Tweet Tweet Summer Days

Wowza! I am at it again! But, for a good reason! I am working this weekend and I will not be able to get crafty till Monday (I hope).  I decided to take the plunge and play along with Neat & Tangled's Project Life Challenge.  I am a BIG fan of creating my own Project Life cards. What is a better way to use up your stash and document life at the same time? RIGHT?

Well, I pulled out one of Neat & Tangled's FREE Digital stamps used some Derwent Inktense Pencils to color the cute little birdie. Then I masked off parts of a stencil with washi tape to make a faux Sun Rays stencil out of dots. I used a combination of Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Mustard and Mr. Huey's Sunshine sprays.  Now I couldn't just leave it alone I had to add some sequins and a title and TA-DA! A great title card for a summer event. And since I am still behind in my Project Life I can still use it! YAY!

Project Life 4 x 6 Title Card

I also thought a fun way to photograph the card (since it will not stand up on it's own) was to hold it against the lovely Florida sky!  I hope you enjoyed!

Materials:

Neat & Tangled FREE Digital Stamp

Heidi Swapp Color Shine - Mustard

Mr. Huey's Mist - Sunshine

Sequins

Donna Downey Mask

Washi Tape

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Water brush

Thickers

White Cardstock

Happy Scrappin!

~Danielle

I got Sketchy with Timeless Twine

Better late than never, right?  The current  Timeless Twine Challenge is almost reaching the deadline. Well, I wanted to play with my new twine so I had to wait for it to come in the mail. So what do I do?  Make a haul video of my goodies and get scrappy! lol  I decided to make a layout for a change cause I am up to my ears in cards lately. :-)

I used my twine to frame my photo and I think it looks GREAT! I used Scotch quick dry liquid glue to adhere it around my photo. 

Materials:

Timeless Twine - Graphite Grey

Sweet Stamp Shop - Fall Gratitude & Across the Miles

American Craft Thickers

Washi Tape

Patterned Paper from my stash!

Autumn Leaves White Cardstock

Happy Scrappin!

~Danielle

Oh boy did I get messy!

I played along with the Lawnscaping Challenge  and got really messy.....I mean Inky!!! hahha  Playing with distress inks are messy but fun! After a bunch of failed attempts I got a winner (I hope). 

I distressed the pumpkins with Distress ink and a blender tool. The little leaves are colored with Distress Markers and embossed with the Distress Powder. The cute little owl is colored with Copic Markers. 

Materials:

Lawn Fawn - Winter Owl and So Thankful 

Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon
Distress Markers - Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Picket Fence
Distress Powder - Black Soot
Copic Markers - YR02, YR04, YR07, E33, E35, E37, BG10
Memento Ink
ZIG Wink of Stella - Clear
Kraft Cardstock
Water

Happy Scrappin!
~Danielle

Let's Eat Cake! A Birthday Celebration

What's up scrappy peeps?!  Today, I played along with the Neat & Tangled, Little Tangles challenge. It's their BIRTHDAY so what is better than CAKE? Right?  To celebrate N&T 1 year birthday they have a few FREE Digi Stamps for you to play with here.  Since, I don't have any actual N & T Stamps I printed out the Digi's and got to playing. Here is my card!

I had a lot of fun creating this birthday card and I know I can put it to good use in the future! 

Materials:

Neat and Tangled Digital  Stamps

Patterned Paper - Me and my Big Ideas and Glitz

Ribbon

My Favorite Things Jumbo Banner Stax & Tag

Georgia Pacific White Card Stock

Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Pen, Clear

Happy Scrappin!

~Danielle

I got my PAWS Inky again!

Good Morning my scrappy followers!!! Guess what?  I got my Paws Inky again with the NEW Newton's Nook Designs Challenge!  I just can't get my hands of these adorable stamps!  Check out the card I made. 

I thought this would be a great card to give someone with a new baby! I really don't have any of those types of cards in my stash, so this will be perfect to have on hand. 

Materials:

Newton's Nook Designs - Winged Wishes

Patterned Paper - Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm

The Twinery - 

Nenna Desert Storm Kraft Cardstock

MME -Enamel Dots

Distress Ink

Happy Scrappin

~Danielle

Love U!

It has been a while since I played with my Mama Elephant stamps...too long in fact! With my Summer DT term over for Sweet Stamp Shop I have more time to get inky with all other wonderful stamps in my collection.  I decided to play in the current Mama Elephant Challenge. I made this card while Skype Scrapping with my bestie Sam over at Sam's Scrap Candy! 

I just love how this card came out! Very clean and simple!  And guess what?  I used some RIBBON! I haven't used Ribbon in forever. I know!  So I am proud of myself for using some of my stash. 

Materials. 

Mama Elephant Stamps
-Modern Boarders
-Midnight Letters
-On Target
Ribbon from my stash
Versafine Black Ink
Hero Arts Neon Pink and Yellow Ink
Georgia Pacific Cardstock - White
Circle Punch

Happy Scrappin!
~Danielle

Sweet Stamp Shop August Release Day!

Hip Hip Hooray! It's August Release Day!  Yep, you guessed it, Today, is Sweet Stamp Shops August Release.  We have some lovely new stamp sets to show you, just in time for FALL.  I got to play with two of the new stamp sets Triangle Style and Turkey Hotline.  To see the entire release and the rest of the Design Team samples head on over to the Sweet Blog here!

Triangle Style

This set is very versatile! I used it on a layout of my Sweet dachshund Sidney when he was a baby. I paired it with a few older sets by Sweet Stamp Shop for an amazing design! 

Here, I created a fun background with the triangles and made a cluster for the sentiment.  The possibilities are endless with this set, it just goes with EVERYTHING!

 

*Ring* Ring* Ring* Gobble Gobble Gobble....Did someone call the Turkey Hotline?  This has to be the best stamp set for Project Life for the upcoming holiday season!!! I can see it used on PL Cards, layouts, and more!  Here I stamped the 1-800 #'s on vellum (very trendy again!).  Then I inked up the turkey with stamp markers, which gave him a bit of a watercolor look. 

Turkey Hotline

Remember to head on over the Sweet Blog to see the rest of the August Reveal and the Wonderful Design Team Samples.  

Don't forget the Coupon Code for 25% off the August Release is NRA25 it is good through tomorrow at noon.

What are you waiting for???  Get to shopping!  Head to the Sweet Stamp Shop here! 

~A Few Quick SWEET Reminders~

If you have missed all my Sweet Tooth Tuesday videos you can catch up on all the yummy tutorials here! 

Get out your old supplies and get crafty with us.  The Use What You Have Challenge is a great way to use up your old supplies and make room for new stuff! 

You can "Like" Sweet Stamp Shop on Facebook to be up to date on all things Sweet!

There is some fabulous inspiration on the Sweet Pinterest Account. Be sure to "PIN" your favorite Sweet Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Danielle

One Lovely Layer

Hello my crafty peeps! How you coin?  Yep, it's Friday and I have a card for you!!!  This is a ONE layer card. I know, it's hard to not pick up patterned paper, washi tape, wood veneers or enamel dots these days. But, I resisted and made this fun card to play in the Lawnscaping Challenge! 

I really love how simple and BRIGHT this card turned out. A really simple card to mass produce for Valentine's Day!  (Hey, time to get things done REALLY early)

Materials:

Lawn Fawn - Future is Bright (Studio Calico Exclusive)

Georgia Pacific White Card Stock

Versafine Black Ink

Versafine & Memento Inks

We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

Happy Scrappin!

~Danielle

A Recycled Happy Birthday!

Hello all my scrappy followers!  Today, is a double challenge card. Yep, I don't know how I did it but I did!  I started of by playing along with the A Blog Named Hero Recycling Challenge and when I was done.....I was like WHOA! I guess I Cas(e) the Sketch!  While this may not be very Clean and Simple... It was very easy and quick! 

I started of with some scraps on my desk...I found the embossed acetate packaging I had done a while back and never used in on a card.  I also had this medium sized brown paper bag on my desk that I kept trying to use and just couldn't make it happen.  I cut the bag down to be manageable on a card and picked a scrap of yellow paper out of my trash that I had sketched a heart on. I stamped over the heart and cut it out with a tag die.  Placed that sucker in the pocket and BAM! Instant Embellie! 

Since, there is no great way to attached the acetate to the card, I used my trusty stapler. 

Recycled Materials Used:

- Brown Paper Bag

- Acetate from packaging

- Scrap paper I Literally pulled from my trash can! 

I think I did pretty good on Recycling some stuff, that would have gone to the landfill.  

Materials:

Hero Arts Stamp - Glow Girl

MFT - Tag Die

Brown Paper Bag

Acetate from Packaging

Scrap Papers

Hero Arts Neon Blue Ink

Stapler

Wood Venners - Studio Calico

Neon Paint Pens

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Happy Scrapping!

~Danielle

I got my PAWS Inky!

Hello Everyone!!! Did you know there is a new stamp company on the block? Yep there is! Newtons Nook Designs.  They have the cutest stamps of little Newton himself!  I was super excited to see that they would be having a challenge. I love challenges don't you?

I got my paws inky and came up with this card for the sketch challenge.

The best part of this card is...................it WOBBLES!!! Yep, I used an Action Wobble behind Newton to make (In theory) his butt wiggle, as if he was about to pounce on the mouse to catch it.



Materials:
Newton's Nook Designs
 - Newton's Antics
 - Winged Wishes
My Favorite Things Cardstock - Steel Grey
The Paper Studio Embossing Folder
Nestabilites Die - Scalloped Circle, Top Note
My Favorite Things Die - Banner, Circle
Copic Markers - Cool Grey's
Pattern Papers - Dear Lizzy Fifth and Frolic
Kraft Paper - Neena

Happy Scrappin!
~Danielle