Die Cuttin' Divas Baby Challenge

We've had a lot of new things happening at our house lately.

My younger daughter moved back in with us while she goes back to school to get her masters degree.

Its been fun having her back home for awhile.

This weekend she adopted a new puppy from a local shelter. He is 2 months old and so cute. We are having a lot of fun with him, although our two dogs aren't so sure about him.

Since it is Tuesday so we have a new challenge for you over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week our challenge is Baby!

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I came upon this darling 3D card at the Silhouette store called BABY CRIB POP UP CARD

by Lori Whitlock

Design ID #65324

For the front of the card I used another cut file: A BABY IS A BLESSING

by Jennifer Wambach

Design ID #17446

Now if I just knew someone having a baby girl :)

Supplies used: card stock - vanilla, pink, blue, yellow pattern papers by Graphic 45; cut files from Silhouette Studio; border punch by Fiskars.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch Challenge

Gosh, it's only 23 days till Christmas!!!

Is everyone getting their shopping done, cookies baked, etc.????

This week over at Die Cuttin' Divas we have a sketch challenge for you.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps!!

For my project I created a Christmas card with a fun Christmas tree sentiment.

The tree is from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. It is from the Night Before set which you can purchase here.

I added a little Stickles to the tree for some sparkle.

                                         

Supplies used: card stock - white, red, green; patterned paper by Graphic 45; Stickles; brads - Imaginisce; glitter star - Jolee's; digital image - Stitchy Bear; Pop Dots.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Whimsical Designs "ATC" Challenge

Well, I have to admit that this was a new one to me!!

Our challenge this week at Whimsical Designs is to create an ATC project - should be 2.5" x 3.5"
If there is anyone out there who doesn't know what ATC stands for, it is Artist Trading Card.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is SK Digis, with a chance to win a $6 voucher to Sonja's store.

I thought I'd tell you a little bit about ATC's.

ATC's are miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards, baseball cards, or 21⁄2 by 31⁄2 inches, small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets. The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland. Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or fiber. The cards are usually traded or exchanged.

Before I created my ATC I browsed Pinterest to get some ideas of what others are creating. I decided to start with a vintage image which I downloaded from The Graphics Fairy. This web site is an awesome source for free vintage and retro images.

I cut a piece of chipboard, to the correct size, for the base of my ATC. I then covered it with patterned paper and rounded the edges with my trusty Zutter corner rounder.

I then attached my image and got to work creating my collage. I used different rhinestones, a vintage charm, jewelry findings, etc to adorn her.

I trimmed the picture with some vintage gold trim. and cut the roses from some vintage paper.

To finish it off I stamped some vintage binder paper with Stephanie's "Unique" stamp from her Whimsical Fun Vol. 1.

What a fun project and I enjoyed expanding my horizons.

Supplies used: chipboard; patterned paper - Dragonfly Duet In Botanicabella by graphic 45; vintage binder paper, gold trim and charm - Jenni Bowlin; rhinestones - BoBunny and Kandi Kane; jewelry finding, vintage rose paper - my stash; stamp - Whimsical Fun Vol. 1 by Whimsical Designs; ink - Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger; corner rounder - Zutter; Pop Dots.

If you haven't ever made an ATC before, I hope you'll expand your horizons and join in the fun over at Whimsical Designs!! The DT has some great inspiration for you so please stop by the blog and check it out!!!

Birthday Card and Blog Hop Winners

This is my second post for today!

I'd like to share a masculine birthday card with you and announce the winners for a couple of blog hops.

The card is for the challenge over at Seize The Birthday!
Use their sketch to make a masculine birthday card.

Supplies used: card stock - white, blue; patterned paper - Graphic 45; buttons - my stash; riboon - American Crafts; brad - Making Memories; font - Riesling.

Now for the blog hop winners!!!

For Celebrate The Occasions 2nd Birthday blog hop random.org picked #8

 chillin with Quillin said...

Awesome card, love the zebra!!!

Paula

And for Whimsical Designs All About Love blog hop random.org picked #22

 CraftyJAR said...

That a super cute project. That cut file is really pretty but you made it shine.

Judy

Congratulations ladies, if you'll email me your addresses I will get your packages mailed out to you!!!!

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.......

Do you know how loved you are???

Just a little CAS card I made for two challenges.

For Cas-ual Fridays the challenge this week is torn

And for Case this Sketch the sketch this week is:

And here is my interpretation of these two challenges using a stamp from Unity and papers from Graphic 45.

Supplies used: card stock - red; patterned papers - Let It Snow and Carol of the Bells in Christmas Past collections by graphic 45; stap - Twinkle, Twinkle by unity; ink - Rich Cocoa by momento.

Wizard of Oz Shadow Box

I would like to preface this post with the fact that I was the oldest of 4 siblings. As such, I did, at times, lord it over the younger ones - especially my sister as she would contest.

When we were young we used to dress up and play Wizard of Oz. I, of course, was always Dorothy, one of my brothers was the tin man and the other was the scarecrow (he would take pieces of my mothers broom as straw).  Here comes the part I am ashamed to admit - I made my sister play the part of Toto and follow me around on all fours. I realize there were other female parts she could have been, and she pointed that out to me on numerous occasions, but I told her she had to be Toto or she could not play with us. Horrible, I know! She probably has some deep, underlying psychosis because I forced her to play the part of a dog.

Anyway, over the years it has become a source of many jokes and we have exchanged many Wizard of Oz themed gifts to one another. Hence, here is my latest gift to her.

Supplies used: Shadow box - JoAnn's; patterned papers from The Magic of Oz by Graphic 45; Red Stickles; Pop Dots; GemTac