DMA Made Design

Happy Monday everyone!! I know it's been a while since I did a blog post.  Let's just say life got the best of me and a lot of changes. Anyways, with all the changes, figure I come back with sky challenge from Lawn Fawnatics Blog.    This challenge was a sky theme, so what better way in doing a birthday balloon in the sky.  So let's get right to it! I started off using Distress Oxide Ink the background with blue tones, blending them like a sky effect. Before the inks dry I sprayed water using my mini mister from ranger.  Next I started die cutting all the balloons, clouds and border clouds from Lawn Fawn. The balloons are on red and yellow card stock, as for the clouds they are cut onto vellum.  On one of the vellum has a sentiment, "Happy Birthday" from Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy stamp set, that I heat embossed with a navy blue powder.  I layered all the pieces together using either 3D foam tape, double sided tape, and glue. Pretty simple and fun ...

Hello Everyone!! Happy New Year! Even though it's three week into the new year, I figure its still January, right?!   To start off the new year resoultion was to enter into more challenges.  Here I go and enter my first this year the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #44 I started with an oldie but goode stamp set, I mean not that old, but for me brought back many memories.  This was the first stamp I ever purchased and started with the stamp crafty world.  Better stamp set to learn to make my son's birthday decor out of this stamp set.  I learned so much from how to make cards, what colors to use, and materials/tools. Five years fast forward here I'm writing about this stamp set! I started stamping all the Critter in the Forest stamps with a copic friendly stamp ink, Simon Says Intense black ink.   Using Copic Markers to color the Fox, racoon, owl, tree, and mushrooms.  The back drop I used the Stitched cloud backdrop: Landscape die set to add some back...

Hello World! WOW October is here! You know what this means, the Holidays are just around the corner.  Right now I'm just trying to get my kiddos Halloween Customs together.  Hope I make it in time for their school Halloween Parade. Today I created a snowy woodland card.  I live in sunny CA I don't get snow in the Bay Area, so making this card gave me a JOY that one day I'll wake up with a snowfall.... maybe. Enough about me...Let's talk about this beautiful card.  All of the stamps and die sets are from Lawn Fawn (just love this company!). Starting with the backdrop, the snowy backdrop die using white Neenah 80lb paper to cut out. On brown cardstock, die cut the Stitched Hillside Landscape Backdrop.  Such a cute set!  I just used the backdrop part to get the hillside.  To give the brown cardstock some snow, I added Yeti ink and using a dopper to tap onto the edges.  Stamped out from the Joy to the Wood set.  Using all Copic colors to th...

Hello world! Can you believe it...Fall is Here! To welcome the season, I made a card with changing colorful leaves falling, pumpkins, and maybe a pumpkin spice latte in the girls cup?!  To create this one-layered card I used The Greeting Farm Pumpkin Spice collection. Stamping the girl and pumpkins on Neeah solar 80lbs cardstock using Simon Says Intense Black ink.  Then masked the images with masking paper by applying on the top part of the card (starting from the edge bottom -up) abandoned coral, wild honey, and squeezed lemonade Distress Oxide Inks.  The bottom/foreground of the card, using My Favorite Things stencil Drifts and Hills Mixable and applyed frayed burlap distress Oxide ink. Removed all the masking paper and colored all the images with Copic Markers. The senitment was stamp with versa mark black ink and embossed with clear powder.  The falling leave were embossed as well with different colors for the season.  For the details, a white gel pen...

Hello!  I can't believe Summer is almost over so I figure I put a card together that might get you outside one more time.  Today I'm sharing a Fox Family getting ready to make some S'Mores.  Who does not like S'MORES! I started out stamping out those cute Foxes from Mom + Me, campfire and marshmallow from Love you S'more stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  All the coloring I used are copic color by using redish and brown colors and die cut them.  The background I did some emboss resist using white embossed powder from WOW.  I used blueish color from Distress Oxide.  Loved how the background turned out.  Using the Hill Stitched Die from Lawn Fawn on a card 80 lb card stock.  Using a Black Soot Distress Oxide on the edge of the hill.  For the details, using a white gel pen, glitter pen on the fire, and glossy accents from ranger on the marshmallow.  Hope you grab yourself a S'more today!  I hope you enjoyed this card.  Thank you...