Thursday, July 3, 2008

Cosmo Binge

I have been waiting for the Cosmo Cricket that I ordered to play with and it arrived yesterday afternoon. I was so excited that after J went to bed I made these:

This paper is from the CC Gretel collection:


And this combines old and new. I used Newer CC Cogsmo Paper with the Halfway Cafe die cut Swirl, Heart and Naked Chipboard Heart Outline. You can stamp that chipboard any color, if you don't like it just wipe it off and start again. This heart was every color of the rainbow including white and black at one point:


And this is using my favorite CC paper line, Get Happy:


Thanks for all the wonderful comments, I would like to answer a few questions, if you leave me a question I will answer it. I love questions! I have been a scrapper for 5 years, however, in 10/05 my husband was injured and nearly killed in Iraq. I didn't scrap for almost 2 years due to his rehab, I got pregnant, we moved 3 times, etc. So, I have only been scrapping again since Christmas of this year (6 months?). I almost have 100 layouts for J's book, not total. I have 2 albums I did before the accident. I say accident but it was an IED blast, clearly not accidental. I struggle with what happened, but that is for another day. Not a beautiful sunshiny day like today. Hope everyone who is traveling stays safe, have a great holiday. I'll be working on some more Halfway cafe to post tomorrow or Friday. See you then!

16 comments:

Jenn said...

Danielle, your layouts are stunning! I love your style. I had no idea about you DH's accident and hope he is doing well. Please tell him thank you from my family for his courageous service to our country!

janel said...

Especially love the layout using the Gretal....so cute. Wonderful work...happy 4th! Great post.

Sweet Peripety said...

HUGS to you, and I do hope, also, that your DH is doing well at this time, as well.

I love that Gretel collection. I have it!

Lovely pages!

Anonymous said...

that last one just makes me happy! love what you are doing with the CC!

oh and we ate Chipotle last night - I thought of you! :)

Susan Beth said...

Wow! Great layouts! Your talent is inspiring! Thank you to you and your husband for all you endure on our behalf. I know enough to know that this is not something that you just put behind you and voila, life is regular agai. I pray for you to have a peace about what happened and how it impacts your lives.

Jen Martakis said...

Danielle, these are just AMAZING! I love the Beach Baby layout. Wow, stunning!

I didn't realize that you had been on a scrapping "hiatus" recently. So had I. I just came back to the scrap world in Feb. I had a rough pregnancy and then at 4 1/2 months my baby underwent major cranial surgery. I didn't scrap for almost 2 years. Anyway, I don't know how your husband is now but I will keep him (and you) in my prayers.

Francine said...

Hugs to you! I love your pages, your work is just stellar!

laverneboese said...

Love all your layouts...so sorry to hear about what you've gone through regarding your husband. I hope things are better now, and I'm so glad your life has settled down long enough for you to create your beautiful pages!

joanne (spagirl) said...

danielle... i had no idea about your husband's accident... i hope he is well. and you also...
your layouts are just amazing, but you already know i love your work!!

Dettao said...

Thanks to you and your husband for your service to our country. I just love your style and wish I could do simple pages like yours and have them look so amazing.

Vee said...

your layouts are gorgeous! I hope your husband is doing better, hugs!

doris sander said...

beautiful layouts. love that top one. such a sweet photo. :D

liz mataraza said...

layouts are gorgeous! and those balloons on the card in the previous post...!!! i feel a scrap-lift coming on. what a wonderful idea!

jlaw said...

D- love your cc los. I too love the get happy line. glad you came back to scrapping- you are talented.

Please thank you husband for his service-even to the point of an "accident". My family has greatly benefited from his bravery.

Question for you- How does a hokie become a pug??

:) jen lawson

Clipper Street said...

Hi Danielle! Congratulations on getting picked up for the Cosmo design team! Love your layouts! We are going to do an article on typography on our blog... can we feature one of your layouts?

Elisa said...

These LOs are jaw-dropping gorgeous! Love your style.

Great that you shared something about you in this post, I hope your DH is fine now.

I left something for you in my blog, check it out when you have sometime! ;-)