Cuttlebug Challenge!

Well I think we all know I LOVE my cuttlebug, so you can imagine how excited I was when I saw the cuttlebug challenge blog. Not that I need an excuse to use my CB, but I'm always up for a good challenge! This week's challenge was to create anything but a card using the CB, of course. So I made a gift tag for a bag of bulbs. The first picture shows the whole gift. And the second is a close up. I first used my swiss dots folder on both the top and bottom of the tag. (the center is plain)
I then used the scribbles flower die to cut out the flowers and a leaf. My final CBing is on the sentiment , where I used my oval nesties in my CB. The top flower has a dew drop in the center and the bottom flower has a rhinestone brad in the center. The colors are whisper white, pink pirouette and mellow moss. I attached the tag with moss taffeta ribbon using a hole I made with my crop-a-dile.

Remember tonight is the last night to enter Stamp Something's drawing for Unity Stamps!!!

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It's that time of year....

Well I can not believe it is time to start planning christmas cards!!! I know my time this year for christmas cards is super limited so I hope to get a jump start and come up with a few simple projects. We'll see how I'm doing with that jump start come the end of November!! Here's one I came up with using baroque motifs(I love this set!!). I plan to demo this one at my next workshop on Thursday. I think this set is perfect for a fast and elegant christmas card! The colors are kraft, kiwi kiss, red riding hood and vanilla. I used the chunky sprinkles on this, but after seeing it, I think I'll so the rest in dazzling diamonds. The sentiment is from many merry messages stamped in Red riding hood. I used my kiwi kiss striped ribbon as a finidhing touch! I think it took about 10 minutes or so, if you don't include the drying time for the glue.

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Stamp Something Friday

Happy Friday!

Here's my sample this week for stamp something's for a friend challenge!! Check it out the DT samples are amazing, as always, and there is some super Unity Stamp blog candy! Yummy!

I used the unity stamp set Forever friends for this card. The colors are pink pirouette and kraft. I finally received my top notes die, so I HAD to use that!! The DSP is from the hostess pack and I finished it with a flower fusion felt flower and rhinestone brad.







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Another Birthday Card

Hello all!! Hope you are having a great week so far! Here is a super quick and easy birthday card I did for my father. I went with a monochromatic green color scheme, since my daughter said it "looked like boyness." I wanted it to be pretty simple, nothing fancy! I used the prints pack hostess DSP. I'm so happy some of the sides are white this year!!! I paper pierced the corner and added some brads and ribbon! Pretty easy!

Have you done your fancy fold yet for Stamp Something this week?? There's so great blog candy up for grabs, so check it out!!

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Birthday Challenge

Just wanted to share a quick weekend post with you all. Here is the birthday card I made for my sister. It also falls into the challenge for the ABC challenge blog, which was to create a card with the sketch provided. I altered it a bit, but it's pretty much the same! I then realized it almost qualified for the Whiff of Joy challenge, which was stitching. You had to use a whiff of joy stamp though. So, since I had to make another birthday card for my brother anyhow, I just made the same card with super cute Charlie instead of the Bella.

So 2 cards with one layout. I'm almost finished my week of cards, one more birthday and a new baby card!!

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Fancy Folds Challenge

Happy Friday Everyone!! What a fancy challenge we have over at stamp something this week. It's fancy folds!! The amazingly talented Becky hosted this week and wants us all to fold something fancy!!

I decided to do a fancy little 3x3 note card box. A super quick and easy little tank you gift! I used the resources page over at splitcoast and my new Scor-pal and finished in no time at all!

The large polka dot paper is from my scraps and everything else is Stampin' Up! It is hard to see in the photo, but I stamped the edges of the oval with the pocket silhouettes. If I get a chance, I'll upload a close up.
This one just confirms I need the circle nesties!!! So head on over to Stamp something and see what the rest of the DT came up with this week!

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Anniversary Card

Happy October Everyone!!!
Today begins a week full of family birthdays and anniversaries. One or two a day through the 6th, super hectic!! Today is my anniversary, so the first card I tackled on my list was an anniversary card for my husband.

I chose to use this fabulous sketch by Katharina of whiff of joy stamps to get me started. The designer paper is from a stash I picked up at my local scrap store, the rest is SU. The large champagne glasses are from the cheers to you set and the small glasses are actually rub-ons from the level 3 hostess set. I colored them in with my watercolor pencils and a blender pen. The sentiment is from HUgs and wishes. I finished it off with some chocolate grosgrain ribbon and a few distressed copped brads. I wanted to add a bit more to it, but decided against it to keep it simple and masculine. Now onto the birthday cards!

I also wanted to include a picture of the roses I got today from my husband.

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