Why do I enter challenges you ask??

Good morning everyone! I had this little post scheduled for tomorrow, but then realized one of the challenges I'm doing ends this morning....EEEKKK! I have a little calender, but still managed to mess up...go figure. ;)

Do you ever participate in challenges? If not, you totally should. They get you outside of your little box and open you to a whole new world. Take both of these challenges I'm submitting for today;

CAS-ual Fridays

I'm not a CAS card maker by any means...it's a challenge! Give me layers and punched borders and bow and buttons...sigh, I love it all. So CAS, yeah, outside of my little scalloped punched box for sure!

The Paper Players

I would have never put this color combo together...It's sooooo pretty and here I would have missed out on putting it together had it not been for a challenge.

Here's my CAS card using that yummy color combo...

I pulled out some WAY under used DeNami border stamps for this little card. I started our with a charcoal grey card base and used lime and white layers (DeNami cardstocks). I didn't have a lime or grey ink pad so I used my Tombow markers to color up my stamps. Before putting it all together, I added a length of DeNami grosgrain ribbon for a little pop of color between the panels.

I hope I've inspired you to try out a little challenge or two yourself. These are great challenges to enter and Don't forget, DeNami Design has a monthly challenge and we here at DeNami Addict do to! Our new challenge started this past Monday...give it a try, what have you got to loose? I'll see ya'll back here on Monday :)

And once again ....the daisy makes an appearance...

So this weekend we had the annual stamp show here in Columbia, SC (and let me say for the record that I totally and completely bummed that Denami was not in the house....). As I was looking around I did learn a little sumpin' sumpin'. Then I took what I learned and brought it home to apply it to my Denami stamps.



Peek closer why don't ya...



See those lines and the color inside the circles? Yep....that's not patterned paper...its ink. I showed it to the man and he was impressed that I could do that. And let me just say it takes A LOT to impress the man....just sayin'.....

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Blog Hop Mini Cards

Oh I am so excited this is my first time participating in a blog hop and I am so honored that it just so happens to be a Denami blog hop - (can I get a woot woot?). If you are following along, then you hopped on over here from Ruza. It also means that you are officially at the halfway mark. I hope you aren't overloaded with goodness at this point. Feel free to go get a drink or refill your coffee (if you are like me and get up early just to sneak around the crafty blogs) or stand up and stretch your legs - its ok - the cards will wait. Are you all refreshed? Good! So without further ado (cause there are lots of yummy cards to visit today), I give you my submission.....drumroll please.....


(In case you are wondering, that is Flash the Flamingo....he insists on being in all my pictures. Sometimes the kitty sneaks in too but not today.)

Now come a little closer.....



Of course, its pink (I sort of have a thing for pink....and I have a BIG thing for bling but that is a story for another day), and its all flowery, and really sorta girly...but I like girly!

Stamps used in this card: D97 Scallop Tulip Circle, F161 Tulip Border, I54 Medium Double Circle, F172 Hello Friend

Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for the prizes. I mean, really, getting a chance to look at Denami yumminess AND getting a prize to do it? Who couldn't love that?! If you get lost along the way, just go to Denami's Blog and get back on track.


Now to continue on hopping, head on over to Isha's blog to see what kind of yumminess she has in store.