Baby Card

I'm back today with another fun card!  Another Tuesday means another challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  This week we want to see flight!  An airplane, glider or helicopter on your projects!  Just be sure to include a die cut and link up HERE!  Here is what I came up with!

 

I just bought this paper pack this weekend from the craft store!  I LOVE it!  I'm really loving these little stacks instead of the big 12x12 stacks I've been buying.  It's so much easier to coordinate papers and colors!

I'd also like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Bitten by the Bug 2: Fly Away!


Supplies:
K&Company paper stack
My Craft Spot - Inside and Out Set #2
Everyday Paper Dolls and Create a Critter Cartridges
Baker's Twine
Celebrate It! ribbon
OTC buttons
Rubber Stampede black ink

Peachy Keen Challenge #13 - anything goes

I'm back again with another Peachy Keen Challenge!  With First Communion weekend coming up, I decided to put together a few more cards for a couple of my son's friends.  I'm also entering it into the Peachy Keen Challenge #13 Anything goes.  Here is what I came up with :)

 

Paper Doll Dress Up - girl
Create a Critter - purse
PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment
Crystal Stickles
White Gelly Roll Pen
Best Occasions Everyday Blessings Vellum Quote Pack
Recollections border punch
Corner rounder
Celebrate It! - ribbon
OTC - Mini purple brads, adhesive pearls

Bugaboo Anything Goes Challenge!

I'm so excited to be able to get more practice on my Copics.  Mind you, still practicing but I think I'm slowly getting the hang of them!  I picked up a Freebie Friday image from Bugaboo stamps and got to work!  I'd like to enter it in the Catch the Bug April's Anything Goes Challenge.  Here's what I created!

The image is 'Theodore' from Bugaboo stamps and I colored him with my Copic Markers.  The ribbon is from Celebrate It and I added some pearl adhesive accents from OTC.  The border was cut with my ek success scallop diamond border punch.  Pretty simple!  But SOO fun!

Peachy Keen Challenge 12

I'm sharing a card today for the Peachy Keen Challenge 12 : Sketch.  I'm a bit last minute (seems to be a theme lately), but I had so much fun creating this card I HAD to get it done!  Here is the sketch:

and here is what I created!

Supplies:
Everyday Paper Dolls
Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Assortment Stamp
Celebrate It! - ribbon
Studio G - glitter glue
Baker's Twine
Stampendous - sentiment
White Gelly Roll Pen

Baby Girl Shaker Card

I cannot tell you how happy I am with how this card turned out!  My sister needed a card for a friends baby shower.  The coworkers were throwing her a 'sprinkle' at work.  My first thought was a shaker card.  It did not turn out as 'sprinkly' as I imagined but I love love love it!

I got the digital stamp from May Brit's Hobbyblogg.  I wanted to find a super cute baby girl stamp and I could not pass this one up!  I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils and added stickles to her little blanket to sparkle it up a bit.

I used George and Basics to create the frame and embossed it with Swiss Dots.  The background red is embossed with D'vine Swirl and finally the ribbon is from Celebrate It!

I'm entering this card in the Fashionista Challenge #1 anything goes for girls

Halloween Layout

I've been checking off Halloween layouts lately!  I'm still making this holiday scrapbook for a friend and needed to get in the spirit!  The other LO's I have done for her book were pretty detailed with lots of cricut cuts so I decided to make this one 'pretty simple'.  Really though I'm not sure I know how to do that!  Here is what I came up with.

I love how bright it turned out!  The 2 pictures will go along the vertical purple paper.  I went with a lot of purple because the little girl was dressed as a butterfly this particular year and it really looks great on the LO!

Supplies used:
Lyrical Letters Cartridge - frame cutout
Life's Little Occasions - BOO and Spooky embellishments
Celebrate It! - Purple Ribbon
Oriental Trading Company - adhesive jewels, button
Fiskars Border Punch
Baker's Twine

 I'd like to enter in the following challenges:
Love to Create Challenge #7 - anything goes


I'm entering in the Love to Create Challenge #7 - Anything goes

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 September Sketch Challenge

Another Tuesday morning.....except it's the first day of school for my big boys!  They are so excited!  We had a great summer but we are all ready to have some sort of routine again!

Since it's the first Tuesday of the month it's our sketch challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas.  I had a lot of fun playing around with this sketch!  It incorporated everything I love putting on cards!  Take a look!

I finally added some new cartridges to my collection!  I used Home Accents for the die cut.  The stamp is from All Night Media and I coated the top layer with Glossy Accents. It made the stamp really stick out!  The ribbon is from Celebrate It and I used the Scallop Diamond border punch from ek success.  I embossed the entire background layer of the card with D'vine Swirl.  I've never done that before and I think it turned out pretty neat!

Hopefully you can find some extra free time this week to play around with our sketch.  Be sure to submit your card HERE for a chance to win our weekly prize!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

Happy Tuesday!! and time for this week's Die Cuttin Divas Challenge. This week's theme is 'Wedded Bliss'! However the twist is that you are to use any cuts *except* for hearts.

I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted my card to look like and the cuts I wanted to use. Take a peak :)

I think this is my new favorite card! If only I had a wedding to go to! I decided to make a tall card since I wanted the church to be pretty tall. I used Sweethearts cartridge for every single one of my cuts. I just love that cart! I decided to emboss the bride's dress with D'vine Swirl and the groom's tux with Candy Cane Stripe. The pearls in the bells are from Oriental Trading Company and I decided to give the bride some bling on her hand too! I inked the edges of the frame and outlined the edge of the entire card with stickles to give it a little something extra. The ribbon is from Celebrate It.

Baby girl

You will never hear me complain about making baby girl cards! I have probably 4 friends right now who are expecting babies in the next few months. 1 of them knows it's a girl and the others are going to be surprised. So I took this opportunity to make a special baby girl card. This is actually going to be her third girl so I joke that I have the other half of her Brady Bunch!

I'm entering this card into a few challenges, the first being the Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch Challenge #51 with a twist. The twist was to pop up a stamped image on the card. I'm also entering it into the Cricut Cardz Challenge #74 which is to make a card for a new baby (PERFECT!!). My card also qualified for the More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday #38 Anything Goes Challenge. Finally I'm including it in the Patches of Pink Link Up Party!

Here is the Peachy Keen sketch I was to go by:

And here is the card I made!

I'm really happy with how it turned out! I love the colors, I love the glitter! I love how girly it is! and it was really simple!



I started by stamping the background of the card. I felt like there was too much empty space behind the frame. I cut the frame from Stretch Your imagination, inked the edges, outlined it with glossy accents and used my Martha Stewart coarse glitter to glitz it up a bit! I also outlined the edges of the baby blocks with glossy accents and added glitter to those. Can you really have too much glitter?! Popped the blocks from the card per the twist in the Peachy Keen Challenge (as shown in the second picture) and added a ribbon to finish it up! I still can't believe how pretty this card turned out!

Background Frame - Stretch Your Imagination
Baby Letters - George and Basic Shapes
Inks - Studio G, Technique Tuesday
Stamps - Rubber Stampede, Scrappy Cat
Ribbon - Celebrate It

Greatest Mom!

Yes it's another Mother's Day card! I can't help myself! and when there are numerous challenges asking me to do them, how can I resist! I really tried to push through on this one and use accents, cuts, and colors that I normally would not. Of course I spiced it up with things I do normally use but that's ok too!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #12 and Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #57 both asked for Mother's Day cards. Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge wanted us to use the Paisley cartridge. and finally Paper Sundaes Challenge #66 was a sundae bar where the toppings were sparkle, pearls, die cuts and/or the color yellow!

To start out I do not have the Paisley cartridge but I did remember seeing a paisley cut in Stretch Your Imagination so I decided to use that. and to be honest, I've always just passed by that cut, never thinking I'd actually use it. and I think it really added a neat dimension to the card! again, cuts and colors completely out of my comfort zone! To satisfy the Paper Sundaes Challenge I used sparkly paper, the paisley die cut and obviously yellow. I'm kinda sad I don't own any pearls! I would have LOVED to use them! I put some stickles in the holes of the paisley cuts, used the Victorian Photo Punch for the corners and the ribbon is from Celebrate It. I love how the purple just pops on the card! Thanks for looking!