Dannie's creative outlet

Hello Friends! I hope everyone started of this New Year on a positive note. So far so good for me. I thought it was about time that I completed a challenge card. This challenge is from Scrapbook Stamp Society , I had never even heard of this challenge blog before and when I found it I was like, Cool! I needed a new challenge blog. I have had to delete some of my challenge blogs from my side bar. They have pretty much closed down so I have been on the hunt for some new ones. If anyone knows of any good ones, Please share. One of my New Years resolutions was to work on doing more challenges and being more active on my Blog. I have so neglected it. So, onto the challenge. This one was to use Hearts and Flowers.Well, how easy is that? I think I captured that in my creation.  Basically, I made an envelope from the bigz scallop envelope die. I then punched bunches of hearts with my Nestabilities scallop hearts  dies and also using the Stampin Up! Love you much stamp set and punch....

  The bling in the middle of the bows        Hello Friends, First things first, I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday and a very Happy New Years! I cannot believe it is already 2012. I only have a year and a half and my only baby boy will be graduating High School. They grow up way too quick. Anyways,  I have been MIA for quiet a bit. Sorry bout that. I have been so engrossed in Swap-Bot. This tag is for a Valentines shabby chic and pink Tag swap that I am hosting. I really really like Pink and Bling  and this tag shows that. It is a #8 size tag and what I did was first did 1 coat of Pink acrylic paint then I did a coat of crackle medium and once that dried, I painted over that with White acrylic paint.  That is also the same thing that I did with the die cut hearts(which are card board by the way). The bow I made was with my wood bow maker. I then added the "bling" to the middle of the bow. Isn't it purty? I will probably be pretty absent at lea...

Hello Friends, As you can tell, I have been gone for quiet a while. Well, I really don't have an excuse except that I have been so engrossed in Swap-Bot   that I have totally neglected my Blog. I started a group on Swap-Bot and have been trying to think of swaps that I can hold in the group. Please, Come on over and check it out. Once you get started, You just cant do 1 swap. At the end of this post, I will share some of the awesome swaps I have been in! I have also been trying to get ready for the up coming Holidays. I have also really slacked on my Christmas cards. That's is going to change this weekend. I have a Cookie exchange to go to on Saturday but for the rest of the weekend I will be creating. Instead of mass producing the same card, I make about 7 or 8 different ones. I just have to be difficult. LOL! So, Onto the creations that I wanted to share with you all, I really hope you all like them and don't forget to share your opinions. I love to hear what you all ha...

Hello all, Well here I am with a project  that I have been working on. This specific Tag is a swap that I am in on Splitcoaststampers. It is a "Love" theme. I really like the way they turned out. Most of the embellishments used on these tags is Tim Holtz. I love love love his products. I am also lovin the shabby chic,Vintage look as well.  I completed 7 of these tags and in return, I will get 6 different tags back. the only thing is these are not due until Jan 25th. LOL! I was on a creative roll so I took advantage of that!!  The really really cool part of these is the ribbon. I actually tea dyed fabric and then stamped on it with Tuxedo black ink as you can see in the bottom right picture.  Now, I want to bring up another great site for swaps. Swap-Bot . I would love to see some of my friends come and join my group over there. I have a ton of swap Ideas that I am sure you will all love. My main idea right now is that of an altered cigar box filled with (I haven't de...

 Hello Friends, Sorry I have been gone for so long. I have been working on lots and lots of swaps from SCS and Swap Bot. I have the swap fever. So, with that being said, my main projects have been ATC's. These 2 are from a swap that I hosted. Making your ATC using Tim Holtz products. I have been going nuts with the Tim Holtz. All of  his stuff is so cool! The base of these ATC's is from a 12X12 stack. The "key to my heart" ATC includes grunge paper,small antique key rock candy distress paint on the heart and the heart is also embossed with a swirls EF. The bow at the top is fabric that I tea Dyed. I tea dyed a huge batch of  tags and fabric. I love the Vintage look!!!  I added an arrow with a brad into the heart. I just really like how both of these ATC's turned out. Well, I am off for now. I have some more swaps to get ready to ship out and if you are interested in joining in on the great swaps go on over to www.swap-bot.com You will have so much fun with the v...

 Hello my friends, I am so excited for you all to see the project that I just completed. OMG, OMG, It turned out so darn cute. The only thing that I wanted to do on it but couldn't was use Distress lace stickles on some of the flowers, For the life of me, I cannot find my little bottle of the   Distress stickles. I mean I have like every color under the sun and that is the one I cannot find, doesn't it figure? LOL! So, This lunchbox type container, I got for $1.00 at the flea Market and it is exactly what I needed. I am in a swap on Swap Bot called "Think outside the JAR Whimsey swap" So basically we are to decorate and fill a container(anything except for a "JAR") with goodies! I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the "Lunch Box" but I already wrapped everything in tissue and put it inside the box. I cant tell you what is in it cause my partner might see and I want it to be a surprise. So, just looking at the picture, do you think she is go...

 Happy Friday Friends, I am just finishing up a 6 for 6 ATC swap that I am in. ATC's are all the rage right now. I Love Love Love ATC's, collecting, creating, swapping, etc. So, this swap is for the Yahoo group ATC_World They have some pretty fun swaps in that group. This swap is "Use those scraps" and it is a 6 for 6 swap. We all have those scraps that we just cant throw away, You know what I'm talking about, right? Well, All 6 of my creations are from not only Card stock scraps but designer papers as well. It took me a little while to get the Mojo rolling but I completed all 6 and now it's time to mail them off to the Hostess on Monday!! I cant wait to see what I get in return.   So, I am off to work on some more swaps so I will share some more with you real soon!! Have a wonderful weekend and drop me a line if you wanna swap either ATC's, 6X6  scrap book pages, Hat pins, Altered cigar box's, Etc.   Big Hugs!!! Isn't this so cheerful? T...