DZ Doodles DT - Tweet! Tweet!

Hello! It's Tuesday, and that means it's DZ Doodles Day! This week is our first sketch challenge and Gini, our Challenge Chicky Coordinator said, "Find your own darn sketch!" *verybiggrin* So I did! I really liked the sketch over at Sketch Girl, and this is what I created:

This DZ digi is called Sparrow, and I flipped it in Photoshop before printing. This little birdie is perched on a digi stick, but I edited it so I could use a twig of my own. Oh, and I made him into a Robin in honor of all the little birdies in my yard these days. He's layered for dimension (of course!), and colored with Prismacolor pencils. 

I had a little difficulty with the three horizontal elements on the sketch. I originally wanted to do a small branch or three twigs, but it just didn't fly. You know how frustrating it is when what you've created in your mind doesn't translate to real life, right? (Oh man, that's applicable for wayyy more than paper crafts!) I settled on the little crocheted ribbon elements to keep in the spirit of the sketch.

The flowers are a combination of Prima and stash roses. It's a very simple "bouquet" and I'm proud of myself for leaving the Stickles in their jar. The big orange flower came that way - I swear!

So now it's YOUR turn to challenge yourself with a sketch of your choice! Here's how:

• Make any kind of project using a DZ DOODLES image
• Link it up at our DZ Doodles Design Team blog
• Deadline to enter is Monday, April 19th @ 12 midnight

The lucky winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 21st, and will win 2 DZ doodles of their choice! Good Luck :)

Challenges

• Sketch Girl #15 - Sketch
• Creative Inspirations #55 - Green, Brown Blue
• Order of the Opus Gluei #59 - For the Birds

 Card Recipe

• Stamp: Sparrow
• Paper: K&Co/Amy Butler; Bazzill; Neenah
• Medium: Prismacolor pencils; chalk ink
• Embellishments: Prima flower; roses, leaves lace, and pearls from stash; twig from back yard

Thanks for your visit today - I really appreciate it!

Cheers,
Susan

How Distressing!

Hello dear friends! Thanks for visiting me. Today I have our latest DZ Doodles Challenge for you.

The DZ Doodles design team was challenged this week to create a project with the distressing technique. I've dabbled a little with it in the past with decent results. On this card I decided to "kick it up a notch". I had tears in the paper and  my edges were rougher than ever before... then I added another layer and it covered up a lot. *grin* Still, I'm pretty happy with the results! I also distressed some edges with ink - a "must-do" on all my projects!

This darling little girl is the "Easter Bonnet" digi. Her hat and basket are popped up, and I added Stickles glitter on the hat, her collar, and the basket ribbon for a little "umfph". :)

I'm in love with Cosmo Cricket papers! This is from the Early Bird collection, called Farmer's Market. I used a sketch challenge for this card and needed at sentiment. I knew I wanted a tag, so I just printed my sentiment on card stock and traced the tag shape. I think I should have layered it or distressed the edges... it needs "something" down in that bottom right corner. Maybe I'll fill it in with a pearl swirl - I'm open to suggestions!

Oh, and the lace is sewn on - after I sewed the edges all around, I folded over the edge of the lace and slowly sewed straight across. As I went, I scrunched it up to give it the ruffled look.

So now it's YOUR turn to show us your distressing technique! Here's how:

• Make any kind of project using a DZ DOODLES image
• Link it up at our DZ Doodles Design Team blog
• Deadline to enter is Monday, April 5th @ 12 midnight

The lucky winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 7th, and will win 2 DZ doodles of their choice! Good Luck!

Challenges

• Sketch and Stash #32 - Sketch - my "stash" is CC paper, leaves punched with a new tool and the eyelet added with my shiny new Crop-A-Dile II. OMG! What a great tool! 
• PaperPlay Challenge #12 - Easter
• Stampin' for the Weekend #35 - Easter
• Fussy and Fancy #7 - Easter
• Crafty Calendar #6 - Flower Power
• Creative Card Crew #47 - Vintage/Aged 
• Cute Card Thursday #105 - Dimension
• Papertake Weekly - Open Theme
• Simon Says Challenge - It's So Distressing

Card Recipe

• Stamp: DZ Doodles Easter Bonnet
• Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird
• Medium: Prismacolor Pencils w/OMS, Stickles, Colorbox chalk ink
• Embellishments: MS leaf punch, Prima flowers, lace, really old quilting pins, pearls

I really appreciate that you're here, and hope you have a great day!

Cheers,

Susan

DZ Doodles DT - Inspiration Challenge

Hello hello hello! Today is the first "official" day of the new DZ Doodles Design Team. I'm so glad to be joining these wonderful ladies and playing around with Diane's images.

We're kicking off our first challenge with a delightfully Springy inspiration image:

This is where my creative juices flowed with this inspiration:

I'm in love with every one of Diane's flower images! As you probably know from my ramblings here and there, I'm a big fan of vintage and collage cards, and I've combined the two styles here for a sort of Vintage- and Collage-Lite card. Hee hee. :)

The sunflower is made of three layers, with some of the petals cut off for a 3D effect. Random edges have a little sparkle with Stickles glitter glue. The butterfly is a vintage image with little wire antennae!

And now, for all the important DZ Doodles Challenge details! Make your project using the above inspiration image and post it via Mr. Linky at the DZ Doodles Design Team blog no later than Monday, March 29th. The winner will be announced Wednesday, March 31 on the DT blog. You could win 2 DZ Doodles images! Yay! Be sure to check out all the fabulous DT offerings for this challenge for even more inspiration. :)

Challenges

• One Stitch At A Time - Vintage
• Cardvaarks - Lacy Days
• Oh, Alice - Butterfly or Caterpillar 

My Card Recipe

• Stamp: DZ Doodles Sunflower, from the Summertime Collection
• Paper: Websters Pages "Soar Blue Skies" from Nature's Storybook, miscellaneous from stash
• Medium: Prismacolor pencils, Stickles, Colorbox chalk ink
• Embellishments: Vintage butterfly image with handmade wire antennae, a few pieces from K&Co's Ephemera Pack and the rest from my ever-growing collection of bits and bobs. *wink*

Thanks for stopping by - (and I really appreciate your comments *grin*)

Cheers,

Susan