HIMCR Challenge #131 - Color Challenge

HIMCR Challenge #131

Crushed Curry (mustard yellow), Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay (tropical blue)

 

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Prize - 3 Free Digital Images

 

My Project

Well, I am still trying to get the hang of coloring digi images, and I am so happy that our sponsor, The Scrapbook Stamp Society has allowed me another opportunity to practice with one of their adorable stamps - "Hearts A Flutter".  The challenge over at HIMCR this week is a color challenge, and I have to admit, I have never put these three colors together, but I really love how they compliment each other!  I used paper from a few different 6x6 packs; Heidi Swapp's "Sugar Chic", American Crafts "Amy Tangerine", Ki "Bright Geo", and DCWV "The Kidlet Stack".  My base card is 5x5 Basic Gray.  I used my Bic Mark It's to color the image and used my Fiskars "Lace" corner punch around the mat.  My yellow paper flower comes from Michael's Recollection.  Overall I think the card turned out nice, I'm just still learning the ropes of coloring :) I hope that you will join us this week over at HIMCR for our color challenge, and please check out our sponsor's digital images, they have some super cute images to choose from, and one of the entries will win 3 free images!!!  I am also going to be linking this card up over at Little Scrap Pieces. 

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It's The New Year!!!

 Here is another New Year's card that I put together for the Exploring Cricut challenge this week.  I also followed the Mojo Monday sketch for the week.  Now maybe I'm the only one who gets this card, when I showed my husband my idea for this card, he didn't really think it would make a good New Year's card because no one would understand it.  Well, that made me want to do the card even more - maybe just to spite him :) Anyway, all growing up and even now, the tradition in my family was to ring in the New Year by banging pots and pans outside at midnight.  And I know that we weren't the only family doing it because I could hear other pots and pans being clanged in the neighborhood.  So when I started thinking about this tradition, I pulled out From My Kitchen and cut the pot and pan and a couple spoons to put on my card.  I even used some Washi Tape!  I think it turned out super fun, but am I crazy or does this card make sense to you too?  I would love to hear your family traditions to ring in the New Year.

HIMCR Challenge #130 - Anything But Holiday

 

 

 

Over at HIMCR this week, we want to see any of your projects that aren't holiday!  Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays, but it's refreshing to see fun ideas for other occasions!  I decided to do a wedding card because my cousin got married yesterday and I needed to put something together for her.  I used the Sweethearts cartridge for the bells image and my pattern paper is from Teresa Collins 6x6 Memories pack. I also "followed" the sketch from Mojo Monday for the week, it's not exactly the sketch, but I did draw inspiration from it.  I will also be linking this up over at Little Scrap Pieces for the Fun Friday Linky Party.  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

 

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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!

 

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BBTB2 - Tag Your It! 2 - For A Bit More Inspiration

 

How quick and easy can tags be? Well, I whipped out 27 of these puppies in about 30 minutes!!!  SO EASY!!!  I used the Winter Woodland cartridge, found this tag under the 3rd to last page in the handbook, cut the tag and the shadow at 3".  Freehanded the sentiment mat to match the tag, stamped my Hero Art's Christmas Set sentiment using ColorBox Chestnut Ink, ran some sheer ribbon through the top and tied some We R Memory Keeper's baker's twine around it.  Done and DONE!!!  So simple and so festive!  This week over at BBTB2 we have an inspiration only week going on - no linky party.  I hope that you will find some sort of inspiration from the various tags my DT sisters created so that you can get any last minute crafting done before Wednesday!

Have A Merry Christmas!!!

FCCB Holiday Project

 

 

For the next two weeks over at FCCB we will be posting a new Holiday Project for you to get ideas, be inspired, or what have you!  The project I decided on was another Christmas card because I frankly don't have near enough :)  I decided to use the wreath from the Christmas Cheer cartridge - LOVE!!!  My pattern paper comes from Doodlebug Designs "Home for the Holidays", my green mat is embossed with the Paper Studios "Holly" folder, and my bling comes from Michael's Recollections.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Christmas stamp set and I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp it.  I hope you have found a bit of inspiration from this simple little card.  And be sure to check out FCCB every day for new projects from my DT sisters to look at!

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HIMCR Challenge #129 - CASE Yourself!

Challenge #129

CASE Yourself!

Prize is a CTMH Stamp Set



So I don't know about you, but I have PLENTY of cards that I could CASE (and make some major improvements with).  When I first started card making, I really didn't know what I was doing, I still don't, but I have a better idea of what I am doing, and a better inventory of supplies, paper, cartridges, stamps, etc, etc, etc.  It's amazing what you accumulate over the course of the years...

 

Anyway, here is a card I made when I first started out:

My original post was January 25, 2011 - Cricut Cardz Snowman Challenge "So the challenge was to make a project using a snowman image. Well, as you can see there is no snowman on my card. Because I am so new to the cricut and crafting, I have not yet acquired a cartridge with a snowman. But I did find on my Home Accents cart an image that I think can pass off as a snowflake. So even though I technically don't qualify for this challenge, I still wanted to participate. I don't have any winter type stamps either, but if I did have a winter saying, I would stamp it next to the snowflake on the pink stripe."

Here is the CASE (new and improved):

This time I do have a Christmas/Winter cart (several actually) that I had an actual snowflake - Winter Woodland (Snowflake #4).  I cut it out at 2 3/4" in some light blue and at 3" in a darker blue/turquoise and layered them together with some foam tape.  I also cut down the patterned paper so I could show off the embossed mat - D'vine Swirls - also acquired since the original card :) I even have some Christmas/Winter stamp sets (surprise surprise) that I was able to include.  Amazing what some experience - and supplies - can do!!!

 

Side By Side:

 

I hope you are able to join us this week over at HIMCR for our fun challenge! Pick a card that you would like to copy (or re-invent) and share it with us!!!

 

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