Monthly Sketch - December 2010

Can you believe that we are as good as at then end of yet another year? It amazes me just how much time flies these days...I swear it was only a few weeks ago that we all enjoyed the Summer, no???

But I digress - it is time to say good-bye to a long standing friend of ours: the monthly sketch. 

We have all enjoyed to play along to the sketches and I hope you got some inspiration out of them, but it is time for something new. 

With that being said, we hope that you all play along with us this month and celebrate our ultimate sketch in style.

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I decided to take my favourite holiday line HOT CHOCOLATE and create a totally non-Christmas layout. Don't you love it when you have such a versatile paper line that can be used for any occasion?

UDD products used:

Papers: #UDD0151. Cocoa, #UDD0155. Wintergreen, #UDD0153. Frosted

Rub Ons: #UDD124. Classy Brown - Alpha (8x8), #UDD186. It's A Girl Thing

By the way - our Christmas Lines are ON SALE right now HERE and HERE...be quick though, as stock levels are low already

JULIA created two stunning cards from the sketch, mixing quite a few paperlines. The attention to detail is mind-blowing - just look at that wreath! And Julia also created a wonderful layouts for the sketch too

UDD Products used:

Papers: #AVA015. Summit; #WP015. Majestic; #UDD0147. Take wing; #UDD0149. Freedom; #HSH016. Rockland Rd; #HSH015.Midland Ave; #AVA014. Powder; #UDD0135. Sprinkles; #UDD0156. Giving; #UDD0159. Peace;

MELISSA made perfect use of our AVALANCHE paper and created this fabulous layout - indeed a picture perfect!

UDD Products used:
Papers: #AVA013. Grind; #AVA014. Powder; #AVA015. Summit; #AVA012. Extreme 

TRACEY also used AVALANCHE and I adore just how different it looks! Gotta love the versatility of Upsy Daisy Designs Papers

UDD Products used:

Papers: #AVA011. Adrenaline; #AVA014. Powder; 


KATARINA created this amazing layout. Who would have thought that VOGUE is perfect for winter themed projects?

UDD Products used:
Papers: #VO011. Catwalk; #VO012. Chic; #VO014. Fashionista;
Rub Ons: #UDD191 With Gratitude. 

MARIELLE dug into the HOME SWEET HOME and AVALANCHE collections and created two wonderful layouts

UDD products used:

Papers: #HSH011. Alma; #HSH013. Cedar Cres; #HSH014. Maddison St; #HSH015. Midland Ave

Brads: #BRD316. Home Sweet Home 

UDD products used:

Papers: #AVA011. Adrenaline; #AVA012. Extreme; #AVA014. Powder; #AVA015. Summit

Meanwhile JANIS produced this funky layout of her sweet Santa Babies using our HOT CHOCOLATE line

UDD products used:

Papers: #UDD0155. Wintergreen, #UDD0153. Frosted, #UDD0152. Dash Away, 

Brads: #EMB006. New Day 

GRACE also played with HOT CHOCOLATE this month and created this beautiful set of cards

UDD products used:

Papers: #UDD0155. Wintergreen,  #UDD0152. Dash Away, 

Brads: #BRD311. Blossom 

SANDI made use of the SPIRIT line to create this wonderful layout

UDD products used:

Papers: #UDD0158. Love,  #UDD0156. Giving, 

So, what do you say? Are going to join us for one last time and play along?

If so , please link us in the comments section to your layout so we can visit and leave you some Daisy love


But before we go - please join us in sending us best wishes to our very own KATARINA who celebrates her Birthday today!!!
Happy Birthday Katarina - may all your wishes come true. Stay healthy and safe.

OF BRADS AND BRAD HOLDERS

Hello everyone!!!! This is JANIS blogging once again for Upsy Daisy!!!! Today I'm going to showcase two projects which use Upsy Daisy Brads!!!

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

I got to play with Avalanche papers for the November Monthly Sketch which you can see here. While I "borrowed" #MT2-015. Tyler from the Man About Town II Collection (for the circle cut-outs), this is really an Avalanche number!

UDD Products Used:
Papers: Avalanche: #AVA011. Adrenaline, #AVA012. Extreme, #AVA013. Grind, #AVA014. Powder, #AVA015. Summit, #AVA016. Wipeout, Man About Town II: #MT2-015. Tyler, Brads: #BRD313. Vogue, #EMB007. Walk in the Park, Ribbons: #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon, Rub-Ons: #UDD194. Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Clear Stamps: #UDD208. Chic Bebe, #UDD210. My Guy, #UDD209. Girl friends.

Some close-ups for you: For my title, I used the "Boys will be boys" caption found in the #UDD194. Planes, Trains and Automobiles Rub-ons.

For this one, I rubbed my letters on my #AVA016. Wipeout paper first before I cut them out and adhered them on my square #BRD313. Vogue brads. I topped them with Ranger Industries' Glossy Accents for a glossy finish.


ALTERED BRAD HOLDERS

For my second project, I altered the Upsy Daisy brad holders as candy holders. My kids love these candy-coated chocolates, more so with this type of packaging!!! I used here papers from the See You Later Alligator Collection ( with the orange #UDD173. Sophie Love paper "borrowed" from the Circle of Friends Line).

UDD Products Used:
Papers: See You Later Alligator: #SYLA012. Alphabet Soup, #SYLA013. Everglades, #SYLA004. Expedition, #SYLA015. Gators, #SYLA016. Marsh, Circle of Friends: #UDD173. Sophie Love, Brads: #EMB007. Walk in the Park, Ribbons: #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon, Clear Stamps: #UDD208. Chic Bebe, Other: UDD Brad Holders.

Some close-ups for you:


Hope I inspired you to take out your UDD papers and play with them!!! Have fun creating!!!

janis

Monthly Sketch - November 2010

Good morning and welcome to another sketch here at the Daisy Diaries - this will be our penultimate sketch, as we look to mix things up a bit here, come 2011.

But until then, let's have a look at our November Sketch - as usual, take this blueprint as inspiration for your project and if you like to play along with us. Link us to your project in the comments section of this post so we can stop by and leave you some praise.

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Our Designers were free to choose any of the paperline to create their projects this month and I decided to play some more with one of our latest releases AVALANCHE

UDD products used:
Papers: #AVA012. Extreme, #AVA013. Grind, #AVA016. Wipeout, #AVA015. Summit




TRACEY made use of the fantastic VOGUE papers to create this fun layout of her daughter's 1st soccer season

UDD products used:
Papers: #VO013. Diva, #VO014. Fashionista, #VO015. Runway, #VO016. Strike a Pose, #VO012. Chic




JULIA used HOME SWEET HOME and created this fabulous card from the sketch

UDD products used:
Papers: #HSH012. Beach, #HSH014. Maddison St, #HSH015. Midland Ave, #HSH016. Rockland Rd, #HSH011. Alma




New Daisy girl KATARINA made use of BLOSSOM to showcase her beautiful daughter in this soft layout making perfect use of white space

UDD Products used:
Papers: #BLO016. Spring is in the Air, #BLO012. Freshly Picked




Another Daisy debut from ROBYN showcases the HOME SWEET HOME line and we love how she used the handcut flowers from the #HSH011 Alma paper as subtle embellishments.

UDD Products used:
Papers: #HSH011. Alma, #HSH012. Beach, #HSH013. Cedar Cres, #HSH015. Midland Ave, #HSH014. Maddison St




We adore how SANDI  combined the  HOME SWEET HOME and A WALK IN THE PARK lines and layered them perfectly for this beautiful layout

UDD Products used:

Papers: #WP011. Beautiful, #WP015. Majestic, #WP016. Splendid, #HSH012. Beach, Rub Ons: #UDD188. Unwritten, #UDD124. Classy Brown – Alpha, #UDD0079 Sweet Slumber Alphas, Brads: #BRD311. Blossom Brads, Ribbons: #RIB401. Blossom Ribbon

And another wonderful take on our sketch by new Daisy REBECCA, who used the HOME SWEET HOME line and added some wonderful little touches with embroidery floss

UDD Products used:

Papers: #HSH011. Alma, #HSH015. Midland Ave, #HSH013. Cedar Cres, #HSH014. Maddison St,  Brads: #BRD316. Home Sweet Home Brads

GRACE made use of one of the Holiday lines, namely HOT CHOCOLATE for this yummy layout

UDD Products used:

Papers: #UDD0153. Frosted, #UDD0155. Wintergreen,#UDD0150. Cinnamon Stick, #UDD0152. Dash Away,  Brads: #EMB007. Walk in the Park, Ribbon: #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon

I hope that we have been able to inspire you to grab your Upsy Daisy Designs stash and start crafting. Don't forget to share with us what you create, we love to see your take on our sketch!

Monthly Sketch - October 2010

Happy Fall ya'll :)

Are you all excited about Halloween already? In the UK we don't really celebrate it as much as our friends in the U.S. and Canada but that doesn't stop me from getting antsy about it and enjoy all the wonderful blog posts and pictures popping up everywhere across the net, showing fabulous Halloween projects and costumes.

During October, we would like to show you a few Halloween projects on the {{ Daisy Diaries }} and prove that you do not have to buy Halloween themed papers to go for the "boo" or "cute pumpkin" factor. But first off, let me show you this months' sketch, which I used to create a layout totally unrelated to Halloween....

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More often than not, when I look at a sketch my layout will turn out completely different to the blueprint. Mainly because I pick one element off the sketch and put my own twist on it. In this instance, I took my inspiration from the layered circles - only on my layout they are

layered flowers :).

UDD Products used: #HSH011. Alma, #HSH012. Beach, #HSH015. Midland Ave (all from the Home Sweet Home Line) ** #VO012. Chic (from the Vogue Line)

JANIS used the wonderful BLOSSOM collection for her wonderful layout. Adorable how she incorporated the two different sizes doilies to emphasise the girly factor.

UDD Products used: 
Papers - #BLO016. Spring is in the Air, #BLO013. Orchard, #BLO011. Awakening ** Brads - #BRD311. Blossom


TRACEY made wonderful use of her favourite, the VOGUE line and created this stunning masterpiece. I adore how she used the lovely crochet ribbon.

UDD Products used:
Papers - #VO013. Diva, #VO016. Strike a Pose, #VO012. Chic, #VO015. Runway, #VO011. Catwalk ** Ribbon - #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon ** Stamps - #UDD209. Girl friends

SANDI used the HOME SWEET HOME line to create this fun layout about last years corn maze. Isn't it great how she included some bits of corn and also the maze print?

UDD Products used:
Papers - #HSH011. Alma, #HSH012. Beach, #HSH014. Maddison St ** Brads - #BRD312. See You Later Alligator, #BRD311. Blossom ** Ribbons - #RIB403. Vogue Ribbon ** Stamps - #UDD0110. Make A Bloom


GRACE made use of one of our all-time favourite paper lines CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. I love how she used the fabric covered brads as the "cherry on top" of the ice cream cones.

UDD products used:
Papers - #UDD0172. Princess Abbie, #UDD173. Sophie Love, #UDD0171. Miss Brin, #UDD0170. Lily Lou ** Brads - #EMB006. New Day ** Rub Ons - #UDD0082. Oodles of Doodles - Alphas


We would love to see how you use our sketch for inspiration, so please link us up in the comments section if you are playing along with us this month. We look forward to see what you create.

Monthly Sketch - September 2010

Good morning and welcome to September!

Time sure flies and after a somewhat very unpredictable summer here in the U.K. we can almost touch Autumn....

One of Upsy Daisy's new paperlines HOME SWEET HOME is perfect for the approaching new season and hopefully our monthly sketch will provide you with some additional inspiration on how to use your favourite Upsy Daisy Designs products.

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Our DT Members could choose which of the two new lines they would like to use for the above sketch and I decided to stick with my Autumn mood and grabbed the HOME SWEET HOME collection.

Papers: #HSH015. Midland Av; #HSH016. Rockland Rd; Brads: #BRD311. Blossom; #BRD312. See You Later Alligator

How amazing is this layout by  JANIS? I love the depth she achieved by layering the wonderful papers from our BLOSSOM line

Papers: #BLO011. Awakening, #BLO014. Precious, #BLO012. Freshly Picked, #BLO016. Spring is in the Air, #BLO015. Spring Breeze

Rub Ons: #UDD0123. Basic Brown Alpha

Brads: #BRD311. Blossom

GRACE created this fantastic layout, using AVALANCHE, and made the sketch work for her by using straight lines for her frames, perfect!

Papers: #AVA013. Grind, #AVA014. Powder, #AVA015. Summit

Brads: #BRD314. Metallic Blossom

TRACEY made a wonderful set of cards  using HOME SWEET HOME. Isn't it fantastic how she hand cut some of the patterns from the #Alma sheet to make them pop as stand alone elements? Simply gorgeous!

 

 Papers: #HSH013. Cedar Cres, #HSH011. Alma

How fabulous is this layout created by SANDI? Using AVALANCHE, I love how Sandi stuck to the blueprint of the sketch and also added those adorable tags.

Papers: #AVA013. Grind, #AVA014. Powder, #AVA016. Wipeout, #AVA012. Extreme

Rub Ons: #UDD187. Man About Town, #UDD0066. Little One-Seals

Stamps: #UDD0106. Floral Flourishes

We would love to see you play along with our sketch - please link us up to your creation within the comment section, so that we can leave you some Upsy Daisy love...

And before I go, don't forget our DT CALL - there are still some days left to get your application in. We have already received many wonderful entries but we would like to see yours (yes, YOU there looking at the screen right now) in our inbox as well :)

You can also hook up with us on FACEBOOK and if you fancy winning some Upsy Daisey Designs goodies, check out the September Challenge on CREATIVE PROMPTS FOR YOU.