Gardening

The Paper A La Mode challenge at The Outlawz today was Anything Goes. The image is from Lili of the Valley.

End of Summer Relaxation

The Friday Alcohol Marker challenge at The Outlawz was Anything Goes. I love those challenges, since there is usually something in my box that is colored and just needs to be made into a card. Another Lili of the Valley image.

Ribbon, Flower, and Brad

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz was to use a ribbon, a flower, and a brad on your card. The image is from Lili of the Valley.

National Dog Day

National Dog Day was August 26. In honor of that, the Greeting Card challenge for The Outlawz was to make a dog theme card. The image is from Impression Obsession

Uplifting Cards

The CAS challenge on The Outlawz this past Sunday was words of encouragement. I used a DP and just added the words to it.

Hang in There!

The color challenge on The Outlawz this past week was to use Brilliant Blue, Peacock Blue, and Feather Cream. You needed to add sparkle. I added my sparkle to the mice.

Favorite Things

The Twisted Thursday challenge on The Outlawz was "Favorite Things." One of my favorite things to use on my cards is fabric.

Monochromatic

The Outlawz Greeting Card Challenge this past Monday was Monochromatic. The image is from Lili of the Valley. I colored it with copics and used a cuttlebug folder for the background.

A Sprinkle of Salt

This technique for Stamp-A-Faire was to use salt in your project. I chose to use three Distress Ink reinkers to add the color for the background. I then sprinkled sea salt all over the wet ink, let it dry, and then removed it. The words are from PTI and are framed with Spellbinders Labels 10.

Sugar Coated

This challenge from Stamp-A-Faire featured using Prisma glitter on your card. I chose to add it to the ice cream. Everything used was from PTI.

Limited Supplies

This Stamp-A-Faire challenge called for limited supplies. The only things that could be used were:
Cardstock: White, Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, and an 1 inch strip of light gray.
Inks: Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold
One 1 3/4 inch circle
Prisma Glitter

I used all the cardstock colors except for the gray. I added strips of prisma glitter on the melon berry strips. The words are from PTI.

Scent-sational

This challenge at PTI's Stamp-A-Faire was to make a scratch and sniff card. I used sugar free chocolate pudding for my chocolate.

PTI Blog Hop - Fast Food

 

 

 

Today's PTI Blog Hop was inspired by Fast Food. You were provided with 6 different color schemes and sketches. I used the color scheme of Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, and True Black. I used Fine Linen for my card base and the other colors to make the strips. I embossed the strips with a cuttlebug foler.   I used a piece of Tim Holtz paper string. I opted not to make a bow since the colors were more masculine.  Of course, the words are also from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by.

Custom Accents from the Oven

This Stamp-A-Faire challenge was to make your own embellishments using shrink plastic. I used a Spellbinders Christmas tree die. I colored it with copic markers before shrinking it. I used New Leaf and Pure Poppy paper from PTI. Christmas Red Stickles were used to decorate the trees.

To Dye For....

This challenge from PTI's Stamp-A-Faire yesterday was to dye something. I used grape Koolaid to dye my flowers. The words are from PTI. The leaves are from the PTI Polka Dot Parade #6 set which featured a tree and a thank you sentiment.
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Rolled Dough Designs

Another PTI Stamp-A-Faire challenge. I used paper clay to create the words. You roll out the clay and let it air dry. You can then die cut the clay. The balloons are from PTI and the paper from Bo Bunny. I used my white Inksentials marker for the border.

Gallon - Quart - Pint

Another challenge from the PTI Stamp-A-Faire yesterday. This was using the concept of gallon-quart-pint. You choose three colors and use them in proportion to the three measurements. My gallon was Aqua Mist. My quart was Plum Pudding and my pint was Royal Velvet. The words are from PTI. I used Spellbinders Labels 4 (regular and small) and a cuttlebug folder for embellishing.

Mixing Mists to Match

Another tutorial/challenge at PTI today was mixing mists to match. You used rubbing alcohol and dye reinkers to make you own mist. I used the Royal Velvet reinker. I stamped my image from the Reasons to Smile set with versamark and embossed in white. I then sprayed the paper with my mist. Unfortunately, my embossed images turned shades of pink. So I colored the leaves and the centers of the flowers with copic markers on top of the embossing powder.

Today is Stamp-A-Faire over at PTI. There are a number of tutorials and challenges throughout the day. The first challenge of the day was "Breakfast Bake and Take."  You were provided with several color recipes and sketch recipes. You needed to choose one of each to use on your card.  These are the recipes I chose to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time

The Outlawz CAS challenge this Sunday was Time. I chose to use a fabric butterfly with the quote about butterflies and time.

Happy Birthday

The Saturday Paper A la Mode challenge on The Outlawz was birthday. The image is from Outlines Rubber stamps. I used stickles and perfect pearls to embellish the cake. Washi tape was used for the borders on the card.

Mermaids

The Friday Alcohol marker challenge on The Outlawz was to use minty blue/greens and pinks. The mermaids are from Lili of the Valley. I colored them with copics and added stickles for embellishing. This is a Z-fold card.

The Beach

The Twisted Thursday challenge on The Outlawz was mixed media. This is a canvas. The seagull is a digi. The treasure chest and map are stamps. The treasures next to the chest are brads. The background was done with gelatos and a cloud stencil using staz-on ink. The sailboats are napkins. The sun was made using a stencil and beaded glass gel. I used craft sand for the beach and mini shells to embellish it.

Sketch challenge

The Wednesday sketch challenge on The Outlawz. The image is from Outlines Rubber stamps. I had the little number blocks in my stash.

Color challenge

Tuesday color challenge for The Outlawz. The colors were: cupcake green, mellow yellow, and cherry on top. The twist was to add polka dots. The image is a digi. I colored her with copics and popped up her shoes. The polka dot paper is from Bo Bunny.

National Relaxation Day!

Today is National Relaxation Day! I made these for a friend. She had little drink brads which we added. Her idea of relaxing is a good book, so I found a stamp with books and cut out individual books to add to the chair. Hope you have a relaxing day.

Hot Summer Nights

The Greeting Card Challenge this week at The Outlawz was Hot Summer Nights. A popsicle sounds like a great idea for those kind of nights. I colored it with copics and used Clear Rock Candy glitter on the popsicle.

Primary Colors

The CAS challenge on The Outlawz this week was to use primary colors. Who better to use than cookie monster for those colors. I cut him out and put him on a wobble.

 

When: The blog hop starts on August 11th at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until August 12th, 2013, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).
Why: To be inspired by fun DeNami Design creations and also the chance to win mini shopping sprees on the DeNami Design website!

Prizes: We are giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to our website! We'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then we'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!

Now, for my card:

I am a big fan of cupcakes. In fact, I celebrate people's cupcake day (1/2 birthday).  I used several layers of classic oval nesties for the layering. The background of the card is Washi tape. I simply created my stripes with the pieces of tape. No measuring - just eyeballed it.

Thanks for stopping by. You should have arrived here from Kanani's wonderful blog. Your next stop is the delightful blog of Lisa. I am sure you will enjoy what she has created for you!

If you should get lost or want to start from the beginning, you can go back to the Denami blog.

Best Friends

 

The Paper A La Mode challenge on The Outlawz this week was "Best Friends". There was no specification of who the friend needed to be. The image is from Lili of the Valley. It was part of their recent boy release. Colored with copics.  The clouds are from Paper Trey Ink.

A mousey musical

 The Alcohol Marker challenge on Friday at The Outlawz was "Music". These mice are having a great time making some music.

Wednesday Sketch

Wednesday is the sketch challenge day at The Outlawz. The image is from Lili of the Valley. I used the eyelet square nestie from spellbinders and cut it into quarters for the corners. Added some stickles to finish the project.

Color Challenge

The color challenge on The Outlawz was to use Sundown Purple, Vanilla Sky and Burnt Orange. The colors just said Halloween to me. The hedgies are from Penny Black. I cut them out and put them on a wobble. You needed to add a tag, so I used a Tim Holtz fragment. The "Boo!" is from a piece of Halloween ribbon. I then added glitter to the remainder of the fragment. I cut the circle out of the purple paper for the moon and filled it with stickles.

Happy Anniversary

The Greeting Card Challenge on The Outlawz this week was to make an Anniversary card. The image I used is from Lili of the Valley. I colored it with copics and used several colors of Denami glitters. The pearls in the corners were made using a pearl pen.

CAS - Birthday

The CAS challenge on The Outlawz this week was to make a Birthday Card. The candles are a die from Paper Trey Ink. I cut them out on glitter paper and added stickles for the flames. The words are also from PTI.

Inspired by Pinterest

The Paper Ala Mode Challenge on The Outlawz this week was to create something that was inspired by Pinterest. I cut the boxes out using rectangle dies from Spellbinders. The layers were done using the distressed dies from Spellbinders. The words are from Hero Arts

Hot Summer Fun

The Alcohol marker challenge on the Outlawz this week was "Hot Summer Fun". The image is Penny Black. I cut it out and made a small accordion to attach it to the card so it would pop out. The waves are paper from American Crafts. The clouds are PTI.

Make Your Own Embellishment

The Twisted Thursday Challenge on The Outlawz was to make your own embellishment. We learned the background technique at Stamp Camp this summer and I added the balloon as my embellishment.