Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Crafty Playtime Linky Party #2: Friendship Cards

Hi everyone.  Today I am posting a Mid-week Challenge reminder for Crafty Playtime's Linky #2.  Our challenge is Friendship Cards and you still have one more week to enter the challenge.
For my card, I used an older Stampin' Up set called Happiness Is.


You still have one more week to enter your Friendship card in   by following this link

Materials used:
*A2 Card
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Stampin' Up Hapiness Is stamp set
*Stampin' Up Ruby Red ink
*Ribbon by Offray

Monday, January 27, 2014

FCCB #195: Mix and Match


 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge with FCCB!



Challenge #195 Mix and Match
Use 3 different patterns of paper
This Weeks Sponsor
Jaded 

Blossom

Winner will receive the Funny Valentine stamp set

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I made my first Christmas card for the 2014 season using my Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge.


Be sure to head over to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge to see some wonderful projects by the Design Team!

Materials Used:
*A2 Card
*Winter Woodland p. 56 (Deer)
*Glitter paper by Recollections
*Patterned paper Starry Night
*Cardstock by Recollections
*2 Bling

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

DCD # 149: Penguin Awareness Card

Happy Diva Tuesday.  We have such a cute challenge today in honor of Penguin Awareness Week.  Who doesn't like penguins!  Oh so adorable. To celebrate Penguin Awareness Week, this weeks challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas is to create a project with a Penguin on it.
For my project, I used a cute little girly penguin from PPBN called Happy Pink Penguin.

 sentiments are by My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies.


Be sure to head over to Die Cuttin' Divas to see some wonderful penguin inspired projects by the wonderful Diva team!

Materials used:
*A2 Card
*Patterned paper Starry Night Recollections
*SVG Happy Pink Penguin by PPBN
*My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies for sentiments
*Studio G Glitter Glue
*Bling and pearls
*Cardstock by Recollections

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Wild Card 2 Video Series #15: Mix Card

Here is card #15 in the Wild Card 2 series, the "Mix Card" found on p. 36 of the manual.

DCD#148: Something Old, Something New

Happy Diva Tuesday!
Welcome back for another Die Cuttin' Diva challenge.

This Week's Challenge...
~Something Old, Something New Challenge ~
Make something using something old and something new! If you did't get any crafty goodies for Christmas, use something you haven't used in 6 months! And remember to include a die cut. 

For my project, I chose to use an image by our sponsor Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons called Minions Cutting FilesI highly recommend you checking out Lisa's designs.  Oh so cute!


For my something "Old" I used some old patterned paper from the Monsters & Robots paper stack by Recollections.  My something "Old" is also my Jaded Blossoms Monster Mash set for the inside sentiment. My something "New" is my Minion by Pretty Paper Graphics.

Be sure to head over to Die Cuttin' Divas to see some beautiful "Something Old, Something New" inspired Projects.

Materials Used:
*A2 Card
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Patterned paper Monsters & Robots Recollections
*Minion at 4" by Pretty Paper Graphics
*Jaded Blossoms Monster Mash stamp set
*Outside sentiment printed from computer

Monday, January 13, 2014

FCCB Challenge #193 Winter Fun

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday... 

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge! 
Challenge #193 Winter Fun
Create any "winter" project

This Weeks Sponsor
Winner will receive 1 stamp set of the winner's choice


For my project, I made a little "winter" Thank You Card for some of my students.

I left the inside blank....

Be sure to head over to Fantabulous Cricut to see some other "winter inspired" projects by the "Fantabulous" Design Team!

Materials Used:
*A2 Card
*Cardstock by Recollections
*Patterned paper Tis the Season
*Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge p.50 cut at 4 1/4"
*Clear Glitter Glue for cuffs and ice edge
*Silver Gelly Pen for skate blade
*Martha Stewart Snowflake punch
*Bling
*My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies stamp set

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

DCD #147: Sketch Challenge

Happy Diva Tuesday!
Welcome back for another Die Cuttin' Diva challenge.
Wow, we had a lot of entries from our Happy Holiday's Challenge. Our winners are announced on the Die Cuttin' Divas blog!

This Week's Challenge...
~Sketch Challenge ~
For my project, I chose to use an image by our sponsor Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons called Birthday Gator. I highly recommend you checking out Lisa's designs.  Oh so cute!
 I used my Mesh Cuttlebug embossing folder along with the SVG.  I love the way it looks so Roarsome!  The outside sentiment is from a Marks Finest Papers stamp set called Dino News.
 The inside sentiment is by My Pink Stamper called Even More Punnylicious
Be sure to check out Die Cuttin' Divas to see some wonderful projects by our amazing DT, and two of our new Design Team members.

materials Used:
*5 x 7 card
*Patterned paper Bold Basics Recollections
*cardstock by Recollections
*4 buttons
*Stamps by Marks Finest Papers and My Pink Stamper
*Circle George and Basic Shapes at 3 1/2"
*Mesh Cuttlebug Folder

Crafty Playtime Linky Party #1: Balloons

Welcome to the new Crafty Playtime Linky Party hosted by Pause Dream Enjoy.  If you are joining us from my blog, you can find the Crafty Playtime link by clicking on here.
The rules for our Linky party has changed slightly, but here they are in case you needed this information.
RULES:
1) Follow the theme
2) New or Past projects welcome (any type of crafting as long as it fits the current theme)
3) You may link up as many times as you'd like as long as they are different projects
4) Please become a FOLLOWER of Pause Dream Enjoy

So without further ado, here is our first Link Party Challenge...
So I got a Cameo for Christmas and it has been a steep learning curve for me.  I am slowly getting some of it with the help of You Tube videos and a lot of help from Design Team members!  That's the great thing about the crafting community, people are so helpful.
For my card today, I chose to use an Easel Card from My Scrap Chick Easel Card Assortment and the cute little bear was from Paper Piecings by Nikki called Birthday Bear.



Materials Used:
*Card from My Scrap Chick Easel Card Assorment
*Bear from Paper Piecings by Nikki Birthday Bear
*Patterned paper Fabulous Girl by Recollections
*Hero Arts Stamp Set
*Studio G Glitter Glue
*Cardstock by Recollections

Monday, January 6, 2014

FCCB Challenge #192: Use a Sentiment


Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday... 

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge! I've had some news that I've been keeping a secret for a few weeks now.  I have been selected to be part of the Fantabulous Cricut Design Team. I'm so excited to be part of this wonderful team.  And to kick off the New Year and to celebrate the new design Team, we are having a New Year's Blog Hop to introduce the New Design Team....

Challenge #192 Use a Sentiment

This Weeks Sponsor
Winner will receive 1 stamp set of the winner's choice
 So for my project, I made a New Years card using my Teddy Bear Parade & Wild Card cartridges.
 I used some left over scraps to make the card base and all mats.  The patterned paper is from a Recollections Stack called  Peppermint Twist.

In case you get lost or are coming from my blog, be sure to stop at Fantabulous Cricut to see all the Design team members projects.  Here is the line up in case you get lost...
Emily Mollie's Blog 
Faith Scrapbooker PhD 
Jackie Luv 2 Scrapp
Elizabeth Unik by Yes
Jilliene Jilliene Designs

Materials Used:
*A2 Card
*Bear Teddy Bear Parade cut at 2 3/4"
*Cheers Sentiment Wild Card p. 78 at 4"
*Patterned paper Peppermint Twist paper pad
*Recollections Cardstock
*Sentiment by Hero Arts


Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Paper Playtime has moved!!!!!!

We have moved our linky party to a new web address.

New linky parties will be hosted at
starting
Tuesday, January 7, 2014.

New Linky Party themes will be posted
every other TUESDAY.

Please visit that new web address 
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We are excited, and can't wait to get started with a brand new linky party
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