WIld Blooms Thank you!

Hello!  It's Anita here today with a card to share! We are right into December and today I am taking a break with Holiday cards and have a Thank You card to share!  My card uses the Wild Blooms die by Memory Box, paper from Basic Grey's What's Up line.  I love playing with Memory Box dies and am so happy with how this card turned out:

I also used some baker's twine, which is one of my favorites to use!  :>  Hope this card has inspired you!  Do you hand out thank you cards after Christmas for gifts?  I always intend to but have  not got very far with that!  :>

Fresh Honeyblossom

Hello Happy Thursday!  It's Anita from http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/ and I am happy to be here today!  Before I share my card I wanted to remind you about our Fall Blog Hop and Challenge!  We would love for you to play along, for more info please click here.

Today I have a card to share using the Basic Grey What's Up?  6 by 6 pad and the Honeyblossom Sprig die by Memory Box!

I die cut the honeyblossom sprig from a solid piece from the What's Up? pad and all papers are from it.  Stamped a sentiment by Hero Arts, Good Friends.  Used a Ek Success punch for the edge, Scrapbooking Cafe has lots of EK Success punches, check it out here.  Added a strip of white lace and pearls to finish the card off!  :>  This card is so fresh to me!

Well that's it from me!  Have yourself a great day, tomorrow is Friday!  :>

Masculine Fall Card

Hello!  Happy Thursday!  It's Anita from http://www.craftygrldesigns.blogspot.ca/!  I don't know about you but here in Winnipeg the Fall weather has found us.  All traces of our gorgeous summer is gone and we've been left with dreary fall weather!  :>  Today I have a fall card to share, not sure why but I often associate fall cards with masculine cards and since I always need more masculine cards I may as well right?  Today I am sharing a card featuring the Poppy Stamp die Lorelei Leaf!

I stamped the newspaper background by Hero Arts onto white cardstock.  I than die cut the Lorelai Leaf and used the negative, placing the solid back sheet of a Basic Grey paper behind it (I like how it's not a solid color but has other colors in it)  Than I distressed the paper with both a Ranger distress tool and Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen (I inked the middle of the paper) and Vintage Photo (the edges)  The sentiment is from Hero Arts All Occasion Messages, and tied some red Baker's Twine!

Hope you've been inspired!  :>  See you next week!

Don't forget your backpack!

Hi, everyone! Dani Donner here today bringing you some Too Cool for School altered project and a tutorial. I found this super cute altered item at Lisa Storms' website (one talented lady) and fell madly in love with them. SO this week I decided to give one for each of my boys' teachers and here is the tutorial:

I used the Best Glue Ever to cover the small cardboard box (don't forget to lightly sand it, helps adhere the paper) with pattern paper. Added a pattern paper lid to the back of the box. You may want to put a small magnet in the lid and seal it in with some cardboard to make things sturdier. Embellish the front. Add two stripes of pattern paper to the back to complete the backpack and... Done! You have a cute little backpack that you can ill with chocolate and give as a gift for the teacher or even or other students (imagine a Halloween themed one, cute!). Here is a better look at the finished project:

Supplies List:

American Crafts - Shoreline
Basic Grey - Paper Cottage
October Afternoon - Woodland Park
My Minds Eye brad - Miss Caroline
October Afternoon - Schoolhouse

I hope you have like the project! See you soon...

Dani Donner

What's Up?

Hello!  Happy Thursday!  It's Anita here from http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/   Today I have a card to share!  I paired a Memory Box die, Honeyblossom Spring with  a Basic Grey 6 by 6 pad, What's Up!  

I die cut the Honeyblossom bloom die from red bazzill cardstock, I used a piece of the pp from the What's Up pad and distressed the edges with a distress tool and pumice stone distress ink by ranger.  The sentiment is by Hero Arts it's actually Hello handsome but I love the Hello so much I cut it apart (no worries I can put it back together on the block to use it together if I want!)  Added some twine and a button!

That's it for me!  One more day until the long weekend!  Hope you have something fun planned!  :>

Tutu Princess

Hi Ladies today I am sharing with you a layout with Prima papers... I just received this week the new Prima lines from Kristy and I just LOVED this Tea Thyme one I had to jump into it right away.

If you love romantic papers and shabby chic then this collection is for you, there are lots of sweet flower patterns to cut out and little labels that you can layer too. I went overboard with my embellishments :) I have recently moved and I am finding things I really never thought I had so its like a surprise each time I go rummaging into a new box!!

Supplies Used: Prima A4 Paper Pad Tea Thyme, Basic Grey Alpha, Prima Flowers and Wood pieces, Pan Pastels, Ribbon, Lace and Pearls from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend :)

Great Wolf

Hi, everyone! Dani here to share with you my greatest passion at the moment: mists and anything ink/paint/watercolor related! I have to say that this more artsy trend in scrapbooking got a hold of my heart... *sigh* I just love the look and the texture added to all those techniques, so... I created a LO using ALL-OF-THEM! :D

For Mothers day this year we got to take the whole family to Great Wolf in Niagara Falls! We had so much and the weather helped! A warm day in May allowed us take a picture outside! In T-shirts, people!! The boys want to go back for their birthdays, lol!

Anyway, here is the page:

I have misted and added a thin layer of white paint to mute the colour a little bit. For teh title, I used my water colors on some American Crafts fabric thickers, creating an Ombré effect (cool, huh!).

Some detail shots:

Supply list:

Bazzil - Salted Dotted Swiss in White
Studio Calico - Mister Huey's in Boss Lady
October Aternoon - Cakewalk buttons and Paper
American Crafts - Amy Tan leaf
Basic Grey - PB&J 6x6 papers

Thanks or stopping by!

Dani Donner

Celebrating with a card

Hi everyone!

Dani here, back from NYC! Yes, baby! The trip was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! Now I can't wait to start on my NYC mini-album (remember the cover?). But, before I let I create a simple card to give my husband during our 10th anniversary dinner. Now please remember that he is a man, not a big fan of paper-crafts (he keeps saying that it is his wallet that doesn't like, non-sense!) and I'm no cardmaker (but we do have some AWESOME ones in the DT ;), right!) so here is my simple thanks-for-being-in-my-life card:

Supplies:

We R Memory Keepers - Yellow Washi Tapes
October Aternoon - 9 to 5 Label Stickers
Basic Grey - PB&J 6x6 paperpad
Memory Box - Darla Butterfly

Thanks for stopping by!

Dani Donner

Big Dreams

This week I decided to play with my Cameo (Yay for new blades!) and some Basic Grey. I absolutely love all the new trends out there: chevron, hexagons, triangles, arrows, ink splats, they are so "me"! So I tried to use some of my favourites in a single page. I hope you liked the result! :)

Supplies list:

Silhouette Cameo
Basic Grey PB&J
MME Miss Caroline Dilly Dally Adventures Fair
Studio Calico Wood Veneer Tweets
Studio Calico Mister Huey's (Passport and Sherbet)
Jenni Bowlin inkpads (Chicken Feed and Tin Dye)
Authentic Genuine (Natural)
Jenni Bowlin "Read This" tag
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Now head to my blog => danidonner.wordpress.com because I have something fun to share and a giveaway!!! YAY!!!

Dani Donner

Up in the air

Hi everyone,

As this is my first post a DT member I would like to follow Becky's steps and introduce myself:

My name is Daniela Donner (but, please, call me Dani) and I live in Barrie-ON with my dear husband and two wonderful boys (7 and 4 years old - can you say BUSY?). As for my job, I'm an Electrical Engineer who has found an amazing career as an IT Project manager. As for my passion, I found out about Scrapbooking mere 4 years ago, when my family and I moved from Brazil to Canada, and was hooked by the time I saw my first page. The possibility to preserve my memories and pictures to future generations while being creative at the same time just fascinated me! This hobby (I won't say obsession! You can't force me!) became my creative escape and opened my eyes to another beautiful word: photography! But, how can you not love something that combines pretty paper with pretty pictures? :)

So... For my first project I wanted to bring something meaningful and fun and that would inspire all o you to sit down and create! Wow, that's a lot to accomplish... Let's see if I can achieve at least one of my objectives here.

I created this card for a dear friend who is going through a rough period in her life. Way too many misfortunes have taken a swing on her self-esteem lately and I wanted to remind her that she can do anything if she believes in herself:

Supplies list:
Basic Grey - PB&J 6x6 paper pad
My Minds Eye - Miss Caroline twine
Vellum
Hero Arts - Calico Borders sentiment
Pebbles Chalks - Shimmer Shades
Spellbinders - Classic Squares Small
Scor Pal - Score Tool
Glue Dots

I hope she likes it.   :)

And now, for the fun part. See that cute little kite? Want to know how I made it? Sure! Here is the tutorial:

1) Cut a square of patterned paper using the Spellbinders die (this one is 1 1/4x1 1/4 inches):

2) Fold it diagonally in half, like the picture. Tip: use a Score tool to help you fold.

3) Fold the side points until they touch the middle score:

 

4) Add a glue dot to each side of the kite and "close" it again:

And that's it! You now have a cute and super easy embellishment to add to your cards and layouts.You can use the verse side as I did on my card, or the folded side, as in the tutorial pictures.

You can stop by at my blog at any time! I try to post something new every day => For the Record

Have fun!

Dani Donner