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March DeNami Blog Hop

| Published 3.11.2012

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It's DeNami Blog Hop time!



This month's hop is all about BIRTHDAYS :) 

By now, you're well into hopping and you should have arrived here from the lovely Kerri Smith's amazing blog. 

If not, head on over to the DeNami Blog for the master list of hop participants. 

You'll want to stay on track… leaving a comment on every blog along the way (including the DeNami Blog) gives you a chance to win one of TWO $20 DeNami gift certificates!!!! Another  $20 gift certificate will be given to a randomly chosen blog hop participant! You have until March 12, 2012, 11:59pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).

 

For my card, I used DeNami's Decorative Borders, Happy Birthday Script and the Birthday Celebration stamp set, all from the latest release. The card base is navy although it almost looks black in the picture. The little images are colored with Spicas and they look so cute and sparkly in person. 

That's it from here :) Off to your next stop, which is the amazing, talented Tammy Hobbs! 

Happy Hopping!!!

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JUGS #124: Color it UP!

| Published 2.18.2012


Are you tired of drab ol' winter? Need color infusion? Well Dana's got a color combo over at Just Us Girls that'll put a "spring" in your step (get it? I'm so lame :)). 


A bouquet of pastel loveliness! 

Here's what my feeble mind came up with… (that's a whole other story, my mind is mush after several taxing weeks at work…Oy).


I've been really drawn to geometric designs lately. When I saw the inspiration graphic, the circles containing the colors just spoke to me. I pictured a bubbly, fun birthday card. And, happily, what I pictured managed to make it out in card form :) 'Cause sometimes what I see in my mind's eye gets lost in translation. And, BONUS, it's a one layer card. YAY! Dunno why, but I feel so satisfied after a one layer card. Gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling all ovah :) 

Check out what the rest of the talented JUGS DT has whipped up!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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CAS-ual Fridays #16

| Published 8.21.2011

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Greetings friends!

We are a week and half away from the big move and counting… this week, I'm emptying out my office and packing up a few "special" items that will move on our own. The rest we're letting the movers deal with :)

Before I pack up the ol' craft room {sniff}, I was able to spend a little time in there this afternoon and make a little ditty for the newest CAS-ual Fridays challenge!



For this fun birthday card, I used two embossing techniques and a faux embossing technique :) I dry embossed the card base, heat embossed the white "sprinkles" on the cupcake and used faux embossing for the cupcake panel.

Faux embossing is one of my favorite techniques - it's basically die cuts placed on the same color card stock to give an embossed look.

I just wanted to share a couple of pics of the place to which we'll be moving in a week and a half. I'm originally from Atlantic Canada (lived there most of my life :)) and I'm so excited to be moving back to my old neck of the woods! We're moving to Prince Edward Island, Canada.

PEI is an island on the east coast of Canada.


See…the tiny little island circled in red :) 

It's famous for very red soil...

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Quaint, peaceful farming and fishing communities…


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Sandy beaches with *relatively* warm waters (this is Canada after all LOL!)…

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Potatoes and mussels…

 

The Confederation Bridge…

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And perhaps, most famously, Anne of Green Gables…

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Thanks so much for taking the time to swing by!!! Hope you have a great start to the week!

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JUGS #80: Color challenge!

| Published 4.16.2011


Boy, do we have a fun Color Challenge lined up at  Just Us Girls this week! Not only that, it's a challenge WITH A TWIST! What's the twist, you ask? Make a BIRTHDAY CARD! The birthday cards are to celebrate a special birthday JUGS gal! Lisa is celebrating her birthdays this coming week so we want you to help celebrate with us!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY A WONDERFUL GAL!!! I tell ya, this JUGS team is something special because of the members and this cat is the COOLEST!!! Hope your special day is as fun as you are, Lisa!!!

In honor of Lisa's birthday, the ladies at MTME and hosting a blog hop for the lovely Lisa. Check it out HERE.

Without further adieu, here are the colors...



Aren't they just scrumdiddly-umptious!!! YUM!!!

And my card...


I used PTI's Bitty Background Blocks to create a quilt-like card. I also used Button Boutique to stamp the black pseudo-stitching. OMG, I can't get enough of the banner die! I had to use it here too! The Doily Details Dies are also something I'm quickly growing VERY attached to! The satin melon berry ribbon tops it all off. Speaking of loves, melon berry.... LOVE!!!!

I have been disappointed with my camera's performance lately (of course, it CANNOT be the fault of the operator, right? :)). But seriously, I think I need another light for my light tent to make things right again. I find I need to edit my pics to make them purdy and I'd like to minimize that as much as possible. I could try supplementing with natural light... hmmmm... something to try next time I guess.

Make sure to visit the other JUGS DT as well as our fabulous guest designer for April,  Teresa Kline. Leave em, some love, especially Lisa and Elise, the birthday gals!!! 

Enjoy your weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!

 TTFN,

Ingredients
Stamps:Bitty Background Blocks, Birthday basics -sentiment, Button boutique (PTI)
Ink: Melon berry, aqua mist (PTI), tuxedo black (Memento)
Paper: Kraft, true black, aqua mist, vintage cream (PTI)
Other: Doily Details dies (PTI), Banner die (PTI), melon berry ribbon

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I'm baaaaack.......

| Published 1.09.2010



Wow - it has been a loooong time since I last posted. My poor, neglected blog.....
First off, I want to wish each and everyone of you and yours a wonderful 2010!
I had a WONDERFUL holiday with my family - it was extended by a few days thanks to Continental airlines (they canceled a flight so it took a few days to find a series of flights to get me back to Knoxville). But how can I complain about an extended vacation :)
No that I'm back it's time to start papercrafting again!
I'm gonna cheat a little on this post though, as I only arrived home last Wed (late) and we had company for a few days so I haven't created anything since I returned. But in my desire to want to post SOMETHING, I decided to post this card I made a while back, for no particular challenge but it fits for this week's Crazy 4 Challenges. The challenge is to create a birthday card.

 Now to get back into the swing of things and start creating again :)
Thanks so much for stopping by!


TTFN,

Ingredients (all PTI unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Birthday basics
Ink: Colorbox white pigment ink
Paper: Orange zest, white, pretty DP (I'll learn to keep track soon I hope)
Other: fiskars flower punch, fiskars border punch, orange zest button, sweet blush satin ribbon, clear rhinestones, twine


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