DeNami Design Kraft Hop - Dream Big Wall Deco

Welcome!

You should be arriving here from the Grand Greta, if not, please visit the Denami Design Blog (HERE) for the complete blog hop line up.

 

When: The blog hop starts on September 8th at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until September 9th, 2013, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).
Why: To be inspired by fun DeNami Design creations and also the chance to win mini shopping sprees on the DeNami Design website!

Prizes: DeNami is giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to their website! They will be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then they will also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop! 

For my project, I created a wall deco piece for my kids room.

It is placed in a shadow box to allow for dimension.

There are lots of layers paper pieced in this project. Here is what I did...

I stamped the DeNami window stamp (found HERE) 4 times,

once on vellum, then on the green patterned cardstock, then on red cardstock,

and on white cardstock. I then stamped the Denami chick with the flower (found HERE)

onto the vellum, then inked up the butterfly from the chick with net stamp (found HERE)

and stamped that in the opposite corner of the window.

Then I used a butterfly trail clear stamp (found HERE) to tie it all together.

I colored the image with my Copics, only after flipping over the vellum

and coloring on the other side (to avoid having my stamp image smear during coloring).

I think by using the vellum it gives it more of a window feel to the project.

I then cut out the window panes from the white cardstock

and the green cardstock. The green cardstock had a wonderful pattern

which reminded me of a valance, which is why I used it.

It is from The Sweet Stack Paperstack by DCWV.

I replaced the white panes with the green

then matched it up with the vellum and carefully added glue

to each corner and the majority of glue to the planter area.

Cut the planter piece from the red cardstock found in my stash and used double sided foam

adhesive to attach it for dimension, only after tying some bakers twine on.

I took my brown Kraft cardstock and ran it through the fiskars crinkle thingy

then attached the window using Tombow glue (my favorite).

The tag was made using a Cuttlebug tag die

and is stamped with the words "dream big" (found HERE).

For the roof I used the same cardstock as the planter.

And with some fancy edge scissors, I trimmed three strips of paper

and layered them strategically to look like a roof using

double sided foam adhesive. I then trimmed it to fit into the shadow box.

I hope you like it and find that it inspires you to

dream big in your creations with DeNami Design Stamps!

Here it is hanging on the wall...

Your next stop along the hop is Playful Pattie but first,

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One lucky person who completes both of those tasks

will receive a Blue Moon Creation Crafting Station Grab Bag

that is full of spooktacular craftiness fun for Halloween for only $1.00!!!

(*This covers only a portion of the shipping cost, but it will enable me to

print the postage at home, verify your address, and it will provide you with tracking info.

Please note that participants outside of the USA will be responsible for

the entire shipping cost if they should win, and tracking will not be available). 

Enjoy the rest of the hop, you are almost done! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Denami Stamped Halloween Boo Bag w/GI Sneak Peek

Last month I discovered Denami Designs Stamps (thanks to a Design Team Member of mine...I wont name names...ah-hem...La-Vie) and I just love them!!!! I already have 6 of their adorable stamps and will soon be ordering more off my wish list. 

Being that my mind is currently on Halloween, thanks to the Operation Write Home Halloween deadline and the new Get Inky Release this Friday, I just had to use my new Denami Halloween Stamp that arrived in the mail a few days ago.

I love BOOing my friends and neighbors for Halloween and thought I'd use this Halloween inspired time to create a BOO Bag (for those of you not familiar with BOO Bags, please do check back on Friday during the Get Inky's 2013 Halloween Spooktacular Blog Hop August 9th-11th and you will learn all about them and see a wonderful new stamp set...you wont want to miss it!)

Oh and, shhh...along with the Denami stamp there is a stamp from the Get Inky Halloween Stamp Set that has not been released yet. So YOU get a SPECIAL SNEAK PEEK! Check out how cute this BOO treat bag is...

Here is a close up of the adorable Denami image, which you can purchase HERE.

I stamped the image on Neenah card stock and colored it in with Copics. I love how cute these chicks are! Sooo adorable!

The little "bag" was easy to make. It was from a 6x12 inch card stock. One end I scored at one inch and the other end at a half inch. Then I scored the center (after having folded the edges up) to create the little "bag".

I used Tombow glue and double sided tape (tape helps plastic bag stick in, along with a few glue dots). I also used a punch for the bagged candy to show through. Using Nestabilities shapes, I created the area for my image. the cute little Halloween saying was made by me for Get Inky Stamps. (It will be on the set that is being released on Friday, to pre-order click HERE.) Then I punched a few holes for a ribbon handle and tied a bow. I added gems to the scallop and...Viola! Done. Easy peasy. 

That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to come back on Friday for the Spooktacular Blog Hop! And again on Sunday, for the Denami Sweet and Simple Hop (my first time hopping with them...I'm so excited, that I created a few cards to share with you for then).

Until next time...be good crafters!

Get Inky with Peachy Keen and Mojo Monday

Happy Monday! Today flew by as I was busy trying to create this card for my kids to give to their Grandfather for his birthday tomorrow. 

Armed with inspiration from Peachy Keen Challenge and Mojo Monday, I grabbed my Peachy Keen Stamps, Get Inky! Stamps, and other card making supplies.

Here's what I came up with:

Here's a close up of where I found my inspiration at Peachy Keen Challenge:

Not too hard to tell? As soon as I saw the photo, I thought of this stamp from SY-902 Hillbilly Holler Set 3. I only inked up certain parts of the stamp and then filled in the area where the lantern was by inking a portion of the stamp that matched up nicely.

For the sentiment, I used a stamp from the Buzzing Bees Set by Get Inky! Stamps. I used teardrop Memento inks to apply a different color to each letter.

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Mojo Monday

Peachy Keen Challenge

I hope you enjoyed my card!

Added on 28 June 2013

Glitterifying Fun

Hey crafters! I finally got my hands on some microfine glitter! So now I want to glitterify (that's when you put glitter on anything you can find) everything. I decided to start with my latest digi stamp to see what I can do with it. This is what I did...It was the microfine glitter (diamond) and double sided adhesive from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I fussy cut my digi then removed the first part of paper from one side of the sticky tape and stuck image line side down. Then I cut out my image again. With a paper plate and the microfine glitter on standby, I removed the other side of paper revealing my image under the clear adhesive. I placed my image on the plate and poured the glitter over entire image. Then I pushed the glitter down into the image. I then picked up image and dusted excess off with tapping. Placed it aside and poured glitter from plate back into container. Then I put the image back onto the plate and rubbed the surface with my finger to make it satin smooth. Once smooth, I used my Copics to color and highlight. Cute bunny, yes? You can find this bunny on the website under Digi Stamps. He's only $2.99! But, you can get him FREE if you play along with us at our Get Inky! Challenge this week (2 days left)! Hope to see you there! Thanks for stopping by!