Dannie's creative outlet

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...

Happy Saturday night everyone. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. We are here in Sunny Northern Cali. We hit 90° today so we had the air on all day long and tomorrow is going to be a pretty warm one as well. Sunday is my favorite day of the week. Craig and I hit the flea market. He actually goes at 6am. and then comes home and gets me at about 8:30( i like to sleep in a little!) Hopefully I will score some good finds tomorrow. I will share so wish me luck! So, onto my creations. I have been making alot of ATC's(artist trading cards) lately and I have also been in alot of swaps over at Swap Bot. If you like to swap everything from atc's to scrap supplies to kitchen gadgets then you have to go to swap bot. I am even hosting a few swaps over there right now, here are the links so maybe you can join me!  Pink & Brown ATC swap , "  "In the sky" ATC   & "Lace" ATC & an ATC DP swap(designer papers at 2.5 X 3.5) So come on over and ...

Hello Friends, Finally I have a card to share with you all. I figured with all of the time that I have had off of work that I would be super productive but no, It's just the opposite. Well, This challenge card is a sketch challenge from Cutie-Sunday . This is  for a friend that I am doing a swap with. It did turn out exactly how I wanted it and I hope you all enjoy it!!     Supplies used: DP:6X6 stack from My minds eye Stella & Rose. Mulberry flowers: Recollections Stamped sentiment: Stampa Rosa Stay posted, I will be back real soon to share some of the ATC swap cards that I have received, I am loving ATC's right now, They are so much fun! If you want to swap, Drop me a line and we can arrange a one on one! Dannette_ruger@yahoo.com                                      ...