Grandpa

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Grandparents' Day (this is a good time to create something to celebrate a favorite Grandma or Grandpa)

And our fabulous sponsor is:

Lawn Fawn

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I got this adorable stamp set from Lawn Fawn a while ago (read: a couple years) and had yet to pull it out and ink it up.  So, this was the perfect opportunity to give it some love.  I started out by die cutting my frame out of a light gray card stock and then figuring out how I wanted to orient it to best create a scene.  I kind of made it backwards and created from the top most layer back to the base layer, but, hey, it worked.  I created my "cliff" with a Lawn Fawn stitched hillside die and a dark gray card stock and added the lighthouse on top of the cliff.  (Side note, I live in Rhode Island so we have a lot of lighthouses along the coastline).  I created my "sandy beach" layer with some kraft card stock , then stamped the "GRANDPA" part of the sentiment and added a few stamped hearts with a kraft colored ink and added some grains of "sand" with two different markers.  I created my "ocean" with some Aqua Mist card stock die cut with a wave die.  I used some matching ink to define the edges a little and stamped some waves with the same ink and some white ink.  For the sky, I used a cloud stencil to add some interest and stamped my birds directly onto the background before adding the puffy clouds.  I finished it all off by stamping the rest of the sentiment on navy card stock (to go with the nautical theme) and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

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: Lawn Fawn "Smooth Sailing"; Papertrey Ink "World's Greatest" the word grandpa

Dies: Lawn Fawn "Peekaboo Backdrop" frame, "Stitched Hillside Borders"; MFT "Ocean Motion"

Taylored Expressions "Set the Scene: Clouds" stencil

Challenges:

Cards Galore #102--anything goes

Dies R Us #199--summer

Pattie's Creations #197--anything goes

Unicorn #79--summer time

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #65--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Moving Along with the Times #145--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes

NBUS--never before used stuff (never used the stamp set before)

Penny's Challenge #528--anything goes

Creative Fingers #237--anything goes

Cupcake Inspiration #551--hobbies (for some people, sailing is a hobby)

Cardz 4 Guyz #303--use a stencil

The Paper Shelter #502--frame it

Little Red Wagon #688--a day at the beach

All about me!

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: All About Me (create something for you, or something that represents you, or both!)

And our fabulous sponsor is:

STAMPlorations

Here is my project for your inspiration:

I LOVE to read!!  After a bit of a hiatus because I have three children, and lots of other interests, I've kind of gotten sucked back in.  It has mostly been fueled by my middle daughter who keeps feeding me the next book in a series she loves.  I just HAVE to keep reading them, you know?!  Anyway, I used a STAMPlorations tag die to create my bookmark base.  The tag wasn't as long as I wanted it to be, so I die cut the top only (hanging the bottom part outside the edge of the cutting plates so it wouldn't cut the bottom.  Then I slid the tag die down and did the same, but this time hanging the top off the edge of the cutting plate.  (I die cut a second piece to go underneath to strengthen the base)  I used a stencil to create a background.  I stamped my images (they are separate: head, shoulders with arms, dress, legs) on scrap card stock, colored them and cut them out.  Then I stamped the dress on a patterned paper and placed all the pieces together on the bookmark.  I actually have a blue dress with white polka dots (just wore it this past Sunday to church).  I added red shoes, for a pop of color and fun.  I also have red shoes but wouldn't be able to wear them with the dress because mine have polka dots and that would be a little too much with the dots on the dress!  I stamped a stack of books and a sentiment, added an eyelet and some fabric twine for the tassel.  Oh, and did I mention my favorite color is blue?  Yep, so this book mark is all about me!

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: STAMPlorations "Party Girl"; MFT "Our Story" stack of books and sentiment

Dies: STAMPlorations "Coffee Tags"

Stencil: STAMPlorations "Floral Burst Mini"

Challenges:

Penny's Challenge #527--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #187--anything goes

Snippets Playground #434--anything goes with snippets (all the pieces of my woman image were stamped on scraps--paper piecing is a great way to use up patterned paper scraps!)

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #195--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #65--anything goes

NBUS--never before used shtuff (this is the first time I have used the woman stamp set)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--summertime blues

613 Avenue Create--anything goes

Pumpkin spice and everything nice

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

And our fabulous sponsor is:

Newton's Nook

Here is my project for your inspiration:

I created this adorable little treat box all dressed up as a pumpkin for a nice fall themed treat.  I had this really cute set "Love Bites" from Newton's Nook and I thought the little donut could be a pumpkin spice donut to go with my pumpkin theme.  Super cute, right?!  I took some pics of each side so you can see what it looks like from all the angles.

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: Newton's Nook "Love Bites"

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs treat box; MFT small leaves and "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" tag and heart; Poppy Stamps "Pumpkin Leaves"

Challenges:

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #69--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #287--spring or autumn colors (I chose autumn)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #186--anything goes

Fab n Funky #566--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #554--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #526--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Monster-ous Birthday Wishes

 My oldest nephew turns 8 on Saturday.  This is the card I created for him; isn't it sooooo cute!!  I love these adorable Silly Monsters from YNS--they are perfect for masculine cards.

The center panel is popped up on foam tape to create a little hole for the monster to pop out of.  See him tucked in there?  I think he just took a bite of that ice cream bar on the right--see that look on his face?

Supplies:

Stamps: Your Next Stamp "Silly Monsters" and "Sweet and Cool"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Cards Galore #101--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Pattie's Creations #196--anything goes

Cutie Pie #173--little cuties (for a child)

Creative Moments #236--cute

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #170--inspiration photo (inspired by the ice cream)

Aud Sentiments #295--anything goes with a sentiment

Crafting Happiness #125--anything goes

Fab n Funky #556--anything goes

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #526--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--for a child

Little Red Wagon #663--time for ice cream

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #565--sketch with the optional twist: sweet treats

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #186--anything goes

You're so cool!

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

And our fabulous sponsor is:

Your Next Stamp

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I was watching videos from MFT Stamps and came across this really fun slider card tutorial.  Alas, the dies and images I wanted to use were too big for the technique and I went through several (and I do mean several) panels before I finally ended up with something that was somewhat similar to what I wanted.  This panel still didn't end up exactly how I wanted it, but I just couldn't bear the thought of die cutting everything again!! So, I used the heart border die and a couple of the sequins to cover up some oopsies and the recipient will probably never even notice.  In the tutorial, the original image gets hidden as you pull the slider tab and the new image just pulls into place.  But I did NOT have enough room to do that, and I think it's ok to end up seeing both images.

I finished off the inside with a birthday greeting and stamped one of the ice cream bars with a caramel ink.

I will definitely give this a try again, but pick much smaller speech bubble dies and smaller images.  Live and learn!

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: Your Next Stamp "Sweet & Cool" (which seems to be retired) ice cream bars and front sentiment; Lawn Fawn "Push Here"; Mama Elephant inside sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Say What" large speech bubble and "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Smartphone" small speech bubble; PaperTrey Ink heart border

Challenges:

Cards Galore #101--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #69--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #196--anything goes

Craft Rockets #94--summertime

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #170--inspiration photo ( I used ice cream bars instead of cones, but inspired by cool tasty treats!)

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #156--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #295--anything goes

Crafting Happiness #125--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #185--anything goes

Creative Fingers #235--anything goes

Autumn Blessings

 Today I have the honor of guest designing for Penny's Challenges.  As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.  And the sponsor this challenge is Twinkle Lane Design.  I was given this adorable image to use.  No, I'm NOT rushing fall, but you gotta go with what you have to work with, right?

I colored my image, die cut it with a circle die and matted it with a scalloped circle die.  I had a bunch of die cut leaves in my bits and pieces stash that were perfect for embellishing the image.  I finished it off with a twine bow on the sentiment tag, and several yellow rhinestones for some sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you will get a chance to head over to the Penny's Challenge blog see what the designers have created and get all the details.

Supplies:

Stamps: Twinkle Lane Designs digi

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Standard Circles, large"; MFT leaf dies

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #234--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #187--anything goes

Cards Galore #101--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #69--anything goes

Pattie's Challenge #196--anything goes

Crafting Happiness #125--anything goes

Sketch Saturday #704--sketch

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #185--anything goes

Peace on Earth

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

And our fabulous sponsor is:

DRS Designs

Here is my card for your inspiration:

In my opinion, it is never to early to start on Christmas cards, so that's what I decided to create for this challenge.  I needed to alter my image slightly to fit the size of my oval die (the largest I have).  I masked out the sentiment first and stamped only the image with versamark ink and then heat embossed it with a sparkly gold embossing powder.  Then I die cut the image with the oval, and then I figured out the placement of the sentiment, masked off the image and stamped the sentiment and embossed it with the same embossing powder.  You can see the sparkle and shine in the photo below:

I didn't have any gold brads or enamel dots, so I decided to try a trick I've heard about before: I took some random colored brads, pressed the heads into the versamark ink pad, dipped them in the gold sparkly embossing powder and then heated it with my heat gun.  I had to do it a couple times to make sure I got a good coverage.  You can see how it turned out in the above photo--they turned out perfectly!  I added a couple die cut poinsettias and it was finished!

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: DRS Designs "Three Wisemen Peace"

Dies: Spellbinders "Filigree Delights" oval and "Layered Poinsettias"

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Critter Crazy #63--anything goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #44--anything goes

Crafty Gals #232--anything goes

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #155--anything goes

Sweet Stampers #69--animals

Penny's Challenge #524--anything goes

Creative Fingers #234--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #187--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #451--plants/flowers (I have not used these poinsettia dies in AGES!!)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #618--anything goes