Craftin' Desert Divas - Bugs & Kisses

Happy Thursday!!!

I hope you all are having a fabulous week so far!

I am so excited for my Daily Post over at Craftin' Desert Divas today!
I LOVE the sentiment "bugs & kisses"
from the newly released Lil Bit Buggie set.

This set is AWESOME!

There are some fabulous, one of a kind sentiments

that Tara has come up with and I LOVE them all!

You can purchase this set HERE.

So here is my card... 

I had so much fun making this card

centered around the sentiment!

My little grasshopper is cut from the Live Simply cartridge.

Although I added some kissy lips :)

The scallop heart border is from Spellbinders Edgeabilities.

I actually combined two different sets of border dies

one from Classic Scallop and the other from Classic Postage Stamp.

I LOVE how versatile these border dies are!

And if you didn't catch it, the lips are from one of the hearts

in the border after I cut it out of some red cardstock.

I used my Cricut Cuttlebug with the Spellbinders.

My pattern paper is from the Heidi Grace Sunshowers

6x6 paper pad - LOVE this paper!!!

I used some rhinestones from Michael's

to add a little bit of bling to the card.

I used some yellow Trendy Twine, too

(sorry I don't know the official name of this color).

My little scallop circle for the sentiment is from Mini Monograms.

Don't you just LOVE the smaller case letters on this stamp?

I do!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!!!

I am also going to link this up over at Pause Dream Enjoy

for the Kids Challenge.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

FCCB Challenge #192 and A Blog Crawl - Use A Sentiment

Happy Monday!!! It's time for another Fantabulous Cricut challenge!!!

Challenge #192 Use a Sentiment

This Weeks Sponsor

Scrappy Mom's Stamps

  Winner will select a stamp set of their choice.

~New Design Team Announcement~

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and that Santa left you all some crafty love in your stockings! We are very excited to announce our new design team members.  To celebrate we are having a blog crawl, which is FCCB's version of a blog hop. 

If you get lost along the way, the lineup is listed below. Once you've done the crawl, make a project using a sentiment and add it below.

Amy HS The Stamping Tree
Emily Mollie's Blog 
Faith Scrapbooker PhD 
Heather Scrapping Runner Creations
Jackie Luv 2 Scrapp
Lynn My Cards N Stuff
Michelle Just a Nutter Papercrafter
Missy Quick Chick Designs 
Nikki Crafty Calamities 
Rebecca Crafting Misfit 
Elizabeth Unik by Yes
Cindy Creating with the Heart 
Pam Stamper at Heart 
Karla Creative Love Affair 
LB Cool Beans by LB
Jilliene Jilliene Designs
Joneita Create with Joneita

Here is my project:

I decided to pull out my Live Simply cartridge and use one of the cute little bird images for this card.  It is Bird1 and I cut it at 2".  My sentiment is from TPC Studio "Brush Stroke Greetings", and I stamped it with ColorBox Chestnut Ink.  My paper comes from Heidi Grace Designs 6x6 Sunshowers paper pack.  I embossed the bird wing with Cuttlebug's Birds and Swirls folder, the branch with Paper Studio's Wood Grain folder, and the yellow mat with Darice's Flower Frenzy folder.  My ribbon is from JoAnn's and my paper flower is from Michael's.  Maybe I am just too anxious for spring to get here, but this card cheered me up from some winter blues!  Hope that you are crawling along with us at FCCB and checking out the new DT members!
Thanks for checking in!!!

Hello Little Bird

 

I have embarked on another set of challenges rolled up into one card--Mojo Monday, HIMCR (Color Challenge), CardzTV (Sew Much Fun), and Whimsical Designs (Going Buggy).  I used Live Simply for the cute little birdie in the nest, and We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy tools for the stitching around my base mat. My paper comes from Recollections and DCWV Cafe Mediterranean and Linen Closet Mat Stacks.  I did use The Paper Studio's Curl Ribbon Embossing Folder and a stamp from a Fiskars everyday sayings set.  I have also made a video showing how it all came together, hope you check it out!

FCCB Challenge #168 Cute As A Bug

I am so excited for this week! I finally hit 100 followers last week and I always told myself if ever I get 100 followers, I would post a video. So, here is my first video for Mollie's Motif!

 

 

 

This video shows the card I made for the FCCB Challenge #168 Cute As A Bug.  There are so many carts out there with cute, cute bugs and insects, the hardest part about this challenge will be which one to use!  That's what I discovered anyway.  But I ended up using the cute snail on the Live Simply cartridge.  I also used a scallop/flower cut from the same cart to put behind the snail shell.  I used two paper packs from DCWV - Hippie Chic and Shimmer Mat Stack, both of which I got from JoAnn's on clearance for $5.  I used foam tape to pop up my little snail and sentiment and I just freehanded the cutting around my sentiment tag.

 

The inside of my card is a simple mat from the Hippie Chic stack and orange/peach cardstock from Recollections (the same as the base mat on the front of my card and sentiment tag).  The little flower is also from Live Simply.

I hope you are able to join us this week for our challenge over at FCCB! It was a fun challenge for me and know it will be for you!  Thanks for checking in!

No Bugs About It...

A couple weeks ago I got the Live Simply cartridge and have been anxious to use it, so when I saw the challenge issued by My Creative Time to create 4 3x3 cards featuring "critters", I was all over it.  I have a friend who's birthday is coming up and I thought I would give her this set of cards.  I am loving this cartridge with all the cute insects, flowers and other critters of nature.  The patterned paper comes from DCWV 6x6 Kidlet Stack.  I popped up the images on one thickness of foam tape and embossed the flowers, leaves, and wings (even though you can't tell in the picture).  Thanks for stoppin' by and checking out my project!