Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

Good morning!  We have another challenge at Die Cuttin Divas this week!  We want to see projects using your current or favorite school's colors!  This was tough for me, one because our current school is an elementary school and I don't think they have 'colors' yet!  and second because I never had a favorite school.  I went to private engineering school, not a big university.  SO I chose Michigan State since I have a friend who LOVES and went to state so I made her a birthday card!

I think she turned out so cute!  I decided just to make her shirt green instead of putting a big white S on it!  Don't over think this challenge too much!  We just want you to play along!  So link up HERE!

Supplies:
Accent Essentials cart
BBrat girl balloon sitter - Bugaboo Stamps
Copic Markers
Imaginisce - green flower
Accent Creative Designs - white flower
Recollections - brad
Rubber Stampede - black ink

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #77

Good Tuesday morning!  Today at Die Cuttin Divas we have a sketch for you!  Along with the sketch we are celebrating National Kid Day so we ask that you add a child theme to your project!!  Feel free to interpret the sketch any way you want as long as you use a die cut somewhere on your project!  and link it up HERE!

 

I just love making birthday cards and love love using these digital images!  This card came together pretty quickly and I even got to color while watching the Olympics!  I printed off a bunch of different images and my kids sat with me and colored some too!!  Double bonus!!

I'm also entering my card in the Catch the Bug August Anything goes Challenge!

Supplies:
Accent Essentials Cartridge
Bugaboo Stamps - BBrat girl balloon sitter
My Craft Spot - Inside and Out Set #2
Copic Markers
DCWV The Celebration Stack paper
DCWV The Neutral Stack paper
Technique Tuesday and Rubber Stampede ink
Jewels from my stash

A Bugaboo Birthday

I have a fun birthday card to share today!  Summertime in my family is jam packed with birthdays so I definitely want to work up my stash a bit!  I made this card for Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Recipe Challenge (buttons, twine and sentiment)

I had a lot of fun putting this card together.  I just love this image - Theodore Birthday Sign.  I colored it with Copics, added some bakers twine, z flower and a button.  The red background paper is from DCWV the Celebration Stack.  Everything else is from Recollections.

Time to tee off!

Boy am I itching for summer weather!  and golf!  We have a 50th birthday party to go to this weekend and our friend is a pretty big golfer so I thought I'd go with that sort of 'summery' theme since I'm sure he'll get enough 'over the hill' cards!

 

 I've been waiting for my Peachy Keen order before I put this card together.  Low and behold, it came at about 1pm today!  I LOVE LOVE the Cloudy Day background stamp.  WOW LOVE it!  The face on the cloud is from The Cornies Face Assortment.  The clouds and grass cuts came from Create a Critter and the golf accessories are from Everyday Paper Dolls.  I also used my new Creative Inserts that I bought at the Great Lakes Mega Meet.  Such a cool little accessory for your Cricut.  I outlined the cuts with the markers, then cut them out.  I think it gives it a cool kinda look!

I'd like to enter my card into the Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Summer Vacation and Peachy Keen Challenge 17 - Sketch.

Peachy Keen Challenge

I'm back with another Peachy Keen Challenge!  This time it is a color inspiration.  I immediately thought birthday when I saw the colors.  BRIGHT AND CHEERY!  Loved this challenge!

I just love how this came out!  I used the tennis girl from Everyday Paper Dolls, the presents from Sweethearts and the grass and sun from Create a Critter.  Stamped a sentiment on the sun and glossed it up a bit!  I had a lot of fun creating this card!!

Supplies:
Create a Critter
Everyday Paper Dolls
Sweethearts
Peachy Keen Everyday Character face assortment
Rubber Stampede
Glossy Accents
Crystal Stickles
White Gelly Roll pen
DCWV The Celebration Stack

Catch the Bug Stella Says Sketch!

I'm very excited to be able to participate in Catch the Bug challenges by Bugaboo stamps.  This is my first one!  I am slowly getting more comfortable with my Copics.  So I decided to give Catch the Bug Challenge #108 - Stella Says Sketch a try!  Here is the sketch:

 And here is what I created!

 

I really had a lot of fun playing with this image!  I do not have an over abundance of copics so for the time being my images are all going to have the same color scheme but slowly I'm working my way into the digital world!

Supplies:
Bugaboo stamps - Pig-Cupcakes
Ek Success - Cupcake chain border punch
Ek Success - Scallop Diamond border punch
Oriental Trading Company pearl adhesives
Copic Markers

My first action wobble!

I won these action wobbles a few weeks ago and have been itching to try them out!  I love love love them!  I decided to make a birthday card for a few challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas challenge #60 - Use pastels
Wobble Wednesday Challenge #5 - Circles

Here is what I created:

 I could not for the life of me get a good picture of it wobbling....but below is a picture of me at least showing that I can rotate it!

I'm really happy with my first action wobble!  Super easy and super fun!  I cut the butterfly with Create a Critter at 3.5 inches, added a Peachy Keen face and some doodling.  All in all, pretty easy card!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge!

It's time for another Die Cuttin Divas weekly challenge!  This week is all about desserts.  We would like to see a dessert somewhere on your project.  I decided to branch out from cards and layouts and came across an incredibly cute idea for a cupcake gift card holder!  Check it out!!

I had so much fun making this!  I used THIS tutorial called 'Hey Cupcake' from Fabulously Artsy and just did my own thing in places.  The tutorial is wonderful but I did make some changes.  Below is a general run down of what I did!

1.  Cut out 6" circle on chipboard.  Then trace a 2" circle.  Cut the edges just up to the inside circle and fold up to make a cupcake.  Hot glue it together.

2.  Accordion pleat paper to cover outside of cupcake.

3.  Cut a 3" Styrofoam ball in half, position gift card inside, use foam dots along sides to hold it together.  Then glue it inside the cupcake.

4.  Glue ribbon and paper flowers (I used Forever young cart) to cupcake to decorate making sure you don't cover the opening.

5.  Paint wooden bead red, and glue it to the top of a small binder clip.  Use crumbled paper or ribbon to make 'whipped cream'.

6.  Insert gift card into binder clip, slide it into the cupcake and finish with glitter and stickles!

 I used glossy accents on the bottom layer of paper flowers and sprinkled them with Martha Stewart glitter.  I loaded the top layer of flowers with Studio G glitter glue.

I think it turned out pretty cute for my first go!  I can see myself making a whole lot more of these!  I think they are adorable!

Be sure to submit your dessert project HERE at Die Cuttin Divas for a chance to win our weekly prize!!!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

Welcome to another Die Cuttin Divas Tuesday Challenge! This week we want to see your shaped cards! Make any shaped card except for a square or rectangle! I decided to take advantage of using my moms expression while on vacation since my personal cutter doesn't make very big cards :( Time for an upgrade I think! So while thinking of what to make my sister said she needed a birthday card for her nieces 2nd birthday. So I jumped right on that! Here is my creation!
This was actually a pretty simple card. I used Sweet Treats for both the number 2 and the crown and welded their shadows together with my gypsy. I did want to glam it up a little so I used glossy accents on the crown and sprinkled it over with some glitter! I finished with some doodling around the edges and the sentiment sticker was from my moms stash.

I'd love to see your shaped card! Go HERE to enter in our challenge!!

It's all about the shoes!

I have a bestie friend whose birthday is next week and each year we go to DSW shoe shopping with all of her birthday coupons. She is a shoe fanatic! She is a heals fanatic! She'd wear heals to work out if it were....well not so frowned upon. She came home a few months ago from the store with this gorgeous pair of animal print heals and I thought they were adorable! It gave me the perfect idea for a birthday card :) and I'm really happy with how it turned out!!! It's just really simple, but so HER!


I used Forever Young cart for the shoes and Recollections Animal Kingdom paper pack. The bling on the shoes is actually from Oriental Trading Company. I also added some glossy accents to the sole and heals :) The purple paper was cut with my Fiskars border punch, stamped with an Inkadinkado stamp I got out of the Michaels dollar bin, using Studio G ink. I added some bakers twine and a button for a little more decoration. I also inked the edges of the card itself.

I'm able to enter this card into the Paper Playtime Challenge #45 which was to create a tall card and Birthday Sundaes Challenge #9 which was to create a birthday card and add at least 3 circles (hopefully my bling counts!). I'm also entering it in the Paper Sundaes Challenge #69 Happy Birthday Christine which is to make a birthday creation!

Lastly I added it to the Patches of Pink Thursday Link Up Party!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

I am bursting with excitement! This is my first challenge as part of a design team! Yep, I am officially on the Die Cuttin Divas Design Team and I am so honored! I jumped right at the chance to make a card for this weeks Masculine Cut Challenge #14. We were to use a masculine cut on our project. I immediately came up with a birthday card for my almost 8 year old. He started Tae Kwon Do last month and is really loving it. He was never a 'team sport' kinda kid so I was THRILLED when he first of all suggested trying it own his own, and second of all wants to stick with it! He's improved by leaps and bounds over the past month and it's really boosted his self confidence. So in honor of his new found passion I made him this birthday card :) (t-minus 15 days until I officially have an 8 year old!)

I wanted to really use bold, deep colors and I think it turned out super perfect! To get a more dramatic look I inked the edges of the background paper. I'll admit I'm not crazy about the Korean Flag but, in my defense that thing was tough! I punched a circle from my Creative Memories Circle Punch and used the layer feature on Sports Mania cart. The person is also from Sports Mania. My birthday boy isn't quite a yellow belt yet as he just started but I thought this might give him a boost to practice more! His belt test is in a few weeks! I'm thoroughly impressed I actually tied it correctly too! The 'Birthday Boy' sentiment was cut from Lyrical Letters. Now hopefully I can hide it for the next 2 weeks so he doesn't see it!

Floral Happy Birthday

I decided tonight to combine a few challenges and try my hand at a new birthday card. The first is at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays where I needed to use 3 flowers, 3 pattern papers, 3 sparklys and a ribbon. The second is over at Birthday Sundaes where their challenge #5 is anything goes birthday. And lastly I am entering it in Paper Sundaes Challenge #65 which is to use texture/dimension in my creation. Here is what I came up with!



I actually ended up not even using a cricut cut! First time ever I think! The 3 flowers are from Imaginisce and I used jeweled brads from Making Memories to attach them to the card. I inked the edges of all the paper. I used my corner punch by ek success and spiced them up a bit by using glossy accents and Martha Stewart Coarse glitter on them. This was a really fun card to make! It went together really nicely and quickly!

A tower of cupcakes!

I saw this little layout in a magazine and thought it was the cutest thing ever! As tedious as it was, I just had to try it! I was able to enter it into Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #9 which was a sketch challenge. I could also enter it in both challenges over at More Than Favors. The first one, Wacky Wednesday, was to make a birthday card. The second called the Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge, was to use the cartridge From My Kitchen. I don't have that particular cartridge but saw some examples where the designer used a cupcake cut. So that's what I chose to do :) Hopefully it qualifies ok. I'm so happy with how this card turned out!

First here is the sketch I was to follow over at Die Cuttin Divas.
The cupcakes and cupcake stand are from Sweet Treats. The frame is from Gypsy Wanderings. I cut the cupcakes SMALL! 0.44 inches and glued them to a circle I also found in Sweet Treats (cut at 0.5 inches). Added different color stickles for the cherries. I cut the different layers of the cupcake stand using a scallop diamond edger punch by ek success. The cupcakes are all pop-dotted. I attached a picture below to show a side view of what it looks like.

I stamped the sentiment using a clear stamp set from Stampendous (happy phrases I think it is called?). Added the necessary ribbon and a button to decorate (with some bakers twine of course). Thanks!!

Birthday Blessings

I've had these 3 balloons cut and glossed up for a few days now with a loss as to what to do with them. Finally today I decided to sit down and get this baby done! I decided on an easel card (I just love these!!!). I was also able to enter this in Birthday Sundaes Challenge #3 - Anything goes birthday.



The card itself is an odd shape but I wanted to make it to fit an envelope I had. Folded, the card is 5.5x4.25 in. I cut the balloons from Create a Critter at 3 inches. I stamped each of them with a stamp I had in my collection (I have no idea the brand), in the different ink colors. Then I loaded them with some glossy accents and let them dry overnight. Then I just used some bakers twine to tie them together.

I used 4 of my white flower eyelets (from Oriental Trading I believe) in the corners on the front of the card. It's hard to tell but I also added a ribbon to cover up the over lapping pink and blue glitter paper.

The sentiment is from George and Basic Shapes cut at 1.5 in and layered. The gift is from Stretch Your Imagination also cut at 1.5 in. Instead of cutting the bow layer for the present though, I used some blue stickles.

A super birthday!

I have yet to make a birthday card, so when I saw the Challenge Me Monday #52 over at Fantabulous Cricut I decided it was about time. Then this past weekend my mom gave me one of her cartridges (Sesame Street Friends). At first I wondered what I'd ever do with it since my kids are grown out of the Sesame Street phase. That's when I saw it. SUPER GROVER! I knew I had to use it! So here is what I came up with!



Like I said I used Sesame Street Friends for super Grover and cut him at 4.5 inches. Used George and Basic Shapes for the frame cut out. The sentiment was computer generated, added some eyelets and some bakers twine. For a little added glitter I used red stickles for Grover's 'G'. I am just in love with this card!