♥ so much news and some scrappy shares ♥

good morning.  happy labor day weekend to those of you in the U.S.  we have been busy catching up around the house here, working "ahead" because our schedule is a wee bit busier right now. 

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

 i am taking college courses for work this year in addition to work, hubby's work schedule and home life with four kids.  so i will be taking a break from a couple of design teams this semester, (Jillibean Soup, The Scrap Review and CupCards card kits(CupCards after the first of the year)) these are teams whose contract has come up and i was able to share with my amazing dt coordinators and owners my situation for this semester.   (CupCards will still have two more kits this year, Fall Thank You and Christmas, that i will be creating with before taking a break for my classes.)

 so, while i won't be making deadlines this semester for these amazing teams, that does not for one second change my LOVE of the products, it is a timing thing for me while i finish these courses and give them the spot for someone a little less busy this semester.  it IS a business and i would feel horrible if i couldn't put my full effort in while there are others out there who love their products as much as i do.

i will NOT be giving up my other teams this semester, and have been working ahead with the manufacturing teams.  so, what that means is, i will still be sharing projects, cards, layouts and tutorials here on the blog, i have just haven't renewed all my contracts for the upcoming year.

i want to thank Jill, Ashley and Sonda with ALL of my heart for the opportunity to create with AMAZING products and for AMAZING teams.  thank you ALL for your understanding about school this semester, as ALWAYS, you showed me such respect, care and understanding as a designer and in understanding to my situation this semester.  i can NOT share enough how classy and amazing these ladies are to work for/with.


 MORE NEWS!!!

October Afternoon and Webster's Pages 
have partnered, you can see the announcement and video explaining everything in the links above, i'm SO excited and think you will be too!

SCRAPTASTIC NEWS!

a note from Jessica

***September Kits***

The September kits will start shipping out the week of September 9th due to the delay of some of the brand new CHA products from American Crafts.

 
  
Creations, Creations, Creations! 

and how about some pretty papers to share with you?

i loved the August Scraptastic Kits and was able to work with the Classy Girls kit and add-on this month.

and boy did i LOVE working with it!

picture-heavy post, here to forward 
(you've been warned....smile)

PLEASE PLEASE forgive the pics on the next few cards, i know they're darker than usual, but we are in the midst of all the smoke from the Rim Fire 

whew!  i hope you have a wonderful rest of the long weekend and start to your week.  thank you SO much for your sweetest of notes, they ALWAYS make my day!

hugs & love!
danni

♥ Christmas in august? ♥

it is on the Jillibean Soup blog with a couple of cards from the Christmas Cheer Chowder line

this line is so perfect for happy, happy Christmas cards, and makes creating so much fun!

here are the two cards that have been shared today

 december 25th card

 

joy card 

 aren't these colors fabulous?

thank you so much for your visits and sweet note

happy creating♥

danni

♥ scraptastic AUGUST kit reveal ♥

this is my second post today, please scroll down for a Jillibean Soup Avocado Soup post

hello!
(this post is picture-heavy, sorry, but so much to share before the weekend)


i wanted to share with you that the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits, AUGUST kits, went LIVE yesterday and you can see the amazing TWO new kits, plus Project Life Kit 

Jessica always has a fun game at reveal time too and there's still time to get your name in the game...smile

this month, i will be working with the

This Life Noted August Project Life 

 Classy Girls Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kit

Classy Girls Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kit add-on 

Classy Girls Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kit Clear Stamp set

 

Found a Boy Scraptastic Scrapbooking Clear Stamp Set 

 the pictures could never do the kit justice, it's gorgeous beyond words, the colors are so, so beautiful.  i will give it a go in my posts, but the colors are so beautiful.

here are the cards i have created so far using the Classy Girls Kit, stamps and kit add-on

on these two cards, i used the packaging from the kits for my patterned paper and tag

 hello card

 

i have posted a step by step tutorial, to create the Hello Card, on the CARDS FORUM at Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits HERE HERE HERE 

(you may have to register to view it, but it's easy and you will enjoy all the friendship and fun)

wonderful papa card

 my next card and sketch were inspired by a gorgeous layout in our member's gallery, you can see the inspiration for this sketch in our CARDS forum HERE HERE HERE

(again, you may have to register, if you're not already, to view the forum, but you will not regret it, it's fun, warm and inspirational)


here's the sketch i created inspired by the member's layout

sketch by danni reid

and here's the first card i created from the inspirational layout and sketch, using the AUGUST Classy Girls Kit and add-on

 

every month, i like to create 3 to 4 different cards using the same two or three stamps from one of the stamps sets released that month.  this month i chose to use 3 stamps from the Classy Girls Stamp set to create four cards

Classy Girls Stamp Set

 

 and here are the three stamps i used from that set

 

and here's another card created with the potty people and sentiment in the set

so happy together card 

and last but certainly not least, we are celebrating a member's birthday today.  the dt create cards to celebrate our member birthdays because it's fun to celebrate special days together.

oh happy day card

thank you for visiting me today, hope you'll join us this weekend for the online Birthday Crop!

♥ jillibean avocado soup cards ♥

good morning!  have you seen the new CHA summer Jillibean Soup lines?  Avacado Soup IS TRULY DELICIOUS!  i can not wait to see all the projects start popping up with this line. it's a gorgeous line with the coolest patterns and so add it to your must-have list as the CHA goodies start arriving at your favorite shop.  

here are a few cards i have created with this line so far, looove the blues and greens in this line♥

 today card

 

 

hello card

hello, hello card

this card was created solely to be able to enjoy every blue and green pattern in the line that i love so much...giggle

i hope you'll pop on over the Jillibean Soup Blog because Jill has included a link to the she will be teaching and a link to the newest Jillibean Soup Card Kitchen Kit and Kimber's Cards

and you do not want to miss those, amazing as always!

also today, i want to remind you of our upcoming on-line birthday crop over at 

 it's going to be so much fun and we hope you'll join us, lots of prizes, games, friendship and inspiration!  come help us celebrate!

happy creating♥
danni

♥ hello monday ♥

and what a wonderful monday it is.  sunny, blue, crisp, slightly cooler skies and my babes talking in the background, i love days like these.  we will ride bikes, visit the library, finish some work, read, and maybe even picnic, i love summertime.  even when you do 'nothing' you're doing something, life is good♥

today i wanted to share some projects with you.  CHA is finished, everything's all boxed up and i am excited to begin sharing some stuff here.  also, i have another member birthday card over at Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kit forum and some Jillibean Soup cards and an October Afternoon blog post.  so let me keep the words to a minimum and just share new products i know you'll love.

let me start with a sneak peek of my post over on the October Afternoon blog

i'm up with Amy Heller with a new challenge and some new October Afternoon Daily Flash we'd love for you to pop in and say "hello"

and here is my card on the Jillibean Soup blog today, love the new Happy Camper Stew line

aren't these little guys soooo cute?  i {heart} them

and here is some of my projects using the new October Afternoon Public Library line

i also used the new October Afternoon Daily Flash roller stamps and i could not love these more, i use them on every page, OA or not.

 

and a card or two or three

 friends card

 hello friend card

 hello there card

and how about a bookmark, because it IS the PUBLIC LIBRARY after all.....giggle

where you "fell asleep" reading (picture of my son reading) bookmark

i don't know about you or your children, but we ALL fall asleep reading and so i wanted to create a bookmark for my son, because we are always putting in his bookmark when he falls asleep :)

and here is the card i created today using my leftover Project Life cards from Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits Project Life  this month's JULY kit:  This Life Noted was absolutely packed full of supplies as i have shared on the blog here with my multiple spreads and  i still have a couple of journal cards left that didn't work for my amusement park week but work perfectly for cards, loooove.

 aren't these Project Life cards just gorgeous? i love them!  this was created for a member's birthday today, so pop in and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

whew, i am sorry that i had such a long post, but it's been awhile since i had some free morning time, and needed to update this poor blog of mine.  i hope you have a wonderful monday, enjoying the summer where you are, love to you!

danni