Friends...

Good morning everyone! Today I have a card that I had originally made for a 10 minute Craft Dash over on the Pretty Pink Posh blog. After I made it I realized I screwed up...the colors were teal, pink & blue, however, the blue was supposed to be a navy blue, not just any ole blue I choose...ooops! That particuliar Craft Dash has seriously kicked my tushie. Remember when I did the little video and lost the SD card with the video and pictures of the card on it?? This is from that same challenge...wow, I should have cut my losses and ran far away after I screwed up the colors, lol, but I was a glutten for punishment and went at it again and had all those other troubles...sigh. I have the feeling that I was not meant to participate in that particular challenge!! Good thing I really like that challenge A LOT! ;)

Ohh and mentioning the 10 Minute Craft Dash, I would like to pat myself on the back and tell ya'll that I made the runner up list on the last challenge with that darling little mason jar full of flowers card! WOO-HOO!!! And guess who won...Wendy Elliot!!! You all know and love her work from being on the DeNami design team. Her card was sooooo cute!!


 When I first saw the colors I was a little scared but ya know, I love both color combos (this light blue and the navy blue) and plan on pulling them out in the future.   

This little beauty took 9 minutes, 45 seconds. I don't think I've ever stamped directly onto patterned paper before, if I have, it was only once or twice...I just can't remember, but I really like the look. I'm totally loving the layout, thinking I will have to try that again too ;)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Be sure to stop back by on Friday for a fun and easy Mother's Day project!

Summer ladybugs

Today I have a fun summery card for you. I'm entering this in The Paper Players challenge.

What a challenging theme! I had a VERY hard time deciding what to do...so many stamps and options!

I pulled out a few stamps I haven't used in ages and came up with this...

This little card is making me want to go on a picnic!



I know I pull out this color combo quite a bit...but I can't help myself. I just love how I can make something elegant and then turn around and make something so fun with it. Classic colors that will never let you down.

Don't forget about the challenge right here on DeNami Addict...you still have a little time to enter! Click the link on the sidebar for all the info :)

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!

Cause you gotta have Friends!

It has been a while since I pulled out the good ol daisy stamps. So when I am in a rut I will usually reach for a daisy.....and what could be happier than PINK daisies with a little bling? Makes you smile...right? Then mission accomplished!



See the little bling in the center of the daisies?






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!

For my Twinkie

So you may have noticed recently that Tina has been doing the majority of the posting around here. This is because I have encountered a few hiccups along the way and just when I think I was getting a "routine" established and going to get some crafty time....life decided to take over. And, my Twinkie, true to form said "you take care of what you need to take care of - I got this" and....she does!

Tonight for the first time in almost 2 weeks I was able to sneak a little time in my woman cave and I made this....for my Twinkie....



Because she truly is a Friend that I am lucky to have!

Lovely stamps (and two of my newest) was used in the making of this card M29 Rosebud Heart Swirl and F140 Friends. I can see me using these quite a bit in the future.


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!

Everything is just daisies...or so I thought!

You ever do something the hard way and then later (24hrs in this case) think "DUH, I'm such an idot!"? This card is my testiment to my just not thinking it through. I had a vision in my head and just ran with it versus stopping and looking at it from all angles. I made a little extra work for myself, but in the end it turned out just like I envisioned so I guess all is well, right...well, except fot the fact that I'm an idiot? ;)

Well, here's the card...

A little closer look so you can see the button stamped back ground...

I was making this card for a challenge on a blog I visit regularly. I knew exactly what I wanted to do when they announced the color pallete and button embellishment theme. Where I went wrong was with the main focal point. I knew I wanted the flowers to pop so I wanted to emboss them. The only colored embossing powders I had on hand were black, white and a silver sparkly one...hmm, not good. I tried stamping my stems in my regular ink and very quickly threw on some clear embossing powder...just as I thought, it didn't work. I stamped/masked and stamped again for my flowers in a regular ink. I then restamped everything using a stampin-ma-jig and Versa-mark, embossing them with the clear powder. I had to do the stems and flowers seperately so the powder didnt get knocked off while trying to position the second stamping...UGGG, what a pain!! Now here's where I'm a complete idiot. As I was writting the post on my personal blog for this challange, It FINALLY dawned on me..."crap, I have a versa-mark and an embossing pen! What an idiot I am!!" Yes folks, could have saved a lot of time and agrivation and gotten the same result...live and learn. I'm not perfect and will never claim to be lol, but I will remember this and remember that I have those pens from now on ;)

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!