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! - 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!!!

Cut It Up! - Spring Flowers

Happy Friday!!!

Welcome to another Challenge over at

Cut It Up!

Spring Flowers

Today we have the privilege of being sponsored by

Bugaboo Stamps and they have donated the images

the Design Team worked with on our projects!!!

Prize:

7 free images

My Project:

I love this Flower Stamp from Bugaboo!!!

It is totally me :)

Anyway, I used my Bic Mark-It's to color the image.

I shadowed it with some pink cardstock

and used my corner rounder on all the edges.

My b/g paper is from CTMH.

The "Thinking of You" is cut from George.

I used some Enamel Dots from Michael's

for embellishment.

Super fun Spring card!

I hope you'll join us for our

Spring Flowers Challenge

over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Decorate To Celebrate - Be Happy.

Happy Wednesday!!!

Welcome to another challenge over at

Decorate To Celebrate

where Anything Goes :)

For my project today, I needed to keep things simple :)

My life is CRAZY right now and half my

craft room is packed away waiting to move.

So with what supplies I still have access to,

I decided to make a super cute wall decor tile.

I started with a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 porcelain tile

I picked up at Home Depot a while back

and adhered fun textured cardstock to it.

I then cut out my favorite flower from George

using some spring patterned paper along with a shadow.

It is cut at 3".

I stamped a simple sentiment from

Studio G at the bottom,

added twine to hang it with and

WHALA!

Done and Done :)

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Halloween Tags

Happy Friday!

Today we have a fun challenge starting over at

Cut It Up!

Create a Halloween Tag

(No Cards)

Sponsor:

One Happy Cut

$15 Gift Certificate

My Project:

I pulled out Create A Critter 2 for this one :)

There are the cutest holiday cuts on this cart!

I decided on the little Skeleton Bear.

The tag is from Small Talk Frames and Tags.

The thought bubble is from George.

The sentiment is from Craftin' Desert Divas.

I used some black and white twine from American Crafts.

The chevron paper is from the Paper Studio

as well as the orange glitter paper.

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

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Decorate To Celebrate - "LOVE" Blocks

Happy Wednesday!!!

Welcome to another challenge over at Decorate To Celebrate!

How is your first week of February going?

Getting ready for Valentine's Day?!?!

I pulled out my decorations the other day and

was super excited to add this year's project!

I made some more decorative blocks.

LOVE these tiny decor pieces,

I have made several in the past for different holidays :)

I painted the blocks with a dark pink acrylic paint

then went over them again with a watered down white acrylic paint.

The paper is from My Mind's Eye and I used

Mod Podge to adhere it.

The letters are cut from some black cardstock

and they are from Cricut Classic Font.

The heart is from George and I used Wink of Stella

to add some shine to it.

I embellished the blocks with pearls from Recollections,

twine from American Crafts, and flowers from Studio G.

I really "love" how this turned out :)

I hope that you will join us over at Decorate to Celebrate for

another "Anything Goes" challenge!

Cut It Up Challenges - Embossing

 Happy Friday!!!

We have a new challenge starting over at

Cut It Up today!!!

Challenge #63

National Braille Literacy Month

Must Use Embossing

Sponsor:

Meijen's Designs

Prize: 4 Digital Stamps

Here is my project:

The design team each got one of the cute

digi stamps from Meijen's Designs.

I wanted to use "Knitted with Love" - SO CUTE!!!

I just used some colored pencils to color in my image.

I used a Spellbinders die cut for the mat and then

used some scallop scissors to cut the sides down.

My papers come from My Mind's Eye as well as some

scraps in my stash.

I decided to try out Heat Embossing,

I have had my heat tool and embossing materials

for a while, but haven't really tried them out.

This was the perfect opportunity :)

Here is a close up:

The stamp is from Craftin' Desert Divas "Simply Said" set.

The heart is from George.

I hope that you will join us for our

Embossing Challenge over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Cricut Letters or Phrases

Happy Monday!!!

Today over at BBTB2,

the wonderful Pam has chosen a super fun challenge

to use letters or phrases from a Cricut Cartridge!

So for my project, I decided to make a 

Valentine's Card and use one of the

phrases from the TBB&M2 Cart!

LOVE the phrases on this cartridge!!!

And I decided to make a shaker card :)

The heart is from George, the Silhouette feature.

I cut it at 3" 12 times out of white cardstock,

then once out of pink glitter paper.

I cut the regular heart cut twice,

once out of red glitter for the background,

and once out of acetate for the cover.

The phrase was cut at 1 1/4".

The paper is from My Mind's Eye.

The pearls are from Michael's.

Here is a close up of the beads, sequins, and glitter hearts

for the shaker: 

Super fun to make and super easy too!

I hope you will join us this week

for our Phrases/Letters challenge over at BBTB2!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Decorate To Celebrate - Menu Board

Happy Wednesday!!!

Welcome to another year of

Decorate To Celebrate

Challenges!!!

We have a few new DT members too!

Make sure to check out their blogs and follow them :)

Remember we made some changes last year

and made every challenge

Anything Goes!

We just ask that if you create cards,

they have a 3-D effect (i.e. box cards, tri-fold, etc.)

So here is my first project of the year

in hopes of getting more organized in the kitchen :)

A Menu Board

This is super easy to make!

All you need is a cookie sheet from the $1 Store,

Mod Podge, Clear Stones (about 1" in diameter), magnets,

super cute papers, and cardstock.

I cut the letters using George and

the boxes you can make from TBB&M or TBB&M2.

I just used black and white cardstock for these.

Cut your papers to how you want them to fit on your board.

This is a great way to use scraps :)

Then Mod Podge them to the cookie sheet.

And if it seems that there are bubbles in it,

they actually will go away and the papers will dry flat.

(Speaking from experience on this one)

The boxes were adhered with double sided tape after

all the paper was dry.

Cut paper to fit under the clear stones and Mod Podge

the letters and paper to the back of the stones.

Then glue the magnets on, I used Mod Podge for that too!

I cut a bunch of small strips of cardstock

so I could write the dinners on them.

I put them in the top box and fill out the board

with what we will eat that week.

When we are done with the

week, they go in the bottom box.

Hopefully this will eliminate duplicate dinners

so close together, and we can have a fun rotation of meals :)

I punched two holes in the top to create a "hanger" out of ribbon.

I am thinking of making another one of these

but it will be a "GOAL" board.

We'll see :)

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

for our first challenge of the year,

and remember it's

Anything Goes!!!

Cut It Up - Let's Talk Turkey!

Happy Friday!

Seriously time FLIES!!!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is less than 2 weeks away now!

In honor of this holiday and the

bird we love to eat

we want to see your projects featuring a

TURKEY!

over at Cut It Up!

Our Sponsor:

Craftin' Desert Divas

One Stamp Set

Personally, I am all about the sides on Thanksgiving,

not necessarily the bird :)

But here is my project:

I used the turkey from the Animal Kingdom cartridge.

All my papers were in my scrap stash,

so they are from different packs.

My sentiment is from CardzTV "Going in Circles"

I did follow the sketch from Mojo Monday this week.

I hope that you will join us for our challenge

this week over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Die Cuttin' Divas - Guest Designer!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!

WOW!!! I am so excited to be a Guest Designer

over at Die Cuttin' Divas!!!

I have been following this blog for so long

it's quite the honor to be guest designing

alongside this Design Team!

So THANK YOU for giving me this opportunity!!!

The theme for the week is

Anything Goes!

Here is my project:

I decided to make a Birthday Card, because

really you can never have too many of those on hand!!!

I LOVE this gift image from the Cricut Sweethearts cartridge

so I decided to use it for my card.

My paper comes from Fancy Pants "Park Bench"

6x6 paper pack I picked up at Hobby Lobby.

I used the Paper Studio's Curl Ribbon Embossing Folder

for my blue mat and George for the circle/shadow.

The enamel dots are from Recollections.

My sentiments are from Craftin' Desert Divas

and CardzTV.

I hope that you will join in over at Die Cuttin' Divas

for this week's challenge!!!

Here is a video of how this card came together:

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - International Day of Peace

Cut It Up!

Challenge #53

Sponsor:

Kadoodle Bug Designs

$10 Gift Certificate

My Project:

Happy Friday!

I hope you all survived the week!

We have a fun challenge starting over at Cut It Up today-

International Day of Peace.

Choose a Country you have been to, or one you would like to go to,

and use their colors to create a project.

So I have never been out of the country really.

I have never had a passport,

but it is on my Bucket List to at least get one :)

If I ever do get the chance to travel outside the country,

I would definitely LOVE to go to England!

I would love to do a Jane Austen tour and visit all the

magnificent countrysides to be found there.

Anyway, the colors on the England flag are Red, White, and Blue,

so as I was creating this card it definitely turned patriotic.

I followed the fabulous sketch from Die Cuttin' Divas this week

and used papers from My Mind's Eye

6x6 "Remarkable" Paper Pad.

The oval and shadow were both cut from George and

the star is from Home Decor Solutions cartridge.

I added some enamel dots from Recollections

for the finishing touch.

I am also entering this into Little Scrap Pieces and

DL Art's Linky Party.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

CardzTV - Queen For A Day

SNIFF SNIFF!!!

I am so sad that my time as a CardzTV designer has come to an end!!!

It was such an honor to be working with Mary

and all the other amazing DT members!

The last challenge that we were given was

to create a Feminine Birthday Card using

3 Pattern Papers

So here is what I came up with:

I followed a recent sketch from Mojo Monday

and really loved how feminine this card turned out.

My papers all come from My Mind's Eye

Lost & Found Market Street 6x6 paper pad.

The crown image is from the Home Decor Solutions cartridge.

I cut the base image out at 1 1/2.

I also cut the blackout and shadow and layered them all together.

The crown is popped up on some foam tape

to stand out from the b/g paper.

My scallop circle is from Mini Monograms and I cut it at 4".

The circle was cut from George at 3" and the

scallop border was cut from Elegant Edges at 1"

I cut the banners freehand.

My ribbon is from Michael's as well as the flowers and flat back pearls.

The sentiment "Queen for a day!" is from 

CardzTV's "This N That" stamp set

and the inside sentiment is from "Happy Days"

I just used some scraps left over from the front to create the bottom border.

The scallop is from Elegant Edges, cut at 3/4".

I hope that you will join us for this challenge

and I will sure miss seeing everyone's projects :(

I am going to be linking this up over at

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes challenge too.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - BEE-utiful Summer

Happy Monday!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Today over at BBTB2 we are starting

a new challenge all about BEES!!!

There are so many cute bee images on

so many fun cartridges,

it was tough to decide which one to use!

I haven't used the bee on the

"Just Because" Cards cartridge,

so that's what I chose!

My paper comes from Prima Marketing "Doodle Deux"

that I picked up from Hobby Lobby.

I used vellum for the wings of the bee and popped

the image up on foam tape.

I cut the scallop circle from Mini Monograms

and the circle from George.

The enamel dots are from Recollection's (Michael's)

and the sentiment comes from Craftin' Desert Divas

newest stamp set Lil Bit Buggie.

I even have a video to show how it all came together!

I am also entering this into Little Scrap Pieces.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

CardzTV - Red, White & Blue Thank You

HAPPY 4TH of JULY!!!

I am so grateful for this Country and our Independence!

I am also so thankful for the servicemen and women

and the families that support them,

that this week's challenge over at CardzTV was the

PERFECT opportunity to make a

Thank You card for my neighbor!!!

Challenge:

Make a Thank You Card

Using Red, White & Blue

My card:

This card was so fun to make!

I used Art Philosophy to cut out the beautiful stars and the tag.

I ran some We R Memory Keepers twine through the top of the tag.

I also used George for the welded "Thanks".

I used CardTV's This 'N' That stamp set for the sentiment

and stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The glitter ribbon is self adhesive from American Crafts

and the silver rhinestones are from Recollections.

All of my glitter paper is from The Paper Studio.

The sentiment tag is popped up on some foam tape,

all the other cuts were adhered with my Zig Two Way Glue pen.

Here is what is on the AMAZING stamp set I used:

LOVE this set!!!

I hope that you will join us this week for this fabulous challenge!

Have a Wonderful and Safe Holiday!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

CDD Blog Hop - Destination Fun & Picture That

Welcome to our May Blog Hop and Stamp Release Party!!!

If you have hopped here from the 

most talented Lisa,

you are in the right place!

Today is Day 1 of this 2 Day Hop

and are you in for a treat!!!

First off, let's take a look at the FABULOUS stamp sets:

Purchase HERE

Purchase HERE

Purchase HERE

Purchase HERE

(comes with a free studio file)

Purchase HERE

(comes with a free studio file)

AMAZING, right?!?!?!

All of the new stamps are 4x6 and Made in the USA.

Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

We have a new store Craftin Desert Divas Shop and 

a 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 show previews first,

have giveaways and much more!!

Now LET'S GET READY TO BUNDLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!

Sale Price is $65.45 and it includes shipping.

A savings of $10.00!!!

But just so you know,

due to the set up of the shopping cart,

$2.50 will show up and be charged for shipping,

but Tara has already deducted the amount

from the overall price of the stamps!

So no worries!!!

BONUS...

If you purchase the bundle

OR just the "Picture This" OR the "Picture That" stamp set

you will receive a free studio file!!!

((NOT SVG FILE))

Even another BONUS...

EVERY purchase will get the TCBJ "All That Glitters" pattern FREE!!!

It's all just AWESOME!!!

My Project:

I decided to make another shaker card!

I thought the chevron frame stamp from Tara's "Picture That" set

would be the perfect outline for the shaker!

I stamped some white cardstock with some teal ink,

then cut out the "window" with a craft knife.

I stacked more cardstock with "windows" cut out 

on top of each other so there was a "pocket" to fill with beads and sequins

I didn't do that by hand :)

I used my Cricut and the George cart to help make that easier!

My beads and Hawaiian "sequins" were both from JoAnn's.

The flowers are from Recollections and Studio G.

My paper is from The Paper Studio's (Hobby Lobby) Khloe Lane stack.

I topped off the shaker with the sentiment "Mahalo"

from the new Destination Fun stamp set...

Perfect for this card!

Here is a close up of the shaker and stamps:

Now hop along to the amazing Michelle

but if you get lost or want to start from the beginning here is today's line up:

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com
Kathy - http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
Mayra - http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/
Sukie - http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/
Emily - http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com/
Michelle B. - http://michellescricutfun.blogspot.com/
Michelle P. - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/
Jessica - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846?ref=hl

And be sure to join us tomorrow for Day 2 of the Hop!

Winners will be picked from a different blog each day,

so the more you comment the more chances you have to win.

Thanks so much for checkin' in!!!