God Bless America

Well hello and Happy Wednesday to you! Are you ready for another little patriotic card this morning??

Right off the bat let me tell ya'll that I totally cheated with this card...it's from last year. I just really like it and couldn't resist bringing it out of retirement. ;)

 

When I made this little card I had decided to reverse what I would normally do. I used the sentiment as my background and the sparkles as my focal point. It's really fun to use your sentiments in different ways. Did you by chance see my Tips & Tricks post on different ways to use your sentiments, it's well worth checking out.

 

That's it for me today, I'll see you back here tomorrow with another fun 4th of July card!!

The red, white and blue...

 Happy fourth of July everyone! I'm not going to get all political or anything, but even with the issues our Government is having, weather we always agree with them or not, we still live in a wonderful country and on that, I think we can all agree! Our Government strives to have our best interest at heart, our troops put their lives on the line to keep us safe & snug and we as Americans have proven that we can rally together like no other.

Today in honor of the 4th of July I have a little card dedicated to everyone....

I've never used such a large sentiment before and was truly stumped with it for a while, then thought, "why does the sentiment have to take center stage?"....background paper it is. It needed a little filling in in spots so I added the solid stars using one of my favorites, the teeny star stamp. The edge punch I used reminds me of patriotic bunting so I layered them in red white and blue. I finished it all off with a "firework" that I added stickles too for a little glittery action, a big fun red bow and button. :)

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday!

Happy New Year!

Hey y'all ! It feels like forever since I have done a post. Thank goodness for great friends like Tina that pick up the slack! Before getting to today's card I will give you just a wee little update on why I have been MIA.

See, when I started this blog I was a "stay at home" crafter...er...Mom. When we moved back home to SC a year and half ago I decided that I wanted to take some "me" time. Then one day....out of the blue I woke up and decided....I want to go back to work. And that is exactly what I did at the most inopportune time of the year.....the holidays! Yes, I know I don't know how to do anything the easy way. Add to that Grandmaw having to go in the hospital and running back and forth the NC EVERY weekend. See, told ya, never easy. So, I started a little temp gig thinking "well by the time this job ends it will be summer, I will have extra $$ for more DeNami goodies and all will be right with the world". Pffft, right! See, just one week after starting the temp thing, another company found me with a "real, full time, work everyday, not gonna be over by the summer, job". I listened to them, thought....nah - they aren't gonna hire me. Yeah, right because as you are reading this post, I am sitting in Chicago, at corporate HQ in my NEW JOB! Woot woot! I am just here for the week for "training" and then I will be back in SC spending time supporting a two facilities here (in case you are wondering what I do, I am a recruiter). And now that the holidays are over, I have more of a regular routine and I have made myself some "crafty time" - I will be back posting a little more on the regular (can you hear that sigh of relief from Tina? She can take a break too and not have to come up with something every day - HA)


So in honor of a New Year and new things, I came up with this card:




Its hard to see with my picture but I stamped the sparkles with Versa Mark to add a little something extra. And the pink sparkles just have a wee bit of pink glitter to give it a little shimmer. And the 2012 - well those are individual stamps that are non Denami but in my defense Denami doesn't have fonts and numbers soo....I think I can get away with it. AND those whiskers? Yeah, that would be Fat Jack. He insisted on being in EVERY picture I was taking so I just decided to not fight it! (I think he's been a little jealous of the flamingo if you ask me)

Stamps used: D98 Sparkles, N49 Happy New Year.

Now, I am not one for New Year's resolutions BUT I think I am going to make a crafty one - so my New Year's resolution is to try something new (a new idea, a new technique, something) at least once every two weeks or so. I think that is one I will be able to keep.

Now tell us, did you make a resolution?

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!