PaperCutz Challenge #107

Happy Friday! What a loooooong week it's been! I'm happy to have a 3 day weekend. We've got lots to do around the house and I need to get some crafty time in!

Today's PaperCutz Challenge is Designer's Choice! The talented Diane (who does fabulous Cricut work) is challenging us to create a card,layout or project using 2 cricut cuts or stamped images of zoo animals along with some dimension or bling!  You are free to use any colors/themes you'd like.

One would think I would *finally* use my Create a Critter Cricut cartridge - nope, I decided to go with a stamp set that hasn't seen love in a long time - my good friend Changito. We used to be best buds until I discovered so many other stamp companies.  I created a little scene for my friends - it took a bit for me to get it the way I envisioned but I like the results.

For my bling, I used a copic spica pen in Chocolate for the coconuts and for dimension I added some Milk Chocolate crinkled ribbon from My Craft Spot behind the mat and popped up the whole panel.  The edges of the card were inked with Colorbox Chalk ink in Chestnut Roan.

I love zoo animals so I can't wait to see what you all come up with! Please enter your creation {HERE} and check out the DT samples on the PCC blog or use the links on my left sidebar.

Supplies~

• Stampendous Changito Dos stamp set
• Papertrey Ink Kraft cardstock
• Bo Bunny Zoology
• Memento Rich Cocoa ink
• Colorbox Chestnut Roan ink
• Stampin' Up Always Artichoke ink
• Copics (G94, G99, E37, E39, E25, E27)
• Copic Spica pen - Chocolate
• My Craft Spot - Milk Chocolate crinkle ribbon
• Mini pop dots

Celebrate with Flutter By Wednesdays!

*Please scroll down to see today's Cooking It Up with Katie challenge!*

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge theme is Celebrate!


We are welcoming a new team member today - please join us in welcoming Mary to the team!

Here is my take on the Celebrate theme. I love birthdays so naturally I had to make a birthday card :)

I used Natalie Fairy from Paper Makeup Stamps, isn't she sweet? I love how her dress came out. The most exciting thing making cards with no power was getting to use stickles. I had plenty of time to let them dry LOL.

I used a Sweet Stop sketch from a few weeks ago~

Don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  You can upload your creation {HERE}, please check out the rest of the DT's blogs to see their samples.  Links are on the FBW blog and my sidebar.

Next week we start a whole month of fun to celebrate Danni's birthday, you won't want to miss out!

Supply List~
Stamps: Natalie Fairy from Paper Makeup Stamps, sentiment from Verve Stamps
Paper: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate cardstock, image was stamped on Copic Xpress Blend It cardstock, Basic Grey Hopscotch
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: copics, crystal stickles, Marvy scalloped circle punch, American Crafts ribbon, Prima flower

Cooking It Up with Katie #73

Today is Wednesday, it's time for Cooking It Up with Katie!

Our challenge this week includes the following recipe:

• Sticker (I used Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type stickers)
• Bling (I swear the brads are sparkly!)
• Pink 

And we have two sponsors for you!  MelJens Designs (who provided us with some fun images to use) and Pizazz A Plenty.  Please check out the Cooking It Up with Katie blog to see all the sponsor details and DT samples and to enter your creation!

Here is my sample card using Book Girl.

I absolutely LOVE how she is colored - I really took my time and the results show.  I was beginning to think that I was losing my coloring abilities but it turns out that rushing is my problem and this power outage taught me to slow down so I can enjoy the process more.  I also think that when I get back into my room (I've been working in the dining room), I'm going to move my desk to a better angle so I can enjoy the natural light more (for the times I actually get to enjoy daylight).

I used this sketch from PaperWorks Co for my card:

Supply List~
Stamps: MelJens Designs Book Girl digi image
Paper: Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush cardstock, Echo Park Paper For the Record, image was printed on Copic Xpress Blend it cardstock
Other: copics, Making Memories brads, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type stickers

My card for Birthday Sundaes!

I have power again, yay!!!  It came back on about 9:30 pm last night but it was too late to start photographing & uploading pictures then.   We survived Irene with no real damage - just a huge mess to clean up in our backyard, luckily only parts of trees & limbs came down and missed our house thankfully! We lost the food in our fridge & freezer as well, we hope to restock once the stores around here restock their shelves. For now it's pasta, soup or takeout from places that are up & running.  There are still many, many people around the state with no power so I consider us to be very lucky & extremely grateful.

I did read 2 books and made 3 cards during the power outage, so at least I was a little bit productive! We tried to play UNO by candlelight after the flashlights died but it didn't go so well - it's quite hard to differentiate between blue & green with just a flicker of a flame!

Here is the first card that I finished - my DT card for Birthday Sundaes.

As a reminder, the challenge is to create a birthday card using this picture as inspiration (and include birthday wording on the card front).  With all the purple, you may be wondering how the heck I was inspired? I went with the dots & stripes on the flags, the green on the plate and naturally, the cupcakes :)  You can enter your card {HERE}!

{Source}

Supply List~

Stamps: CC Designs Swiss Pixie Cupcake Birgitta Digi

Paper: Papertrey Ink Stampers Select white cardstock, Basic Grey Eva

Ink: Stampin' Up Elegant Eggplant

Other: copics, Crystal stickles, Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, bling from stash, mini pop dots, Marvy scalloped circle punches

TFL! So happy to be back online!

Birthday Sundaes Challenge - Inspiration Photo

This week's Birthday Sundaes challenge is an inspiration photo.

We'd like you to use this picture as inspiration to create a birthday card.  Don't forget to include birthday wording on your card front!

{Source}

I'm sorry I don't have a card to share with you.  We spent the latter part of the week preparing for Hurricane Irene and are now waiting for it to hit (as I type this up on Saturday night). Crossing my fingers that we have minimal damage from it.

Please do check out the blog and the DT's blog to see what they have created!

Wish Upon a Star with PaperCutz!

TGIF!  What a wild week it has been and it's predicted to be a wild weekend! We had an earthquake here on Tuesday...yes, it was felt all the way up here in CT!!  As of right now, Hurricane Irene is predicted to hit us on Sunday. I hope all of you in the path of the bad weather stay safe!

Wish Upon a Star is the challenge today at PaperCutz! We'd like to see a creation using stars with any theme/colors you'd like. 

I decided to make two bookmarks for the challenge - they are very different from each other but equally fun to make.

Close up of Bookmark #1

 We Can't All Be Stars Wordart - Paper Makeup Stamps

Restoration - Crate Paper from TE Key Ingredients Kit

Cardstock from TE Key Ingredients Kit

Chestnut Road Chalk Ink - Colorbox

Ribbon from TE Key Ingredients Kit

Crystal thing from Taylored Expressions

Gold Lame Smooch

Close up of Bookmark #2

Star Prints - Papertrey Ink

Liberty - Bo Bunny

Night of Navy ink - Stampin' Up

Ribbon from stash

Please click {HERE} to enter your creation! For more inspiration, please check out the blogs of my fellow DT Members - Mary, Dee, DeNetra, Diane, Lisa, Patti,Penny, and Shelly.

Other Challenges Entered:
Stamps R Us - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime #53 - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges - Anything But a Card

Have a great day!  I'm going to a Thirty One Party tonight - excited to check out all the neat stuff I've been admiring in the catalog.

P.S. If you are looking for all of the blinkies I had on the blog, I've created tabs up at the top for them - Challenges, Shopping and Fun Sites (various blogs I visit).  The 3 columns were starting to look cluttered and were bugging me. The cleaner look makes me much happier!