♫ can you hear the music ♪

good morning.  sorry for the lack of posts, we are getting ready to be back to school and with 4 kids, it's never dull during this time of preparation. 

orientations....check

school clothes shopping.....check (not even peeking at my bank account)

basketball open gyms before tryouts.....check

hair cuts.....check

i know you know the routine, i won't keep going...giggle

on a scrappy note, today my sweet friend Alex and I are up on the October Afternoon blog with a new sketch this week and our interpretations of it.  When creating this week's sketch, I wanted to create a sketch that would allow me the freedom to play with some of these Ipod pics of my daughter and her "favorites" right now.  I also wanted a sketch that would emphasize large focal elements and love how Alex interpreted the sketch for her little guy!

can you hear the music sketch 

 

music, music, music layout

 (i'm sorry it's not the best pics, but it was getting dark outside when i took these)

  

I cut the large music notes and title with my silhouette and backed it with fun new papers from the OA Daily Flash GIrl Talk line.  I only have one daughter and this paper is one I would buy in multiples, it is THAT awesome

 the tin pins are so much fun in this line, i love layering them with all the various die-cuts and tidbits

 i hope you'll pop in and say hello and see the amazing layout by Alex.

thank you so much for your visits and notes♥

hugs!

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!

♥ 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

♥ you are here Funky Town ♥

good morning.  i am sharing a layout created with literal SCRAPS from my June Funky Town Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits.  

you are here layout

  i literally created my background patterned paper with my scraps, some 1/2" by 1", just scraps, and am very happy that i had enough to create a background, whew!

 

 my circles were create using Jillibean Soup Placemats.  while i have a Cameo could easily cut it myself, it's wonderful to have these placemats, they are gorgeous and the perfect weight

 love my October Afternoon Daily Flash date stamps, use it ALL the time

thank you so much for your visits and sweet notes, they make my day EVERY day.

hugs!

danni