♥ new Valentine color challenge & kit ♥

on the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits forum today.  

here is the gorgeous kit i worked with this month

Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits: Truly, Madly, Deeply FEB kit 

and here's the COLOR challenge i created using the colors in the kit

and here is the card i created with it.  

be mine everyday card

i hope you'll join us and fill the thread with lots of valentine inspiration this week

happy creating♥

danni

♥for the love, love, love of jillibean soup♥

i know i have shared with you how much i love jillibean soup but have we really "shared" our jillibean soup together?  well, i can't wait to get started.  i would LOVE to see your projects with the soup too, so link me up in the comments section each jillibean soup post k?

today i am sharing with you a handmade card and a "harvest basket" i created, and a tutorial to create the tree on my card.  yay, a quick, easy tutorial to create fun tree in very little time.

let's get started with the card that was posted on the jillibean soup blog yesterday in this post.

hello card

 hello card (details)

and a quick tutorial

stitch leaves (if desired) and adhere to card around the "hello" trunk, embellish with twine, heart and pumpkin sticker

now for the project that is up on the soup blog.  i had purchased a basket last year on clearance, after "fall" and couldn't wait to embellish it this year with the Pumpkin Chowder Soup line.  i created my cluster with ONE punch, my Martha Stewart Maple Leaf punch and layered the leaves to create the clusters and "leaves"

here is the original basket

i love this basket, it has a very autumn/fall feel

and a little cluster of jillibean goodness was just the embellishment to make it feel complete

 

 as you can see, i layered the leaves starting with a base of leaves and working my way upward until desired cluster had been achieved.  i then punch four more  for the "leaves" in my cluster, layered with epoxy buttons and stickers.

and make sure to check out the soup blog this week with all new projects from the 2012-2013 design team.

and please make sure to "link me up" if you are creating with your newest jillibean soup goodies.

hugs & so much love!

danni

♥ hall pass ♥

good evening.  i wanted to share with you the newest monday card class over at Scraptastic Kit Club  this week i am sharing a card created with the October Kit Hall Pass

you will love this kit, it is filled with all kinds of primary, fun school/work themes and the cuuuutest of embellies and tags.  

here is the card i created this week

hello card

i hope you'll join us this week with your card, we look forward to seeing what you create.  thank you ALL for your incredibly sweet notes and emails about the teams, you ALL are the sweetest friends EVER♥

hugs & so much love!

danni

♥ party goodie bags, tags & a card ♥

Good morning everyone!  it's my day on the MME blog and i was excited to share one of my favorite things to create when we get ready to celebrate a party at the house....goodie bags and goodie straws.  I don't like to purchase the themey ones because the kids seem to just crumple them up quickly or leave them behind, but every time I create their own personal little goodie bags filled with a fun treat they get really excited.

For today's post, I created tags for goodie straws and some goodie bags to place some fun little "finds" in.  I try to buy my "goodie bags" on clearance when I see sales at Target and Dept. Stores, because they are so fun to "pretty up" with MME papers and embellies later.

First, I cut the ribbons from the bags.  They had cute pink ribbons that would be fine for my daughter's parties with friends, but I decided twine and MME supplies would make them a whole lot cuter for their get together, more girly, feminine and just plain fun.

Then, I created tags for each one of the hard plastic straws.  I like to create little tags because they look so cute on the straws and you could easily dress up a place setting with just a tag.

 As you can see, in no time at all (using MME supplies I had on hand) I had a set of straws and goodie bags ready for my daughter's next little get together. It's always better to drink Strawberry Fizzies out of a fancy straw! ;)


Supplies:The Sweetest Thing: 6 x 6 pad, Happy title, Wood and Chip buttons, Decorative Brads, Together Decorative Tape, Together stickers, Misc: Cuttlebug butterfly die, heart doily, Cameo cut-file sentiments

also, i posted my first card class using the August The Story Begins Kit at Scraptastic Kit Club. 

here's the card we created using the gorgeous kit

hello card

 i hope you'll stop by and join us, it's EVERY monday and it's a place you can post YOUR cards too.

thank you so much for the sweet texts and notes about my son, you are the greatest of friends!  he's doing much better today and back at school, fingers crossed for no problems or phone calls....wink :)

have a great tuesday everyone!

hugs & so much love♥

danni

♥ oa color challenge ♥

i'm sorry for the late post today, i received the dreaded school phone calls saying that my youngest "my crash" had tripped going down the stairs on the jungle gym playground and hit his head on the metal arm rail.  his eyes weren't dilating properly, he had a headache and the nurse wasn't real comfortable taking no actions since his eyes weren't dilating correctly.  i came, picked him up and away to the ER we went.  thank God he doesn't have a concussion (went through my first one of those with my daughter last year) and his eyes are starting to return to normal.  my little guy, he can make me swallow hard, real hard, just putting his arms around me, giving me a big kiss on the cheek and saying "i'm ok mama"....yep, almost lost it then.  we had lunch and it was the best cheeseburger he ever ate (so i believe)

today i was up with Mou on the OA blog.  she challenged us with a color challenge today and it was so inspiring and fun

 

Image from Design Seeds via Pinterest 

isn't that amazing?  love it, every last sprinkle of it.

i decided to create a card using the Woodland Park line, i love the colors and design of this line and was really excited to see what i could come up with using it.

i love all the chip and stick elements, the stickers, the patterns, the colors, it makes me truly happy

i hope you'll stop by the blog and see the adorable card that she created for this challenge

also, today was my last post for My Scrapbook Nook.  as you may have read, the 'Nook will be closing it's doors at the end of September.  pam and leah are ready for new adventures in their lives, adventures they have prayed over and prepared for during the last few months, and they will be retiring.  it is with great sadness that we have to say goodbye to our "home away from home".  

so i decided to make my last monday CARDS challenge a sketchy one.  there are papers and elements in this kit that would work so well with the sketch and i hope it inspires all of you.

and here is my card using the August kit

 

i hope you'll stop by the 'Nook forum and see the other gorgeous cards the dt created

also!

we had our 2nd anniversay birthday blog hop over at Scraptastic Kit Club this weekend and what amazing comments, thank you ALL so much, i am honored and so humbled, thank you.

my winner of the washi tape is.......

 

#34 who is

beckyjuneAugust 25, 2012 9:50 AM

Danni, your cards are so gorgeous, as always! You work magic with paper every.single.time. I'd love to win some of that cute washi!

HUGE congratulations!!   please pm me your snail mail becky so i can get the info over to jessica, and she can send your washi tape out to you. 

thank you ALL for your sweet comments and your friendship, it means the world to me.

hugs & so much love!

danni

♥ snap happy ♥

good morning everyone♥ 

 i am very happy i get to announce last week's OA 9 to 5 BLOG HOP winner. 

 the random winner will be receiving a 9 to 5 flower sack 

pictured below

and the winner is......

Cynthia B. Apr 18, 2012 08:02 PM

Perfect card! Love the fussy-cutting you did from these cute papers. I think she'll really appreciate the card.
TFS, and thanks for the chance to win!

 congratulations Cynthia B!  please send me your snail mail addy so OA can get the flower sack sent right out to you.

thank you to everyone who joined in for the hop!  your comments were so sweet and made my day.  we are having another hop next week (shhhhhh) so i hope you'll come back and join us.

until then, what would a post be without at least one new creation in it?  not a good one if you ask me....giggle. 

snap happy card

(click pics to enlarge)

i cut my banner directly from THIS paper

 i love the "camera by American Crafts" cut file for my Cameo

papers used:

Cakewalk Streamers	Cakewalk Streamers B	Cakewalk Hula Hoop	Cakewalk Candy Buttons	Cakewalk Buttercream
Cakewalk Party Hat	Cakewalk Kazoo

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again congratulations Cynthia, please send me your snail mail addy so we can get your flower sack out to you!


also!

there is a new MAY KIT SPECIAL over at My Scrapbook Nook 
being offered for new subscription members this month





 Join in May and receive June KIT for FREE along w/a FREE June Grab Bag. You only pay the shipping for your free kit and grab bag!!!! You will also receive another free kit after 12 paid months!!!
that's TWO FREE kits and a grab bag when you sign up for 12 months!!!!!

hugs and love♥

danni