Cut It Up Challenge #353 - For Baby or Kids

Good morning crafters! I am back after having a double knee replacement surgery. It is a month this week since my surgery and I'm doing well but have a ways to go. Doing two knees at once is not easy, but I know it will be worth it.

This week our challenge at Cut It Up is For Baby or Kids. I decided to make a kids birthday card.

 

Paper: Crafters Companion
Monster Stamps/Dies: Concord & 9th
Balloon and Heart Dies: Concord & 9th
Happy Birthday stamp: Origach
Sequins: Simon Says Stamp 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

 

Cut it Up Challenge #352 - Forever Green (Green is the focus color)

Hello Crafters and happy Friday! I hope you are all doing well. I had double knee replacement a couple weeks ago and I am slowly recovering at home. One day at a time is what I keep telling myself!

Our Cut it Up challenge this week is Forever Green (Green is focus color). I decided to make a St. Patrick's Day shaker card for this challenge:

 Paper: Amazon
Circle Dies: My Creative Time
Sentiment: My Creative Time
Shaker bling: Trinity Stamps Champagne Sparkle
Gold Embossing Powder: Ranger 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

Cut It Up Challenge #351 - Happy Birthday

Hello crafters and happy Friday. It sure has been warm in San Diego lately. While some of you are having freezing temps, it has felt like summer here! I'm ready for the temps to drop back down to the 70s again. It's too soon for summer weather.

Our Cut it Up challenge this week is Happy Birthday. One of my friends at work has a birthday soon and she loves wine so I saw this card on Pinterest and thought I had to make it for her. I saw this card on mochafrapscrapper's page.

Glitter paper: Scrapbook.com
Mat Die: My Creative Time
Stars, glasses and wine dies: Stampin Up
Cheers die: Amazon
Sentiment: Stampin Up
Pens for coloring: Spectrum Noir Tri-blend 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

Cut It Up Challenge #350 - By the Sea (Ocean, Lakes, River)

Hello and happy Friday! I hope you are all staying safe and warm in the crazy weather everywhere. We had lots of rain (and some hail!) this week in CA. It's also cold here (well, what we consider cold!) I think some of you would enjoy our "cold" weather!

Our Cut it Up challenge this week is By the Sea (ocean, lake, river). I love this stamp set from Newton's Nook so I decided to use it for my card. 

Seagull stamps/dies: Newton's Nook
Oval Dies: My Creative Time 
Wave Dies: Lawn Fawn
Cloud Stencil: My Favorite Things
Glossy cardstock: Scrapbook.com
Background paper: Crafters Companion
Bling: Pink Fresh Studios 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

 

Cut It Up challenge #349 - This Makes Me Happy

Hello and happy Friday! I hope you are all staying warm if you live in a cold weather part of the world. We had unseasonably warm temps this week in San Diego. It was 86 degrees here yesterday. It felt like summer had arrived early. Today it was back in the 70s, and I am very happy about that. Much too early for summer!

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is This Makes Me Happy. Living in CA, one of the things that makes me happy is to spend a day at the beach. The ocean definitely soothes my soul and helps me to relax. I decided to make a beach scene card that I will send to my friend on the east coast who has been having extremely cold weather. I hope she feels the sunshine I'm trying to send her with my card.

 Stamps/Dies: My Favorite Things
Sun die: Spellbinders 
Cloud stencil: Lawn Fawn
Wave stencil:  Newton's Nook
Markers for coloring: Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

Cut It Up Challenge #348 - My Heart

Hello crafters! Happy Friday to all of you. I'm ready for another weekend to spend in my craft room. I have been trying to clean up and purge. It's a long process since I haven't purged in quite a while. I shared some products with folks in my neighborhood on the Buy Nothing app. They were thrilled to get some crafty items and I was happy to share with them.

This week our Cut It Up challenge is My Heart. Here is the card I made:

Background cutting plate: Gina K Designs
Cat die: Stamps of Life
Balloon Die: My Creative Time
Sentiment: Stampin Up
Hearts: Trinity Stamps
Paper: Stampin Up
Ink: Concord & 9th 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

 

Cut It Up Challenge #347 - Use Your Favorite Die/Set

Happy New Year to all of you. I hope you enjoyed your holidays and had time to relax and maybe do some crafting.

Our first challenge for 2026 is to use your favorite die/set. I have had this treat bag die for many years. I reach for it often when I am making treats. I just started making Valentine treat bags for my co-workers. I work with some amazing people and they always love when I make them crafty gifts.

 Paper: From my stash
Treat Bag Die: Lawn Fawn
Heart Die: My Creative Time
Sentiment: Close to My Heart
Ribbon: Michaels 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you have a great weekend.

 

 

Cut it Up Challenge #346 - Anything Goes

Hello Crafters! Welcome to our last challenge of 2025, which is Anything Goes. You can make anything you want for this challenge, as long as it includes a die cut.

I made these little gift baskets for some of the folks in our operations dept at work. They all work so hard and I wanted to let them know I appreciate all they do for us. I added a gift card inside their Christmas cards too. They loved them.

Crate and tree bags: Michaels
Snowman stamp and die: Simon Says Stamp
Sentiment: Simon Says Stamp
Circle punches: Stampin Up
Bling: Pink & Main 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope all of you had a very happy holiday! Thanks for making 2025 a great year on our blog with all your beautiful creations. Happy 2026! 

 

 

 

 

Cut It Up Challenge #345 - Oldie but Goodie (from your stash)

Hello crafters and welcome to our newest challenge at Cut It Up. This week you should use an Oldie but Goodie (from your stash) for your project.

I decided to make a Christmas card since I still need more of them to send out. I used a Stampin Up set that I have had for many years called Signs of Santa. I just love this Santa, he's so cute!

 

Stamps/Dies: Stampin Up
Sentiment: Stampin Up
Paper: Scrapbook.com
Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers for coloring
Stickles used on Santa's hat and on the sign
Snowflakes: Taylored Expressions  

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

 

Cut It Up challenge #344 - Fun Fold

Hello crafters and happy Friday! I'm still full from our Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. 

I don't know about you, but I am not a store shopper on black Friday. I just don't like the crowds. I have certainly done my share of shopping online the past few days. There have been so many great deals online. I have been trying to do some of my shopping at small business sites because I know they are struggling right now. It is so crazy how Christmas is less than a month away!

Our Cut it Up challenge this week is to create a project with a fun fold. I saw this fold a few places on Pinterest so decided to try it. I have seen it called a tri-fold card and also a flip flop card:

Solid paper: Taylored Expressions
Wood grain paper: Simple Stories
Turtle die: Hero Arts 
Sentiment stamp: Stampendous

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

Cut It Up Challenge #343 - Your Favorite Color

Happy Friday Crafters! This week's Cut It Up challenge is Your Favorite Color. My favorite colors are Teal and Pink. I decided to use Teal and make my card into a gift card holder for one of my friends. She loves coffee so I thought this would be perfect for her.

 Paper: Lawn Fawn
Coffee cup die: My Creative Time
Frame die for gift card holder: Taylored Expressions
Sentiment: My Creative Time
Dots: Trinity Stamps 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

Cut It Up Challenge #342 - Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

Hello and Happy Halloween! I am so glad to be back. I had emergency surgery in September and I finally feel well enough to get back into crafting. 

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is Thankful, Grateful, Blessed. Here is the card I made:

 Flower Stamp and sentiment: LDRS Creative
Flower Die: LDRS Creative
Arch Die: Amazon
Stencil: LDRS Creative 
Ink: Taylored Expressions
Paper: From my scraps 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

Cut It Up challenge #338 - LOL/That's Funny

Hello Crafters! I hope you are all having a good week. Where did the summer go? I cannot believe it's September!

This week our Cut It Up challenge is LOL/That's Funny. My card is for a friend who is 4 months older than me. I have another friend who is 2 weeks older than me, so I'll be making another one of these for her. Every year I never let them forget that they are older than me. They don't think it's quite as funny as I do but I remind them every year!

Stamp/die: Art Impressions

Sentiment: Art Impressions

Tag Die: My Creative Time

Gems: Scrapbook and Cards Today

Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers for coloring

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

Cut It Up Challenge #337 - Anything Goes

Happy Friday Crafters! Welcome to our Cut It Up challenge, which is Anything Goes. These are always a favorite because you can make any project as long as you use a die cut on it. My birthday was a week ago so I needed some thank you cards to send to some friends. Here is what I made with a new Gina K Designs stamp/die:

 

Paper: Scrapbook.com
Stamp/Die: Gina K Designs
Sentiment: From my stash
Inks for blending: Taylored Expressions
Gems: SCT 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

 

Cut It Up Challenge #336 - Add a Sentiment

Happy Friday Crafters! I hope you are all having a good week. I missed our last challenge. I ended up in the hospital overnight unexpectedly. Thankfully, everything ended up being o.k. but I will be needing surgery in the near future. I will be seeing the surgeon next week to see when we can schedule it.

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is Add a Sentiment to your project. Here is the card I made using a Gina K. Designs stamp and die set:

Stamps and dies: Gina K. Designs
Paper: Stampin Up
Markers for coloring: Spectrum Noir Tri-blends
Gems: Scrapbook and Cards Today 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

 

Cut It Up Challenge #334 Christmas in July

Hello Crafters and happy Friday to all of you.

This week our Cut It Up challenge is Christmas in July. It was fun to work on a Christmas card in the middle of summer. Here is the card I made:

 Stamps and dies: Pinkfresh Studios
Stencil: Pinkfresh Studios
Glitter paper: Pinkfresh Studios
Background paper: Carta Bella
Inks for blending: Taylored Expressions 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

 

 

 

Cut It Up challenge #333 - Critters

Hello crafters and happy Friday to all of you! This month is rapidly coming to an end and I can't believe next week is July 4th already. It seems like this year is just flying by.

Our Cut It Up Challenge this time is Critters! Use any critter on your project, the choices are endless. Here is the card I made using a a stamp set that I have not used for a long time:

 Stamps and dies: Mama Elephant
Border die: Taylored Expressions
Scallop mat die: Lawn Fawn
Paper: My Minds Eye and DCWV
Gems: Pinkfresh Studios
Markers: Spectrum Noir Tri-blend 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I hope you all have a great weekend and I want to wish everyone in the USA a very Happy 4th of July!

 

 

Cut It Up Challenge #332 Masculine

Hello Crafters and Happy Friday!

This week at Cut It Up our challenge is to create a Masculine project. Since Father's Day is this weekend, I decided to make a card for my husband.

Dies: Taylored Expressions

Beer Mug and sentiment stamps: Taylored Expressons

Paper: Pink & Main 

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great weekend.

 

Cut It Up Challenge #331 - Anything Goes

Happy Friday to all of you! 

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is Anything Goes. I always love to see all the fun projects everyone makes for these challenges. I used some Pinkfresh Studios products for my card.       

Paper: Recollections

Cover plate die: Pinkfresh Studios

Washi Tape and dies: Pinkfresh Studios

Sentiment stamp and die: Pinkfresh Studios

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great weekend.

Cut It Up Challenge #330 - Send Me Flowers

Hello Crafters! It is so good to be back. I was out for a while having surgery and resting and recovering. I'm so happy to be crafting again now. I hope all of you are doing well.

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is Send Me Flowers. I love that you can use flowers on just about any type of card. I had a lot of support while I was out of work, so I made my card to send to one of the many folks who was there for me.

Paper: Taylored Expressions
Flower/sentiment stamps and dies: Gina K. Designs
Border Frame Die: Taylored Expressions
Markers: Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend
Gems: Pink Fresh Studio

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great weekend.

Leslie

Cut It Up challenge #322 - Have a Heart

Hello crafters and happy Friday! I hope you are having a good week. We are having fires in San Diego and very high winds, which is a horrible combination. Our fire crews are the best and have been able to get most of them under control but we have a huge fire down by the Mexico border that is burning out of control. I'm praying that homes are not lost and it gets put out quickly. Luckily, the winds are supposed to die down later this morning and that will help to get the fire under control.

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is Have a Heart. I made this card to send to one of my friends who lives across the country from me.

Paper: Taylored Expressions
Heart Stamp and Die: Taylored Expressions
Tag Die: My Creative Time
Sentiment: Stampin Up
Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe
Stencil: Amazon
Heart gems: Taylored Expressions
Ink: Taylored Expressions

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great weekend.

Leslie

 

 

 

Cut It Up challenge #321 - Something New

Hello crafters! I hope all of you are having a good week. It was tough for me to get back to work after the holidays. I was off for two weeks and it sure was hard to wake up on Monday morning. 

It was so nice to get back to crafting. For our first challenge of the new year, our challenge is Something New.

I have a friend who loves butterflies and her birthday is in January, so I decided to make her a calendar for her desk.

Background paper: DCWV
Layer paper: Crafters Companion
Layer die: Lawn Fawn
Butterfly: Crafters Companion
Calendar: Taylored Expressions

I hope you will join our challenge. Remember to use a die cut on your project. You can check out all the other amazing design team projects at Cut It Up.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a great weekend.

Leslie