SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Clothing

     Hi and welcome to my blog! I am here this week with a new die cut challenge from Stuck On U Sketches and it is Clothing. This challenge was a little difficult at first because I had no idea what I was going to do with it. I decided at first to look through my stamps and see what I could come up with for a saying to go with my design whatever it was going to be. After I saw the saying "Hang in there" I came up with the idea of a clothesline. I then searched my Cricut cartridges for a clothesline die cut. I found the perfect one from Country Life.

I cut the line out at 4". I also decided that I wanted a real line instead of the paper one so I took a piece of twine and glued it to the paper line. The clothespins were just glued on top of it. I then put white eyelets in the corners. I stamped the card with the My Pink Stamper stamp and there you have this really cute, but inspiring card. Here are the details:

• Cricut art: Country Life
• Paper: Bazzill
• Twine: Own stock
• Eyelets: Doodlebug
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

     I really hope you like my project for the SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Clothing. It really was fun to put together and I like the way it came out. Thanks so much for coming to my blog and taking a look. Have a great weekend! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Key To My Heart

     Hi and welcome to my blog! First I want to say I am so sorry this is up so late. Life got away from me and I forgot but I have it up now :) Today we have a new challenge from SOUS and it is called Key To My Heart. At first I thought of using a really cute svg file from Miss Kate Cuttables but I decided to go a different route. Anything chocolate, especially cupcakes, are the Key To My Heart so I am going to use the literal meaning of Key To My Heart.
     I am using a standard A2 card base of 4-1/4" by 5-1/2" to start off my project. Next I chose to use a cupcake from Cricut cartridge Sweet Treats cut at 4-1/2". I

decided to use Valentine colors to using the suggested colors in the booklet. I embossed the top of the cupcake to give some dimension to the frosting and added some cute sequins as candy sprinkles. The sentiment on the bottom is using a die cut from My Craft Spot. It is hard to see the dimension of it

sticking out but it gives a little more flair to the card. Here are all the details:

• Cricut cart: Sweet Treats
• Paper: Doodlebug Lovebugs
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Sequins: Own Stock
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
• Banner: My Craft Spot
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

     Thanks so much for coming to my blog and looking at my Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Key To My Heart project. This card was so much fun putting together with all the extras. My favorite part would have to be the banner. Love the dimension. Well, have a great weekend everyone and thanks again for coming! :)

Bee My Valentine Card

     Here is another Valentine's Day card I created. I have been making a lot of cards lately. I decided to try something new this time. I have a Cricut Explore so I am allowed to cut SVG's. I downloaded this bee from Miss Kate's Cuttables. It turned out just too cute. I had a lot of fun with it. Here is a detailed list:

• Bee: Miss Kate's Cuttables
• Paper: Doodlebug's Lovebug
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper
• Ink: Versafine
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

      I really hope you have enjoyed looking at my Bee My Valentine creation. I had a lot of fun making it. Thank you so much for coming to my blog.

Valentine's Day Card

Hi again and welcome to my blog! If you are looking for my SOUS Challenge blog just scroll down some. I have decided to get started a little early this year with my Valentine's Day cards instead of putting it off until next month. I am going to make several different types and I plan to send them to family members and of course my husband. My first card in this series is this really cute card I made with my Cricut Explore and Cricut cartridge Love Struck. I have loved this die cut since the moment I saw it and

have wanted to use it on a card so bad so here it is. I cut it out at 5". I used a pretty metallic paper from Michael's and I also used Doodlebug's new Valentine's Day paper Love Bugs. This paper is so cute. I got it at Amazon.com. Here is the rest of the details:

• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Paper: Doodlebug Love Bugs, Michael's metallic paper
• Lace: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper
• Ink: Versafine
• Buttons: My own stash
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

I really hope you have enjoyed today's blog post with my cute Valentine's Day card. Also remember that I have a new Project Life blog for all things Pocketed Scrapbooking. It is Live, Love, Project Life. Please go to it and give me your thoughts and become followers. Thank you so much for looking at this blog and have a great weekend! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Anything New Year

      Hi everyone and welcome to my blog! Today I have a Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge for you. The theme is Anything New Year. I created this cute little card for you with this adorable penguin on it all dress out and ready for a night out on the town. I used Create a Critter 2 for my die cut and I cut him out at 3.90" on my Cricut Explore.

It is great for cutting little tiny things like his bow tie and cane. I used Stickles on his hat band, bow tie, and cane to give him a little sparkle on such a big night.

Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Paper: DCWV The Year Round Stack
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments"
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Stickles: Starry Night
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thank you so much for coming to my blog and taking a look at my SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Anything New Year card. I hope to see you over at the website with your project for such a fun challenge. Have a great weekend! :)

Easter Chick Card

If you are looking for my Project Life layout please scroll down. Here is an Easter card that I created. I got the idea from the challenge on the site Fantabulous Cricut where the challenge is Bye Bye Birdie, any project with a bird on it. The picture came out a little wonky as the red stripes are supposed to be a bright pink. The chick is from Create a Critter 2 and was cut at 4". The card itself is an A2 size card, 4-1/4"x 5-1/2". Here is the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Paper: Unknown
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

This is a pretty easy card to make but yet a really cute one too. Thanks for looking and have a great day! :)

Alligator Birthday card

Hi again! Here is another card that I created. I love the colors in this card. They are so bright and always make me think birthday! I first used the Sketch Challenge on Fantabulous Cricut to get the design of my card. Then I used the Puns Challenge over at My Craft Spot for the Snappy Birthday saying. The alligator is cut at 1-1/2" which may seem small but if you cut him much larger you will need a longer card. My card base is 4-1/4"x 5-1/2". This was a very easy card to make. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Birthday Bash
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Pattern paper: Echo Park "That's My Boy"
• Cuttlebug: Spots and Dots
• Twine: We R Memory Keepers
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "More Punny-licious"
• Ink: Versafine
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

I really hope you enjoy this card. It was such a blast to make. Hope you have a great day! :)

Baby Card

     If you are looking for my Project Life SOUS Challenge - Embossing just scroll down to find it. Thank you.
     Here is another card I created for yet another scrap site challenge. This one is on Fantabulous Cricut. I love this site and their challenges. They are always so much fun to do and create.
     I made this card by using the Cricut cartridge Baby Steps. I cut the sleeping baby out at 2-1/2". Next time I make this cut I think I will cut it out at 2" as the moon and cloud were just a little too big for the card. The card itself is 4-1/2"x 6-1/4". Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Baby Steps
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Paper: DCWV Baby Boy
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper - Sweetest Baby
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thank you so much for coming over to my blog and looking at my creation. I truly had a fun time creating it and I hope that maybe I inspired someone too to create something for this challenge as well. Have a great day! :)

Love Bear Card

     If you are looking for my Project Life post with SOUS please just scroll down. Thank you.
     I decided it was time again to make another card. It has been so long since my last one. I was really missing it. Here today I have a card I created for the My Craft Spot blog challenge - Polka Dots. I searched through my pattern paper which wasn't easy, and found this really cute polka dot and decided to make a Valentine's Day card. I pull out my Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2 and found the bear and knew it would be perfect. I cut it at 4". The card itself is cut at 4-1/4"x 5-1/2". Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Paper: Pebbles, Carolees Creations
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper - Love
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Rub-on: Basic Grey
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

I really hope you like my card as I think it is pretty cute. Thank you so much for coming to my blog and looking around. Have a great day. :)

13 Nights of Halloween #13

     Welcome to the last night of my 13 Nights of Halloween event. I really hope you have had a great time viewing all my projects for the last 12 days. Thanks so much for coming to my blog to see them. Today I have a real treat for you...a Halloween mini album! The album is 6" x 6". I used several different kings of materials in and on this album to make it all spooky. So I decided to create a video for you to watch:

Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Happy Hauntings, Chic & Scary, Mini Monsters
• Paper: Basic Grey, Doodlebug, K & Company
• Plastic spiders & Bats, Mesh: Dollar Store
• Hinge & Key hole: Tim Holtz
• Black Key: Walmart
• Charms: Own stash
• Sizzix cuts: File Folder, Tag-Super
• Brads: Making Memories
• Buttons: Michaels
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Rhinestones: Kaiser scrapbook
• Stamps: My Pink Stamper "Spook-alicious", "Spooky Puns"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black
• Embossing Powder: Stampendous
• Stickles: Xmas Red
• Punches: Martha Stewart
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

     Thanks again for coming to my blog to see my 13 Nights of Halloween projects. And remember I am still having a giveaway for your chance to win a Halloween tp mini album. Just leave a comment below on how you liked what you have seen. I will pick a winner either tomorrow or the day after. Also better your chances by leaving comments on all the others nights as well. Have a great day! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #12

     Well, here we are the second to last night and I can't believe how fast this month went. Sorry about the posts the last couple days but life kind of got in the way. They are done now. On to my card.
     I love this card. It has been one of my favorite projects I have done for my 13 Nights of Halloween event. I used Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2 for it. The owl is cut at 4" and the branch is cut at 1-1/4". Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Paper: Unknown
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Stickles: Yellow
• Ribbon: Ofray
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Spook-alicious"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thank you so much for following on my 13 Nights of Halloween event. Please remember to leave a comment below for a chance to win a Halloween tp mini album featured in night #8. Thanks for looking and have a great day! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #10

     Welcome back to my 13 Nights of Halloween event! Thanks so much for following me on my blog during this time.
     Today I have another card for you. You see a lot of this image where a cat is coming out of a pumpkin and I thought that it was always so cute so I thought to try it out on a card. I used Cricut cartridge Create a critter for both the cat and the pumpkin. The cat is cut at 4" and the pumpkin was cut at 2". I just cut the bottom half of the cat off and glued him inside the pumpkin. Then I cut the tail off the bottom piece and glued it to look like it was coming out of the mouth of the pumpkin. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Paper: Doodlebug
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Sequins: My Craft Spot
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Spook-alicious"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks again for looking at my project for today. I truly hope you enjoy it. And remember to leave a comment below for a chance to win a Halloween tp mini album featured on night #8. Have a great day! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #6

     Welcome again to my blog and thank you very much for coming. Today is #6 of my 13 Nights of Halloween event and I have a new card for you. You can never get enough cards. Lol. 
     I cut this card from Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2. This is a very simple card to make and could easily be mass produced very quickly for last minute invites or gifts for friends. The spider is cut at 4" and the web is cut at 3". Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Paper: Bazzill
• Stickles: Yellow
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Spooky Puns"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

     Thanks again for coming and looking at my projects. I truly hope you enjoy them. And please leave a comment as I am having a giveaway with the winner receiving a really cute Halloween tp mini album to be shown on day #8, Oct. 26th. Have a great day! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #3

Welcome and here is day 3 project of my 13 Nights of Halloween event. Today I have another card for you all. This one is pretty easy as it only required one Cricut cartridge, Happy Hauntings. I cut the frame at 4-3/4" and the pumpkin at 2-1/2". I love the layering of the pumpkin in this cut as it comes so alive. Initially the frame comes with a different character in it but I just substituted the pumpkin for it. Here are the rest of the details: 

• Cricut cart: Happy Hauntings
• Paper: Bazzill
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper " Spook-alicous"
• Ink: CTMH Black
• Foam dots: Recollections Pop Dots
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig 

I hope you are all enjoying my projects so far and maybe even getting some ideas. It's definitely not to late to make a few cards for Halloween. And don't forget about the giveaway I'm holding. Just leave a comment below for a chance to win something good. I will pick a winner with Random.org on Nov 2. Thanks so much for looking at my site. Have a great day! :)

13 Nights of Halloween

Welcome to my 13 Nights of Halloween event! I am so excited to get this going. I absolutely LOVE Halloween. My husband and I go out every year to decorate our home. We do more at Halloween then Christmas! 
     I am starting this event with this cute little card from Create a Critter 2. I cut this out at 4". I also pop dotted the whole thing which really gives it a 3D look. The sentiment also adds to the cute spookiness. Here are the details of the card:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Paper: Scrapworks
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Spook-alicious"
• Ink: Versafine in Black Onyx
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks so much for attending my first day of my 13 Nights of Halloween event and I hope you come back tomorrow for another Halloween project. Also, I am having a little giveaway with my event where you have the chance to win a little goodie from me. Just leave a comment below and at the end of the event I will pick a winner using Random.com. The goodie will be revealed the last day, so goodluck and thanks for coming! :)

Welcome Baby card

     Here is my latest card that I have made. I love how it turned out. The card itself is 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches. I started by using the Cricut cartridge Baby Steps. There are so many cute images on this cartridge. I cut the image out at 4-1/2". I also used for the first time, my Tiny Doilies Metal Dies from My Craft Spot. They are so much fun to work with and come with so many configurations. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Baby Steps
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Pattern paper: DCWV Baby Girl
• Metal dies: My Craft Spot
• Stamps: My Pink Stamper "Sweet Baby", My Craft Spot "Stampin' Around Spring"
• Cuttlebug: Divine Swirls
• Brads: Doodlebug
• Twine: Doodlebug
• Ink: Versafine and CTMH Heavenly Pink
• Adhesive: Scotch, Recollections

     I hope you enjoy the card and thanks so much for looking. Have a great day! :)

Star card

A fun little card for the 4th of July.

Spring Card

Well I'm back again! Today I have a card I created because I wanted to make a bright and cheery Spring card to make some of this Winter depression go away. I'm ready for winter to be over now. At night we are still dipping into the high teens. That is just too cold! Here are the details for my card:

• Cricut cart: Create a Critter 2
• Paper: Bazzill
• Flowers: Prima
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments"
• Flower centers: I-Rock
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

I have entered this card into the following contests: 

• My Craft Spot -use pop dots.

 I really hope you liked my card as I had a blast making it. Thanks for looking.

Love Bug Card

 Sorry I have been gone for so long but life got in the way. You know how that is:) 
     Here is my latest creation! Today I made a cute, if I say so myself, card for Valentine's day. I think it came together pretty good. My all time fave color is pink so I love this time of year with all the pink, red, and white items. Here is the recipe:

• Cricut cart: Create A Critter
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Paper: Unknown
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "From The Heart"
• Ink: Versafine Black
• Stickles: Christmas Red
• Adhesive: Scotch, EK Success

I have entered my card into this challenge at Whimsical Designs. Please enjoy and thanks so much for looking!

Hot Chocolate Cup card

Here is another Christmas card or just an everyday winter day card as it is not Christmas related. This would be great for those friends or family members who don't celebrate the holidays. This card is so super simple to make.
     I used the Cricut cartridge Winter Frolic. This has completely become my favorite go to cartridge for the holidays and winter cuts. I cut the cup at 4-1/2" with the card being 4-1/4"x 5-1/2". I used my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots folder on the layer and then stitched around the edge. It's hard to see in the picture. I then placed the cup onto this layer using pop dots and then stamped the saying from My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments". I then adhered the whole thing onto the pink card base. Here are the details:

• Cricut card: Winter Frolic
• Paper: Bazzill and Basic Grey
• Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments"
• Thread: Coats and Clark
• Sewing Machine: Janome

Thanks for looking and please enjoy!