March Papertrey Blog Hop --- Buttons!! I thought my dot spot stamp set would be perfect with some fun buttons. Quick Thank-You card..... but I really like it. My favorite color is lime green - so I started with that color and added in the purple & black.
DeNami Product Challenge is to use BUTTONS. Easy, easy, so be sure to upload a card by April 15th for a chance to win a $30 DeNami Gift Certificate. 
One Card - Two Challenges. Colors are PTI Lemon Tart, Ocean Tides, Hibiscus Burst & White from the Color Cue Challenge. Layout is from Laura's Sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. I've neglected my guide lines stamp set for awhile now, so I was excited to use it with these fun colors. Simple card, but I think it would be perfect to send to a friend. Hope your day is fabulous is perfect for just about anything! 
Poppy Seed Challenge is to use Buttons, Polka Dots & Light Moss Color. Easy request - Thanks Lisa for the inspiration!! I love these DeNami tree's, especially when you add the citrone glitter to them. I added embossed & stamped polka dots. DeNami button, and pink grosgrain ribbon.
Thanks Paulina for choosing a semi-easy sketch for the 1st challenge on the DeNami Blog. I encourage everyone to participate --- and the winner gets a $50 prize package!!!
Embellish Challenge colors are Red, Blue, Green & Kraft. PLUS the addition of fabric. The only fabric I could find in my house that was one of these colors was this burlap looking fabric. I wanted to add some flowers, and these are the only red one's I own. I used my Big Shot to cut out the leaves - a flourish die and my new Nestabilites - Big Scalloped Rectangles, Large. DeNami buttons, PTI twine, PTI Signature Greetings Stamp, Versafine Red Ink. Stampin Up Cardstock. Quick and easy, typical Wendy card.
I try not to buy many stamps, because I already have "enough"..... but I HAD to have this new You're My Hero set that Taylor released this month. Perfect to use on her sketch this week. Just by purchasing this set.....$7.oo goes directly to Cure Search - a Childhood Cancer Foundation Group. How fabulous is that? PLUS I have a little rocker in my house that this set is perfect for. He loves guitar hero, and is hoping for a real guitar for his 8th birthday that is fast approaching.
Easter is fast approaching us.... Just over 3 weeks away. NOW is the time to dig out all of your Easter stamps and start stamping. This is a quick card to make, and would be perfect to mass produce if needed. Only 3 stamps were used on this whole card, a bit of coloring, and ribbon to finish it off. Nice and springy!
I was inspired by this card Nami posted on the blog. I just needed a quick little note to send to my parents, so I simplified it a bit. It is a 4 1/4 by 4 1/4 square card. I used the same grass stamp as I did on the Easter card above.
I don't post many personal photos on my craft blog.... but thought a few would be okay. My husband and I spent the last few days in Lake Tahoe - CA/NV. This is only the 2nd time we've ever went anywhere without our kids. It was nice at times, but I missed them too. We had wonderful weather.... I didn't know they had the olympics there in 1968? I think that was the year. We enjoyed walking around the olympic village- shopped and ate lunch. We met my best friend from college there.... hadn't seen her in 2 years. She lives in Chicago now.
Self portrait I took of us. My camera was propped up on a wet plastic table. Worked ok.
I purchased the color cubbies for my copic markers. I thought I had them organized just right, but my sweet 5 year old re-arranged them for me. I cringe when she uses them, since they are so expensive. It just shows how good the tips are, because they are still in great condition after 2 years of use by US.
I normally don't post many scrapbook pages, but I've been doing a lot lately. For 2010 I purchased the Becky Higgins project life. My family has really enjoyed the picture a day approach. This is going to be the way I scrapbook most of 2010. Any vacations, and big holidays will be scrapbooked the traditional way.
DeNami Design is the sponsor this week at 2S4Y. So excited to participate in Kazan's awesome sketch and use some fun DeNami Stamps. I love this classic DeNami contempo couple. I normally would emboss it in silver, and make an elegant card. It has been a neglected stamp for the last 5 years so I wanted to pull it out & try something new. I dusted it off and decided to make a more funky and fun card by adding the aquamarine cardstock and fun rhinestones. I wanted the focal image to really stand out so I mounted it onto chipboard and added some punched out 1" circles around it. I had been scrapbooking earlier in the day and had used a large circle with the same concept on my page. I think I am finally getting to a stage in my crafting that my brain actually can use scrapbooking & card techniques interchangeably. The scrapbook page is green because that is my favorite color, and we bought it around my 30th birthday, so I claimed it as my birthday gift.
DeNami Card Supplies:
Cardstock: White, black, and aquamarine
Ink: black versafine and silver.
Stamps: contempo couple, congratulations script, and starlet
Accessories: silver edge white ribbon, black grosgrain ribbon, DeNami clear embossing powder, Nestabilites Circle Die, 1' circle punch, rhinestones, chipboard, embossing gun.
