DeNami Chickies have been spotted!!!

As you may know, DeNami Design  is celebrating being in the stamping industry for 24 years. The most recent blog hop was a birthday celebration. My daughter, Leah, and I created some birthday cards for the occasion.

 

For my card, I inked up Happy Birthday script (cling) in a rainbow of colors. I tied a knot with some Red grosgrain ribbon.

 



 

Leah wanted me to die cut a large number 24 for her card. She also wanted some strips of glitter on her card. She inked up Chickie long legs, Happy Birthday script (cling) and Hatching Chickie border. I showed her how to carefully use my copics and then let her color all on her own. With purple and pink being her favorite colors, her card would not be complete without a hot pink bow. I used my kraft knife to cut a small opening in the spine of the card to be able to tie it around the front of the card. 

As the title of my post states "DeNami chickies have been spotted!" That's right, DeNami chickies have been spotted in my own back yard. Well, they were actually spotted at the playground in my neighborhood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!



Thinking of You

Hello friends! I am popping in with a quick card that I made using some DeNami yumminess. I have been on a Mister Huey spritzing craze lately, so I used it on my card today.

 

 

The cardbase was spritzed with some Mister Huey Clay. I inked up Large Butterfly (cling) and colored it in with my copics. I added Thinking of You for my sentiment. That's all for today. Have a good one! 

CAS-ual Fridays, Chipboard

TGIF!!!! I hope you had a fabulous week. This one was a busy one for me at work, so I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Is there really such a thing when you have little ones running around your house? Hmmm...sort of.

 

Today I have a card to share with you for this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. The challenge this week is to create a clean and simple project using chipboard. Even if you do not have any chipboard in your stash, you can create your own.

 

Our fabulous sponsor this week is none other than CAS-ual Fridays Stamps. The winner of this week's challenge will win a $20 gift certificate.

 



Although I do have some chipboard in my stash, I wanted to make a birthday card for my brother-in-law using stars, so I created my own chipboard stars. I used a Papertrey Ink Make-it-Monday tutorial. I used some PTI coaster and die cut two layers of the stars before adhering my cardstock on top. For one star I inked up CAS-ual Fridays stamp set, Rad. The other I used some patterned paper from PTI. The sentiment is also from Rad. The twine is from The Twinery, the green washi is from DeNami Design, and the black washi is K&Company from their Smash book collection. The cardbase was first spritzed with some Mister Huey Clay before the card assembly began.

 

Here is another angle of the chipboard stars.

Remember that you have until noon on Thursday to link up and play. Thanks for stopping by!



DeNami Product Spotlight, Easter blessings

Hello friends! Today is product spotlight post over at DeNami Desgin. The design team is showcasing Easter Blessings. You can add this fabulous stamp to your shopping cart and save 10%, one week only!

 

 For my card, I used some Leaf Green cardstock. I inked up Easter Blessings and Hatching Chickies border and colored it in with my copics. I used my circle nestie to die cut my sentiment and attached it to my ribbon knot with twine. Pretty simple yet adorable for Easter.

  

 

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For a friend

Hello friends! I hope you are having a good week so far. I am just popping in with a quick card that I made back in January that I never shared. I love a good sketch and hate to pass them up. With life keeping me so busy, I rarely get to participate in challenges, but I certainly use them for inspiration. I created it based on this sketch by Laurie Willison over at Retro Sketches.

 

I gave this card to a co-worker of mine that suddenly had a seizure at work. I work in a medical setting, and the right people were all in the right place at the right time to care for her and keep her safe during this frightening event. She has gone through several tests and it was determined to be a side effect from a medication that she is taking. Our greatest fear was that it was a brain tumor and we are so thankful that was not the cause. She has returned to work and is doing very well.

 

That's it for me today. I will be back later this week for my CAS-ual Friday post.

 



DeNami Design Birthday Bonanza blog hop

 Welcome to the DeNami Birthday Bonanza blog hop. I hope you are having a wonderful, inspirational time. You should've arrived from Kerri's blog. If you get lost along the hop, you can always head back to the beginning. In case you haven't figured it out by now, this month we are celebrating DeNami Design's Birthday.

 

 Happy Birthday DeNami Design!!!

 

For my birthday card and treat bag, I inked up Brushed Present. I stamped it onto some Leaf Green cardstock and onto some patterned paper from my Watermelon sampler pack. I paper pieced them together. I used Happy Birthday script (cling) for my sentiment which I stamped onto Celery cardstock. For my bow, I used some Hot Pink grosgrain ribbon. I used a tutorial by Aimes to create my small bow. For my treat bag, I cut out Small gift bag and filled it with a box of Nerds and some Iridescent shreds and closed it off with ribbon.

 

 

 

  

Your next stop along the hop is Ruza. I know you will not be disappointed with what she has to share.

Don't forget about the THREE gift certificates that will be given away! One gift certificate will go to a random participant and TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop! You have until March 11, 2013 11:59pm PST to comment and be eligible.

CAS-ual Fridays, Color blocks

Happy Friday friends! It's the end of the week and I have a card to share with you for this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. The challenge this week is to create a clean and simple project using blocks of color. You can use cardstock, ink, etc. If you are feeling a bit stumped, you can use Michele's snazzy challenge badge for inspiration.

 

 

Our sponsor this week is CutCardStock.com. The winner this week will earn a $25 gift certificate.

 

 

For my card, I chose to use blocks of cardstock. I was inspired by this first card of Cristina's from the latest Papertrey Ink release. I used my Happy die from PTI's Pretty Peonies and die cut some DeNami white cardstock. I love the subtle texture of this cardstock. I cut 1/4in pieces of cardstock and adhered them to a piece of scratch cardstock and then topped it with my diecut sentiment. After attaching it to my cardbase, I heat embossed the rest of the sentiment. My hubby and I will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary in 1 month, so this card is for him.

Don't forget that you have until noon on Thursday to link up and play. I can't wait to see what you create!

DeNami Pin-spired, March

Hi friends and welcome to this week's DeNami Pin-spired blog post. Twice a month, you will get to see the DeNami design team share projects that they have created from inspirational photos from Pinterest. Here is this week's yummy photo below? Anybody want some cake? 

 

I was inspired by the many shades of green. Although I tried to create my card with multiple shades, I ended up only using two. The inside of the cake screamed chevrons to me, so I inked up Modern Borders set (cling). I die cut some white cardstock and stamped Thinking of You. I added a glittered button that was never used on another project that I tied on a silk bow.

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to stop by the DeNami blog to see what the rest of the design team has created.

DeNami Spray mist tutorial

Welcome to my first photo tutorial ever! To see how I created my card, you are going to have to head over to the DeNami Design blog to check it out. Thanks for stopping by!

 

CAS-ual Fridays, Wallpaper

Happy Friday, friends!! I have had a super busy week with work, so I am definitely looking forward to a little rest this weekend.  The first card that I have to share today is for  CAS-ual Fridays. The challenge this week is to create your own custom background. 

 

 

Our sponsor this week is Ellen Hutson. The winner this week will earn an $25 gift certificate.

 



For my card, I created a distresses background by inking up the polka dot image from CAS-ual Fridays stamp set, Only You. I lightly inked and lightly stamped off to create the effect. The sentiment is from Beanstalks, and the hearts were left over from another project that I die cut using my silhouette. I added some washi and twine to finish off the card.

 

Thanks for stoppping by! You have until noon on Thursday to link up and play. I can't wait to see what you create!