DeNami Sketch Challenge #2

I love to work with sketches for both cards and layouts-sometimes it's just the springboard that I need to jump-start my creativity. Sometimes I see a sketch and immediately know which products that I'm going to use with it. That's what happened when I saw this month's sketch for the DeNami Design Sketch Challenge. I just love these little Safari Animals and knew that the three of them would be perfect with this sketch.
I started with a kraft card base, then added a fun banner cut from American Crafts patterned paper. I popped this up using foam squares. Then, I stamped, colored, and flocked the Safari Animals, matting them with lime, navy, and orange cardstock. I also attached these with foam squares. Finally, I stamped my sentiment across the bottom using the All Occasions stamp set.
I hope you can all play along with this week's Sketch Challenge! As always, there are some fun DeNami products to be won! Please check out the DeNami blog for details and to see all of the fun cards created by the other DT members.
Thanks for stopping by today!

Graduation Owl

Today's card features this cute little Graduation Owl from DeNami Design. (You all know how much I love owls!) He's the perfect little guy to embellish a simple graduation card.

To make this card, I started with a red card. To that, I added a piece of black cardstock (attached with white micro brads) to "anchor" the center panel. The center panel is kraft cardstock which I stamped using the Diploma stamp and Versamark ink. To slightly define each of the diplomas, I lightly colored them with a white colored pencil. I finished them by applying a little bit of red Sparklets glitter to the ties. then I simply stamped and colored the owl, cut him out, and adhered him to the card front. A punched border on each side and a stamped sentiment (Small Congratulations) make for a super-cute, and super-simple, graduation card.

thanks for looking today, and don't forget to check out the DeNami Design blog for more cute cards from the DT using the Graduation Owl stamp!

Happy 40th Anniversary, Mom & Dad!

May 14th is always a big day in our family because we celebrate two things on that day. First of all, it is my dad's birthday. He turned 79 this year! His health has deteriorated greatly over the past few months, so this birthday is especially important to us. We also celebrated my parents' 40th wedding anniversary.

This is the card that I made for their anniversary. First, I made my card base using magenta cardstock. Nest, I stamped the Spring Flower Block on white cardstock, trimmed it, and accented it with Sparklets Glitter. I mounted the image on black cardstock using foam squares. The white block is punched with the Deco Scallop edger punch and corner punch from EK Success. For my sentiment, I chose the Small Congratulations Stamp and stamped one of the flowers from the Elegant Spring Flowers set. (This set is one of my favorites!) I finished off my card with a knotted black ribbon and pearls. All products (except the pearls) are by DeNami Design.

The design of this card is from the Repeat Impressions blog.

Teacher Thank You

This week's Get Sketchy challenge allowed me to play with a fun new product-Chalkboard Tag Stickers by DecoBugs! The stickers are black vinyl and made especially for chalk or even gel pens (like I used.) The best part: if you misspell a word or it's not straight, you can just wipe it off with a damp cloth and start again! (I did think I did this about four times with my sticker-I just couldn't seem to write in a straight line!)

When I saw the chalkboard stickers, I immediately thought about a school-themed card. I had some of this cute patterned paper from Imaginisce, so I used both sides to make a cute little thank you for a teacher. I also used a white gel pen to write my sentiment.

Hope you can join us for our challenge this week over at Get Sketchy! The prize is a fun Chalkboard Sticker prize pack from DecoBugs!

Get Sketchy #37

This week's challenge over at Get Sketchy was so much fun! Our sponsor, Sunshine Stamps, provided us with these crazy little digi stamps-so perfect for my car-loving husband! As soon as I saw them, I knew they would be perfect for a Father's Day card.

These stamps come as a black outline or colored in, which is perfect for those of us who aren't confident in our coloring. I printed one of the colored in images on white cardstock, then just trimmed it and added it to my card front. So easy! The sketch showed a row of circle embellishments across the top of the image. I decided to use my QuicKutz gears die and silver metallic cardstock. I attached the gears with lots of brads-made a tiny dent in my stash!

Finally, I added a "#1 Dad" blue ribbon to the card front. This is absolutely perfect for Donny. As many of you know, he builds and restores classic and antique cars, many of which have won trophies and awards at car shows. So this ribbon stamp (from Studio G) was the perfect companion for the '57 Buick digi stamp.

Please check out the Get Sketchy blog to see all of the other great cards by our designers! Hope you all have a chance to play along with this week's sketch!

DeNami Color Challenge #2

Beka chose some fun colors for this challenge! I had no problem coming up with a design that worked well. My biggest challenge was deciding which stamps to use! I decided to use the Rosebud Trio stamp for my focal point. Instead of coloring the blossoms, I sewed pink buttons from Sweetheart Boutique Buttons to the card front. I topped each button with a clear gem.
The rest of this card design is simple, so the button flowers really shine. I matted my image with PINK cardstock, added some glitter brads from the Fairest of Them All collection by Imaginisce. A strip of lime cardstock, a punched border strip, and a pretty pink ribbon bow finish it off.

Hope you can all play along with our color challenge over at the DeNami blog!

WOO HOO! Big News from Momenta!

The new Momenta Design Team was officially announced today on Facebook. I was so excited! I've been keeping it a "secret" for about a week now, which was kind of hard to do since two of the girls that I work with on other teams were also selected! :)

For those of you who have attended my classes before, you know that I love Momenta products (formerly American Traditionals.) We did tons of projects using their collections!

I can't wait to make some new projects using their new lines. And I can't wait for you to make some projects using their goodies, too! In honor of National Scrapbook Day, Momenta is offering a 20% coupon to everyone good for the entire month of May! This is good online only, at http://www.momenta.com/.

Scrap Street is also offering 30% off purchases today only in honor of NSD. Head on over and check out the blog hop happening there today, too! Lots of fun projects from the designers.

Thanks for stopping by to share my excitement!