BBTB2 - Happy Mother's Day

Happy May!

Well, this will be my last post for a while,

I have to box up my craft room (sniff, sob, sniff, sob)

for the summer while we await our new house

to be built.

We should be in by September and I will resume

my crafting - HORRAY!!!

Anyway, over at BBTB2 our challenge is to

help you prepare for Mother's Day this Sunday.

Create a card or project featuring flowers in a bouquet or vase.

I used Walk In My Garden for the vase and flowers.

The b/g paper comes from SEI.

All the other papers are from my stash.

The sentiment is from CardzTV.

Hope you all have a fabulous summer!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Celebrate Friendship

Happy Monday!

Hope you are ready for another week!

This week we have a challenge over at BBTB2

all about Celebrating Friendship!

I don't know about you,

but my life is SO MUCH better

with the friends I have around me :)

I decided to make a Friendship Thank You card.

I used Walk In My Garden for my card.

There is a Card Special Feature on this cart,

and it cuts out a mat along with a flower layer.

My card is 5x5 and the mat is 4 1/4.

I used paper from American Crafts and a glitter dot

for the center of the flower.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I hope you will join us this week over at BBTB2!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Spring (Anything but a Card)

Happy Friday!!!

Oh what a week!

Hope you are all ready for the weekend, I know I am :)

Today over at Cut It Up, we have a new challenge starting

all about Spring, with one little catch...

No cards!

Yep, anything but a card!

Excited to see what you come up with!

Our lovely sponsor:

As Cute As A Button

$20 Coupon Code

My Project:

So how many of you have known about the Tag feature

on Walk In My Garden and not told me about it?!?!

I LOVE this feature!!!

There are such CUTE tags on the cartridge!

And in fact, once I made this tag, I thought it

would make a fabulous bookmark, too!

So, our amazing leader, Evelyn suggested when you

give a book as a present, you use this as both the

tag and the bookmark - LOVE it!!!

Anyway, my papers come from My Mind's Eye "Reunion",

and the stamp is from Paper Smooches "Flap Happy".

The twine is from Trendy Twine.

I hope that you will join us for this fun challenge!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Craftin' Desert Divas July Release Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to our fifth Craftin Desert Diva's stamp release blog hop!!!
Today is Day 2 of the Hop!
Hopefully you were all able to hop along yesterday
to see the FABULOUS projects everyone created!!!

I'm super excited to share with you in full the CDD July release stamps.

There are five new stamps that are being released

in the Craftin Desert Divas Shop and are available now for purchase!!!

So without further ado here are the latest stamp sets:

Gotta Wear Shades - you can purchase them HERE

Lil Bit Buggie - You can purchase them HERE

School Zone - You can purchase them HERE

 

All Star Sports - You can purchase them HERE

Blooming For You - You can purchase them HERE

HOW AMAZING ARE THESE SETS?!?!

We have a few specials for this Hop as well!!!

Every purchase receives a FREE

Too Cute by Jessica SVG pattern

made especially for this release.

With a minimum 2 stamp purchase

you will receive a FREE mini stamp.

Use code: JULY to save 20% off your ENTIRE purchase.

The mini stamp & sale will end Aug. 1, 2014.

Here is the free pattern with purchase: 

Here is the free mini stamp with any 2 stamp purchase:

 

Tara is giving away one stamp set each day

& Too Cute by Jessica is giving away

$25 gift card to her store (regular priced items).

And now for my project....

I LOVE this stamp from Tara's new stamp set

Lil Bit Buggie!

And naturally I pulled out the Walk In My Garden

cartridge for this sentiment.

I cut the flower at 2" with a shadow

and the bee at 2 1/2" with a shadow.

I used some yellow glitter paper for the wings and

added a Glitter Dot from Recollections to the flower.

I popped both of them up on some foam tape.

The hexagon comes from Accent Essentials.

My papers were mostly from my scrap stash,

except for the b/g paper.

It came from Ki's "Growing Garden"

6x6 pack I found at Wal-Mart.

Super cute paper pad!!!

The white ribbon comes from American Crafts.

I trimmed the corners off of the sentiment mat and

used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for the stamp.

Now...

Next up on the Line Up is the amazing Melissa!!!

Winners will be picked from a different blog each day,

so the more you comment the more chances you have to win!!!

And be sure to check out the

Craftin Desert Diva's Shop

and the

CDD Gallery

where we'd love for you to share

your projects using the CDD stamps.

Blogs on the hop today:

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com

Kathy - https://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com

Ilda - http://www.ilovedoingallthingscrafty.com/

Mayra-http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/

Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com

Emily - http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com

Melissa - http://iliketocreate.blogspot.com/

Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Lori -http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com

Jessi- http://www.mylifeinartsncrafts.co 

Jessica - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica

Have fun hopping!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

FCCB & BBTB2 Challenges - Mother's Day and Paper Play

Happy Monday!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!

Today we have a couple fun challenges starting over at FCCB and BBTB2!!!

FCCB

Challenge #209 Paper Fun

This Weeks Sponsor

Winner will receive the Hello Butterflies stamp set

~This Weeks Challenge~

Paper Fun

Create a project that uses Patterned Paper

AND



Over at BBTB2, I am actually hosting this week's challenge!
I decided to go with Mother's Day because, well, it's going to be here in 6 days!!!
Are you prepared?!?!
Well, if not, this is a perfect opportunity to make her a card or project and show it off to the rest of us :)
So I hope you will join us this week!!!

Here is my project for my Mom:

My first shaker card!!!!

I had a lot of fun making this card and I have a video to show you how it all came together.

I used Doodlecharms, Walk In My Garden, and Elegant Edges.

I am also entering this into the challenges over at My Craft Spot (Mother's Day/Spring) and Exploring Cricut - Mother's Day Project & Use Ribbon - there are some awesome prizes up for grabs with their challenge, so be sure to check it out and enter your projects there too!

My Video:

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

HIMCR Challenge #124 - Die Cuts!

HIMCR Challenge #124

Die Cuts!!

 

Prize:

Robot Party and Space Party

Cricut Cartridges

 

My Project: 

 

 

Here is another sympathy card that I needed to make for my husband's co-worker who lost his dad.  Such sad occasions, definitely not "fun" cards to make, but I do enjoy trying to create something that might bring some comfort.  I used Walk In My Garden for the flowers/vase and Elegant Edges for the mat.  My paper comes from a ColorBok (Wal-Mart) designer paper pack.  I used The Paper Studio's Curl Ribbon folder for the embossing on the vase and popped up the mat with some foam tape, as well as the flowers/vase for some extra dimension.  I hope that you will join our challenge this week at HIMCR, all you have to do is include a die cut on your project! Thanks for checkin' in!

Get Well Soon

 

 

I am so glad there were some challenges this week to help me put together a Get Well Soon card. I didn't have any in my inventory, so YAY! for being prepared when someone I know is sick! I followed the Mojo Monday sketch for the week and chose the scallop circle card, haven't done one in a while. Then over at CardzTV there is a fun color challenge of black, white, and a POP of yellow. I am also entering this into My Craft Spot (Get Well Soon), Exploring Cricut (use at least two cuts) and Use It Tuesday (trends).  I used Birthday Bash for the scallop circle card and the two base mats, George for my ovals, and Walk In My Garden for the Iris's. When I first heard of the trend "Washi Tape", I had no idea what it was, but I had to have it, so I went out and found some black and white tape about a year ago. This is the second time I have used it, so I wasn't so good at actually following/using the trend. But you can see the Washi tape behind my oval mat. I also used some flat back pearls from Michaels to finish off the card. I'm pleased with how this turned out and have a video for you to watch how it all came together.

Oh, Happy Day!

 

 

I am so excited to finally be entering a PKS Challenge! I am LOVING my PKS's and am having so much fun using them on my cards.  This week they have a sketch challenge which I used to create this fun ladybug card.  I am also entering this card in CardzTV "Seeing Red" challenge, Cut It Up's challenge of "What's Bugging You", and My Craft Spot's challenge of "Clean and Simple".  My card base is black, with a red base mat.  I used Swiss Dots to emboss my white mat, Walk in My Garden for the ladybug and leaves, and my red flower mat comes from DCWV Green Stack.  The PKS face comes from the Everyday Character set and I used some silvery glitter ink (I don't have white...yet).  I finished the card off with some black and white twine from We R Memory Keepers.  My sentiment comes from CardzTV "Happy Days" stamp set and I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  I think this is a simple and cute card, I really like how it turned out.  Thanks for checking it out!

Decorate to Celebrate Guest Designer!!! "FOR THE GIRLS"

I am so excited to be a Guest Designer for Decorate to Celebrate's "FOR THE GIRLS" challenge.  This time of year is pretty crazy for my family; we have our Anniversary, my Birthday, and Mother's Day all within 2 weeks of each other, and now we have my baby girl's birthday to throw in the mix.  When I was trying to figure out what to do for this challenge I came across this amazing paper at JoAnn's, and everything just came together.  I knew this paper would be perfect to center around my sweet baby Josie Jane.  This is the banner I created for her and her 1st Birthday party.

 

I used Kate's ABC's Baby Girl Font cut at size 8".  The butterflies are also from Kate's ABC's, I cut them and their shadow at 5".  As far as the paper goes, it is by "me & my BiG ideas", but it doesn't have a name just a bar code (7380793379 CC-01).

 

The flowers are cut from Sweet Treats, I cut two at 4" and two at 3". The leaves are cut from Walk in My Garden.  I cut 4 at 1 1/2" and 4 at 2".  I used foam tape to pop everything up to give it more dimension and I strung it on pink and yellow ribbon.  I made bows from the same ribbon and added them in between each letter using glue dots.

 

I love this paper so much that I had to use it for my party favors and invitations too!  The treat boxes are cut from Sweet Treats. I used the Party Favors funtion key for Flower1 and cut them at 2 3/4". I used the blackout feature (same size) to cut the patterned paper flower for both sides of the box. I filled the cello bags with fun treats and tied them with ribbon.

 

My invitations are a two sided 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" postcard based off of the banner.  The front side is pictured, the back side just has the party info on it so I didn't take a pic of it.  I used the same cuts as the banner, just scaled them down, but I forgot to make note of the sizes - sorry!

 

 

Here is the dimensional view.  I used foam tape to pop everything up, and just folded the butterfly wings for a 3D look.

 

I sure hope you are able to play along with Decorate to Celebrate's challenge.  I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.  Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog!!!

Bee Happy!

Here is a card I created for three fun challenges.  Craft With Cutters "Things with Wings", Little Scrap Pieces "Think Spring", and  Docerela Creations "Friendship".  I think this little card fits all of those themes.  I would like to send this to a friend who is feeling a little down.  It's bright and springy and would hopefully put a smile on her face.  This is the first time I have entered the CWC's and Docerela's challenge.  I LOVE finding new challenges!  I used Walk in My Garden for the bees, beehive, and the sentiment (I had to cut out "be" twice and steal the second "e" because the cart cut is just "be happy").  I popped up the images on some dimensionals, and used glue dots for the Recollection flowers.  I do like the color combo on this card and the layout is a bit different for me, but it works :)

Spring is Here! (Well, not quite)

I sure wish Spring was here!  We are getting so stir crazy staying inside day after day, and this Spring will be a huge milestone for our little family.  My husband will begin the Maintenance phase of his Cancer Protocol and will be able to re-enter society come May.  It has been a long road, and we are so anxious for warmer weather.  Anyway, I was excited to work on something other than Valentine's for a bit, and the Spring challenge from Bitten By the Bug 2 allowed me to do that.  I also used this card for the Paper Playtime challenge of "Border Punches".  I was excited to use the Walk in My Garden cartridge (I got it for Christmas) and this wheelbarrow is a fun cut.  The border was made using the Spellbinders Edgeabilities, which I love so much more than actual border punches.  I mixed and matched the Classic Scallop with the Classic Ric Rac.  This card was very refreshing to make!