SOUS Die Cut Challenge - In The Garden

Hi and thanks for coming to my blog today. Here is my project for the Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge. For this week our challenge is In The Garden. With Spring now officially here I wanted something that showed Spring. So I did this really cute caterpillar crawling it's way on a flower. I used the Cricut cartridge Live Simply for the die

cut. I cut it out at 2-3/4" and pop dotted it to make it stand out. I embossed the back layer with a Cuttlebug folder Juli's Garden. I wanted something in the bottom right corner so I cut this doily from a die from My Craft Spot which is sadly out of business now. I layered a button on top

and put a piece of twine through it. I finally placed a piece of yellow ribbon around the layer and place everything on top. The inside of the card says Happy Spring stamped on it. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Live Simply
• Paper: Own stock
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Cuttlebug: Juli's Garden
• Button: Own stock
• Ribbon: Ofray
• Doily: My Craft Spot
• Stamp: My Pink Stamp Happiest Moments
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks again so much for coming to my blog and looking at my project. Don't forget to visit SOUS and join our Die Cut challenge this week of In The Garden. Post your link here. Well, have a great weekend and a great Spring. :)

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 - Snow

Hello and welcome to my blog. Here is my card for the SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Snow. I was inspired to make this card after we got our first snowfall on Jan 1st, New Year's Day. All the animals searching for food through the snow. I used an A2 sized card for my base along with a light blue layer cut at 4 x 5-1/4. The next layer I cut was 3-3/4 x 5 and then I embossed it.  I cut the tree from Cricut cartridge Jolly Holidays at 4 inches. The robins were cut from Cricut cartridge

Winter Woodland at 2 inches and 1-1/2 inches. I placed stickles on the snow at the base of the tree and the snowflakes. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Embossing: Cuttlebug's Snowflakes
• Ink: Blue Lagoon from Color Box
• Stickles: Diamond
• Blue dots: I-Rock
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks so much for coming to my blog and hope that you challenge yourself to make something for the Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Snow. You may even make our Top 3 so give it a try, I know you can do it. Thanks again 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! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Anything Christmas

     Welcome to my blog! Today I have a card I made for the Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Anything Christmas. I really love this really cute reindeer and thought he would look perfect on top of a Christmas card. I made it look like he is flying over the roof tops on Christmas Eve. I cut the little reindeer out from Cricut cartridge Create A Critter 2. I cut him out at 4". I put some Xmas Red Stickles

on his nose too. I then place him on the card. I know it is kind of hard to see the embossing underneath the reindeer. It is supposed to say Merry Christmas. I embossed with gold powder. I think next time I will do the embossing more then once! :) Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Create A Critter 2
• Paper: American Crafts
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Christmas Biggie"
• Stickles: Xmas Red
• Embossing powder: Gold
• Ink: Versamark clear
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

     Thanks again for visiting my blog and checking us out over at Stuck On U Sketches. Come join our Design Team Die Cut Challenge - Anything Christmas and have get into the Christmas spirit with your cute Christmas project. Thanks again and have a great weekend! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Into The Woods

     Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you had a wonderful Happy Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Here is my card for the new SOUS Die Cut Design Team Challenge - Into The Woods. I really love this card and the way it has come out. I used the background pattern paper as part of the scene too. I cut the image from Cricut's Winter Frolic at 4". I then took some Stickles to the ribbon and the big bird's hat. I used my I-Rock to place a metallic red dot at where the knot would be. Here are the details: 

• Cricut Cart: Winter Frolic
• Paper: Kaiser Craft
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Stickles: Xmas Red and Star Dust
• Red Stud: I-Rock
• Sewing Machine: Janome
• Tread: Coats and Clark
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

     Thank you so much for coming and looking at my blog. I really appreciate it. Don't forget to link up your die cut project on the Stuck On U Sketches blog. Thanks and have a great weekend.

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Fall Colors

Hello and welcome to my blog! Here is my project for the Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Fall Colors. I so loved working on this challenge. I love this time of year and all the colors that come with it so I had a blast making my card for you. I knew I wanted a cute little animal so I chose Cricut cartridge "Create A Critter 2." I cut the Thanksgiving squirrel out at 3-1/2". I used Gold Stickles on the buckle of the hat. All the leaves are punched out from a Darice punch. They are about a 1/2" tall. I scattered them on the card. I placed ribbon around the card and pop dotted the squirrel on. I then stamped my sentiment. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Create A Critter 2
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stickles: Gold
• Punch: Darice Leaf Punch
• Stamp: My Craft Spot "Happy Thanksgiving"
• Ink: Versafine "Black Onyx"
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks so much for coming to and looking at my blog. It means a lot to me. And thanks for joining us over at Stuck On U Sketches. I hope you all participate in the challenge too for your chance to be in our Top 3! Have a great weekend everyone! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Trick or Treat

Here is my project for the Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Trick or Treat. I love this time of year, especially for Halloween. I really love making all the cute and scary cards and projects.
     For this challenge I created a cute and fun way to give out some special treats to some very special trick-er treat-ers! The box itself is cut from one of my favorite Cricut cartridges, Chic-n-Scary, at 4-3/4". From bottom to top the box measures 4-1/2"h by 2-3/4"w by 2-1/8"d. I then took a white gel pen and did a dash line all the way around the box. I recommend doing this before putting the box together. I took a piece of paper cut to 2-1/2" by 10". I glued it around the box, cutting off the excess, then I glued the box together. The pumpkin on the front is cut at 2-3/4" from Cricut cartridge Mini Monsters. The purple ruffle is a piece of paper cut to 1-1/4" by 8". I scored the paper every 1/4" then folded the paper back and forth. After that I glued the ends together and let it dry. Then I glued the ruffle to a 2" purple circle. When it is completely dried I glued the pumpkin to the ruffle and the whole thing to the box. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart.: Chic-n-Scary, Mini Monsters
• Paper: Doodlebug (2005)
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• White Gel Pen: Signo Broad White
• Adhesive: Scotch ATG, Scotch Quick Dry

     I really appreciate you coming to my blog and checking out my really cute Halloween project. Don't forget to join us over at the SOUS Die Cut challenge Trick or Treat with your amazing project. Thanks again for looking at my treat box and have a great weekend! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Anything Autumn

     Here is my project for the Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Anything Autumn. I really love how this card came out. It is very simple but has sort of an elegance to it. I love the changing of the leaves this time of year. This is my favorite season. I cut the leaf out at 4" from the Cricut cartridge Stretch Your Imagination. It is an older cartridge but still a goodie. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Stretch Your Imagination
• Paper: Unknown (Was in my scraps)
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Brads: Making Memories
• Stickles: Gold
• Adhesive: Scotch

Thank you so much for looking at my blog today. I really hope you are inspired by this challenge to make your own project to submit to our site Stuck On U Sketches. Have a great weekend! :)

SOUS Project Life Challenge - 3 Label Strips

Happy New Years everyone. 

Christmas card

Here is my Christmas card for 2013. I wanted something very simple this year as I will be leaving soon to spend sometime in California with my parents for Christmas. I think they came out very beautiful. I used the Cricut cartridge Winter Woodland for the snowflake and then added some bling to it with my I-Rock tool. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Winter Woodland
• Paper: Unknown
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Bling: I-Rock
• Twine: Doodlebug
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• White Pen: Uni-ball Signo Broad
• Adhesive: Scotch

Thanks for looking at my blog today. I really do appreciate it. Have a Merry Christmas and a great New Year.

Sous Challenge - Project Life: Scallop Circle

Here is my first Project Life page I have done as a new Design Team member for SOUS (Stuck on U Sketches). Today we were introduced on the blog too. How exciting it is to be on a blog doing something you totally love. For this project I used the combined items from Becky Higgins Fall mini kit and W R Memory Keepers Harvest kit for various elements. For the die cutting I used the following:

• Cricut carts: Lacey Labels, Love You A Latte, 9 Months, Handy Man, Smiley Cards, Hello Kitty Greetings, Recess, and Forever Young
• Paper: Bazzill
• Stickles: Copper

Thanks so much for coming to visit my blog. I really hope you like my Project Life page. And please go to SOUS and do the challenge of using a scalloped circle in your project life! Thanks again. :)

Project Life - Week 44

Here we are already the 12th of November. This month is flying by. Well here is my first full try at Project Life. I am beginning at week 44. I simply just took notes down all week, took some pictures and put them together with a few die cuts and Project Life things. It really is quite fun!

I Made It!!

     Well, the news is out and it is official that I have been picked to be, and I am so excited about making it, onto the Stuck on U Sketches Design Team as a Project Life Designer! I initially applied for the Die Cut team but it was already full so the co-creator of the blog, Leah, thought that I would be perfect for the Project Life team. So I gave it a thought and watched several You Tube videos and decided that I wanted to do it. I had heard of Project Life but had not done any of it. I was so excited to try something new and exciting. Here is my first PL layout:

     I had so much fun creating it too. I have since ordered several of the page protectors and a couple of the card packs. I plan on using mostly 12" x 12" paper cut down to the various sizes. I want people to understand that you don't need to purchase the kits in order to do PL. You can use any kind of paper for it, like I did above. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Life Is A Beach
• Paper: Paper Studio
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Washi tape: Walmart
• Alphas: Doodlebug, Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts
• Stickles: Pink Glam, Firefly
• Brads: Unknown
• Buttons: Making Memories
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig, Recollections

     I hope you really like this layout. It was such a blast to do and learn. Have a great day and come back often to see what I am doing on Stuck On U Sketches!

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 #11

I can't believe we are almost done with my 13 Nights of Halloween event! It has been an absolute blast doing it.
     Here are my night #11 projects. And what fun they were to create. The boxes are cut from the Cricut cartridge Chic & Scary at 4-3/4". The spider was cut from Mini Monsters at 1-1/2" and her web was cut at 2". The bat was cut from Create a Critter 2 at 1-1/2" as well. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Chic & Scary, Mini Monsters, Create a Critter
• Paper: Bo Bunny, K & Company
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Stickles: Xmas Red, Purple
• Sequins: My Craft Spot
• Pen: Uni-ball Broad White
• Twine: Doddlebug
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks again for looking at my projects. I really hope you have enjoyed them. Remember that I am having a giveaway with my 13 Nights of Halloween event. It is for the cute Halloween tp mini album featured on Night #8. Just leave a comment below for your chance to win it. 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 #9

     Here we are at day #9 of my 13 Nights of Halloween fun. I really hope you enjoyed yesterdays video of the giveaway prize. If you haven't seen it yet then scroll down the page to take a look.
     Today we have another card, this one with Hello Kitty. I will admit that I am 43 and still in love with Hello Kitty! I little girl at heart. I cut this kitty out from Cricut's cartridge Hello Kitty Greetings at 4". I used stickles on the hat and cape, which is a little hard to see. I also used my new stamp set from My Craft Spot "Stampin' Around Fall. I really love their stamps. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Hello Kitty Greetings
• Paper: Unknown
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Craft Spot "Stampin' Around Fall"
• Metal Dies: My Craft Spot "Tiny Dollies"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black
• Stickles: Black Diamond, Yellow
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks so much for looking at my blog and I hope you really enjoyed my project. Don't forget about the giveaway I am having as well. Just leave a comment down below and on any 13 Nights of Halloween post for your chance to win a cute Halloween tp min album that you can view on yesterdays post. Thanks again! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #8

Today I have a real treat for you. You finally get to see what the giveaway prize is and I did it as a video. Don't forget to leave a comment on today's post as well as the rest of the events posts for my 13 Nights of Halloween for a chance to win this great prize. I will chose the winner using Random.org. Here are the details from the video:

• Cricut cart: Happy Hauntings
• Paper: Doodlebug, Scrapworks, Basic Grey, K & Company, and Unknown
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: CTMH - Black sheer, Recollections
• Twine: Doodlebug
• Buttons: 
• Embellishments: Jolee's boutique, Walmart
• Punch: Martha Stewart
• Die cut: Sizzix, My Craft Spot
• Brad: Doodlebug
• Anchor: Junkiz
• Embossing: Paper Studio "Spider Web"
• Ink: Color Box in Alabaster & Black
• Stickles: Orange Peel, Yellow
• Paint: Apple Barrel in Gloss Black
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig, Hot Glue gun

Thanks so much for viewing my project for today. I really hope you like it. Remember to leave a comment on each night's post to better your chances at winning this cute little album. Thanks again and have a great day! :)