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

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....

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

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

Exciting News

Hi all my blogger buddies.  It has been such a hot (but wonderful) Summer in New Brunswick but the leaves are starting to change slightly and you can feel Fall in the air!  My FAVORITE time of year.  We have been busy getting ready for our baby who should make her appearance any day and I have been decluttering my house like a mad woman.  Needless to say, the garbage man LOVES me!
I have very exciting news to share with you all today. I am honored to have been chosen to be part of the new Design Team for a brand new challenge blog called Cut it Up Challenges!

Cut it up Challenges will start on September 7th and will run for two weeks.  Each challenge will have a prize but is only open to US and Canadian residents.  Each challenge will have a theme and you must follow that theme and include a Die Cut.  Die cut can be manual or electronic such as a

Cricut

Silhouette

Big Shot

Cuttlebug

Any other electronic & standard die cutting machines.

I hope you will all join us for our challenges, spread the word about this new and exciting challenge site, and of course check out the incredibly talented Design Team gals that hopefully will provide you with some inspiration and I am honored to be crafting with...

Wedding Invitations

Wow, it has been over 20 days since I posted anything....and it hasn't been because of a lack of inspiration!
My sister had asked me in October to make her wedding invitations for her wedding next August and how could I refuse.
She flew in on the 18th from Vancouver and we spent the week working on her invitations.  It is going to be such an intimate, rustic ceremony (very much her style)
The paper is all recycled, and we used raffia plus real pressed Lavender.  I just keep smelling my invitation!
Here's the finished product!  I admit, I was really scared of this "project" as I've never done anything like this before, but am thrilled at how it came out...

1 year Blogoversary GIVEAWAY!!!

T minus 60 days until my 1 year Blogoversary and for it I will be giving away a lovely bunch of blog candy.  I want to take this opportunity to thank my avid followers and especially those who helped me out along the way such as Georgiana from Carson's Creations, Debbie from Debbie's Dash of This and That, and Candy from Candy's Craft Corner.
So here is the stash of blog candy that I've been collecting for a few months now!

It includes the following:
-30 mini Fabric Flowers
-Baby Girl Journal stickers by Colorbok
-large pack of bling
-Hullabaloo Shimmer Alphabet Stickers
-Stickopotamus Vellum Roses Stickers
-Laura Ashley Adhesive envelopes (2 packs)
-Chipboard embellishments by EK Success
-Chipboard album (blank)
-Baby Girl and Baby Boy Bragbook kit by Deja Views
-Winter Card Making Kit
-K & Company Sweet Nectar Designer mat pad
-Studio 18 Paper Pack
-Studio 18 Paperflowers with bling
-Paula Deen paper pack
-Metal Alphabets with brads
-Paula Deen tag pad
-Tag Maker rims
-Glitter Pens
-Paper Bliss Accent tags
-Ribbon Pack
-Studio G Glitter Glue
-2 Way Glue Pen
-Stampology Border Love Each Day set
-Studio G rubber stamp

And here's how to win...
1.  Become or be a follower of my blog
2.  Leave a comment on this post

For extra chances to win...
3. Post my giveaway on your blog and leave me a comment with the link saying you did so.
4.  Tell me what your favorite creation or post of mine was.

I will draw 1 winner on October 14th, the day after my 1 year Blogoversary!
Good Luck!!!