Dannie's creative outlet

So, as one of my News Years resolutions, I have decided to pick up on my Blog. I have been gone way too long and am so excited to start this new year on the right crafting foot. The main reason that I have neglected to be present on here is, my craft room is a huge mess and I feel so closed in that I cannot create as much as I want to. Well, That has also been one of my resolutions, to clean this place up. I am so much more productive in a organized space. It may take me a while to get there but I am on a mission to share all things paper crafts with all of you, My Friends! I will be back real soon with some challenges that I will be participating in. Stay tuned!!

Hello Crafty peeps, it has been a really long while since I have been here.  Coming back soon with some crafty fun. Come the new Year(2018) I will be more productive and sharing all things crafty. XOXO, Dannie

Hello Friends, How is everyone doing? I Have no excuse other than I have been busy creating. What have I been creating, you ask? Well, Pocket Letters. Yup, I haven't created a card in weeks because I have been totally consumed by Pocket Letters. Ohhhh, they are so much fun. Basically, to me, they are like 9 ATC's in one shot. The themes I have created are Heidi Swapp, Shabby Chic, Vintage & Tim Holtz, Just to name a few so far.   There is this awesome group called Pocket Letter Pals and that is the place to be now a days. Go on over and check it out and maybe you too can start creating these fun works of art. Heidi Swapp Theme Prima Themed Vintage  Shabby Chic front & back So, Those are my Pocket Letters and now that I am all caught up with those, It's time for me to hit a few of my favorite paper crafting blogs a do some challenges. So I want to Thank you for visiting me and I do hope you will come back again soon!!

Happy Sunday friends. I wanted to post another challenge card before I went to bed tonight. I think I am going to create  plenty more of this card for a craft fair that I am doing in November. Simple but oh so cute!!   Here is an easy card that I created for the challenge at  Less is more The challenge was to be 1 layer and 2 of something. These little guys are so cute with their googley eyes and bling red buttons. I also heat embossed them with "primary bark" WOW embossing powder. I sporadically added the red and green sequins. The stamp set I used is scentsational seasons by Stampin Up!  I hope you enjoy what I have created, Don't forget to let me know that you were here!! Have a great Monday everyone!! Repost, Here is one that I completed that is only 1 layer. Although I did heat emboss the gingerbread men. 

Happy weekend everyone, I hope you all have had a good one so far. I am going to make this a quick post as I want to get going onto another sketch challenge.  This sketch is from Mojo Monday ! All the details are below. I hope you enjoy my creation! Whisper white,gumball green,midnight muse and strawberry slush card stock from Stampin up! DP is a 6X6 stack from Echo Park(beautiful life). for a little shiny I added some sequins.  Hugs & Smiles

Hello everyone and Happy Friday to you all. I completed this challenge card from Mojo Monday on Tuesday but this is the first chance I have had to load it up and share it with you all. I love the colors on the card. I used a paper pad from Simple Stories, "Vintage Bliss" The colors are really summery(even though we are at the end of summer) I wanted to get one last summer card in! The "hi" is a wood embellishment that I colored using magicals from Lindy's stamp gang. Let me tell you, they are so sparkly and pigmented. I took a little scoop out of the little pot and added a drop or 2 of water and wow, So pretty! I then went over the piece with paper glaze. I added a little silver butterfly charm over to the right and attached it with the pink twine. I hope you enjoy my creation and hopefully, I will be back soon!!

Hello there everyone! Well, here it is, almost August. Please let time slow down just a bit.  We have had the most mild summer here in Nor Cal. I mean, the next few days we are supposed to get 100° days but we really haven't had too many of those this summer and I am OK with that. So, onto my challenge card. I played along with the sketch over at Mojo Monday and it was supposed to be tall and skinny so this is my tall and skinny 3 1/2 X 9 1/4 creation.   The paper I used is from Prima's Princess Collection.  The sentiment of from A Stampin Up! stamp set called Whimsical words. The flowers I punched out with one of my flower punches and I added some stickles around both of the flowers. I put this one together rather quickly and I am really happy with how it turned out. Go on over to Mojo Monday and check out all the other great creations that some really talented ladies came up with. Thanks for looking and don't forget to let me know that you were here. Have a...

Happy weekend everyone. I'm just stoppin in for a minute to show you guys another card that I completed this one for 2 challenges. The first one being The Deconstructed sketch ,   For the 2nd. challenge that I joined, It was a color challenge from   Pals Paper arts . and the colors to use are Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight and whisper white. I love love love this card. Almost all of the supplies I used are from Stampin Up! I think 1 of the buttons is out of my stash.   So, what do you think? Let me know. I would lov e to hear from you!!  That's all for now Friends, It's Saturday night and I have some creatin to do!!  See you all soon!

Hello Friends, Today I have a challenge card for you that I created for "Mojo Monday" I  haven't played along in any sketches lately so it's time for me to pick up where I left off. Mojo Monday is one of my fave sketch challenge sites.  So, for the details, I used an ivory for my base and also used Garden Green and pretty in pink card stocks from Stampin Up! The DP I used is from a 6X6 stack called "Anthologie" by We R Memory keepers. I added an antique brad and some twill trim and at the bottom is some green ball trim from my stash. I used my oval  nesties and stamped "Just a note to say Hello and i heat embossed that in green. I then inked the edge of that oval piece. There you have it, What do you think?  Well, That's all for me now. I will be back real soon to share some more of my creations!

Hello Friends, I have been gone for a long time now and I think it's time for me to get it in gear and share what I have been up to the last couple of months. Well, first things first, I am on summer break right now, Woo Hoo!!!!! Oh, did I think that out loud? LOL! Well, I was very ready for summer break. So, on top of being on summer break, I did get a part time summer job, I am a cashier at (drum roll please.....)  Hobby Lobby. Concord, Calif. finally got a Hobby Lobby. It's a fun place to work and we are closed on Sundays so I wont miss the swap meet that my husband and I go to every week, yayyyyyy!  It is so much fun to see the new paper crafting goodies that come in and even better is getting my crafty,inky little chubby fingers on all of the Clearance goodness! Even though we are a newly opened store, We have the most beautiful clearance wall. I try to refrain but c'mon, it would be so wrong for me to pass up a Tim Holtz banner die for $2.00, Now wouldn't it?  So...

Hello Friends, Just wanted to drop a quick line to let you all know that I am still around. I have been super busy and just couldnt find the time to get a post out to you guys. So, I have finished a few projects lately, Just doing some playing around.  So, this first card is one that I created and really, just playing around. I had purchased a roll of 10 yards of 2mm. bling, Oh how I love Bling. I just wanted to use it on something so on the sentiment is where I chose to place it. It just adds a little bit of something to an otherwise flat card.  For this next photo, I have been really having some fun creating chunky charms. This is one of my first charms and I really had fun creating it.  This next creation is a tag that I created for a swap that I was in. Now, I love love love these Prima doll stamps, The possibilities are endless as far as dressing them. If I am ever bored or cant quiet find the creativity in me, then I color and dress a Prima doll. That gets ...

Happy New Years Friends. I am going to be absent for just a bit longer but you will want to come and check out what I will have going on after I return from CHA. Yahoo, This Friday(1/10) I will be on my way to Anaheim for CHA. I cant wait!! So, with that being said, I will sign off for now and hope to see you all when I return!! Hugs & Smiles, Dannie

Happy Friday Friends, This week went by really fast and I am so glad it did. I have a craft fair to get ready for and it seems like during the week, I cant get the time in to get organized . So, I have about 200 Christmas cards that I want to complete and other misc. Christmas items, Like Reindeer food and little goodies like that. So, onto the card sketch, This one is from Mojo Monday and what a fun one it was. I just got this cool DSP and was wanting to put something together with it. It is MME "Breeze"  Pretty, huh?  What you see  below is I sprayed the yellow flag panel with radiant pearls for a little bit of shimmer. The sentiment is one of which I have in my stash. I heat embossed in black. You cant really see the shininess of it but it added some shiny to the creation. So, I am off to work on some Christmas stuff but I will return very soon! Have a great weekend all!

 Hello all. Well it is Sunday evening and it is time for this weekend to wind down. Why can't we have 2 day work weeks and 5 day weekends? Boy, wouldn't this world be a much happier place to live? I would even work 15 hrs each of those 2 days. Really, I would!  Anyways, I have another creation to share with you all. I created this one off of the above sketch from The sweet stop . What a fun sketch and what a fun card this one turned out to be? I think this is my new favorite stamp set from Stampin Up! "Gorgeous Grunge" is the name of it and it is so so much fun!!  All of the supplies that I used on this creation are from Stampin Up! The sentiment is from an old SU! set "Best Yet"   This creation is 5 1/2 X 4 1/4.Aren't the new "In colors great"? I used Strawberry slush and coastal cabana on this along with going grey,basic black and white. So, there you have it. What do you think? I would love to hear your comments!! I will be...

Happy Weekend Friends. I am going to have a quick post for you tonight, I have to get up kind of early tomorrow am(sunday) to go to the swap meet to find all of those treasures that I don't need but just gotta have! This sketch is from Mojo Monday . You have a choice of either a circle card or a square. I am a little partial to the square so that is what I went with! you will find the supplies used just below my creation. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will be back by tomorrow evening to share some goodies with you all! Supplies used: DSP is that of a 6X6 paper pad by Echo Park(Here & Now) Concord crush and whisper white card stock. Ink Concord Crush. sentiment from "Best Yet" and flowers and leaves are Secret Garden. Card is 5 1/4 X 5 1/4.

Hello my peeps, Well here it is. My first Christmas card of the year 2013. OMG, It's on it's way. I cant believe how fast the time goes by. So, this card I made using a sketch from Mojo Monday and of course, it's another great sketch .   So there you go. For the DSP I used Echo Parks "Tis the Season" 6 X 6 paper pad. For the Merry Merry Christmas, I used my cheapie Studio G stamps and I added some bling in between the Merry, Merry Christmas. My main color scheme is Old Olive,Real Red and the white card base is Pure Luxury by Gina K. I hope you all enjoy it. I will have many many more coming your way. Thanks for taking a look and I will see you all soon!

Hello Friends, I just wanted to post a quick post tonight on a HUGE Craft garage sale that is going on in San Ramon, Calif. This is the crafters dream garage sale and I am just biting my nails I am so excited about this sale.I am also selling at it so out with the old and in with the new. I was told that there would be aprox. 50 sellers. You see, we tag all of our gently used and /or new craft items with a code (that they assign us) and price and they sell it for us. It is so worth it! Last year I made a little over $100 for stuff that I was done with using or that I just wanted somethings different. I was an awesome deal! I dont miss it every year and if you live in Northern Calif, you wont want to miss it either. So, without further ado, the following is the info, . We've set the date for another USED CRAFTS SALE !                          ...

Hello friends, I have been away from my blog for a bit. I guess I have been a little busy but that is no excuse, lol! I was cruisin around blogger world and found this sweetness and just wanted to share with you all. It is over at Cuddlebug cuties . What a great blog.  and look at that candy, Saweet!!   Now, for a creation that I created for a challenge. It is from Mojo Monday and I have had it done for a few days but this is the first chance I have had to post it.  So, here is the sketch from Mojo Monday . Fun and pretty easy .    And here is the completed card. Pretty easy and really cute. I have to say, the cutest thing about this card is the decorated stick pins. I make them all the time but I never add them to my projects. I need to start using them. It's like with my paper, It is so darn pretty, I don't want to use it. Does anyone else have that problem? LOL! S, there you have it. I hope you enjoyed all the goodies that I had to share with yo...

So, below I have a card that I created for 2 challenges. The first one being Sweetest Thing blog . Isn't the little birdie so cute? Even though this was a single layer card, I still love it! I sometimes feel like, if I don't add 2 or 3 layers to a card, It looks nekkid(naked) but this one I really really love! The 2nd. challenge was to use Washi on a creation over at The "Simply less is more" Blog . Well, That was an easy one. I only have a gazallion rolls of Washi. So this was a really really fun project for me. You see, I do have a gazillion rolls of washi in every color and pattern imaginable and I really like the stuff but I never know when to use it. Does anyone else have that problem? I guess I need to find more challenges that include using Washi, LOL! So, with that being said, I have to go and get ready for the first day of school tomorrow, Booooo!!! This summer just flew by, Can it be July again? Ok, well have a great rest of the week and I will see you a...

Happy Friday everyone, I have been a busy little bee lately with my papers and Ink. I am so excited to share with you all, A scrapbook layout that I completed today. When I saw this sketch on Sketchabilities ,I was like, omg,  I gotta play! I had the perfect picture for it! This is our "baby" Cooper! My husband and I always argue on who loves the baby more. LOL! That's what we refer to him as, "The Baby" So, the photo I used is one that we took of Coop at the park. He loves to fetch the ball and bring it back to us for a treat(he is very food motivated) well, he had been going back and forth for quiet a while and so he was taking a breather and I caught this smile on his face. Is he not adorable or what? I could create 100 scrapbook pages with just photos of "The Baby" but I wont bore you with anymore Cooper stories, Instead, I will leave you with this layout that I did following the sketch from Sketchabilities . I really, really like how this page ...