♥ Project Life This Life Noted ♥

hello!  i am sorry for my disappearance, CHA is such a busy, turn-around time of year and it makes it hard to keep the blog caught up as well.  but ALAS!  i am finished with my projects, Jillibean Soup and October Afternoon sent off and ready for the blog posts and  My Mind's Eye shipped and at the show, yay!  not all manufacturers will be showing at the summer show due to the cost of doing so, but their products are absolutely BEYOND i assure you, you will love creating with them.

and, since i have finished up with CHA, i was able to spend some time, up close and personal, with this month's Scraptastic Scrapbooking Project Life Kit

This Life Noted

isn't it fantastic?  this month's kit is no longer available BUT you can see the sneak peeks of the DELICIOUS august Project Life kit here

 SNEAK PEEK AUGUST PROJECT LIFE KIT

i don't do a "traditional" project life series, because i am constantly creating and constantly needing more space for my kids pics, the day's/event's story generally has FOUR kids involved and so the spread fills up quickly if i am going to be fair to the real story.  so my spreads may be a a weekly snapshot but more times than not you will see a day or two or trip or event that was extremely important to us and i want to get them all in on the spread.

whew, gabby this morning aren't i?  guess it's because i haven't been here in a wee bit, sorry.

July 2013 Project Life 

Scraptastic Scrapbooking Project Life Kits

This Life Noted

 

and some of my favorite embellies included in this kit

and here's a sneak peek at the new Public Library line from October Afternoon

it's DELICIOUS and gorgeous and PERFECT for all things library or not....smile

thank you for visiting me today.  we're off to another adventure, they get some more mommy-time this week.

love to you!

danni

♥happy fourth of july♥

happy 4th of july!!!

i'm up on the My Mind's Eye blog today with an assortment of Fourth of July cards to celebrate this amazing birthday!  Happy Birthday America!!!

   

 thank you for dropping by to say hello and for your incredibly sweet notes!
happy birthday America♥

♥ cupcards to go summer card kit part 2 ♥

hello.  are you having record-setting heat or down-pouring rain right now where you live?  we are burning hot here and it makes it a challenge to keep kids cool and relaxed.  my kids are allergic to the chemicals in our local swimming pool, they have to swim in fresh water or smaller hotel pools, the larger swim centers have to use more of the chemicals and it does not sit well with any of my boys.  so, to cool them down, we take them to various lakes and smaller pools, which is a little ways away.  i am very excited for all the fun picture-taking opportunities and memories this week, it's a week i won't soon forget.

sorry for rambling, but this has been a H*O*T week and am wondering what it's like where YOU are.

i am back to share some more cards from the gorgeous CupCards to Go Isabella Summer card kit.

i love everything about this kit, from the papers, to the embellies, to the washi, to the sentiments, it's all perfect!

i shared the first set of the cards created with the kit HERE

here's Isabella 

(Part Two)

i love this fabric paper that is in the kit and used it on quite a few cards, fun to play with!

 the challenge this month was to create a masculine birthday card using the supplies in our kit also.   using my guitar die and the embellies/papers from the kit, this card was fun to create.

  my "hello" card was inspired by this month's sketch 

 

  instead of the strip of paper in front of the block of cardstock, i chose to cut my paper and create faux washi tape with it.  i kept the greeting the focal of the card and embellished it with the fun and happy papers. 

i cut one of the happy birthday sentiments down to just read "hello" for this particular card.

 

and with my leftovers from the kit, i created hand-made embellies.  i like to create hand-made embellies before throwing out the very last tidbits of a kit that were too small so when i need a card, it is easy to adhere them to some cardstock and go.  i actually have a small box of just handmade embellies for that very purpose and use it all the time.

and here are three cards i created with them and the tag will be tied to a gift bag very soon

and a shaker card using some fun sequins i had in my stash 

   i hope you'll check out Isabella 

for yourself, you will NOT be disappointed, it is packed FULL of fun supplies in order to create a LOT of cards!

thank you so much for visiting me and for your incredibly sweet notes!

happy creating♥

danni

♥ CupCards to Go sneak peeks ♥

just wanted to pop in here and share the newest sneaks from the July CupCards to Go card kit.  the kit will be up for sale on July 1st and you will NOT want to miss it.

here's the card sneaks i have prepared to share of the cards created with this card kit.

everything on my cards is from the kit (plus a couple of sequins on one, one sheet of vellum on a card or two and some Cameo cuts)  everything you see here, minus the cuts is available in this kit.  isn't it delicious?

keep checking the CupCards to Go card kit blog for more sneak peeks from the designers all week.

hugs & so much love!

danni

♥ October Afternoon Travel Girl Blog Hop ♥

Hello and Welcome to the October Afternoon Travel Girl Blog Hop

The October Afternoon Travel Girl line is going to go down as an all-time favorite October Afternoon line for me.  I love, love the blues, greens, reds, grey, orange and yellow ALL together.  It makes this line so much more versatile than at first glance, a line perfect for my boys and perfect for my daughter who loves to wear red and orange.  (And YES, there's pink too, it has it all)  I love the "B" sides on all these pages and the "A" sides are perfect for those who want/need a travel-theme.

To show just how versatile this line is, I created a "baby sleeping" door hanger, "thanks coach" pillowbox and a card using the papers in this line, loooove this line.  I will also share a "sneak peek" of a card created with this line for my OA Blog Post tomorrow. (another color palette in addition to the ones below)

Shhhhh, baby(ies) sleeping door hanger

I think these "Do Not Disturb" Miscellany cards are going to go down as all-time faves of mine, the images are soooo cute and I can think of so many uses for them non-travel related


 Travel Girl Miscellany

Aren't these birds the cutest?
 Not only are the cards fabulous, but the stickers and buttons having me swooning!

Next up is a pillowbox I created for one of our basketball coaches this year.  We intend to put some cash in there, he commuted to and from practice and gas money is always a necessity this day in age...smile

 Gas Money Pillowbox

 I cut the pillowbox using my Cameo file and large enough to hold some money for gas.  And
I thought it would be fun to have a little play on the theme of the line and since you can read "Paris" and "London"

And how about a card?

Hello card

 I loooove the Daily Flash alphas coming out too, I could forever create with this font!

And how about a sneak peek of a card that will be posted tomorrow with yet another color combo?

 

This card will post tomorrow on the OA Blog with the most recent sketch 

You should've arrived at my blog from Alex's blog, if you didn't, you can start the hop on the October Afternoon blog

AND make sure to leave comments on the October Afternoon blog (for a Grand Prize) and on the designer blogs.  each designer will be giving away a Travel Girl embellishment on her blog

Here's the awesome embellishment I will be giving away to one random participant

Travel Girl Tin Pins!!!

 

 You can participate in the hop and leave comments through June 18th 11:59 pm PST.  Winners will be announced on June 19th.

And your next step along the way is the sweet Laura Craigie

Thank you so much for "hopping" along with us!  

I'll be back tomorrow with the sketch and a new Travel Girl card

hugs!

danni

♥end-of-the-year teacher thank yous♥

good morning.

are your kids out of school yet?  my kids have ONE week, can't wait.  i love this time of year, it's like Christmas for me, i anticipate this time of year with my babes.  we can sit around doing nothing and i love it or camp our guts out and i am in heaven, it's just so fun, beautiful trees, water, hikes, kayaking, swimming, smiles, icecream.....sigh, i can't wait♥

so, in preparing for the last week, i am creating some "thank you" end-of-the-year teacher's gifts for my kids' teachers and for hubby's staff.  today, i would like to share the gifts i am creating for my kids' personal teachers.

this year i decided to create boxed monogram notecard sets and a card for each of their teachers.  i chose to use the Indie Chic Saffron line because all of their teachers this year love pinks, greys and oranges yay!

 boxed monogram notecard set and card
(click pics to enlarge)

monogram notecards

(i kept them un-embellished, so they would be flat/mailable notecards)

 card for teacher

 clear box belly-band details

 monogram notecards

monogram notecard details

Supplies:Indie Chic-Saffron:6 x 6 paper pad,garland, decorative buttons, layered chipboard stickers;Misc: pom pom trim, Papertrey Ink flip flop dies and clear card box, Martha Stewart doily, Cameo (monogram)

you can check out another amazing end-of-the-year teacher gift idea on the MME blog today.

we are going to be out of town through the weekend, another basketball tourney :)

for those of you in the US, happy Memorial day

hugs and so much love!

danni

♥ bunny place cards and tutorial ♥

good evening.  i intended to get this up to you this morning, but the day has not gone as planned, and i am sorry.  today i am sharing an idea for place card settings for your Easter dinner, Easter party or kids' classroom party

Easter place cards

you can remove the name tags from the banner each year and add new ones

and here's a tutorial to create a set of these for your table
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hugs and so much love!
danni

 supplies used:

My Scrapbook Nook APRIL GRAB BAG	My Scrapbook Nook APRIL KIT	3 Easter Bunnies	Martha Stewart Grass Punch	White Pom Poms
Cadbury Eggs

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