Hope Blooms

Hi friends! I have a sneak peek to share with you using some of the new DeNami Design release products. Head on over the the DeNami Design blog for a full reveal.

 

 

I will be back on Wednesday to share some more DeNami goodness. Thanks for stopping by!



DeNami Design Valentine blog hop

Hi friends! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We had a wonderful time yesterday visiting with Mickey and his friends at the Magic Kingdom. So glad you have stopped by today for the DeNami Design Valentine blog hop. I hope you have been inspired along the way. I am pretty sure there will be lots of pink and red. I just love creating for this holiday. Anyway, you should've arrive here from the awesome Tenia's blog.  I love her funky style. If you get lost along the hop, head back to the DeNami blog for a full list of participants. 

I think the moment you see my card, you know that I was inspired by the fabulous Paulina. When I saw this shaker card tutorial, I knew that this technique was something that I had to try. And when I placed my first Pretty Pink Posh order, I knew that I was going to purchase some sequins to make it happen.

To make my card, I followed her technique exactly. I added a diecut heart to the inside which I had stamped Decorative Love.  The inside is filled with a few more die cut red hearts and some raspberry, pink peony and sparkling clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. I embellished the circle by adding some hearts from my Petite Fours Heart Stamp set. I love this polka dot heart that I am pretty sure you are going to be seeing more of it on the blog.

 

Next up along the hop is my precious daughter, Leah. Of course I don't need to tell you how much I love that girl. I especially love to watch her craft.

 

 

For Christmas, she received a few DeNami supplies that she can consider hers and that I have to ask if I can borrow. She received some stamps, washi tape and twine. As you can tell by her card, the Pink Polka Dot washi tape made it's way onto this creation. When I told her about the Valentine blog hop, she told me that she was going to use Sand Castle because of the heart. And then, of course, every castle has a Fairy Princess Chickie with magical powers. And this princess' magical powers...why love, of course! She loves Mini heart and she stamped it several times and colored them in dark pink. She practiced coloring in these small hearts on some scratch paper first. She is really getting the hang of holding the copic maker at the right angle and the right pressured to color these small images. She did not even color outside the lines on a few of those hearts and I honestly couldn't believe how well she did. She also placed her washi tape border all by herself and trimmed up the sides with scissors. Lastly she stamped Love You Forver for her sentiment.

 

 

Well, that is all from us. Your next stop along the hop is the wonderful Tina. If you have visited her blog recently, you will have noticed that she is already in full swing creating some fabulous DeNami inspired Valentine cards. I can't wait to see what she has for us today.

 

Don't forget about the THREE gift certificates that will be given away! One gift certificate will go to a random participant and TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop! You have until January 13, 2014 11:59pm PST to comment and be eligible.

 

Happy hopping!

DeNami Design Woodland Friends sneak peek

Today is the big day!!! I am so thrilled to be sharing some sneak peeks of the Spring/Summer 2014 DeNami Design release. Today some of the gals and I are sharing our creations using the Woodland friends collection. These critters are just darling. So stinkin' cute that my daughter, Leah, just had to create with them as well. At least I am good at sharing because my little one pretty much wants all of these stamps to herself lol!

 

 

 

So for my first card, I inked up Little Fox, Woodland logs and Hello foxy. After diecutting my white cardstock with my notebook die, I ran it through my cuttlebug with my Notebook Paper embossing folder. I added some Green graph washi tape to the bottom for grass. After coloring my stamped images, I fussy cut them and adhered them using foam adhesive. I hand cut the banner and then tied a bow with some twine from my Autumn pack.

 

 

For my second card, I went with a white cardbase again, but this time I ran it through my Woodgrain  embossing folder first. The gray polaroid frame was cut with my Silhouette. The sentiment is Thinking of You. I inked up Little Beaver and Woodland Mushrooms. Again, I colored them with my copics and cut them out. I hand cut my hill and added my critters on top. By adhering my polaroid to the cardbase with washi tape, I wanted it to appear like it was taped to  a tree. I hope that I accomplished that.

 

 

Now for my last card, I again embossed my cardbase with my Thin lines folder. I inked up the new Little Fawn and You're a deer as well as Teeny Heart.

 Now, of course, since I wasn't the only one creating with these stamps, I have to share Leah's creations. This girl loves to try her hand at coloring with my copics. She is only 6 years old and copics are quite the challenge even for us adults.

 

 

Here is her commentary:

 

"I wanted the fox to be far behind so that when it is ready to charge, the deer wouldn't see it."

 

 

"Those two foxes were trying to knock down the deer and the other was trying to get the other fairy." Those two blue buttons are the eyes of the other fox.

 

"The pink lines are the fairy chickie's magic. He was trying to make the squirrel's tail better with magic.  The princess chickie has magical powers too."

 

 So be sure to visit the other DT gals to see their inspiration.

 

Dana

Lisa P.

 

Also be sure to comment on their blogs and the DeNami blog because it increases your chances of winning. Two winners will be selected every day of the sneak peeks. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Happy Birthday, Friendly Robot

My daughter needed a birthday card for a classmate. So naturally I was assuming the role of cardmaker when the lightbulb went off...Leah is a cardmaker herself. She tends to create one layer cards when coloring DeNami images, so I told her that I would link it up with a new challenge One-Layer Simplicity. The challenge is to create a card/s to restock your shelves. This one, however, will be off our shelf this weekend. I have some great ideas to participate in this challenge myself since I rarely make one layer cards and they are perfect for mailing. 

Leah inked up Friendly Robot, Happy Birthday script and Small Stitched Circle. She colored in the robot herself. The only part I played in making this card was helping with the splatter.

After photographing her card, I realized that is also plays along with the current C AS(E) this Sketch! Her card is flipped on the side. It is so fun to see that Leigh's daughter is the guest designer this week. That young girl has some awesome talent.



Thanks for stopping by!

CAS-ual Fridays, In a Word

Hello friends! I hope you have been settling into the new year. Today I have a card to share with you for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The challenge is to create a clean and simple project using a word to describe what you hope for in the new year. 

Our fabulous sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

 



I am not a resolution kind of girl. I honestly wish I could be better at setting goals. But reality is, life gets so busy. I have two wonderful little children, a loving husband and amazing in-laws. I love that this challenge is simple...find a word to describe what you hope for. This sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, Breathe. My reminder to not allow life to get so busy, that I miss out on finding JOY in the little things. I also inked up the brush stroke in ROYGBV since rainbows always makes me feel joyful. I added some Mister Huey splatters and some sequins to the top panel as well.

 

This challenge will run for two weeks. I can't wait to visit your blogs to see what things you hope for in 2014. Thanks for stopping by!

2013 Year in Review

I can hardly believe that another year has gone by. Wow, does time fly! Today I have a bit of a recap to share with you for some of my favorite cards from 2013. Just like last year, I chose to select a card from each month. Granted there were some months that I had several favorites, I simply had to pick one. If you are a follower, then enjoy this trip down memory lane.

 

January

 

 

February

 

 

March

 

April

 

May

 

June

 

July

 

August

 

September

 

October

 

November

 

December

 

I love taking a look at all that I created over the last year. I am surprised to notice that as I scroll through my post, most of my card bases are not white. That is a small victory for me since I tend to use white card bases a ton. I had hoped to finish my son's baby album by the end of this year. Don't worry, I am not beating myself up over it. I am still trying to balance work, life at home with two little ones and time to create.

 

Do you have any fun plans for tomorrow night to ring in the new year? We will be putting on our dancing shoes in our house. We have had a tradition since Leah was 15 months old (she's now 6), to ring in the new year at 7pm. It's midnight somewhere, right? Since there is no work on New Years Day, I hope to post some photos of our little party if I can find the time.

 

Thanks for stopping by! Happy New Year!



December PTI Blog Hop

Merry Christmas friends. I hope you have all had an enjoyable holiday with family and friends. It's hard to believe that this year has flown by. Today I actually have a project to share with you for this month's PTI blog hop.  I think the last time I played along was in the beginning of the year, back in March ***insert blush***

Our challenge is to create projects tied up with strings. I didn't think that I would actually get to play along until I was wrapping up my mother-in-laws present.

 

 

I wrapped her gift in kraft wrapping paper and then added some washi tape around one end and. I inked up Tiny Tags II and attached them using some twine. Pretty simple, but then again, that's me. My precious daughter thought that we were giving her some butter.  Gotta love the mind of a 6 year old. I can't wait to see the other fabulous projects in the gallery. Happy hopping!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a joyous holiday among family and friends.

 

 

Merry Christmas, from our family to yours!

Andy, Deb, Leah and Josh

CAS-ual Fridays Meets Craft Dash, Happy New Year

Hi friends. Today I have a card to share with you for this week's CAS-ual Fridays post. Yes, you read that right. Today CAS-ual Fridays is teaming up with the 10 Minute Craft Dash over at Pretty Pink Posh. The challenge is to create a clean and simple New Years project. If you create it in under 10 minutes, then you can also link up over at the 10 Minute Craft Dash.

 

 

Our fabulous sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. The winner of this challenge will earn a stamp set of their choice.

  

 

To create a project in such a short time is always a huge challenge for me. To make is a bit easier this time around (hmmm, are the holidays getting stressful?) I chose to use a previous card for some sketch inspiration. 

 

I inked up Countdown from CAS-ual Fridays and colored it in with my Copics.  I honestly gave no thought to how I would color in my shapes until I tried stamping the border a second time and the bottom row didn't stamp off well. So  even though I had randomly colored in a few, it actually ended up being in a pattern. Now how lucky was that? I tied some aquamarine twine around my sentiment strip before I adhered it to the cardfront with some foam adhesive.

 

This card was completed in 8 minutes and 29 seconds. Our challenge will run for 2 weeks. I can't wait to see what you create!

DeNami Design, Thinking of You dots

Hi there! Just sharing with you a sneak peek of the card that I am showcasing over at DeNami Design today. I only used 2 stamps, but this card packs a lot of punch.

 

 

 

Stay tuned to the blog because I will have a second post today.