An Eclectic Birthday...

I've been broadening my little box and playing with patterned papers lately...not sure what has gotten into me, but I can say I've been inspired lately by some of you talented ladies ;)

Here's another little something I came up with...

(Pardon the edge fuzz on my panels, I was using my Mom's paper trimmer and it's kinda junky :S) I was going for kind of a fun eclectic look. I just received the speech bubble as part of my winnings from the DeNami birthday celebration and couldn't wait to use it. This is sooooo not my normal style, but I'm really liking it!

Whimsical summer flowers

Today I have a fun little card to share. I just love pairing DeNami's magenta and red cardstocks together, they really compliment each other nicely. I decided that since I wanted to use such a fun and bright color palette that I'd pull out a fun stamp to go with it...

I also broke out the new grass border stamp...LOVE it!! I was head over heels as soon as I saw it...it's perfect for little scenes like this one. I really wanted a whimsical look, so for my leaves I traced outside the lines with my green marker before coloring and added just a touch of Lime Sherbet and strawberry freeze glitter to finish off the flowers.

Fresh Florals blog hop

Well hello and welcome to another fun DeNami blog hop!!With spring in full bloom, Paulina thought we should show off some pretty little flowers this month....

When: The blog hop starts on May 19th at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until May 20th, 2013, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).

Why: To be inspired by fun DeNami Design creations and also the chance to win mini shopping sprees on the DeNami Design website! 

Prizes: They are giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to their website! One gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop! 

You should have arrived here from Deb's blog. If not, no worries, just head back to the DeNami blog for the full list of participants to get back on track.

When I saw this theme I decided right off that I didn't want to make a regular ole card. I mean, I do that all the time, right? So after a little thinking, I decided how fun it would be to make flower seed packets!

Here's what I came up with....

 Aren't these adorable? I found the template for the two small packets on the Internet and the larger one I drew in the Paint program on my computer. Just add a little ribbon or washi to the little planter boxes and these would be cute little gifts or place settings for a garden party. For the one on the right, I plan on tucking in bible verses for a few friends.

I had so much fun creating these little packets that I wanted to see if I could come up with a card using one....

And for a little surprise....

The seed packet is removable and the card is still adorable because there's a matching panel under it.

That's all I have for you today, it's time for you to go visit with Jennifer Harris
Remember to leave comments along the way to be eligible for the random drawing for the two gift certificates :)

 

Schools Out...

Today is the last day for graduation week. In my opinion, I saved the best for last...this is my favorite one by far ;)

It's gender neutral so you could easily give this to a guy. I know ya'll struggle with guy friendly cards just like I do!

I simply stamped the back to school chickie then added a couple of the stamps from the graduation set that I had fussy cut turning it into a cute little graduation card. I was happy to have an excuse to use that twill alphabet ribbon from DeNami again, I just LOVE it! I had added 3 red rhinestones but after editing my picture I realized that I had lost one somewhere along the way, lol...ohhh well, it's just one of those things ;)

I hope you've enjoyed graduation week and don't forget that the Fresh Florals blog hop starts on Sunday! Just head on over to the DeNami blog for the full list of participants. I'll see you right here bright and early Sunday morning :)

CAS graduation card

Hi everyone, today I have a more CAS (clean and simple) graduation card to share with you. I'm not real good with the CAS style, but I still strive to bring ya'll something a little different when I can :)

I wanted to show this to you in several color schemes and since it didn't take but just a couple of minutes (don't ask how long it took to "plan" this card...ugggg!) to throw these together, that was easy peasy!

Like I've mentioned before, I'm more of a "add layers and slap a big pretty bow on it" kinda gal so this was definitely outside my little scalloped box, lol! It just kills me to leave all that white space un-touched! I was itching to add a length of ribbon, rhinestones...anything at all, just to not have all that space there! In the end I did what was best for the card instead of what was best for my sanity and left it blank ;) hehehehehe.

I'll be back tomorrow with one final graduation card (my fave of all of them). It's gender neutral and involves a much beloved chickie so you won't want to miss this one ;) 

Congratulations Owl

Hello everyone and welcome to day two of graduation week! Yesterday I had a more manly themed card so today I thought I'd break some pretty pink cardstock and lovely scallops....

Unfortunately I don't have a DeNami "congratulations" sentiment. I have around 500 DeNami stamps and a "congratulations" is on my list, but as ya'll know, I run this blog on my own time and dime (I'm not paid in any way and receive no discounts or freebies) so there are stamps that I just have to put off if I don't think I'll get a lot of use out of it VS. a different stamp that's on my list :(    So, I just grabbed a cling one from a sentiment set I have by Hero Arts to make my background.  

This is a great "go to" layout and I use it quite a bit. I change up the edge punch and colors and end up with a whole new look from the same layout. For my scene, I just simply stamped the Owl Trio stamp 3 times and added a little fussy cut graduation cap from the Graduation cling set. I finished it all off with some yummy twine and a big pink button.

That's it for me today, I'll see ya back here tomorrow with a more "graphic/CAS" type card that I've made in a couple of different color palettes for you.

You Did It!!!!

Can you believe it half way through May already?? That means the graduation season is in full swing! While I have no one that I know graduating this season, I still have lots of fun inspiration to share with you so make sure you come back everyday through Friday...

Today's card was a snap to put together, it' doesn't get much easier than this little cutie.

I really lucked out finding a piece of patterned paper that matched my loopy Washi tape perfectly. You could easily make this card with polka dot or chevron paper and Washi.

Sorry for the horrible picture, I had to edit it at home and for some reason my pictures just don't come out as well as they do when I use my computer at work. That's it for me today, I'll see you back here tomorrow with another fun graduation card!