Simply Deneen

Flower Whale

Isn't this Flower Whale stamp set the most gorgeous whale you ever have seen?  It was designed by Tatsiana Zayats for The Rabbit Hole Designs.

I had so much fun creating this Birthday card and here are the steps in case you'd like to create one too.

I cut a rectangle using the largest die from the Outside In Stitched rectangles from Lawn Fawn.  Then I used distress oxide ink to blend the background and slattered it with water and liquid stardust.  Next I stamped and die cute the images from the Flower Whale stamp set and colored them using copic markers.  I cut out the Birthday Scripty Die from lavender cardstock and used a white gelly roll pen to add details.  I figured out where all my die cut pieces would go and stamps the word wishes from the Birthday scripty stamp set and finally adhered my images.  I used foam tape behind a couple of the images.  As always if you have any questions please let me know.

What do you think, does it look like the whale is trying to blend in to her surroundings?  

 

Until Next Time

 

Shaker Happy Birthday Card

Today's card features the Scripty Birthday word and shadow die from The Rabbit Hole Designs.

 

Here are the steps I took to make this fun shaker card:

 

 1. On a 3 3/4 x 5 piece of white cardstock ink blend distress oxide inks using the Amanda stencil and the Bitty Bunny Blending Brushes.

2. Using clear scrap packaging I made a shaker pocket and added some fun shaker bits.

3. I used a stong adhesive to attach the shaker panel to a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4  white card base.

4. I die cut the Scripty Birthday word from Black cardstock and the shadow from White cardstock then using liquid glue I attached them together.  

5. I stamped one of the images from Clarence Birthday and colored him with Copic markers.

6. I stamped and embossed the word Happy on black cardstock using white embossing powder and then attached the Happy to the cake.

7. I attached the birthday die and the Clarence Birthday image to the front of my shaker panel.

8. Using a white gelly roll pen I added details to image as well as the word birthday.

 

Have you ever made a full panel shaker card? Let me know in the comments below.

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Thank you for being Mermazing

Happy Monday it's time for another card featuring Stamps and dies from The Rabbit Hole Designs.

I love mermaids and this adorable stamp set Harley Merbunny is so cute and made the perfect thank you card.

I watercolored on regular cardstock by mistake and as you can see the paper started to pill up.  I kinda liked the texture it added to this panel so I decided to go with it.  Next I  colored the bunny with Copic markers and die cut it with the coordinating dies. Once the watercolored panel was dry I stamped the sentiment and added the the image with foam squares. Finally I glued the panel to a note card and added sequins.

 

If you make a mistake while crafting do you throw it away or try to make it work?  

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Masculine Happy Birthday Card

Today I am sharing my first official card as a Brand Ambassador for The Rabbit Hole Designs. 

The stamp set is called Clarence Birthday. How handsome is Clarence?  I am always trying to come up with masculine birthday cards and this stamp set fits the bill perfectly.

I created the tag for this card using the Bitty Bunny Blending Brushes along with the Amanda Stencil and distress oxide inks.  Clarence and his cake are colored with Copic Markers and then die cut with the coordinating die. I also stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the same set and white heat embossed it on black cardstock.  Can I just say the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool is amazing and if you don't already own one you should definately give it a try!

Head on over to The Rabbit Hole Designs to see more ways to use these products. If you happen purchase anything I would love to see what you create.

Do you struggle with Masculine cards or do they come easy to you?  

 

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Brand Ambassador

It's Official I am a Brand Ambassador for The Rabbit Hole Designs!

I am honored and humbled to be a part of such an amazing team of talented crafters. I am on Social Media team and will be sharing mainly on Instagram but more than likely I will be posting my projects here as well.  I am looking forward to this opportunity and hope you will follow along with my journey.

My official first day for sharing projects is the 10th so stay tuned for that.

You can check out the other new designers by visiting this post and while you are there be sure to check out all the designers on the team.

 

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Welcome to 2022

My word for 2022 is

Improve  

There are many aspects of my life that I would like to improve upon this year.  These are just a few of those things:

My relationships

My Health

Organizing my home and being able to let go of things

Carving out some me time without feeling guilty

Reaching some of my crafty goals

 

Do you make New Years Resolutions or choose a word to focus on for the year?  If so I'd love to hear about it.

 

Until Next Time