today is your day

Hey everybody! Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was a good one! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m delighted to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #81! Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ so come on over and play! Beginning this month we have a slight change in our structure – we’re now starting at 4:00 AM Mountain Time on the 15th of the month and ending at 4:00 PM Mountain Time on the 10th of the following month. I created a pull tab flip card for this challenge and I love how it turned out. I learned about this fun fold a while back from my friend, Debbie, who got her inspiration from the StampingJill YouTube video HERE. I’ve made a couple of these already and they are so fun!

Card base and one layering panel were cut from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock along with additional layering panels from CutCardStock Surf Pearl Canvas Textured cardstock and coordinating papers from the Keep It Simple Celebrate The Little Things 12×12 Collection Pack.

I embellished the inside of the flip layers with stickers and ephemera from the same Celebrate The Little Things Collection Pack. I used Ellen Hutson ribbon and Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine on the pull tab.

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Aqua Pearl Canvas Textured cardstock, Keep It Simple Celebrate The Little Things 12×12 Collection Pack with Die Cut Sticker Sheet and Ephemera Die Cuts
DIES/PUNCHES: Stampin’ Up Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder, Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags One dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Scrapbook Adhesive E-Z Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares, Ellen Hutson ribbon, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

For God So Loved The World

Hi friends! I hope you’re having a beautiful weekend! How apropos to post this pretty card today, on Sunday, even though Easter isn’t for another three weeks! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m delighted to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #80! This project was among the final large batch of SVG files that I cut with my Scan N Cut prior to it’s demise a while back. It’s such a pretty design and I love how it turned out in purple and green with just a pop of gold. And before I forget, I want to mention that our challenges at Ally’s Angels will commence on the 15th of the month (and end on the 10th of the following month) beginning in April, which will align nicely with many of the other challenges out there in blogland.

I cut the card base, flap panels, cross and backing, and lilies from CutCardStock Basis White and dry embossed the flap panels with the Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder (an oldie but goodie). I cut the ring from CutCardStock Bright Gold Foil and the cross panel from CutCardStock Pop Tone Grapesicle. Finally, the greenery was cut from CutCardStock Pop Tone Jellybean Green and Pop Tone Gumdrop Green.

I used the Prickley Pear Stamps Easter Cross stamp set for the sentiment on the back, stamped in Memento Elderberry ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html
2. https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.html
3. http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-challenge-more-than-one-fold.html
4. https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/03/cut-it-up-challenge-299-colors-of-spring.html
5. https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-easter-spring.html
6. https://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2024/03/march-challenge-anything-goes.html

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis White 80# 12×12, Bright Gold Foil, Pop Tone Jellybean Green, Pop Tone Gumdrop Green and Pop Tone Grapesicle
STAMPS: Prickley Pear Stamps Easter Cross stamp set
INK: Memento Elderberry ink
DIES/PUNCHES: SVG Cuts Easter Sunday Box Card SVG file
ACCESSORIES: Brother Scan N Cut SDX 125e, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

‘Tis the Season

Hey everybody! Are you ready for the big jolly man in the red suit to visit in a couple weeks?! He’ll be here whether you’re ready or not, lol! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #77! This Christmas card is a super simple design with snowflakes die cut directly into the front panel with blue craft foam placed behind the apertures so it’s seen through the snowflakes and around the edges of the panel.

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base and layering panels from CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock and blue craft foam. Using the Taylored Expressions snowflake die (freebie with an order), I die cut three snowflakes into the layering panel and stamped a sentiment from the Taylored Expressions Winter Wishes stamp set in Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink in the bottom right corner. I fastened teal glittered brads from my stash to the center of each snowflake and adhered the blue craft foam behind the panel.

I cut the inside panel from Basis Natural, embellished it with a strip of Darice blue cardstock and a leftover strip of Basis Natural, and stamped another sentiment from the Taylored Expressions Winter Wishes stamp set in Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional New

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock, Darice blue cardstock
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Winter Wishes stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink
Dies/Punches: Taylored Expressions snowflake die (freebie with order)
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, Tape Runner, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, blue craft foam, teal glittered brads from stash

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Sending Many Thanks

Hi friends! Well, another Friday has rolled around that we are THAT much closer to Christmas! Woo-hoo! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #76! I won this Lost Coast Designs Happy Cat stamp in the October 2022 Cat Lovers Hop. The founder of the Cat Lovers Hop, Janis Woolbright, passed away in January of this year and I used this stamp again as a memorial to her. I participated in the Cat Lovers Hops for the past four years as well as the 2023 Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge this year (last month, actually) that was organized as a tribute to her. Janis was a super sweet lady and will be missed by many. I feel like this stamp made a very cool clean and simple thank you card, and Janis would be proud! ;)

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock. I added two strips of Me And My Big Ideas skinny yellow and gold washi tape down the left side and stamped the cat in Memento Espresso Truffle ink. I stamped a sentiment from the Stampin’ Up Petite Pairs stamp set just above the cat in brown ink, which completed the card front.

I kept the inside clean and simple as well, and stamped another sentiment from the same Stampin’ Up Petite Pairs stamp set in brown ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: November 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Embossing (Heat or Dry)
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #11-2023 – Anything Goes
3. Cardz 4 Galz: #211 – Thank You, Thankful or Thanksgiving
4. Classic Design Challenge: October #10 – Anything Goes
5. Little Red Wagon: #730 – Thanks A Lot
6. Once Upon a Time Challenge Blog: #16 – The Thank You Book
7. Simply Clean & Simple: November Challenge – Use the Word Thanks

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock
Stamps: Lost Coast Designs Happy Cat stamp, Stampin’ Up Petite Pairs stamp set
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle ink
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, MISTI stamp tool, Me And My Big Ideas skinny yellow and gold washi tape

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Hello Friend

Hey everybody! Happy Tuesday – I hope your week has started off nicely! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #75! I created a pinwheel twist card using my Scan N Cut, a cut file and some really pretty patterned paper from Hot Off The Press. I’ve made several 4-sided pinwheel twist cards using a cut file but have also learned to make them by hand-cutting the card base and panels (even a 6-sided one), and either way, they are fun and easy to make!

Using my Scan N Cut and the Haunted House Pinwheel Twist Card cut file (just the base pieces) from My Scrap Chick, I cut the card base and panels from CutCardStock Curious Metallic Violette cardstock and coordinating patterned papers from Hot Off The Press Lilacs In Bloom 6×6 papers. I assembled the card, adding ephemera from the paper pack to three sides and an 80# Solar White panel to the fourth side for a handwritten message and/or signature.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: October #10 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: October 2023 – Anything Goes
3. Alphabet Challenge Blog: N is for Nature
4. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge: October Anything Goes
5. Lil Red Wagon: #726 – Who Wants To Live Forever (Birthday)
6. My Time To Craft: #518 – In The Garden

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Curious Metallic Violette cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, Hot Off The Press Lilacs In Bloom 6×6 papers
DIES/PUNCHES: My Scrap Chick Haunted House Pinwheel Twist Card cut file
ACCESSORIES: Brother Scan N Cut, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile, purple eyelet, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine, 1″ double-sided foam strip

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Sending Hugs

Hey everybody! I hope you’re having a FABulous week! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #73! All of our challenges are Anything Goes and we’d love for you to link up with us this month! I created a pretty front flap card (which seems to have become one of my most favorite fun folds) employing the random inking technique which really yields an amazing result!

I cut the front flap card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with layering panels from Keep It Simple Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack. I stamped the image from the Stampin’ Up Eden’s Garden stamp set in Ranger mowed lawn, fired brick, pine needles and frayed burlap distress inks. I stamped the sentiment (from the same Stampin’ Up stamp set) in Memento Espresso Truffle ink, cut it with a Spellbinders Classic Ovals Small die, and layered it on a slightly larger oval cut with a Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large die. The finishing touch was the addition of several Taylored Expressions Silver Drip Drops.

I embellished the inside of the front flap with a coordinating strip of paper from the Keep It Simple Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack, and stamped the sentiment (also from the Stampin’ Up Eden’s Garden stamp set) in Memento Espresso Truffle ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: August #8-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: August 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Leaves and/or Trees (playing twist)
3. Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: #7 – Anything Goes Flowers w/ optional Mood Board
4. Classic Design Challenge: August #8 – Anything Goes
5. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: August Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, Keep It Simple Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack
STAMPS: Stampin’ Up Eden’s Garden stamp set
INK: Ranger distress inks- mowed lawn, fired brick, pine needles and frayed burlap; Memento Espresso Truffle ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large and Small dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, 1″ double-sided foam strip, Taylored Expressions Silver Drip Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Sweet!

Hey everybody! Wishing you all a lovely week coming up! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #72! I created a clean and simple congrats card for this challenge using the Tropical Fruit Dies from CottageCutz! I’ve had these dies in my stash for several years and have never used them, so they came out for a play! I’m still on my quest to use ‘barely used’ or ‘never used’ stamps and dies in my stash this year, and I’ve done pretty well!

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base from CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock and rounded the bottom right corner. I die cut the CottageCutz Tropical Fruit pieces from Basis Natural cardstock as well and colored them with alcohol markers. I added a strip of Eyelet Outlet purple check washi tape across the bottom of the card base and arranged the fruit die cuts on it to ground them on a faux table cloth. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up Bravo stamp set in Catherine Pooler Catching Rays ink and outlined the right side of each letter with a Sharpie Dark Pink Ultra Fine Point marker.

I kept the inside clean and simple as well, and stamped the sentiment (also from the Stampin’ Up Bravo stamp set) in Catherine Pooler Catching Rays ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: July #7-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: July 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Life is a Beach (no twist)
3. Classic Design Challenge: July #7 – Anything Goes
4. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: July Anything Goes
5. Use Your Stuff: #488 – Summer Moodboard (watermelon, colors, texture)

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Bravo stamp set
Ink: Arteza alcohol markers- YR32/33/37, P23, Y22, YG17/22, R13, BK00; Catherine Pooler Catching Rays ink, Sharpie Dark Pink Ultra Fine Point marker
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder, CottageCutz Tropical Fruit dies
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Eyelet Outlet purple check washi tape and brown pearl bling, Trinity Pick Up Stick

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

To A Great Dad

6/18/23 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Hey everybody! Happy Saturday! I hope you’re enjoying a beautiful start to your weekend! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m delighted to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #71! With Father’s Day just around the corner and my quest this year to use barely used or never used stash, I’m sharing a fun card I created with some My Favorite Things dies that I’ve never used. The hubs uses mostly DeWalt tools and they are yellow, so that’s the color I went with, lol! I think this turned out so awesome!

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding landscape card base from CutCardStock Kraft Chipboard along with a layering panel from Pop Tone Black Licorice. I also die cut a pegboard panel from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock using the My Favorite Things Pegboard Cover-Up Die-namics. Using the Tool Time Die-namics, I die cut the tools from Basis Gold, Stardream Metallic Silver and Bright Silver Foil. I stamped the sentiment from the Prickley Pear Stamps I Love You Toolbox and All stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink which completed the card front.

I cut the inside panel from 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of the Kraft Chipboard and Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock used on the front. In keeping with the kraft and black colors, I stamped the inside sentiment (from the same Prickley Pear Stamps stamp set) in Catherine Pooler Sandcastle ink and Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: June 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Good Old Summertime (no twist)
2. A Perfect Time To Craft: June #6-2023 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: June 2023 – Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Challenge: June #6 – Anything Goes
5. Jan’s Digi Stamp Challenges: June Anything Goes
6. My Time To Craft: #509 – Masculine
7. Scrapping4fun Challenges: #224 – Men/Boys
8. Shopping Our Stash: SOS498 – Let’s Hear It For The Boys

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Kraft Chipboard, Basis Gold, Pop Tone Black Licorice, Stardream Metallic Silver and Bright Silver Foil cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
Stamps: Prickley Pear Stamps I Love You Toolbox and All stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Catherine Pooler Sand Castle ink
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Pegboard Cover-Up Die-namics and Tool Time Die-namics
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot,

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We’d love to see what you’re working on! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

yay for love!

5/13/23 Top Rocker at 613 Avenue Create!
5/25/23 Top 3 at Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog!
5/31/23 Runner Up Winner at Classic Design Challenge Blog!
6/28/23 May Honorable Mention at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge!

Hi friends! I hope you’re having a good week and you’re enjoying some gorgeous weather like we’re having out here in southwestern Colorado! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #70! It’s rapidly becoming wedding season so I made a cake box card using Hot Off The Press dies! I love how this turned out and I can definitely see more of these in my future, not only for weddings but for anniversaries and birthdays, too!

Using the Hot Off The Press Cake Box Card Cutting Dies, I cut the cake card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, the candle flame from CutCardStock Basis Gold, the candle from CutCardStock Pop Tone Cotton Candy cardstock, the cake layers from Stampin’ Up Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack, and the icing from Brutus Monroe pink glitter sheet.

I embellished each layer with an assortment of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers with pearl sprays on two of the layers. I added a bow made from Doodlebug Design Lily White twine. The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up Happy & Heartfelt stamp set, stamped in Memento Lilac Posies ink. This was a super fun one to put together!

I added a Solar White cardstock panel on the back with another sentiment from the Stampin’ Up Happy & Heartfelt stamp set, stamped in Memento Lilac Posies ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: May 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Say It With Flowers (playing twist)
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: May #4-2023 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: May 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional And Another Thing
4. Classic Design Challenge: May #5 – Anything Goes
5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #111 – May Anything Goes
6. Crafty Calendar Challenge: May Challenge – Anything But Square
7. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge: May Anything Goes
8. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: #546 – Anything Goes with Paper

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Gold and Pop Tone Cotton Candy cardstock, Stampin’ Up Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum Stack, Brutus Monroe pink glitter sheet
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Happy & Heartfelt stamp set
Ink: Memento Lilac Posies ink
Dies/Punches: Hot Off The Press Cake Box Card Cutting Dies
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Wild Orchid Crafts paper flowers and pearl sprays, cordless hot glue gun, Doodlebug Design Lilly White Doodle Twine, 1/2″ double-sided foam strip

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Happy Father’s Day

Hi friends! Happy Fri-YAY! I hope you’re having a great week! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #68! Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ and we’d love for you to come over and play with us! I created a Father’s Day card with an acetate panel on the front flap showing a majestic lake scene. What guy wouldn’t love this?!

I cut a standard A2 size landscape top-folding card base from CutCardStock Basis 110# White cardstock. I cut an oval aperture in the front flap with a Memory Box Stitched Oval Layers die and adhered a piece of acetate behind it. Using Catherine Pooler Rockin’ Red and Black Jack inks along with the Stampin’ Up Let’s Set Sail stamp set and Sailboat Builder Punch, I created the sailboat and adhered it to the acetate on the front flap. Using the Hero Arts Year Round Messages stamp set, I stamped the sentiment in black ink in the lower right corner. The final touch was adding two Stampin’ Up Star Designer Elements to the lower left corner.

I reserved the stitched oval die cut from the front flap to use on the inside of the card. Using the Stampin’ Up Let’s Set Sail stamp set, I stamped the water in Catherine Pooler Stone Blue and Tranquil inks, sailboat shadow in Twilight ink, and birds in Jack Black ink, which completed the card.

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# White and Basis 80# White cardstock
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Let’s Set Sail stamp set, Hero Arts Year Round Messages stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Rockin’ Red, Black Jack, Twilight, Stone Blue and Tranquil inks
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up Sailboat Builder Punch, Memory Box Stitched Oval Layers die
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Grafix Craft Plastic, Stampin’ Up Star Designer Elements

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,