SNEAK PEEK TIME!!
Sooo here it is…
And how ’bout a little inspiration from Dani’s Girls(it never gets old to know I’m included in that phrase)…
Angie:
Tracy:
Sara:
Heather:
And finally mine:
Sooo don’t forget to stop by SSD to see Dani’s remake of one of her very first kits!
Happy Friday!
OK bloggers, I can’t even begin to tell you how much I swore I wasn’t going to buy into the Hype of the Twilight Series…I mean it…NOPE, I wasn’t going to do it.
1st off let me say that I try to avoid trendy at all costs, I’m a almost 35 year old woman, who has lived and learned a lot in my years and one of those lessons that I really took to heart and have tried to live by was not doing something just because everyone else is doing it. I often times still fail in this, and I’m here to tell you I fought reading the Twilight Series for this very reason. I didn’t want to jump on the bandwagon with the rest of the world(OK, I admit, its probably not the world, but it sure seemed like most of the Digi-Scrapping Community, which makes up a big part of my free time world), I was just going to skip over all the posts and think to myself, what is UP with these crazy women?
Well, I have to admit defeat. I have bus duty at work once a month and it gives me 45 minutes a day to basically sit and read. I have used this time to read some amazing books, books that scholars reccomend to me, books that make me culturally aware…blah blah blah…
On the first day of school my wonderful co-worker and great friend put Twilight in my hands and said READ THIS, and my first thought was…OHHH NO…NOT YOU TOO…I think I actually said these words outloud, LOL. So for the last three weeks Twilight has been sitting on my desk untouched, well Monday marked my first week of Bus Duty, so I carefully picked up the book, looked at that bright red apple on the cover and thought, What the heck. You are a rational human being, you have read COUNTLESS books, covering countless genres. What harm can it do to just READ this and see what all the hype is about.
Monday came and went with only about one Chapter read, I just couldn’t see the allure…Tuesday, same thing, I thought to myself….all right, I’m not sure what everyone is so crazy about, this is a great story YES, but why all the Twilight-itis? Wednesday marked my spiral into totally understanding what the hype was about…In one little line…in one tiny quotation my newfound love of Edward and his total love for Bella exploded and I am officially hooked…
Chapter 14 page 304…
“For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours…all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t born yet.”
Thats all it took…I’m hooked…at 35 years old I can admit…I’m a sucker for an amazing love story, probably in part because I live in one, the odds that my husband and I overcame to be where we are today lends itself to my complete and utter sappiness…
Sooo Twilight is done, I’m finished and I made a very early morning call to my co-worker this am almost giddy with my words…BRING THE SECOND BOOK! She just laughed and said OK. Honestly, that was the conversation in entirety…she knew…with no more words that I had lost my Twilight battle, and I think from the tone of her OK, she was totally happy to be the woman that made this loss possible.
Sooo bloggers, I know this is an odd post for Dani’s blog-but what can I say, I have nothing else I want to chat about today, I just wanted you all to know that if you haven’t read these books, I think you should…and if you have, then…don’t tell me anything…I will be through the last three by Monday…and then we can dish all ya want.
Have a happy Thursday…and keep your eyes peeled for new Dani stuff tomorrow! I promise you won’t be dissapointed.
I wanted to have some kind of a central location where I could keep assignments and keep track of my kids school stuff. We are homeschoolers, but I think this project transfers to non-homeschoolers without many adjustments.
For the digital part of this project I used Dani’s 2 Cool 4 School. It is great for girls and boys and perfect for any age group (because the older kids love it too :)). After making my assignment charts and 1.5 inch circles of patterned paper (for the magnets), I printed at Costco (my fave) on the lustre finish.
For my regular supplies, I used a large bulletin board, pieces of galvonized aluminum (I found them at my craft store, but the hardware store carries them too–mine came in 12″x12″), ric-rac, clear pebbles (flat on one side), magnets, 1.5 inch whole punch, hot glue gun, mod podge, and a paint brush.
- First, I used the hot glue gun to glue the aluminum to the bulletin board.
-Next, I glued the ric-rac to cover the seem of the aluminum against the bulletin board (with the hot glue gun again).
-Then, I punched out my circles, and used the paint brush to paint the mod podge on the paper circle and stuck it to the pebble (wait for it to completely dry before gluing on the magnet with the glue gun).
-After everything is dry, I used my cute new magnets to hang up my homework charts. I will probably laminate these homework charts, so we can reuse them! 
I’m not that excited about it being September, I’m a summer girl! But, here is it, and at least it brought me the excitement of being able to bring you the template this month! Shannon and Tracy were gracious enough to let me do this, and I’m excited about it!
Before we get to the new template, though, it’s time to pick a winner from August!
I used the random number generator and it gave me #7 - which was Brittney Congrats, Brittney! Contact Dani for your GC!
Now onto this month’s challenge! Complete a layout using the new template, link us up here, and you could be next month’s gift certificate winner!
Here’s the template, click it to download!
Here’s a couple from the CT to get you inspired!
by Mindy
by Tracy
Can’t wait to see what everyone does with this template!
While Dani is busy working away at a new treat for us next week…I thought I would spotlight one of her recent kits that seems to be popping up all over the galleries. I love that she made this kit perfect for boy and girl Dino lovers out there!
By Sara
By Rachelle
By Kristin
By Traci Reed
and one by Dani herself…
~ Tracy
I’ve been looking through the galleries for layouts using Dani’s goodies and here just of the few that caught my eye and are full of inspiration. Hope you click on the images and leave some xoxo for these talented scrappers.
Beach Scenes by Darcy Baldwin
Rocks by Jaclyn (mrs_jb)
Dino Muffins by Stacey (Stacey42)
Girls Day Out by BeccaBoo
Have you checked out Dani’s Holiday In the Sun kit yet? It’s perfect now that summer is coming to an end and we all have those vacation photos to play with. Did you jet off to Europe or take a cruise somewhere tropical? No matter what the vacation was, this kit will show off your photos wonderfully.
Check out what Dani’s Girls did with this kit!
By Angie
By Dawn
By Ashleigh
By Erica
By Mindy
By Sam
By Corey
By Rachelle
By Shannon
and one by me…
~Tracy
Hi Everyone!
I have a hybrid bracket album to show you today. Its a little different than most you have seen because I used a bind-it-all for the binding rather than the ring that came with it. Here’s what mine looks like:
To use the bind it all I needed to trim just a tiny bit off the left edge to give it a flat edge instead of the bracket shape.
Supplies I used:
Basic Grey Bracket Chipboard Album
Sketch It Bracket Album Templates
Bind-it-all
Fiskars Cutting Knife
Cutting Mat
Xyron 4″ Cheetah Adhesive
Cats Eye Chalk Ink
Ribbon
Staples Double Sided Matte Photo Paper
The following kits from Dani:
First I created my pages with the templates and printed them. Then I cut them out with scissors (not perfectly, I will still trim it more exact later - right now its just to make it easier to line up when using the adhesive). I applied my adhesive like this. I don’t use adhesive in the center, only on the edges:
After I had one side attached, I used my craft knife to trim around the edge.
I then repeated with the other side, and then inked the edges. Then I trimmed a tiny bit off the side I’m going to bind to make a straight edge for the bind-it-all. Lastly, I used my bind-it-all. I’m not going to get into detail on that, as instructions are included with it should you decide to get one. I added a few ribbons, and here’s my album…
Hey all!!! This is my first post on the Dani’s girls blog since I joined the CT last month and I am soooo excited to be here posting about our new Tumble Challenge! For this next Tumble we are using the amazing gallery of Sara (scarletsierra). There are so many gorgeous LO’s to choose from, I had the hardest time choosing. LOL
Here are some LO’s from the CT girls using Sara’ gallery
Shannon chose to tumble Faith
PNE123 tumbled She’s a Rainbow
Tracy choose Sweet Boy
Mind lifted Balloons!!
And I choose to lift So Beautiful
For your chance to win a prize go check out Sara’s gallery, pick out one of your favorite layouts, give it a little tumble and leave us a link in the comments by 9/21. GOOD LUCK and happy scrapping!!
Just a little Update…The Winner of our Tumble Class Julie is Alansrock with this LO:
Please contact Dani @ HERE.
Thanks everyone for playing along.
I am SO excited that I am this week’s sneak peak girl!!!! Dani has a fabulous 2 scoops coming with the ever so talented Susan aka the Chef. Here is your first peak at the kit (Susan whipped up the cute preview)
Of course I have more!!! What would a Sneak Peak be without some layouts by the fantastic Dani’s Girls!!!
By Angie
By Julie
By Tracy
By Shannon
By Angie
If you love this kit, like we all did then be sure to stop by Sweet Shoppe Designs tomorrow and grab it 20% off!
