Cut It Up Challenge #29 - Think Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness)

Cut It Up Challenges

Challenge starts October 4 and ends October 16, 2013 at noon EST

Use Pink on Your Project and Use a Die Cut

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It is Breast Cancer Awareness time!  Time and time again, I am shocked and amazed at how many people I know get diagnosed with cancer - any form, really.  My husband is a cancer survivor, he was diagnosed June 2012 and went through a year of hell, for lack of a better term.  But he made it!  And so many others I know fight and survive.  My mom just told me of a friend of hers that was just diagnosed with breast cancer, has had a double mastectomy and will start chemo in a week or so.  She asked me to make her some cards to pass on to her friend throughout this next little while for some encouragement and to make sure she knows she has a support system. 

So for my project I used the Cricut Pink Journey Cartridge and made some "pass-along" cards.  They are just a 3" x 4" one-sided card.  All the cuts are from this one cartridge, my papers are from My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey and then I embellished them with We R Memory Keeper's Baker's Twine, Recollection's Flat Back Pearls, and Prima Flowers.  My mom thought they were perfect, so I am happy with that!  I had my first mammogram this summer and I would encourage any of you, if you are over 35 to get one too!  You can never be too safe, and you just never know - one day you could be celebrating your birthday, the next day you are admitted in the hospital undergoing chemo.

I hope that you will join us over at Cut It Up Challenges for this special challenge, and your card doesn't specifically need to be about breast cancer, we just want you to incorporate pink in your project!

I am also going to be entering these in over at CardzTV and Link Up for Pink.

Woot! Woot!

So, I'm excited about this card that I made for my SIL! I was following a couple of challenges, but it ended up being the perfect card for her! LOVE when that happens!!!  Anyway, Paper Playtime and An Inky Situation issued challenges to use Red, Blue, and Yellow and to use an Owl, respectively. So I started going through my cartridges and realized that I had never used the owls from the Paisley cartridge before and they are super cute! I basically followed the colors from the handbook to create my owl, check out my video for all the details! My patterned paper comes from Doodlebug Designs "Happy Harvest" and I even have the owl on an Action Wobble! So FUN!!!  Can't wait to give this to her, but it will have to wait until the news is no longer a "secret" (my mom is no good at keeping them).  Here are the pics of how the card turned out...

What Problem?

It's the start of a new linky party over at Craftin' Desert Divas  -- "Say It With A Sentiment".  We have some AWESOME sponsors too!!! KaDoodle Bug Designs is offering $15 and The Robin's Nest is offering $10, so be sure to get your projects linked up!!!

For my project, I decided to use a stamp set that I have had for almost a year and have never used!!! I bought it specifically for the sentiment "I don't have a problem with Caffeine, I have a problem without Caffeine" - LOVE IT!!! I'm a HUGE Diet Coke lover and this sentiment is perfect!!! And although my card is based on coffee, I don't drink it, but my sister does and I will probably send this to her :) Anyway, I have put together a video for you to show how it all came together...hope you'll watch!!! My image is from the Christmas Cheer cartridge and my paper comes from Basic Grey "Paper Cottage". I used the embossing folders "Curl Ribbon" from The Paper Studio and "Birds and Swirls" from Cuttlebug. I am also linking this up over at Little Scrap Pieces.
Thanks for checking in!!!

 

 

 

FCCB Challenge #180 - Fall Is In The Air

This week over at FCCB we have an awesome challenge all about Fall!!!  We want to see your projects that have to do with "Fall is in the Air".  I don't know about you, but when October hits, I get so antsy to do a TON of projects for the rest of the year for fall and all the holidays.  For this challenge I wanted to do something a little different and decided to try out a Double Side Step card.  I looked on YouTube for a tutorial and found a bunch! I just picked one and gave it a go.  I knew I wanted to use the cute scarecrows from Simply Charmed and use my Peachy Keen Stamps for their faces, but that was about it.  Then I remembered on "Just Because" Cards there is a corn stalk image and it all came together!  So my scarecrows are cut at 4", I used Everyday Character Faces from PKS to make the cute faces, some flat back smooth pearls for their overall buttons, and I found some buttons in my stash for their hats.  The back row of corn stalks are cut at 7" and the rest of them are cut at 7 1/2".  I ran the yellow corn through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder and cut some yellow grass from Plantin Schoolbook at 3/4 inch.  The "happy fall" phrase is also from Simply Charmed.  My patterned paper is from All Seasons II 12x12 pack from Hobby Lobby.  I think it turned out pretty cute and it works great as a home decor piece too!  I hope you are able to join us this week at FCCB and link up your projects!!!

Here are the dimensions for the Double Side Step: Paper 7 1/2 x 8 1/2; With the 7 1/2" side at the top of your cutting board, set paper at the 2" mark then cut between 2 1/8" and 7 1/2".  Flip paper over and do the same thing.  Then score between cut lines at 2 1/8", 5 3/8", and 7 1/2".  Score the length of the card at 4 1/4".  I hope that makes sense!!!

A Family Recipe

 

 

Over at Exploring Cricut they have a challenge of "What's Cooking?" and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make a recipe card for a friend of mine who I promised to get a recipe to.  I whipped out my From My Kitchen Cartridge (LOVE) and put this fun card together.  I used paper from DCWV Nana's Kitchen and two stamps from Fiskar's "Recipe Madness" stamp set.  I have made a video so you can find out how it all came together.  I did follow Mojo Monday's sketch and I will also be entering this into HIMCR's "LOL" challenge (Lots of Layers).  Thanks for checking in!

 

A Fall Pumpkin

So, I decided that I wanted to give "coloring" another go, but this time, instead of colored pencils, I bought a 36 marker set of Bic Mark-It's from Amazon. Let's just say, I had much more success than the first time! I found a free download of a basic pumpkin digi stamp online and figured it would be a good image to practice with. It took me a few times, but I was able to finally get it right. I also bought the Chromatix colorless blender from Michael's. The Bic colors I used were Summer Melon, Adobe Orange, and Harvest Orange. The stem was colored with Key Lime and Meadow Green. I have to admit, I do like coloring and will probably find a few more free "basic" images to continue to practice with. The rest of my 5x5 card was put together with some patterned paper from Hobby Lobby's All Seasons II 12x12 paper pack and some taupe cardstock that I embossed with the Darice embossing folder "Fall Leaf Background" from JoAnn's. "Fall" comes from Create-A-Critter 2 and I cut it out at 1". It's a very basic but festive card, I like how it turned out. I will be entering this into a couple challenges: Die Cuttin' Divas "Autumn Colors" and My Craft Spot "Pinterest Inspired".

FCCB Challenge #179 Going Places

This week we have another awesome challenge over at FCCB. We want to see your cards, layouts, or other projects that use any mode of transportation. We also have an awesome sponsor...Bugaboo Stamps!!! For my project, I used the "Just Because" Cards cartridge and cut out the fun rocket ship at size 10. My patterned paper comes from Basic Grey "Bowties". The birthday sentiment is from a Fiskars set and the inside sentiment I printed off my computer. This card would be so fun to give to a 4 or 5 year old little boy for his birthday. I have a video to show you how it all came together. I hope you'll join us this week at FCCB, we love seeing your projects! Thanks for checking in!!!