Ohh girls you will not be dissapointed by what Dani has in store for you tomorrow!

Check out my wee peek…

And what peek would be complete without a few LO’s from Dani’s Girls?

Tracy:

Keela:

Rachelle:

and finally one from me, ShannonG:

Don’t forget to check out Sweet Shoppe Designs tomorrow for the full reveal!

Hope you all are having a Happy 4th!

ShannonG

In case you hadn’t heard yet, Dani is the featured designer at Songbird Avenue Inc. this month!

She has created this awesome kit:

Endless Summer:

You can find this amazing kit here: Songbird Avenue

You can also read about Dani’s charity of choice here: S.A.F.E. House

Here are a few pages Dani’s Girls made with Endless Summer:

Tracy:

Rachelle:

Keela:

and one from me, ShannonG

Please make sure and stop over at Songbird Avenue and check out this amazing kit, donate to Dani’s charity of choice and get this wonderful kit as a bonus!

Have a wonderful day bloggers!

ShannonG

Happy July everyone!  I’m here today to bring you the next Template Challenge.  That’s right, just download this template, decorate it any way you want and post your link back here by July 31st for a chance to win a GC from Dani. 

First let’s announce our June Template winner…megan (meganmecrazy)!  Megan please CONTACT DANI to claim your prize!  Here’s a look at her LO…

DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE HERE

Here’s what a few of us did with it…

By Amanda

Credits:  Americana

By Shannon

Credits:  Deep Blue Sea

By me (Tracy)

Credits:  Techno Princess,  Ultimate Stitching: Not So Basic, Hand Stitched Alpha

A month ago, my daughter and I went over to my friend’s house. I got tons of wonderful photos of her and of the two of us together. I wanted to make a little mini album with these photos so I decided to alter a board book. Dani’s Gidget kit was perfect for this album because the colors matched the great colors in my photos!

Supplies: 1 blank 5×5″ board book (you can also alter one of your kids’ board books), Mod Podge (paper formula), small foam brush, fine tip crafting scissors, sanding sponge, assorted ribbons and twine, paper and fabric flowers, 1 small clothespin, button, hot glue gun, a pair of my DD’s old jeans - I cut out one pocket and two belt loops.

First, I created my pages in PSE. My book had ten pages and a front and back cover. I sized each interior page at 5×5″ and decided to make one long continuous print to cover the front and back cover. I sized the cover at 5×10.25″. I had done a board book before and I didn’t cover the spine. The covers started separating from the book near the spine so I wanted to cover it this time. Once my pages were designed, I opened up two 12×18″ canvases. I flattened my pages and dragged them onto the 12×18’s, then saved them as JPEGs. I sent these prints to Costco for printing on matte photo paper (lustre finish).

After I had my prints I cut them out and gathered my supplies! Then I started gluing my pages in, starting on the inside pages, saving my cover for last. I applied a thin coat of Mod Podge with my foam brush to my board book and a layer to the back of my print to make sure that baby was really stuck on there. I glued to the front side of each page first, waited until the Mod Podge was 110% dry, trimmed off the overhang with my fine tip crafting scissors, then repeated the process for the back side of each page. Don’t rush Mod Podge!! It will come back to bite you in the bum! If you print at home, you may want to let your prints sit overnight before using Mod Podge as I’ve heard some people have trouble with ink running and pages curling.

For my cover, I wrapped my print around the book to get an idea of where the creases would need to go on my print for the spine. I took my print off and made sharper creases at these points. I then glued the cover on with Mod Podge and trimmed the overhang after it dried. With all my pages and my cover attached, I was ready to sand with my sanding sponge! This helps smooth out any jagged edges on your prints.

Next came my favorite part!! EMBELLIES! I first added some ribbon to the cover and some of the interior pages. Then I started working on my pocket. I cut out some ribbon and hot glued them to the inside of my pocket.

Then I added my flower clipped with the clothespin, hot gluing the pin to the inside of the pocket. Once this was done I applied a line of hot glue to the inside of the pocket on top of the ribbon pieces and then glued the pocket shut. I attached the pocket and the belt loops to my cover with hot glue.

Then I added a few paper flowers, a twine bow, and a button to the front cover! I was done! I just love how this turned out and I hope you’re inspired to make something similar! TFL!

Good evening everyone! I apologize for the late blog post tody. I am in the middle of planning my son’s birthday party for tomorrow and I am going nuts. So much to do and so little time! Since I have birthday on the brain right now I thought I would highlight Dani’s super cute “A Very Merry Unbirthday” kit that she did with Mandabean. I love the colors in this kit and all the little elements are so detailed and fantastic. This kit works great for girls as well as boys.

Here are a couple fabulous pages done with this kit:

Amber1279:

Vanessa:

Meems:

hgj46064:

 I hope the rest of your Monday goes great and I am off to finish up a cars cake!!!

Happy Friday everyone! I am very excited to get to do the post today as I have a big sneak peek for you! YEAH!!! Dani’s new kit Americana will hit the shelves at Sweet Shoppe Designs tomorrow morning and let me tell you this kit is FABULOUS!!! I love the red, white and blue scheme and the papers and embellies are just gorgeous. So here is your peek and a little bit of inspiration from Dani’s Girls.

From Erica

From Traci

From Jaque

From Shannon

And there will be a Sweet Keepsake album for sale that was made with the kit. I have gotten to play with it and just love it.

So make good and sure to stop by Sweet Shoppe tomorrow and check out Americana while it is 20% off.

Thank you and have a great weekend!

Here’s a little beachy desktop for your hot and summery July…

DOWNLOAD HERE (includes 1024×768 and 1280×800 sizes)

This desktop was made using Dani’s Gidget Kit

Enjoy!

Also on another note…the County Fair Circle Album that we gave away on NSD weekend is still available for download, but only through June 30th.  So if you haven’t grabbed it already, please go HERE and get it quickly.

Hi everyone!  It’s time for our next tumble here on the Girl Talk blog.  We want you to pick a layout by Amanda (gracielou). You can find her fabulous gallery at Sweet Shoppe Designs.  I am always amazed at her layouts (I have more than a few in my favorites).  I love the way she is able to layer the papers and her use of multiple photos. 

First let’s announce the winner of the last Tumble Challenge…Brittney!  Please contact Dani HERE to claim your prize: CONTACT DANI

Here are some of the layouts Dani’s Girls created based on Amanda’s awesome layouts…

Shannon’s “Go” was inspired by Amanda’s Cool Dude…

Credits: Road Trip & Scrappers Tool Box: Creative Crops by Dani Mogstad

Tracy’s “Fun In The Sun” was inspired by Amanda’s Monkey n’ Around…

Credits: Gidget by Dani Mogstad
Summer Wordart by Jodie McNally
 

Corey’s “Silly” was inspired by Amanda’s New Laptop…

Credits:  Her Royal Highness by Dani Mogstad and Emily Merritt
Ultimate Stitches Imperfect Circles by Dani Mogstad

For your chance to win a prize go check out Amanda’s gallery, pick out one of your favorite layouts, give it a little tumble and leave us a link in the comments by 7/20.

Poor Shannon is having computer issues right now so I thought I’d come on here and post for her today.  She picked an older kit of Dani’s for us to work with.  Sometimes there are those kits that you forget you have in your stash and when you find them they just seem perfect at the time.  This is one of those kits.  With all the summer activities going on around here where I live Heat Wave is just what I need to get the scrapping ideas flowing.  So go check out this kit and our layouts below showing it off!

By Shannon

Credits:  Heat Wave, Scrap Stash: Buttons by Two Sisters Design

By Julie

Credits:  Heat Wave

and one by me (Tracy)

Credits:  Heat Wave, Journaling strip from MVP, Red paper and ribbon from Crazy Love, Hand Stitched Alpha, Blue Felt Trim from It’s My Party (Cookie template from SSD) 

Lately I’ve been addicted to making cards. Oragami Cards, shape cards, and everything else! This weekend I was reading Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine {Premiere Issue) when I came across a very easy and unique project, the Paper Bag Card. I remembered making one of these before during my rubber stamping days, but I hadn’t seen it done in a few years. BTW- The Premiere Issue of Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine is FREE! CLICK HERE.

Here’s my card:

Inside, notice the fun little pocket.

Template I created for you:

One thing I didn’t add to my card was an insert in the pocket on the right. It’s a great place for a map or other stuff! Have fun and I’d love to see what you do with this!

Credits:

Bowl-A-Rama by Traci Reed & Dani Mogstad