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Friday, October 28, 2016

Cut It Up - Halloween Non Traditional Colors

Happy Friday!!!

Today over at Cut it Up we have a
super fun challenge for you!

Cut It Up
Create a Halloween project using
Non-Traditional Colors!


One Happy Cut is our sponsor for this challenge.
They are offering a $15 Gift Code.

My Project:
I used Celebrate with Flourish for this awesome
Tree cut. I LOVE this image!

I decided to use a softer color palette for this
Non-Traditional card.
My background paper is from CTMH, the side strip
was just in my scrap stash, so I am not sure where that came from

The "Oct 31st" stamp is from Joy's Life
Halloween Puns.
The bat stamps are from Studio G.

I really like the way this card turned out.

I hope you will join us over at Cut It Up for this challenge!

Thanks for checkin' in!



Monday, October 24, 2016

BBTB2 - Football Season

Happy Monday!!!

Welcome to another fun challenge over at

This week we want to see Football themed cards.
Either kind of Football will work :)

For me Football means NFL and Fantasy Football!
I love Fantasy Football, although this year I am 
not having a winning season :(
Oh well!

I used the Create-A-Friend cartridge for my images.
I cut the football at 18", if you can believe it!
It's only meant to be a small image because it is in
the hands of a football player, but it didn't prevent me
for enlarging it :)

I love the background paper too!
It is from Karen Foster Design's "Sports" 6x6 paper pad.
I found it on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $2.87 :)

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2 for
our Football challenge!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Monday, October 17, 2016

BBTB2 - BOO

Happy Monday!

We are getting closer to All Hallow's Eve,
so we have a challenge starting over at
BBTB2 of Anything Halloween!

For my card I used the Simply Charmed cartridge
for the fun headstone cut.

My papers are from SEI, and The Paper Studio.
The sentiment is from Joy's Life Halloween Puns.

I really like the color scheme on this one :)

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2
for our Halloween Challenge this week!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Friday, October 14, 2016

Happy Friday!!!

Welcome to another Challenge over at Cut It Up!

Cut It Up

The Theme for this Week's challenge is:
Pumpkins!!!
Use a Pumpkin on your card or project.

Sponsor:
Craftin Desert Divas
Prize: One Digi Image

My Project:
For my card, I used Simply Charmed.
Isn't this Pumpkin adorable?!?!

My background papers come from SEI and Recollections.
The sentiment is from a Fiskars Holiday Stamp Set.

I hope that you will join us over at

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Monday, October 3, 2016

BBTB2 - Frame It!

Happy Monday!

Can you believe it is October?!?!
I love Fall :)

This week over at BBTB2 we have a super fun challenge
all about Frames!


I used the Small Talk and Frames and Tags
cart for my project.

I thought of doing this card as a thank you for
the photographer who will take our family pictures next week.

The papers are all from Recollections.
I used a lot of foam tape to create a 3D effect
with the frame layers.

I really like this color combo too :)

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!