Fun Cards, Including a New Venture

It's been awhile since posting - and I've been busy creating and having fun with another hobby of mine - my photos. I've started to make photo cards to go along with my paper crafting fun. I will be linking my blog to my smugmug website soon. But for now, time to share some fun creations.

These cards above where made at the October card class. Oops, I think the bottom left card we made in September, oh well, it is still a fun get well card. I will have to look for pictures of the 6th card we made in October and post it too.

The cards above, we made at class at the end of November for December. We had fun with vellum and I used paper lunch bags to make a fun gift card holder along with my grandma's sewing machine to stitch the pockets on 28 bags.

Below are some cards that I've put together using my pictures. Go to my website to check out all the photos that you can have made into cards or matted to frame. If you are interested in purchasing some, just email me. Each photo is mounted inside a 5x7 card and comes with matching envelope - photos are mounted on white, cream or black cards. Cards have rectangular or oval openings and are blank inside.

And just in case you'd like to have the photos as part of your home or office decor, I can do that too. I have the pictures in a protective sleeve so the mats don't get scratched or scuffed. I also have photos placed in single black mats that I will share in a later post. These are the same size as the cards 5x7 - I am also looking into getting larger sizes, but I want to wait to see how this venture goes before going to overboard :)

Thanks for looking and letting me share my addictions with you ;)
Enjoy!
Dani

The Adventure Continues :)

Finally have some pictures of a few cards we've been doing at card classes and for FUN.

Cards from August and September classes. I enjoyed working with some retired papers and playing with a new book I purchased - sharing some fancy folding!

I used the new Cricut Art Philosophy from CTMH to design these cards - the scalloped oval card is completely cut out using the Art Philosophy cartridge and stamp set that comes with the package! Really fun and super easy to do!

Thanks for following, I'll be adding more pictures soon. Take Care! Dani

Playin' With Chalk

While CTMH has retired their chalk line - I still love to dabble with it and see the great look it adds to cards. I played with some of the colors to come up with several different looks for the sky in the next couple cards. It was fun to do some sunset, natural sky and northern lights...

The second card idea came from Lorrinda at http://www.isntthatsweet.blogspot.com/ and I loved it so much I had to try it myself. She has some great ideas, if you have a moment, check them out. So many ideas, so little time to play! Enjoy, Dani

Think Spring :)

With so much snow still on the ground, it's tough to think of spring but its coming so here are some fun Springy cards.

Hope these add some sunshine to your days! I added some bitty sparkles to the bottom card at the tails of "dream" and in the centers of the flowers - always remember the bling :) Enjoy! Dani

Happy March!

It's been awhile since I've posted and wanted to share some of my projects :)

I used Mistletoe paper and changed up the stamp sets to make the different cards.
ENJOY!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hope your day is filled with blessings and wonderful memories! Here are some fun cards we have been doing in class and playing with on the side. I also found a great little box that is super fun to make, see below!

 This group of cards came from a retired CTMH Level 1 paper pack called Abundance that I bought during the 2,4,6 for 8 days sale this past summer. Super fun to work with and makes card making quick and easy!

 These cards where made at the November card class - some fall/autumn and some winter. Didn't want to bring in Christmas too early since the class was done before Thanksgiving. So be watching for more Christmas cards from the next class.

 Here is the top of the fun box that I made using card stock and using the Cherry-O creative creations pack with the Cherry-O opaques to give the cover a dimensional look and tie the total look together. Measures a little over 3x3 so it holds notecards really easy. I found the template from Splitcoaststampers.com in their resource files. They have some super fun designs that are available for signing up to follow their site.

 Here is a photo of the side of the box.

This is group that was at my last gathering for some ladies that wanted a fun set of fall/autumn cards. They weren't ready to do the Christmas/Winter stuff yet. A couple of them made their own adjustments and made them even cuter! What fun it is to see the creativeness in everyone that comes to my classes and gatherings!

Blessings to you all and hope you enjoy!

Dani

PaperCraft Studio Complete

It has been a project that I've wanted to do for a while (and after being fed up with my kitchen and laundry room being a make-shift work area and storage) it is now a reality. In our home we have an upstairs that is off of the kitchen that was used as a catch-all for 30 years that would make a perfect studio for my papercrafting - so with a lot of help from my husband and family we have remodeled the area to be just that! To get a full sense of what it was and where I am sitting today, I'll share a few photos.

This was the area in my kitchen that I used for my projects. I also used my kitchen table for laying out the projects which was a wonderful work space, just not real efficient when it came time to eat any meals.

 This was my storage space in my laundry room for all my stamp sets, paper and embellishments - YIKES! Although it worked for a time, I really got frustrated every time I needed to do the laundry or get into the other area of the room.

 


It worked while we made the remodel project a reality!

On August 9th the dumpster arrived to clean out the 30 years of stuff and start demolition!

 How much stuff can accumulate in 30 years? Well there was a lot of stuff! The area had 3 rooms with the larger room being right off the stairs.

With everything cleaned out, we started demo and I decided that it would be better as one big room. So down came the walls and up went the support beams for the ceiling.

 Sheet rocking with Bobby's boys Ben and Cody along with my Dad and Nick.

Mudding/Paint, ready to spray!

Add the laminate floor and light fixtures! We are ready for shelving and furniture. Ready to see the end result? Here it is!

Hard to believe that I'm sitting at my desk in the corner of this beautiful room sharing this with you! I'm really excited to be ready to use the space to create and play with all the great new products CTMH just released! On with the adventure! Be good to yourselves and I'll post some of the projects soon. Dani