Just a Note(card)

Good morning! Today I have a cute little notecard to share with you using DeNami's Apple Basket stamp. This is one of my favorite stamps from the new release. (I say that about every stamp, though!)

I decided to try something different with my card. I decided to make a notecard instead of a card that opens. You simply jot a note on the front.-perfect for busy teachers! I can imagine several of these bundled together with jute or red-and-white baker's twine as a back to school gift for a favorite teacher. I may have to make up some of these before school starts in a couple of weeks!

Stamps used on this project: Apple Basket and All Occasion Sentiments by DeNami Design. Border Punch: Lace and Lattice Border and Corner Punch by Fiskars.

Please check out the DeNami blog to see all of the DT's fabulous projects using the Apple Basket stamp!

Welcome to the Polka Dot Blog Hop!

Today is going to be so much fun-I love blog hops! Even more, I love participating in blog hops and giving away prizes! If you are just joining the blog hop, please make sure that you start at the beginning HERE on the DeNami Design blog. You will want to visit all of the blogs on the hop for chances to win some fabulous prizes from DeNami and to see all of the Design Team members' cards. We also have three special guest designers for the hop, as well!

I got to play with some of DeNami's newest releases for this card. I started with the new Polka Dot Background. This is a Polka Dot Blog Hop, after all! I paired this background with punched circle embellishments-kind of like "over-sized polka dots", heehee. Each circle is stamped with a two-step stamping technique. I used the apples from the Apples and Pears Stamp Set. First, I stamped the solid apples using red and lime green chalk ink. Then I stamped over these with the apple outline stamp using black ink. You can use a stamp positioner to line them up perfectly, or you can stamp them randomly (like I did) for a more whimsical look. A little touch of polka dot ribbon finishes it off.

There is one more stop on the Polka Dot Blog Hop. You are now off to visit the lovely and fabulous:

WENDY ELLIOT

Thanks for joining us today! Remember to leave some love on each of the blogs for your chance to win some yummy DeNami goodies! Enjoy!

Wee Memories Challenge #18

Happy Saturday, everyone! I'm so glad it's the weekend. I have a busy day today because I am exhibiting at a craft fair in Augusta. Wish me luck-it's my first with my cards and my {ippity} stamps. Hoping to sell a few cards, a few stamp sets and make lots of new contacts!

I also get to share the newest challenge with you from Wee Memories. This week's challenge is to use BUTTONS, BRADS, AND BLING! (You can choose one or more of these.) We have a fabulous prize for you this week: a package of 10 Cuttlebug goodies! Our generous sponsor this week is Oh My Crafts! You can click on their logo below to see all of their yummy scrapping goodies.

For my card, I used Lawn Fawn's "Bake Me a Cake" stamp set and lots of patterned papers from Momenta. I was inspired to make this funky cake after seeing Ayana Posadas' Whimsical Cake card a few weeks ago. I added some bling (Stickles) to the candles and blingy brads (glitter brads from Imaginisce.) Is any card really complete without a little bling? :)

We'd love to have you join us this week over at the Wee Memories Challenge. You have until Friday at 11:59 PM PST to post your card. Can't wait to see what you create!

Some upcoming events to share with you...

I haven't mentioned these enough on the blog, so I thought I would dedicate a special post just for these upcoming events:

Wee Memories Challenge #17: Butterflies! You still have time to enter this challenge! Anything "butterfly" goes-think patterned paper, die cuts, stamps, stickers, rub-ons, anything! Check out all of the details HERE.

Craft Fair to benefit the Kennebec Historical Society (tomorrow from 9-2 at the Augusta Armory.) I will be there with lots of new {ippity} stamps and cards available for purchase.

DeNami Design Polka Dot Blog Hop-our first hop ever! Start HERE at the DeNami blog after 9AM EST on Sunday. So excited for our special guest designers, too!

My CAS Card for Get Sketchy #51

Some of you may be wondering what a CAS card is. CAS stands for "clean and simple." I have to say that while I like clean lines on a card, very rarely do I keep it simple-I love embellishments too much! This week's Get Sketchy sketch, however, inspired me to create a CAS card. I love how it turned out!

I thnk that the key to making a great CAS card is choosing just the right embellishments because they are the focus of your card. When I saw this week's sketch, I immediately thought of buttons. I love DeNami's button collections-you can always find exactly what you want in those little bags! I had just the right sentiment to use with them, too, courtesy of my Lawn Fawn stamps.

Hope you can join us for this week's Get Sketchy Challenge! You can see the sketch HERE, along with this week's prize from Card Cafe. I seriously want this week's prize, lol! Adorable embellishments, I tell you, and if you check out the link you'll know that this Etsy shop's owner is a sweetheart, too. :)

Oh, I almost forgot! Don't forget to check out the Design Team Call at Get Sketchy! (It's posted in the left sidebar.) I can't believe it's already been 6 months and time for another set of designers. This term has just flown by!

New Wee Memories Challenge!

Welcome to the weekend! Wee Memories has a fun challenge for you this week: butterflies! For my card, I decided to use butterfly and flourish stamps from {ippity}'s Now & Always stamp set. I lkove this set-I have been playing with the different images all week long! I combined these stamps with some bright, fun prints from SEI and Lily Bee.

For the design of my card, I wanted to do something different. I have been making so many cards lately that I am getting a little bit bored with the A2 size cards. So to switch things up a bit I made a matchbook card. Plus, I was able to make a dent in the supply of eyelets that I have had for years! :) These from the Making Memories Watercolor Brights collection matched the green dotted paper from Lily Bee perfectly!

One of my favorite details on the card is the layered butterfly. I simply stamped the butterfly on three different papers, cut them out, and layered them, adhering only the centers together. Then I bent the wings of each layer up so you could see just of hint of each paper.

Will you join us this week for the Butterfly Challenge? We have a wonderful sponsor this week: The Gilded Bee! You can see her Etsy shop HERE. Check out the details of the challenge and the design teams' gorgeous cards HERE.

Little Scarecrow

Just a quick share tonight-a last minute entry for the Card Patterns #75 Sketch Challenge. For this card, I used DeNami's Scarecrow from the new releases. Isn't he just too cute?

I am also entering this in the Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #14. The challenge there has two parts: 1) use a color you don't normally use, and 2) use a technique that you haven't used for a while. The color that I chose to use was yellow-I never use yellow! It was only after choosing the yellow cardstock that I decided what the theme of my card would be. The technique that I haven't used for a while was to use the negative part of a punch. I actually used the negative of the pumpkin punch to dry emboss the orange border. I then shaded the pumpkins with orange and brown colored pencils to make them show up a bit more.

Another technique that I tried on this card was to make a watermark background using Versamark ink and DeNami's new Polka Dot Background. Because the cardstock was slightly coated, it didn't absorb the ink much. I wanted to see the polka dots a little more, so I shaded each polka dot slightly with a colored pencil. Not too carefully-I wanted it to look a little distressed.

And last but not least, it fits in with the color scheme for Color Throwdown #104. although my cardstocks were from Momenta, they are similar to the Color Throwdown colors of Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive.

Thanks for stopping by again today-three posts in one day is a record for me! I just have so many projects accumulating and I need to share them, lol!