It's Winter!

It's been cold, and why shouldn't it be--it's WINTER!

I made this quick and simple card using paper from the DCWV Winter Combo matstack - it includes
different patterned papers, all in blue.

 

This cute snowman is from a seasonal cartridge I picked up last year called Winter's in the Air.  I embossed him with Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug folder, gave him a warm scarf, silver buttons, and blue googly eyes.  The 3 blue snowflakes are actually punched and glued.  The sentiment, "Got Snow?" is from BugBites Mistletoe stamp set.  I embossed that with white powder.

I'm entering this card into some of the winter challenges now going on:
     Little Scrap Pieces - winter theme
     Scrappy Mom's Stamps - tic tac toe (snowflake, blue, die cuts)
     DLArt Thankful Thursday - anything goes
     Go Fish Challenges - snow or winter themed project

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #96

Hi Everyone, and Happy New Year!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday!  Are you ready for the new year?  Wow, 2013?!  Sometimes hard to believe those numbers.

Well, I'm happy to be back on the Die Cuttin' Divas Design Team.  We have a great challenge for you for this first week in 2013--a Sketch Challenge.  

Here's the card I made.  My brother's birthday was December 27 (yeah, he kinda gets cheated!), and he's older than me!  ha-ha!  So I was trying to make a funny card about getting older.  I used Life's a Party for the wording, and found the funny tombstone in Simply Charmed.  The striped paper is from DCWV "All About Boys."

I popped up the oval and the tombstone on foam squares.

And finished the inside with the matching striped paper at the left end of the card.

Our sponsor this week is
Scrappy Mom's Stamps
and they will donate one stamp set of the winner's choice!

We hope you'll play along with us this week for our Sketch Challenge.
You'll have one week to plan, create, and submit your project.  Please remember to include which die cut you used and a link back to Die Cuttin' Divas.


WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU CREATE!

Beware of Treadmill

I've been going to my hairdresser for 22 years now, can you believe that?!  She was recently put out of commission due to a mishap on a treadmill.  Luckily, she was okay but felt a little embarrassed by her accident.  I made this silly card for her.

I found the picture of the woman on the treadmill from clip art, and created the Beware of Treadmill sign in Powerpoint.  Printed it twice so I could pop it up on foam squares for effect.  Hope you like it! 

I've also given my blog a new look!  Phew, that took a while to do. Wish I was more computer savvy than I am so I knew what I was doing, but I'm happy with the change for now.

I'm also returning to the Die Cuttin' Divas design team for the new year.  Look for the first new challenge on Tuesday, January 1.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas to All!

A quick card to share with everyone.

I just had to get this Cricut cartridge, A Quilted Christmas.  Couldn't resist this old-fashioned Santa!

I wish everyone a wonderful holiday time with their family and friends.  

Side note:  it's snowing here in Maryland! :)

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!!

One of those Days!

Ever have one of those days where things just don't turn out as you thought they would?!

I've been trying to get some Christmas cards made, and I was liking how this one was going.  I cut the  holly from Stretch Your Imagination (an oldie but a goodie).  This cut has a silhouette image which I outlined with Stickles, along with the berries.

I embossed the leaves with the Cuttlebug Houndstooth folder for some extra texture.

And I had this stamp that I thought went perfectly with the image, which I stamped with Forest Green ink.

It was looking pretty good, I thought, and I was rather happy with it.  So all I needed to do was finish the inside of the card.

Let's see, I should probably use green cardstock to match the front, with white cardstock on top and stamp a nice sentiment on that.

So, I opened the card, and this is what happened...

Oops, I attached it to the card upside down!  Guess I'll try again!