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!!!