Using Your Own Work as Inspiration

Good morning everyone! I'm so excited - remember the sweet Up, Up and Away card I made back in May? Well today it's up on the DeNami blog as this month's "inspired by" card! Eeee!!

I was invited to play along and come up with a new card using my original one as inspiration. Have you ever done that? Can we discuss how HARD that can be?? In the end I decided to use the ridiculously adorable giraffe and balloons again, but this time made him the star of the show. The end result is a soft, pretty, gender-neutral baby card perfect for a shower or to welcome the new little one.

Of course this time, I snuck some sequins in...hehehe...I used the Lemon Meringue and 4mm Crystal sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to jazz up the corners since I just must have my sequins fix! The giraffe and balloons were colored again with my Spectrum Noirs, but I made the giraffe a little softer to go with the card background and changed up the balloons a bit. Ok, so I couldn't remember what colors I used the first time since I didn't write them down.

The papers are from a MME 6x6 pad (gotta love those coordinating collections!) and the gray was shaped with the new Pretty Pink Posh stitched die. A bit of ribbon 'ties' the balloons to the giraffe, and I used the Ranger Diamond Glaze to finish them off again. Everything got inked edges and foam tape, then this card was done!

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm in the home stretch of my sister's wedding shower preparations, and I cannot wait to share everything with you when I'm done!

Happy Crafting!

Up, Up and Away!

Happy Sunday everyone! It's DeNami blog hop day (can you believe it's been a month already?) and this month the theme is The Sky's the Limit! You should have arrived here from Tina's blog (oh the cuteness). If you just happened to come visit my blog this lovely morning, here are the blog hop details:

When: The blog hop starts on May 18th, 2014 at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until May 19th, 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!

All right, onto the fun stuff! I finally spent my gift certificate I won on one of the hops a few months ago and had so much fun creating my card with these little cuties. Up, up, and away!

How sweet would these little critters be for a new baby card, a shower, a birthday card...really, the sky's the limit. (oh shush, it was a wonderfully awful pun and you know it)

I colored in the critters and balloons with my Spectrum Noir markers, then made the balloons look shiny with help from my Glossy Accents.

Thank you so much for stopping by today - you're now off to Tammy's blog to continue the hop. Remember to head back to the DeNami blog if you get lost along the way.

Happy Crafting!