BBTB2 - Anything Goes Thanksgiving

Happy Monday!

Today over at BBTB2 a new challenge has started.

Anything Goes - Thanksgiving Style.

I decided to use Celebrate with Flourish for

this fun Pilgrim hat. I cut it at 3".

My papers are from my scrap stash.

I really am trying to use up all my scraps,

I have SO many!!!

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Holiday set.

Please join us over at BBTB2 this week!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Halloween Non Traditional Colors

Happy Friday!!!

Today over at Cut it Up we have a

super fun challenge for you!

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!

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!

BBTB2 - Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

Happy Monday!

And to all our friends in Canada

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today over at BBTB2 we are celebrating

with them by having a challenge featuring

Turkeys :)

I used the awesome turkey cut from Celebrate with Flourish

to create Name Plates for Thanksgiving Dinner.

The pattern paper is from The Paper Studio.

The name tag is from Once Upon a Princess.

All I need to do know is add the name :)

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Decorate To Celebrate Challenge #110

Happy Wednesday!

Today we start a new challenge over at

Decorate To Celebrate!

I decided to make a new Halloween Decor project.

I had a scrap of wood in the garage that I found

and painted it with black acrylic paint.

I found some cute orange and white chevron paper

in my stash and used Mod Podge to adhere it.

I pulled out my Celebrate to Flourish cartridge

and cut out the "Trick or Treat" and

altered it to fit my block.

I used my Xyron machine to adhere the phrase.

I had some glittery orange tulle that

topped everything off.

Turned out whimsically cute :)

Please join us over at

Decorate To Celebrate this week!

Decorate To Celebrate #94

Happy Wednesday!!!

Hope your week is going well!

Over at Decorate To Celebrate,

we have a new challenge starting, and

remember as always, it's Anything Goes!

I decided to create a new St. Patrick's Day

decor piece.

I had my husband cut out a 7" x 11" piece of scrap MDF

we had in the garage.

I painted it with some Buttercream Acrylic Paint

then Mod Podged some cute Chevron paper (Hobby Lobby) to the front.

I inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The Shamrocks are from Celebrate With Flourish (LOVE this cart).

The letters are from Lyrical Letters.

And they are cut out of cardstock (not vinyl).

I adhered them all with my ATG and Zig 2 Way Glue Pen.

I love how this turned out :)

I hope that you will join us over at Decorate To Celebrate

for our new Anything Goes Challenge!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Give Thanks - BBTB2 and FCCB Weekly Challenges

Hey All!

Happy Monday!

Today over at BBTB2 and FCCB we have challenges

all about Giving Thanks!

Here is my project:

I used Celebrate with Flourish

to create this card.

The papers are all from Colorbok (Wal-Mart)

and the stamp is from a little $1 set I picked up

at JoAnn's.

I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!

Craftin' Desert Divas - Sneak Peek Day 3

We are continuing on with the September stamp release over at
Craftin Desert Divas!!!

We have six new stamp sets in this release.

We will be sharing with you sneak peeks from 2 different stamp sets a day.

This release is Fall and Halloween inspired!

  These images and sentiments will also come with a matching

SVG cut file that is FREE to you .

There are a few specials during this release we want to share with you.

Every purchase receives a FREE Too Cute by Jessica

SVG pattern made especially for this release.

Any minimum 2 Stamp purchase will receive a FREE mini stamp.

Both stamp & pattern will be revealed during the hop.

Also there will be a sale 20% off your ENTIRE purchase using
code: September starting on Saturday.

The free mini stamp & sale will end Sept. 30, 2014.

Welcome to Day 3 of Craftin' Desert Divas September stamp release!

Each day we will be giving you a sneak peek
at two of the six new stamp sets.

Then, on  Saturday and Sunday, we will have a
blog hop with prizes each day.

There are some awesome creations being shared

today during this stamp release.

We also have some special guest designers who will be joining us.

Today we are showcasing the
Hey Pumpkin & Batty For You
stamp sets. 

 6 -  4x6 stamps.

 Made in the USA.

Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

We hope you will stop by the  Craftin Desert Divas Shop

and the  Craftin Desert Divas Gallery Facebook group.

We would love for you to join us

and share your creations with us using Craftin Desert Diva's stamps.

In this group we first show previews, have giveaways and much more!

Here is my sneak peek project from the Batty For You stamp set....

I found this AWESOME tree on the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge

and wanted to make a "Spooky" scene with it!

My bat paper is from The Paper Studio

and the black/purple polka dot is from ColorBok (Wal-Mart)

I used some black tulle to make a fun border between the two

with a strip of black cardstock underneath.

I inked everything up really good with Slate Ink from CTMH.

The tree is popped up on some foam tape.

Here is a close up of the stamp:

Sneak Peek Giveaway!

All you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs!
You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog,
but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning!

Tara will announce today's winner tomorrow.
The winner will be picked from a different blog every day,
so be sure to visit and leave comments.

Thank you all so much for joining us today and
I hope you will come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Easter Chick

Happy Monday!!!
I hope everyone had a FABULOUS Easter weekend!
I know I did :)
It was crazy busy fun!!!

We have new challenges this week over at FCCB and BBTB2

Challenge #207 Easter or use a Bunny

This Weeks Sponsor

Aurora Wings Etsy Store

Winner will receive $10 in digital images

~This Weeks Challenge~

Easter

Create a project using a bunny or an Easter project

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

AND


Use a Bird on your Project

Here is my Project combining the challenges:

I used Celebrate with Flourish for my image and paper from Authentique. 

The twine comes from American Crafts and the sentiment is a Fiskars All Year Set.

The eggs are out of pink glitter paper here is the close up:

I hope that you will join us for the challenges and make sure you check out all the other projects from the design teams...they are fantastic!!!

I will be entering this card into the challenges over at
Die Cuttin' Divas
Cuttin' and Stampin'
Little Scrap Pieces

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Easter Challenge

Cut It Up Challenges

Challenge #42 Easter

Sponsors:

As Cute As A Button $20 Coupon Code

LoveBug Creations $10 Gift Certificate

My Project:

Thank goodness it's Friday, right?!?!

Today over at Cut It Up we have a new challenge

starting all about Easter.

Can you believe it is only a few weeks away?

I love Easter and the family traditions that come with it, like coloring eggs and having a huge egg hunt with all the kids, making Deviled Eggs and Potato Salad once they have all been found - YUM!

What are some of your favorite traditions?

Well, for my card, I pulled out one of my favorite holiday cartridges - Celebrate with Flourish - and created this pretty little card.  All my pattern paper is from Authentique, my flowers are from Michael's and my sentiment is from CardzTV "Happy Days" stamp set.

I have a video for you too!

I followed the sketch from Die Cuttin' Divas this week and am linking this up over there.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

FCCB Challenge #202 - Pinch Me (Use Green)

Happy Monday!!! and welcome to another Monday challenge over at FCCB!

Challenge #202 Use the Color Green

This Weeks Sponsor

Be Wild and Free stamp set

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

My Project:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! I hope you are all wearing GREEN today or at least have green on the brain because this week over at FCCB we want to see all of your projects featuring this fabulous color!  I decided to create a "patchwork" card using some fun green pattern papers from Hobby Lobby.  I used Kate's ABC's to cut the scallop squares at 1 1/4".  The shamrocks came from Celebrate with Flourish and I cut them out at 2".  My card base is 5x5 white cardstock.  I had a couple green buttons in my stash and added them for balance.  My stamp comes from a combination of Stampabilities and Studio G.  I hope that you will join us this week and be sure to get your GREEN on!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up Challenge #35 - New Year's Celebration

Cut It Up Challenge #35

New Year's Celebration

Must Use a Die Cut

 

Sponsor:

Your Next Stamp

Prize: Celebration Die Set

 

My Project:

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

I hope everyone had a marvelous Christmas this last week and as we look to the start of a new year, I hope that you will find excitement in what's to come.  Do any of you make New Year's Resolutions? I haven't for a few years, but I think I will for 2014.  I am finding that I have so much room for personal improvement that I want to set some realistic goals to try and be better! 

 

Anyway, the card that I created for this Cut It Up challenge was made using the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge and papers from ColorBok (Wal-Mart).  I used some bling from Recollections and I do have some shimmery cardstock for the red hat and gray swirls, you just can't tell in the pic.  My sentiment stamp comes from a Fiskars holiday set.  I hope that you will join us for our challenge and link up your New Year's Celebrations cards or projects!

 

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Giving Thanks Home Decor

I have finished a Home Decor piece for Thanksgiving.  I free-handed a pumpkin shape on some wood, then had my DH cut it out for me.  I painted it with some acrylic paint (brown for the back & green for the stem).  I Mod Podged some pattern paper on the front, then cut the "Giving Thanks" phrase out of some vinyl.  The phrase comes from the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge and I cut it at 4 1/2".  I am happy with how it turned out and I will be linking this up over at Decorate to Celebrate for their Thanksgiving challenge, as well as Craftin' Desert Divas.  Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Craftin' Desert Divas - Thanksgiving Linky Party

Craftin' Desert Divas

Thanksgiving Linky Party

 

 

Sponsors:

 

KaDoodle Bug Designs - $15 giftcard

 

 

The Scrapbooking Queen- Royal Surprise Pack



My Project:

I am truly loving all the turkey cuts from the different Cricut cartridges I have, and I especially love this turkey from Celebrate With Flourish!  I decided to make a 5x5 card so I could make the turkey the central focus of the card.  I cut the mat from Elegant Edges and my pattern paper comes from the All Season's packs from Michael's and Hobby Lobby.  I used Divine Swirls for the embossing on the turkey and I popped him up on some foam tape.  I really like how this turned out!  I hope that you will join us for our Linky Party going on over at Craftin' Desert Divas, there are some great sponsors too! Thanks for checking in!!!  I will also be entering this over at CardzTV and 2 Creative Chicks.

BBTB2 - Use A Pumpkin

This week over at BBTB2 we have a challenge all about Pumpkins!!!  I am going to be heading out in search of pumpkins this week with the family for our porch decorations/jack o'lanterns and am excited to find the "perfect" pumpkin!  But as far as Cricut cuts go, I think the pumpkin from Celebrate with Flourish is pretty darn close to a "perfect" pumpkin so that is the cut I used for my card this week!  I am anxious to see all the different pumpkin images that you come up with and how you use them on your cards, layouts or projects!  I have a video showing everything used to make my card, so I hope you watch it.  I hope you will be joining us this week for our challenge, too!  I will be linking this up over at Craftin' Desert Divas Halloween Linky Party, Exploring Cricut's Halloween Challenge, and CardzTV "Ghosts and Goblins" challenge.

 

The Color of Fall Leaves

 

I have put together another fun fall card for a few more challenges!  I followed the Mojo Monday sketch for the week, CardzTV "Colors of Fall" and An Inky Situation "Fall Leaves" challenges.  I used Celebrate with Flourish for my fun leaves and popped them up on some foam tape for added dimension.  The pattern paper used for my mats is from TPC Studio "Rustic Garden Fall Phrases" and my circle that I cut from George at 2" was from a My Mind's Eye paper pad, but I don't know the name of it because it was in my scrap stash - sorry!  I cut my scallop border from Elegant Edges at 3/4" and trimmed off the excess length, and you can't tell in the picture, but I did emboss it with The Paper Studio's "Stripes" folder.  Lastly, my ribbon is from Studio G.  Thanks for checking in!   

 

FCCB Vinyl Education Week - Challenge #177 Vinyl Project

Welcome to Mollie's Motif and the FCCB Vinyl EDU Cricut Crawl - Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!! This week we are challenging you to create a project using vinyl you have cut using your Cricut. We have a fabulous sponsor, Cricket Vinyl Supplies. If we get 100 participants in this challenge, Cricket Vinyl Supplies will give away a Cricut Expression package that includes a Cricut Expression machine, deep cut blade, Jasmine Cricut cartridge, ten 12” x 12” assorted sheets of matte vinyl and one 12” x 12” gridded transfer tape. How exciting is that?? SO SPREAD THE WORD!!!

If you've come from Kim over at ogdendoll.blogspot.com, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to see all the fabulous Design Team creations head on over to Fantabulous Cricut HERE to start at the beginning. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog! There will be Blog Candy along the way at ALL our DT members' blogs, and there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant who submits a project using vinyl at FCCB!

For my project I decided to put together a subway art type tile to add to my Fall Home Decor.

 

I used quite a few different cartridges:

"Fall" comes from Create-A-Critter 2; cut at 3"

"Give Thanks" and pumpkin image come from Designer's Calendar; cut at 2 1/2" and 2", respectively

"PIE" comes from Just Because Cards; cut at 8"

"Gobble" comes from Create-A-Critter; cut at 1"

"Good Times" comes from Paisley; cut at 2"

"Preserve" comes from From My Kitchen; cut at 2"

"Family & Friends" comes from Life's A Party; cut at 3 3/4"

Scarecrow image comes from Celebrate with Flourish; cut at 4"

Leaves image comes from Celebrate with Flourish; cut at 3" (with layers)

 

All my vinyl was cut using the following settings:

Deep Cut Blade set at 5"

Speed set at minimum

Pressure set at medium

 

I bought my tile from Home Depot for less than $2 and all my vinyl came from Cricket Vinyl Supplies (LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!).  And if you would like to purchase some vinyl from them, you can get a 15% discount this week by using the coupon code fantabulous!!!

 

I have put together a VIDEO for you too!

 

 

 

AND I have some BLOG CANDY for one lucky FOLLOWER!

Just follow my blog and leave me a comment for your chance to win some FUN Halloween SWAG!

 

 

THANKS so much for stopping by!!!

This project is also going to be entered in at Little Scrap Pieces for their Linky Party.

Your next stop is Amy at thestampingtree.blogspot.com.  Make sure to visit all the stops along the way and when you get done, make sure you link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post!! And make sure you share with all your blog/crafting friends about the AWESOME giveaway and have them link their projects up too!!

Happy Crawling!!

Here is the line up in case you get lost :

Robin http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com

Jilliene http://jillienedesigns.blogspot.com

Heather http://scrappingrunnercreations.blogspot.com

JoNeita http://createwithjoneita.weebly.com/index.html

Jackie http://luv2scrappp.blogspot.com

LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com

Connie http://www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Amy T www.craftingwithamy.com

Missy http://www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

Cindy http://www.cindyvernon.blogspot.com

Rebecca craftingmisfit.blogspot.com

Catarina http://blog.docerelashop.com/

Kim ogdendoll.blogspot.com

Emilymolliemugsblog.blogspot.com

Amy HS http://thestampingtree.blogspot.com

Rohttp://rodonner.blogspot.com/

Lynn http://mycardsnstuff.blogspot.com

Michelle http://justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com

FCCB Challenge #170 - Fruit Salad

It's another Fabulous Challenge Me Monday over at FCCB - Fruit Salad! This week we are challenging you to create a card, project, or layout using any sort of fruit.  So get those Cricut's chirpin'!!!  Here is a video of how I went about putting my card together:

 

 

I used Celebrate with Flourish for my YUMMY! Chocolate Covered Strawberry and Mini Monograms for the flower/scallop the strawberry is popped up on. I inked the edges of my awesome new paper (My Mind's Eye Indie Chic) with some Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink. I found some flat back pearls from a Michael's $1.50 bin that worked perfectly and my sentiment, well watch the video to see how that came about :)

 

The inside of my card I did something a little different. I have never done this before, but I made a little pocket, like you would for a mini album, and a tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. There is space for another sentiment stamp on the front of the tag and the back is ready for a hand written note. You could also use the pocket for a gift card or something fun like that! I do like how this card turned out and I am excited to actually give this one away!!! (I find myself hoarding my cards - does anyone else do that?)

 

 

And because the papers and colors for this card are some of my absolute favorites, I am going to be linking it up with Whimsical Designs this week.  Hiding In My Craft Room's challenge for the week is Freestyle, and Paper Playtime's challenge is Pattern Paper, so this fits the bill for those too!

My #1 Dad

Here is the Father's Day card I have created for my Dad.  I personally think he is the best dad in the world.  But we all should think that of our fathers, right?  Hope so!  He is not a golfer or a fisherman, he is the ultimate Handy Man.  When I went through all my carts, I didn't have anything that I could use for tools.  I went to MyCutSearch.com to see what carts had tools and low and behold there is a cart called "Handy Man".  Of course it is no longer available unless you want to pay $100 for it on Amazon or Ebay.  SO BUMMED!!!  That cart would have been so perfect for me to create a card for my dad.  He is a builder/carpenter/jack-of-all trades and I love him for it!  Anyway, I ended up using this cut from Celebrate with Flourish, it will definitely work.  The patterned paper is from The Guy Stack from DCWV, all the tools and masculine colors - awesome!  I will be entering this card in Paper Playtime (use two or more ribbons/twine/cord), CardzTV (Father's Day), My Craft Spot (Dad), and even though this card isn't exactly the sketch from Mojo Monday, I did draw inspiration from this week's sketch to create it.  Thanks for visiting!

Most Loved Mom

Here is my card for my dear MIL.  Once again, my camera just doesn't quite capture the colors of this card, so just know that it does look really great in person.  I used Celebrate with Flourish (a new cart I just got and LOVE!) for the rose, cut at 4".  When my FIL was alive he would always give my MIL a single rose for special occasions, so I thought this cut would be perfect.  I used Birthday Bash for the scallop card base and mat, cut at 5".  BBTB2 , My Craft Spot, and CardzTV have challenges this week of creating a card for Mother's Day, so I am linking this up to those blogs.  Hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day this Sunday!