♥ 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

♥ June Scraptastic Kit and tutorial ♥

good evening!  i wanted to pop in and share some cards created with the June Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits Funky Town. 

and i will also share a quick picture tutorial for heat-embossing the wood veneers that come in the kit this month



                 June Funky Town Kit


remember you are loved card

happy birthday card

hey card

 

 

 

and here's the card i created using that shiny 'stache :)

 rad dad card

 

i looove the exclusive flair in this kit

 

and just in case you need an anniversary card....giggle, this kit is PERFECT for those too

happy 50th anniversary card

 

 i hope you'll check out the Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits.  they are packed with amazing product, exclusives, stamps, add-ons and TWO choices EVERY month.  the customer service is the best anywhere, jessica takes care of her people♥

thanks for joining me, love to you!

danni

♥ 10 minute Craft Dash ♥

happy summer!  oh how happy summer!

i am enjoying every moment with the kids, it's a blessing.  basketball camps, hiking, kayaking, ropes
course, bike riding, trampoline contests and sprinklers, it's a whirlwind, but it's AWESOME!  i love every second of it with the kids.  and don't forget the otter pops, i see them and think of summer's past, small things with big memories right?

on a crafty side, i was blog-surfing some of my favorite blogs and one of my friends, Amy Tsuruta,

had posted a fun challenge from 10 Minute Craft Dash : create a card with the colors red, light yellow and light blue in LESS than 10 TIMED minutes.  i HAD to take the challenge, i've never heard of this and never actually timed myself, this was FUN
 





and you can see Amy's awesome take on the challenge HERE

here is the card i was able to come up with using the My Mind's Eye Sunny Side collection which i thought would be perfect palette for the color challenge

Party Time Card

 i create pretty quickly once i pick a line or color scheme, so i thought this would be very easy, though i've never timed myself and how long it actually takes me to craft a card.  i will confess that this WAS a challenge.  i love to stitch on my cards and so running back to the other office and still having time to adhere everything together was a wee bit tricky, but thankfully i had minimal amounts of time to spare as you'll see on my phone.

i am thankful for these SRM stickers too, made creating the sentiment VERY quick and easy, and that's exactly what i needed, giggle.

so, i hope you'll check out the fun challenge and Amy's fun card♥


and, while i had this line out for this challenge, i decided to create a NON 10 minute card using my scraps...giggle

 Be Happy card


 i absolutely LOVE this brad, and haven't brought myself to use it until now, but it was the perfect center for the flower, love it!

and what would a post be without a Christmas card?  not staying on schedule...that's what that would be, ha ha ha, not this girl, not this year, i'm a determined mama and actually having MORE fun creating my cards because it's focusing on a little at a time, i'm a little surprised.  i didn't think i would get in the mood, but since it's only one card at a time, it's fun to focus on design or cute embellies and not the stress of it all.

happy holidays card

on this card, i punched a circles and adhered the circle INSIDE of the circle so when you open it, you see the Street Sign inside the card.  this still keeps the card flat/mailable, but allows for a little dimension with the cut-out.

 thank you so much for your visits and incredibly sweet notes, they always make my day!
hugs & so much love!
danni

♥ i'm a sketchy guest ♥

I am a sketchy guest indeed and so incredibly honored to work with an amazing sketch by my friend, Ulrika Blomfelt.  She has a gorgeous sketch and challenge posted for her readers and I wanted to share the card I created using her sketch as inspiration.

 card sketch by Ulrika

Something Wonderful Card

 I created my card using the new MME Kate & Co. Cambridge Court

 I hope you'll pop over and say "hello" to her and her readers, and if you have time, post a card for her challenge, would love to see all the different interpretations of her sketch.

and I can not leave here without posting a Christmas card

(I am happy that I am staying on schedule with these this year, I will be oh so thankful in December)

"Dear Santa" card

♥ scrappy shares ♥

Good evening!  I wanted to share some cards that I have been working on with scraps on my desk, drawers, favorite scrap piles and scraps from the May Destination Unknown Kit over at Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kits

Happy Birthday Card

(inside reads: sweet pea)

 

  I used a tag from an old Crate Paper line, Pretty Party

yes, i still have a couple of these tags, they are some of my absolute faves and i haven't used all of them....yet

Yes, I did.

I used a chipboard piece from Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety line (i know, i know, but seriously how cute are these peas?)

On my second card, I used scraps from the May Destination Unknown Kit and one of my album pages from October Afternoon Woodland Park line

 

Life is Good Card

 I cut the album page down to tag size and stitched and adhered to these cute papers from the Scraptastic May Destination Unknown Kit

And here is a couple of pics of the card I posted on the October Afternoon blog using the new Travel Girl line

And, how about another Christmas card?

Joy...Finding our Perfect Tree Card

 thank you  so much for visiting and for your incredibly sweet comments every day!  

hugs & so much love!

danni