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DDSB Challenge: Sparkle and Shimmer!

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Hello again, everyone!

I have another card for you! It's another DDSB challenge day today - We want to see your cards SPARKLE and SHIMMER!

Here's what I came up with!

Can you see it? I'm kinda bummed - the picture doesn't do this card justice! For the "sunny" background I used my new Smooch Spritz in Gold Glow. I had a lot of fun playing with a new toy! My mind is spinning with a ton of ideas! Anyway, I used the Smooch to make the sky all golden and shimmery like a sunset. And I wanted these little blowfish to look like they're having fun in playing in the water!

These cute little blowfish are from the super cute Sea Life Set from Digi Doodle Shop.
I wanted to color each of them different - to make it look like they're friends. :) The sentiment is from Verve - my hubby was kind enough to get me a ton of stamps from my wishlist and this was one of them. :)

Thank you all for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the rest of the Digi Doodle Shop's Best DT to check out what everyone has created! Have a fabulous day! :)

Harriet - Design Team Coordinator
Kym - Design Team Coordinator
Vera
JoAnn
Katja
Pascale
Michelle
Karen L
Monika
Amber
Jayne
Karen H

TGF Scrapbooking Challenge: Buttons!

Hello Everyone!

Be prepared! It's going to be a busy day of posts today! I've got THREE scheduled! *lol*

Here's the first one! Today is THURSDAY so that means it's another TGF Scrapbooking Challenge Day! This week's challenge is to use BUTTONS on your layout using TGF stamps! Here's what I've created:

 

This photo is from this year's Easter at my cousin's house. I had it enlarged to 8x12 at Costco - I absolutely LOVE doing this and often forget to do it with my most favorite pictures. I think it breaks up the monotony of 4x6s and 5x7s in my scrapbooks and adds a little WOW factor. Don't you think?

I stumbled across this Scenic Route set I had been hoarding - perfect for Easter! I used the fabulous Spotlight kit for the butterflies and journaling tag and instead of using my mainstay Tuxedo Black ink, I used Rich Cocoa (Memento) and some Ranger Distress Inks for the actual butterflies (Antique Linen, Shabby Shutters, & Broken China). I don't like to use *too* much bulk on my scrapbook pages so I kept it simple and limited my buttons to 3. I think it's perfect!

Thank you for visiting today! Don't forget to visit the rest of the TGF Scrapbooking DT to see what they've created! Have a wonderful day! :)

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
Jessica Diedrich-TGF Creative Coordinator
JoAnn Valderama <---- that's ME! *lol*
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo

Whimsy Haven DT Birthday Blog Hop!

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Good Morning, again, everyone!!

It's a super special Whimsy Haven Wednesday (more about that in a minute...)! The Whimsy Haven DT is doing something new - along with our BLOG HOP, on the third Wednesday of every month, we'll be hosting a SKETCH challenge! And if you play along, one lucky winner will be chosen to win the fabulous "Sweet Tooth" set AND a $10 gift certificate to the Whimsy Haven store!

The "Sweet Tooth" set will be $3 for TODAY only so be sure to grab it! There are also 2 $1 stamps available for today - don't forget to check them all out...

Anyway, on to my card... it's based off of this sketch by Jenny:

Super FUN, right? :) Here's my take on it!

I used Whimsy Haven's brand new Sweet Tooth set and most of my old January Taylored Expressions KI kit. I just LOVE cupcakes and this digi stamp set was right up my alley! And you all KNOW I'm loving banners these days too - so FUN!

This is a VERY special Whimsy Haven Blog Hop too - it's LINDSAY's, our fabulous Whimsy Haven owner/creator/illustrator extraordinaire, BIRTHDAY this weekend too!! Happy birthday, Linz! Love ya! :)

Thank you all for visiting today! Be sure to stop by GEORGIA'S blog, the last stop on our blog hop to check out what she's got in store for you!

Have a wonderful Wednesday! :)

DeNami featured product: Graduation Owl

Good morning, friends!

I can hardly believe it's May! Summer is right around the corner and I'm sure our schedules will be filling up with playdates, birthday parties, and mini-trips! It's also graduation season, and while I'm glad we don't know anyone who is graduating from school this year, it's always nice to have a card or two in the stash to keep in handy just in case!

Today's post is brought to you by DeNami Design's featured product: The adorable Graduation Owl!

 

So adorable right? I couldn't wait to color him with my Copics! And he's just the right size to make it easy-peasy!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DeNami Design DT has done with this cute little owl!

Nami
Jenny
Laurie
Michele
Paulina
Rebeka
Wendy
Sherri
Ayana

JoAnn <--- that's ME! :)

Thanks for visiting today! Have a fabulous Wednesday! :)

supplies: (all supplies DeNami Design unless otherwise noted)
CS: Lime, Kraft, Iridescent Chocolate Satin
stamp: Graduation Owl, Congratulations Circle
ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Kiwi Kiss (SU!)
accessories: 5/8" White Grosgrain Ribbon, 2 1/2" Circle punch, 2" Circle punch, dimensionals, Copics

Taylored Expressions' Blast from the Past Blog Hop! :)

Welcome my stop for the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past BLOG HOP! :) If you're a frequent visitor of my blog, Hello Again! You might have come here from CLARISSA'S BLOG so if you're brand new to my blog, WELCOME!

I'm super excited to be sharing my card with you today! I decided to keep it easy on myself and used the special Blast from the Past sketch by the fabulous Sankari Wegman! 

This is a super special blog hop today - in order to participate we had to use older Taylored Expressions stamp sets - That's ok by me, I really love using up my "old" stuff! It also gave me an excuse to use my Doctor's Orders set that I don't even think I had ever inked up!

The rest of the card is made with the scraps I had leftover from last September's Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit! - How's THAT for a Blast from the Past!

Don't forget to visit all the Blog Hop participants and comment along the way - We all love receiving some LOVE! :)

Thank you all so much for visiting today! Hope you have fun with the Blast from the Past Blog Hop! Now, head on over to PAM'S BLOG and have a fabulous day! :)

Happy Friday!

TGIF!

Well, actually it's not my "Friday" today. It's instead, my MONDAY. I'll be working for the next 3 nights and I won't have blog access to comment on everyone's wonderful creations! Boo. I can read them all via my Google Reader, though, so that helps A LOT. But it's just not the same. Wah!

I have a cute card to share with you:

I've had this super cute Cheeky Rockabilly gal from TGF colored and stamped for MONTHS! I just hadn't made a card with her yet. Isn't she adorable! I love how her hair came out too. I used my Taylored Expressions February KI kit - I haven't used much of this kit, I've realized! I have a hard time using black and white, but the bright colors it came with are so fun! I love this pink ribbon! The sentiment is from SU!'s Chat Room Rub-On set. Love!

Hope you all have a fabulous Friday! Thanks for visiting today! Have a great weekend!

DDSB Challenge: Ribbon!

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Good morning again, friends!

I've got an adorable card to share with you today! Take a look:

It's Thursday so that means it's another Challenge day brought to you by Digi Doodle Shop's Best! The challenge this week? RIBBON!

I find it hard sometimes to get creative with ribbon so I usually use it as an accent piece to my cards and layouts. The images are usually the STAR of my projects! This week I used the adorable Garden Worm from Digi Doodle Shop! Isn't he the cutest?!

I used some old Chatterbox DP, some scraps of cardstock I had laying around, and the sentiment is a rub-on from SU! Fun right?

AND, you will proud to know that I was able to create this card for not only DDSB, but also for this week's Card Patterns Sketch 63! Yay!

Hope you all have a wonderful day! Thanks for visiting today! Don't forget to stop by the rest of the Digi Doodle Shop's Best DT to see what the girls have in store for you! :)

Harriet - Design Team Coordinator
Kym - Design Team Coordinator
Vera
JoAnn <--me!
Katja
Pascale
Michelle
Karen L
Monika
Amber
Jayne
Karen H

TGF Color Challenge!

Hi everyone! It's Thursday and that means another TGF Scrapbook DT Challenge! This week's challenge is a COLOR challenge:

Fabulous, right? :)

I had some issues with the colors, but I think I got it to work to suit my needs. I decided to create a quick and simple layout featuring pics of my family and my parents with my kids:

 

Kept it SUPER simple and just used TGF's Spotlight Kit and nothing else! Sometimes you have to take it easy on yourself, kwim? The rest of the layout is created with My Mind's Eye. I'm starting really grow to love this company! I'm LOVING their stuff lately!

I'm also really loving being a part of TGF's scrapbooking DT - even if it's only for a guest DT spot. I can't believe how many scrapbooking layouts I've been getting done! I've done more in 6 weeks than I have in the past 6 months! I'm really loving using my stamps in my scrapbooking projects too! So fun!

I also was able to join in this week's Pencil Line's sketch 186 this week. It's always been something I wanted to participate in, but never had a chance to... Probably because of lack of time or something! But I was able to step back and join this one this time. I hope I'm able to play next week! :)

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! Be sure to check out the rest of the TGF Scrapbooking Guest DT to see what they have in store for you! Have a great Thursday!

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
Jessica Diedrich-TGF Creative Coordinator
JoAnn Valderama <---- that's ME! *lol*
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo

Whimsy Haven Hoppin' & 2S4Y!

Hi all!

Another Wednesday brought to you by the fabulous Whimsy Haven DT blog hop! :)

If you came here from Julie's blog, you're right on track! Welcome! If not, no worries - head back to the Whimsy Haven blog and start all over. Be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way - you never know... you might a cute little digi image! :)

Here's my card for the hop:

Ok, take a good look - what's WRONG with my card?! My DP is UPSIDE DOWN! *lol* I can't believe I did that! Actually, I can - I've been so tired lately - long nights doing projects, and my DS waking up in the middle of the night with nosebleeds! :( Poor little guy! Anyway, I didn't realize I had the DP upside down until I went to take a picture! Silly me!

My blog hop card features the cute little As If Owl! Cute right? I looked in my stash for some cute little animal print paper and came up with this DP I've been hoarding from Sassafrass Lass! (OMG I still can't get over how I have the paper upside down! *lol*)... Everything else is kept simple - the sentiment is from the Chat Room Rub Ons from SU!.

I have a 2nd card today as well...

 

Whimsy Haven is sponsoring this week's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You! Super fun! I kept my card super simple and used the balloon image from the Birthday Star set. I had planned to use one of the sentiments as well but instead used the American Crafts ribbon I had that matched my DP. :)

Hope you get a chance to play along with this sketch this week! Good Luck!

Thanks for visiting today! Your next stop on the blog hop is JENNY!!!

blog award!

Sorry about my absence these past few days... I've been trying to be better keeping the house less cluttered and keeping up with the daily chores that I have to push a few of my project aside. And I'm trying to get caught up with my blog visiting, but now my work has upped their security preferences and have blocked blogs and personal sites! Ack! What am I going to do??? I'm going to be so behind!

Anyway, in the midst of all of this my dear friend Kym has graced me with this blog award:

Thanks, Kym!

I'm supposed to pass this on to 12 other fabulous bloggers and to be honest, I don't have time to link them all! Since Kym already passed it to my DDSB gals, I'm passing this on to my DeNami Design DT, my Whimsy Haven girls, and my TGF Scrapbooking Guest DT!

I'll be back in the morning with a crafty post - I promise! :)