I am attempting to maintain a blog filled with random bits from my life and family as well as my adventures in crafting.

Monday, November 30, 2015

BBTB2 - Christmas Green-ery

Happy Monday!!!

Hope you all had a great weekend!!!

So now that Thanksgiving is behind us,
we can look forward to the December Holidays :)

Over at BBTB2 we are starting our Christmas Challenges.
First up is Greenery - Use any type of Christmas plant
on your projects.


I decided to use the Holly from Joys of the Season.
My paper is all from Echo Park and
my sentiment is from TPC Studio.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Friday, November 27, 2015

Cut It Up - Make It Sparkle

Happy Friday!!!

And Black Friday at that :)

Do you participate in the craziness
that goes along with Black Friday?
I never have, and most likely never will :)

Well, regardless you should participate with
us over at Cut It Up with our new challenge!

Make It Sparkle - Use Sequins

Sponsors:
$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:
For my project, I used the Winter Frolic cartridge.
I love this fun tree!
I decorated it with Sequins for the ornaments.

The sentiment tag is from Elegant Edges
and the sentiment is from a $1 set I picked up
at JoAnn's.

The paper is from Echo Park.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Decorate To Celebrate - Toppers

Happy Wednesday!!!

Or Happy Thanksgiving Eve :)

Today over at Decorate To Celebrate
we have a new Anything Goes Challenge starting.

I was asked by my SIL to create some
toppers for treat bags she wanted to give out.
This is what I came up with:


The leaves and acorns are from Doodlecharms
and the paper is from Hobby Lobby.

I think they turned out super cute.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Monday, November 23, 2015

BBTB2 - "Thanks"

Happy Monday!

Can you believe Thanksgiving is this week?!?!
Crazy!

For our last Thanksgiving challenge
this month over at BBTB2,
we want to see your projects that
feature the word "Thanks".

I decided to use Create A Critter 2.
It has an awesome Phrase in the Thanksgiving
section of the handbook. I only used part of it though.
The pumpkin is also from CAC2, it is an accessory cut.

My background paper is from Hobby Lobby.

I used a technique that I haven't done in a while.
I pulled out Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink
to ink around all the edges.

I also decided to use some brads,
which I haven't done on a project in a long time.
These are fun embellishments.

My pumpkin is popped up on some foam tape.

I added the sentiment "giving" above the "THANKS" phrase
by masking a "Happy Thanksgiving" sentiment
and just inking up the last part of it.
Turned out great :)

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

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!





Monday, November 9, 2015

BBTB2 - Fall Colors Challenge

Happy Monday!

Welcome to another challenge over at BBTB2!

I have selected the theme of Fall Colors
because I absolutely love these colors together.


I used Celebrate with Flourish for this awesome
Pilgrim hat and just some papers in my stash.

The sentiment is from CardzTV Many Thanks set.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!

Monday, November 2, 2015

BBTB2 - Pumpkins

Happy Monday!

I hope you all survived the Halloween weekend
and Daylight Savings :)

As time continues on, we are looking forward
to Thanksgiving and all things Pumpkin!

So the challenge over at BBTB2 is
to feature a Pumpkin on your Thanksgiving cards.


My favorite pumpkin cut is from Freshly Picked.
I used the flip feature and cut the stem on the other
side of the pumpkin so I could fit the sentiment
in the upper right hand corner.

The background mat is paper from CTMH
and I used Elegant Edges to cut it out.

My pumpkin papers are from Basic Grey.
The jewels are from Darice, and
the sentiment is from CardzTV.

It's a super simple card, but I like how it turned out.

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!