Oceans of good wishes ...

Happy Sunday!

I found some time to craft this week - yippee!!  When the weather is so nice outside I find it difficult to sit at my craft desk ... I would much rather be out in the sunshine as summer always flies by so fast!!

Sooo, today I have this sweet Tilda for you.  She is exactly where I love to be - at the beach!!  Collecting sea shells and seaglass is something I absolutely love to do so I loved colouring up this little beauty!  I coloured up with copic markers.

I kept the card layout pretty simple.  I love the cloud paper from Magnolia and I embossed the bottom panel of kraft cardstock.  I added a simple white ribbon across the join and the sentiment is one from my stash which I thought worked perfectly with the image.

Some challenges I'm entering:-

Allsorts Challenge - Inspired by Summer

The Ribbon Girl Challenge - Anything Goes with an Image

Craft your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Challenge #74 Anything Goes/Summer Fun

Stamp & Create - August Challenge - One for the Girls

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Paradise of Magnolia - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by - always so lovely to see you pop in and please leave a comment to let me know you've paid a visit!  Have a great week and until next time ... happy crafting!!

Hugs, Danielle x

Sending a Birthday Text!

Happy Friday Folks!

I want to share this card with you today.  It is my son's 17th Birthday today and this is the card I made for him.  As any typical guy his age, they live on their phones and constantly text, LOL!  I love this Mo Manning image and it was the first time I've inked this up!

Image is coloured with copic markers.  Male cards are always pretty simple as there really isn't too much one can do to "dress up" the card!  Paper is from BG Wander 6x6 pack, sentiment is Verve and the adhesive dots are Michaels.  I actually really love how this turned out and my son loved it too, especially what was inside it ($100 gift card)!!!

I'm off to take my dog for a run before the heat of the day sets in!  Then this afternoon will be spent enjoying some pool time with the kids.  It's going to be a hot weekend so we'll be heading off to the beach too - can't wait!!

Have a fabulous Friday everyone and thanks for stopping by!  Always great to see you here!  Have a fantastic weekend and until next time ... happy crafting!!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Wedding Wishes

Hi there!

So I get to share with you the wedding card that I made for our friends whose wedding we attended in Ottawa back in June.  One of the many reasons I love making cards is that I am able to custom create my cards to any colour or theme that I wish.  For this, I used their wedding colours and added a burlap/lace border which they used as table runners at their reception.  

The stamp, which I absolutely adore, is a Tiddly Inks and coloured up with copic markers.  I created the sky & grass which reflected their outdoor wedding.

I decided to use an easel design as I wanted to incorporate flowers & a sentiment and this allowed me to do it perfectly!  I finished off by adding some twine and sequins - the shabby chic touch complete!

I custom made their envelope too using the SU! Envelope punch board.  I made a bellyband using the burlap/lace ribbon.  The sentiment is from SU!.

Some challenges I'm entering:-

Papertake Weekly - Product Theme (use lace)
Craft Your Passion Challenges - Always Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart Challenge - Always Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes/Bing (lace, image, sentiment)
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping in and taking a peek today.  Always love seeing you here!  It has been very hot these last few days so I'm taking advantage and being poolside.  Summer days always seem to go by so very quickly so I like to make the most of them whilst we can!

Until next time ... happy crafting!

Hugs,

Danielle x

I'm back from Canada ... normal service to resume!!

Hi there!

My family and I went for a visit and wedding to Ottawa back in June.  We had a wonderful time, but with my eldest son returning to live there and finish off his final year of high school, we ended up having to stay on for an additional 3.5 weeks for him to complete a math course at summer school!  He successfully completed it and we are now back in Boston for the remainder of the summer!  He will return in a months time ... so lots of changes coming up for us as we stay in Boston and he embarks on a new life back in Ottawa.  I am very excited for him as this is something he desperately wants to do and hey, at some point one has to cut those apron strings!!  Lol!  I am extremely proud of him for taking such a huge step in his young life at 17!

Anyways, here is my card (sorry it's late) for the current Simply Create Too challenge "For a precious child".  I used a "new to me" stamp by Verve and created the moon using an embossed circle punched out.  The stars, paper, vellum, ribbon & sequins are all from my stash.

Here's the finished inside of the card too.  This was sent to a friend who recently had their first little baby boy.

I hope you get a chance to stop by and play in the latest challenge.  Thanks for stopping in today - your visits and comments are always greatly appreciated!  I have a lot of blog hopping and commenting to catch up on!  Have a wonderful day friends .... and happy crafting!  Until next time!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Vintage Shabby Chic - a Simply Create Too challenge

Hi there folks!

Happy Friday and welcome to my first posting as DT member for Simply Create Too challenge blog!  I am excited today to be showing you my vintage/shabby chic creation for today's challenge.  I hope you are able to pop on over and join in!

I used an adorable set of stamps from Maya Road for this card - aren't those birds just the cutest!  I added gesso around the edges of the card and papers to give some extra shabby chic style!  The embellishments are all from my stash.

I hope you enjoy my card today and if you are feeling vintage/shabby chic creative be sure to link up your card to the Simply Create challenge here.

Thanks for stopping in today.  I'm heading up to Canada today for the next two weeks - the boys finish up school and we have a wedding to attend next weekend!  I get to hang out with my girlfriends for the next couple of weeks - so excited!!

Until next time ... happy crafting!!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Teacher Thank You!

Happy Wednesday folks!

It's that time of year again when teacher cards & gifts are needed.  With only one son left in Elementary school the number of teacher gifts/cards is minimal.  Jacob's teacher loves coffee (who doesn't!!) so I bought a gift card loaded with caffeine!  I always try to buy/make the teachers something that they will use and appreciate.  

The card design is pretty straight forward.  I don't have any of the typical teacher type stamps so I went simple with my card and haven't used an image.  The coffee stamps are from a Fiskars set and the sentiment on the tag is from Verve.  Papers are all from my scrap pile (great way to use up those pesky scraps)!!  Buttons and twine finish off the card.  I also inked up all the edges with some brown ink to add interest.

I have a few more things to get done before we head up to Canada on Friday for a couple of weeks.  The boys finish up school for the summer on Friday - good thing as they have already "checked out" and are ready for summer vacation to begin!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Craft your Passion Challenges - Always Anything Goes #266

Inspiration Destination Challenge - Always Anything Goes #38

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap Challenge - Always Anything Goes

That's all for today folks!  Hope you have a fab day and thanks for stopping by - always appreciate your visits!  Until next time ... happy crafting!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Friends are the Flowers of Life

Hello there!

Apologies for my little mini disappearing act!!  I have picked up my crochet hook again and was busy having loads of fun with that last week!  I made my first baby beanie hat & flowers and now I'm working on a baby blanket.  I'm teaching myself so it's a slow & steady process.  I am loving it though.

Anyways, some friends are off to pastures new so this is a card I made for them.  Her favourite colours are red & black and I used a gorgeous new stamp, recently added to my collection, from Tiddly Inks.  She is adorable and so easy to colour with my copics.  The rest of the card just fell into place quite nicely.  The sentiment comes with the stamp.  DP is from MME Reds, absolutely love it! The swirl in a die cut and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:-

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - Seeing Spots
Scribble & Scrap Challenge & Blog - Always Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping in today.  Always lovely to see you and I appreciate your visits very much.  Until next time ... happy crafting!

Hugs, Danielle x

Beautiful card .... plus some exciting news!!

Happy Friday folks!

It has been a gorgeous week of weather here in Massachusetts so I've been sunning myself by the pool and whilst that has been fabulous, my crafting does tend to take a bit of a back seat at this time of year!!  However, I have this lovely card to show you today.  I have also been very lucky this past week and have won two challenges so am excited to add some new digi images to my collection!  Thank you Creative Moments and Crafting from the Heart!

First off though, I want to share my exciting news which is I have been selected to join the DT for the challenge blog Simply Create Too.  I am thrilled to be a part of this fun team and look forward to sharing some fun challenges with you all.  Be sure to check out their current challenge and join in!

Back to the card, the sentiment is Verve and is one of my favourites!  It's a pretty simple design with the main focus being on the sentiment.  Papers, ribbon, lace & flowers are all from my stash.

Challenges I will enter this in:

Craft your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

That's all for today!  I did get happy mail this week from Tiddly Inks so I think I'll have a play today and hopefully have something to share with you in the next couple of days.  Have a wonderful Friday and until next time, happy crafting!!

Hugs, Danielle x

Boxed Card Set

Hi folks!

I'm sitting here with a numb mouth after just having had two crowns done at the dentist!  So I figured I may as well blog and try and keep my mind off the drooling mouth, haha!!

I made this sweet little boxed set of cards the other day.  I went clean and simple with the design and essentially just stamped an image onto a piece of white Spectrum Noir colouring paper to fit the size of a 4.25 x 8.5 card.  Each image is coloured with copics.  I have used LOTV images for the complete set.  The white panel is matted with a co-ordinating colour cardstock before being adhered to the card.

Image is now retired from LOTV (I believe) and the sentiment is Verve.

Mille stamp is now retired from LOTV and the sentiment is Verve.

Another retired LOTV image (I believe) and the sentiment is TPC Studio

This is the box envelope that I made using my SU! punch board!  Love this tool and definitely couldn't craft without it now!!  I think I will be saving this item and gifting it to one of my son's school teachers as an end of year thank you gift.  Everyone needs a handy little stash of gift cards, right?!

Thanks for stopping in today!  I always appreciate your visits and your comments are so welcomed and enjoyed.  Until next time ... happy crafting!

Hugs,

Danielle x

It's wedding season ...

Hello!

The days just seem to be flying by and even though I don't work outside of the home now I am amazed at just how quickly the hours in the day go by!!

I was commissioned to make a wedding card with red & black being the predominant wedding colours.  I love this Greeting Farm stamp - so fun to colour!  I used my copics to colour.  Papers are all from my stash and the pretty roses background is from an old DCWV pad I had stashed away!  The embellishments are all from my stash - I really love adding the single sequins - they make such a fab touch.

This is the inside of the finished card.  All sentiments are from SU! and I paper pierced around the border to give some added interest.

This is the custom made envelope and belly band I made for the card.  I used the SU! Envelope punch board to make this.  I used the same roses background paper on the belly band to compliment the card and stamped a fun sentiment on the front.

Some challenges I'm entering:-

Craft your Passion Challenges - Always Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenges - Always Anything Goes

Ribbon Girl Challenge - A Shaped Card or Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

That's all for today folks!  Thanks for stopping in - always appreciate your visits here!  Until next time ... happy crafting!

Hugs,

Danielle x