Fall Colours - Die Cuttin' Divas

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to a brand new challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  Today's challenge is FALL COLOURS.  I can't wait to show you what I created.

Fall is my favorite season!  The warm day and cool nights, Thanksgiving, the leaves - it's stunning!  This simple card, uses some dies from Jaded Blossoms "Card Mat Dies".  The trees and sentiment are from an old SU set called "Trendy Trees".

Be sure to pop over to the Die Cuttin Divas blog, to see what my fellow Divas created, and please play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you created!


A la prochaine,

Die Cuttin Divas - Tic Tac Toe

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to a brand new challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  Today's challenge is a TIC TAC TOE.  I can't wait to show you what I created.

Fall is my favorite season!  Warmish days, cool nights, sweater weather... Give me a cup of tea, a pair of socks and a good book, and I will be a happy girl!

For this Tic Tac Toe challenge, I chose to go with the left column "leaves, enamel dots and twine".

The tag is from Jaded Blossom.  I just love this Luggage Tag Dies!!  I use it regularly.  The tree is from a retired SU set called "Branch Out".  The sentiment is from CardzTV Stamps "Happy Days".

Be sure to pop over to the Die Cuttin Divas blog, to see what my fellow Divas created, and please play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you created!


A la prochaine,

Life Looks Beautiful on You

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's challenge day over at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges Parties.  Miss Janis, challenged us to create a FANCY FOLDS project. Here is what I created.

I decided to make an "S - fold card" which is not that fancy I guess, but I still love how it turned out!  I am obsessed with the SU set "Beautiful You", it is GORGEOUS!!  I decided to watercolor the pretty lady.  The patterned paper is all from PhotoPlay's "Vintage Girl" paper pack.  Loving it!!

I hope you all play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you create!  Be sure to join us every week!  

A la prochaine,

Die Cuttin Divas - Pumpkin Season

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to a brand new challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  Today's challenge is PUMPKIN SEASON.  I can't wait to show you what I created.

Gotta be honest...  Halloween is not really my thing...  The kids love it, so we do all the regular Halloween stuff, including little surprises for my kiddies.  

My son has decided to take over the candy giving from his dad.  He is almost 16, and decided not to Trick or Treat this year.  I decided to make each of the children one of these cute little treat boxes.  I found these boxes in the Silhouette Store - design 220485.  They were quick and easy to make.  Hopefully the kids will love them, especially once they're full of candy!

The little tag is from a SU punch and the sentiment is from an old My Pink Stamper set.  I think it's super cute!

Be sure to pop over to the Die Cuttin Divas blog, to see what my fellow Divas created, and please play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you created!

A la prochaine,

PDE - Autumn Colours

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's challenge day over at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges Parties.  Miss Janis, challenged us to create a project using AUTUMN COLOURS. Here is what I created.

I hope you all play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you create!  Be sure to join us every week!  

A la prochaine,

Beautiful Life - PDE Cards Only

Happy Friday everyone!  It's challenge day over at PDE Linky Parties.  Miss Janis, challenged us to create a CARD project.  Here is what I created.

I have to tell you, I LOVE this card!  I am trying to use things that I have, and maybe do some stuff outside my box.  The one thing that I'm not thrilled with, is the paper rip on the left side.  I need to find better tape to use when masking - if anyone has any suggestions....

I used some Tim Holtz distress inks to create my colour strip.  Then I stamped the silhouette and sentiment using my VersaMark black ink.  

The sentiment is from KaiserCrafts Blue Bay stamp set, I just love this set.  It's perfect.  I found it in one of my LSS, but I'm not sure it's still available on the web.

The silhouette is from a SU hostess set called Million Dollar Moments.  I have had it for a year or two, and this is the first time I have used it.  I gotta start using what I have instead of buying new things!!

I hope you all play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you create!  

A la prochaine,

12 Tags of Christmas Day 12

Happy Friday everyone!!  Anyone who visits my blog regularly, knows how much I love to make Christmas Tags.  This year, I decided to do a "12 Tags of Christmas" series of posts.  Today is Day 12 - can you believe it??

For today's tag I dug out some of my old stamp sets and a new die.  Here it is:

The tag is from Jaded Blossom.  It's their Luggage Tag Die.  I decided to try some water painting.  I used 3 Tim Holtz Distress Ink, after embossing the sentiment and snowflakes.

The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Stamps "Christmas Expressions".  I have owned it for many years.  The snowflakes are from and old Stampin Up set called "Merry and Bright".  The "to and from" are from CDDs Tag It set - I love that one...

I can't believe that today is the last day of my series!  This has been a lot of fun.  Today the kids and I packed up a bunch of tags for their teachers and bus drivers.  I sure hope they like them.  I'll be back with more tags in the New Year, and hope to do this little series again next year.  

Wishing you all a blessed season and Merry Christmas!!

A la prochaine... 

Christmas Waterfall

I decided over the past few months, that I wanted to try to get on a new Design Team. This card is one I made, but did not end up submitting. I tried a new technique for me, which was lots of fun, but ultimately decided to submit a card that was really my style, which this one isn't :) Here is the card I created:

It's a waterfall card! I followed THIS tutorial from Splitcoast Stamper. It was so much easier than I imagined!

Aren't these little stamps super cute?? Santa slipped them in my stocking this year. Unfortunately, he took them out of their packages, so I have no idea who to credit for these adorable designs. I colored them with my Stampin Up Markers.

I used my stickles to bling up the adorable little creatures. The paper is from a stack I bought last year, I am pretty sure it is from K and Company.

The merry and bright stamp is from Stampin Up. I decided to put a stamp on the inside of the pull card. The "joy" is from My Pink Stamper, and the tree was created by the same company who made the rest of my stamps. I wish I knew it's name... LOL! I was pleased how this card turned out, and how quickly the card came together

A few challenges for my little card:
I Brake for Challenges - fancy folds
Stamp 'n' Doodle - include an animal
Sassy Studio Designs - christmas
Sweet Stampin - animals
Forever Friends - more than 1 fold and include an animal

Thanks for hanging out with me today. I'll be back tomorrow with my daughter's finished birthday invitations!

A la prochaine...

Halloween Treats

It is almost Halloween, one of my children's favorite times of the year. Today at Paper Playtime the challenge is to make a Halloween treat. My daughter goes to a sitter while I am at work, and every year they have a Halloween party, and we make up little treat bags. This year, I decided to use my Cricut. Here is what I came up with:









Cute eh? There is not a ton of candy inside the treat bags, but enough for a 4 year old :) I used this tutorial HERE to make the treat bad cover. It was really easy. The paper is all Bazzil. I used a punch from EK Success to punch the edge of the treat bag. The little ghost on the back in from Mini Monsters - he was I was originally planning to use for the front of the bag, but changed my mind. The cute little stamps are from Stampin Up, as is the scallop circle punch I used and the circle punch.

My daughter loved them and so did my son. He is trying to convince me that I need to make another 26 for his class. I haven't decided yet...

I hope you all head over to Paper Playtime and show us your Halloween treats! I can't wait to see what you all come up with :)

Some challenges:
Made by Momo - anything but a card
Other Lovelies - "H" - halloween
Crazy 4 Challenges - halloween
My Sheri Crafts - halloween
Sweet Stampin - anything but a card
Corrosive Challenge Blog - halloween/ orange and black

A la prochaine...

Around the World...

World Card day is in October - if I'm not wrong it is today. The original inspiration for this card was a challenge posted on Crafty Cardmakers called Around the World, in honor of world card day. As soon as I read the title, this stamp came immediately to mind. It made me think of unity... world peace... how perfect for world card day - and this challenge. Too bad I didn't actually read the instructions... it very clearly said it must be easily identifiable with one country ore continent. Sadly, this is not. I may submit it anyway - after all, the challenge inspired the card, and I am proud of my card :)



The stamp used here is from Stampin Up, an older set called The World Over (I think) the paper is all Stampin up and I got the ribbon from Walmart.

Challenges I am submitting this challenge for:
OWH Stars and Stamps - sketch #36
Always Crafting - inspired card
Sew Many Challenges - anything goes
CES Challenges - hats





A la prochaine...

Happy Bird-day

My second post of the day! Isn't it amazing? I have been seriously slacking on my challenges lately, which I just LOVE to do, so with that in mind, I made a card that works for quite a few today. It was an easy card to make, and is an easel card... again, I know, but it fulfilled a challenge requirement :) Here it is.





So this little cutie is from Create a Critter - one of my faves. The scalloped circle and circle were both from Winter Wonderland. The sentiment - which I thought was PERFECT for this card is from Stampin Up, I can honestly say I have never used it before, and I have had it for 5 or 6 years. I am certainly going to be using it now :) I used Cuttlebug's Spots and Dots embossing folder, which I thought worked nicely with the pink patterned paper. The paper is a lot of Stampin Up, but a bunch of stuff from my scrap box too. I used 2 different stickles to bling her up - which were still wet when I took the picture - and another one of those sparkly brads from Close to my Heart. I think it is cute!

Challenges I am submitting this card for:

Cute Card Thursday - tweet and flutter
Pixie Dust - fur or feathers
S2G - birthday card with a critter
Polka Doodles - easel card
Aly's Sunday Sketch Challenge - sparkle and glitter
The Crafty Pad - embossing (dry or heat - I chose dry)
Papertake - animal magic
Little Red Wagon - glitter
Flutterby Wednesdays - anything with wings
The Sweetest Thing - sweet sunday sketch challnge #86

In other exciting news: Winter Frolic, Mini Monsters AND Sweethearts are now in da house!!! I am so excited. I got GREAT deals on all of them. I hope to play with them before Friday, when I go back to work.


A la prochaine...

Cricut Cardz Challenge #43

Welcome to my blog! This is my submission as part of Team #2 for Cricut Cardz Challenge this week. The challenge was to make a baby card using only white, yellow, orange and green. Here is what I came up with:





I know you will be shocked that I made yet another easel card :) I love those. The cartirudges I used were Lyricla Letters for the stork, and Gypsy Wanderings for the "sweet baby" and the marquis like symbol that the stork is sitiing on. I ran the whole back piece through my Cuttlebug, using my new spotted folder. The paper is mostly Stampin Up, though some is from my scrap box. The stamp is from Stampin Up as well.

I think I may have cheated a bit on this challenge - I did use black ink and a black pen for doodling. Hope that isn't serious cheating... On the whole I am pretty pleased with how this turned out. I hope you join us over at Cricut Cardz Challenges to participate in this challenge! I can't wait to see what you all come up with :)

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You're Invited...

This is a quick card I made up as a sample. I am making up a bunch of invitations for a family member, and this is one of the options. I want to make sure it is easy enough, and quick enough that I could make quite a few.



The paper is all Stampin Up, and so is the stamp, it is from a set called Close as a Memory, and is one of my favorites. The Cuttlebug folder I used is called Victoria. I love how classy it is. the ribbon is from the Dollar Store.

I hope you will join me tomorrow to see what I came up with for the new Cricut Cardz Challenge. It's a good one :)

A la prochaine...

A Christmas Card and Day 3...

Today I decided to make a Christmas card. I usually make close to 100 cards a year to send to family and friends. I am trying to find something that I will want to make a lot of. I absolutely love how this card turned out, but it was a lot of work. Definately not something to make 100 of :)







This lovely stamp is from a company from Ontario called the Stamp Barn. I stamped it twice with Versa Mark and embossed it in gold. i then cut the stable part out, and pop dotted off the original, to give it a bit of dimension. I think it looks so neat! The "Noel" stamp and the stamp I used on the inside are from Stampin Up as is the paper and the edge punch. I also used some ribbon on the lower strip, that is holding the easel open, I just bought it at the dollar store. As you can see I made another easel card, my new favorite kind of card. I hope you guys like todays card.

Here are the challenges I am submitting this card for:
Crafty Ho's - peace
Crafty Cardmakers - glitter and sparkle
Cupcake Craft Challenge - books and stories
Simon Says Stamp - holidays
CES Challenge - christmas easel card
Card Creations by C - ribbons and bling (hopefully gold embossing and sparkly gold paper counts as bling...)

Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend :)

A la prochaine...