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 - 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! :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Warm and Cozy

Here is my Stuck On U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Warm and Cozy. I had a little trouble at first coming up with idea of a project for this challenge. I had to think about what makes me all warm and cozy and I came up with the idea of a nice warm beverage of either a hot coffee or hot cocoa with nice melting marshmallows on top. I knew then I had my project. I started with the Cricut Lite cartridge Love A

Latte. I used my Cricut Explore to cut it out and did a beautiful job at all the tight corners. I am really loving my Explore. I cut the cup out at 4-1/2". This gave plenty of room for my stamp on top. I used foam adhesives to pop the cup up off of the card it's self. Here are all the details:

• Cricut cart: Love A Latte
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Stamp: My Craft Spot
• Ink: Versafine
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

I thank you so much for coming to my blog. And thank you for looking at my SOUS Die Cut challenge project. I hope you all have a great weekend. :)

SOUS Die Cut Challenge - Animal

     I am so super excited for today's post as it is my first for the Die Cut team over at SOUS where I am already a member on their Project Life team. Today's challenge was to do a project with an animal on it so I chose to do this really cute baby boy card. I started with the Cricut Lite cartridge B is for Boy for the zebra and the Cricut Lite cartridge 9 Months for the blocks. I cut the zebra out at 4" and the blocks out at 2". Here are the details:

• Cricut carts: B is for Boy, 9 Months
• Paper: DCWV
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Brads: Doodlebug
• Cuttlebug: D'vine Swirl
• Metal Die: My Craft Spot - Tiny Tags
• Stamp: My Craft Spot - Tiny Tags 2
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black
• Adhesive: Scotch

     I really hope you like my first die cut project as there will be many more to come. I really hope you join this challenge because as an added bonus SOUS has a sponsor this month and it is...

     You have the chance to win 3 sets of any cuts on their site! How exciting is that! Thank you so much for looking at my post and all the others on the SOUS Die Cut team today and I hope you have a great weekend.

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! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #5

     Welcome again to my blog and my 13 Nights of Halloween event. Here we are at night number 5 and a new project for you. Today I decided to make a 3D item. These coffins are so fun to make and even easier to put together. They come from the Cricut cartridge Happy Hauntings. I cut the taller one out at 3-3/4" and the other one at 3". Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Happy Hauntings, Mini Monsters, and Plantin Schoolbook
• Paper: Bazzill
• Cuttlebug: Quatrefoil
• Tag: My Craft Spot
• Ribbon: Ofray
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper "Spooky Puns"
• Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black, Color Box in Alabaster
• Twine: Doodlebug
• Adhesive: Scotch. Zig

     Thanks again for following me on this little event I have going on and please don't forget that I am having a giveaway with a chance to win a really cute Halloween tp mini album. It will be premiering on the 8th night. Thanks for stopping by and looking too. Have a great day! :)

13 Nights of Halloween #2

Welcome to day 2 of my 13 Nights of Halloween. Today I have a layout for you. It will eventually have a picture of the front of my home while it is all decorated for Halloween. 
  I used 2 Cricut cartridges on this layout, Happy Hauntings and Chic & Scary. I cut the title and beware sign from Happy Hauntings. The title was cut at 3-1/2" and beware was cut at 1-3/4". The spider, cut at 4", and web, cut at 3-1/2", were cut from Chic & Scary. I also embossed the spider to make it all shiny. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the smaller spider web. Here are the rest of the details:

• Cricut cart: Happy Hauntings, Chic & Scary
• Paper: Basic Grey
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Punch: Martha Stewart
• Embossing powder: Stampendous in Midnight Black
• Stickles: Xmas Red
• Sequins: My Craft Spot
• Washi Tape: Doodlebug
• Adhesive: Scotch, Zig

Thanks so much for looking at my project. Remember that I am having a giveaway at the end of this event and all you have to do is leave a comment below. Enter each night to improve your chances. The prize will be revealed the last night. Please come back tomorrow for another project and have a great day! :)

Ladybug card

     I feel in love with this ladybug from the Cricut cartridge Paisley and couldn't wait to do a card with it. I cut the ladybug out at 4". I also used my metal dies again as I am in love with these too. I also used the "Stampin' Around Spring" again as well. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Paisley
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Pattern paper: 
• Metal dies: My Craft Spot "Tiny Doilies"
• Stamps: "Stampin' Around Spring" My Craft Spot
• Ink: Versafine, Colorbok
• Ribbon: Ofray
• Pearls: 

     Thanks so much for looking and have a great weekend! :)

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! :)

Baby Shower layout

This is a baby layout I did from a sketch at Nuts About Sketches. It is of my first son's baby shower back in 1991 a month before he came along. Here are the details:

• Cricut cart: Baby Steps, 9 Months
• Cardstock: Bazzill
• Pattern paper: DCWV "All About Boys" paper pack
• Tag dies: My Craft Spot
• Brads: Making Memories
• Stamps: My Craft Spot "Tiny Tags"
• Adhesive: Scotch, Recollections