Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...

I'm gonna stop right there...you'd know that I am sparing ya'll a LOT of pain if ya ever heard me sing ;)

Welcome back for another, what is sure to be, an AWESOME blog hop hosted by DeNami Designs! I'm sure ya'll have seen some great and amazing creations so far. Hope mine doesn't let you down too much! Isn't this an interesting little theme, makes me think someone may have a birthday coming up...like DeNami Designs, perhaps??? ;)

Here's all the info you need:

Just follow the links in the posts to hop along and visit everyone. If for some reason you get off track you can head over to the DeNami blog to get back on track. DeNami Design is giving away two $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop, you have till March 12th @ 11:59pm PST!! So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate??

You should have arrived here from the uber mucho talented Pam Wendt's blog. If not, and you're a little off track, just click on the above link for DeNami's blog for the full list of participants. Now as you all know, I am a sucker for DeNami's style of stamps...hence my partnership with Wendy on the DeNami Addict blog. Of course when the new stamps were released, we both decided that we HAD to have them all! After getting my new goodies I just couldn't resist nixing the card I had ready for this hop and make a new one....

Can you spot all the new stamps?? To be honest, when I opened my little box I was way overwhelmed! I ran upstairs to my crafty room / bedroom and dumped them on the bed to run my fingers through them (tmi?? hehehe) check them all out. What yummy goodies indeed!! But where to start...I must admit that I sat there staring at them for the longest time. I managed to get some inky but just had a hard time coming up with something...when Mojo saw the sheer volume and cuteness that she had to do justice to, she ran and hid in the closet. It took some coaxing to get her out...well, okay, just a new ink pad ;)  but I managed and am on a roll. I have quite a few for the DeNami Addict blog in the works so stay tuned!
 Well, hope ya liked what I came up with, now off you go to see the wonderful creation that Pattie Goldman has to share with us. She's amazingly creative, have fun! 

Chickies are like bacon...

Yes, you read that right, Chickies ARE like bacon...everything is better with bacon or Chickeis in this case!






Are you ready for a wonderful blog hop?? DeNami Designs has done it again...what a GREAT theme and I'm really excited to be a part of it.

Here's all the info you need:
Just follow the links in the posts to hop along and visit everyone. If for some reason you get off track you can head over to the DeNami blog to get back on track. DeNami Design is giving away two $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop, you have till February 13th @ 11:59pm PST!! So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate??

You should have arrived here from the awesomely talented Emily Keaton...what a way to start off a hop, hunh...Super yummy!!

In signing up for this hop I didn't realize just how hard of a time I was going to have with the theme...I was thinking it would be a piece of cake honestly. Well, that was until I pulled out my stash of chickies and had to pick just one...what an impossible task!!!!

I finally decided to revamp a card I made a while back...This one's much better by the way, I never was happy with the other card. I wanted to see just how many chickies I could fit on one card...Hmmm, maybe Chickies aren't like bacon, maybe they're like chips...you can't have just one? (great, I'm officially hungry now lol) I added citrone glitter to each chickie and filled in certain parts of the chickies with crystal lacquer. To finish it off I wired  a cute little tag with the sentiment and chickie prints to the bow.

I hope you liked my little creation...don't forget to leave me a comment and comments along the way to be entered for the prize drawing. Now then, off you go to visit with the other Tenia, Tenia Nelson (her spelling is cooler isn't it.). I can't wait to see what she has come up with...her work is always amazing!!

Love is in the air....

Can you believe the Month of December is gone and we are well into January already?? Holy cow it just flew by for me. Seems like we just did the wrapping paper hop last week....Well here we are again with another AWESOME theme and hop, lets get started cause by now you are probably gettin' a bit tired, mmkay? Don't worry, just 2 more awesome (in my opinion) people to go after this...(insert shoulder rub) You can do it!!!

If you didn't arrive here from Tenia Nelson's  blog (her stuff is always so clean and pretty) just head on back to DeNami Design's blog ta get back on track. Don't forget to leave those comments gals...DeNami Design is giving away two $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop, you have till January 9th @ 11:59pm PST!! So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate??

Well here's what I came up with. Paulina gave me the idea of embossing on vellum and I have to say I love it! It really changes up the card. I've only used vellum to "tone down" a card...mainly patterned paper, never as a focal point. I can see much more of this in my future!

Okay, I'm keeping it short for once (you're welcome hehehe), so off you go to see something amazing from one of my crafting idols, Wendy Elliot. I can't wait to get by there myself!!

Mimi's shopping trip

Whew, it's been hectic around here...between work, Christmas preparations and baby shower hosting, I'm BEAT!! But, in true Tina fashion, I have risen to the occasion and even pushed harder by entering a couple of hops and this awesomely fun challenge over at DeNami Designs...

This is my 2nd entry actually, hope you like it :)

Can you see the versa marked polka dots on the die cut under Mimi?? I just LOVE me some yummy polka dots!!! I'm really loving her red heels too ;)  I poped her up on foam dots as you can see from the side views to give her lots of deminsion, and did you notice the santa hat on top of her packages? I really enjoyed pulling out one of very my favorite color combos and turning it into a Christmas card...Don't get me wrong, I love a traditional Christmas color theme, but I also like to challenge myself to be different :)

Stamps:
K69 Mimi's Shopping Spree
PF13 Ho-Ho-Holidays stamp set
N133 Polka Dot Background
RB-7313 Lime Grosgrain Ribbon (3/8")
BT09 Bubblegum Boutique Buttons

Have a WONDERFUL Holiday!!!!!

This blog hop is all "wrapped" up....

*pssst, if you are looking for my Lawnscaping it's all about red blog hop that started Friday 12/9, it's one post down. THANKS!!!!

Paulina is trying to kill me, last hop she had me following Wendy Elliot, and as if that wasn't bad enough, now I'm following HER! Holy cow, how am I to function under this kind of pressure??? People like me shouldn't follow such amazing talent...it makes us look even worse! ;)

If you didn't arrive here from Paulina's blog just head on back to DeNami Design's blog ta get back on track. Don't forget to leave those comments gals...DeNami Design is giving away two $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop, you have till December 12th @ 11:59pm PST!! So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate??

When this hop theme was announced, I thought it couldn't have worked out better for me! I was stoked. If any of you follow me on the DeNami Addict blog that I co-host with Wendy H., you know that I'm hosting a baby shower. On my list of goodies to make for the shower was gift bags for the game prizes. I've never really done bags...once a long time ago, but it's easier to go to the dollar store...just sayin'. I'm truly lazy and I know it, lol! I wanted to make as many handmade items as possiable for this shower...I want it to be super special and filled with love, so I decided to try and make the bags....

I used a ton of different stamps for these little guys. This project was so much fun, can't wait to make a few more!

Can you believe Christmas is right around the corner?? Paulina keeps throwing in reminders here and there to let us know just how behind we are lol! Just this past Monday she took away my warm and toasty feeling by letting me know we only have 20 days till Christmas....ugggg, so much to get accomplished yet! As a teaser for a certain pink feathered BFF, I thought I'd try out a couple of Christmas themed wrappings that are being sent her way. Now don't go feeling sorry for her because I'm teasing her with her Christmas goodies...she did it to me in the last hop. Paybacks are a ...well, ya'll know ;)  What are friends for...muwahahahahaha

 For the swag on the small panel, I used the medium pine tree and stamped it end to end, then carried the theme to the large panel using the sprig from the classic Christmas set

I stamped the candy trifle all over and added stickles to all of them for LOTS of bling...wish pictures could capture it better. I also made the "ribbon" and "bow" using border punches

Well that's it for me. Now off you go to visit with Ruza Rebel. I can't wait to go there myself to see what she has for us!

Embossed Christmas Holly

I'm sure that by now ya'll know about this little DeNami sketch challenge....

As I said in my other post, I actually created not one card, not two cards, but 4...That just had to be whittled down! After a lot of thinking and changing my mind every five minutes I decided to do what any normal sane person would do...eenie meenie miney moe!

Here's the second card...

I stamped the large holly using a pretty green ink by Memento then traced it with my versa mark pen, clear embossed it and colored it in.Since I didn't have any rhinestones that matched, I made my own using crystal lacquer and cranberry glitter.

N95 large holly
PF02 classic christmas stamp set
PF37 elegant leaf stamp set
N26 Christmas script
SS12 cranberry glitter
CL01 crystal lacquer

elegent purple flower...

We all know how much I LOVE me some DeNami stamps...Throw in a sketch challenge and I'm bouncing off the walls happy!! WOOT!

One of the uber talented DT gals, Amber, came up with this sketch for us. Ohhh the possibilities!!
I actually came up with 4 cards...UGGGG decisions decisions! I finally narrowed it down to 2. here's my first submission.

I heart purple and kraft together. I think it's probably my favorite color combo.

I really wanted the border, flower and bow to take center stage so I used a super pale purple ink for the stamping and added glossy accents to the flower after I colored it in. The little strip of ribbon peeking out from under the flower panel actually peeks out from the top too, but the bow is hiding it. I had intended for the bow to go at the top of the panel with the ribbon showing...like a hanging picture, but you know me...in the end I just had to place it like this!

Hope you liked it and thanks for dropping by!

DeNami Anything But A Card Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the most interesting blog hop I've ever seen / been in...Anything But A Card!!! Ohhh my gosh...I simply can not wait to hop along and see what everyone has done!! Seriously...could this theme be any more awesome??? And as a bonus...I can get ideas for handmade Christmas presents...WOOT!

You should have arrived here from Wendy Elliot's blog...If you didn't, just head on back to DeNami Design's blog ta get back on track. Don't forget to leave those comments gals...DeNami Design is giving away two $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop, you have till November 14th @ 11:59pm PST!! So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate??

I can't believe Paulina has me following Wendy Elliot of all people...PRESSURE!!! Gosh I really admire everything she's done and know that what she's created for this hop will be over the top...let's just pretend that I'm not following someone as awesome as her shall we??? Ackkkk!

I had such a hard time deciding what to make...there are so many ideas I have and want to try out!! In the end I decided to do a little redecorating in my bedroom and here's what I came up with....

(Pay no attention to Raggedy Ann, my aunt made her when I was little, she's just hanging out on the quilt rack staying outta trouble ;)) I'm sure ya'll have heard of the "I spy" games, let's play a round...how many DeNami products can you find??

Here's the answer....

I just L O V E those fancy boxes you see every where, but have you seen what their going for...it's insane, that would cut into my DeNami stamp budget and we can't have that!

White Box: The white box was a little slick and was tough to stamp. It doesn't show in the picture, but I stamped the large dot swirl in light pink all over then stamped the leaf vine over it.

Round Kraft Box: The round craft box is my favorite. I started out with white cardstock and since I love the purple / kraft color combo I cut my papers a little smaller than the box and even edge punched the bands around the lid and bottom.


Candle Set: I made this set using my favorite floral collection (unfortunately the hydrangea background stamp isn't available on the DeNami site anymore )


Wooden Tissue Box: this was an unfinished wooden tissue box holder from the craft store...I painted it white and stamped my "go to" lilac stamp then simply colored it in like I normaly would.


Now off you go to visit with Rochelle Washington. I was just there the other day and WOW, her style is awesome...such pretty cards!! I can't wait to see what she has up her sleeve for us!

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DeNami Design color challenge #8 (card #2)

*I originally had both cards in one post, but I couldn't link the pictures of both cards...had to separate the posts*

Dang that Paulina is a quick one! She already left a comment before I could get the posts separated. ;) So, here's the other card I made:

I just got a new edge punch and just had to give it a try the second I got home...decided to make another card for the DeNami color challenge. if you read my other post you will know that the card I made was totally out of the norm for me. This one, let's just say...definitely more my style and inside my glitter filled box for sure!

I feel so much more at home with every inch being stamped, all my fussy punched layers, ribbon and yummy bow...back in my toasty warm comfort zone ;)

Don't forget to head on over to the challenge on the DeNami blog and see what everyone's doing!



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Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

DeNami Design color challenge #8

Have you seen some of the stuff the design team over at DeNami Design comes up with…they totally rock! Dana has put together a simply yummy color pallet for their latest color challenge.

I will admit, while I love the combo, I did start off struggling with fitting in the charcoal grey. I ended up using a dark grey ink for all the stamping versus using a grey cardstock or element. I tried using the cardstock but it just didn’t seem to fit anywhere.

Now then, if you follow me at all, this card may shock you…it still shocks me! I am not one of those amazing gals that can pull off the “clean & simple” thing. Nope, nu-unh, not me at all. But take a gander at this one…

I know, right...it totally works and is quite pretty if I may toot my own horn? I’m still trying to figure out how I did it...some of you gals simply must be rubbing off on me...WOO-HOO for the inspiration!   That lime green cardstock from DeNami Design is one of my all time faves…such a great color and I love the texture of their cardstocks too.

That’s all for today, be sure to check out the color challenge over on the DeNami blog!

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 leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

DeNami Designs WCMD challenge...

I've had time to process and am stunned speechless...still! If you know me, then you know of my glittery puffy heart LOVE for all things DeNami Design....I mean I am partnered with my Twinkie, Wendy on a blog dedicated to DeNami and all lol! So anyway, for WCMD the amazing gals at DeNami Design created a challenge asking for cards that interpret this gorgeous picture...

Why am I telling you all of this when WCMD has been over for a while now you say?? Well, one of the three cards I submitted got picked (doin a happy dance!!) Can you believe it...I sure can't?!?!?! What this means is I am one of 3 ladies that get our cards showcased in the DeNami newsletter...just amazing :)  I can't begin to think of how many people are going to be seeing my work...hmmm, little stage fright is startin to creep in!

Guess you want to see the card hunh? lol, I almost forgot to post the picture...

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Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

DeNami Fall Blog Hop

HAPPY FALL EVERYONE!!! I think fall is my favorite season…and no, contrary to my family’s belief, it’s not because I get home made stuffing & a turkey leg, but that does help!! ;) Now if I could sit in a room all by myself, scarfing down said home made stuffing and turkey leg and be outta all the usual family drama…that’d be a real treat and I'd TRULY be thankful!!! Well, enough of all that family drama business...you seriously DON'T wanna get me started ;) and besides, I don't have a bottle of wine handy!

Are ya ready for some more super fun hoppin'? Got your coffee maybe a energy bar to keep you going...I'll wait....alrighty, let's get movin' shall we?

 You should have arrived here from Lisa's blog. She is so talented...just LOVE her work, it's always so clean and crisp looking...couldn't pull that off if my life depended on it! If you didn't, just head on back to DeNami's blog ta get back on track. Don't forget to leave those comments gals...DeNami Design is giving away two $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop. So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be excited about the possibility of winning a DeNami Design gift certificate??? Oohh how I puffy heart me some DeNami stamps and just recently had to add another 3 drawers to my storage system!! 

Well, here's what I came up with...

 I just love my little Jack O'lantern! Notice the background paper? Mmhmm, did it myself...I'm so proud that I'm getting out of my box a little. I created all the vining using 4 separate stamps...the curly garland border and both twirly guys from the leaf accent set, then added the little leaves from the elegant floral set. Did ya notice the candle yet?? Mmmhmm, made that too! I used the same stamps for the vining and the small Jack O'Lantern. I learned how to do this a couple of years ago...makes an awesome gift! While I'm tooting my own horn, I might as well tell ya'll that I made the candle holder too lol. A close friend owns a ceramic studio...I love to go play there :)

A little close up...

Don't forget to leave me a comment...good or bad, all are welcome and now off you go to visit Nicki Scheck. I'm betting she has some truly amazing eye candy for ya...can't wait to hop on over there myself!

Old McDonald had A Farm...

Okay, so if you remember correctly, I actually have two submissions for the animal challenge over at DeNami Design. However, before I let you see this second one I want to explain my inspiration for this little card. Never mind...I think it will be more fun if you can GUESS my inspiration...I bet my twinkie, Wendy, can...she's got a  twisted little mind like myself and  can see humor in just about everything :)

Ohh and before you even think it...I know the frame is not DeNami, but in my defense, it's Lawn Fawn and totally too freaking cute, an well, that makes it okay, mmkay? ;)

 Any guess on my inspiration?? No?? Hmmm, think about a "famous" paining that is a part of Americana art maybe. Still, no?? Jeeze, ya'll are kinda slow ;) (hehehe)  Well, I'm sure that you gals have guessed that iconic painting of the farmer with the pitch fork standing next to a woman (I always thought it was his wife...but it's his daughter..ooops) and they're looking all surly and put out. Heck, I'd probably look that way too if I had to stand there waiting for the painter to finish and not to mention daddy probably had a little sumthin extra on his shoes from feeding the piggies...just sayin' lol ;)   Well, my guys are happy as little clams and loved getting their picture "painted"!

 We all know by now that I love making my own background paper...with DeNami stamps it's so dang easy! If you look real close, I tried to make it look like wall paper...was trying to go for the whole "painting hanging on a wall" thing. 

I stamped the three line border with linen distress ink onto a dark cream cardstock then randomly stamped the mini swirl in versa-mark all over. The painting is popped up on foam tape. The piggy in the painting is on foam tape too for a little added dimension. Ummm, let's see, what else...ohh, the scarecrows are all paper pieced in of course. There's a faint blue and brown coloring (with chalk) for the sky and ground. And the barn window is paper pieced in too only because I got carried away when coloring the barn in and colored in the window too lol! Lastly the animals at the bottom are all fussy cut and glued on. Guess that's about it. Hope you liked my card :)

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Spring time tweety birds...

I know that fall is barely upon us...tomorrow is officially the start of fall in fact. However, I have had this darling birdhouse stamp sitting on my desk BEGGING me to play with it for a while now...and hey, who am I to deny a begging stamp, right? *sigh* So many stamps, so little time....  ;)

Did you hear that DeNami Design is having a little challenge? Well they are and we all know how I am a sucker for anything DeNami...I mean being a co-conspirator of a blog dedicated to them should have given you a clue as to just how much I love their stamps and other products :)

I actually have two cards I'm submitting...I had to whittle it down from four so no judging on the fact that I'm submitting 2...that was hard work!! How could I just pick one when I could barely pick just two?? :S

I did learn one thing while making this card...fussy cutting tweetys is for the birds!! (*snickers* I made a funny)

Okay, seriously though, I don't know about you, but I kinda really heart this little card. Paulina has me addicted to this color combo and it's perfect for the little scene I created. All the little tweetys are trimmed in citrone glitter and I colored the houses in pink then fully glittered them with strawberry freeze glitter...it's glitter-riffic! The white panel is popped up on foam tape, but the dang humidity from the rain was playing havoc with my cardstocks...everything in the house feels clammy and my cardstocks are even kinda wilty...The whole card is even kinda sagging in the stand...jeeze >.<

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

And What A Sweet Hop It Is.....



Hello fellow DeNami lovers! Hope you haven’t over loaded on all the sweet eye candy yet, cause you my friend, are just getting started! At least it won’t all go to the hips or in my case, the tushie! ;)

You should have arrived here from my bestie & partner in crime (sometimes I think twin…it’s truly scary how much we are alike lol) Wendy. That was a truly yummy-licious treat wasn’t it? I didn't even have to peek at her card before hand, I know that there will be pink and bling involved! Did you leave her a comment….because DeNami Design is giving away 2 $20 gift certificates to two randomly picked people that have left comments along the hop. So be sure to leave everyone a little love….we bloggers live for your comments and besides, who wouldn’t be head over heels excited about the possibility of winning some awesome DeNami products??? I think if I keep adding to my collection they may need their own zip code! :) But ohh how I puffy heart me some DeNami goodies!

One of my favorite sweet treats...big juicy grapes. There is nothing like biting into a cold crisp juicy grape.  I  even  love to freeze them...it's kinda like candy without all of the guilt! I’ve had the idea for this card in my head ever since this little darling was spotlighted…but  I just never got around to doing it. When Paulina announced this theme I realized that this is my chance to finally bring my little idea to life…no more waiting! I had envisioned leafy vines framing the card with yummy grapes hanging, just waiting to be picked....I combined a couple of sets of stamps with those yummy grapes; leaf accents and my favorite go to set, ornamental flowers. I chalked the whole thing to give it a “soft” look and added a little Viva pearl pen and pop dotted the sentiment panel for dimension. Hope you like it.

Before you run off I have what I think is an AWESOME announcement to make. As most of you know, Wendy and I are partners on the DeNami Addict blog. We truly are addicted…I’m serious when I say my collection may need its own zip code lol! Being the most fantastic company that they are, DeNami Design has offered us the opportunity to host a blog candy give away! Make sure you visit the DeNami Addict blog on Wednesday for details and a chance to win a truly wonderful DeNami prize!!!!

Now off you go to visit with the most uber talented and super de-duper sweet Paulina. I swear I gain weight just talking to that girl! I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us! Be sure to leave those comments for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate and if you get lost, just head back “here” to the DeNami site to get back on track. You have until September 12th @ 11:59pm PST for your comments to be eligiable to win.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

DeNami Sketch Challenge #9 - 2nd card

If you read my earlier post about the DeNami sketch challenge, you know that I LOVE sketching and making cards from sketches. This one that Nami came up is too cute and versatile.

I've already made one card and submitted it, but I decided to make another one... I wanted to challenge myself. I used Nami's sketch and the same focal point stamp as I used in the first card. I love how they turned out so differently.





Supplies:

M45 Hydrangea Cluster

(retired) Hhydrangea Background Stamp

Cardstock - blue and white

GL01 Quickie Glue Pen

SS02 Xtra Fine Glitter

SS19 Gamma Green Glitter

RB-7325 Black Grosgrain Ribbon

Viva pearl Pen

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

DeNami Design Mini Card Blog Hop (hop is linked to my personal blog, not my crafty blog)

When: The blog hop starts on August 14 at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until August 15, 2011, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).Why: To be inspired by beautiful mini cards featuring DeNami Design stamps and also the chance to win mini shopping sprees on the DeNami Design website!Prizes: We are giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to our website! We'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then we'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!


 You should have landed here from Wendy Elliot's blog. If ya didn't, please go check her out or go back to the DeNami blog to get back on track. Please don't forget to leave her a comment...as you know, we bloggers LIVE for comments, plus, it enters you into the random drawing to win a wonderful DeNami Design gift certificate...now who doesn't love a new stamp?!?! TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop...how awesome is that!?!

I must say that this challenge humbled me a tad. When I saw the theme I thought "anyone can do a mini...easy peasy"! Well, yeah...so I thought! With so little room to work, where was all of my much loved layering going to go...it took a little finese, but I think I got it. I am by no means one of those awesome girls that has mastered "clean & simple" cards...That's way beyond my craftiness.

Instead of doing just one card, or a set of the same cards, I decided to do an all occasion set with a matching mini box as a gift for a friend.

for the box I used stamps: PF50 & M73

My cards measure 3" X 3" and the box is 3 1/4" X 3 1/4"

Stamps: B93, B94 & PF48

Stamps: PF48, PF14 and TR02

Stamps: F102, E58,  D82 & PF48

Stamps: M46, D82 & PF28 

Other items I used:
basic card stock
pop dots
tape runner
glue dots
K & CO gems & pearls
DeNami Design Xtra Fine Glitter
assorted ribbons
Versa Mark
Tombow Markers
Archival Ink (black)
Recollections (Michaels brand) chalk ink (Tutu)
Marvy Punches 1 1/2" & 2"

I hope that I didn't forget anything...as always just ask if ya want to know anything about a stamp or technique!
This project was so much fun!! Now off you go to visit Debbie Bonczek. Don't forget to leave comments along the way!! :)


Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!