Super Fast Christmas Card

Hello!!

Today i'm sharing a super fast Christmas card with you today!! Before i get to the card i wanted to let you know that today i have a video up on the Hampton Art blog!! Yep you read that right, a video!!

Its my first one, so be kind!! LOL  I had lots of fun doing it, so i went out and got a tripod for my camera, so the orientation of my second video is a bit better!! Anyway, i hope you will check it out and let me know of any stamping technique videos you'd be interested in, i might just do one on your topic!!

For my super fast Christmas card i I used some super cute Hampton Art/Jillibean goodies! These goodies are from the Christmas Cheer Chowder Collection. The Pea Pod Parts is full of colorful die cuts!! I used the snow globe die cut (which must be one my mind, this is my second snow globe in the past couple weeks! hehe).

I wrapped some red and white twine around the snow globe and added a tiny ho ho ho tag, part of  the Pea Pods Parts. I used the matching Jillibean stamp set to stamp Fa-la-la-la on the snow globe base. I added a die cut heart to the globe with a foam dot. Then i added a little glitter glue to Santa's hat.

I adhered the snow globe to my cardbase with foam tape. And last added faux stitching around the cardbase's edge.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope this card inspires you to pull out those die cuts and make a quick and easy card! And make sure you check out my 1st ever tutorial video on Hampton Art's Blog!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Hampton Art - Jillibean - Christmas Cheer Chowder JB0143
Pea Pod Parts - Jillibean - Christmas Cheer Chowder JB0138
Twine
Glitter Glue: Stickles - Diamond
White Pen - Gelly Roll

Jinger Adams & Hampton Art Blog Feature - Giveaway

Hi everyone!

Popping in real quick to let you know that the whole amazing Hampton Art Design Team is being featured on the Hampton Art blog today!! We got to play with some amazing Jinger Adams goodies and have a ton of inspiration for you! Cards, Scrapbook layouts, albums, oh my!!

Make sure you stop by there is an awesome giveaway!!!

Have a great day!!

Dana

Hampton Art Cards

Hi!

I'm popping in real quick to let you know that i have 2 cards over on Hampton Art's Blog! Here are a couple little peeks. Click here to check them out!!

Thanks for stopping in!!

Dana

Priceless

Hello!

Today i have another card for Tuesday Morning Sketch's. There is 4 sketches to choose from and i already did one card, click here to see it. This time i did the top left sketch.

I used pattern paper and elements from Jillibean Soup, Chilled Cucumber Soup collection. I started with a green pattern paper and adhered it to my cardbase. Then i used a yellow photo frame and adhered it to the star pattern paper, trimming away the excess. I also added some green glitter glue to the star centers.

Next i used a couple more banner elements and a sticker that says friendships. After adhere the photo frame to my cardbase, i added the banners with foam tape.

Then i used another banner element, stamped the sentiment Priceless and added a vintage button at the left side.

I adhered the banner with foam tape and adhered two yellow butterflies above and below the priceless banner.

I hope you have a great day!!

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Hampton Art - Jillibean Soup: Irish Farm House Soup

Pattern Paper: Hampton Art - Jillibean Soup: Chilled Cucumber Soup Collection - Minced Fresh Dill

Elements: Hampton Art - Jillibean Soup: Chilled Cucumber Soup Collection  - Shape & Label Stickers

Ink: Papertrey Ink - Dark Chocolate

For the Love of Bikes

Hello!

Today i have a card for another new to me challenge, CAS-ology, i've seen a few people participate and its been on my to do list! The challenge this week is Neon.

So first, i have a love/hate relationship with this card. Its a little bit out of my comfort zone, but on the other hand i kind of like it in a weird way!

First i stamped the bike image on a piece of canvas with adhesive on the back. I really like how the ink bleeds into the fabric. Next i stamped the sentiment with neon green and i really like how yellow ink bleeds into the canvas and separates from the green.

Then to make it a little less 'perfect,' when i placed it on my cardbase and purposely folded under a corner and made some creases. Then i added a few metal dots.

Then i thought it still need a little something, so i 'doodled' (and i'm no doodler!) on the canvas with a black pen and surprisingly liked it and on the other hand it's, at least to me, kind of weird looking.

Let me know what you think! Love it or hate it?? and be truthful, trust me i can take it!! LOL!! :)

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Hampton Art: Irish Farm House Soup
Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Hero Arts - Neon Green
Canvas - DCWV
Embellishments: Heidi Grace & Cloud 9 - Metal accents

Hampton Art - Camera Hi

Hi!

I had a card on Hampton Art blog yesterday, i thought it was going up today! Oh well! LOL

Do you like cameras? Hexagons? Well if you do click here to see them both together on one card!! Here's a little peek!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Hampton Art - I Love You

Hello!

I hope you are having a wonderful day! Today i have a card on the Hampton Art blog featuring some Bella Blvd stamps, paper and embellishments! Click here to see the card and all the details.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

I'm a Fan of You

Hey there!

I hope everyone is doing good! Today i have a card for this weeks Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge. The challenge this week is to use Kraft cardstock and i used a Kraft cardbase for my card. I decided that i was going to use the square button in the Button #2 set as i haven't used it yet.

I thought that the buttons would make great bricks, for a card at least! :)  I adhered a piece of textured red cardstock to a sheet of double sided adhesive sheet. Then i die cut several square buttons.

I added a little bit of ink to the edges of each button and peeled the backing off my 'brick' stickers and adhered them to my Kraft cardbase. Next i added a strip of brown cardstock across the card to make a shelf.

Then i stamped the fan image and with some water and ink painted the fan's blades. I cut the fan out and adhered it to the shelf! Last i stamped the sentiment I'm a Fan of You.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies:
Die: Cheery Lynn Designs: Buttons #2
Cardstock: Kraft: The Paper Studio
Stamp: Studio G by Hampton Art

Hampton Art - Miss You

Hi there!

Today i have a card on Hampton Art Blog, it features a background stamp and stamped flowers!! Here's a little sneak peek, click here to see the whole card and details!

Have a great day!!

Dana

Hampton Art - Baby Girl

Hi!

On the Hampton Art Blog today its all about Baby's and Mom's. Several projects and cards are being featured today and including a Baby Girl card i made. Here is a sneak peek, make sure you stop by Hampton Art today to see the whole card and the other design teams wonderful projects!!

Have a great day!!

Dana

Hello!!

Hello!

Its been awhile but i am finally back! I finished a tough semester and i am having to take a chemistry class again since i missed a B- by 3 points!! Yes only 3... but now at least it is only one class so i have a bit more time!

I've been catching up on projects and such. I made 3 cards for this years Gallery Idol contest. Today I'm sharing 2 and the third tomorrow. I am also looking forward to participating in challenges again and checking out and leaving comments on fellow cardmaker's blogs!

First up is a card geared toward a young girl. My mom found this cute stamp at a scrapbook convention we went to a few weeks again. I stamped and embossed the young girl and colored her with watercolors.

I also added just a touch of glitter to the flowers in her hair, hand and on the present. I didn;t want a tone of glitter, just a touch so i added the glitter with a paint brush.

I stamped Happy Birthday and then added sister with alphabet stickers.

For the next card i made a mask of rectangles with my silhouette. I then placed the mask over a cardbase,  and sprayed each rectangle with a different colored ink spray.  Next i stamped some faux splatters and circles with a soft grey.

Then i die cut and then stamped the guitar. I adhere this to the cardbase with pop up dots. Last i added silver sequins. This card is geared toward a teen boy.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'll have the 3rd card for Gallery Idol tomorrow and more cards next week! Have a great night!

Dana

Supplies:
Young Girl
Stamps: Hampton Art: Melissa Frances IC0207, Papertrey Ink: Gracious Vases
Glitter Glue: Stickles - Fruit Punch
Stickers: Jillibean - Mini Kraft Alpha
Watercolors

Guitar
Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Boy Basics - Rock On, Grunge Me
Die: Rock On
Sequins
Ink: Papertrey Ink: Smokey Shadow, Soft Stone
Sink Spray's: Heidi Swapp - Mint, Teal, Chartreuse

Blog Hop - Core'dinations and Hampton Art - Part 1

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today i am lucky enough to participate in 2, yes that is 2 blog hops today! I hope you will take a little time to check them both out! I made a Valentine Ensemble: a love banner for Hampton Art/Core'dinations Feature Week and a card and candy jar for Made With Love Blog Hop! There are tons of inspiration and giveaways on these two hops too!!

If you are here from Gloria's blog you are in the right place!! OR if you are here from Erin Lee you can scroll down for my Made With Love post or click here to go directly!

More details and links to the Made With Love Blog Hop and Part 2 of my Valentine Ensemble are at the end of this post!

We received some awesome cardstock from Core'dinations and it was fun to use them with some Hampton Art stamps!

I recently got a Silhouette and have been playing with it ever since! I'm not going to into a lot of details, just a few notes on how i made each part of the banner!

I used an embossing folder for the polka dots and used my Silhouette to cut the triangles. I also used it out the flowers and hearts.

For the letters, i first stamped and embossed some cardstock, then used the Silhouette to cut them out. I also stamped a arrow, a love circle and a ticket, those i cut out by hand!

I used some twine to string it up! Each flag is movable so you could space each flag out like this:

or push them together like this:

Hampton Art and Core'dinations are both having giveaways. You have until Sunday February 17th to leave a comment on each designers blog from the whole week AND both Hampton Art & Core'dinations have an extra giveaway when you enter the Rafflecopter on each of their blogs!!

Your next stop is Debbie Standard!

I also hope you will click here at Taheerah Atchia blog to start or directly to my post for the Made With Love Blog Hop which includes some amazing valentine inspiration, Part 2 of my Valentine ensemble AND some awesome prizes!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Supplies
Stamps: Hampton Art: Borders Background, Studio G (heart), Doodle Bug You Said It, KI Memories Tick Tock KI0023, Doodle Bug Thankful, 7 Gypsies Ticket Stub PS0681
Ink: Colorbox: Dye ink - Mudslide. Mix'd Media Inx - Leather. Top Boss Watermark.
Cardstock: Core'dinations - Vintage Collection, Whitewash Collection, Neutrals
Twine: May Arts
Cutting files: Banner, Heart1, Heart2, Flower
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Embossing Powder: Hampton Art - Clear & Pink

Blog Hop - Made With Love Blog Hop - Part 2

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today i am lucky enough to participate in 2, yes that is 2 blog hops today! I hope you will take a little time to check them both out! I made a Valentine Ensemble: a love banner for Hampton Art/Core'dinations Feature Week and a card and candy jar for Made With Love Blog Hop! There are tons of inspiration and giveaways on these two hops too!!

If you are here from Erin Lee's blog you are in the right place!!

More details and links to Hampton Art & Core'dinations and Part 1 of my Valentine Ensemble are at the end of this post!

For those you might not know, last summer i was lucky enough to make it into Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Top 20 and have had a wonderful time getting to know the other 19 ladies ever since! We talk pretty much every day and have all become good friends. Last year we did a blog hop and are doing it again, only bigger and better this year!!

This year we have awesome giveaways on EACH blog!!! And there is a grand prize from Ribbon Carousel! Details Below!!

For my Valentine ensemble i made a cute jar to fill with candy and a card. To start with i found a smooth glass jar at Michael's. I used my Silhouette to cut a row of negative hearts. Wrap the negative around the jar and ink up each heart with watermark ink.

Add embossing powder to the hearts and CAREFULLY heat the embossing powder. Then fill with candy!! 

I stamped and cut out a little tag, added some flowers and hearts and tied it to the jar with twine. I also stamped and embossed a circle with a die cut heart for the jar lid.

For the card i layered more flowers and hearts (i cut a bunch of each, so i had plenty to play with!) I added a stamped ticket and sentiment along with some twine.

Here is picture of the whole Valentine Ensemble. 

Each designer today on the Made With Love Hop is having a giveaway! Thank you to all wonderful sponsors volunteered prizes for our hop! As you can see below we have some awesome sponsors!!

Avery Elle  | BasicGrey  | Becky Oehlers stamps  |  Bossy Joscie  |  CAS-ual Fridays Stamps   |  Fresh Squeezed Stamps  |  Gel-a-tins   |  Great Impressions Stamps  |  I {Heart} Papers  |  Lil' Inkers Designs  |  Mama Elephant   |  Neat & Tangled Stamps  |  Punky Sprouts  |  Ribbon Carousel   |  Simon Says Stamp  |  SRM Stickers  |  Sweet and Sassy Stamps  |  Sweet Stamp Shop  |  The Crafter's Companion  |  The Craft’s Meow  |  The Twinery   |  Timeless Twine  |  Unity  |  Uniko Stamps  |  Viva Las VegaStamps

The Crafts Meow has generously offered up 1 stamp set of your choice!! How cool is that!!! Leave your comment on this post by Thursday, February 21st. I'll be announcing the winner Monday, February 25th!

AND every comment will be entered in the Grand Prize - A $90 gift card at Ribbon Carousel! 

Your next stop in the hop is the lovely and talented Laurie Wilison!

Also be sure to check out the Banner i made for my Valentine Ensemble. Click here to see my other Hop today and win more prizes!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies

Supplies
Stamps: Hampton Art: Borders Background, Studio G (heart), Doodle Bug You Said It, KI Memories Tick Tock KI0023, Doodle Bug Thankful, 7 Gypsies Ticket Stub PS0681
Ink: Colorbox: Dye ink - Mudslide. Mix'd Media Inx - Leather. Top Boss Watermark.
Cardstock: Core'dinations - Vintage Collection, Whitewash Collection, Neutrals
Twine: May Arts
Cutting files: Banner, Heart1, Heart2, Flower
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Embossing Powder: Hampton Art - Clear & Pink

Hampton Art - Hello

Hi!

Today i have a card on the Hampton Art Blog. A cute and easy card to just say hello! I wish i had a sneak peek for you, but my hard drive died a couple weeks ago and my brother was able to find some of my files, but this photo is not with them!  :(

But you click here to see the post and all the nice photos!

Dana

Hampton Art - Birthday Card

Hi!!

Today i have a card on the Hampton Art Blog and i usually post a little sneak peek, but alas, my computer is still down for the count so i don;t have access to my photos. :(

But i hope you will still check out the card, here!

Have a great day!!! (i really hope to have my computer back this weekend!!!)

Thanks!
Dana

Happy New Year!

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a great New Year! I popping in real quick to let you know that i have a card on Hampton Art blog today!!

Here's a sneak peek! Click here to check out the rest of the card!!

Thanks!
Dana

Hampton Art - You Are an Angel

Hi!

Just wanted to let everyone know i have a card on Hampton Art's blog today. Click here to check it out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Hampton Art - Mr. & Mrs.

Hello!

I have a card featured on Hampton Art's blog today! Make sure you stop by, here is a sneek peek for you!

And don;t forget to leave a comment, every comment from all this months posts get entered in a monthly giveaway!

Thanks!
Dana

Moxie Fab Keen on Neon Challenge

Hi!

I'm popping in real quick to share a card i made this weekend this weekend for Moxie Fab's Keen on Neon Challenge. Today is the last day, so if you want to play along you better get crackin!! :)

The challenge is to use Neon, and looking through my stash, the only think that could be considered neon is some orange embossing powder that i got, but never used. And since its still the holiday the season, i wanted to make a Christmas card. It also looks a lot more orange in person, its cloudy today, so had to do inside pictures!

I found at Micheal's this oh so cute birdy stamp by Hampton Art. First i stamped the birds on my cardstock. Then i stamped and embossed the background. Before i melted the powder, i used a toothpick to carefully brush of the powder from the birds legs, i wanted the background to be the background to the birds!

Next i stamped the birds again on Kraft paper, cut them out and added them to my cardbase with pop up dots. I added some black pearls for the birds eyes and a little glitter glue to the birds hats! Last i added a little Kraft ink to the edges of the cardbase.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! The semester is over today (and finals, YAY!!), so i'll be spending a lot of time in the craft room the next couple weeks, so stay tuned for new cards and projects!!!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Hampton Art - PS0692, Hero Arts - Lattice Background
Ink: Papertrey Ink - Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy, Classic Kraft. Versamark - Watermark Ink
Embossing Powder: American Crafts

Holiday Hop Day 1: Vintage with DCWV & Hampton Art

Hello and welcome to day one of the two-day DCWV/Hampton Art Holiday Hop!

DCWV and Hampton Art are two companies that go above and beyond to provide a wide seleciton of products from classic, to vintage, to trendy and modern. So, when we decided to team up it was only natural that we would want to show you some variety.

Day #1 of our hop is all about vintage! Whether you are talking lace and pearls and soft weathered colors or distressed, grungy and anged, if you love all things vintage we have some beautiful projects to show you today!

If you have come here from Jan Garber's blog then you're on track! If not, you should go back to the DCWV blog and start the hop from there!

Here's today hop list! (Giveaway info at the end of my post!)

Hop Beginning : http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/ 

Vivian Keh : http://contadinak.wordpress.com/ 

Jan Garber : http://scrapnsurprise.blogspot.com/ 

Dana Warren : http://www.kraftpaperstamps.blogspot.com/ 

Hilde Stolk : http://hildejanbroers.blogspot.nl/ 

Gini Williams Cagle : http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/ 

Rita Barakat : http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/ 

Linda Abadie : http://lindaabadie.com/ 

Tessa Buys : http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/ 

Beverly Sizemore : http://bevscreativepath.blogspot.com/ 

Karla Der : http://madebykarla10.blogspot.com/ 

Gloria Stengel : http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/ 

Amanda Philips : http://oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/ 

End of Day 1 - Hampton Art :  http://blog.hamptonart.com/ 

I like vintage ... but i'm not good at making anything super vintage! There are some awesome designers out there that do it wonderfuly! But i'm not one! :) My vintage usually includes a vintage (or like) image, vintage paper and distressed edges, what i like think of as light vintage! :)

I started with some DCWV pattern paper and trimmed it to fit my cardbase, then i inked the edges with Mudslide dye ink by Colorbox. Their dye ink makes great ink to distress edges, i love to use Mudslide and Putty.

Next i stamped the ballerina image from Hampton Art/Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet 2 and embossed it with clear powder. Then i colored it with water colors. I trimmed my card stock, then i cut the panel into 3 strips. Next i rounded each corner of the strips, then inked the edges.

I matted the strips on some DSWV green pattern paper. I used pop up dots and let a little bit of the green paper show between each strip.

Next i made a twine fringe to edge the green panel (and i thought it added a nice vintage touch to the card) To do this i used double sided tape on the wrong side of the green panel. I made loops with my twine, once i did one row i went back down for a second and a third.

I stamped the sentiment in Mudslide ink, then inked the edges. But it still needed a little more distressing. To do this i pressed some of the dye ink onto a cleark stamping block. I added a little bit of water to the ink and painted some areas of the scroll. I adhered the sentiment to the stamped panel. And last added the panel to my cardbase with pop up dots.

Hampton Art & DCWV are giveaway some awesom goodies! Just leave a comment along each blog TODAY and TOMORROW to be entered, the more blogs you comment on the better your chance!

Hampton Art's Prize Pack:

Thanks so much for stopping by! The next stop is the wonderfuly talented Hilde Stolk!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Hampton Art: Nutcracker Sweet 1 & 2 IC0204, IC0205
Pattern Paper: DCWV: Heirloom Christmas Stack
Ink: Colorbox: Dye Ink - Mudslide, Pigment Ink - Chestnut
Embossing Powder: Hampton Art: Clear
Twine: May Arts