Tickled Pink!

Finally got to play with my flamingo stamps and dies from My Favorite Things!  I needed some more birthday cards (shocker), so here's what I put together:

The papers, inks and sequins are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend,
Denise

You Octopi My Thoughts! / MOJO399 + CMCC73

Well, both MOJO Monday and Colour Me! had very unique challenges this week, so I decided to again combine the two of them, into this:

This was the sketch challenge:

And this was the color challenge:

This was a good exercise in stepping out of my box, as I don't normally make "tall and skinny" cards and the colour combination was one that I wouldn't have ever put together on my own!!

The octopus stamp is from Paper Source, the message stamp is from Inky Antics, the circle die is from My Favorite Things, and the rest of the products are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for clicking by!

Smiles,
Denise

Am I Really Posting This Now?

Yep, it's Memorial Day weekend, unofficially the first weekend of summer, and I'm posting this layout of a snow day we had back in March!  Well, the truth is that I finally finished it.  I only needed to do some journaling, so I finally got that done, plus made some minor tweaks. 

All of the papers and elements I used are from the Winter Fun digital kit, by Cartabella, which you  can find on Snap, Click, Supply Co.

Now, time to turn on the air conditioning!!

Thanks for visiting,
Denise

Hey! S'up? / CMCC#72, MOJO398

A long weekend to me means extra time to create, so besides catching up on card making, I had the time to work on a card for two blog challenges -- I used the sketch from MOJO Monday and combined it with the color scheme (Stampin' Up!'s Bermuda Bay, So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz) from Colour Me!

This was the sketch:

You'll see I changed the sketch up somewhat, but that's the cool thing about sketches -- they get your creative mojo going!

Here's the color swatch.  I love the colors (especially Bermuda Bay), but I never would have thought of putting them together!  They definitely work, though!

 

Except for the dies, which are all from My Favorite Things, all the products I used are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for clicking by, and hope you make some time to create this weekend.

Best,

Denise

 

Pet Sympathy

I've had a couple of good friends lose their pets recently, and having been there a few times myself, I know how hard it is.  So I put together this card for each of them:

I hope the recipients felt some comfort from it.  I copied the general idea from something I saw on Pinterest, but I don't remember who it was to give credit to.  All products (except the yellow polka dot paper) are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for clicking by,
Denise

The May Issue of CREATE is Online!

Woo-hoo!! The May issue of CREATE became available online today, and it's free for anyone who has a computer and an internet connection!  :)  It's their largest issue ever, and features two manufacturers -- Paper House and My Favorite Things.  These are the layouts I submitted that are shown on pp 236 and 273:

It's a fantastic issue -- chock full of inspiration!  Check it out!

Thanks again for clicking by!

Smiles,
Denise

You're Peachy Keen / MOJO 397

I loved the MOJO Monday sketch this week, and I needed a few "every day" cards, so I decided to make some based on this week's sketch.  Here's what I did:

Oh, and here's the sketch!

You'll see I stuck pretty close to the sketch.  All products used are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for clicking by, and hope you're inspired to do some creating today!!

Smiles,
Denise

Watercolor Birthday

Believe it or not, I was actually running out of birthday cards so I decided to CASE and tweak a sweet card from Melissa Davies, who creates such cute things with stamps, ink and paper!

All the products I used in this card are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks so much for visiting,
Denise

It's a Happy Mother's Day!

It's hard to express how blessed I feel that I still have my mom here.  She is an incredibly strong, generous and compassionate woman.  This is the card I made for her this year:

The message is from a really old Stampin' Up! set, but it's a classic so it doesn't go out of style!

Being a mom is the best job ever, the most rewarding job ever, and undoubtedly the toughest job ever.  Happy Mother's Day!

Smiles,
Denise

New Class I'm Teaching at Angela's Happy Stamper!!

Hi!  I am so excited to announce that I will be teaching classes at Angela's Happy Stamper in Herndon, Virginia!  My first class is Saturday, May 23 from 1-3.  The cost is $20 and you will make the following fun cards:

You will be surprised how easy they are to make.  I hope you will join me!

See you then,
Denise

May Card of the Month

Greetings from Japan!  I'm here visiting my awesome daughter!  And I'm taking a few moments to post the Card of the Month for May.  You could say it falls into the "Friendship" category!  I posted a card earlier this month using the T.V. and I liked it so much I wanted to use it again. 

You can see the inside message here.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for clicking by for a visit,
Denise