Cut It Up Challenge #302 - Starts with a B

Hello Crafters! I hope you are all having a good week. I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend. We moved our offices last week and it was exhausting! On the plus side, we are now in a beautiful brand new building and it is so nice. 

I'm ready to do some crafting this weekend and start really purging my craft room. It's a tall order and taking forever but I'm trying to do some of it each week so I don't get overwhelmed.

Our Cut It Up challenge this time is Starts with a B. There are so many possibilities with this one. I recently got this cute set of stamps with bumble bees in the set so I decided to use them for my card.

Paper: Taylored Expressions
Circle dies: My Creative Time
Bee stamps and dies: Taylored Expressions
Background  stencil: Amazon
Dots: Simple Stories
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!

Cut It Up Challenge #301 3-2-1 (use 3 gems, 2 die cuts, 1 sentiment)

Hello Crafters! I hope all of you are doing well. I had some minor surgery last week but I'm feeling much better and on the mend. Time to get back into crafting!

This week's Cut It Up challenge is 3-2-1 (use 3 gems, 2 die cuts, 1 sentiment). Here is the card I made:

Stamps and dies: LDRS Creative
Sequins: Close to My Heart
Gold embossing powder: Brutus Monroe
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!

Cut It Up Challenge #300 - Happy Birthday

Hello Crafters! Welcome to our latest Cut It Up challenge, which is Happy Birthday. It is our 300th challenge and we are so excited! We hope you will join our challenge to help us celebrate our 300th post.

I have a friend who absolutely loves plants, she has them in her house everywhere and her yard is also beautiful and full of all different kinds of plants. I decided to make her a birthday card that I think she will love:

Plant dies: Concord & 9th
Paper: Taylored Expressions
Dots: Concord & 9th
Sentiment: 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. Have a great weekend!

Cut It Up challenge #299 Colors of Spring

Happy Friday Crafters! I hope you are all having a good week. I am doing another virtual card making event today and Saturday. This one is with Taylored Expressions (one of my favorite companies). I'm excited and the best part was there was hardly any prep work needed for these classes.

Our Cut it Up challenge this week is Colors of Spring. I know I am ready for some spring weather. We are really tired of all the rain we have had this winter. I decided to make an Easter card for this challenge because Easter will be here before we know it.

Paper: Echo Park
Sentiment: Spellbinders
Grass die: Lawn Fawn
Oval, bunny and egg dies: My Creative Time
Gems: 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. Have a great weekend!

Cut It Up Challenge #298 - Dots and/or Stripes

Hello crafters!! Wow, this week went very fast for me. I am attending a two day virtual card making event this weekend and I am so excited. I always end up learning a new technique or use a new product during these classes. The teachers are so wonderful too.

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is to make a project using dots and/or stripes. Here is the card I made:

 Paper: Stampin' Up
Scallop Die: Amazon
Circle Die: Amazon
Sentiment: Stampin' Up
Ink: Close to My Heart 

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 #297 Have a Heart

Hello and happy Friday! I hope all of you are safe and well. We are having tons of rain in CA right now and there is lots of flooding, mud slides and devastation in the whole state. Thankfully, we are o.k. but there are folks who have lost everything in these storms.

This Saturday, I am attending a virtual all day card making event with SCT. I'm really looking forward to this event and making lots of new cards.

This week our Cut It Up challenge is Have a Heart. Use a heart on your projects. Since Valentine's Day is next week, I decided to make these Hershey bar holders for my co-workers. They were very easy to make. (I found the instructions on Pinterest)

Paper: Echo Park
Ribbon: Michaels
Heart Die: My Creative Time
Stamp: Close to My Heart

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 #296 - This Makes Me Happy

Hello Crafters and happy Friday! I am ready for the weekend. I plan on spending it cleaning up my craft room. I have a couple of virtual classes coming up in February so I'm trying to organize myself and get ready for those classes.

This week our Cut It Up Challenge is This Makes Me Happy. I love sending cards to friends for no reason other than to let them know I'm thinking about them. This is the card I made for this challenge:

 

Paper: Taylored Expressions
Stencil: Taylored Expressions
Hello Friend stamp: Taylored Expressions
Scallop Mat Die: My Creative Time
Bling: Taylored Expressions
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink

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 #295 - A New Year (Use a new tool, technique or craft item)

Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed your holidays. 

I took some time off from the design team because my sister passed away unexpectedly in November. We are all devastated and I miss her every day. It is really true about living every day to the fullest because tomorrow is not promised.

This week was the first time I was even able to go in my craft room to make a card. It actually made me feel better as this room is usually my happy place. I'm looking forward to being back for 2024.

Our Cut It Up challenge this week is A New Year (use a new tool, technique or craft item). I have a new stamp set that I bought a while ago but never used so I decided to make my card with that set:

Paper: Lawn Fawn
Stamps: Pink & Main
Circle and banner dies: My Creative Time
Snowflakes: Recollections
Markers: Spectrum Noir Tri blend markers 

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!