Snack Lovers' Day

This week at Die Cuttin' Divas is a

Snack Lover's Challenge
(use a favorite snack in your project)

I made this shaker card, my first one!

I love when I can make a card with a perfect sentiment, and I think this is one.  This sentiment is from Bug Bites Candy Speaks.  I also had the Crunch Bar stamp in my collection.  So I put them in a jar that came from Kate's ABC's cartridge.  

Come join in the fun challenge this week and create a card, layout, or altered project using your favorite snack (any snack will do, of course). Be sure to use a die cut and link your post back to Die Cuttin' Divas blog site.

I'd like to link my card to the following challenges;

Tuesday Morning Sketches #240

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it Off Saturday

Pumpkin Spice - Anything Goes

Thank You Challenge

It's Tuesday and time for another challenge 

at Die Cuttin' Divas

This week's challenge is...

THANK YOU.


I made this thank 'ewe' card, haha!

I used the Just Because cartridge, an oldie but a goodie.  This was the first cartridge I purchased after getting my Cricut Expression a little over 3 years ago. The bundle package I purchased included 4 cartridges, but just a few weeks later, this was the next cartridge I purchased separately.

Little hard to see, but I popped up the whole red/white mat with foam squares, embossed the sheep with Divine Swirls and the red mat with Argyle.  What do you think?

Hope you'll join the challenge this week and share your THANK YOU projects at Die Cuttin' Divas.  Be sure to use a die cut and link your post back to the DCD site.

Thanks for stopping by.

I'd like to enter my card into this challenge:

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Custom Thank You Card

 

This is a custom thank you card I made for a co-worker.  She is always good at coming up with the most beautiful sentiments, and she wanted this phrase on the front of the card.  The purpose was to thank a family for having her family over for Thanksgiving, hence, the fall colors.

I used green and burnt orange shimmer cardstock, the patterned paper is from DCWV Amber Autumn mat stack, and orange textured cardstock for the frame, which is cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge.  The scalloped border is a Martha Stewart punch.  Added ribbon, stickles, and gems.  The sentiment was typed on my computer in colors to match the papers. 

Hope you like it!

Die Cuttin' Divas Color Challenge

Hi Everyone!

It's Tuesday, so you know what that means!

Time for another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge.   Use the colors of your local school or favorite college.  And be sure to name your school--we want to give credit where credit is due.

A local college in my area is Towson State University in Towson, Maryland.  I didn't go there, but I  actually used to work there years ago, fresh out of high school.  It was my first "real" full-time job.  And it turned out to be a pretty good one, too, as I wound up working there for 9 years!

Towson's colors are black, gold, and white.  Here's the card I made using those colors, and keeping it kind of clean and simple.

I used Art Philosophy cartridge for the framed oval, a new Cuttlebug embossing folder called Wicker Weave on the white cardstock, and an EK Success corner punch for the corners!

On the inside, I put this sentiment.

The sentiments are from TPC Studio Card Crafting Thank You (set of 6 stamps).

Our sponsor this week is SK Digis, an online digital store.  

Sonia will be providing a gift certificate to her store.  Go check out her creations.

We hope you'll join the challenge this week.  Make a project using the colors of your local school or favorite college.  Tell us the name of the school and the die cut you used.  Be sure to link your post (not just your blog) back to Die Cuttin' Divas.

Can't wait to see what you create!

You Say It's Your Birthday?

A personal note to all my blogger buddies.  I've really been out of the loop lately, being busy at work and tired at night.  So as you've seen (or actually, haven't seen), my creations have been few and far between.  I need to get my mojo back and get those creative juices flowing again.  Visiting your blogs certainly helps, and I tried to make some visits today.  Seeing all the fall crafts is wonderful since fall is my favorite time of year, and I'm really wanting to make something soon! 

But I must share with you that this weekend, I was busy for really good reasons!  You see, my birthday was on Friday--that's why I must love Fall so much, I'm a Fall baby--and I have had one wonderful weekend! On Friday, my husband took me to Atlantic City where we saw a concert that evening at the House of Blues called "Get the Led Out."  If you ever liked Led Zeppelin in years past, then you'd love this band.  They play all Zeppelin songs and they were fantastic!  Has anyone ever seen them?

Of course, we tried our hand at a few slot machines and poker machines--no big losses, and it was lots of fun!!  Came home on Saturday.  On Sunday, I had another birthday celebration with my daughter here.  My "baby" will be 23 next weekend, just 9 days after my birthday.  We enjoyed an "end of summer"  feast with Maryland steamed crabs, crab soup, and corn on the cob.  Yum...delicious!!  So it was definitely a terrific birthday weekend for me.

Now...hopefully...I can make a card or two, and get back into the swing of things.  I want to thank everyone that visits my blog and leaves me comments.  They're very much appreciated and so uplifting. 

Oh, I must tell you of the crafty goodies I received from my husband and daughter.  They know what a fanatic I have become about scrapping!  Among other terrific gifts from my daughter, she also gave me a gift card to Joann's so I could pick out what I wanted! (so sweet of her since she's on a tight budget).  And my dear hubby got me the Groovy Times cart, several Cuttlebug embossing folders, a mini-sewing machine(!), and the CTMH Art Philosophy cart and package!  Lucky me, huh?!!

Thanks to all of you for listening, for sticking with me, and for stopping by to say hi!  Here's a card I made a while ago and never posted, and it's for ALL OF YOU!!

Operation Write Home--Challenge #7

Last card!!! YEAH!!!! This is the last card for the Operation Write Home challenge presented by Kassidy at Inking It Up this week--Challenge #7, a Thank you card.  Go to her posts to read all about this good cause, even if you don't enter. It's close to the deadline now.  This is very basic card.  Only used a Cricut cut for the label from Lacy Labels, ribbon, 2 gems, and the patterned paper is DCWV Amber Autumn matstack.

This was fun trying to meet each challenge, and was done for a good cause too.  It kind of taught me to simplify!  I want to thank everyone who stopped by and left comments on my posts; I sincerely appreciate them all.  TFL!

Cricut Cardz Challenge

I made this card to enter into the Cricut Cardz Challenge #66.  They are looking for three elements:  1) a thank you card, 2) a cricut cut border, and 3) use the colors yellow, blue, and white. 

Recipe:

A2 size card, white

Layer yellow card stock, then blue & yellow polka dot paper

Scalloped border cut from Plantin Schoolbook in yellow & blue

Thank you cut from Sentimentals cart w/shadow

Ribbon from Joann's

Flower punch; added gems

Thanks for stopping by!