It's Time!!

 

Guess what time it is!?  Registration is open for 30 Days of Lists!  Head on over to register now!

Can't wait to see what you come up with!  

~ Dawn

#30Lists

Who doesn't love a good list?  Writing out lists makes me happy - it frees up my brain to think about more important things than what needs to be picked up at Target.  Add a little craftiness in there and you have #30lists. 

I've participated in this project several times, and it's really fun!  You can make your lists as simple or as fancy as you want.  Sometimes I use mini books (like the one above that I purchased from Monika Wright at I Love It All) and sometimes I put the list of the day in my notes section of my phone and share the screen shot on instagram / dmg314.

For this round I'm excited to be a sponsor for #30lists!  Click here to sign up for the newsletter to receive more information.  Registration opens on Thursday, August 13th, so be sure stop back to register for some fun with a great community!  [affiliate]

I'm looking forward to see what you list!  I'll be posting some of my lists here, and at dmg314 on instagram. 

If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.  Are you listing in September?

~ Dawn

Hello Deer

I love foresty creatures and these little bears and the deer from Bella Boulevard are the cutest!  The compass is a chipboard sticker, and the deer is cut out from a daily details sheet.  I found some yarn that matched the paper and made a bow to wrap it up.  I rarely make bows, because they never turn out right for me, but I must say I'm pretty impressed with myself on this one. 

This collection makes me think of camping (no kidding, right?!).  We've gone tent camping a couple times at the beach and both trips were disasters.  We can laugh now, but at the time not so much.  Let's just say that both trips involved breaking down camp in scary thunderstorms!   We want to try the woods this time later in the fall.  What are must haves for your camping trips?

~ Dawn

Hooked on You

Hey friends!  Today I'm playing along with the latest Paper Issues link party - chip off the old block.  Bill and I went on an adventure to the Poconos a couple weekends ago and did some fishing and toured several state parks and lakes.  If you ever have the chance to see Raymondskill Falls, GO!  It was super cool!  The hike was scary for me (I'm several levels BELOW beginner), but seeing the falls was well worth it.   You can see some of the pictures I took posted on instagram (dmg314). 

Since I have fishing on the brain, I thought this Campout collection from Bella Boulevard was perfect to make a card for the chipboard challenge.  Is that blue fish the cutest or what?!

Hope you're having a relaxing summer!  What have you been doing?

Thanks for stopping by ~ Dawn

Freaking Amazing

Hello friends!  It's Thursday night and I have a 3 day weekend ahead of me!  Hooray for Independence Day!  Thought I'd share a card I made for the latest Paper Issues link party - Seas the Day.  Nothing says summer or vacation like a nice cold glass of lemonade right?  I made this card using American Crafts paper, Simple Stories Summer Vibes Bits & Pieces and Paper Issues Freaking Sentiments stamp set - this is the PG version.  Such a sassy stamp set - I love it!

I hope you enjoy your holiday - be safe!

~ Dawn

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue

Hello!  Remember me?!  How on earth has so much time gone by?  This is the first card I've made in MONTHS.  I haven't been doing much crafting at all.  That needs to change!  I had a few hours this afternoon with no kids to taxi around, so I decided to play along with Paper Issues Hooray for the Red, White and Blue challenge.  I'm getting in just  under the wire - today is the last day to play along. 

Tomorrow is the first day of summer vacation for my two younger sons, and I have to still go to work.  I hardly see how that's fair!  What are you doing for fun this summer?

Thanks for stopping by -
~ Dawn

bonjour!

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing a card I made a week or so ago using Lawn Fawn's Gleeful Garden set.  I think this has got to be one of my most favorite stamp sets in the history of the universe!  The snails are too cute!  The flower, the bird, the mushrooms!  I took French for many years in high school and college, so the bonjour sentiment is fun too!


I think we may have turned the corner on the weather ... it's supposed to be mild all week with no snow in the forecast.  It's supposed to be in the 50s on Wednesday and Thursday.  YES!!

Enjoy your week!
~ Dawn