"Colors Of Love" Whimsical Wednesday Challenge Submission

It's been a while since I entered any card challenges, but when I saw this week's Whimsical Wednesday's color challenge I couldn't resist. The challenge is to make a project using red, white, and another color of your choice. I chose brown as my second color.

 All cardstock is from Stampin' Up. The patterned paper is from DCWV Christmas collection from 2010. The ribbon is from Stampin' Up. I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the white cardstock running down the middle of the card.

I did a combination of Copic coloring and paper piecing on this image from Fiskars. I've been looking at this stamp set for a while because I'm such a coffee addict. I love the sayings with this set. I used my Spellbinder Classic Ovals and Classic Scallop dies to cut the center focal point.

 

Don't forget to enter my Blog Anniversary and 10,000 Hits give away. To enter, enter a comment on this post: http://danasimaginationcreations.blogspot.com/2012/02/10000-hits-and-1-year-anniversary.html.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Dana Desmond

10,000 Hits and 1 Year Anniversary Giveaway!!!

It's hard to believe it's been a year since I started blogging. I have had so much fun sharing my creations with the world. I logged on the other day and much to my surprise, I had passed the 10,000 hit mark!!!! So, what better way to say thank you to all of my readers than to have a giveaway!

 I went through my huge stash of craft supplies and picked some of my favorite products. I then added to the pot by purchasing a few more items. Here's the result. I will try to list everything in the giveaway at the bottom of this post.

I started with 2 sheets of 12 x 12 double-sided Basic Grey Out of Print paper and added a couple more sheets of My Mind's Eye Lost and Found paper.

Stampin' Up Large Oval Punch (I accidentally purchased 2 of the same punch. My mess-up is your gain.) and a stamp from American Crafts.

I purchased two stamp sets, one Inkadinkado and one Studio 112.

I included (Mist)ables from Pink Paislee.

Die cuts from Basic Grey

I'm not sure who manufactures these, but they are lace birds with matching embroidery floss.

I went through my stash of buttons and included a little of everything. This has buttons, brads, metal corners, theme buttons and slides.

Ribbon from my stash.

Brand new Cherry Cobbler Classic ink pad from Stampin' up. Various die cut stickers.

As a bonus seven homemade cards.

Here's a full list of goodies:

2 sheets Basic Grey-Out of Print collection

2 sheets My Minds Eye-Lost and Found collection

1 Large Oval Stampin' Up punch

1 American Crafts stamp set

1 Inkadinkado stamp set

1 Studio 112 stamp set

1 pkg Pink Paislee (Mist)*A*bles fuzzy stickers

1 felt bird accent

4 hat pins (2 stars and 2 grey pearls)

1 pkg of 8 Basic Grey-Out of Print die cuts

2 lace birds

1 pkg clothing tags

embroidery floss

1 spool green rick-rack trim

1 spool pink pom-pom trim

1 Jenni Bowlin Studio journaling stickers

1 strip of canvas trim

3 various ribbons

1 spool of pink satin 5/8" satin ribbon

1 die cut sticker sheet (I think Pink Paislee, but not sure)

1 pack of Colorbok layered die cuts and chipboard tags and alphabet

1 Stampin' Up Classic Ink pad - Cherry Cobbler

1 pack of assorted buttons, theme buttons, brads, photo corners and ribbon slides.

7 handmade cards

Rules for Giveaway Entry:

1. Leave a comment on this blog letting me know what is your favorite card/project I posted over the last year.

2. Second chance to win, like my Facebook page, come back and leave a comment letting me know.

3. Third chance to win, advertise this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment letting me know (I'm excited to visit your blogs).

Please, no more than 3 comments per person. Remember to leave me a way to reach you if you win.

I will draw a winner at random on March 16th, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. CST. I will post the winners that evening. If the giveaway is not claimed within 2 weeks, I will drawn another name.

I want to say thank you to my readers, for giving a fun year of crafting and sharing. I love all your comments and hope to continue blogging for a log time.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!!

Dana Desmond

Happy Birthday!

Today's card uses all the same supplies as the card I posted previously. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Sweet Threads 6x6 paper pad. The embellishments are from the Sweet Threads collection as well. 

The image and cardstock are from Stampin' Up. I used the Marvey Liquid Applique on this cupcake as well. The last card I posted, I used the Liquid Applique straight on the white cardstock. On this card I colored the icing with a Stampin' Up marker, added the Liquid Applique, and held the heat gun on the Liquid Applique until it started to turn brown. I love the "toasted" look it gave the cupcake.

I have many more cards I've been working on that I plan to post soon. I'm also working on a couple of mini albums for a friend. She asked me to make one for her granddaughter and her new grandson, who will be here in May. I just started this morning on both albums. I hope I have enough time before May. ;-)

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Dana Desmond

Birthday Cupcake

I used Sweet Threads patterned paper from Basic Grey and Soft Suede cardstock from Stampin' Up' as the base for this card.

The image, from Stampin' Up, was stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock and colored with my Copic Markers. I used Marvy Liquid Applique and gold chunky glitter the make the icing. I heated it using my heat gun until it puffed up. I layered this on Soft Suede cardstock. I tied a knot around a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and layered that on the Soft Suede.

I used a Galaxy Gellie Roll glitter pen to give the appearance of a silver serving platter.

I loved making this card. I've order a few more cupcake image stamps. I'm not sure why, but I'm loving the cupcakes right now.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Dana Desmond

Lemon Flower Card Stack

I went a little DCWV Lemon Flower stack crazy. I made one card, then just couldn't seem to quit. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. (P.S. I gave them all away in card packs.)

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

Dana Desmond