8XiEydB/s1080/20210101_095705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqkVd2EkL3Zg8ERgscr3lNfscsM8tnBZ2WaJcgNsHNahDrKhMbfZE9I_65KVjRlD28CqblKpelg7zGm4ITMMw2U9vGQmlx71pXk5brrZAa0v1UBBbfvFxFflg6sVkljOxkOqEh8XiEydB/w400-h400/20210101_095705.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcau0D0tlurG2kJiVCZ3sbFfdW9o2OjGDNxqYDY_Y2iCVyltyjssKemay04geqL4lsu00U-uRBLc8L5LRU3AYFYYHQ07jarfG2OwaWsTYgZ-fTlChPiIN1OLrwDmVKHnjJViqxQxQHbce9/s619/January+Cover+Page.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcau0D0tlurG2kJiVCZ3sbFfdW9o2OjGDNxqYDY_Y2iCVyltyjssKemay04geqL4lsu00U-uRBLc8L5LRU3AYFYYHQ07jarfG2OwaWsTYgZ-fTlChPiIN1OLrwDmVKHnjJViqxQxQHbce9/s320/January+Cover+Page.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I created this card using a lovely floral digi stamp from our creative sponsor AlexSyberiaDesign. You should really check out <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign" target="_blank">her Etsy shop</a>! I can't wait to craft more with her designs this month. <b>She's also offering a $15 gift card to her shop for this month's winner!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3B1GXY_2KJcO793cQ1Jjsp_WJHgrYdoeU297EkNbVk7_p1bNxsGjnxxyF7evilYgjG6kaG7aodAgHhPFdPP4RAXTlSqX8C_oQ2T2AXO_9_rKUcM-3Ds2Sl2KHtNv7W8EMO4G_7BRqinNO/s480/Alex+Syberia+%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3B1GXY_2KJcO793cQ1Jjsp_WJHgrYdoeU297EkNbVk7_p1bNxsGjnxxyF7evilYgjG6kaG7aodAgHhPFdPP4RAXTlSqX8C_oQ2T2AXO_9_rKUcM-3Ds2Sl2KHtNv7W8EMO4G_7BRqinNO/w142-h142/Alex+Syberia+%25281%2529.png" width="142" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">As usual, I jumped right in with my Copic markers. I wanted to add some dimension to the card, so I fussy cut around the flowers and mounted in on some foam adhesive, just slightly askew from where I cut it so the cool green wood grain paper would peek through. I added some sparkle (ummm it is New Year's lol) with some Stickles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ohhh, and by the way...I accepted an offical DT member spot with the rock star creative ladies at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2021/01/january-2021-clever-dexter-challenge-13.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a>. Be sure to check me out each month on the 23rd (happens to be my birthdate). Thanks for all of your support!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRaY50xSyP_kfK8WTpuKvCjyn17_dHWvawKgW11e0Ne0KY6qPoAYGVeBspEVuBSIvtrFR-7LccdzQ_hTPd3E-ICKpxw47TPwOLMghncRDNSsBp237hf_EmBkHpIGc0LpqXzkyRMwxjhSy/s1080/Clever+Dexter+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRaY50xSyP_kfK8WTpuKvCjyn17_dHWvawKgW11e0Ne0KY6qPoAYGVeBspEVuBSIvtrFR-7LccdzQ_hTPd3E-ICKpxw47TPwOLMghncRDNSsBp237hf_EmBkHpIGc0LpqXzkyRMwxjhSy/w266-h266/Clever+Dexter+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm also joining at the <a href="https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Colour Crazy Challenge</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copic markers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue: B24, B28</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow: Y00, Y06, Y15</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Purple: BV00, BV02, BV04</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Green: G12, YG17, G46</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stickles: Yellow, Star Dust</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></div><br /><p><br /></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-57417152317365925402020-11-24T12:00:00.001-05:002020-11-24T12:00:09.884-05:00Tofurkey Love at the Clever Dexter Challenge<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Hi crafty friends! I'm guest designing over at the Clever Dexter Challenge blog and hosting a reminder post for the</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2020/11/clever-dexter-challenge-11.html" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">November challenge</a><span style="text-align: center;">. I hope you squeeze in a little time to play along while enjoying your turkey, tofurkey, or any other goodies.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLqVQwsUn_vZKtaKH-uJDz2tMxZRPTFgohCmPIX52yd_QABaiRec9sXOgG9bhFzSl-0GGxqhaPWUbrvcHlViRbUo4QFoOUB419UMknM0cgFG1pojXZJoJ4K_tdVLkyODpvWfxHq9tefyb/s540/Tofurkey+Day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLqVQwsUn_vZKtaKH-uJDz2tMxZRPTFgohCmPIX52yd_QABaiRec9sXOgG9bhFzSl-0GGxqhaPWUbrvcHlViRbUo4QFoOUB419UMknM0cgFG1pojXZJoJ4K_tdVLkyODpvWfxHq9tefyb/w400-h400/Tofurkey+Day.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2fibR875L1pPgI_5crx6GALCDvubcn4UPOoweEai7YCdwRsWOpaTaj8TDA1njnfoc9mIP6RIsMVEAA-M3GQDvkenUEIqEQFmxlzRXQK1p8aMONFwcUivToLwevQlGPp5l0ilGJZxyivw/s638/November+Clever+Dexter+Challenge+Banner++.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="638" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2fibR875L1pPgI_5crx6GALCDvubcn4UPOoweEai7YCdwRsWOpaTaj8TDA1njnfoc9mIP6RIsMVEAA-M3GQDvkenUEIqEQFmxlzRXQK1p8aMONFwcUivToLwevQlGPp5l0ilGJZxyivw/w400-h210/November+Clever+Dexter+Challenge+Banner++.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My card is made with a super duper cute digi stamp from our fab sponsor Oddball Stamps. His name is <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-sweetest-thanksgiving-ted-the-cutest-turkey-image-no-262" target="_blank">Ted the Sweetest Turkey</a> and don't you agree he's perfectly named! I also added cloud digis from her digital stamp shop too named <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digital-stamp-kawaii-patterned-clouds-hearts-image-no-28" target="_blank">Patterned Clouds and Hearts</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRryWWea3pV2IYGr935zt7DpKUmiqcVJscYILZQdMNZYYh2LZylIkiIaMm4zImjLVFeunc2NNTBOOslhvoTUhg3oIDoDbd3m3TQpmysXvWlHpauhXqajno7twNs7U79Py17HbdaEyKlHYZ/s540/Tofurkey+Day+CU.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRryWWea3pV2IYGr935zt7DpKUmiqcVJscYILZQdMNZYYh2LZylIkiIaMm4zImjLVFeunc2NNTBOOslhvoTUhg3oIDoDbd3m3TQpmysXvWlHpauhXqajno7twNs7U79Py17HbdaEyKlHYZ/w400-h400/Tofurkey+Day+CU.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was of course inspired by the red, orange, and gourds for <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2020/11/clever-dexter-challenge-11.html" target="_blank">the challenge</a>. Staying true to my Copic love with digi stamps, I used a ton of colors and I'm in love with the combos. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Turkey: Y21, Y23, YR24</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Feathers: E25, E27, E29</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pumpkins: YR02, YR04, YR09, E35</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Stems: YG63, YG95, YG97</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Blank cloud: E08, E09</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Heart: R37, R59</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, moment of truth...I never plan my backgrounds in advance. I let the colors, focal points, and layout of my images talk to me :) This background is made with some cool copper and gold embossing powder and a Tim Holtz background stamp. You can check out the shine on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a> page!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">P.S. - I'm a vegetarian, so this one is special to me :) Thank you Oddball Stamps!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our grand prize is drawn at random, so play along. You have the chance to win a $10 virtual gift card from <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/digi-stamps" target="_blank">Oddball Stamps</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHRaxw73d1PaBMEUY2ngdhv3y9I8uBPVe7dAnZGtOQEEchMCgJVr8eL5HY4SiflARyGNiUhh8IKbqB5oWQAuuipD77QjgqJCZSPg2eIY-nU7W9PMjMAth5qIl6yhDNGk-BXPJjpQGcPLd/s320/Oddball+WebBadge2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="246" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHRaxw73d1PaBMEUY2ngdhv3y9I8uBPVe7dAnZGtOQEEchMCgJVr8eL5HY4SiflARyGNiUhh8IKbqB5oWQAuuipD77QjgqJCZSPg2eIY-nU7W9PMjMAth5qIl6yhDNGk-BXPJjpQGcPLd/w154-h200/Oddball+WebBadge2.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Thanks for stopping by!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you'd like to see more of my creations, pop into my <a href="https://eyeswideopenarts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram </a>page!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Have a safe, healthy, and happy Tofurkey Day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL62PphV_XXfWo-qbl8dETEHN07oavXSmaNUNgKyX3nPKWEIyrqVOb4cggv3wjX6gzm1bSOo2-uElevqfKvRSDUMANv52Eu2Xb2i_GQ6iA5zZgsqppd_jeRgnkaxQdiVt6jh14SWEBbmaF/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL62PphV_XXfWo-qbl8dETEHN07oavXSmaNUNgKyX3nPKWEIyrqVOb4cggv3wjX6gzm1bSOo2-uElevqfKvRSDUMANv52Eu2Xb2i_GQ6iA5zZgsqppd_jeRgnkaxQdiVt6jh14SWEBbmaF/w200-h200/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm also sharing at <a href="https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/week-46-anything-goes-colouring.html" target="_blank">Colour Crazy Craft Challenge</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">:) Deidre</div></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-13056296592853925552020-11-17T10:59:00.006-05:002020-11-17T10:59:46.092-05:00What's a STAG by Any Other Name at CASology<p style="text-align: center;">Hey hey! I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these times! At <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2020/11/week-378-stag.html" target="_blank">CASology</a>, we're doing some crafting to keep us busy and our creative juices flowing. I'm sharing my mid-challenge post with the cue card. You still have a week to join us!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Uh-Wd17n72xRvxMQ8Mn0YUdi4zgFqNzx-83TUU8HUmLnN8cebpQqyyHFBzfBUCFLKUp2Gfs806FzjygeCJqwkO0fKBGOsm6pVShR-K5tmbVvW1QtjWPm9vUcKNVzWh8AMXsM0yvcaQ81/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="282" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Uh-Wd17n72xRvxMQ8Mn0YUdi4zgFqNzx-83TUU8HUmLnN8cebpQqyyHFBzfBUCFLKUp2Gfs806FzjygeCJqwkO0fKBGOsm6pVShR-K5tmbVvW1QtjWPm9vUcKNVzWh8AMXsM0yvcaQ81/w200-h200/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SAdIy0K8trda7-kJVulAtIYKiHjBy-_Rwb3pnelnKoGSk-GhOjcVqim_UZluPlhFgKsEQG9Hx4AfpQaaxyKqNKQhE89EiXDXaYVpM7Db48XYs2UoM73_83THM5oXmT5pQzu4tN9G4nNF/s540/379+stag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2SAdIy0K8trda7-kJVulAtIYKiHjBy-_Rwb3pnelnKoGSk-GhOjcVqim_UZluPlhFgKsEQG9Hx4AfpQaaxyKqNKQhE89EiXDXaYVpM7Db48XYs2UoM73_83THM5oXmT5pQzu4tN9G4nNF/w400-h400/379+stag.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">For my card, I used a reindeer stamp from Purple Onion Designs and sentiments from The Alley Way Stamps. I l-o-v-e how this little guy turned out with some Copic coloring. I reached for a different set of browns from my norm and they were a winner (see list below)! What do you think??</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqNkXTMarI6Neb40wW0WcHni2JA2KmvlqaBs7W3WlljqhNs2jU2e5IcxdscuxbNdZxgqejcAqFeGUCKPkcMvkWLceKgHZbucSMjQuXoKjzhUamr0VZ1j5z7nmEL-6DEiwPNM1-Bvph2x9/s320/DT+Badge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="320" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqNkXTMarI6Neb40wW0WcHni2JA2KmvlqaBs7W3WlljqhNs2jU2e5IcxdscuxbNdZxgqejcAqFeGUCKPkcMvkWLceKgHZbucSMjQuXoKjzhUamr0VZ1j5z7nmEL-6DEiwPNM1-Bvph2x9/w200-h76/DT+Badge.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Don't forget to jingle all the way over to the <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/p/design-team.html" target="_blank">DT member blogs</a> to check out their creations!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">And don't forget to play along...make a quick CAS (clean and simple) card, snap a photo, link up below. You can join from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, your personal blog...anywhere :)</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD54AfIJJ0ghNxZuzGsIzeWQQyTmpjYdiiYudfsxTQPKbBO0dzMCfh_F_yfiWJtlsWwb3lhIC-ewffBG4I8_CxRP86FSBrhgA5dOc0yxUFvgkkKHNDDEMfDUT0l8P5r_xwiSmusRcx0BmP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="200" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD54AfIJJ0ghNxZuzGsIzeWQQyTmpjYdiiYudfsxTQPKbBO0dzMCfh_F_yfiWJtlsWwb3lhIC-ewffBG4I8_CxRP86FSBrhgA5dOc0yxUFvgkkKHNDDEMfDUT0l8P5r_xwiSmusRcx0BmP/w200-h114/image.png" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">There's a prize for this challenge's winner, provided by the awesome STAMPlorations!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>SPOILER ALERT</i> - there are COUPON codes at the <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2020/11/week-378-stag.html" target="_blank">CASology blog</a></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm also joining at <a href="http://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/11/inspired-bydeer-santa.html" target="_blank">Inspired By...#IB150</a> and <a href="http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/2020/11/case-this-sketch-398.html" target="_blank">CAS(E) this sketch! #398</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="398" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1D_wAINKjo9WOVGpRkR5j4psp3fiHz2XcCB7cQ-EwDeFehL62SfN9QaCwunrNoYBFmWXF2OhK3U5wcscC_QffYik-40MuUbfmUAdo4dm4HyqFf8wNTDS4x2sAUpr0JuTBkACX2pOuXgYx/w200-h111/image.png" width="200" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg84KATRK9cS9R9kITvPSJlPVXf-Y1s5c3PH-ctzHkXAbDG8CrUssiK2gRLigKwvxalX2YhE1Dr1VzAgf6flUbN_AK2zCFAawkZoky7mle6yKUx47qD7Yv1GGYdOqEapgrRIOVdD19VMQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="324" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg84KATRK9cS9R9kITvPSJlPVXf-Y1s5c3PH-ctzHkXAbDG8CrUssiK2gRLigKwvxalX2YhE1Dr1VzAgf6flUbN_AK2zCFAawkZoky7mle6yKUx47qD7Yv1GGYdOqEapgrRIOVdD19VMQ/w142-h200/image.png" width="142" /></a> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1D_wAINKjo9WOVGpRkR5j4psp3fiHz2XcCB7cQ-EwDeFehL62SfN9QaCwunrNoYBFmWXF2OhK3U5wcscC_QffYik-40MuUbfmUAdo4dm4HyqFf8wNTDS4x2sAUpr0JuTBkACX2pOuXgYx/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Copic markers:</p><p style="text-align: left;">Reindeer: E21, E23, E25, E27</p><p style="text-align: left;">Scarf: R24, R29, R85</p><p style="text-align: left;">Bells: YR24</p><p style="text-align: left;">Hooves & Antlers: C5, C7, C9</p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-41857489010649002202020-11-06T17:44:00.001-05:002020-11-06T17:44:43.951-05:00Gourds Galore and a VOTE Inspiration<p>I'm loving guest designing at the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2020/11/gourds-galore-and-vote.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a>! This month the cue is Gourds Galore and some great color options. I was provided a super cool digital stamp from Oddball Stamps and I hope you love my card :)</p><p>I was inspired by sooooo much; the colors of the pumpkins, the digi stamp, and even current events.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixt3O7zTmezjzmSvDk_X9OUlP6dKkJuJrY__ukbyVkkPgt3Pg0FJ9T6RUJM8NoPcysvw8eNQUOIrAJ3ma-TRWhWHvIgvC8sE4Altx5Tr5hUZZpg62qpB6M4ezTrA2-C4rteY7oMXf1RJue/s600/Carmen+Vote.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixt3O7zTmezjzmSvDk_X9OUlP6dKkJuJrY__ukbyVkkPgt3Pg0FJ9T6RUJM8NoPcysvw8eNQUOIrAJ3ma-TRWhWHvIgvC8sE4Altx5Tr5hUZZpg62qpB6M4ezTrA2-C4rteY7oMXf1RJue/w400-h400/Carmen+Vote.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQonL5NBwM3Tbekyy5HnpcTb7vbJIWZbD8HhDSuDeCtmzd4hTy84bKLjU3xDPUCASH8GAkVmhiMcTX7RlltlCL_ovIV2UT_BkORtZagcIx0UXyzl37Qbdmyp02ZLlRB-xlTel9HbpvvRe/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="800" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQonL5NBwM3Tbekyy5HnpcTb7vbJIWZbD8HhDSuDeCtmzd4hTy84bKLjU3xDPUCASH8GAkVmhiMcTX7RlltlCL_ovIV2UT_BkORtZagcIx0UXyzl37Qbdmyp02ZLlRB-xlTel9HbpvvRe/w370-h194/image.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="370" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The digital stamp by Oddball Stamps is <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digi-stamp-bad-girls-have-more-fun-big-eye-bad-girl-carmen-img-113" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bad Girl Carmen</a> and I love it! If you have not tried out digis, they're amazing...seriously, for real :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, I switched up the logo on her hoodie and gave her hair that is representative of an ethnic texture. There was a bunch of Copics used here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greens: YG00, YG01, YG06, YG23, YG67</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reds: R14, R29, R89</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oranges: YR02, YR07, YR18, Y28</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blues: B95, B97, B99</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grays: C1, C3, C5, C7, C9</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Skin: E11, E13, E15, E17</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blush: R83</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hair: C5, C7, C9</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirHE-ncR2zMSfnIR-LdbB9ZhFC7nPN0OINZYtCQDAvFstlDYKFw7bOnOCeci0Uq8Q0h7S7gcDuCOLrR7PiZtMGJSi0My_dKQVC4IKbyXT8vQkxphuDktFYhl04t40ohWFwj9oQPpR6d_I/s530/Screen+Shot+2020-11-06+at+5.14.20+PM.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirHE-ncR2zMSfnIR-LdbB9ZhFC7nPN0OINZYtCQDAvFstlDYKFw7bOnOCeci0Uq8Q0h7S7gcDuCOLrR7PiZtMGJSi0My_dKQVC4IKbyXT8vQkxphuDktFYhl04t40ohWFwj9oQPpR6d_I/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-11-06+at+5.14.20+PM.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMy3yGSQziRv0VMcDyf-16FsZKpxtlVbL6Bi25NwkCKtY4oIaUsVremvz2mz0xtzzJNmNiNEEI2u30fgo6zynBHrQONnNN4c0MmhZHueQlJlJ1fWN3_Z2HLw9_Wlc0Odi6-YiQlbvPP85/s600/Carmen+John+Lewis.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMy3yGSQziRv0VMcDyf-16FsZKpxtlVbL6Bi25NwkCKtY4oIaUsVremvz2mz0xtzzJNmNiNEEI2u30fgo6zynBHrQONnNN4c0MmhZHueQlJlJ1fWN3_Z2HLw9_Wlc0Odi6-YiQlbvPP85/s320/Carmen+John+Lewis.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the background, I used some spray inks, stencils, embossing powder sprinkled on top of a metallic embossing paste, ink blending, and markers. I printed the quote and colored the strip of paper with the same Copics and adhered it to ground the card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQb1cr3aflOt0zqienEkkRwR-I87KV6JU5OdgWHUkd56IDlBNSm44k6X2MDRxKj01PBDrsLSsrVr8QVBhgDTrEjwCUTwFSQWWZtJZ4s6A7BAcZZUApN4eqERBipZ4Qz7u8rq-1sLUOuLkm/s600/Carmen+Vote+CU.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQb1cr3aflOt0zqienEkkRwR-I87KV6JU5OdgWHUkd56IDlBNSm44k6X2MDRxKj01PBDrsLSsrVr8QVBhgDTrEjwCUTwFSQWWZtJZ4s6A7BAcZZUApN4eqERBipZ4Qz7u8rq-1sLUOuLkm/s320/Carmen+Vote+CU.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really hope you misbehave a little and get crafty, inky, messy, and creative with us for the challenge this month. By the way, the awesome Oddball Stamps is sponsoring this month, so there's another chance to win!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you in the gallery...you have all month :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeORBIaxFw7SvsFkeIuNdfHo4hoZShR_gdRy-7OSL2H_iMK2_OrEFA7D2C8ayH6tCR7GS2obLqOrEsCGOC1YMQM0k54WgOpnDtsexZfDDmNS7zS8J_Qa2ODYqOle_whZiBXXN6eRNrSCTK/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #37be8b; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeORBIaxFw7SvsFkeIuNdfHo4hoZShR_gdRy-7OSL2H_iMK2_OrEFA7D2C8ayH6tCR7GS2obLqOrEsCGOC1YMQM0k54WgOpnDtsexZfDDmNS7zS8J_Qa2ODYqOle_whZiBXXN6eRNrSCTK/w249-h249/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>xoxo, Deidre</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;" /></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-52995761003894687522020-10-23T12:07:00.002-04:002020-10-23T12:09:50.840-04:00My Boo! Guest Designing for Clever Dexter Challenge<p>What's up everybody! I'm back to guest design on the <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2020/10/clever-dexter-challenge-10.html" target="_blank">Clever Dexter Challenge</a> blog and bring you some coloring goodness thanks to our fab sponsor of the month: ODDBALL STAMPS. We're heading towards Halloween and I'm loving the spooky creations for this month's challenge! The theme is: HERE FOR THE BOOS and inspiration colors are: GREEN, PURPLE, ORANGE, WHITE, & BLACK.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm59783yBzSuwMcjMHLphue320eOPtSQ3E9Kyw_RxnM7egS-SmZn8g9_-ykblMGiEZf9hFYymX-qRQyoawK4NSaru9akJZm2ehZ0ea1PPk3VTKhmxJ6FiSmZwbitxXGo0nz1nAoyLxFT_/s2048/PhotoGrid_1603441203534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm59783yBzSuwMcjMHLphue320eOPtSQ3E9Kyw_RxnM7egS-SmZn8g9_-ykblMGiEZf9hFYymX-qRQyoawK4NSaru9akJZm2ehZ0ea1PPk3VTKhmxJ6FiSmZwbitxXGo0nz1nAoyLxFT_/s2048/PhotoGrid_1603441203534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE7hJxQuskvRI55JkilyQLXIxZzG1GRFq986BBhuz-LTdFIYzgjyHblCHojcPuVs8o6leMi0s9JL9rAG6HMAQGZsjO44GAzmFYcti7pUasn3bFBjmmGHD4zWArOPHenL25ky876v7uIKn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="800" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE7hJxQuskvRI55JkilyQLXIxZzG1GRFq986BBhuz-LTdFIYzgjyHblCHojcPuVs8o6leMi0s9JL9rAG6HMAQGZsjO44GAzmFYcti7pUasn3bFBjmmGHD4zWArOPHenL25ky876v7uIKn/w320-h168/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfW1jllX3mGIscLzJ_JRYx3GRnxDBbFC22VO9zhNDqnn4s25XAJE0ypMXcOtG34FUiTaMjssHpQLjERDF_jGrgs61CvdNG_gaIbKLct9MBjOYpQA5mBouUO7sfhTvAbQotzyN3eAuiIuxb/s540/Hey+Boo+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfW1jllX3mGIscLzJ_JRYx3GRnxDBbFC22VO9zhNDqnn4s25XAJE0ypMXcOtG34FUiTaMjssHpQLjERDF_jGrgs61CvdNG_gaIbKLct9MBjOYpQA5mBouUO7sfhTvAbQotzyN3eAuiIuxb/w422-h422/Hey+Boo+2.jpg" width="422" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>For this card, I started with the <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digi-stamp-creepy-cute-science-teach-ms-ann-thrax-image-102" target="_blank">Ms Ann Thrax</a> digital stamp from Oddball Stamps. I had a little photo-editing software fun (flipped the image to look the opposite direction and added a bat to her headband). If you haven't followed my work before, I love to add an ethnic spin to images, so after it was printed and dried, I added the curls to her hair by hand using a Faber Castell pen. This lays the groundwork for some cute, dark, coily hair.<p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm59783yBzSuwMcjMHLphue320eOPtSQ3E9Kyw_RxnM7egS-SmZn8g9_-ykblMGiEZf9hFYymX-qRQyoawK4NSaru9akJZm2ehZ0ea1PPk3VTKhmxJ6FiSmZwbitxXGo0nz1nAoyLxFT_/s320/PhotoGrid_1603441203534.jpg" /></p><p>The next step is to pull out my Copic markers and get to work. I used a stack of purples, greens, grays, reds, and oranges for this image. If you're interested, the list of markers are at the end of this post.</p><p> For the sentiments, I used another Oddball Stamp digital set called <a href="https://www.oddballartco.com/product-page/digi-stamp-creepy-cute-sentiments-banners-and-badges-image-514" target="_blank">Creepy Cute Sentiments Banners and Badges</a>. This set has a ton of awesome halloweeny options that you can customize! By the way, I grabbed the heart and bats from that set too :)</p><p>For my background, I used some embossing ink smooshed through the Dot Fade THS 006 stencil by Tim Holtz, and then coated it with orange embossing powder. Head over to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyeswideopenarts/?hl=en" target="_blank">my Instagram</a> page for a close-up!</p><p>I hope you love Ms. Ann Thrax as much I as loved making this card! Please <a href="http://www.cleverdexter.com/2020/10/clever-dexter-challenge-10.html" target="_blank">link up and play along</a> for a chance to win a prize from Oddball Stamps. See ya!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjSKJwFdHYKtqil5GV2eG3N0VGf2GxmvPuRNN1o-Lz0tLISQ3Rt5G_ouOe6WZ7A8D6_fYXFXtu3jnLXPcei0y4wEw_Zp4xtFuIYN6pdGe-mRLMyX-tWeXJp7ZZqpMrlkEaWc2LG_Mkg8K/s1080/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjSKJwFdHYKtqil5GV2eG3N0VGf2GxmvPuRNN1o-Lz0tLISQ3Rt5G_ouOe6WZ7A8D6_fYXFXtu3jnLXPcei0y4wEw_Zp4xtFuIYN6pdGe-mRLMyX-tWeXJp7ZZqpMrlkEaWc2LG_Mkg8K/w263-h263/Clever+Dexter+Guest+Designer+DT+BADGE+DEIDRE+PAYNE.png" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm also joining at:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/10/week-42-anything-goes-colouring.html" target="_blank">Colour Crazy Craft Challenge week 42</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2020/10/shopping-our-stash-431-happy-fall-yall.html" target="_blank">Shopping Our Stash #431</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/10/inspired-byfall-is-sweet.html" target="_blank">Inspired By...#147 fall is sweet</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Copic colors:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Skin: E23, E25, E27</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Eyeshadow, Jacket & Shoes: V04, V06, V09</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Vest, Leggings, Tag: YG06, YG13, YG17, YG67</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Skirt: YR02, YR04, YR07</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Lipstick, Glasses, Eyeball, Heart: R24, R29, R89</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Shirt, Hair, Bones: C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, 100</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>xoxo Deidre</i></div><br /><p><br /></p>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381006403388291147.post-17979753651834793122020-10-13T09:00:00.005-04:002020-10-13T09:00:05.379-04:00Staying DRY at CASology<p style="text-align: center;"> Hey crafty peeps! We're back at <a href="https://casology.blogspot.com/2020/10/week-376-dry.html" target="_blank">CASology</a> with a new cue card for the next 2 weeks. And after the weather we've had here the last couple of days, this was right on time:</p><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDD5x0Z-Cls/XyQdHJMQPjI/AAAAAAAAShA/EfxKt5fHVDYgv9NzTg-4VztIEyNI-axWwCNcBGAsYHQ/s500/Week%2B376%2B-%2BDry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDD5x0Z-Cls/XyQdHJMQPjI/AAAAAAAAShA/EfxKt5fHVDYgv9NzTg-4VztIEyNI-axWwCNcBGAsYHQ/w256-h256/Week%2B376%2B-%2BDry.jpg" width="256" /></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: quot; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l1miI1jUftEcJaldxhHExfXrDtw3XDtdZ5sk8DDOFRo_BY5Rm0CxyqQjeOOhWJrMbwzOfVes5N3dPfR-gqzfbzD9p5gBh4HcYR5ZW40NXouZjtaYBY_BvJ3zSUFT-zNZ72oA8fJpV5w7/s540/376+dry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="540" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l1miI1jUftEcJaldxhHExfXrDtw3XDtdZ5sk8DDOFRo_BY5Rm0CxyqQjeOOhWJrMbwzOfVes5N3dPfR-gqzfbzD9p5gBh4HcYR5ZW40NXouZjtaYBY_BvJ3zSUFT-zNZ72oA8fJpV5w7/w394-h394/376+dry.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a repeating umbrella design, which required a little masking, and some simple ink blending. I added some darker yellow shading to the umbrellas using a colored pencil. Both the umbrella and the sentiment come from a stamp set from Create a Smile, titled Bad Day. To finish it off, I popped on a few clear dew drop embellies and yellow sequins and called it a day! Funny how the light caught that one sequin and made it look green :) CAS cards are supposed to be quick and easy, but that doesn't mean they can't have some pop!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Tip</b></u>: <i>When layering stamps using masking, remember that the images you stamp first will be in the foreground and fully visible at the end of your project. You can use that concept to create real depth to your cards.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure to check in on the other DT members and how they used the cue card! There's some really fun ideas to get you going. And please be sure to link up a card you've made - we LOVE giving away PRIZES from our awesome sponsors!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqNkXTMarI6Neb40wW0WcHni2JA2KmvlqaBs7W3WlljqhNs2jU2e5IcxdscuxbNdZxgqejcAqFeGUCKPkcMvkWLceKgHZbucSMjQuXoKjzhUamr0VZ1j5z7nmEL-6DEiwPNM1-Bvph2x9/s320/DT+Badge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="320" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqNkXTMarI6Neb40wW0WcHni2JA2KmvlqaBs7W3WlljqhNs2jU2e5IcxdscuxbNdZxgqejcAqFeGUCKPkcMvkWLceKgHZbucSMjQuXoKjzhUamr0VZ1j5z7nmEL-6DEiwPNM1-Bvph2x9/w200-h76/DT+Badge.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://deeptistephens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deepti Stephens</a></span></div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://eyeswideopenarts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deidre Payne</a><br /><a href="http://jacquiesouthas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jacquie Southas</a><br /><a href="http://jenniferwills.blogspot.com/">Jen Wills</a><br /><a href="http://cards-by-the-sea.blogspot.ca/">Joyce Mehrberg</a><br /><a href="http://carefreecreations.haman.us/" target="_blank">Karen Haman</a><br /><a href="http://inkedregards.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Melissa Chipperfield</a><br /><a href="https://craftymilka.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Milka Gubo</a><br /><a href="https://nancyscreativemess.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nancy Elrick</a><br /><a href="http://sandiesandie16.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sandie Munroe</a><br /><a href="http://sentimentallysue.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sue Symens</a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Guest Designer: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/9125386576877910525/3518270649896895974#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jasleen</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Sponsor:</b> <a href="https://stamplorations.com/" target="_blank">STAMPlorations</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: quot; text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: quot; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: quot; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q02cbNM3e-L0P0GsWkSbZ0ltg50weZtKB1-QxGuUL2b2lw_pH1qLYxPpF6z_wWYM6QHnMjaiIem4dreWBgry8QMxVO9iYHmMgiYvt3zutY-Q77gjN7LvpxoS8onwijXDQpXImVsVvSs/s1600/STAMPlorationslogo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="200" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q02cbNM3e-L0P0GsWkSbZ0ltg50weZtKB1-QxGuUL2b2lw_pH1qLYxPpF6z_wWYM6QHnMjaiIem4dreWBgry8QMxVO9iYHmMgiYvt3zutY-Q77gjN7LvpxoS8onwijXDQpXImVsVvSs/s200/STAMPlorationslogo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for stopping by!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm also joining at <a href="https://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/10/inspired-bypumpkin-spice.html" target="_blank">Inspired by Challenges #IB145...Pumpkin Spice</a></div><div><br /></div><div><i>xoxo Deidre</i></div><div><br /></div></div><br /></div></div>Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05294863264447856023noreply@blogger.com3