FCCB 233 - Color Challenge

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday at FCCB!

Challenge #233 Color Challenge

~This Weeks Challenge~

Color Challenge
Use the colors brown, orange, yellow, red

For my project, I created this fun fall card.

I found this leaf image on the Doodlecharms cartridge.  I cut the image in 3 different sizes, flipping one of them.  I embossed them with 3 different embossing folders then put them on the card base using pop dots.

A double twine bow and sentiment finish off my card.  Pretty simple, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

I hope you'll join in the fun with us this week at FCCB!  Remember, 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.  Thanks for stopping by!

Treat Yourself

Hello and Happy Sunday!  Have you all had a good weekend?  We have been teased the past two weekends in my part of the country.  I thought Spring was finally here - we'd had some warmer weather, grass was starting to turn green, plants were starting to come up...... and then..... I wake up to snow!  It was only a dusting both times, but still!!  What is the weather like where you are?  Is it doing crazy stuff like it is here??

Well, over at Die Cuttin Divas, they're having a Snack Lovers challenge and they want you to create a project with your favorite snack on it.  My favorite snack has to be ice cream.  Lately I've been eating frozen Greek yogurt bars, which are pretty close to ice cream, I think.  Anyway, when I went downstairs to start brainstorming a project for this challenge, I came across this fun summer paper I've had in my stash for a few years.  I was drawn to the pattern paper with all the different ice creams and frozen treats on it, and knew I had to use it on my project.

I dug out one of my "oldie but goodie" cartridges, Doodlecharms, for the popsicles and used a fun sentiment from Jaded Blossom.

A quick and easy card that has put me in the mood for some warmer weather and an ice cream treat!!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern papers from We R Memory Keepers Sunsplashed pack
Popsicles from Doodlecharms cut at 3.5 inches
Sentiment from Jaded Blossom's Simple Sayings 3
Twine
White Sakura gel pen

BOO!

Good evening!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week!  The weather here has been warmer than usual, so we've been enjoying some extra time outside - we have to take advantage of it before it turns cold for good!!

The project I have to share tonight is a Halloween decoration I made for my front door.

I started with letters that I bought from Hobby Lobby that are about 1 inch thick and 6 inches tall.  I painted the sides and backs of the letters with black acrylic paint.

Then I traced around the letters on the back side of pattern papers and cut them out by hand.  I used Mod Podge to adhere the pattern papers to the front of the letters.

Finally I cut out various images with my cricut, stuck them on the letters and tied the letters together with orange crinkle ribbon.  Pretty easy and now we have a fun Halloween decoration for the front door!

I'm going to enter this project into two challenges.  The first is over at Go Fish, where the challenge is to create a 3D Halloween project.  I'm also going to submit this into the Little Monsters challenge at My Craft Spot where you must include a monster on your project.

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my creation!!

Recipe:
BOO letters from Hobby Lobby
Black acrylic paint
Mod Podge
Pattern papers from The Paper Studio
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pumpkin from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3 inches
Spider from Doodlecharms cut at 3 inches
Ghost from Simply Charmed cut at 3.5 inches
Green monster from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3.5 inches
Bat from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Orange monster from Mini Monsters cut at 3 inches
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Monster Mash Assortment

Birthday Card

Hello!  It's been a long time since I've posted!!  I've been busy with the 'usual' work, running and golf, but there have been a number of other activities that have been occupying my sweetie and my's time lately.  When I have had some free time, I just haven't been motivated to craft.  :(  I finally got downstairs for a bit last night, and am hoping for a little more time this evening and this week.  We'll see how I do.  I don't know if it's the continued hot weather we're having here in the Midwest or what, but I just haven't had much motivation.  All that being said, I am in desperate need for some cards!  I have a number of birthdays and anniversaries coming up, as well as a baby shower and the wedding of some good friends of ours.  So I better find my mojo soon!!

This past week, Die Cuttin Divas has been having a sketch challenge.  I'm getting this card in just before the deadline!  This sketch gave me just the motivation I needed to get one of my much-needed birthday cards completed.  :)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Party hat image from Doodlecharms cut at 2.25 inches

Ribbon from American Crafts

Buttons from my stash

Stickles

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!  I hope you're all enjoying the holiday weekend.  I have one final Easter card to share today, and I'm going to submit it to the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge this week is 'Egg-ceptional Easter' and we're asked to create a project with an egg on it.  Here is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope you all have a fabulous holiday!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from my scrap stash
Bird and broken egg from 3 Birds on Parade cut at 3.5 inches
Eggs from Doodlecharms cut at 4.5 inches
Fiskars Grass border punch
Swiss Dots, Spots and Dots and Tiny Bubbles embossing folders
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Glossy Accents
pop dots

Iris Fold

Happy Friday eve!  I hope you're all having a great week!!  Do you have some fun plans for St Paddy's Day??  We're hoping to hit the local parade, something I've never done before, so I'm pretty excited!

The card I have to share today is something I created to fit a couple of different challenges.  This week over at Die Cuttin Divas, the challenge is to use the colors Green, Yellow, Black and White.  They have a bonus challenge of trying the Iris Fold technique.  I had no idea what the Iris Fold was, but one of the Die Cuttin Divas designers, Yvette, has a great tutorial on her blog.  Be sure to check it out HERE.  I love learning new techniques, so I figured I'd give this one a try!  :)

Over at My Craft Spot, the challenge this week is Manly Man Cards.  I always have a hard time with cards for guys because I want to add bling and sparkle to many of my creations, so this is definitely a challenge for me!

Here's my take on a manly man card, using the Iris Fold and the colors green, yellow, black and white.  I decided to make an easel card and I used my Gypsy and cut a rectangle from Plantin Schoolbook with the cupcake from Doodlecharms on top to create my image layer.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio, DCWV and  We R Memory Keepers
Rectangle from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 4 x 5.25 inches
Cupcake from Doodlecharms cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from TPC Studio Greetings stamp set
Black embossing powder
American Crafts twine
Button from my stash
White Sakura gel pen

Wacky Wednesday #56

Good evening!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that your week is off to a good start.  I had a wonderful evening on Saturday scrapping with one of my bff's.  I was also able to enjoy the wonderful weather we've had the past few days here in the midwest and get out and play a round of golf with a couple of friends on Sunday.  This fall weather has been wonderful!

This week over at More Than Favors, the Wacky Wednesday challenge is Halloween.  I created some treat bag toppers for some kids that my sweetie and I are pretty close to.  I've never made bag toppers before and wasn't sure how to best attach them to my baggies.  I ended up using my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.  Does anyone out there have any better ideas for me so there aren't staples showing on my project??  I would love to hear your advice and thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio
Monster and ghost from Mini Monsters cut at 2 inches
Spider from Doodlecharms cut at 2 inches
Tags from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 1.8, 2 and 2.25 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set
Ribbon from my stash
Google eyes and white Sakura gel pen
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Birthday Cupcake

Good evening!  Tonight's post is a quick and easy birthday card I put together for a co-worker.  Another co-worker knows I scrap and asked if I would make a card.  He requested a 5x5 card so there would be a little more room for a number of people to sign the card.  Neither of us know the birthday girl real well so I couldn't make a card geared towards her likes or hobbies, but I figured 'What girl doesn't like cupcakes??'  I fell back on the trusty cupcake image on Doodlecharms and whipped up this card.  Quick and simple, but still a 'sweet' birthday card!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Patterned cardstock from Deja Views stack
Card base is 5x5, layers at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 and 4 1/2 x 4 1/2
Cupcake from Doodlecharms cut at 4 inches
Tim Holtz Swirls embossing folder
Cloud Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper
Happy Birthday rub-on from Pebbles Inc
Stickles and pop dots

Easter Bunny

Easter is this Sunday already, and I needed to make a few Easter cards.  This card will also work for a couple of challenges, which is always fun!  Over at Fantabulous Cricut, the challenge is to create a project with a bunny or a chick.  The theme for the Wacky Wednesday Challenge over at More Than Favors is Easter.  I decided to make a z-fold card with the cute bunny from Create a Critter.  Here is my creation - thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned Cardstock from DCWV
Bunny from Create a Critter cut at 3 1/2 inches
Eggs cut from Doodlecharms at 1 inch
Grass from Plantin Schoolbook (used my Gypsy to size it appropriately)
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's 'Happiest Moments' set
Stickles