Pretty Pink Butterfly

Today's card is for the Dynamic Duo's Challenge and The Sweet Shop Sketch Challenge. I liked how it turned out, I hope you do too.

Supplies:

Dies: Cottage Cutz Butterfly, Spellbinders Fancy Lattice

Stamps: Great Impressions Sentiment

Paper: Bazzill

Gingerbread Kisses

As I have said before Die Cuts are my "thing"  and today's card might go a long way toward proving it.  Although some dies might not be for the faint of heart they are totally worth every moment (or hours) putting them together.  I used the CottageCutz Gingerbread House (CC4x4-306-D) and the Quickutz gingerbread double die (KS-0210).  The Quickutz Gingerbread Men are one of my favorites and I find myself reaching for them every year.  I then backed it this some My Mind's Eye Pattern Paper from the 12 days of Christmas line (Peppermint Patty) and the sentiment if from Great Impressions Rubber Stamps.  Please enjoy!

Supplies:

Paper: Pattern Paper- My Mind's Eye Peppermint Patty, Bazzill Cardinal, Bazzill Vanilla

Dies: CottageCutz Gingerbread House(CC4x4-306-D), Quickutz Gingerbread (KS0210)

Stamp: Great Impression Rubber Stamps

Challenge:

The Sweet Shop- SSS185 Sketch with a Twist

Happy Turkey Day

Today's card is in honor of Thanksgiving.  I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving.  The card was made with a CottageCutz Turkey.  If you watch my blog long enough you will find that I am a die cut "NUT" I love them, and I use them ALOT!  Enjoy the card and the Holiday Weekend.

Supplies:

Dies: CottageCutz Gobble Gobble Turkey(CC4x4-440), Spellbinders Lacey Circles, Classic Circles

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, BoBunny Pattern Paper

Stamps: Darcie's Country Folk sentiment

Accessories: Ribbon BoBunny

Challenges This Card was made for:

Card Makin Mamas- Thanksgiving/Thank you

Simon Says Stamp- Thanksgiving/Thank you

Just Us Girls: #163 Color Challenge-Pumpkin, Olive, Brown, Ivory

Skipping Stones Design- Sketch #154

Silver and Bright Snowman

I am really happy with how this one turned out.  I love silver and blue together.  I wanted to use this sketch snowman, but it isn't the type you color.  I tried it in different color inks and then I thought it might be nice to stamp it on a color cardstock and emboss it with a white embossing powder.  I liked it.  The white background is embossed with a dry embossing folder in snowflakes.  I also embossed the sentiment in white.  I added some silver ribbon and a die cut poinsettia to give it a little pop.  I am very pleased.  I hope you like it.

Supplies:

Paper: Bazzill Swiss Dot- Night Water, Bazzill Cardstock- Kevin, Raven, Pomegranate, Bling March

Dies: Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia, EK Border punch- Arches

Punches: Round punch 1 3/4" and 1 1/2"

Stamps: Inkadinkado-Sketch Snowman, JustRite Stamps- A Merry Little Christmas Set

Accessories: Rhinestone, Silver Ribbon

Challenges:
This card is for the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge(MOJO267)
This card is also for Christmas Card Challenges (#51)

Christmas Centerpiece

Today I have 2 posts.  I have been a busy bee today making cards.  Sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it is like pulling teeth.  Today it went pretty well.  The first Card is for Freshly Made Sketches FMS61.  I used a stamp from Inkadinkado that I have had for a long time, have always liked it, but have never been able to have an application for it.  I thought the sketch for this week was just right for it.  I wanted to do a dark green stripe on the bottom but I didn't have any so I used Impression Obsession's Cover A Card stripes and embossed with clear powder.  I really liked how it turned out.  And I LOVE the Mega Mount and the Cover A Card stamps they are the easiest to use and they come out perfect every time.   If you haven't tried it you really should.

Supplies:

Paper: Best Creations Gold Glitter Paper, Bazzill Swiss Dot-Phoenix, Bazzill Bling March

Stamp: Impression Obsession Cover A Card-Thick & Thin, Inkadinkado - Candle and Ribbon Border

Accessories: May Art Ribbon, Corner Rounder

Snowman Quilt Card

I guess you could call me the Ultimate Crafter, because I do or have dabbled in just about all crafts.  This card combines my two favorite (at the moment).  Quilting and Card Making.  I was hopping around one day recently checking out other blogs and utube videos and I came across paper quilting.  I thought "duhhh" of course, that would work out great.  Quilting is mostly squares and triangles and paper punches come in squares, that can be cut in half for triangles.  Sooo I pulled out my handy dandy quilt pattern app, and decided to try out a pattern.  You just separate the block into squares, divide by the size of card you want to do and start punching.  I also put my squares through a Xyron first to make it easier to assemble.  It worked great.  I then added a snowman to the center and I think the result is really cool.  You will defiantly be seeing more quilted cards from me.  I hope you enjoy this one.

Supplies:

Paper: I just used scraps that I had

Stamps: Great Impressions Rubber Stamps Sentiment, Snowman from Stampin' Up Happy Holidays set

Dies: Spellbinders Scalloped Circle, Classic Circle

Accessories: Ribbon, pearls

Colored with Prisma Pencils

Wreath Technique

I ran across this technique challenge, and I thought it looked really fun so I tried it out.  It is now as hard as it looks, and it is beautiful.  I used red velvet ribbon.  When I was done I actually thought the back was prettier than the front so I used the back.  The sentiment stamp is from Great Impressions Rubber Stamps.  I decided that simple was best so I layered it with only red and an embossed background. Enjoy.  If you want to see the tutorial on how to weave this wreath check out Just Us Girls Challenge #162.  It was really fun, I will definitely try it again some time.

High Hopes Guest Designer

Today's card is for the High Hopes Card challenge.  This was was made for the guest designer position.  The new challenge for this week is "Non-Traditional" Colors.

You can't see it very well but I used a Sizzix embossing folder(snowflakes) for the background and then.  I used a Spellbinders die (Ironworks Motiffs) for layering behind the kitty.  The stamp is High Hopes Kitty's Flutter Friends.  I painted the kitty with Viva Decor Pearl Pen White Pearl.  The die cut is a Quickutz cookie cutter set(Holiday Phrases).

Hope you like it, and if you would like to join on on the Challenge click here

Hometown USA Pagelayout

Today's page layout is in honor of Veteran's Day.  I have many ties to the military since was was and still am an Air Force wife,  My husband served 20 years in the Air Force, my father was in the Army, and 2 of my brothers are currently in the Army.  So to all of those Veterans THANK YOU for your service,  I know is it not always easy.

The page layout below is my depiction of Hometown USA, it could be for a 4th of July page, a reunion page, or even a picnic page.  It is one of my favorites, and it is also available for sale at my Etsy shop, fully assembled.  Enjoy the page, I have listed the dies used at the end.

Supplies:

Dies- Quickutz Revolution Houses (3 of them), wagon, dog, mailbox, Custom Archivers Fireworks, Quickutz border Fence, Quickutz Light pole.

Paper- the paper is from the Dreamy 2 collection from My Mind's Eye and Bazzill Cardstock.

Christmas Poinsettias

The card was really fun and different for me.  I usually design cards for classes so I can't usually add a lot of detail or embellishments, because I time.  But I am learning to have fun with these cards because I don't have to worry about the constraints of time.  So with this card I used the Spellbinders Layered Poinsettias, after I cut them out I ran them through again and embossed them an while they were still in the die I turned them over and painted Radiant Pearls Yellow right through the holes in the die.  That is how I got the color on the leaves.

The card is stamped with a Penny Black stamp called "You make me blush" and I colored or painted it with Radiant Pearls.  I love Radiant Pearls, too bad they don't make them anymore.  Enjoy!

This card was made for my enjoyment as well as the following Challenges:

Dynamic duos: DD #27

Card Makin' Mamas: Anything Goes!

Just Us Girls: Sketch Challenge #161

Supplies:

Paper: Bazzill Pomegranate, Patch

Dies: Spellbinders Layered Poinsettias, Standard Circles Small, Picot Circles

Punches: Martha Stewart Vintage Doily

Accessories: Pearls, Ribbon

Amusement Park Fun

Over the next couple of days I am going to be posting some of my favorite layouts.  I hope you enjoy them, using die cut to make page layouts if my favorite thing to do.  This first one is Amusement Park Fun.  I will list all of the dies used at the end.  But I also make the six flags logo by cutting strips and flags out with my Silhouette SD machine, another thing I am fond of using if I don't have dies that are what I am looking for.  I just used the drawing tool on the software and drew what I wanted.

The Supplies used for this page are:

Dies

CottageCutz: Viking Ride, Ticket Booth, Bumper Cars, Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette, Carousel Horse

Quickutz: Roller Coaster Cars

Silhouette Machine Designs: Custom made logo(I drew it), Roller Coaster Border

Thanks for looking!

By the way if you really like this page you can buy it already assembled at my Etsy shop.  Below is the link.

Amusement Park Layout

Tiger Time

I know I have been away for awhile, but I am back and I am determined to make this the best blog for creativity ever.  Stick with me over the next couple of weeks and you will see LOTS of card samples, tutorials, and more.

Today's card is for a High Hopes Challenge.  These stamp are one of my favorites and they are sooo cute!

This card was made with the Tiger Stamp from High Hopes, and the Quickutz Custom Palm tree.  The coloring was done with Prisma Pencils and the misted with Glimmer Mist.  Add a gingham bow and you get super cute.  Thanks for looking.

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