Birthday Wishes

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Patterned Paper.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Polkadoodles.

 Here is my card:

I was able to use up a LOT of patterned paper on this one.  Everything but the card base and base patterned paper were cut from scraps, even the card stock!  And I have had these blue rhinestones FOREVER!!!  It always feels so good to use up little bits and pieces!

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles "Wishes"; Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 12" flower and leaves

Challenges:

Di's Digi Designs--birthdays

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #805--use that stash

As You Like It--favorite: soft or bold colors (I definitely like my bolder colors.  I like bold rich coloring and the papers that can stand up to it!)

Krafty Chicks #766--birthday

Cards Galore #135--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #230--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #318--anything goes with the optional twist: feminine

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #300--anything goes

With Sympathy

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: So Sorry

Here is my card for your inspiration:

The sister of one of the elderly ladies at our church passed away recently, so a sympathy card was in order--perfect timing with this challenge!  Sympathy cards are always a bit of challenge for me.  I want to keep them rather simple, but elegant and tasteful at the same time.  I started out by stamping my card panel with a crocheted background stamp with white craft ink.  I had to stamp it multiple times and it is still hard to see since the card stock is such a light color, but it does give a very subtle texture to the background; you can see it a bit in the picture below.

Then I die cut and stamped the images.  Layering stamps are sooooo gorgeous, but also such a challenge for me.  I struggle with getting them lined up correctly, although I think I did a fairly good job with this set this time.  I also die cut and stamped the sentiment and the added everything to the card, finishing by popping the sentiment up with foam tape and adding some peach colored pearls that I have had in my stash forever!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew "Rosy Lookout" roses; Papertrey Ink "Boutique Borders: Sympathy"; Our Daily Bread "Crocheted" background

Dies: Altenew "Rosy Lookout"; Papertrey Ink "Boutique Borders: Sympathy"

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #282--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #697--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #595--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #627--sketch

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Lil' Red Wagon #805--use that stash (I have had the sentiment stamp and die set for many years and the flower set at least 2 1/2 years.  And the pearls have been in my stash forever!)

Cards Galore #135--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #318--anything goes with the optional twist: feminine

Craft Rockets #125--flowers

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #204--inspiration photo (inspired by flowers)

Beautiful Blossoms #28--anything goes with optional mood board

Word Power--anything goes with sentiment as focus

Not 2 Shabby--color combo or mood board (I was inspired by the piece of yellow paper with the peach flowers)

Ruff day?

Happy May 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

This inspiration for this card came from the paw print cover plate.  I have a small stack on my desk of items I haven't used yet (or haven't used very much).  I was looking through the stack and came across the die and a plan started to form.  I really like this sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge (unfortunately the challenge expired before I could add the card) and remembered I had a stamp set with a pup that would work well with the sketch.  I also had a bit of red patterned paper on my desk that was already the perfect width for one of the banners so red became the color scheme.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut out the pup and found another scrap of a coordinating red paper to use for the second banner.  The sentiment was from the same set and I added a little heart that was left over from cutting the background and I colored it with a red marker.  

I don't like to throw anything away that might have a purpose.  Several years ago, I created some invitations to a baby shower and had a couple left over.  They were too cute to throw away so I have been holding on to them.  Last month, we had a baby shower for a new baby boy at our church and I ended up cutting off the front panels of a couple of the invitations to use as cards for this sweet little baby and his mom.  So, I still had the back panels with the information for the other baby shower.  So, I just flipped it over and die cut my cover panel from the "clean" side.  Once adhered to the card front, no one will ever know!

I also love to use my little scraps of white card stock.  They are perfect for small sentiment panels and when an image is going to be fussy cut (or die cut) out.  As you can see below, I used some of these scraps for this card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: Your Next Stamp "Words: Cats and Dogs"

Dies: Your Next Stamp pawprint cover plate

Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #200--Fill in the blank, Adorable . . . (I have an adorable pup!!)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #299--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #252--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #595--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #804--make is sew! (my cover plate has stitching)

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #505--anything goes with snippets

 

Mother

I have the privilege of being a guest designer for Double Trouble Challenge for the month of April and this is my card for the new challenge.

And this is my card for your inspiration:

I have actually 4 layers and even my flowers have 4 layers.  I used purple and green as my 2 colors and I have one background using patterned paper.

Make sure you head over to the Double Trouble blog for all of the details of the challenge and see what the DT has created.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; Memory Box "Impatients" die

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #318--anything goes with the optional twist: feminine

Die Cut Divas--flowers

NBUS #73--never before used schtuff (this is the first time I've had both the die cut flowers and the stamp set out to play)

Beautiful Blossoms #28--anything goes with the optional mood board

Triple B--anything goes with birds, blooms or butterflies and the optional mood board

Creative Fingers #299--anything goes

Alphabet--a is for alphabet (I used F for flowers)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #252--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #696--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

The Paper Shelter #635--that special lady

Penny's Challenge #595--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--make it girly

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #669--sketch (I turned it 90 degrees to fit my sentiment)

Sending Hugs

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: CAS.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Sheepski Designs.

 Here is my card:

It's interesting how your style evolves and grows as you spend more time crafting in any form.  I am not a fussy card maker, but CAS cards used to be extremely hard for me to pull off well.  My style falls more into a classic, somewhat embellished style with lots of layers.  BUT, I have worked to understand the CAS style and I think I am getting pretty good at it.  I printed this beautiful image out in a large size so it could really be the star of the show.  I die cut the panel using a stitched rectangle die.  After I colored up the image, I add a simple sentiment and RESISTED the urge to add any embellishments at all.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sheepski Designs "Jos Daffodils"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 12" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Cards Galore #134--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #318--anything goes with the optional twist: feminine

Die Cut Divas--flowers

Crafty Calendar--feminine

Moving Along With the Times #177--spring flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #28--anything goes with flowers with the optional mood board

Triple B--anything goes with birds, blooms, or butterflies with optional mood board

Fab n' Funky #614--think spring

Word Art Wednesday #695--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #594--anything goes

Double D--springtime flowers

As You Like It--Favorite: CAS or Fancy and Fussy?  (As I said in my post, I don't really prefer either of these options, but I so admire people who do CAS well and my aim is to get better and better at it.)

Krafty Chicks #764--CAS

Whole Herd

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Beginning with "C"

Here is my card for your inspiration:

While I was playing around on Pinterest this week, I came across a tutorial for this card style that I just HAD to try.  It looked so fun, and honestly it is quite easy to make once you get the two pieces cut and scored.  I need to make a birthday card for my nephew who is turning 8 this month and I thought he would appreciate something a little bit "more" than a regular card.

So my "C"s are: Card (that's a pretty obvious one!), Critters, and Cow.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut out the farm animals and then adhered them to the card with some die cut grass.  Of course, I had to add in a die cut "8" to celebrate his eighth birthday.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things "The Whole Herd"

Dies: PaperTrey Ink number die; Your Next Stamp grass die

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #251--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #229--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #108--use dies

Craft Rocket #124--layer it up

Paper Funday #75--anything goes with the optional twist: beginning with B (I have lots of blue and a billy goat)

Crafty Gals Corner #206--fill in the blank-adorable . . . (critters!  I think these are just the cutest farm animals ever!!)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Creases #102--anything goes with a fun fold

Penny's Challenge #594--anything goes

ART Impressions #401--A, B,C . . . 1, 2, 3 (I used a die cut 8)

Cardz 4 Guyz #370--fancy folds

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--patterned papers

Little Red Wagon #803--Birthday

Farm Fresh

 A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest designer with Double Trouble Challenge for the month of April.  

The first challenge of the month begins today.  Here is a sneak peek at the challenge:

You will have to head over to the Double Trouble blog for ALL the details.  

And here is my card for your inspiration:

I have my three pastel colors: blue, pink and green; my one sentiment with two words (I had to mask it a little to get it to two words!); and my one slimline card.  I had a bit of trouble with the twist to use at least one decorative or colored egg as I don't celebrate Easter with eggs and bunnies and such, but I did remember that I had this farm set that had little eggs in it.  So, I colored them up to be green eggs (some chickens do indeed lay green eggs) and there you go!  And of course, I used the sketch and I managed to use up all of that pretty lace as well!  This small piece has been sitting around for a long time.  It's always fun to use things up.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Double Trouble blog and check out all the details and then play along with the challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps: She's All That "Farm Fresh"

Dies: unbranded circle dies from Amazon

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #298--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #251--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #134--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #229--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--feminine

Craft Rocket #124--layer it up

The Paper Funday #75--anything goes with the optional twist: beginning with "B" (I have blue and basket)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #203--Bunnies and eggs (I have a basket of colored eggs)

Colorful Options--pastels or rainbow colors (I used pastels)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #545--hippity hop (Easter or bunnies or chicks--I have a little chick)

Penny's Challenge #594--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #802--circles

C.R.A.F.T. #752--Spring/Easter/anything goes

Blessed

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: CAS.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Sheepski Designs.

 Here is my card:

CAS cards have always been a bit of a challenge for me.  But over the years I have gotten better at it.  I printed out the image and die cut it with a stitched rectangle die.  The longest part was definitely coloring the image, then I stamped the sentiment and sprinkled around some tiny white pearls.  Done!

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sheepski Designs "Tulip Border" digi image; Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #693--anything goes with uplifting sentiments

Penny's Challenge #593--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--female cards

C.R.A.F.T. #752--spring/easter/anything goes

Crafty Catz #691--anything goes

Cards Galore #134--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #229--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #317--anything goes with the optional twist: CAS

Unicorn Challenge #108--use dies

Die Cut Divas--flowers

Crafty Calendar--feminine

Creatalicious #287--anything goes with the optional twist: Easter/spring

Moving Along With the Times #177--spring flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #27--anything goes with the optional twist of the mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--birds, blooms or butterflies with optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Baby boy

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Anything But a Card

Here is my project for your inspiration:

I created these cute little boxes for the favors for a baby shower I am co-hosting this weekend.  As you can guess, it is for a little, baby boy.  He actually was born 6 weeks early so is already here!!  But, we had this scheduled before the birth, so here we are.  I have a die that cuts out the little box.  Then I stamped the baby items on one side and "Thank you" on the second (see the photo below).  I then stamped a onesie on blue patterned paper and again on white card stock.  Fussy cut them both out and adhered the blue onto the white.  After putting three little Dove chocolates inside, I tied them up with an organza ribbon bow.  So cute!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink "Through the Trees" sentiment; SU! "Oh, baby" image

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs favor box

Challenges:

Shopping Our Stash #544--fun folds

Penny's Challenge #593--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #801--I guess that's why they call it the blues

Crafty Catz #691--anything goes

Creative Fingers #298--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #251--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #108--use dies

Party

Happy April 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

You are actually getting a little sneak peek here.  I'm posting this card just a little early so I can play along with Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge.  Sometimes you just like a sketch so much that you HAVE to play along!  This one was fun, super easy and would be a fantastic way to use up a bunch of scraps!  My little "enamel dots" are actually pearler beads that I melted down in the oven.  I did a whole bunch several years ago.  Some of them (I'm guessing cheaper knock-off beads) melted down like donuts--with a hole still in the center--but some of them melted into these perfect little domed dots.  I pulled out all these different greens that matched my patterned papers perfectly!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things "The Whole Herd" cow and sentiment

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" washi tape strip and fishtail banner

Challenges:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #622--sketch

Word Art Wednesday #693--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #593--anything goes

Di's Digi Stamps--2 or more patterned papers

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #250--anything goes

Make My Monday #248--make it green

Spring Hello

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Colors of Spring

Here is my card for your inspiration:

When I was making this card above, I ended up cutting the "hello" out of the card base incorrectly to line up with the space in the patterned paper, so I had to die cut another panel and was left with this one sitting on my desk.  I wanted to jazz it up a bit, so I found a background stamp and inked it up with some turquoise ink, hoping for a little tone on tone look, but it ended up a little more bold than I was anticipating.  

I stamped the flowers three different times for each flowers: once on white card stock to create the white border and twice on the patterned paper so I could cut out both layers and add some dimension between them.  I created a shaker element out of the die cut "hello" window and added some more of the sequins scattered around for embellishments.  It's bright and happy and hopefully will brighten the recipient's day.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Joyful Blooms"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Essential Hello" and "Falling Leaves"

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--anything goes 

We Love Stamping--hello spring or anything goes

Craft Rockets #123--for the girls

Pixie's Snippets Challenge #502--anything goes using snippets (my base layer was left over from creating a different card, all the leaves were die cut from a scrap of green card stock and all the flowers were stamped and fussy cut from snippets of left over white card stock)

Art Impressions Stamps #399--I like to move it, move it (shaker element)

Try A Sketch on Tuesday #666--sketch

Cupcake Inspirations #613--sky blue, pink, green

Make My Monday #247--use a die or punch

Beautiful Blossoms #27--anything with flowers goes with optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--birds, blooms or butterflies with the optional twist: use green

To the Moon

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: For A Special Lady.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Mirtillamente.

 Here is my card:

I think this will be the birthday card for my mom, who's birthday is next month.  It all started with me being lazy and not wanting to take the time to print out an image from the sponsor.  I happened to have one printed out on a piece of printer weight paper.  Not really sure why as I always print them out on cardstock.  But I decided to see what happened when I colored it up and I think it turned out really beautiful!  So, I fussy cut it out and die cut a white card stock circle and adhered the image to it.  I went looking for some purple patterned paper and came across this vintage-y pack I had forgotten about.  They are all slightly textured and have a lot of really elegant, subtle patterns.  I picked a purple and a green to accent the image.   The gray ribbon is actually two quite small pieces that I pieced together behind the circle.  To tie that in, I used a dark gray cardstock for the base layer.  I stamped the sentiment and added a bunch of gray pearls to finish everything off.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mirtillamente "Flowerz Moon" digi; Verve "To the Moon" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, Large"

Challenges: 

Cards Galore #133--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #222--anything goes

Creatalicious #287--anything goes with the optional twist: Easter/spring (I did not use the optional twist)

Craft Rockets #123--for the girls

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #298--sketch

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any occasion

Beautiful Blossoms #27--anything goes with the optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--green

Make My Monday #247--use a die or punch

Word Art Wednesday #692--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #592--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #250--anything goes

Double Trouble #187--SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing (#1: 3 colors [green, purple, gray], 2 embellishments [ribbon and pearls], 1 sentiment)

The Paper Shelter #630--anything goes with the optional twist: for the ladies

Hang in there

 I have something fun for you today!  I've been working on using up some of those bits and pieces that you end up with after making a bunch of cards--those die cuts that didn't work on the card, or extra pieces that you didn't need, small pieces of card stock that were left after die cutting, etc.  This card idea started with the "hello" die cut piece.  I had die cut the letters for a previous card (which you can find here) and as I was looking at it, I thought it would be really fun to turn it into a shaker card.  So, I did!  And here it is:

Thankfully, the letter are all connected in the "hello" die.  So, I laid the pink die cut piece on top of the blue layer and slide the die into place underneath so I could cut the blue piece in the same place.  I stamped the sentiment onto the patterned paper and stamped, colored and fussy cut the bunny image on a white card stock piece.  I attempted to ink some clouds with a stencil and white craft ink, but it didn't show up very well on the photo.  So, I die cut some clouds out of another scrap of white card stock and adhered them to the "sky".  I added some die cut grass to the bottom of the card and then turned the main panel into a shaker card with some blue and gold sequins.  Super fun and cute!  AND I got to use up that scrap that was lying on my desk.

Here's a close up of the cute little bunny and the shaker element:

Supplies:

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays "Some Bunny"

Dies; My Favorite Things 'hello"; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"; YNS grass border die

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #690--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #249--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #133--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #222--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--critters

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Paper Funday #74--anything goes with the optional twist: weather related (clouds??  Does that count as weather?)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #750--spring/weather/anything goes

Crafty Catz #689--anything goes with the optional twist: add a sentiment

Creative Fingers #296--anything goes

Make My Monday #247--use a die cut or punch

Cupcake Inspirations #613--sky blue, pink, green

Blue Skies

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: For a Special Woman.  I used an image from our fabulous sponsor: Mirtillamente.

 Here is my card:

The sentiment played off the image, but the rest of the card, including color was inspired by the sentiment.  Every once in a while, I end up printing out two of an image or maybe printing out two different images from a sponsor, not being sure which one I might use.  So, this image was a leftover from a while ago and saved me some time in not having to go find it and go through the process of printing it out.  The blue satin ribbon was just a small piece (I think I used just under half of it on this card, so there is a tiny bit left.  It matched the paper I chose perfectly.  After coloring the image and adhering the panel to the card, I added some clear dewdrops to look like rain drops.  The blue skies are coming but aren't here yet.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mirtillamente "Phoebe Rain" digi; Verve "Blue Skies" sentiment

Dies: unbranded stitched label die from Amazon

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #689--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #591--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--special women

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #249--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #133--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #228--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Paper Funday Challenge #74--anything goes with the optional twist: weather related

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #750--spring/weather/anything goes (I went with weather related)

As You Like It Challenge--Favorite: monochromatic or colorful and why (I like color in my images, but when it comes to the embellishments and papers, I tend to go monochromatic because I have a hard time matching colors.  I can use various shades of one color, such as the blues on this card, but using multiple colors is very challenging for me)

Hey There

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Happy Birthday

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I have a little behind the scenes look for you today.  This card was inspired by a bunch of scraps that were left on my desk after making some other cards.  A lot of them looked like they could go together, so I pulled them all together and this is what I started with:

The rectangle of plaid paper and the bit of red ribbon were turned into my tag.  I added the silver star and the two connected black circles.  They are the base of a Western themed die cut set, so I die cut another small section out of black and then cut the second layer out of silver card stock and glued the two pieces onto the back and you will never know.  They created the star border that is underneath my sentiment banner.

Now, I NEVER throw away scraps of white card stock unless they are really, really tiny.  So, I took my little pile from the photo above and found two pieces that were large enough to stamp my little critters on.  Those little scraps are always perfect for little images that you are either going to die cut or fussy cut.

I also used on of the longer strips of white to die cut and stamp my sentiment on:

The strips of red card stock behind the tag were scraps, too.  The top one I didn't even need to do anything other than trim it a little shorter.  The bottom one was the same width as the top piece but quite short, so I just cut it almost in half and pieced it together behind the tag.  The middle strip needed a little trimming both in width and length.  The little silver stars were either left overs from the border die cut (2) or in my bits and pieces stash (2).

Not wanting the inside to feel lonely, I used a few more scraps to decorate it.  The plaid strip was in the first picture and the strip of red was just in my red scraps.  I finished it all off with a sentiment and the cute little piggie!

I definitely put a good dent in my scraps on this one.  Still have a lot of white (but I always do) and I wasn't able to use the gray ribbon or brown arrow from the first picture, but never fear, they will make it onto a card soon.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things "The Whole Herd"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" tag and sentiment banner; western border die and small stars; Verve large star

SU! 3D Woodgrain embossing folder

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations #612--for the love of pigs

Penny's Challenge #591--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #249--anything goes

Snippet's Playground #501--anything goes with snippets (I used a lot of snippets)

Die Cut Divas--critters

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any occasion (birthday)

Little Red Wagon #797--B is for Birthday

Krafty Chicks #758--birthday