Bottoms up....

 Did you hear about the awesome theme for the latest DeNami challenge?? Anything Goes!!!!!! Wow, I wouldn't want to be the person responsible for choosing the winner on this one! I have a little bit of a different project that I just finished up and thought I'd enter them...

I recently joined a book club....with as much as I read I can't believe I hadn't before now! We alternate houses for the meetings and serve some snacks and wine but I don't own any glass charms...they are a must have for our gatherings as we can never keep up with our glasses. Instead of going out and buying some random charms I decided to make some...what better charms than CHICKIES!

I did a lot of jewelry making / beading before the arthritis in my fingers and the corporal tunnel got to bad and I have trouble holding onto those tiny beads...I still had plenty of supplies on hand. Each one has stickles on the chickie for a little added bling. For the beading I choose pearls, pink beads and crystals. These are as girly as it gets :) Don'tcha just love them? I can't wait for the gals to come over to show them off!

I found "make your own" travel mugs at my local craft store. As part of Wendy's Christmas goodies I made her one using her favorite DeNami stamp...any guesses? It was the daisy of course!! It turned out adorable so I decided to make another one using my favorite stamp...what do you think?

You can't see it real well from the photo, but I added stickles to the mini swirl flourishes for some bling. I just love this cup...perfect for my hot tea since I don't do coffee!

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!

Giving Thanks.....

OK OK....I know I have been working a lot on my Christmas card idea but that's because I have already chosen my Turkey day card.....so let me share it with ya....



Wanna see it closer?



It is simple. It is glittery. It has crystal laquer. And best of all...It.Has.CHICKIES!! That is all I need....

Stamps used in this card: PF49 Thanksgiving Chickies Petit Four Set, B95 Mini Swirl Flourish, J141 Whimsical Oval Frame


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!

Goin to a stamp show.....Don't hate....

Yes, you read that right, about the time this little post goes up I will be partaking of a little "go-go" juice (aka coffee) and hitting the road to go to Anderson, SC for the Heirloom stamp show. Anderson is ummm about 2 hours or so away so I gotta get up early to get there when it opens! Now, if Denami were at this show I would be in HEAVEN but alas they are gonna be where I USED to live.... in MN this weekend. *Sigh* But I wouldn't move back there if ya paid me ....nope nope nope I am so very glad to be back in the south!

So, even though I have been in a card making frenzy lately, I haven't really came up with anything new....until this little cutie .....




Come in a little closer....





Very simple but I like it. That little flower there in the middle is a little embellishment that I found in my stash of goodies. I stamped in light pink in the background. If you look closely in the second picture you can see it. It shows up much better in person.

Stamps used in this card: F187 Wavy Stem Trio, B95 Mini Swirl Flourish, M65 Large Dot Swirls.


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!

Cause I Wanna Be Like my Twinkie....

Soooo a few cards ago, miss Tina made a few cards using the purse stamps from Denami and I knew I just had to have them. You can see her cards Here and Here.

Yes, I had seen them before....yes they were on my "to get list" but after seeing her cards those cute little stamps catapulted themselves right to the front of the line.





And now for a little closer look...




Now I will admit - I was tired when making this card. So, the coloring didn't turn out as well as I would have liked (used a new marker - not sure I will be using it again - the color didn't stay true) but I don't want to only put the "perfect" cards here on the blog. I want to put the "so-so" ones on here as well because it may just be "so-so" to me but it may inspire someone to create something absolutely FANTABULOUS! (Well, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it).

And while I am being all honest up in here.....this card is actually going into my "sample/blooper" pile. "Why?" you ask? Because I glued the purse on the card UP.SIDE.DOWN (yep - I told ya I was tired when making this card and it had absolutely nothing to do with the glass of Chardonnay...nope....nothing.at.all!) The opening is at the top. Can't tell can ya?

Stamps used when making this card: J101 Fashion Purse, B95 Mini Swirl Flourish, C57 Mini Dot Wreath

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!

Embossed Flowers

The thing I like best about challenges is that it gets me thinking outside of my little pink sparkly little box. I made this card for a challenge that consisted of a red, green, darkish cream and brown color pallet...seriously...moi, use red?? If you read this blog or my personal crafty blog often, you know that that's asking quite a bit from me lol! As if the color palette wasn't bad enough, they threw in the whole "embossed flower" element to really try and throw me off! After a lot of thinking and waiting until almost the last day for entry, I finally came up with this....

I just LOVE using DeNami stamps to create unique backgrounds!The flowers were from a pack of different sized white flowers with clear bling centers. I dry embossed them, dusted them with 2 colors of red chalk, layered them and added a pearl...Love how they turned out. Hubby didn't like the little fence that I fussy cut and tucked up under the flowers...I'm looking for another opinion....Let me know!

Supplies:
B95 Mini swirl flourish
G153 Ornamental vine
E119 Fence
PF48 Thoughtful Greetings


Thanks, Tina

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Happy Fall Ya'll

I am soooo ready for fall! I'm not a summer girl...just don't like the 100 degree temps mixed with the 90% humidity. This summer has been so bad I threatened to move to Alaska (hehehe)! One benefit of fall...THANKSGIVING! Woo-Hoo! Just thinking about Thanksgiving dinner has my tummy growling...

I just puffy heart these little jack o' lanterns and that ohh so cute turkey!

 I know...no sentiment (I would have stamped it directly onto the lower right hand corner)...it keeps getting pushed back further and further on my wish list...some day...

Shhh, don't tell Tom that he's leaving chickie footie prints....  ;)

G150 Jack O'Lantern Trio
D125 Turkey
A96 Tweety Bird Footprints
B95 Mini Swirl Flourish
PF51 Leaf Accents stamp set
SS16 Citrone Glitter
RB-7317 chocolate brown grosgrain ribbon
PC37 Desert Orange Cards
PC36 Golden Tangerine Cards

Thanks for stopping by, Tina

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