Sunday, December 23, 2012

DeNami Celebrations and 10 Minute Craft Dash

I am popping in with 2 quick cards today. Actually these cards were designed and created by my daughter, Leah, for DeNami's Celebration challenge and 10 Minute Craft Dash.

For the DeNami Design challenge, I told her the theme was celebrations, so I offererd her my Congratulations stamp as a start. She wanted to use pink and blue, and so this card was born.


 
She used Polka Dot Elephant, Small Congratulations, Fairy Princess Chickie, Girl Chickie, and Ballerina Chickie. She colored them in with her Crayola Twistable colored pencils. Not a bad job staying within the lines for a 5 year old if I must say so myself. She did not even use my stamp-a-ma-jig. She said that she needed an even number of pink and blue elephants so that her card would have balance. I nearly fell over with laughter. She also told me that she wanted to stamp the inside of the card, so she chose a heart from petite fours Heart Stamp set.


Here is the second card that she made for 10 Minute Craft Dash which is also teaming up with CAS-ual Fridays. Although I have a bunch of CAS-ual Fridays holiday stamps, she stuck with DeNami stamps since the wood mounted stamps are much easier for her little hands to use. She still had a bit of trouble with the cling and acrylic block, but she managed to the best of her ability. I showed her all of the holiday stamps I had and she made her choice. When I told her that she was going to make a holiday card, she said that it must have baby Jesus and a present since Jesus is a present to us. Oh how I love my little girl!


She decided which stamps would have red, green, yellow and black ink and positioned them by their ink pads. I hit the stopwatch on my phone and she went crazy stamping. I gave her little updates on how much time she had left to complete her card. You can tell which Berry Vines she had left when I told her she only had 2 minutes left. Her strategy to color outside the lines to leave no vine incomplete made me laugh. She completed her card in 9 minutes and 32 seconds. Whew!

Although this card is not technically CAS, we decided to link it up to CAS-ual Fridays any way. Maybe she'll try a little harder to make it CAS next time.
 
I have so much fun when I am crafting with her. It amazes me that she can create cards so quickly.
 

13 comments:

  1. children have a wonderful way to accept things as is. Wish I was a kid, could save me hours of doubt! great job on the cards by your little girl!

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  2. Seriously Deb for a 5 year old she is very talented, I'll say it again, you have given her a gift. So sweet. Merry Christmas!

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  3. I am so happy that Leah joined in these challenges! I adore seeing her sweet works of art! It makes me happy that she enjoys her DeNami stamps as much as her mama. :)

    Tell Leah I'm so happy she played in both of the challenges. Wishing you ALL a very sweet and Merry Christmas!

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  4. Leah your cards are very pretty! I like your polka dot elephants, great job!

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  5. Your daughter is such a wonderful budding artist. I just love to see her creations.

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  6. Aw, I love to see the things my niece creates. So pretty! I sooo enjoyed seeing you all today!

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  7. How delightful! Wonderful that you & your daughter both enjoy this hobby. Can't imagine doing this when I was 5--she's amazing!

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  8. Sweet cards Leah! I adore that elephant!! Happy New Year!

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  9. Leah created two awesome cards~I love the elephant border and the Christmas borders!

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  10. Leah, your celebration cards are just delightful!! Thanks so much for playing along with our DeNami challenge this month. Keep having fun with Mom!!

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  11. Cuuuute - a future designer in the making! Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays over the holidays. Happy New Year :)

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  12. Insanely great card, and without a stamp positioner! Leah, I can't wait to follow your blog when you start one. ♥

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