Challenge Me Monday #53

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to take a quick moment to say WELCOME to all my new followers!  I am so glad you could join me in this paper crafting journey!  I will be visiting many of you in the next few days and I can't wait to see all of your wonderful creations!  Well, It's Monday and time for another challenge over at http://www.fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ This week's challenge is to create any project/card that looks like spring.  Well, this cute little chick cut definitely looks like spring to me :0)  I think he is so cute!  This card actually happened by accident.  I was actually making this card for another challenge and I thought I had to use the "Simply Charmed" cartridge.  In fact, you had to use the "Smiley Cards" cart...ooops!   Since I realized my mistake after I had everything cut, I decided to use it for this challenge instead.  So it all worked out in the end.  My card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and here are the specifics:

Carts Used: Simply Charmed (Chick & Sun) and Create a Critter (Grass, Flowers & Cloud)

Solid cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: Colorbok (bought at Walmart)

Stamp: Peachy Keen "Funshine Face Assortment" Just got these and sooooo loving them! 

Sentiment Stamp: Jo-Ann's Dollar Section

Colored chalks

White Gel Pen

Stickles:Stardust

As always thanks for stopping by!

Diana

Cricut Cardz Challenge #67

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share another card with all of you.  This card was made specifically for the Cricut Cardz Challenge.  This week's challenge was to make a card for Spring with the colors: Pink, Green, and White.  I had been wanting to use this butterfly cut for sometime now and thought it would be perfect for Spring!   So here are the specifics of my 5 x 7  card.

Carts Used:

A Child's Year - Scalloped Circle

Accents Essentials - Circle

Create a Critter - Butterfly & Layers

Other items used:

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots

Solid Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Design

Fiskar's Edge Punch - I think it's called Threading Water

Ribbon & Buttons: Michael's Dollar Section

Sentiment Stamp: Jo-Ann's Dollar Section

Pink Gel Pen

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Diana

Special Thanks to Momo and My New Followers !

Just wanted to say thank you to Momo from Made by Momo on her great idea!  She came up with the idea that any blogger with less than 200 followers could link up to her blog to meet other bloggy friends! What a great way to make new crafting buddies :0)  If you are visiting me from her site, please let me know.
I plan to visit you (my new followers) all by this weekend and make sure I check out all your blogs and follow you back as well! So happy to be "meeting" new people :0)
Much crafty love!
Diana

Valentine Layout

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to share with all of you a layout I was working on today.  I really have been behind on my crafting lately, I have been working overtime and get home so tired. I'm out like a light by the time dinner is even over....lol.  But today...I just had to play =0)  As some of you might already know, my boyfriend proposed to me on Valentine's Day.  I have wanted to make a layout for this special ocassion for sometime now and decided today was the day. Many of the items used were from my Valentine's Day stash, so here are the specifics.

Cart used: Sweethearts
Solid Cardstock: Recollections (Valentine Pack)
Patterned Paper: K & Company (Valentine)
Embellishments: Recollections
White Gel Pen
Ribbon: Michael's
Calendar (Michael's Dollar Section)

Thanks for stopping by!

Groovy Love - Cricut Cardz Challenge #65

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I was a little busy this weekend, but, I just had to enter atleast 1 challenge!  Can you say addicted...lol!  I entered this card over at http://www.cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/

This week's challenge was to make a 9" x 4" card with any cartridge or any theme you'd like. I choose the Groovy Times cartridge for this challenge because ever since I purchased it I knew I wanted to use this lava lamp cut.  So here are the specifics:

Cartridge Used: Groovy Times (Lava Lamp) & Birthday Bash (Card Base)

Solid cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: I think it's Recollections too ( I purchased it at Michael's)

Foil Paper: DCWV Citrus Matstack

Sentiment: Computer Generated

Corner Rounder

Flower Punch

Martha Stewart Bling

Brown Gel Pen

Ribbon: Michael's (I bought during Christmas)

Thanks for all who take the time to stop by and comment! I truly appreciate it =0)

Sweet 16 Invitations

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share with all of you what I have been working on over the past few days.  I was busy making 20 invitations for a Sweet Sixteen.  The design was based on a sketch that the birthday girl had provided me with. While the design seems simple, it did take a long time to put all the layers together.  At one point, it seemed like the butterflies were multiplying...lol.  Anyway, she was really happy with the final product and I'm so glad that she was.  Wishing her a very Happy Birthday!  The images used were from Create a Critter and the font was from Birthday Bash. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Chocolate Bunny...Yum!!

Hi everyone,

Just thought I would share with you all a very quick and easy card that I made. Hard to believe that we are already in March and that Easter is next month! With that in mind, I decided to get a jump start on some of my Easter projects. Again, this card was super quick and easy to make and I think it turned out pretty cute =0) This card has a 5 x 7 base and each layer after that was cut ¼” smaller on all sides. Here are the items I used:

*Carts used: Gypsy Wanderings (Rabbit & Shadow @5.25”) & Storybook (Scalloped Tag s@ 3.25” & 3.60”)
*Solid cardstock: Recollections
*Patterned Papers: My stash
*Sentiment: Jo-Ann’s Dollar Section
*Bling: Michael’s Dollar Section
*Martha Stewart Punch: Classic Butterfly
*Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

I Love Moo!

Hi crafty friends,

This evenings post is for two challenges that I am participating in.  The first one is for the Scrappy Mom's Tuesday Challenge. Their website in case you don't know is http://www.scrappymoms-stamps.blogspot.com/.  Check out their awesome stamps while you're there, I have 2 of them already and hoping to get a few more real soon!  Their challenge was to use the Create A Critter Cart. I just love this cart, there are so many cute cuts and so many possibilities.  It's just an awesome cartridge.  The next challenge is over on Paula's Blog at http://www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com/.  Her Wacky Wednesday Challenge #27 was to use a farm theme project.  I decided to combine the two after I noticed a lot of other crafters entering different challenges but only making one project.  So, I thought I'd give this a try as well.  Glad I did, as I really like the way it turned out. 

Lucky Duck - Cricut Cardz Challenge #63

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all my new followers and all of you who have congratulated me on my recent engagement. Your comments always make me smile =0)  It has been a while since I've participated in a challenge and I certainly have missed it!  I know I should be finishing up the invitations I'm working on but I needed to take a little break.  I decided to play along this week over at cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com  The challenge this week was to make a St. Patrick's Day card or project, however, no shamrocks were allowed in the design.  It was a little challenging since pretty much everyone associates the two. So I really had to give this one some thought and this is what I came up with.  I had wanted to use this little duck for sometime now and was planning to do so for either a spring or Easter project.  Then I thought hmmm...what about a lucky duck for St. Patrick's Day!  I just love ducks they are so cute!!  I decided to go with that and here are the specifics:

Cartridges Used:
Gypsy Wanderings: Card Base @ 4.90"(welded two tags together) & Layer @ 4.40"
Just Because Cards: Duck & layers @ 6.25"
Disney -  Mickey Font: Lucky Duck @ 0.65"
Paper Dolls Dressup: Top Hat @ 2.60"
3 Birds on Parade: Horseshoe @ 5.00"

Supplies used:
Solid cardstock: Recollections
Patterned Paper: My stash
Rhinestones: Michaels Dollar Section
Ribbon: Michaels
Gold Gel Pen
Chalks

Thanks again for stopping by =0)

Diana

2 New Awards and some babble

Hi everyone,

Sorry that I have been a little out of touch this past week. It has just been a whirlwind of events for me since Valentine’s Day. All is good, in fact all is great! My boyfriend of 2 ½ years proposed to me on Valentine’s Day! He surprised me when he gave me the ring that I had my heart set on. We had looked at rings over a year ago and he remembered the one I had fallen in love with. Unfortunately, the ring while beautiful and very expensive was not a good choice :0( The first one, the one that he gave me on Valentine’s Day within 4 hours a stone fell out! The next day he exchanged it and was given another one, upon inspecting it I realized it had some white/frosted spots within the main stone…arghhh! So we decided to return the ring altogether and look elsewhere. After looking around for a few days and visiting several different jewelry stores. I’m happy to say that not only did I find a more beautiful ring; it was also much less expensive. So that means more money for paper crafting and Cricut Cartridges...lol! Hey, at least I have my priorities straight :0) I also have been busy making my very first custom order; I am making invitations for a Sweet Sixteen. I will be posting the pictures in a day or two. In the meantime, I wanted to take a moment and thank two very talented ladies for their generosity and awarding me the “Liebster Award”! The Liebster Love Blog award is designed to recognize bloggers who have less than 300 followers but whose work deserves gigantic praise.

 Thank you to Gina from ginascraftingspot.com and Rae from www.wahoocrafts.blogspot.com these ladies are absolutely amazing!! Definitely stop by their blogs and check out their incredible creations. So upon receiving this award  I am to spread the love by recognizing up to five blogs whose work I follow and admire.  I follow so many blogs and there are so many creative bloggers out there, that it really is so difficult to choose only 5.  Nevertheless, I am excited to pass this honor on to the following talented bloggers:  

Kelly of http://kellysmemorycraft.blogspot.com/
Valerie of http://whostolemyscissors.blogspot.com/
Kellee of http://kelgentry-lovetoscrap.blogspot.com/
Debbie of http://wwwdebbiesdoodles.blogspot.com/
Anita of http://scrappingwithglitter.blogspot.com/

Congratulations ladies, you are all awesome and I love following your blogs!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Banner

Hey everyone,

This is my 2nd post today and I might have another one later.  Yes, last minute Valentine Projects..lol!  I have done several banners before and I just love making them...they are just so much fun!!  Since my blog is still pretty new, I have never posted one until now.  I made this banner for my cousin, I think this is the fourth one I've made her.  She is so funny, she knows that when a new holiday rolls around, she will be getting a new banner made especially for her =0)  So, she loves pink!! Then again, what girl doesn't...lol.  She wanted me to incorporate some pink as well as the traditional red in her Valentine banner.  So here is all the specifics:

Banner 

• Cartridges used: Sweethearts (Scalloped Hearts @ 7.15" & Cupid @ 7") Plantin Schoolbook: (Hearts @ 5.20" ) and Jasmine (Love @ 4.40")
• Solid Cardstock: Recollections
• Patterned Paper: K & Company - KP Valentine
• Pink Boa: Joann Fabrics

Glittered Clothespins

• Terrifically Tacky Tape from Provo Craft
• Martha Stewart Glitter - Garnet

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Much love,
Diana

Olive You Card

Hey everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  I have been very busy making last minute Valentine's Day projects.  Today I made this card for my cousin to give to her boyfriend.  She wanted something very simple with red, black & white.  This is what I came up with and I really like the way it turned out ...she did too!  Not sure if you can tell in the pic but the top layer of the martini glass is a piece of the plastic casing that the ciruct cartridges come in. I cut the plastic casing flat, removing all the sides and ran it through my cricut for the image. This was the first time I had tried this and I'm glad I did. It gave the image the effect that it was glass.  I used my regular cricut blade and used a pressure of 6.  I did have to run it through twice since the first time it didn't cut all the way through.  So glad that I saved those plastic casings!  So here is a list of all the items used:

 

The card is 5x7

• Plastic Packaging  from Cricut Cartridges
• Carts Used: Nifty Fifties (Martini & Layers @ 4.75") and Doodlecharms (Heart - Pimento @1.25")
• Solid & Metallic Paper: Recollections
• Jim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint
• Sizzix Embossing Folder
• Xyron Machine
• DecoArt: Glamour Dust in Crystal
• Ribbon: Joann's Valentine Section
• Sentiment: Computer Generated
• EK Success: "Shimmering Pink Hearts" - Mini Hearts on Sentiment

 

Stop by again, real soon =0)

Hugs & Kisses Card

Hi Everyone,

In the past few days I have seen so many cards and projects with lips, I decided to make one too.  I tried to keep it really simple since I wanted to have the lips be the focal point.  Not sure if you can tell in the photo but I used Glossy Accents on the lips and it looks like they have lip gloss on, which I think gives it a really cool effect :0) Here are the items I used:

• Carts used: A Child's Year (Card @ 5.5") and Sweethearts (Lips @ 2.60"and Sentiment @ 1.75")
• Solid cardstock: Recollections
• EK Success "Shimmering Pink Hearts"
• Glossy Accents
• White Gel Pen
• Ribbon: Michael's

Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Gift Bag

Hi crafty friends,

Hope everyone is doing great.  I know I have been M.I.A. this past week, I do apologize.  It's just been a bit crazy for me.  I have been trying to organize my very small craft area and realizing in the process that I have way too much stuff...lol!!  So, I think I will have to come up with a giveaway very soon..so stay tuned! I also have been making samples for an invitation order I got for a sweet sixteen party.  As soon as I get the go-ahead, I will post the pics and details for the invitations.  In the meantime, I decided to make a gift bag for Valentine's Day.  I have seen so many other crafty ladies make them, so I decided to give it a try.  I think it came out cute for my first try and now I want to make more...lol!  So here are the details:

• Brown Craft Gift Bag (Bought this at the Dollar Store and I got 2 for $1.00, not bad)
• Pattern Paper: Sweet on You Collection from Target Dollar Section (PP Size 8" x 10 1/2")
• Solid Cardstock: Recollections (Hot Pink Mat 7" x 6") and (Light Pink Mat 6 1/2" x 5 1/2")
• Carts used: Joys of the Season - Doves @ 3.35" and Create a Critter - Love @ 3.35" (Used Gypsy)
• Martha Stewart Glitter - Tourmaline
• White Gel Pen
• Ribbon - Michael's

Thanks for stopping by!

Another Blog Award...Yaay!

Hi everyone,

It has been a few days since my last post.  I have been busy organizing my craft area and I'm almost done.  I'm hoping that by being a little bit more organized, I can get more crafting done.  I will definitely have a few projects coming up this week, so definitely check back.  In the meantime, I was awarded my second blog award!  I'm so excited!!  Angie was so sweet to give me this award, THANK YOU ANGIE!!  She is very talented and has some great crafts posted on her blog http://www.invitationsonly.blogspot.com/  Definitely check her out and show her some love.  So upon receiving this award, I need to pass it along to 8 talented individuals that I have recently discovered and share 8 things about myself.  So here we go:

I am passing along this award to 8 very talented ladies and this list is in no particular order.  Stop by their blogs and check out some of the awesome projects they have.

1. Brandi @ http://scrappybrandi.blogspot.com/
2. Cheryl @ http://www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com/
3. Joni @ http://www.justcounting.blogspot.com/
4. Courtney @ http://www.keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/
5. Laurie @ http://www.scrapsbysissy.blogspot.com/
6. Jean @ http://jeanscraftycorner.blogspot.com/
7. Miranda @ http://www.nanasscrapspot.blogspot.com/
8. Corri @ http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

8 Things about myself:

1. I own 41 Cricut cartridges and still want more!!
2. I love Christmas!! (The ornaments, the decorating, the movies) I just love it all!!
3. I love going to Disney World! Yes, I'm a big kid at heart and since I live in Miami a trip to Disney is just 3 hours away!!
4. I love to cook and bake (Just another outlet for my creativity)
5. I dream of having my own craft room someday.  Right now, I just craft on my dining table and it's not too spacious =0(
6. I love watching re-runs of Seinfeld.  I have all 9 seasons on DVD but still watch everytime it's on tv.
7. I love candles!  My favorite is Slatkin & Co. from Bath and bodyworks.  Always have one lit when I'm home.
8. I do not have any pets, however, I just love animals!

Thanks again to Angie for thinking of me when she was passing along this award, it means alot to me =0)

Much love to all,
Diana

Cicut Cardz Challenge #59

Hey everyone,

Hope you are all having a wonderful week. Today, I wanted to share with all of you a card I made for the challenge over at www.cricutcardzchallenge.com The theme was to make a Valentine project for a child. I had wanted to use this cute little love bug image from the Create a Critter Cartridge for some time now. So, I decided to go with that… it’s just so darn cute! All the images on this card were cut from the Create a Critter cartridge and I used my Gypsy. However, I did alter the flowers a bit by snipping them off and replacing them with hearts. I also did the same for the bug’s antennae. I really like the way it turned out and hope you all like it too =0)

So here are the items I used for my card:

• Card Size: 5 x 7 (all layers are cut ¼” smaller on all sides
• Cartridge: Create a Critter (Bug @ 4”, Wording @ 2”, Flowers @ 2.40” and Hearts @ 0.90” & 0.75”)
• Solid cardstock: Recollections
• Patterned Paper: K & Company (KP Valentine)
• Stickles (Diamond & Christmas Red)
• Embellishments: Recollections Mini Ladybug Stickers (Found this at Michaels, only 0.99 cents!)
• White Gel Pen

Thanks for stopping by!

Scrappy Moms - Terrific Tuesday Challenge

 

Hi friends,

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Just wanted to share with all of you a card I made for the Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday Challenge.  We had to use the "Sweethearts" cartridge which I really love!  There are so many wonderful images on here that I know I will definitely be making more projects using this cartridge! Luckily, this was a very quick and simple card to make since I did wait till the last minute to get it done  (I know, shame on me..lol).  Glad I made it in time..whew!!

Here are the specifics:

• Card is 5" x 5"
• Solid cardstock: Recollections
• Cart used: Sweethearts (Scalloped Heart @ 4.10", Love @ 1.50" and Cupid @ 3.0")
• Gold Gel Pen
• Martha Stewart Glitter - Garnet
• Red Satin Ribbon
• Mini Heart Punch

Thanks again for stopping by!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #44

Hello to all my crafty friends!

This post is for a Challenge over at http://www.fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/  The challenge was to use a cartridge that we have not used in the past 6 months.  Well, I don't know about all of you but I know I have several cartridges that fell into that category.  It's unfortunate because there are sooo many great images on all the cartridges but for one reason or another, we just negelect them :0(  Luckily, we have great challenges like this one to help us dust off those cartridges and play with them.  I bought the "From my Kitchen" cartridge about 8 months ago and at the time it was one of those cartridges I had to have!  Unfortunately, I never used it once until now.  So here is what I came up with...

Card recipe

• 5 x 7 Card
• Cart Used: From my Kitchen (Phone @ 3.0”) & Create a Critter (Conversation Bubble @ 1.75")
• All solid cardstock: Recollections
• Pattern Paper: DCWV – “From Nana’s Kitchen” Matstack
• Foil Paper: DCWV – “Citrus” Foil & Glitter Matstack
• Corner Rounder
• Sentiment – TPC Studio "Greetings" Stamp Set
• Metal adhesive dots – Jo-Ann’s Dollar Section
• Black Gel Pen

Thanks for stopping by :0)

 

 

 



More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday Challenge #23

Hi friends,

 

Thanks for stopping by for another peek at what I have been up to. Today, I finished my card for the Wacky Wednesday Challenge # 23 over on Paula’s Blog www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com This was a color challenge and the colors were pink, green and brown. I really loved the color selection for this specific project. I’m having so much fun on all the challenges and to be quite honest …I’m really hooked now…lol! I am currently working on another 3 projects and all for different challenges, so definitely check back with me. Now onto the details for this card:

 

• The card is 5 x 5
• All solid cardstock: Recollections
• Pattern Paper: Doodlebug Design @ 4 ¾” x 4 ¾”
• Cart used: Create a Critter (Owl @ 3” and Branch w/leaves @ 2”)
• Mini Flower Punch
• Bling from my stash (I usually purchase from either Michaels’ or Jo-Ann’s Dollar Section)
• Sentiment: Stamp from Jo-Ann’s Dollar Section
• Decorative Paper clip: Michael’s Dollar Section

 

Hope you all like what you have seen so far on my blog and thanks for all those who comment.

 

I just LOVE comments =0)

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Cardz TV - Cupcake Challenge

Hi everyone,

Welcome to all my bloggy friends and thanks for stopping by.  Today I decided to make a card for the challenge over on Mary's Blog http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/  The theme for her challenge was to make a cupcake on any type of a project (card, layout, etc.)  I am just loving this theme, it's so very festive!  I decided go with a shaped card because I really loved how the first one I made turned out.  So now..I'm hooked!  Plus, I feel it challenges me just a little bit more.  I really like the way this turned out, I think it looks good enough to eat..lol!!

So here are the details on this card:

• Cart used: Sweet Treats - cut @ 5" (shadow & all layers)
• Solid cardstock: Recollections
• Pattern Paper: K & Company (KP Valentine)
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Divine Swirls
• Xyron Machine
• Martha Stewart Glitter (Garnet)
• Martha Stewart Bakers Twine
• Stickles - Star Dust
• Sentiment - Computer Generated
• Mini Heart Punch - Michael's Dollar Section
• White Gel Pen

Thanks again for stopping by and thanks to all of you who leave such sweet comments. 
I really appreciate it =0)