Our Little Diva {a layout}

Good morning!

Just popping in to share my Week 33 Scrappin' n Chattin' layout.  I created it at the crop on Saturday, along with several other pages that have yet to be photographed.

I used an old Sketch Savvy sketch and papers from the Fancy Pants Love Story collection. Some flowers, Thickers and rhinestones from my stash finished off the page.

Here is the sketch~

Have a great day!

Flutter By Wednesdays Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Grand Re-Opening Hop for Flutter By Wednesdays!  I'm so happy to have a reason to flutter on Wednesdays again and hope you will all join in our challenge fun!

You should have fluttered here from Kathy's blog and if you just happened to stop by (hi!), please join us for the hop starting at the Flutter By Wednesdays blog. If for any reason you get lost along the way, the full list of hoppers is on the blog as well.

Our challenge this week is OPEN, just include a butterfly or fairy on your project! You can enter your project HERE!

Here is my card for this week~

I debated for days on what to make LOL.  I couldn't decide on an image to color so when I was using my Cricut on another card, I thought it would be fun to use a die cut butterfly this week.  This butterfly was cut at approximately 3 inches from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge.  The bright happy papers are from the Be You 6x6 pad by Fancy Pants.  I outlined the cutouts on the butterfly to help it stand out a bit more and popped the whole thing up with pop dots.  The sentiment is from a My Pink Stamper set.

Your next stop on the hop is Michelle VP!

Thanks for fluttering by today and I hope you will join this week's challenge!

Flip flop Birthday

TGIF!!!!

Even happier that tomorrow is Saturday!  I will be at the allergist's office bright and early to get scratched with a bunch of allergies to see what I respond to.  I've been having issues for months now so a re-test is in order to see if I have any new allergies. Hopefully the tests will give us some answers as to why medicines I've tried aren't working as they should.

Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for my sister. Her birthday was on Tuesday and I went to see her and my cutie pie nephew on Wednesday night. The card was a big hit! I know she LOVES flip flops so I had to have this set to make her a card.

We also have a birthday party tomorrow. No plans for Sunday though so I'm hoping to blog more and create more! Have a great day!


Supplies~
Stamps: Flipping Out (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: cardstock (PTI), Beach Babe (Fancy Pants)
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise and Hawaiian Shores (all PTI), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: rhinstones (Queen & Co.)

Have a flippin' great birthday!

Well I promised this card on Thursday and even though it's late, it's still Thursday!

I've been reading Book #2 of the Fifty Shades trilogy - even better than the first! I'm trying to pace myself through it though lol.

When I saw the Flipping Out set that was released at Papertrey Ink earlier this month, I knew I had to get it along with the coordinating die.  I have quite a few summer birthdays that it is perfect for!

My friend Courtney's birthday is on Sunday and this is the card I gave her last night. Happy to report that she loved it :)

I even decorated the inside! The sentiments on the front and inside are both from the stamp set and I used the die to cut the flip flops from the Fancy Pants Beach Babe paper that I used on the card.  The sentiment on the front of the card is one long line but I inked up each half and stamped it to fit in the space that I had.

The layout was from Just Add Ink - super cute and perfect for me to use my MFT Circle Stax dies with!

Tomorrow's Friday. Woohoo!! It seems like it's been really long for a short week!

Supplies:
Stamps: Flipping Out from Papertrey Ink
Paper: Fancy Pants Beach Babe
Ink: Memento
Other: Flipping Out die, brads from stash, MFT Die-namics Circle Stax 2

Cooking It Up with Katie - Announcement & Card!

{Please scroll down to see my Flutter By Wednesdays card!}

Hi again!

I have some exciting news to share!! 

I'm a new Design Team Member 

for Cooking It Up with Katie!!

If you know me, you know I don't like cooking in the kitchen but crafting recipes are right up my alley!

Thank you to Katie for asking me and I'm looking forward to sharing these challenges with you all!

This week's challenge recipe is:

Wet (image or technique)

Brad

Border

The sponsor is Stamping Dragon and we were supplied with some fun images to use.

The image I chose is called Rupert's Bathtime. 

I had fun coloring him!

If you would like to play along, please enter your creation {HERE} and check out the DT samples while you are there too. Links to the team members are located on my left sidebar. 

Supply List~

Stamps: Stamping Dragon - Ruperts Bathtime 

Paper: Copic Xpress Blend it cardstock, Fancy Pants Beach Bum

Ink: Memento London Fog (each layer was inked with this)

Other: Making Memories brads, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, Nestabilities Labels Fifteen

Playing for fun!

It's been awhile since I've played for fun. I always make time to get my DT stuff done but not enough time to take part in other challenges.  Instead of cleaning my room tonight I decided it was time to play!

I incorporated 3 challenges into this card~

Paper Makeup Stamps is having a Sizzlin' Summer Colors challenge and I pulled out Danni's Flutterbies so I could play along with The Pink Elephant's Butterflies challenge and I was inspired by this week's sketch at Techno Stamper~

Products Used:
Danni's Flutterbies & Little Moments by Paper Makeup Stamps
Georgia Pacific cardstock
Beach Babe dp by Fancy Pants
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Colorbox Chalk Ink - Warm Red & Tangerine
ribbon from stash

Thanks for stopping by!

PaperCutz Challenge #99!

TGIF!

I'm excited to share my PaperCutz Challenge card with you all.  I used the Cricut again!  I really am trying to be better about using the tools that I have and the Cricut is at the top of the list.

This week's challenge is to create a card, layout or project using a Cricut cut, hand stamped or digital stamped image of an ice cream cone, popsicle, ice cream sundae or milk shake using any colors/themes you'd like.  Normally I would turn to my stamps but....I remembered that Doodlecharms has popsicles on it and that is a cartridge I very rarely use. Once I settled on paper to use, the card came together quickly!

All the papers are from the Fancy Pants Beach Babe 6x6 pad and I added a few rhinestones and stamped a sentiment from a summer Cat's Pajamas stamp set.  I inked the edges of the card with Colorbox Chestnut Roan chalk ink.

We'd love to have you join us this week! Click HERE to enter your creation and check out all the fun summery DT samples!

For the Birthday Girl - Birthday Sundaes #14

Happy Sunday!

Today's Birthday Sundaes Challenge is a super fun one AND it's sponsored!! 

You can have a chance at winning the 'Just Because' Cards Cricut cartridge from our DT Member Michelle if you play along with us this week! Click HERE to play along and check out all of the cute DT samples!

This is my first attempt at a shaped card - granted the Cricut makes it easy but I was still leery of putting it together lol! I goofed just a teensy bit on the layering but I think I did a good job still. I had SOOO much fun using the Cuttlebug too! 

The ice cream cone and layers were cut from the Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge. There are so many fun cuts on this cartridge that I still need to try out! 

Supply List

• Papertrey Ink cardstock - Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet
• Fancy Pant - It's the Little Things designer paper
• Birthday Bash Verve stamp set for the sentiment
• Timber Brown Staz On ink
• D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder
• Sizzix 'plaid' embossing folder (I am not sure of it's real name!)
• Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge - I don't remember what size I cut the cone at. It's saved on my Gypsy if anyone is interested in knowing. Just leave me a comment!

Teacher Appreciation for PaperCutz #92!

TGIF!!

Today's challenge at PaperCutz is to create a card, layout or project with the theme of Teacher Appreciation. I've had this Pure Innocence cutie for quite some time now and she was perfect for this card! If you'd like to play along with us and be inspired by the design team samples, click HERE!

Wanna know something about this paper? It looks like it could be for school right? It's actually Beach Bum by Fancy Pants! I know I have some school paper from stacks but I couldn't find it so I started looking through my piles of 6x6 pads and found this one. Worked out perfectly! I used Labels 12 to cut out the image and panel beneath her. Bling and ribbon from my stash finished off the card nicely.

Here are the copics I used to color her: 

TFL and have a great day!