DCD's Tic Tac Toe Challenge!

Hi Everyone!

It's time for a new Die Cuttin' Divas challenge.  

This week's challenge is...
Tic Tac Toe

And this is my card.

  I used the middle row of the grid shown below, vertically.

Choose a row to create your entry.



 I also have a few other components in my card (distressed and stitching) as I was initially trying for that combination.  Little did I think I could use three different patterned papers, but I did!

The die cut is from Cricut Country Life cartridge, and I modified the quilt patch a bit by creating my own design with my 1" scrap squares.

Here you can see the embossing I did on the spool as well as the corner squares of the quilt, just by using my scoring board.


Our sponsor for this challenge is...
The Paper Trail, who will donate a gift certificate to their scrapbooking store.  

We hope you'll join us for the challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas. You'll have one week to enter your card, layout, or altered project.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and provide a link back to our site.  

We look forward to seeing what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cupcake Birthday Card

This was a fun card to make.  I just love embossing folders, and I used 3 different ones on this card.

K&Co Berry Sweet Papers (pattern)

Elegant Edges - postage stamp mat

White mat embossed with Diamond Plate

Cupcake border is from Birthday Cakes cut at 1-1/2"

Happy birthday is from Sweet Treats cut at 1-1/2"

Cupcakes embossed with Distressed Stripes & Divine Swirls

Here's a closeup of the embossing.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Docerela's Creations - HB, include a cupcake

Hiding in My Craft Room - use embossing

Happy Friday!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #103

Hi Everyone!

It's time for a new Die Cuttin' Divas challenge.  

This week's challenge... Use a Polar Bear!

For my card, I used two Cricut cartridges.

A2 size card

K & Co. Secret Santa paper

Polar Bear from A Quilted Christmas cart cut at 2-1/2"

 Banner Flag from Art Philosophy cart cut at 2"

Fiskars Winter Wonderland border punch

Green ribbon

Button and twine

Green stickles
(may be a little hard to see but I also used glitter paper for the bear)

On the inside, I used another Fiskars border punch and a sentiment from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings.

The sponsor for this challenge is Purple Cows.  They are donating a Trim It 9 Blade Trimmer.  A winner will be randomly chosen from the entries received for this challenge and last week's challenge.

So we hope you'll join us for the challenge this week at Die Cuttin' Divas. You'll have one week to enter your card, layout, or altered project.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and provide a link back to our site.  

We look forward to seeing what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Valentine's Birthday!

Hi Everyone!

I recently purchased the Suburbia cartridge and had the perfect reason to use it--to make a birthday card for my sister.  When I first saw this cart, I just loved all the 60's style images on it.  It really took me back to my "very" early childhood days.  So I thought my sister would get a kick out of it, too.  Here's the card I made for her birthday, which was on Valentine's Day!

The card is 5 x 6.5"

I covered the front completely with K & Co Valentine paper.

Used Elegant Edges to make the pink frame w/shadow, cut at 5-1/4" and embossed with my new Cuttlebug Baby's Breath embossing folder.

From the Suburbia cartridge, I cut "Joan" at 4" with shadow, and the lettering at 2".  The words were originally stacked together, but I didn't use them that way.

Tiny hearts were made with a punch and then stickled.

On the inside, I layered white on pink on black.  Used an EK Success birthday candle border punch across the top.  Isn't that just so cute!? I love it!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card:
Paper Playtime - use border punch
Oldie but a Goodie - red & pink, use something at least 6 months old
(the red valentine's paper is at least a year old)
Crafting by Designs - include a heart, but not for V-Day

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello Friends

and

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'd like to share the card I made for my hubby, and I must say I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out!  I've probably only made 3 shaped cards in my 2 years of card making, so it was really fun putting this heart shaped card together.  I found it on the Cricut cartridge Life's a Party which I recently purchased.

I used a number of cartridges to make this card:

Life's a Party - Heart shaped card cut at 5"

(the card measures 5" x 6" wide so it fits nicely in a
5x7 envelope)

3 Birds on Parade - "Love Shack" cut at 1-1/2"

Chore Chart - Bird cage cut at 2-3/4"

(no shadow with this image, so I cut it by hand and embossed it with Swiss Dots)

Tie the Knot - Love birds cut at 1"
Heart flourish cut at 2-1/4"

Embossed the red heart background with Cuttlebug Geometric Rings

(I love this new embossing folder!)

I tied a small bow with twine to the bird cage, and added some dimensional heart stickers from
EK Success. 

Aren't they just so sweet?!

Finished off the inside with a few more paper hearts, matching the one on the front.  Typed the sentiment on my computer and then used the Center Point feature to cut the white heart.  Couldn't resist using "Tweet-heart"!  But I did have to cover up the rest of my sentiment!

Hope you liked my card.  I appreciate your visit.  Thanks for stopping by.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Pause Dream Enjoy - Mainly Red

DL Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party - Anything Goes

Scrappy Moms Stamps - Valentine theme
Celebrate the Occasion - Valentine Anything Goes
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Use heart or cupid
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Be My Valentine
My Craft Spot - For Your Sweetheart
My Creative Time - Use embossing
Pumpkin Spice - Valentine
Every Day is an Occasion - Linky Party

Die Cuttin' Divas Color Challenge

It's time for Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #102.

It's a color challenge...use white, pink, red 
and/or purple.  

I made these little 3x3 Valentine cards.  I used Hello Kitty Greetings cart for HK, I Love You, and the heart. All paper was from my scraps.  The scalloped mat was cut from Elegant Edges.

The sponsor for this challenge is Purple Cows.  They are donating a Trim It 9 Blade Trimmer.  A winner will be randomly chosen from the entries received for this challenge and next week's challenge.

Here's a few close-ups of my cards.

We hope you'll join us for the COLOR Challenge this week at DCD, and enter your card, layout, or altered project using a die cut image. You'll have one week to enter at the Die Cuttin' Divas blog.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and a link back to your post.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cardz TV - make a set of 3x3 Kidz Valentine Kardz

D.L.Art - Linky party Anything Goes

HIMCR - Use scraps

Exploring Cricut - Be my valentine

Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch Challenge

It's time for a new challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas.  We'd like to thank everyone for all the wonderful entries from last week's Anything Goes challenge.

This week is a SKETCH challenge.  I made this fun birthday card using the Birthday Bash cartridge, which I just got with my Cricut Reward points!  Yeah!

Card base is made with DCWV Nana's Kitchen cardstock

Yellow Mat with shadow from Lacy Labels
Embossed with Spots 'n Dots Cuttlebug folder

Seal and phrase from Birthday Bash

Added ribbon and some metal dots

Seal is attached with foam squares

Here is the sketch for the challenge, created by our very own, Georgiana! 

Our sponsor for this week's and last week's challenge is Zva Creations with a donation of some beautiful gems.  

We hope you'll join us for the Sketch Challenge this week at DCD, and enter your project using a die cut image.  Enter it at the Die Cuttin' Divas blog and be sure to link back to your post.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate all your comments.

Go Ravens!!

I'm so excited that my hometown team is playing in the SuperBowl today, so I just have to show my pride and support. Can't wait for the game later today!

But better than that, my darling daughter is in New Orleans and will be going to the game today with her boyfriend and his Uncle.  How lucky is she!?!!  She can't say enough about the awesome city she's visiting and how exciting it is to be there.  Here's a few photos.

  Go out with another ring, Ray!

And of course, all around Baltimore, people were showing their purple pride on Friday at work.  Here's the folks at my office that wore their purple on Friday.  

I'm #82, the purple jersey.

GO RAVENS!!!!!!!