A Stroll Down Memory Lane with Cut It Up Challenges!

Hey everybody!!

I hope you are having a fabulous Friday!!

Today I am back with a post for Cut It Up!



Today marks the 100th challenge!! Wow right?? For those of you that don't know, Kimberly and I started the Cut It Up challenge blog together. We wanted a challenge blog that incorporated the use of any type of die cutting machine, not just one specific one. From there, Cut It Up was born. Unfortunately life got in the way of crafting for both Kimberly and I and we both needed to take a step back at that time. We thought about closing it down and almost did until Evelyn contacted me and asked if I would mind if she ran it. I am so glad that she did!! While Kimberly and I were sad to walk away, we felt better knowing that Cut It Up had a great new owner :) She is doing a wonderful job and the challenge blog and grown so much! We definitely handed over the reigns to the right person!

For my project, I decided to make a birthday/celebration card. 

I used some fun chevron patterned paper to cover my card base. I created my gray layer by using one of the Stitched Rounded Rectangles dies from Pink & Main. The party hat and the "celebrate" are dies from My Creative Time. I hand cut the banner and I finished off my card with some enamel dots and some shimmer on the hat's pom.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I hope you will stop by the Cut It Up Challenge Blog and take a look at all the fabulous projects from the past and present design team members.  :)

This was such a great idea Evelyn, thank you so much for thinking of it and including me!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Recollections

--Patterned Paper: XOXO (AC)

--Dies: Stitched Rounded Rectangles (Pink & Main), Party Hat Dies & Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies and More (MCT)

--Misc.: Enamel DOts, Clear Wink Of Stella, Foam Tape

RAWR!

Happy Wednesday!

Today I am back with another project that showcases some awesome stamps and dies from 

Pink & Main.

Pink and Main are coming out with some awesome new dies. This is a little sneaky peek of those. Can you spot them on my project?? They are called Scallop Hexagons and Nested Hexagons and they are so fun!! I can already tell I will be giving these a workout and using them quite a bit lol! For my image, I used the super cute stamp set titled Dinomite. I colored in my little dino and added a few doodles with my white gel pen. I added my greeting and a little bow that I made using my 1-2-3 punch board. 

The inside of the card reads.... 

You can see the Pink & Main Blog HERE ,

the Pink & Main Store HERE

and the Pink & Main Creations Gallery on Facebook HERE

 Don't forget about the challenge at the Pink & Main blog also,

we would love to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I appreciate it so much!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (SSS)

--Patterned Paper: Just Splendid (MME)

--Stamp: Dinomite (Pink & Main)

--Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento

--Dies: Scallop Hexagons, Nested Hexagons

--Copics: C2, C4, C6, G43, G46, R11, YG63, W0, W1

--Misc.: Foam Tape, 1-2-3 Punch Board (WRMK), Owl Builder Punch (SU!), Glossy Accents, White Gel Pen

Shopping Our Stash #259:Say What??

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday!!

It's time for a new challenge over at 

Shopping Our Stash!

This week, challenge #259 is....

Say What?!

(use speech bubbles)

Here is the project that I created:

For my card, I dug into my paper stash and pulled out some patterned paper that I have had for awhile now. Not sure how long I've had it but since I can't remember buying it, I would say somewhere between 6 months and a year, maybe longer lol. Isn't that stamp set the sweetest? My darling daughter bought me the stamps and coordinating dies for Christmas and this is the first time I have used them! Wow huh?  I can't believe I waited so long to use these cuties!!

Be sure to head over to the Shopping Our Stash Challenge Blog to see what my design team sisters created. I hope you will decide to make a project and join us, I would love to see what you create!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp

--Patterned Paper: Color Vibe 1 & 2 (Simple Stories)

--Stamp: Tandem Ride & Tandem Extras (Mama Elephant)

--Dies: Tandem Ride & Tandem Extras (Mama Elephant), Puffy Cloud Borders (Lawn Fawn), Stitched Grass and Stitched Rectangles (MCT)

--Copics: C1, C3, C5, C7, E11, E13, E15, R00, R11, R20, R32, R35, R43, W1, W3

--Misc.: Foam Tape, White Gel Pen, Clear Wink of Stella

July Pink & Main Challenge

Hey everyone!

Is it really July 1st??? Wowzers!!

The first of the month marks the start of a new challenge at the

 Pink & Main Challenge blog. Yay!!

The theme for the July challenge is......

Shake Shake Shake!!

For the challenge you simply need to make a shaker card, post it to your blog and enter by adding it to the inlinkz at the

 Pink & Main Challenge Blog.

Easy Peasy!!

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

I love the little penguins in the So Cool stamp set so I knew I wanted to use them on my card. Then I decided to make my card a birthday theme so the Hello Sweet stamp set and the Sweet Dies came into play and helped me make it happen. When I saw this little penguin, I could envision the sprinkles on the ice cream. My kids used to love getting sprinkles on their cones :)  I thought it would be fun to use real candy sprinkles for my shaker filler. Fun right??

I hope you will create a project and join us for the 

July Pink & Main Challenge!!

I would love to see what you create!!

You can find all of the rules there (there aren't many) and don't forget that you do not have to

 use Pink & Main products on your project. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day!!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Recollections

--Patterned Paper: Perfectly Plaid (Lawn Fawn)

--Stamps: Hello Sweet & So Cool (Pink & Main)

--Dies: Stitched Rounded Rectangles & Sweet Dies (Pink & Main)

--Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento

--Copics: BG45, E31, E33, R11, RV55, Y08, Y32, YR07

--Misc.: Candy Sprinkles, Crochet Thread, Foam Tape, Glossy Accents, White Gel Pen

Hello

Hey everyone and happy Tuesday!!

It's time for a new challenge over at 

Shopping Our Stash!

This week, challenge #258 is....

How Does Your Garden Grow?

(anything that can be found in the garden)

Here is the project that I created based on the theme:

This was such an easy card to put together! I simply used a die from MFT to create my white card frame as well as the green inserts. I bought this die a couple of months ago and never used it until this card! For my flowers, I used a die from MCT that I have had for a couple of years now. I've used the flower die quite a few times but have neglected it for awhile. I was so happy to blow off the dust and use these dies! After I had everything adhered to my card base, I added a bit of glossy accents to the flower centers. I also added a few drops of glossy accents to the patterned paper to give the illusion of water droplets on the card. Almost like the flowers were freshly picked from the garden. I added the greeting and called the card good to go :)

Be sure to head over to the Shopping Our Stash Challenge Blog to see what my design team sisters created. I hope you will decide to make a project and join us, I would love to see what you create!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific), Sour Apple (My Favorite Things)

--Patterned Paper: Hello Sunshine (Doodlebug)

--Dies: Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves (My Creative Time), Hi There and Stitched Cover Up  Companion Diagonal (My Favorite Things)

--Misc.: Clear Wink Of Stella, Foam Tape