Cut it Up Challenge #1

Hi friends!

Here is a double page layout that I created at a crop on Saturday for the first challenge at Cut It Up Challenges. The challenge is Anything Goes - just include a die cut. I used circle die-namics and the new flower medley die-namics from MFT. 

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The layout uses Week #228 sketch from Nuts About Sketches. This was my birthday celebration just a few weeks after we closed on our house in 2009 - before we officially moved in. It was fun to look at these pictures and see how far our house has come since then!  Patterned papers are Imaginisce - All Kinds of Happy and Bazzill cardstock. 

TFL!

Don't faint...I crafted!

My crafty mojo has been zilch...zero...nada lately.  Lots of things swirling around in my head and it's really affected my craftiness. Trying to get myself out of this slump!

Today is my stepdad's birthday and I knew if I handed him a store bought card, he would have been really disappointed. So while dinner was cooking, I pulled out a card kit that I got from Taylored Expressions last year.  The paper is from the Imaginisce Birthday Bash line.

I cut the presents and banner from some of the dp included in the kit and layered it on another piece of dp and voila - a card is complete!

I am entering these challenges:
Birthday Sundaes #37 - Birthday card w/birthday wording/sentiment - my own challenge since I've been very absent :/
4 Crafty Chicks #66 - Birthday
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges #101 - Anything Goes
Cooking It Up with Katie #86 - Anything Goes

TFL!

Happy Fall Y'all!

I made a few fall cards at the crop a few weeks ago and am just remembering to share them now!

I used Papertrey's 2009 Autumn Tags (for the first time!!) and my Taylored Expressions October 2010 kit which featured paper from Imaginisce Apple Cider collection. I still have more paper & embellies left for more cards too. Love these kits. I haven't used them all up yet and I ended up resubscribing this month. It's hard to resist having good papers & embellies matched up for you each month!

Using an MFT sketch -  MFTWSC39

Using a Verve sketch - VLVOct2011 Week #1

This one is my fave!! Using a Sweet Sunday Sketch - SSSC136

TFL!  I plan to go in my craftroom tonight - hopefully I will be able to get something made!

Going to the Pumpkin Patch with PaperCutz!

TGIF!

It's time for this week's PaperCutz Challenge!  We are "Going to the Pumpkin Patch"!  Make a card, LO or craft project for Fall using Cricut cut, hand stamped, or digital stamped pumpkins, and any colors you’d like!  You can enter your creation {HERE} and while you are there check out the samples from the DT AND see who is joining our team next week!  I am happy to see a few names on the list that I know. Welcome ladies! 


I decided to make a tag this week using my all time favorite fall stamp - Pumpkin Patch Riley. Tags are something that do not come easily to me but I keep 'pinning' tags on Pinterest so I thought it was time I made one. 

Supplies Used~

• Riley & Company - Pumpkin Patch Riley
• My Favorite Things - Dienamics Tag You're It and Stamp Set
• CC Designs - Amy R Autumn Sentiments
• Papertrey Ink Ripe Avocado cardstock
• Imaginisce - Apple Cider paper
• Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa
• bling & ribbon from a TE Key Ingredient Kit (Oct. 2010)
• Copics
• pop dots (used to pop Riley up)

TFL!

It's Fall at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday!

Just a quick note before the challenge...still sick, went back to the doctor's yesterday and I have bronchitis...so I will be somewhat MIA as I try to finally kick this crap that's been kicking my butt for the last 5 weeks.

This week's challenge at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday is FALL, my favorite time of year! We are sponsored by Inktegrity, for your chance to win the prize, please click HERE to enter your creation!

For my card, I used one of my newer Riley stamps....not really thrilled with this card as I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do and just had to 'get it done'. The paper is from the Apple Cider collection by Imaginisce and the buttons are from the Basic Grey Pyrus collection.

Back to resting...which is really boring but necessary LOL

Many Blessings to You!

Here is another card I made on Saturday ~ it is for a Fall Colors swap.

I mixed old and new on this card. I finally opened up a Hero Arts stamp set that I bought 2 years ago, a border punch I bought a year ago and the new is the paper (Imaginisce Apple Cider collection) from this month's Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit. It's hard to see but I embossed the background with my cuttlebug pumpkins folder.

I used another Taylored Expressions sketch~

and incorporated these challenges:

Treehouse Thursday #72 - Thankful

MelJen's #30 - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - Autumn Leaves

Stamping for the Weekend #49 - Halloween/Fall

Card Supplies~

Stamps: Happy Thanksgiving ~ Hero Arts

Paper: Imaginisce Apple Cider Collection, Prism cardstock, image stamped on Georgia Pacific

Ink: Memento

Copics: YR18

Other: EK Success border punch, cuttlebug pumpkins folder, big scalloped circles lg nestabilities

TFL!

A Bouncing Baby Buggy

Happy Black Friday!

Did you shop til you dropped? I certainly did, lots of good deals out there and I managed to get everything on my list (and then some lol!!)

I'm sharing a card that I made a few weeks ago for a friend of mine on a Yahoo group. When I saw this adorable bouncing buggy from Squigglefly, I had to get it.

The new one did baby's room in black and white and it looks so very cool. When I found this Imaginisce paper in my stash, I knew it was perfect!

Here is the SFYTT sketch that I used.

And for once, I decorated the inside.
The sentiments are from the Congrats set from Stampin' Up. First time inked!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Bouncing Buggy ~ Squigglefly, Congrats ~ Stampin' Up
Paper: Imaginisce
Ink: Memento (for the inside), copics: RV11, N7
Accessories: Marvy Extra Giga Scallop Punch, zig writer, SU corner rounder, EK Success scalloped border punch, stardust stickles

Thanks for looking!