Happy 4th Of July!!!!

Can you believe that it's July 4th already?? What have you got planned for this fantastic 3 day weekend? Me...well, in my house we generally play it pretty low key and just hang out.

I have another fun little celebration card to share with you....

I started off by making my own patterned paper by stamping a piece of white cardstock all over with the teeny star background then building it up by randomly stamping the brushed stars and the teeny star. For my focal panel I once again stamped the teeny star background then added the God Bless America sentiment. 

I hope that y'all have a safe and fun holiday and I'll see you back here on Monday with a new challenge for The Shabby Tea Room. Don't forget to enter for the DeNami Addict birthday giveaway for your chance to win a DeNami Design gift certificate!!

Shine like a star

Hi everyone! Did you get a chance to read yesterday's post...hope that I have inspired YOU to take a chance and join in on some challenge fun or to start submitting your work to magazines. :)

The comments from yesterdays post brought tears to my eyes...ruined a good make-up day ;)  Ya'll are just so sweet (hugs)! I greatly appreciate you and the time that you take to read my blog and Facebook posts. You play a big part in what keeps me going!! I better get to today's post before I tear up again...ya'll have me overwhelmed!!

Today's card is a challenge submission, lol, plus the next 2 days will be challenge submissions too! See, I don't give up! ;)

I've had the idea for this card in my head for quite a while, however, I planned in using hearts because I was actually going to try the layout for a shower card during my wedding theme week. I ended up making too many cards so this idea got shoved back, lol. When I saw the 10 Minute craft Dash's current theme this layout immediately came to mind.

My desk before starting:

The carnage as a result of working within the 10 minutes ;)

Here's my creation...

The time was pretty close - 9min. 57sec. - those stars took forever to punch out! I wanted the stars to have motion so I cut the patterned (stripes)by hand  in a swoosh (starts up then goes down and back up again) and attaching them went quickly since I didn't want them uniform. I made the pattern paper at the top using the teeny star background stamp from DeNami. I originally wanted a little bling between the sentiments but all the ones I had were too big so I ended up using a marker for the separation of the words. Unfortunately I was running low on time so I had to make the decision to just add the twine bow instead of threading it through a button. However, I like the plain bow and the button may have just been a distraction from the stars.

Have you had a chance to read all about our birthday celebration here on at the Addict blog?? I'm giving away a yummy DeNami gift certificate to a random winner. All you have to do to enter is follow one little rule...make a birthday themed card of your choice! No DeNami products have to be used & no special color palettes. Link up to the birthday celebration and at the end of the month I'll be drawing a random name for the prize package!

That's it for me today, I'll see you right back here tomorrow with a card for The Shabby Tea Room challenge! Thanks for joining me today :)

Stars and Polka Dots??

I know the ole saying is Stars & Stripes, but this little creation is all stars & polka dotted goodness, lol!

For today's card I feel like I went back to my roots so to say. All of the elements of this card just scream "me". I created my own patterned paper, have a pretty little punched edge, lots of layers and of course a pretty little fluffy bow / button combo. Yup, there's a lot of me in this one :)

 

If I redid this card I think I'd have to make a small change to my popped up panel. First off I'd make it a little smaller, it's just too large. I'd make it small enough that it would fit nicely on the top portion of the card instead of coming down over the red polka dots too. And second I'd add a layer of red between the white and Navy panels. Yup, thinking that would look so much better! I liked it well enough when I made it. I also liked it when I edited my picture, but now....not so much. :(   Easy enough to change up and make adorable though!!

That's all for today, I'll be back here tomorrow with my final 4th of July inspiration card! It's adorable and involves a little home made chickie ;)  you won't want to miss it!

There's a little surprise inside

Wow, I have more Halloween cards than days before Halloween, oops, lol! Well, that just means ya'll have to put up with me showing you yet another card today! ;)

This is a little buckle card that I like to make. It's fun because there really are no special measurements...it's all just basically "eyeballed". The only measurement is a panel to cover the back so the ends of the two little flaps are covered and pretty. Hope you enjoy....

 

 

I haven't used this little layout in forever...forgot how much fun it is. Thinking I need to break it back out, what do you think?

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow with my final Halloween card!



RIP

Hi ya'll! Can you believe October has nearly ended? Just 3 more days left...wow, where did the month go? I'm not finished palying with my Halloween stamps yet!!!  Sigh....

Today I have another little Halloween creation for ya....

I just love this new graveyard friends cling stamp. It's perfect because DeNami has created a fun little scene for you. All I added was the Happy Halloween sentiment...easy peasy!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!



A little Frankin-Chickie love...

Hello everyone! Yes, it's Saturday...don't go checking the calender, lol!! I just wanted to pop in with a little surprise post and show off my little Franken-Chickie creation....

I just love this little guy but unfortunately time has gotten away from me once again and I didn't get to play with my Halloween images nearly as much as I hoped for :(   Is it too early to start creating for next year???

Gotta scoot...On my way to the yearly Apple Butter Festival with my big sissy and her girls. Thanks so much for stopping by!



Wanna go fishing?

I'm sure that by now ya'll have seen the new chickies from DeNami's spring release. If you haven't, you seriously need to...ohh my gosh, it's cuteness overload!!

Here is one of the new little guys hanging out doing some fishing...thinking about Fathers Day for this card.

I was going for the look of a taped-up poloroid. Notice the "tape" I made that using white cardstock, blue ink and the teeny star stamp. After I cut the pieces to the approx size I wanted, I simply tore the ends using a tape dispenser to get that "tape edge" look. In person the little fishie really pops...I added Crystal Lacquer to make is shine like a little rainbow trout.

I'm thinking my Father-In-Law is really gonna love this little creation!

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!

Even chickies love St. Patty's Day

I have been trying to use my large chickie more and came up with a great idea...why can't he be holding a St. Patty's hat? I just love it!

I think he/she needs a full line on clothing...hint hint ;)

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!

Christmas Chickies....

 This little card was so easy that I made up a few of them in no time at all...

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!