Friday, September 21, 2012

Cut It Up Challenge #2: Photo Inspiration with Fall Theme


Hi Blogger friends and welcome to the 2nd challenge at Cut It Up Challenge! Our theme today is Fall.  In honor of the first day of fall tomorrow, create a fall themed project based on the following photo inspiration.

You can make any kind of paper project but remember to include a die-cut somewhere. This challenge starts today and ends |October 3rd at noon EST.
Be sure to enter at Cut It Up Challenge! and be sure to check out our challenge rules as well.  You could win this beautiful prize by Twendy Twine and My Thoughts Exactly Stamps...

I LOVE Fall.  When that cool breeze starts blowing I immediately start decorating.  I am fall obsessed from the apple picking, pumpkin picking, the smells (oh the smells) and baking!
For this challenge, I wanted to focus mostly on the leaves and the apples but adding my own element to it as well.
My husband and I were married Thanksgiving weekend of 2006 and our color scheme and decorations focused on leaves, pumpkins, straw, raffia, apples and baskets.  I wish I had my Cricut then....So I also drew inspiration from our special day for my project. It is a shaped card using Doodlecharms cartridge.





Materials Used:
*Shaped card cut from Cricut Craft Room
*Recollections & Color Core Cardstock
*Metallic Paper by Recollections
*Cricut Doodlecharms Cartridge by Provocraft (Basket shaped card welded and cut from Cricut Craft Room, inside sentiment mat cut @ 4 1/4", leaves p. 115 cut at 2", apple p. 118 cut at 2 1/4")
*Flower Shoppe Cartridge by Provocraft (Mum 4 p. 21 cut at 2 1/2", 2 1/4", 2", 1 3/4", 1 1/2", 1 1/4" and Mum1 cut at 1 1/4 from Brown cardstock)
Recollections Brads (Brass color)
Raffia
Sentiment by Inkadinkadoo Autumn Foliage

Challenges Entered:
Getting Cricky-Happy Fall Y'All






Saturday, September 15, 2012

She's here....

I wanted to share my reason for being "blog" absent for a few days now.  Our daughter Brynn was born (on her due date) September 11th, 2012 and is our 3rd little bundle of joy in 4 1/2 years.

Isn't she a little curious doll....

Friday, September 7, 2012

Cut It Up Challenge #1: Anything Goes

Hi Blogger friends and welcome to the 1st Challenge at Cut It Up Challenge! Our theme today is Anything Goes! You can make any kind of paper project but remember to include a die-cut somewhere. This challenge starts today and ends September 19th at noon EST.
Be sure to enter at Cut It Up Challenge! and be sure to check out our challenge rules as well.  You could win this beautiful prize...


Since my daughter is due ANY DAY and my best friend is also due about 1 week later, I decided to stick with a baby theme.  My stash of baby cards is slowly dwindling down and I wanted to make a few announcement cards to send out when our little girl arrives!







Materials Used:
5 x 5 Card (White Cardstock by Recollections)
Patterned paper from my baby scraps
Cricut Sampler Cartridge by Provocraft (Stork p. 30 at 3", Buggy p. 31 at 3")
Elegant Edges Cartridge by Provocraft ( Scallop 1 p. 23 Oblong Shift at 4")
Mat embossed with Cuttlebug Musical Flourish embossing folder
White mat chalked with Pink or Blue chalk
Bakers Twine
Stickles
Green and Blue Buttons (4 each card)
Dimensionals
Glossy Accents for Storks bill and feet

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Flakey Friends

Any day to baby and I've been crafting a bit, but more cleaning that normal....now if only my kids would keep it clean then I'd be ok!
This is a quick card I made last night using My Minds Eye Merry paper pad.  The stamp is from Close to my Heart and is called Frosty Friends.

Materials Used:
A2 size white card base
Red patterned paper by Recollections Bright & Jolly paper stack
Patterned paper (Snowmen) by My Minds Eye Merry paper pad
Stamp & Sentiment by Close to My Heart Frosty Friends
Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Bling

Challenges Entered:
Christmas Card Challenges #40:  3 of something (3 snowmen)
Anything Goes Challenge #75:  Early Christmas
Paper Take Weekly:  Anything Goes