♥ 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

♥ 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

♥ OA Witch Hazel love ♥

good morning. i am back to share my projects created with the new OA Witch Hazel  line.  we love to create Halloween layouts, cards and little gifts for the classroom, so i was over the moon when i found out that October Afternoon would be debuting their first Halloween line.

{heart} my chewy lo

(OA Witch Hazel line)

 

 

 

 

 beware! card

(OA Witch Hazel line)

 

halloween tag

(OA Witch Hazel)

spooky card

(OA Witch Hazel)

 thank you so much for visiting me and your incredibly sweet note.

hugs & so much love!

danni

♥ oa midway love ♥

just poppin' in to share some OA Midway projects for CHA.  i LOVE this line, it's playful, full of color and the coolest of embellies.  

first time driver layout

(cha  OA MIDWAY line)

hey man card

(cha OA MIDWAY line)

 admit one tag

(cha OA MIDAWAY line)

 

step right up tag

(cha OA MIDWAY line)

i will be posting my projects using the new OA Witch Hazel halloween line tomorrow.  i hope you'll come back and check out the amazing colors and embellies in the new line.

hugs & love

danni