♥ Christmas in may? ♥

good morning.  how was your weekend?  we had a great weekend with ALL the kids home (my eldest from college too, wahoo!) and i am home today with my youngest with a sore throat and fever...ugh.  my poor little man, his throat is so sore and it happens most times we travel up over the mountains (elevation change i suppose)  so i baked him some banana bread and soup's on the stove, i am prepared if he gets a little appetite.  while he rests, i thought i would pop in here and share some cards and challenges that i have been working on this week.

today, i have posted the newest CARD challenge on the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits forum today
the challenge?  it's a bit sketchy, you may want to check it out
(you can win a $5.00 Scrapastic Store Credit)

here's the card i created for the sketch using my MAY Destination Unknown Scrapbooking Kit

and After the Storm Stamp Set

i hope you'll pop in over at the Scraptastic Forum to see the newest challenge and the inspiration and YES, post your cards♥

i am up today on the Jillibean Soup blog with a card using the new Fresh Vegetable Soup line 

hello friend card

i absolutely love the fonts and corrugated shapes and stickers in this new line♥

 

 

today i am also going to share some Christmas cards.  yes!  i am actually starting on them early this year.  every year we make a personal Christmas card for each one of hubby's staff members (60) as well as our friends and family, so this year, i am GOING to start early.  and to show you how determined i am, i created SIX Christmas cards this morning while my little one rested.  i.am.determined. (wish me luck....giggle)  i will share at least one of them each time i post, so hopefully you, too, will be inspired to create early this year.

dec 25th card

merry Christmas card

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

i'll be back tomorrow with a tutorial for October Afternoon and cards for My Mind's Eye and YES another Christmas card

♥ playing with stamps ♥

from the May Kits at Scraptastic Scrapbooking kits this month.  

i absolutely love the fonts and they stamp beautifully!  just take a look at both of this month's sets

After the Storm stamp set

 

 and the Destination Unknown stamp set

 

please don't ask me to pick a favorite either, because i seriously can't.  they are fantastic!

on my first card, take note, i decided  to create a "speech bubble" mask.  using the negative of the mask, i stamped my sentiment repeatedly.

 i LOVE this font, LOVE it!

on my second card, this is so awesome, i decided to stamp a couple of the cameras in the set.  i picture sending this card with one of my bi-monthly updates to relatives, i always have fun stories since i have 4 children...smile

 

the camera is so cute and stamped beautifully!

on my third card, american noted, i used my negative speech bubble mask again to stamp the stars to create this american/patriotic card.  i added a few enamel dots from MME Kate & Co. Oxford Lane line and I have a card to send out this Memorial Day.

 i am in love with these stars

on my last card, hello sunshine, i decided i wanted to create a flat/mailable card so i stamped the "hello sunshine" sentiment with different colors and then hand-stitched for some added personality

 

i will use this stamp a lot!

thank you so much for visiting me and your sweet notes, they make my day every day!

hugs & love!

danni

♥wow, has it been t.h.a.t long?♥

i can not believe it's been more than a month since i have posted on here.  the last couple of months are always incredibly, incredibly busy for us, but WOW a month?  i am finished with teacher appreciation gifts for hubby's amazing staff and so now i feel like i can catch up with my blog, on a regular basis.  i have missed sharing here, but with end of school year, 4 kids, traveling basketball, secretary's day, and teacher appreciation week, it just got away from me.

do you feel it too?  the build up to summer i suppose....smile

where to start when there's so much?  how about a tutorial to start with using the 

April Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits Awake My Soul?  Now, if you don't have this kit, or if you have used a lot you may be asking why a tutorial now?  well because you may have these papers OR may have fun sequins and tags, so why not?  giggle.  AND, it gives me a starting point for blogging again, a tutorial, yeah, that's it....giggle

here's the card i created with the tutorial

 

and here's a step by step picture tutorial to create this card or a similar one

 i can't wait to catch up in the blogging world.  

hugs!

danni

 

♥ ha^pee card with Awake My Soul ♥

  the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits April Kits are so awesome, you have to check out all the papers and embellies, stamps and Exclusive Flair.

today, i am sharing a card created with the

 Awake My Soul kit stamps, and add-on this month

 ha.pee card

i have been creating a dictionary pronunciation of some of my sentiments, to mix it up and play a bit

i am smitten with all the amazing papers in this kit and add-on, the buttons, the stamps, just gorgeous!

there's also a CARDS challenge in the forum beginning today for a $5.00 store credit to the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits store, it's a fun one and i hope you'll inspire us!  if you've been waiting to try one of the kits, create a card and win the credit, that makes ordering a kit next month a little guilt-free...wink, wink

happy creating♥

danni

♥be you Jillibean style♥

Good morning!  I wanted to share a couple of cards that are being shared on the Jillibean Soup blog this week.  

On my first card, I wanted a flat/mailable card using one of the Chilled Cucumber Soup Bite Size Bit Journal cards.  I love these, they are so pretty all by themselves but wanted to use one on a card.  I have made it a New Year's Resolution, of sorts, to create flat/mailable cards as well as layered/embellished cards in my DT work this year.  There are a lot of friends who have commented that with the rising postal rates, they still want it to be affordable to send cards.

Be You Card 

 flat/mailable card

 thanks card

i hope you'll pop in and see all the cards this week on The Blog amazing designs, you're sure to be inspired!

happy creating♥

danni

♥april scraptastic scrapbooking kits♥

are on sale now and they are incredible.  i will be working with BOTH April kits this month, because i couldn't decide, so i didn't....giggle. 

this first set of cards is up on the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Blog today using the 8 Days a Week kit and add-on.

8 Days a Week Kit

8 Days a Week Add-On

 

 

8 Days a Week Stamps 

 i LOVE the fonts in this set, loooove them.

here are some sneak peeks of my cards that you can see on The Blog today

(hope you'll pop in and say "hello")

thanks for visiting me today!

happy creating♥

danni

♥April Fool's Day Birthday--MME style♥

Hello!  Happy April Fool's Day 

a.k.a

My Maternal Grandmother's Birthday.  

And, it is with her birthday in-mind that I created the card, tutorial and links for this year's birthday card for Grandma.  I am sharing all of these on the MME blog today and YOU can enter THIS MONTH'S FUN APRIL CHALLENGE, just hop on over for the challenge and to link YOUR project♥

 

 Supplies:Lost and Found 3:Ruby -Postcard patterned paper,Medallion patterned paper,Honeycomb patterned paper,12 x 12 chipboard, stickers ;Boy Crazy:enamel dots ;Misc: Silhouette Cameo, twine, machine stitching

 Danni says:

April Fools Day is actually my maternal grandmother's birthday, so it's fun for us to create cards to make her smile and laugh out loud. Today I thought I would share this year's card with you.

I adhered my faux $20 bill to the inside flap, when the recipient (my grandmother) opens it up, trying to remove the $20 bill, they will see the 20 bucks (of the deer persuasion) instead......April Fools (smile)!!!

For those of you who do not have a Cameo, I've added some printables for you to create your own card with your MME supplies.

For the money printable CLICK HERE
For the printable bucks CLICK HERE

And if you do own a Cameo, here is a quick tutorial:

   Fun right?  I hope she giggles, thank goodness for her GREAT sense of humor, it makes this day even more fun!

I hope you'll give the challenge a try, should be so much fun to see all the entries, I can't wait!

happy creating♥
danni