Paulina's giveaway

Anyone who knows me well, knows my love for DeNami Design products...they are beyond top notch!!

Anyway, Paulina from DeNami is having a "LITTLE" giveaway on her personal blog....HOLY COW, what a give away. I've always wanted one, but like she said...the price *sigh*...I mean seriously, that would really cut into my Denami stamp funds!!

Click the badge to leave her a little love and a chance to win!!

Cute as a button...

Welcome to my first ever Lawnscaping challenge. Not quite sure why I haven't participated in one before...I mean, ever since DeNami Design introduced me to Lawn Fawn I have been a big fan...What's not to love about their stamps, right?

Soooooo, I thought it was about time I started being a little more on the active side vs. the stalker side and submit a little sumthin' sumthin'.   ;)

The challenge is getting texty. I have to admit I picked an easy one outta the gate...don't judge lol. Well, without further ado, here's what I did....

 Don't ya just hate it when sometimes no matter how you take the picture, it's just never right?? That was my issue here. You can't see it very well in my pictures, but in person it's adorable and shows up...trust me lol. I used pink ink on the pink cardstock layer and randomly stamped the "cute as a button" sentiment along with the flower button from the Sew Lovely set.

 For the white card stock layer I again stamped the sentiment and added the stem/leaf and the flower from the Petite Florals set. The white button I used on the twine actually has flecks of pink and green in it...I'm really feelin this little card and can't wait to send it to someone special.

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!

Old McDonald had A Farm...

Okay, so if you remember correctly, I actually have two submissions for the animal challenge over at DeNami Design. However, before I let you see this second one I want to explain my inspiration for this little card. Never mind...I think it will be more fun if you can GUESS my inspiration...I bet my twinkie, Wendy, can...she's got a  twisted little mind like myself and  can see humor in just about everything :)

Ohh and before you even think it...I know the frame is not DeNami, but in my defense, it's Lawn Fawn and totally too freaking cute, an well, that makes it okay, mmkay? ;)

 Any guess on my inspiration?? No?? Hmmm, think about a "famous" paining that is a part of Americana art maybe. Still, no?? Jeeze, ya'll are kinda slow ;) (hehehe)  Well, I'm sure that you gals have guessed that iconic painting of the farmer with the pitch fork standing next to a woman (I always thought it was his wife...but it's his daughter..ooops) and they're looking all surly and put out. Heck, I'd probably look that way too if I had to stand there waiting for the painter to finish and not to mention daddy probably had a little sumthin extra on his shoes from feeding the piggies...just sayin' lol ;)   Well, my guys are happy as little clams and loved getting their picture "painted"!

 We all know by now that I love making my own background paper...with DeNami stamps it's so dang easy! If you look real close, I tried to make it look like wall paper...was trying to go for the whole "painting hanging on a wall" thing. 

I stamped the three line border with linen distress ink onto a dark cream cardstock then randomly stamped the mini swirl in versa-mark all over. The painting is popped up on foam tape. The piggy in the painting is on foam tape too for a little added dimension. Ummm, let's see, what else...ohh, the scarecrows are all paper pieced in of course. There's a faint blue and brown coloring (with chalk) for the sky and ground. And the barn window is paper pieced in too only because I got carried away when coloring the barn in and colored in the window too lol! Lastly the animals at the bottom are all fussy cut and glued on. Guess that's about it. Hope you liked my card :)

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!

Spring time tweety birds...

I know that fall is barely upon us...tomorrow is officially the start of fall in fact. However, I have had this darling birdhouse stamp sitting on my desk BEGGING me to play with it for a while now...and hey, who am I to deny a begging stamp, right? *sigh* So many stamps, so little time....  ;)

Did you hear that DeNami Design is having a little challenge? Well they are and we all know how I am a sucker for anything DeNami...I mean being a co-conspirator of a blog dedicated to them should have given you a clue as to just how much I love their stamps and other products :)

I actually have two cards I'm submitting...I had to whittle it down from four so no judging on the fact that I'm submitting 2...that was hard work!! How could I just pick one when I could barely pick just two?? :S

I did learn one thing while making this card...fussy cutting tweetys is for the birds!! (*snickers* I made a funny)

Okay, seriously though, I don't know about you, but I kinda really heart this little card. Paulina has me addicted to this color combo and it's perfect for the little scene I created. All the little tweetys are trimmed in citrone glitter and I colored the houses in pink then fully glittered them with strawberry freeze glitter...it's glitter-riffic! The white panel is popped up on foam tape, but the dang humidity from the rain was playing havoc with my cardstocks...everything in the house feels clammy and my cardstocks are even kinda wilty...The whole card is even kinda sagging in the stand...jeeze >.<

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!

Queen Of Hearts...

Being a little stressed for time…I decided to do something I have never done before. I hate to do it, but there are only 24 hours in a day…and sometimes I just need more! I made this card for two separate challenges…I know what you’re thinking…lots of people do that all the time, but hey, I’m not lots of people and I just don’t do it…There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just not my thing is all.

So Cath over at Moxie Fab World challenged us with playingcards…hmm, that gave me a little pause…never tackled something like that before.

And then there was this great sketch over at Lilypad Cards (everyone knows I puffy heart a sketch challenge!)…

If you have been following me here or on the DeNami Addict site, you know I LOVE making my own background paper. I decided with this card to take it a step further and make the cards too! I was going for the whole “card suites & harlequin / heart” romance thing….

I made my “playing cards” from a EK tag punch (I just cut the top off and rounded 2 corners for a little flair) and stamped them.  They are lifted up on pop dots as is my sentiment. I think it turned out nice for not having a red ink pad, I used a marker to color in my stamps, the small ones are usualy no problem, I do it all the time, but I was worried about that large harlequin border. I really wanted to add glitter to all of the red hearts throughout the card, but as with most of my cards lately it’s designated for OWH and we just can’t add that little extra bling...just use your imagination and pretend all my little red hearts sparkle, mmkay? Hope ya liked it :)





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!

Blog Candy Giveaway

Did you get a chance to participate in Sundays blog hop over at DeNami Design? There are some truly amazing and beautiful cards to be inspired by! Even though it's too late to be eligible for a prize you can still enjoy some guilt free sweet treats ;)

Speaking of prizes, my crafty partner in crime, Wendy, and I are honored to be hosting a little blog candy give a way over on our DeNami Addict blog on Wednesday 9/14. DeNami Design has been gracious enough to even provide the "candy"! 

And just what are we giving away you ask......

Yes, a $30.00 gift certificate...How awesome is that?!? This is just one little reason why I truly puffy heart DeNami Design...seriously, there isn't enough room on blogger to list all of the reasons!!!

To be eligible all you have to do is leave a comment and follow the DeNami Addict blog, so be sure to head over there on Wednesday for the full 4-1-1 on how to enter!!!

*note* Comments left on this blog or the DeNami Design blog will not eligible...you must visit the DeNami Addict blog to enter on Wednesday

And What A Sweet Hop It Is.....



Hello fellow DeNami lovers! Hope you haven’t over loaded on all the sweet eye candy yet, cause you my friend, are just getting started! At least it won’t all go to the hips or in my case, the tushie! ;)

You should have arrived here from my bestie & partner in crime (sometimes I think twin…it’s truly scary how much we are alike lol) Wendy. That was a truly yummy-licious treat wasn’t it? I didn't even have to peek at her card before hand, I know that there will be pink and bling involved! Did you leave her a comment….because DeNami Design is giving away 2 $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop. So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be head over heels excited about the possibility of winning some awesome DeNami products??? I think if I keep adding to my collection they may need their own zip code! :) But ohh how I puffy heart me some DeNami goodies!

One of my favorite sweet treats...big juicy grapes. There is nothing like biting into a cold crisp juicy grape.  I  even  love to freeze them...it's kinda like candy without all of the guilt! I’ve had the idea for this card in my head ever since this little darling was spotlighted…but  I just never got around to doing it. When Paulina announced this theme I realized that this is my chance to finally bring my little idea to life…no more waiting! I had envisioned leafy vines framing the card with yummy grapes hanging, just waiting to be picked....I combined a couple of sets of stamps with those yummy grapes; leaf accents and my favorite go to set, ornamental flowers. I chalked the whole thing to give it a “soft” look and added a little Viva pearl pen and pop dotted the sentiment panel for dimension. Hope you like it.

Before you run off I have what I think is an AWESOME announcement to make. As most of you know, Wendy and I are partners on the DeNami Addict blog. We truly are addicted…I’m serious when I say my collection may need its own zip code lol! Being the most fantastic company that they are, DeNami Design has offered us the opportunity to host a blog candy give away! Make sure you visit the DeNami Addict blog on Wednesday for details and a chance to win a truly wonderful DeNami prize!!!!

Now off you go to visit with the most uber talented and super de-duper sweet Paulina. I swear I gain weight just talking to that girl! I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us! Be sure to leave those comments for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate and if you get lost, just head back “here” to the DeNami site to get back on track. You have until September 12th @ 11:59pm PST for your comments to be eligiable to win.

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!

Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger - Garden Glory

Don't ya just LOVE this picture Cath over at Moxie Fab World came up with....yummy! I couldn't decide which elements to use for my inspirational card....so I chose all of them! The colors, the pattern from the chair, the floral element from the pillow, the shapes from the square book and round table...

For the background I dry embossed then I tried something I have never done before...I've seen gals stamp distress inks onto a stamp block (for clear stamps), spritz it and use the special little tool with the felt pad to swirl them together then onto the paper. I actually used 2 colors of green and one blue...Not too bad for a first time I think. For the flower I used pencils and gamsol...I heart that effect!

Would you like to list your supplies like I do...here's a code for Inlinkz 40415796...give it a try, it's free until December!!
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!

Colors and Stripes....

The gals over at Embellish magazine have come up with yet another fun challenge! What a great color palette and then throwing in those yummy stripes...LOVE it :) My first thought was of glitter, glitter and more lovely glitter.

I stamped and then fussy cut those flowers...the red have blue glitter centers and the blue ones have red glitter centers. I then used iridescent glitter on all the petals. The iridescent ribbon picks up all the red in the card...I heart glitter, can ya tell? lol

Want to link your supplies like I do... Here's a coupon code that you can use when you register at Inlinkz: 40415796. This coupon will let you in for free until December...go ahead and give it a test drive.

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!

It's here, It's here...It's FINALLY time!!!

I've had a secret and it's been killing me keeping it because I have been so excited about it! It's so awesome that I've had a VERY hard time not sharing it with anyone and I FINALLY get to let the cat outta the bag!

Have you seen the way I have been linking my supplies at the end of my posts? Go ahead, scroll down...check it out, I'll wait...Yup, those are the ones...did ya ever wonder how I did that?  Inlinkz...that wonderful linky thing that we all use when we enter challenges...yeah, that one...well, the wonderful folks over there have been HARD at work bringing us the "link manager". This tool allows you to pool all of your supplies in one place and create lists of products just by draging and dropping...SWEET right??  It's so easy to do and what a time saver!!

Here's a little video to help you understand just how easy and awesome it is...

In celebration of the launch, Inlinkz is letting you try it out for free! Now who doesn't like something for free, right?!?! Here's a coupon code that you can use when you register: 40415796. This coupon will let you in for free until December...go ahead and give it a test drive...you know you want too! ;) 

Let me know what you think...I'm sure you're gonna love it!

Vertical Sketch Challenge, card #2 - Moxie Fab World

Ohh how I heart a good sketch...something pleasing to the eye and easy to work with...This sketch has it all! This vertical sketch challenge over at Moxie Fab World just calls to me...I simply could not resist doing an additional card for this one!

Here's the sketch...

And here's my second card...

To make the 3 little focal points I stamped 2 of the keys directly on the card in black and for the larger middle one I used a key (from 7 gypsies I think) hung on a piece of black wire.

Supplies:





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!

Shaped sketch challenge - Moxie Fab World

Wow, these sketch challenges have really been a blast! Hats off to Cath over at Moxie Fab World for such a FUN challenge!!  This shaped challenge was supposed to be first...but like a normal procrastinator, when I'm pushed outta my sparkly little box, I save the hardest for last. I have never made a shaped card...I'm a plain ole rectangle let the embellishments speak for themselves card kinda gal. However, that being said, after making this card, I can certainly see lots more shaped cards in my future!

Here's the sketch we were to use...

And here's my card.....

I dusted off the Cricut and die cut (shadowed so they were connected) the flower from pink card stock then cut a single one from patterned paper to overlay it. I added a plain burgundy card stock circle and overlayed that with my accordion fan folded circle that I made using four different patterned papers and a plain pink (all from the same collection) to separate the four areas. I made the stick pin and added all the pretty little elements then tucked the sentiment up underneath.

Did you notice my little butterfly, he's actualy made up from 3 layers...I heart that punch!

Supplies:



The Cricut cartridge I used was "Bags, Tags, Boxes & More and the papers were from Basic Grey

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!