Baby cards with DeNami Giraffe

You gals are too sweet and I just LOVE your comments!!!! I may or may not have snickered out loud when I read the "beeeeeeeutiful" part from Lisa's comment! No judging here, you should have heard all the bee  puns we were all throwing out during the class...it was quite sad, lol! We were laughing so hard at one point that the gals couldn't even make their cards! That was a fun class! ;)  Brenda, look up your local area on craigs list or even google bee clubs (yup, most area actually have clubs!!) in such & such area. You'll be sure to find a beekeeper looking for someone to host a bee yard. 

On with today's post, I have lots to show you today. Quite a while back I was making cards to submit to magazines. Well, those days are far gone, lol, I have plenty to keep me busy what with design teams and teaching and haven't thought much about submitting at all. I guess I'm feeling content at the moment but someday, yeah, I WANT to be published!! I have a little set of cards that I made specifically for Card Maker magazine that I never showed to y'all. It's been quite a while, months and months and month to be exact, lol, and I got my thanks but no thanks letter months and months and months ago so I could have shown them off way back then. Not sure why I haven't, other than I kinda forgot about them at one point...yikes! Anyway, I think they turned out cute even if my coloring wasn't all that at the time - this was way before I started playing with Copics. I think I'd like to tackle this little cutie with Copics now ;)

I made one for a girl, a boy and a neutral one. All 3 are made the same way just changing up the colors a bit makes a big difference doesn't it? I started out with an A2 chocolate colored card base. I stamped the DeNami medium polka dot stamp on cream cardstock then stamped the smaller DeNami polka dot & teeny heart  backgrounds in Versamark on a strip of kraft. I edge punched a piece of black cardstock, layered the 2 strips then attached them to the cream panel. I tied a piece of alphabet twill ribbon around the top then attached it to the card base. I cut little random sized squares of chocolate and layered on little cream squares then stamped out letters to spell "baby". I think DeNami needs an alphabet set...hint hint, Nami, hehehe! Anyway, I then attached them to the card using foam tape/pop dots. I punched 2 tags, one black & one cream. I trimmed down the cream one and stamped on the little DeNami giraffe, colored it and added faux stitch lines. I then added a bit of twine (a super long piece) and tied it to the twill ribbon knot that I had made earlier and then added some grosgrain ribbon and a button to finish it all off. Since I used a long piece of twine I was able to really secure it all together nicely, there was plenty to tie around the twill knot and come up through the button. I added a little piece of foam tape under the tag to hold it in place and added a little bling to complete the whole card. 

Well that's it for me today, I have to run, didn't realize what time it was...ohh gosh!! I'll see y'all on Monday, have a GREAT weekend!!!

DeNami Valentine Blog Hop - Jan 2014

Are y'all ready for the very first DeNami blog hop of the year?!?! I know I am and can't wait to hop along for some serious eye candy!! lets get off and running....

When: The blog hop starts on January 12, 2014 at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until January 13th, 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: We are giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to our website! We'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then we'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!

You should have arrived here from the super talented DeNami DT, Deb and her adorable cutie patootie daughter, Leah's blog!! (I think we need to start a petition to get Leah her own personal blog to display her beautiful art work...) If you didn't arrive from there, no worries, just head over to the DeNami blog for a full list of participants and you can easily get back on track :)

Ready to see what I came up with? My first creation is a cute little card that can easily be changed up to fit just about any occasion...

 

DeNami Items: sending you love, teeny heart

The other creation I have to show you is a large (6") tag that I made...

DeNami Items: clear gusseted bags, teeny heart background, Love Flourish, elegant oval frame,

Well that's it for me today, I hope you liked my card and tag now off you go to visit with the talented  Jennifer!! Have a great day :)

 

Are you in the mood for love....

Ohh my goodness, have you looked at the calendar lately?? We are well into January already and do you know what that means??? That means DeNami's spring 2014 release sneak peeks are underway AND Valentines day is right around the corner!

Let's get to DeNami's sneak peek first. Starting this past Monday Paulina and the design team have showcased some of the DARLING new images on the DeNami blog. Follow along and leave comments to be entered into random drawings to win some of the new release...how fun is that?!? As soon as I finish up here I'm headed over to DeNami to do just that!! Don't forget, the new release will be available in the shop on Friday!

Now then, let's discuss valentines day. I haven't made any new DeNami Valentines day cards yet because I'm waiting to get my new images. But just in case you want to get a head start, I've pulled a couple of my faves from the archives. 

This is a little easy to make card that I did a start to finish video on :)

 

love flourish, teeny heart, teeny heart background

I just puffy heart the rosevine heart, here's a couple of easy to make cards featuring it...

 

Rosevine heart, love flourish,  rosevine cluster

How about a classic Valentine...

heartfelt greetings, solid decorative crest 

Well I hope these gave you a little inspiration to kick start your Valentines day cards. February 14th isn't that far off...ohh my, and here I still haven't recovered from the Holiday card season quite yet, lol!!  As soon as I get my little hands on the new DeNami images I'll have a little more valentine inspiration to share :)

A Sweet New Friend

It's not very often that I will use a "contraband" stamp and even rarer that I show them here on the Addict Blog. But something captured my heart so I thought I'd share it with ya'll. Not so long ago I was was introduced to the sweetest little stamp company over on the Pretty Pink Posh blog, Paper Sweeties. I fell head over heels for their darling little designs. I knew right away that their designs would work beautifully with my DeNami stamps. Their stamps bring back memories of my childhood. I LOVED playing with paper dolls, I guess little girls now a days have no clue what they even are do they? The Paper Sweeties line carries a couple of different "dolls" along with fun accessories to dress them up in and for them to "play" with.

I started out with a white card base that I inked up a little added a layer of rose colored stock and then a white layer that I stamped using the Teeny Swiss Dot & the Mini Rosette. The pink layer was edge punched and I stamped the Teeny Heart Background with more Mini Rosettes (in versa mark). To finish it all off I stamped the sentiment on a fussy cut Elegant Oval Frame and added some pretty ribbons and a paper rose before adding the darling little girl all dressed up in her Easter dress (fussy cut from patterned paper). I love that this dress can be used for anytime of the year, not just Easter! Did you notice that she's holding a little cupcake from the Mini Sweet Treats petit four set?

 

I think this card came together rather well for my first attempt at using the Paper Sweeties stamps and I was right about them working so well with my MUCHO LOVED DeNami stamps! I can't wait to play with them a little more. :)

 

 

Love is still in the air...

Okay okay, I know...Valentines is over and I have to put away the pink & red combo until next year, but I don't have to like it!! ;)

 

I had this little cutie sitting by and couldn't decide weather to show it to you or not. Yes, it features a "contraband" stamp and as it's focal point no less. I've been so wishy-washy it's down right pathetic, however, I did use the teeny heart background stamp even if you can barely see it....see my dilemma?

 

Well, I'm puffy heart in love with how it turned out, so I decided to stop being stingy and offer it up as eye candy for you too ;)

 

I can't tell if it's the color combo, the adorable White Rabbit, the pretty ribbon, the button & twine (which are both DeNami by the way) or the fun flourish die cut that makes me love this little card so much. Maybe it's everything all put together...who knows! I wish you could see this one in person, it makes such a difference.

 

Well that's it for me today. I'll see you back here on Monday with a new DeNami Happenings newsletter. Don't forget to check out you in-boxes today for the latest In-Touch from DeNami. A little bird told me it's going to be chocked full of fun!

 

Thanks for stopping by and I promise, no more Valentines cards this year (hehehe)!!

 

The Project Corner - Valentines Day

If you're looking for my Adorable Animal blog hop card, it's one post down. Make sure to leave a comment on all of the hop posts for the best chances to win a DeNami gift certificate! 

Hi everyone and welcome to The Project Corner. I'm a few days early with this post, but Valentines Day  creeped up on me pretty quickly and I really wanted you to see the cute kid friendly projects I came up with. I know that many of you have little ones at home and are always trying to find little projects for them. So today I have two cute and easy little Valentines Day projects for the kiddo's to make (with a little help of course).

This first one is super super easy....

I simply stamped the large butterfly and fussy cut it out. After it was colored (unfortunately I didn't have a kiddo handy to do this) I punched 2 holes and using a pipe cleaner, attached it to the sucker. I brought the pipe cleaner up and twisted it around the "head" of the butterfly and formed her little antenas. To finish it off just add some googly eyes and well-ah...a pretty little Valentine Butterfly perfect for Grandma, Daddy or even a teacher. *note: after your child colors the butterfly, have him/her write a message on the back.

This second project is a little bit more involved, but with a little help or if you have an older child, I think it can be managed perfectly. I actually made this for my hubby for our 22nd anniversary last fall but it can EASILY be made with a Valentine in mind. We are way cheesy and enjoy quirky little things like this....

Stamps Used:
Teeny Swiss Dot
Teeny Heart
Teeny Heart Background
Small Heart outline
Meduim Brushed Heart
Solid Heart Outline

I simply took two pieces of cardboard (one 8 1/2 X 11 and the other slightly larger - 9 X 11 1/2) and covered them with black cardstock (wrapping it around the edge and then placing a piece over it on the back side to cover the edges). I then stamped my panels (made slightly smaller than the 8 1/2 X 11 panel) and adhered them to the front cover (the smaller piece). As you can see, I simply found some fun images via Google and using the Word program on my computer made a fun and cheesy "story", but how fun would it be to fill your book with some drawings or coloring pages by your little one? *tip - go to google, click the images tab and then type in "coloring pages + Valentine" and it will give you loads of fun coloring book pages to print off for a fun afternoon of coloring enjoyment ;)* To finish it all off I simply punched some holes and bound my book using random twine & ribbons. I had such fun making this project and hubby LOVED it. This would even be a fun project for just about any theme...birthdays, Mothers Day, Fathers Day....

Here's a few cute images to get you started (click on them to enlarge then right click and choose "save picture as". Now you can go into your pictures file and simply print it to the size you choose.)

Well that's it for me today.  I hope I've inspired you to start a project with your little ones.  :)

XOXOXO's

I decided to revive a little layout I did quite a while ago. The little band of fringe makes me smile, what a fun element!

And seriously, how can you not like pink and chocolate...it's one of my favorite color combos and you can never go wrong with it! This is such a quick little card to put together. The fringe is way easy to make using your paper trimmer. I simply used the measurement lines to evenly space them apart and the ribbon hides the varying lengths of the cuts (I can get them close, but not perfect). After adhering the fringe I fiddled with / feathered it so that it doesn't lay all flat. Go ahead, give it a try...it's easier than you think and is a very unexpected element to your card that adds lots of depth and fun texture.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hanging Hearts

Blogger note: Ooops! I scheduled the proper date, but not the proper time...sorry the post is late!!!


It's not often that I fall in love with one of my own cards, but I really love the Christmas card I made with little hanging ornaments. I thought I'd try it again only with some pretty little hearts.

I'm so happy with the way this turned out. I just love the pink and celery color palette and who doesn't love LOTS of glitter!?!?

Thanks for stopping by!

You're sweet treat

Ever since I came up with the adorable stocking card I made for Christmas, I've wanted to play with the layout a little more. I liked the idea of a flat panel...kinda postcard style card and wanted to see what else I could create using that concept.

It didn't take me long to come up with this sweet little treat.....

You don't want to know how many boxes of conversation hearts I went through to get all those pink hearts ;)

 

I started off with a kraft panel and layered on a cream panel that I had stamped a pretty little pattern on. For the 3rd panel (pink) I stamped the teeny heart background, randomly stamped the sentiment, I edge punched it and added a length of ribbon before adhering it to the base panels. I attached the little glassine bag using my ATG and the ribbon doubles as a pretty embellishment, but also helps hold the bag in place. I added adhesive to only half of my punched circle layer so that I could filled down the top of the bag and tuck it behind the top half of the punched circle to keep it closed. I can add a little hand written note on the back or leave it just like it is, either way, I'm thinking the recipient is going to love it!

 

Thanks for stopping by!



heart treat box

Last Friday the uber talented and DeNami DT member, Dana, showed us an adorable little heart treat box she whiped up. Her tutorial was great and really made me want to play with that cute little heart shaped box. DeNami is offering it up the template FREE...can't go wrong there, can we ladies?

 

 

I downloaded it and printed it out on cardstock....that's where I ran into trouble. I cut out my pieces and just stared at them. I had such a hard time deciding what to do with them! In the end, I treated them like a blank card front and just stamped a little scene and added embellishments. I started by distressing the hearts with a little light pink ink and the base & handle with grey ink. I punched the holes and added little green brads to 3 side panels and pink to the front panel.

 

For the front I stamped the teeny heart background then added grey, pink & green washi, a green heart and layered a grey and white scalloped circle with the ohh so adorable new Cupid Chickie. And you know me, Icouldn't NOT add ribbon, lol!

For the other 3 sides I stamped the heart flower trio and the new grass border along with the teeny heart randomly "sprinkled" on.

After glueing it all together I added wire and curled the ends for a finished look. As you can see, I didn't fill mine with candy. I added some pretty DeNami multi colored iridescent shreds then piled in some other wonderful DeNami products...Washi Tape, buttons & twine. I wouldn't mind not getting chocolates and flowers with those kind of goodies in MY treat box ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Valentines Day Card video

Do you remember how I announced in the last "DeNami Happenings" feature that I had some fun things planned for the Addict blog? Well, start to finish card videos is one of them. While I had a couple of "hiccups", I hope you enjoy it.

With Valentines Day right around the corner I thought I'd take the opportunity to show you an easy peasy start to finish Valentines Day card that doesn't take much time at all to whip up.

Cardstock measurements:
Chocolate - 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
White - 4" X 5 1/4" & 2 1/2" X 5"
Red - 3 1/2" X 5 1/4"
Pink - 2 3/4" X 5 1/4"

Supplies used (with links to the DeNami web site):
F231 Love Flourish
A91 Teeny Heart
N134 Teeny Heart Background
PC21 White Cards
PC32 Chocolate Brown Cards
PC48 Petal Pink Cards
PC16 Red Cards
RB-7317 Chocolate Brown Grosgrain Ribbon (3/8")
SS07 Strawberry Freeze Glitter
GL01 Quickie Glue Pen

Weather it's a layout I've done in the past that you're interested in or a particulair stamp you'd like to see used in a future video, just let me know! Hope you liked my little start to finish card video and I hope to make it a regular feature here on the Addict blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

The Project Corner - DeNami take out treat box

Hi everyone! Do you like to make projects? I have to admit that I'm a little intimidated by them and well, just a little lazy. Projects seem to take a lot of patience and effort. I decided that I needed to step out of my comfort zone a little this year and have challenged myself to do several things...one being, more projects!! I thought that I'd share my little projects with all of you in a little monthly segment. Some will be easy, like today's, and some will be a little more involved, but all will be using the wonderful DeNami stamp images and/or products. Whatcha think, good idea? Be sure to leave me a comment letting me know your thoughts :)

My first little project to share with you is a little treat box. I purchased a plain white Chinese takeout box from my local craft store then added a little DeNami love and my own twist to it. They're easy to take apart and lay flat so that you can stamp on them. I opened mine up and stamped the teeny heart background then reassembled it again. I layered on a pretty doily and some pink striped washi from DeNami. I gave it the illusion of layers by adding a strip of DeNami iridescent strawberry freeze & iridescent blue ice papers. I had some random ribbon  and die cuts that I added and finished it all off with a little bow, a Prima rose (I used a copic marker to add a blush of pink color) and 2 heart buttons. I can't wait to fill this with little goodies and send it to someone special!

I just love making my own bags and treat boxes. When making boxes and bags, the creativity is endless. You can use rubber stamps, ribbons, buttons, card stocks, patterned papers, LOADS of embellishments...seriously, sky's the limit!! Don't let them intimidate you, just think of them as miniture cards that you can fill up with yummy goodness, lol. ;)

Here are a few links to other boxes & bags I've made...

Brown lunch bag turned gift bag

Fun DeNami boutique boxes and glassine bags

Elegant boutique treat box (with matching card)

Fun DeNami template treat boxes

Gift box & bag

Where you can purchase treat boxes and bags:
DeNami boutique boxes
DeNami cellophane bags
DeNami Glassine bags
DeNami treat boxes (templates)

 

Don't forget, there are LOTS of ideas on the DeNami website too :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Squirrely love

If you're looking for my Wonder Washi blog post for the hop, please click here or go one post down...thanks!

Ohh my goodness, have you checked out the new release from DeNami yet? *GASP* Too awesome for words :)  All of the images Nami has drawn are amazing. She's really outdone herself this time! I received my order this past Saturday and dropped everything just to play with my new goodies! 

I just couldn't wait to make my first card. I was going through my box of goodies trying to decide which stamp to use first and the little squirrel kept calling my name...boy does he ever make me smile :)

I started off with a white card base and stamped the teeny heart background then layered on some kraft and iridescent strawberry freeze card stocks with a little pink striped Washi. For my little scene, I stamped the P93 large winter tree then added the A90 teeny heart and leaves from the PF37 elegant floral set. To finish it all off I added the little squirrel,  heart shaped acorns and the sentiment from the new PF56 nuts about you petit four set. This little card truly is adorable in person, wish ya'll could see it!

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Who says you have to only use traditional colors for Easter?? I thought the charcoal cardstock looks great with the pinks.....

The eggs were made by layering a stamped solid egg with a heat embossed (on vellum) egg.

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!

Baby photo Album

Well I'm back again with a little something different....

As most of you know (from following this blog) my Sister-in-law is having twins. I came across a really cool chip board photo album by Bo Bunny and thought I could make her a album that's truly different.  I added some patterned papers, then took my foam brush thingie I use with distress inks and distressed them using Vintage Sepia Versa Fine ink (my fave ink). I added touches of DeNami all through out the book using the same ink, I'm really liking the stamping on pattern paper...quite different.

Can you spot all the DeNami in this book? I used basic background stamps...polka dots, stars and hearts on some pages and on others I added the sheep, turtles, elephant and the ohhh so adorable giraffe. I even managed to get the heart scalloped border in there lol. I started the book out with her first ultrasound picture and filled the rest of the book with mats so she can add more photos.

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!

Princess kitty

Since "anything goes" in the latest DeNami challenge, I decided to pull out a handful of stamps that I haven't used in ages and see what I could come up with...

If ya'll have a kitty, then you know that they can be little divas...I know one of mine sure is!! Befitting Miss Rosie's princess position, she usually lays on one of the throw pillows from the couch...and you better not touch it or you will be told about it...she's one cranky princess!! That being said, I decided this little princess needed herself a cloud pillow too. I just love this kitty stamp...she's purr-fectly adorable. Yeah, I said it...couldn't resist ;)


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!