Just a quick reminder that there’s still time to do our February template challenge.  Check out the fabulous template Tracy put together for this month’s challenge:

Click the template image to take you to the original post to download the template and read the challenge details.  Happy Scrapping!

Hi Girl Talkers! Happy Wednesday!

I just wanted to share a little love with you today using Dani’s kit “All You Need Is Love.” If you haven’t checked it out, you should! And, it’s on sale 34% off this week during Sweet Shoppe Designs 4th Birthday Bash! It doesn’t get any better than that!

Here’s a little goodie for all of you out there who are afraid to try hybrid! Don’t be afraid…this won’t hurt at all!

I used Dani’s kit to make some cute little tags for the upcoming Valentine’s season. These little tags are the perfect embellishment for small gifts, bags, baked goodies, etc. They add the perfect little touch to any gift.

Here’s what I did:

I printed the file on 8.5×11 premium photo paper. Regular card stock would work too. I decided to mount my circles on red cardstock to add a little extra pizazz, but you definitely don’t have to!

I cut out my circles using a round punch (you could also use a plain pair of scissors). I punched the red card stock with my extra large circle scallop punch for the bases. I then adhered the circles to the bases using double-sided tape.

Once they were done, I simply stuck a glue dot on the backs and stuck them all over the place! Here are a few of the treats I stuck them on:

You could also use them as cupcake toppers, gift bag tags, treat toppers, lunch box notes, etc. I even printed some off to use as a matching game for Valentine’s Day in my classroom. The possibilities are endless!

So, go grab the file here and get playing! I’d love to see what you come up with!

If you have any problems downloading the link, please let me know! I’ll come back and check the comments below for the next few days!

Good luck and happy Valentine’s Day-ing!

Leigh

Another month is here and that means another new template for you to work with for our challenge.  First here is our winner from January…heathergw with her LO Christmas Day Snow!  Congrats!  Contact Dani HERE to claim your prize.

Here is the template for February…

DOWNLOAD HERE

 

Post a link to your layout wiht this template by 2/28 and you’ll have a chance to win a GC from Dani.  You don’t have to use Dani’s products on the layout, but she loves it when you do.

Here are a few examples from us…

By Elizabeth using Don’t Rain On My Parade

By Kjersti using All You Need is Love

By Allie using Gidget

By Rachelle using Mistletoe Magic

By me (Tracy) using Father Knows Best

Hi!  SaraL here with a sweet ‘n thrifty gift idea.

I’m fairly sure I won’t have been the only one who over-spent this Christmas, and times are a little tough regardless, so now is a good time to consider having a go at making your own gifts for friends and family. 

Today I have a simple idea to share.  As you know I’m predominantly a card maker, and so I made a set of matching note cards, all ready for simple gift wrapping:

I prepared three simple, coordinating designs in Photoshop – all sized to perfectly fit my card blanks once printed and cut out.  I made multiple copies of the images so that I could make a gift pack of 5 or so cards.

I chose to use the lovely delicate papers from Dani’s Softly Falling and the vine images from With Gratitude, her triple scoop with Misty Cato and Lauren Reid.  The umbrella was made by layering a Softly Falling paper over the ‘brolly image from Don’t Rain on My Parade by Dani and MandaBean.

Here’s my simple presentation of the finished gift note cards and their envelopes:

…with a little organza ribbon with a pretty hat pin for a final touch. 

I have safely saved my Photoshop designs, so that I can reuse them for future gifts to other friends – or even for selling at school craft fairs!  Oh, and of course, if you know the recipient well, you could try tailoring the subject of your gift note card designs to their interests.

I have very roughly calculated that this simple gift has cost me less than £5 to make and present using my stash of ribbon cut-offs, making it a pretty and thrifty gift! 

Enjoy the rest of January!

SaraL x

 

 

Elizabeth here bring you a super sweet desktop to grace your computer all month long using Dani’s All You Need is Love Kit!!! It comes in 2 sizes (1280×800 and 1024×768) and both sizes come in right and left sided orientation!!!

**DOWNLOAD DESKTOP**

Hi everyone! Jill here and I’ve got 2 really fun projects to share with you!

First is a simple card that I’m sending to a friend who lives in the US. It doesn’t get cold here but I think she’ll relate pretty well with the fun wintery style of my Bundle Up! Card:

For this card, I used Dani’s most recent kit, Chill Out!, which is really all sorts of winter fun! I lvoe the cute doodled snow caps and snowmen!

Next this week is a fun hybrid freebie, perfect for Valentine’s Day! It’s a coupon book for all sorts of fun privileges which I’m going to give my boyfriend. I created blank coupons so that you can try this project out too! For this project, I used Dani’s fabulous Sweet Cupcake kit, which is bursting with lovey sweet goodness!

It was so simple to create:

Simply print out the coupons in the zip download, cut and you have the option of putting them together using a staple, or you can do what I did and punched a hole for a decorative brad. You can choose to fill in your coupon details on Photoshop or write it by hand. Click the image below to start the download.

Have fun creating!

It’s Tumble Time…Can you believe that we’re halfway thru January?  Before we get into this month’s awesome tumble…I need to announce the winner from the December Tumble Challenge…

Our winner is Jackie (tettletop20) with her First Birthday layout, who was chosen using random.org.  Congratulations Jackie!  Please contact Dani here to claim your prize.

This month we will be tumbling Kyla!  Check out her gallery here and chose one of her amazing layouts to lift.  Come back and post a link to your layout by January 31^st.  A random winner will be chosen in February.  Good luck and I can’t wait to see your layouts.

To start things off I lifted Kyla’s Third Birthday using Dani’s Time Flies & Ultimate Stitch Collection

Deanna lifted Kyla’s Yo Ho Yo Ho Pirate Family using Dani’s With Gratitude (collab with Lauren Reid & Misty Cato)

Dani is releasing her first kit of the new year, and with all this cold weather everyone seems to be having, this kit should be perfect!  As you’ll see though, you can make some great general pages with it too!  First up, a quick peek:

And a few layouts from Dani’s Girls, Tracy, Allie and Fairon:

Remember that new releases are 20% off on Saturday at SSD!

Believe it or not I have been feeling the winter chill here in Florida this year.  We’ve had temps down into the 30s with a wind chill in the 20s.  It’s so unusual for us, but it totally makes me want to scrap wintery!  So today I thought I’d just show off a few of Dani’s kits that are perfect for all your cold and snowy layouts.

- Tracy

Hi everyone!

Happy New Year!  We hope to continue to bring you lots of fun and inspiration on the Girl Talk blog throughout 2010!

First, the winner from last month’s template challenge… we had 10 entries, and the winner chosen by random.org is…

Melinda (mmbstaley) with her LO Christmas Eve 2008!  Congratulations!!  Contact Dani HERE for your prize!

Our first template challenge of 2010 is here!  I hope it provides some inspiration to scrap a LO quickly and easily!  Download here.

Check out what the Dani’s Girls did with it…

Woodsy by Tracy

Tent Antics by AllieP

Space Report by Kjersti

Time Flies by Rachel

So Grateful for You by Fairon

I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!  Be sure to come back here and leave a link to your LO using the template to be entered for a chance to win a GC to Dani’s store!

Love,
Deanna