Die Cuttin' Divas Picture Inspiration Challenge

It's Tuesday and time to come and play with us over at Die Cuttin' Divas

Our challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas this week is a picture inspiration challenge.

What does our fun Halloween picture inspire you to make?

I was inspired to make this shadowbox card with a cut file from Silhouette Studio by Lori Whitlock called A2 HALLOWEEN SCENE POP DOT CARD - Design ID #98945

It was a blast to make and I love all the dimension!

Supplies used: card stock - black, brown. grey, orange; patterned papers in Spooktacular by Authentique and Peachy Keen by American Crafts; sentiment sticker by Reminisce; Silhouette Studio cut file; Foam squares by Best Creation.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch Challenge

It's Tuesday and time to come and play with us over at Die Cuttin' Divas

Our challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas and this week is a sketch challenge.

Lets see what you can come up with using our sketch.

I pulled out my Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge and came up with this card.

The sentiment was created using a die from Lil Inkers.

Supplies used: card stock - black; patterned papers from Night Fall Collection by American Crafts; Spooky die by Lil Inkers; Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge; skittles; Pop Dots

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Celebrate Challenge

Cel-e-brate Good Times, Come on!!!

That's what we are asking you to do this week over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

Our challenge theme is "Celebrate"

I pulled out my Create A Critter cartridge, dusted off my Cricut and cut out this super cute turtle.

I created the sentiment for my card on my computer.

I finished off my card by tying a little balloon around his shell.

Supplies used: card stock - white, black, three shades of green, pink; Patterned Papers by American Crafts; twine - Trendy Twine; Create a Critter Cricut cartridge; Pop Dots

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

LUFP's 3rd Annual Linking Party

Link Up For Pink is celebrating their 3rd annual linking party!!!!

At LUFP we are all about raising awareness, supporting the fighters, admiring the survivors and honoring the taken!!!

I hope you will join us in the fight against breast cancer and link up your breast cancer awareness projects over at our blog!!!

We have 53 sponsors and over $1K in prizes!!! How about that for a party?

I have two projects to share with you today.

My first project is a treat box I created with one of our sponsors digital images, our own Crafty Girl!!
The image is called Love Ribbon Doodle and you can purchase the image here.

You have a chance to win 5 digital images from her store.

And... one of our other fabulous sponsors stamps - Unity!!!
The stamp is called Cancer Sucks and you can be purchase it here.

Their prize is TBA.


I created the box on my Cameo with a Silhouette Studio cut file. It is called Cake Box Surprise and is actually to put a cake pop in, but I choose to use a sucker so that it would go with my Cancer Sucks tag.

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned paper - Holy Moly in Peachy Keen by American Crafts; digital image - Crafty Girl; Copic markers; stamp - Unity; ink - Jet Black Archival; ribbon - Michaels; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique; buttons - my stash.

For my second project I created a card with a digital image from another one of our generous sponsors - The Stamping Chef!!! 

You will have a chance to win 4 digital stamps to their store!!!

I felt she looked like a tough little fighter and thought I would put her behind a graffiti splashed wall.

Supplies used: - card stock - recycled white, white; digital image - The Stamping Chef; Copic markers; embossing folder - Bricked by Tim Holtz for Sizzix; ink - worn Lipstick distress ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger; fonts - Graffonti.3D.drop and Most Wasted; rub ons- Marah Johnson; Icycle Stickles; Pop Dots.

Now it's your turn!!!!

Can't wait to see your creation linked up with us!!!

Remember Ladies - Take Care Of Your Girls!!!

Get Your Mammograms!!!

BOO!

Stopping by to share  two very different Halloween cards, but both inspired by the word BOO!

The first card was inspired by a cute creation by Karolyn Loncon. I cut the ghosts and my sentiment from my Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge.

I love the way the ghosts are layered on either side of the orange card stock.

Supplies used: card stock - orange, black; patterned paper - Charlotte A. Weaver in Boo! by American Crafts; embossing folder - James' set by Cuttlebug; Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge; spider stickers - JoLee's; Pop Dots

For my second card I cased a creation by Angie. I liked her simple use of Washi tape and labels.

I had these cute, tiny brads by Making Memories and I attached one through the holes of my button for a fun little accent.

Supplies used:  card stock - recycled white; patterned papers from Elegant Witch Mat Pad by Martha Stewart; Silhouette Studio cut files; scalloped oval and oval punches by Stampin' Up; Washi tape - Haunted Paper Tape by Martha Stewart; stamp from Heebie Jeebies by We R Memory Keepers; ink - Jet Black Archival; twine - American Crafts; button - my stash; brad - Making Memories; Pop Dots.

Enjoy your weekend!!

You've Put A Spell On Me

Is everyone enjoying their fall weather and, hopefully, cooler temperatures???

We are supposed to drop 20° tomorrow! I'm not sure if it's the beginning of fall or winter, lol.

I'm stopping in today to share a couple Halloween cards. On the first card I used a new Silhouette Studio cut file. I just love this sexy witch holding her potion!

I thought she deserved a little sparkle, so I used some glitter paper and a few rhinestones.

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white, black green glitter; patterned paper - Spiderwebs in The Apothecary Emporium by Echo Park; witch and banner - Silhouette Studio cut files; Labels Eight Nestabilities by Spellbinder; rhinestones - K & Co.; font - Frank Condensed; Pop Dots.

For my second card I cased an adorable card by Audrey Pettit that was in my Cards magazine. I just love the cute ghosts, which were fussy cut from patterned paper, holding the little banners. 

 I changed the tags Audrey used in her card to a fence, using a border punch to make the fence.

Supplies used: card stock - vanilla, red, black; patterned papers - October Night and Midnight Moon in Night Fall by American Crafts; ribbon - 3 Girl Jam; twine, button, stick pins - my stash; stamp - Magic Spells by BugBites; rub ons - American Crafts; border punch - Martha Stewart; sewing machine; Pop Dots

Have a wonderful day!!!!

Nutty For You

Hi Everyone!

Stopping in the blog today to play in Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog.

This week is the COOL SHADES challenge.

And the colors to work with this week are:

A little unusual for a fall card, but that's what a challenge is - makes you think outside the box!!

For my card I pulled out two Paper Smooches stamp sets: Falling For You and He Said, She Said.

I grabbed some papers in Night Fall by American Crafts and Bitty Dot Basics by Papertrey Inc. and went to work.

I added a little rhinestone on the heart to catch your eye.

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Supplies used: card stock - vanilla, purple; patterned papers - Autumn Gathering, Autumn Feast, October Night all in Night Fall by American Crafts and Bitty Dot basics by Papertrey Inc.; stamps - Falling For You and He Said, She Said by Paper Smooches; ink Jet Black Archival Ink; rhinestone - Kaiser Craft.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

To Cute To Spook

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Don't get me wrong, I am not into the gory stuff, just like a little bit of scary and some fun too. I decorate my whole house for Halloween and throw an annual bash.

I even go so far as putting a skeleton in the bed in my guest bedroom. He's life size, with a night cap on,  a bed tray in front of him and he's holding a cup of coffee.

Anyway, I also get the most fun out of making Halloween cards and I'd like to share a couple with you today.

The first uses some darling Halloween papers by My Minds Eye and a cute stamp by Imaginisce.

I stamped the skeleton on patterned paper, fussy cut a little bow and popped a rhinestone on it.

Supplies used: card stock - black, orange; patterned papers - Costumes, Neighborhood, Big Dots, Halloween Words and Pumpkins in Blackbird by My Minds Eye; stamp Skull Snag 'em by Imaginisce; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; scalloped circle and circle punches by Stampin' Up; border punches - Fiskars and Martha Stewart; word stickers - Authentique; rhinestone - Kaiser Kraft; brads - Making Memories.

For my second card I had some fun with papers and stamps by American Crafts.

I added a little bit of Black Diamond Stickles to the tops of the clouds. 

I noticed, after I took the picture, how different the cloud I stamped on white card stock is. Note to self -  next time stamp it on the same patterned paper as the background!!! Oh well!!!

Supplies used: card stock - orange, vanilla, black; patterned papers - Halloween Night, Night Light, Autumn Cider all in Nightfall by American Crafts and Tangerine in Poolside Collection by Lasting Impressions; stamps - Spooky Night by American Crafts; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; brads - Making Memories; Black Diamond Stickles; Pop Dots.

Halloween Cards for OWH

Yay, it's Friday and my birthday too!!!!!

My hubby is making me homemade pizza tonight!!! All my family is coming and we are going to have an awesome time :) Plus my Mom and Dad are taking me out to dinner tomorrow night to one of my favorite restaurants. Birthday weekends are the best!!!

I wanted to share a couple of Halloween cards I made for Operation Write Home. I know it is a tad early for Halloween, but they require the cards for Halloween to arrive to them by August 31st for shipping.

I used a couple of their sketches for my cards.

For the first card I used OWH sketch #154

Supplies used: card stock - black, orange; patterned papers from Nightfall by American Crafts and Tangerine from Poolside Collection by Lasting Impressions; scalloped circle and circle punches - Stampin' Up; Flair Button - Spooky by American Crafts; ribbon - my stash

My second card is from OWH sketch #155

Supplies used: card stock - blue, black; patterned paper - Goulish Ghosts in Spookville by We R Memory Keepers; embossing folder - Sizzix; border punch - Martha Stewart; stamp - Spooky House by We R Memory Keepers; ink Tuxedo Black by Memento; ghost die cut - Making Memories; Pop Dots

Hello Friend

 Hello Friends!!

I have a fun little card I created for Link Up For Pink!

I saw this design in one of my magazines and loved the way one side of the card follows the outline of the birdhouse. I used my Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge to cut out the birdhouse and my Home Decor Cartridge to cut out the blue bird.

I fussy cut one of the clouds out of the patterned paper, inked the edges and used Pop Dots to attach it on top of the cloud background paper. 

The sentiment is from a Family & friends Word Stamp Kit. I fussy cut those and used pop dots on them as well.

Supplies used: card stock - white, 2 shades of blue, pink, brown; patterned papers - scraps from My Minds Eye and Howdy from Everyday by American Crafts; Home Decor and Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridges; Family & Friends Word Stamp Kit by Words & Crafts; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento and Ice Blue Chalk Ink by ColorBox; pearls - Kaiser Craft; Pop Dots.

Wishing Away Your Cloudy Day / CTO #111

Today is the last day of April and tomorrow is the first of May, which made me think of the saying "April Showers Bring May Flowers" and that was my inspiration for my card.

Our challenge this week over at Celebrate The Occasion is "Anything Goes"!!! Therefore it was up to my imagination to come up with something this week. I decided to wave goodbye to April and say hello to May by using rain boots holding a bouquet of flowers.

For my boots and sentiment I used a stamp set by The Stamps of Life called boots4rain and the flower bouquet is a print and cut from Silhouette Studio.

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned papers - Lazy Summer Stripe by Three Bugs in A Rug, Thrilled in Happy Go Lucky by Pebbles and Madam in Letterbox by American Crafts; Silhouette Studio cut file; stamps - boots4rain by The Stamps of Life; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; twine and button - my stash; Pop Dots.

I hope you'll come and link up with us over at CTO  for our "Anything Goes" challenge and stop by to see the great inspiration the design team has!!!!

Whimsical Designs "Smell The Flowers" Challenge

Happy middle of the week to all!

Since Wednesday has come upon us again, it is time for a new challenge at Whimsical Designs! This week's challenge is "Smell The Flowers", create a project and include flowers.

The sponsor for this weeks challenge is Saturated Canary and the prize is 2 digis of your choice.

For my card I used one of Saturated Canary's digital images called Sabrina which you can purchase here. I paper pieced portions of her dress and colored the rest of her with Copics. I then cut her image out with a Curved Rectangles Nestabilities, which I inked the edges of using Pebbles chalk. My sentiment is from Stephanies Everyday Sentiments which you can purchase here.

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned paper - Made In The Shade and My Oh My in Peachy Keen by American Crafts; digital image - Saturated Canary; Copic markers; Curved Rectangles Nestabilities by Spellbinder; border punch - Martha Stewart; label - Silhouette Studio cut file; stamp -Everyday Sentiments by Whimsical Designs; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; trim - Boutique Trims in Bubblegum by Doodlebug; felt flowers and brads - my stash; Pop Dots.

Now, please stop by Whimsical Designs to see all the wonderful creations the design team has come up to inspire you. I hope to see your project linked up with us :)

You're Tweet

This is my second post for today.

I wanted to get in on the fun over at Case This Sketch!

I created my card using a cute little bird rub on by American Crafts, a fun speech bubble wood veneer and a Silhouette Studio cut file for the grass.

Supplies used: card stock - white, green; rub on - American Crafts; wood veneer - Studio Calico; alphabet rub ons - Simply Sweet in Limeade by Doodlebug; Silhouette Studio cut file; twine - my stash.

You Blow Me Away

It was a gorgeous day here on Monday, took the grandkids to the park and they had a fun time!!!! I felt spring in the air :) and I'm ready!!!

I'd like to share a card I created for The Play Date Cafe, the suggested colors are Hollyhock, Spring Bud and Azure.

For my card I used stamps from bubblegum4me by The Stamps Of Life. Cute and fun stamp set!!

Supplies used: card stock - white, pink, blue, green, silver; patterned paper - Delight in Hello Sunshine by American Crafts; stamps - bubblegum4me by The Stamps of Life; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; border punch - Fiskars; rhinestones - Kaiser Craft