Welcome to a new year of challenges at A Cut Above.
It's a new year at A Cut Above Die Cut
Challenge Blog where the theme is always, "Anything Goes With A Die
Cut". And what a year it's going to be!
A
Cut Above is proud to introduce the 2025 Creative Team. They'll be
sharing wonderful inspiration using scores of die cuts every month
throughout the year.
Hi, I'm Vicki, owner of A Cut Above. I've been an avid crafter since my youth many years ago. Paper crafting is my favorite hobby, but I also enjoy crocheting, reading and gardening. My style is eclectic with both scrapbooking and cards. I love using inks and other media but my true love is die cuts! Hence, the beginning of this die cut challenge blog, A Cut Above!
Hi, I'm Diane. I live in Montreal, Canada with my husband and daughter. I've been crafty since being crafty was cool. I come from a line of creative women, starting with my seamstress grandmother and my talented knitting mother, who both passed along their love for creating. I have been making cards for approximately 10 years, but before that I was getting a degree in haute couture sewing just for fun, and beading, knitting, embroidering, painting, you get the picture. Even before that I can remember making my own birthday party invitations as a child, no store bought invites for this crafter. I am a maximalist card maker who love colour. I hope you enjoy my creations.
I have been driven to create since I was a little girl, dabbling in
all sorts of media; stained glass, cross stitch and embroidery, knit and
crochet, beading, and many other things. My passion at the moment is
paper crafting, and I LOVE to learning and using new techniques!! Currently I sit on 3 Design Teams, and totally enjoy interacting with all the talented artists and makers.
I am a wife, mother of 2, and grandmother of 2. It is an honor and
pleasure to be a part of A Cut Above Design Team, and I can't wait to
see all your beautiful creations.
Hello friends, I am from North Central Alberta Canada. I am married to
my husband Brian. We are retired now and besides card making I like to
read, crochet, and spend time with my friends. I started scrapbooking
in 2002 with my friend Lori and then she got me to try card making been
loving it ever since. I enjoy learning new techniques and trying new
things, I love to share my joy of paper crafting and meeting new
friends. I am on a few challenge blogs, and I look forward to creating
on ACA.
Greetings from beautiful Thessaloniki in Greece. I’m
originally from the UK but met my husband whilst on Holiday nearly forty
years ago and we’ve been together ever since! We are jewellery shop
owners and designers and in the past year our two sons have joined us
both designing and hand making jewellery. I started crafting in 2010
after accidentally ordering a Silhouette Cameo die cutting machine I
was looking for something completely unrelated on the internet as you do
and it just fell into my shopping basket !
I’m
now a full time paper hoarder and crafter and love to experiment with
all of the new trends. I’m an avid sewer and can often be found at my
sewing machine when not making cards. I also design some of our window
displays and stationary so am kept quite busy . I'm so excited to be
part of A The Cut Above Team with such an amazing group of talented
ladies and look I forward to this exciting faze in my crafting journey.
I am Melly Art, I live in a small town,
Pennsylvania. I have 3 long hair mini dachshunds, and 13 nieces and
nephews, all of whom are the subjects of my projects.
Autumn is my favorite season, and my favorite color palette. I’ve been
a paper crafter for more than 20 years, I love all aspect of it, from
scrapbooking, home decor, cards, to mini book making. I just love
creating all the things!
Rachel Hello! My name is Rachel, and I live in sunny Colorado with my husband of twenty years. I spend my days homeschooling our three kiddos, reading, and crafting like crazy. I have been paper crafting since I was a child, and while I dabble in scrapbooking, my true crafty love is making cards and giving them away to friends and family.
Tracey Campbell is a fun-loving, creative scrapbooker from Canberra, Australia, with over 20 years of scrapbooking experience. Known for her eclectic style, she loves experimenting with different techniques, colors and products to bring her photos to life. Tracey is passionate about mixed media, stamping and all things paper and she's always up for trying new things to keep her creativity flowing. When she's not crafting, you can find her connecting with fellow crafters online or spending time with her husband, two daughters and a household full of pets who often make their way into her layouts!
Welcome to this team of talented crafters. I'm happy to have them here at A Cut Above and look forward to working with them on the monthly challenges.
Now, on to the January Challenge!
The theme is always, "Anything Goes With A Die Cut" and this month there is a
strictly optional theme, "New". Did you receive a new crafty die for Christmas? If not, use the word NEW, tell about something new, whatever inspires you or just create a new project. Share your project using at least one die cut and link it up to this post with the linky tool below by January 28, 2025, 11:59 pm EST to be eligible for a $5 GC to
A Cherry On Top Craft Store.
Creative Team members will choosing their favorite projects to share along with the random prize winner. Stop back on January 30th for the GC winner and CT choices.
Sharing amazing inspiration from the Creative Team and our Guest Designer. Thanks so much to each and everyone of them for their creative contributions to
A Cut Above.
Visit their links to share a comment on their fabulous projects.
Our January Guest Designer is Tammey.
Please be sure to check out the challenge guidelines for entry limit and definition of a die cut. A Cut Above reserves the right to remove entries that do not follow the challenge guidelines.
Challenge deadline is January 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST.
Winner announced in the blog on January 30, 2025.
Many thanks for playing along with A Cut Above!