Danielle Daws

I'm Featured On The Create Blog!!

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:47:00 +0000

My craft space is, to be precise. :-)

I was blown away when Wendy Sue Anderson from the team over at the Create Blog emailed me to ask if they could feature my craft space! You can check out the feature HERE.

Have you been yet? No, seriously. I'll wait. :-)

If you're a regular to my blog, you've probably seen my post on my craft space, but I've made a few extra storage additions recently that are on the Create post right now.

One item that you didn't see over on the Create blog is what's in the post on it's way to me... One of the NEW Ribbon Carousels! Head over to the Ribbon Carousel Blog to check out all the features and to enter the giveaway! You can also enter on the Ribbon Carousel Facebook Page. :-)

I'll be back soon to share some more info! :-)

Danielle

A Little More Masking...

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:32:00 +0000

Hello! I have some more masking to share with you today. These are a set of small gift cards that I made using masks and the negative of the mask. I love how they turned out!

I couldn't manage to get a photo that fully captured the effect, but the white damask pattern (Vintage Wallpaper by Market Street Stamps) covers the entire card front. So I took the mask off to add that section. It's really quite pretty.

I've used two Distress Inks on each design. I love how these inks work together! I've found I get the best results by applying the lightest ink, then the darkest, then reapplying the lightest.

I'm entering these into the Market Street Stamps Block Party and I'm just in time to meet the deadline!

Market Street Stamps Block Party

Thanks for visiting!

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Danielle

Masking #1 - Technique Video

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:47:00 +0000

Hello! Remember that X-Press It Mask It film I've been raving about? Well, I've got my first video tutorial on using it to share today. :-) But first, here are the cards I made in the video...

A few details about X-Press It Mask It film - it's a low tack masking film that's transparent and reusable, and it has a handy grid on the backing sheet that's visible from both sides. Perfect for placing dies to make your mask. :-)

I hope you find this tutorial useful! Thanks so much for visiting. :-)

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Danielle

Oh. Em. Gee.

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:40:00 +0000

You know Kim Teasdale? As in, Paper In The Works, colouring guru and general "I wanna be her when I grow up" kinda gal?

I got an email from her a couple of weeks ago. A rather flattering email in which she announced that she's starting a new challenge blog and she'd seen my work, and she thought I'd be a perfect fit for the DT... would I be interested??

I wish I could tell you that I nonchalantly opened my email and read it with the cool-ness of someone... well... cool.

Alas, I cannot.

My jaw literally dropped and then I said... "HOLY F&%$ KNUCKLE!"

Yep. I am that cool. I can't even use expletives in a cool way...

I wrote a hurried email in reply basically saying that I'd started speaking gibberish as soon as I read her email and that I've been blog stalking her for AGES...

There's that cool streak again. ;-)

And of course I said YES. She may live to regret the invitation...

iSpy Sketches

All I have left to ~~say~~ squeal is this...

My name is on Kim's blog!

MY name is on KIM'S blog!

And I totally didn't put it there!

Danielle

RCC37 - Non-Traditional Colors with Suzanne

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:05:00 +0000

I'm a little late posting this card for The Ribbon Carousel Challenge, because no matter what idea I had, I just couldn't get it to work! And now that I've managed it, I can't get a good photo that shows all the details... Argh!

The front panel with the heart is white embossed on white card and I then masked a heart and coloured it using Distress Inks. And the bottom panel is dry embossed with a PTI Impressions Plate. So it's CAS, but with some texture. Not to mention the gorgeous Black Seam Binding from The Ribbon Carousel...

Check out the challenge post on The Ribbon Carousel Challenge blog for all the details on how you can double your chances of winning this week!

I'm also entering these challenges...

YCU #6

Hero Arts January 2012 Challenge

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

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Danielle

Market Street Stamps - A New Favourite

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:27:00 +0000

I received my first order from Market Street Stamps a couple of days ago, and I'm SO impressed! They're an excellent quality, the prices are awesome, and the designs are just gorgeous. I'm sold!

I used 2 Market Street Stamps for this card, Vintage Wallpaper and Believing Butterfly.

I just love this quote!

And here are the challenges I'm entering:

Market Street MSSCC10

Card Patterns 148

DYSU Patterned Paper

Thanks for visiting! :-)

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Danielle

RCC36 - Danielle's Go To Sketch

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:06:00 +0000

It's not my scheduled week to play with the Ribbon Carousel Challenge, but I've been wanting to try the Some Odd Girl stamps for a while so I couldn't resist!

This is the sketch that we're working with this week and you can see all the gorgeous DT samples here.

I've used a digi stamp called Roller Mae - she's so cute! I coloured her with Prismacolor Pencils to match the Studio Calico papers I used. And I finished the card off the card with some gorgeous 5/8 Natural Crochet Ribbon from the Ribbon Carousel.

I hope you join in the challenge!

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Danielle

RCC35 - Inspired By With Laurel

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:05:00 +0000

Hello! I'm back with another challenge post for The Ribbon Carousel Challenge. Laurel has challenged us with this Pinterest photo:

And this week we're being sponsored by Whimsie Doodles. The DT were generously given some images to play with, and in addition to sponsoring our prize, Whimsie Doodles are offering you a 10% discount! Head over to the RCC post to get the discount code and link up your creation.

And here's the card I made using this adorable phone digi stamp. I printed it on white card stock and again on a piece of patterned paper from My Minds Eye Lost & Found Breeze, then paper pieced it together. Then I went in with some Prismacolor Pencils and added some shading. Some Scarab Vintage Seam Binding from The Ribbon Carousel finished it off perfectly.

I quite like how this card turned out. Sadly, my CAS cards take FAR longer than it would seem to make!

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Danielle

Blush Babette

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:23:00 +0000

I've been itching to use this gorgeous stamp by The Greeting Farm. Her name is Blush Babette and she's available from Craft-A-Lot. I just love her hair! The patterned paper is also from Craft-A-Lot and I really love the muted colours.

I coloured her using my Prismacolor pencils. I think I'm finally getting the hang of colouring blonde hair!

And I used these challenges...

Card Patterns #147

The Play Date Cafe #113

Simon Says Something New

(This is the first time I've inked up this stamp)

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

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Danielle

I Only Have Eyes For You... A Ladybug Variation

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:07:00 +0000

I was so pleased with how my first ladybug card turned out that I made a variation of it for my husband for our 6th Wedding Anniversary today.

I have a few other ideas up my sleeve using this free cute digi stamp from The Alley Way Stamps too. Stay tuned! ;-)

I used Microsoft Published to do the sentiment. I think it's quite sweet actually!

I'm also going to enter this into these challenges...

YCU Challenge #5 - Clean and Simple

Simon Says Something New

(New stamps from a new company!)

Wee Memories #81 Something New

(New stamps from a new company!)

Thanks for visiting!

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Danielle

Sweet Ladybugs

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:44:00 +0000

I hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year, and that 2012 is treating you well so far!

I have a very Clean and Simple card to share tonight...

I coloured the images with my Prismacolor pencils. I love how vibrant they are on kraft card stock!

My cards uses the adorable free digital stamps that are currently available HERE from The Alley Way Stamps. The Alley Way Stamps is a new stamp company and the sets they've released so far are gorgeous!

I'm also going to enter this into these challenges...

YCU Challenge #5 - Clean and Simple

Simon Says Something New

(New stamps from a new company!)

Wee Memories #81 Something New

(New stamps from a new company!)

Thanks to Barb for pointing out these challenges to me!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Danielle

Rain, Snow, Shine

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:36:00 +0000

I have a few final holiday cards to share tonight. I say holiday cards rather than Christmas cards because I used stamps and papers that aren't specifically designed for Christmas. I used the Rain Snow Shine stamp set by The Greeting Farm, and Echo Park Times & Seasons Patterned Paper, both from Craft-A-Lot. And I used the gorgeous 5/8" Ivory Cotton Twill Ribbon from The Ribbon Carousel to tie a sumptuous bow on each card.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Years!

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Danielle

Masking Film - X-Press IT Mask Film

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:04:00 +0000

Hi there!

When I did my first video tutorial, I used a masking film when I was doing the background. I had a lot of emails and comments about it and whether I could link up where to find it. I'm thrilled to say that the masking film I used, X-PressIT Mask It Film, is now available to purchase from Craft-A-Lot!

I've added it to my supply list for that post, and I'm also working on a few videos specifically on using X-PressIT Mask It Film. Stay tuned!!

Danielle

Noel - From Start To Finish

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Hello! I have another video to share today, using some products from Craft-A-Lot and Sew Sweet. I've linked up the products at the bottom of the post, but I want to point out 3 in particular - Webster's Pages Holiday Silhouettes and Webster's Pages - A Botanical Christmas - Winter Fairy Tales, both available from Craft-A-Lot, and 5/8" Ivory Plain Twill Ribbon from Sew Sweet.

Just a little heads up - I played around with speeding up the footage for this video in the hopes that I could make the whole thing more concise... but I think I went a little overboard!! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

I really wasn't sure how I wanted to use the Webster's Pages Holiday Silhouettes when I first got them, but I have to say that I really like the result.

And the same card design, but using a different cameo...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Danielle

A Few Christmas Cards...

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:52:00 +0000

A few Christmas cards to share with you, all using patterned paper from Webster's Pages - A Botanical Christmas - Winter Fairy Tales, available from Craft-A-Lot. This first one also uses Old Gold Satin Ribbon from Sew Sweet.

The next one was inspired by this gorgeous card by Alison Spellman.

And continuing on with negative die-cutting...

I love this Chocolate Brown Button Twine from Sew Sweet!

I cut out the sentiments with the Silhouette using some words I welded together. To download these sentiments, click HERE.

Wee Memories Challenge #79

I'm entering the last into the Young Crafter's Unite Challenge #4.

Thanks for visiting! :-)

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Danielle

RCC33 - Tangled Twine!

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:13:00 +0000

It's time for another Ribbon Carousel Challenge! This week the challenge is to add twine to your project. :-) I've used some gorgeous Olive Jute/Twine and some 5/8" Natural Crochet Ribbon from The Ribbon Carousel.

And here are the challenge details...

This week we're being sponsored by Whisker Graphics Divine Twine. One lucky random participant will win their choice of 2 spools of twine! AND this challenge will run for two weeks, so you have plenty of time to enter.

Here are a few close-ups of my card for this week.

I've used a Gorjuss stamp from Craft-A-Lot called The Bear and I teamed it with some patterned paper from Webster's Pages - A Botanical Christmas - Winter Fairy Tales.

I'm entering a few other challenges as well... :-)

The Deconstructed Sketch #30

Wee Memories Challenge #79

Lily Pad Button Challenge

Simon Says Christmas Photomontage Inspiration

Thanks for stopping by!

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Danielle

Inspired By Laura Bassen

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:45:00 +0000

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share with you today, inspired by this gorgeous card by Laura Bassen. I adore Laura's style! Make sure you check out her fabulous blog, Doublestick Heaven.

The papers are from The 12 Days of Christmas by My Mind's Eye, available from Craft-A-Lot. The ribbon is the beautiful Scarlet Berry Satin Ribbon from Sew Sweet.

And here are the challenges I'm entering...

Paper Sundaes Challenge #99 - Anything Christmas

Lily Pad Button Challenge (only the second card)

Simon Says Christmas Photomontage Inspiration

Wee Memories Challenge #79 - Holiday

Thanks for visiting!

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Danielle

Go With The Flow...

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:47:00 +0000

Hi there. A quick card share using some of the gorgeous goodies I got from Craft-A-Lot recently. I'm completely in love with these papers - Authentique Free Bird Series Endless & Fair Weather 6x6 Paper Pad.

And the sentiment is from Unity. Check out the range at Craft-A-Lot HERE.

Thanks for visiting! :-)

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Danielle

Tying A Bow With Wide Ribbon - Another Video!

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:31:00 +0000

Hi! I got a lovely email this week asking how I tied the bow for this card that I did for Christmas last year. I've been asked about tying bows a few times before, so I thought it was about time I showed how I do it!

I used the May Arts 1.5" Black/Ivory Striped Grosgrain Ribbon from The Ribbon Carousel for this video. :-)

This tutorial will also appear on the Ribbon Carousel Blog - make sure you visit to check out the other fabulous tutorials!

Thanks for visiting!

Danielle

Butterfly Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:25:00 +0000

You've most likely seen some fabulous negative die-cut cards on the net, like this butterfly one and this heart one. These two beauties were the inspiration for the card I'm sharing tonight. I used some gorgeous new paper from Craft-A-Lot - Authentique Free Bird Series Endless & Fair Weather 6x6 Paper Pad.

I'm entering this into the Simon Says... Anything Goes challenge and the Young Crafter's Unite Challenge #4.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Danielle

Peace

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:40:00 +0000

Just in time! This is a card for the sketch challenge over at The CLASSroom - Ellen Huston's blog. I started this yesterday, got the panel of papers down and then stared at it for an hour or so! It was a race to beat the linky closing when I suddenly got inspired 20 minutes ago.

The papers are from The 12 Days of Christmas by My Mind's Eye, available from Craft-A-Lot. I love the funky colours in this range! The ribbon is some more of the delectable satin ribbon from Sew Sweet.

Here's the sketch from The CLASSroom:

And my card strangely fits the colour challenge at The CLASSroom too!

I'm also entering these challenges:

DYSU Challenge #48

Simon Says... Anything Goes

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #14

And a BIG thank you to everyone who left me lovely comments on my post yesterday. I'm thrilled with the response to my first video tutorial! :-)

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Danielle

Gorjuss Snowman Card Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:00:00 +0000

It was a steep learning curve, and I have to admit that I very nearly threw in the towel... but here it is... my first video tutorial!

Be gentle! ;-)

The stamp I've used, Gorjuss Snowman, is available from Craft-A-Lot. And while you're there, check out the new Gorjuss stamps! I sure hope Colleen's put some aside for me!

And now, for your viewing pleasure... ;-)

Thank you so much for visiting! I really appreciate all the support I get through my blog and this wonderful crafting community. :-)

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Danielle

RCC31 - Colour Our World

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:01:00 +0000

This week at The Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog, Stephanie Muzzulin is challenging you to Colour our World! Neutrals can always be used, but be sure to keep with Stephanie’s palette of Kraft, Red and Brown as your inspiration.

And we have The Greeting Farm as our sponsor! The Greeting Farm will be giving one lucky random winner a choice of 4x6 rubber stamp set or one of their fabulous new clear acrylic stamp sets!

Here's my card for this week's challenge. I used this gorgeous digi stamp from The Greeting Farm called Dressy Ebony - isn't she sweet?

I coloured her with my Prismacolor pencils. The gorgeous seam binding that I've ruffled/looped can be found HERE. I am completely and utterly in love with seam binding. :-)

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items, paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine, lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). ***

Did you know that there's a new Ribbon Carousel Blog? It's separate from the challenge blog, and will be featuring tutorials, videos, sneak peeks, and more. Make sure you check it out!

I'm also entering this into the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #145.

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

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Danielle

Accentuate The Negative...

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:29:00 +0000

Accentuate the negative die cuts, that is!

Craft-A-Lot's gorgeous owner, Colleen, recently sent me a fabulous pack of goodies from the store, including the beautiful 12 Days Of Christmas Paper Pack by My Minds Eye. LOVE these papers! So I thought I'd use a bit to have a go with using the negative of a die cut. I was so inspired by this gorgeous card by Julie Ebersole.

Yep, they're ultra simple... but aren't the flashes of those beautiful papers great?

I cut out the sentiments with the Silhouette (it needs to go back to it's owner soon... boo!) using some words I welded together. To download these sentiments, click HERE.

I'm entering these into the Young Crafter's Unite Challenge #4.

Thanks for visiting! :-)

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Danielle

Making A Photobook

noreply@blogger.com (Danielle Daws) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:44:00 +0000

My parents recently asked me to use up a voucher they bought for a photobook. I felt bad just taking a voucher, so I offered to make one up for them of their 3 grand-kids. I'm pretty pleased with how it looks in digital form, hopefully it will look good when it arrives too! So I thought I'd share the pages I did of Olivia...

They're pretty simple, but I like that. :-)

Danielle