BBTB2 - Valentine's Day Anything Goes

Happy Monday!!!

Today over at BBTB2 I am lucky enough to host this week's challenge.

I decided that it was time to kick it in gear and start thinking about

Valentine's Day :)

So this week I thought it would be fun to do an Anything Goes

Valentine's Style....

So as I was scrolling on Facebook the other day,

I came across a post from my Design Team Sister Sukie over at

Scrappin Dhilly and I immediately fell in love with her

Valentine Topper. (Thanks Sukie!!!)

I knew it was exactly what I wanted to CASE

for this year's Valentine's I make for my

friends, co-worker's, and my kids' teachers.

Of course, it isn't exactly like hers, how could I compete :)

But I did what I could with the materials I had.

The hearts I cut from George, the topper base is from

Elegant Edges, as well as the scallop trim at the top.

The arrow is from Small Talk Frames and Tags.

I rifled through my ribbon bins and found some fun

pieces to use. I also ordered on Amazon a TON of

little key embellishments - which I LOVE, and added

one to some twine and just clipped them all together

with a mini clothes pin I picked up from the Dollar Store.

Of course the chocolates are the Hershey's Nuggets

wrapped in strips of Valentine scrapbook paper.

I also used the cut out hearts from the topper as

confetti in the bag, so nothing went to waste :)

My XOXO stamp is from a Fiskars stamp set

and I decided to do a little bit of blush inking on the hearts.

I really like how these turned out,

now I just need to make 30 more :)

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! - New Year's Resolutions

Happy Friday!!!

How did your week go?

We actually had some colder temps this week,

but still I haven't even worn my coat really at all!

CRAZY!!!

Over at Cut It Up we have a new challenge for you...

New Year's Resolutions or Goals

Our Sponsor:

Kitten Scraps

$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:

Okay, so the first thing you should know is that

I don't make New Year's Resolutions...lol :)

However, I always want to keep my house clean

and love "tools" that make it easier.

I asked for a Stair Vacuum for Christmas and I got one...yay!

My stairs always get neglected because I hate lugging

my regular vacuum up and down them.

I LOVE my portable, lightweight, new toy and

will definitely be using it often :)

Sorry, enough about that...

Our Sponsor, Kitten Scraps has some adorable

images and we were able to choose some to work with.

As soon as I saw this cute girl vacuuming, I knew it was the one.

My papers are all from my scrap stash.

I used Mini Monograms to cut out the scallop

and Art Philosophy is a fun cartridge for banners.

My sentiment is from a Fiskar's set

and my enamel dots are from Echo Park.

Please take some time to head over to Kitten Scraps

to see all the fun options they have for

your projects :)

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

Thanks for checkin' in!

BBTB2 - It's Snowy and Cold

Happy Monday!!!

Today over at BBTB2 a new challenge has started

all about winter and being snowy and cold.

I know everyone on the East is experiencing some

crazy snow, but I am in Utah and we have nada!

We are in the upper 40's and sun - CRAZY!!!

Anyway, if we did have snow, my kids would be

outside building snowmen and snow forts

so my card is in hope that we have at least ONE

Snow Day...

I used these two cuts from Simply Charmed.

My paper is from American Crafts and I combined

two stamp sentiments from CardzTV and Craftin' Desert Divas.

The cute sparkly rhinestones are from Michael's.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Calendars

Happy Friday!!!

Did everyone survive Christmas week?!?!

It was a whirlwind, that's for sure.

Today over at Cut It Up

our new challenge is all about Calendars...

Our Sponsor:

Heartfelt Creations

$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:

For this challenge I decided to use

Designer's Calendar to make a simple, yet effective

calendar for January.

I really like all the options this cartridge has

to customize a calendar specific to your life.

My background paper is from The Paper Studio

my other cardstock is from Recollections.

I hope you are able to share your different calendar ideas

with us over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Christmas Songs

Happy DECEMBER!!!

Can you believe it?!?!

I can't, especially since we keep hitting the 50's here in Utah.

The ski resorts have even closed down due to no snow!

Anyway, today over at Cut It Up! we have a

new challenge starting...

Create a Project Inspired

by a Christmas Song

Sponsor:

Heartfelt Creations

$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:

One of my favorite Christmas songs is

"The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole

better know as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"

Anyway, I found this awesome fireplace cut on the

Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge that I wanted to use.

My papers are from My Mind's Eye

and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Baby's It's Cold Outside

Happy Monday!

Did you all survive Thanksgiving?

Ours was a bit different this year, but it was still good.

Today over at BBTB2 I am hosting the challenge...

Baby It's Cold Outside

Let's see your projects featuring warm apparel!

I cut this fun winter hat from Winter Woodland.

My papers were all in my scrap stash,

but I think the majority are from American Crafts.

The sentiment is also from American Crafts.

The embellishments are from the Paper Studio.

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! - Shape Cards

Happy Friday!!!

We are supposed to get snow today here in Utah,

but you never know with our weather,

it could be 70 degrees instead.

Anyway, over at Cut It Up! we have a new

challenge starting all about Shape Cards.

Our Lovely Sponsor:

Flourette Bloom

$10 Gift Card

My Project:

Okay folks, our awesome sponsor let the DT choose

one of their files to work with for this challenge.

I have had a Brother Scan N Cut for pretty close to a year

and I have been too scared to figure out the whole SVG thing

because I am so used to my Cricut.

Anyway, I decided I would buck up and figure it out

for this challenge because I just love this Snow Globe cut.

I picked this SVG file from the

Holly Days set over at Flourette Bloom.

I just love how it turned out

and even though I feel that my neighbors

who put up their Christmas lights

before Thanksgiving are traitors,

I do have to admit this card put me

in a bit of the Christmas Spirit.

My holly berry paper is from Echo Park,

my red plaid is from DCWV and the

silver glitter paper is from The Paper Studio.

I don't know why I waited so long to figure out my

Scan N Cut, but now that I have, the possibilities

are ENDLESS!!!!

I hope you will join us over at Cut It UP!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Movie or Book

Happy Monday!

Today over at BBTB2 we have a new challenge

create a project inspired by a Movie or Book.

I recently added a couple Disney Princess cartridges

to my collection after finding them on clearance at Hobby Lobby.

So I just had to create a card based on "Tangled"

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie!!!

Anyway, here is Pascal, Rapunzel's best friend.

My papers are all from my scrap stash but wanted

to stay true to the color pallet of the movie,

purple and gold, and of course Pascal is green

and I think that combo is fabulous.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! - Shaker Cards

Happy Friday!

I had an interesting morning to say the least...

I will spare you the details,

but my big toe is numb from a small procedure

and my body had a slight reaction to the shots that numbed it up...

After nausea, fainting, and some time in the bathroom

I am feeling like a complete spazz!!!

But my toe is better...Yay!

ANYWHO...today is the start of another challenge over at

Cut It UP!

Challenge:

Shaker Cards!

Our Sponsor:

The Cutting Cafe

Any 3 Sets of Your Choice

My Project:

The Cutting Cafe was generous enough to

send the Design Team different files for

shaker cards.

I loved this pumpkin one and wanted to try it out.

Keep in mind that I do not have an SVG cutting machine,

so this was put together solely by fussy cutting...crazy huh!?!?

Even with the fussy cutting it was a sinch to do,

so you should definitely give it a go.

The paper I used for the inside is from DCWV

and the filler is a combo of sequins and beads.

I added some baker's twine and VWALLAH...

Done and Done...

The Inside... 

I also used this sentiment from The Cutting Cafe

for the inside of the card.

My paper is from my scrap stash,

I can't remember what paper pad it came from.

I did ink around all the edges of my card

with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

I hope you will join us in this Shaker Card challenge,

they are such fun cards to make.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Travel/Road Trip

Happy Monday!

Today over at BBTB2 we have another

challenge starting....

Travel/Road Trip

I decided to focus on travelling via air not road :)

This fun plane is from Everyday Pop-Up Cards.

All my papers are from my scrap stash, and I followed

a sketch from Mojo Monday.

The sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! Breast Cancer Awareness

Happy Friday!!!

Oh my goodness, can I just list all that is going on in my life right now?

It would take up too much of my blog, so I will spare you.

Anyway, a new challenge has started over at Cut It Up!!!

Our Challenge is:

Breast Cancer Awareness.

Our Sponsor:

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

$15 Prize

My Project:

Unfortunately, I was not able to use the awesome ribbon

die cut from our sponsor,

instead I pulled out my Pink Journey cartridge

and cut out this pretty pink ribbon.

I also used Mini Monograms to cut the

scallop circle and then I cut that in half to use as

added embellishment.

The background paper is from Echo Park.

I love the printed message on the paper and

thought it was perfect for this card.

I hope you will join us over at Cut It Up

for this challenge.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Apple of My Eye

Happy Monday!

Welcome to another challenge over at BBTB2!

I am hosting the challenge this week and decided

to channel my love of the Harvest and especially the

Apple Harvest on my project.

There are so many fun apple cuts with the Cricut,

 I am sure you will be able to create something amazing!

I decided to use the fabulous apple from Doodlecharms -

it's seriously perfect.

I used up some more scraps from my stash

and pulled out some fun red patterned papers.

Added a few green gems for embellishment and

the sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! Johnny Appleseed

Happy Friday!!!

Oh my! Life is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Busy!!!

I can't believe it has been so long since my last post.

Seriously LIFE!!!

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

Cut It Up!

Johnny Appleseed - Use an Apple

Sponsor:

Pink & Main

$20 Store Credit

My Project:

I decided to make a sign that kids can hold up

on the first day of school so parents can take their pictures.

Isn't your Instagram feed inundated with those like mine is?!?!

I am one of those parents so I am just as guilty :)

Anyway, I used Locker Talk for the cut,

DCWV Grade School paper for the background,

and some textured red cardstock for the base.

I used some foam tape to pop up the image.

I love the bold colors and fun theme for this sign,

so perfect for those school shots ;)

I hope you will join us over at Cut It Up for our challenge.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! Friendship

Happy Friday!

Welcome to another challenge for Cut It Up!

This week we want to focus on Friendship!

Our Sponsor:

Heartfelt Creations

$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:

I decided to follow a card from the cartridge

"Just Because" Cards.

All the cuts are set at 8" and it is a good sized card.

I love the pink and green papers together.

My base pink paper is from Echo Park.

The green overlay paper is from DCWV.

The papers I used for the owl and saying were just

in my scrap stash.

I think this is a fun friendship card :)

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - 3D Projects

Happy Monday!

Welcome to another challenge over at BBTB2!

This week the challenge is all about 3D Projects...

SO FUN!!!

I decided to make a cute little pillow box from

Something to Celebrate.

My paper is from American Crafts.

I also decided to add a 3D butterfly.

I used Art Philosophy to cut out this cute image

and just popped up the

middle section of the layer to create the effect.

I used a rhinestone for embellishment.

My sentiment is from a stamp set from

Craftin' Desert Divas.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - July 4th

Happy Monday!!!

Welcome to another challenge over at BBTB2!

This week was my choice for the challenge and seeing

as how the 4th of July is tomorrow

I though we could channel our inner

Red, White & Blue.

I used the cut from Designer's Calendar for July 4th - LOVE.

I pulled some papers from my stash and just kind of

criss-crossed them for this fun layout.

I love the 4th of July and all that it stands for...

I also love the fireworks ;)

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! - Red, White & Blue

Happy Friday!!!

Can you believe July starts tomorrow?!?!

C.R.A.Z.Y.

Today over at Cut it Up! a new challenge has started!

Use Red, White & Blue

and/or a Patriotic Symbol

Seems fitting with the 4th right around the corner ;)

Our Sponsor:

Heartfelt Creations

$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:

For my card I used the stars from George

and all my papers are from my scrap stash.

The enamel dots are from Michael's

and the sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.

I hope you will join us over at Cut It Up

for this week's challenge.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Happy Father's Day

Happy Monday!

I have the craziest week ahead and to top it all off...

Father's Day on Sunday!

Not. Even. Close. To. Being. Prepared!!!

At least I have a card ready,

thanks to BBTB2 ;)

Our challenge this week is

Father's Day.

I picked up a new paper pad at Hobby Lobby,

I haven't bought new paper for a LONG time!

I really love the masculine colors and patterns.

I used Summer Celebrations for the tie cut

and was inspired by a sketch from Mojo Monday.

The sentiment is from a $1 stamp set I picked up

along time ago at Robert's.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! - Summer School

Happy Friday!

It's June!!!

Let summer begin...

and what better way to celebrate than

Summer School ;)

Today over at Cut It Up! we have a super fun challenge:

Yep, follow a tutorial!

Our Sponsor:

Heartfelt Creations

$20 Gift Certificate

So my DT sister Katrina recommended a YouTube channel

for some fun tutorials and I decided to check it out!

Jen of Eve Designs

I highly recommend you take a look at her amazing videos too!

I watched a video on some embellishment paper clips

and I had to try them out.

However, I didn't have any of the cute spiral clips,

so I decided to use clothes pins instead.

I think they turned out super cute!!!

My paper is from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby),

that I picked up years ago.

I cut one of the flowers from Art Philosophy,

the bigger one is 3" and the smaller one is 2".

I inked up the edges with some black ink and added

a black flat back rhinestone for the center.

I used my ATG Gun to adhere

the flowers to the clothes pins.

I really like how they turned out.

I hope you will join us for "Summer School"

this week over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!