.:Challenge yourself with punches and fabric:.

Hi there everyone!!
Today Is challenge day :) Lets see how you use fabric and punches together with the UDD paperlines on your page...
I did a page that looks like this:

I have mixed and matched my paperlines, so you can find the Modello #UDD0049, A walk in the park-#WP012, A new day-#ND013, and See ya later alligator #SYLA011,on my page. And even though they are totally different paperlines they fit together perfectly with their soft colours.

The edge punches I´ve used is from EK success, and Martha stewart. I´ve also added som fabric flowers from Prima, and tulle to give the page a softer style.

Hope you found some inspiration today, and please link back to us if you made a page with UDD products, we would love to see them :)


Have a nice day!
//Katarina

A NEW DAY FOR MAN ABOUT TOWN

Hello there!!! This is Janis blogging today here at Upsy Daisy. Due to postal issues, I haven't gotten my stash of new lines yet so instead, I decided to do the March's Sketch Challenge using the A New Day line.

Here's my take:

A NEW DAY

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND015. Inspire, #ND016. Promise, Brad: #EMB006. New Day.

I was able to make this flower by stacking different sizes of heart diecuts out of the Promise Paper . The layers are held together by one of the coordinating brads.


I did the same layering of heart diecuts here, except that I also used clear acetate material which were embossed with polka dot embossing folder and lightly painted with pearl acrylic paint.


I was not ready to put away my scraps yet so I played some more and created these cards:

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND012. Dream, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND015. Inspire, Brad: Upsy Daisy, Rub-ons: #UDD189. Oh Happy Day. Sketch by Ali Macdonald for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND015. Inspire, Brad: #EMB006. New Day, Rub-ons: #UDD191. With Gratitude.

UDD Products used: Papers: #ND011. Believe, #ND012. Dream, #ND013. Faith, #ND014. Hope, #ND016. Promise, #ND015. Inspire, Brad: #EMB006. New Day, Rub-ons: #UDD0124. Inspire Dream. Sketch by Ann Seleshanko for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

While I'm at it, I figured I might as well share with you my creations last month using Man About Town II Line:

MAN ABOUT TOWN II

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-012. Deacon, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-016. William, Brads: Upsy Daisy, Rub-ons: #UDD187. Man About Town. UDD February Sketch.

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-011. Carter, #MT2-012. Deacon, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-015. Tyler, #MT2-016. William, Brads: #EMB004. Man About Town, Rub-ons: #UDD187. Man About Town. Sketch by Monika Martinson for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-011. Carter, #MT2-012. Deacon, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-015. Tyler, #MT2-016. William, Rub-ons: #UDD187. Man About Town. Sketch by Ann Seleshanko for Sketches: Creatively Yours.

UDD Products used: Papers: #MT2-011. Carter, #MT2-013. Martin, #MT2-014. Nolan, #MT2-015. Tyler, #MT2-016. William, Stamp: #UDD208. Chic Bebe.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I inspired you to play with your Upsy Daisy papers!!! Until next time!!!

janis

New Year Card!

I love the look of hand stitching on cards.
I help make the stitching easier I either use a push pin and
a mouse pad to *pre poke* the holes or I use my sewing machine
with just a needle and no thread to make the holes!

Merry Christmas!
Andrea

What is life about? Sharing!!!

What is life about if not sharing with the special close ones and sharing to help the ones in need? As so, when my box full of beautiful Upsy Daisy goodies arrived at my home I already started thinking I should work out a way of sharing and why not to say, also, a way to start working out Upsy Daisy Trade Mark in Brazil. At that same day, I planned a special class at the store I teach twice a month and announced to the regular basis students. At classes, we worked with sketches, no ready to glance project, so that every work would be kind of different. We mainly used A Walk in the Park and Man About Town Collections. Each student took home a Layout and a card, as well as left at the store a second card made specially for a Social Project that I am working on. I am the one wearing grey and the other one is Daniela, one of my students. On our hands you can see Daniela's and Claire's works. Well, you will here from me every day of this week, so, for today, this is it! :D Scrap Hugs and Kisses , Julia Saddi

Kit Hot Chocolate and Spirit by Julia Saddi: http://www.paperdesignbyjuliabsb.blogspot.com/

Kit A New Day by Liara Micheloni:  http://www.scrapbyliara.blogspot.com/

Kit Vroom by JuGG: http://www.scrapstuffed.blogspot.com/

Kit Circle of Friends by Márcia Valêsca: http://www.marciavalesca.blogspot.com/

Kit Cupcake by Thaísa Salge:  http://www.scrapespaco.blogspot.com/

You know that patterned paper?

Hi everyone...today I want to talk about those papers we just *love* but sometimes get stuck on how to use them.

Typically, these are the papers with the detail around the corners and a whole lotta white space in between. If you're anything like me, those are the sheets I reach for first when shopping, although when I get home, I usually get a bit stumped on how to actually use them.

Upsy Daisy Designs has a perfect example in the "A New Day" line. Here's "Hope":

Beautiful, right?

One way is to cut out little pieces from the corners that you can use later. Cover up the cut-out bits and keep going with your page construction as you normally would.

When you reach the embellishing, which I keep for the end, play around with the cut-out pieces and see what looks best on your page.

*Don't feel bad about changing the original pattern of the paper. Remember, it's yours for the interpretation.

This is what I ended up with:


I used the sheet "Inspire" (both sides) to finish off this page.

Note how I cut out just the little red flowers and then placed them on the almost-completed page, in spots that best suited my design, and made them a bit more dimensional with pop-dotted buttons and bit of twine.

Okay, that's it from me for today.
Enjoy your week, and what's left of summer :)

Upsy Daisy Designs meets Spellbinders

Do you love using die cuts for your projects? I am not necessarily talking pre-made die cuts but those you can create yourself with the help of such wonderful products like the Spellbinders  dies. Personally, I love the versatility those dies give you - in particular the Nestabilities.

Spellbinders generously sponsored the Upsy Daisy Designs DT Members with our choice of Nestabilities and I chose the Labels One . It just screams at me to use it for creating a minibook from scratch, but will also come in handy as a base for a journaling block. Have a look at the Upsy Daisy Designs Stamp-Set Chic Bebe and you see how perfectly the journaling stamp will fit this set of Nestabilities. But I digress...

This week, I have created a card using the Labels One die and a few of the new Paper Releases. I love how the die used as the background, guides the eye to the focal point of the card.

Papers: Upsy Daisy Designs #ND015. Inspire (A New Day Line); #UDD0176. Grafton, #UDD0178. Kent (Man About Town I Line)
Embellishments: Rub Ons - Upsy Daisy Designs #UDD192. Butterfly Wishes, #UDD189. Oh Happy Day;
Tools: Label Die - Spellbinders;

Don't forget that Upsy Daisy Designs have a DT call running right now - if you would like to become part of this wonderful team, check out the details Here.

new stuff

the new UDD are so adorable! i couldn't decide which lines to use first. so i just grabbed the first two lines that were on the top of my box. this layout is using the a new day line



and this card is using the enchanted line. this line is extra special because is it textured like cardstock.

i can't wait to see what you are all doing with the new lines. please be sure to link us up to your projects when you get your hand on them.

teacher's present

Hey :)))
just wanted to share with you these little things i made for the teachers :)))
of course made with the new lines :))) and a die from Spellbinders :))




and a card:

thanks so much for looking and don't forget our call !!! you can find all the info here

Michele Beck