FCCB & BBTB2 - Cow's It Going?

Happy Monday!!!

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend!!!

Over at BBTB2 our awesome DT member Sharon has chosen the theme of

The Cow Jumped Over the Moon

(use a cow on your projects)

and over at FCCB

Challenge #232 Pun Fun
Make a project using a pun

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My Project:

Isn't this cow ridiculously funny?!?!

I had to use it for these challenges!

It is from the Birthday Bash and I cut it at 4".

There is normally a "10" in front of it,

but I didn't cut that out and instead

cut a sentiment tag and stamp

the pun "Cow's it going?" from Mary's CardzTV

More Critter Captions stamp set.

All the paper comes from Carta Bella

and the glitter dots are from Recollections.

The sketch is from Die Cuttin' Divas

October Sketch Challenge, so I will be entering this over there too.

I hope that you will join us for these fun challenges

over at FCCB and BBTB2 this week.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Leaves are Falling

Happy Monday!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend,

I know I did!

I was so excited to get my front porch decorated

with hay bails, corn stalks, and pumpkins!!!

Was is Anne of Green Gables who said,

"I'm so glad I live in a world with Octobers"

I second that thought!

So anyway, over at BBTB2, Pam has issued a challenge

to use leaves on our projects, fitting for fall, right?

Here is my project:

I decided to try another shaker card!

I cut out from Designer's Calendar this fun leaf.

The creative feature is "Rounded" so the image is

inside a circle.

I cut it out a bunch of times, twice out of

some pattern paper then a dozen times out of

white cardstock.

I actually cut the leaf out of the white cardstock circles

to give me the space I needed to fill with beads.

I ran all the circles through my Xyron Sticker Machine

and adhered them all together.

I cut out of clear acetate two circles from

George to cover the front and back of the shaker.

I used Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive to glue the acetate

to the cardstock.

All the paper is from My Mind's Eye.

I used some jute twine and added a couple rhinestones

for extra embellishment.

The mat with the shaker is popped up on some foam tape.

Here are some more pics:

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2 for this week's

Falling Leaves challenge!

I am also entering this in to Little Scrap Pieces.

Thanks for checkin' in!

Cut It Up Challenges #55 - Halloween (Anything but a Card)

Happy Friday!!!

I hope your week was awesome and you

are looking forward to a fabulous weekend!

Today over at Cut It Up!

we want to see all your Halloween Projects

but NO cards this time :)

Challenge #55

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My Project:

So who doesn't LOVE witches at Halloween?!?!

I had my nephew CONVINCED I was a witch

in real life for a LONG time when he was younger...

he's almost 16 now and I can't pull that one over on him anymore :)

But I found this AWESOME box on the Wrap It Up cartridge

I just HAD to try out!

Seriously, this cartridge has some AMAZING

Halloween images, treat boxes, and tags!

The tag is also from this cart!

So I cut the box at 7 1/2" out of some black cardstock,

then I cut it again out of some fun pattern paper

from The Paper Studio and

adhered the two together.

This made the box extra sturdy!

The witch layer was cut out of some fun green and white polka dot

paper that was in my stash that I thought was very fitting for her!

I then cut a little piece of green cardstock for her face

and glued it on the back of the layer.

I used some Washi Tape for the bottom and added

a couple of Orange Rhinestones from Darice.

 The stamp on the tag is from Joy's Life's

Halloween Pun Stamps.

I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for the stamp and

I inked all the edges up with Slate ink from CTMH.

The black and white twine is from We R Memory Keepers

and I just had some purple tulle in my stash

for the topper.

I really like how this turned out and

am planning on giving this to my son's Kindergarten

teacher for Halloween.

NOT because I think she's a witch :)

She's AMAZING!!!

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

for our Anything But a Card

Halloween Challenge!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Decorate To Celebrate Challenge #85 Anything Goes

Yay for Wednesday!!!

Half way through the week, right?!?!

Today over at Decorate To Celebrate

it is our 2nd "Anything Goes" challenge

but our 85th challenge overall!

For my project, I decided to create

a Halloween Home Decor "BOO" Banner:

I used Cricut Classic Font Cartridge for the letters

and cut them at 11 1/2" out of some chipboard.

I then cut the letters out of some fun Halloween paper

to cover the chipboard.

I just used my ATG gun to adhere them together.

I inked up all the edges with Slate Ink from

Close To My Heart.

I then used TBB&M2 for the bats, Designer's Calendar

for the spider, and Wrap It Up for the pumpkin.

I adhered the bats and spider with glue dots

and the pumpkin is on an Action Wobble.

I ran some purple tulle behind the letters

and tied some fun gold ric-rac ribbon around the ends.

Here is a closer pic...

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

and remember...

Anything Goes!!!

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!!!

BBTB2 - Nuts About You

Happy Monday!!!

Welcome to another challenge over at BBTB2!!!

This week our challenge is themed

"Nuts About You"

So create a card using squirrels and nuts

and all those punny sentiments you have

lying around!!!

I created this card using scraps I found in my stash,

I wanted to see what I could come up with mixing and matching

papers from various paper packs.

So I had fun creating this sketch!

My image is from Stretch Your Imagination

and I cut the silhouette feature, the blackout feature,

and the shadow feature all at 3 1/2".

The acorns come from Art Philosophy

and I cut them at 1", 3/4", and 1/2".

I love this brown ric-rac ribbon from American Crafts

and must find more of it!

My sentiment comes from Craftin' Desert Divas

Punny Stamp Set.

The flat back pearls are from Recollections.

I did do some inking with Color Box Chalk Ink and

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The squirrel is popped up on some foam tape too.

I hope that you will join us over at BBTB2 for

our "Nutty" challenge and can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

FCCB #230 - Shape It Up!!!

Hey All!!!

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!!!

Today we have another challenge starting over at FCCB...

Challenge #230 Shape Up
Make a shaped card (any shape but rectangle or square)

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So here is my card for this week's Challenge:

Shape Up: Make a shaped card

Okay, I REALLY played around with different techniques with this card :)

It turned out kind of crazy I think!

I wanted to make a Halloween card and found this

fun shaped card from the Wrap It Up cartridge.

I just used an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of orange cardstock

and set my machine to "Fit to Page".

It cut out the card at 5 3/4".

Then I decided to just cut the images out at that same size

to layer the front.

I used some fun orange/yellow star paper for the top layer

some darker orange paper for the base,

and some yellow cardstock for the

eyes, nose, and mouth.

But you can't tell that I used yellow paper because

I got my Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Marker in the mail

and decided to play around with that :)

It's a bit sloppy for my first time - oh well!!!

I also INKED up my cuts A LOT,

A LOT more than I normally do!

I added some Trendy Twine to the stem

along with a fun sentiment tag.

The stamp is from Studio G ($1 pack from JoAnn's)

This is definitely a card that I played around with

and it totally looks that way,

but it didn't turn out TOO bad :)

I hope that you will join us for this Shape Challenge

over at FCCB!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!