colorful kicks

Good morning.  

 With everything that is going on right now, I'm hoping to spread some love,

some random acts of kindness, and some gratitude!

The challenge this week @ Inspired By is an awesome inspiration photo

to jumpstart the process!

Thanks card

For this card, I was inspired by:

the colors 

On my next card, I decided to let the cute image 
(Stampendous Changito Knee Hugger) be the focal.

I put the sentiment on the inside of this card.

Inside Reads: 

I think I'll hang onto you.

I was inspired by:

the shoes

the colors

And here is the sketch this week

I love everything about you card

On this card, I was inspired by:

the shoes

the colors

the sketch

To create this card, I used this CUTE DIGITAL STAMP by Angie Blom.

Thank you so much for visiting and make sure to check what the amazing

team created on THE BLOG!

Spring Mini Album 2019

Good morning!  

We are back with another fun challenge over @ Inspired By card challenges.  This week, I was so inspired by the the picture that I decided to literally interpret the set of drawers and "organize" challenge title.  I decided to create a mini album to organize and "hold" some of my recent spring break pics.  

Spring 2019 Mini Album

I was inspired by:

the drawers (to hold things)

the numbers

the colors (especially the pops of brown)

the "sepia" feel to the pic

(I also printed the pics in sepia)

And here is the inspiration pic this week

Inside of album with "accordion" pages closed

Pictures on the front of the accordion flap 

More pics on the accordion flap

More pics on backside of accordion flap

Album shown standing

Album shown standing with accordion flap

             Make sure to check out what all the amazing 
                   team created also, it's amazing!

Purr-fect Day

Happy Saturday!  

I was inspired this week by the sketch challenge over at Case This Sketch.  

Hope Your Day is Purr-fect! card

We have quite a few birthdays in March, April and May so this sketch is wonderful to complete several cards.

The sketch

Isn't it purr-fect? (sorry)

Supplies:  

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distree Inks (fired brick, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, mowed lawn, salty ocean and seedless preserves.

Stamp: Hampton Art Studio G (Michael's)

Die: Papertrey Ink Scallops, Circle
Template created with Silhouette File: Criss Cross Lines template by Sarah Hurley

Cardstock: Michael's 

Colored Pencils

Sequins

Thank you for visiting♥

Time To Garden

It's time for another challenge over at Inspired By challenge blog. 

Why Hello There Card

 This week, Laurel has found an awesome photo for the challenge, fun, inspiring and I can't wait to see how it inspires all of you.

I was inspired by the all the colors, the flowers, the pockets, the buttons, the layers, and the apron bow.

Make sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the amazing team created!

What Does The Fox Say?

Good morning!  Today I am sharing a project I created this week, inspired by the newest Photograph challenge at InspiredBy. 

Make sure to hop on over to the blog because the projects from the designers are SO fun and inspiring again this week!

My project this week is a kindergarten classroom (or toddler) rhyme time game, targeting struggling readers and ELL learners. Every time I looked at the picture, the succulents “growing” was the first thing that I focused on.  So, I decided I wanted to focus on “growth” and that’s when the game came to-mind. 

This week, I was inspired by the foxy succulent, the colors (black, orange and green) and the succulent. 

What Does the Fox Say? Rhyme time game

I used the Fox from Sweet Elsie to be the focal that we would be rhyming for the game.  I cut a circle Game Title using the What does the Fox Say cut.

As I pull the rhyming pieces out of the box, the children will find the picture on their game card and “smack it” with their fox smacker, repeating the rhymes aloud as they find them….fox/clocks, fox/blocks, fox/socks etc.

 In the pic below, I am demonstrating how the game is played:

When you pull out an object from the box, the child uses their "fox swatter" to swat the socks on their game board and when they locate it, say "socks/fox" rhyme.

"rocks/fox rhyme"

"clocks/fox rhyme"

After designing the box to hold the game, I decided to create the game boards using the notepad paper from the Awesome Pencil Card project by Silhouette.  I googled pictures that rhyme with fox, printed them, adhered them to the notebook paper and then laminated each game board.

I created the rhyming pieces from various Silhouette cuts:

Socks

ABC blocks

Clock

Lock

Box

I then decided to create the Fox rhyme time smackers using the Fox cut.  I cut 2 fox heads from each color (black and orange), adhered the white detail pieces on the front, adhered them to a dowel and then adhered the blank fox cut to the back of the dowel.

To keep the playing cards nice for a long time to come, I laminated the cards (you can see the glossy ones behind the front two), that way, I am able to use these with my grandson and in the classroom.

Isn't this inspiration the cutest?

 I can't wait to see all the "foxy"/animal cards, layouts and projects this week! 

Thank you for stopping by to visit!

Danni

Hello coffee ♥️

Good morning! I’m back today with my card for this week’s challenge at Inspired By.   This week’s challenge was really fun and inspiring.  The DT gave lots of interpretations and projects and they’re all amazing, definitely check them out!

At first glance I thought I would stick with the circles but then as I took time to look again, I decided that there was way more to be inspired by (in addition to the circles).   At first, the cheesecake kinda made me draw a blank but then it came to me... what goes more perfectly with dessert than coffee?  (I don’t need dessert or any excuse to drink coffee, but I digress....smile).  So I decided on a coffee theme (I give lots of coffee gift baskets and cards, and it’s always great to have cards or tags on hand to do so). 

 I wanted to really stay true to the colors since it’s a big focal and the fork kept sticking out to me so I decided I needed to add stripes to represent the tines of the fork.  Lots of things in this one inspired me and I really look forward to seeing how it inspires all of you!

I hope you’ll hop over to the blog, check out our awesome guest designer and play along with us this week.

Danni

Inspired by...got mail?

Hello, Happy Wednesday! Wednesday means another challenge over at Inspired By.  This week’s challenge is such a cute one and I can’t wait to see all the inspiration from everyone.  Here is the inspiration picture Laurel chose for this week

Isn’t it the cutest? 

Woodland animals, Valentine’s, critters, love, “happy mail”, winter, there’s so many ways to be inspired by this cute picture and I am really looking forward to seeing everyone’s creations.

I created two different cards inspired by the picture because it gave me a perfect reason to use two digital cuts from the Silhouette store that I hadn’t found the time to use yet. 

Don’t Worry card

On this card, I used the Raccoon Woodland Creature by Sarah Bailey.  There are so so many cute raccoons on the Silhouette store, but this one by Sarah just had the cutest little expression, one that I had in my head when picturing the sentiment for the card.  I used the Love Mailbox by Loni Stevens on this card so it had the “Love” word on it, contrasting with the “bandit” idea.

I wanted to use the raccoon with the idea that he doesn’t want to “steal the love”, alternately he is mailing the love, in a sense “giving it”.  Raccoons are the cutest little bandits with their masks, so I decided to add some “smart-looking” glasses, like he had gotten smarter.  I played with a bunch of sentiment ideas, but finally decided on:  Don’t worry, I’ve mailed it in (like he’s given up the stealing) and inside of the card reads:  Love, The Love Bandit.  

I hope it all makes sense outside my mind…giggle.

Sending Hedgehugs card




This card was completely inspired by the cute digital cut that I hadn’t used until this challenge.  I am  creating several cards using it for friends and family, looove.  I used the Valentine Hedgehog by Sarah Bailey for this one.  I also used the Mailbox digital cut from Snapdragon Snippets.  I have used this one before and knew it would be perfect for this inspiration picture with the cute little letters in the picture.  SO much to be inspired by with Laurel’s challenges.

For the inside of the card, I wanted to create a fun presentation for the sending hedgehugs sentiment, so I cut a much larger envelope and embellished it with the rest of the sentiment. 

I can’t wait to see how this challenge will inspire you and to see what you were inspired by. 

Happy creating♥

Danni

fun news day♥

Good morning!  I have some really fun news to share.  My incredibly talented friend, Laurel Seabrook has added a design team to her weekly card challenge site, Inspired by.  I was excited when she asked me if I would like to be a part of her team, I love challenges and hers are absolute favorites of mine.

Inspired By is kicking off February with introductions of the new design team and a new challenge today.  So, without further ado...

Here is the new inspiration photo

Isn't it fun?  

And here was my interpretation of the challenge

                                   love you watts card

I have been waiting for an opportunity to use these Light Bulbs in Love cut files from Miss Kate Cuttables and this challenge was just the motivation to do so.  I love how cute they are and look forward to using them again in future projects.

Sentiment:  love you watts

Inside sentiment reads:  watts & watts

I was inspired by the pink, cream, gold and pops of strawberry red colors, the circle shape, the pink and cream stripe design, the fun sentiment, the hearts, really everything. 

The design team interpretations are amazing, you have to check them out here.

ALSO, there's a $25 gift certificate up for grabs from SIMON SAYS!!!

We can't wait to see what you will come up with for this challenge, happy creating!

Danni