The Joy of Holiday Giving Blog Co-Hop

Welcome to this co-hop with Die Cuttin’ Diva and Cut It Up. We are so glad that you are joining us today and super excited to share our inspiration with you.

We will have a line-up of DT members from both teams sharing Holiday Treats and we are hoping you enjoy them all. Our teams even had to play Secret Santa and send their project to a fellow team member as a surprise. It's all about the joy of giving this holiday season!

How about some prizes?
I have these goodies for one lucky winner.

 

Secret Santa's Rules…

1. Make sure you are a follower on each stop along this hop.

2. Leave a comment on each project and you will be entered to win one of the prizes.

Prize winners will be announced on Tuesday, December 13th.

I created my project for the very talented Cindy on the Cut It Up team.  I thought this Santa box was so cute.  I added some chocolates for Cindy and a few other goodies that will be a surprise.

 

Santa box: My Scrap Chick

Paper: DCWV

Cello bag and ribbon: Michaels

Your next stop is...

 Nancy

If you get lost along the way, here is the line-up....

Die Cuttin’ Divas

 Anita

Cindy

 Evelyn

Georgiana

 Katrina

Larelyn

Leslie

 Nancy

Sarah

Cut it Up

I hope you are having fun with our blog co-hop.  Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays to all of you! 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #295 - Favorite 2016 Sketch, and Green and Red

Happy Tuesday everyone!  This week our challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas is to use our favorite sketch from 2016 and use green and red.  Here is the card I came up with:

Paper: DCWV Christmas Plaid stack

Santa die: CTMH Reindeer Bells
Circle Die: My Creative Time

Sentiment: CTMH

Ink: CTMH

Pens for coloring: Spectrum Noir

Bling: Recollections

Washi Tape punch: Stampin' Up

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out what the rest of the design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  Have a great week everyone!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #294 - Make it Sparkle

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.  We had a wonderful day and then this weekend I got a little shopping done.  All local, no malls or black Friday for me.  The craziness is just too much sometimes!  I also shopped online, which is my favorite.

This week our Die Cuttin' Divas challenge is Make it Sparkle.  I make a shaker card for my project.

 Circle Die: My Creative Time

Paper: Stampin' Up

Sentiment: My Creative Time

Tree and bird stamps: Stampin' Up

Ink: Stampin' Up Real Red and Memento Cottage Ivy

Glitter: Michaels

Snowflake sequins: Michaels

Rhinestones: Stampin' Up

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out what the rest of the design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  Have a great week everyone!

 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #293 - Anything Goes

Hello and happy Tuesday to all of you.  Our challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas this week is Anything Goes!  I love to see all the great projects everyone makes for these challenges.  I made a Christmas card for my project:

Paper: Recollections

Dies/Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Toboggan Together"

Ink: Stampin' Up

Markers: Spectrum Noir

Snowflakes: Michaels

Sequins: Stampin' UP

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out what the rest of the very talented design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Leslie

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #292 - Thanksgiving

Hello and welcome to this week's Die Cuttin' Divas challenge -- Thanksgiving.  It's so hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next week already!  This year has flown by so fast.  

On to my project.  Here is the card I made for the challenge:

 Card cut from Cricut CTMH Artfully Sent cartridge

Paper: Recollections

Stamp on front of card: CTMH "Thanksgiving Wreath"

Stamp inside of card: Waltzing Mouse "Peace and Plenty"

Bling: Kaiser Craft

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out what the rest of the design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  Have a great week everyone!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #291 - Fall Harvest (anything Fall related)

Happy Tuesday and welcome to our Die Cuttin' Divas challenge this week, which is Fall Harvest (anything fall related).  I love this time of the year so much.  This is when I miss living in NJ.  I miss the leaves turning to beautiful colors, the crisp weather, and the smells of fall.  Hard to think about Fall when it is in the upper 80s!  For my project this week I decided to make a fall treat box.  I don't know what it is about candy corn, but I just love it.  I eat too much of it around Halloween, then I don't touch it again for another year!

Treat box: Lori Whitlock SVG file

Paper: Recollections

Punches: Stampin' Up

Ink: Stampin' Up

Stamp: Project Life "Holiday Cheer"

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out what the rest of the design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  Have a great week everyone!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #290 - Sketch Challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday and happy November!  I cannot even believe that Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  I just got back from a trip to Maui and we had a wonderful time.  My husband and I were there celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary.  It was so relaxing and we were not ready to come home.  Here is one of the beautiful sunsets we saw when we where there.

This week the challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas is a sketch challenge based on this sketch:

Here is the card I made.  I decided to turn the sketch on it's side and make my card.  I figured I better make another Thanksgiving card since it's only a couple week's away.

 Card base: DCWV

Paper: DCWV

Dies and Stamps: My Creative Time Stitched Oval Dies 

and Fall Friends stamps and dies

Dots:  Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Pens for coloring: Bic Markers

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out what the rest of the design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  Have a great week everyone!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #289 - Halloween

Hello and happy Tuesday!  I can't even believe it is time to make our Halloween projects but it is that time of the year already.  Here is the card I made for Halloween:

Cat Die: Stamped using CTMH Purr-fect Halloween

stamp set then cut out using my Brother Scan and Cut machine

Paper: Recollections

Spider Web:  Stampin' Up

Circle punches: EK Success

Rain Dots: Cloud 9 Design

Glitter Washi Tape: Walmart

Pens: Spectrum Noir

We would love you to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out the rest of the design team's projects.  Please join us this week for our Halloween challenge.  Have a great week everyone!

 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #288 -Breast Cancer Month - Use Pink

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday.  It's time for another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge.  We are celebrating Breast Cancer Month so our projects can be anything with a die cut and you must use pink in your project.  Since I have lost some love ones to cancer, I decided to make a "Hope" card.  Sometimes that is all cancer patients can do is hope that they will get better or hope for a cure.  I know I would love to see a cure for cancer in my lifetime.  Here is the card I made:

Dies: My Pink Journey Cricut Cartridge

Embossing folder: Divine Swirl

Paper: Recollections and Bazzill

Bling and Ribbon: Recollections

Sentiment: Cardz TVStamps

Please be sure to stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out the rest of the design team has made this week.  We'd love to have you join us.  Have a great week everyone!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #287 - Dessert challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday.  This week's challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas is a dessert challenge.  Who doesn't like desserts??  I needed a birthday card and I was on Pinterest and saw a card like this so I decided to use it as my inspiration for my project this week.

Paper: Recollections

Cake Die: Stampin' Up Endless Birthday Wishes

I stamped and colored the image then cut it out as

a die cut on my Brother Scan and Cut

Circle and Scallop dies: Brother Scan and Cut

Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Endless Birthday Wishes

Washi Tape: CTMH

Bling: Queen and Co.

Pens for coloring: Bic Markers

Please stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out the rest of the design team's projects.  We'd love to have you join us this week.  Have a great week everyone!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #286 - Sketch Challenge

Today is Tuesday and that means it's time for our Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge.  It's a new month (how did that happen???) so that means it's time for a Sketch Challenge based on this sketch:

Since it is Fall (even though you would not know it by the 100 degree temperatures we had last week!), I decided to make a Thanksgiving card.

Paper: DCWV Fall and Halloween Basic Stack

Circle and Banner Dies: My Creative Time

Pumpkin and Leaf Dies: Lawn Fawn

Wagon Stamp: My Creative Time

Sentiment: Lawn Fawn

Ink: CTMH

Markers: Spectrum Noir
Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye 

Please stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge.  We'd love to have you join us this week.  

Happy Fall Y'All!

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #285 - Vegetable

Happy Tuesday everyone!  It's time for another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge.  This week we are making projects using vegetables.  I had to look through my cartridges to see what I could use.  I remembered I had the Cricut Country Life cartridge and then it was easy to make my card.

Dies: Cricut Country Life cartridge

Paper: Fancy Pants "Life is Beautiful"

Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye Now and Then

Please stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge.  We'd love to have you join us this week.  Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #284 - Birthday

Hello and happy Tuesday to all of you!   This week our challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas is to make a birthday project.  I finally decided to make a box card.  This was so fun and much easier to make than I thought it would be.  

Card: Cricut All Occasion Box Cards

Paper: CTMH "Dream Pop"

Sentiment: Scrappy Moms "Simple Sentiments"
 

Please stop by  Die Cuttin Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. I hope you will join us this week. 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #283 - Baby

Happy Tuesday and welcome to this week's Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge.  This week we are making baby projects.  I decided to make a baby boy card because I was out of them.

Base paper: Stampin' Up

Pattern Paper: G.C.D. Studios

Glitter Paper: CTMH

Banner Die: Impress Rubber Stamp then cut on the 

Brother Scan and Cut machine

Scallop Die: My Creative Time

Carriage stamp: Impress Rubber Stamps  

Ink: CTMH

Circle Punch: EK Success

Bling: Queen & Co.

Please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. I hope you will join us this week.

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #282 - Sketch Challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday.  I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend.  I can't even believe summer has flown by already.  Our first challenge for September is a sketch challenge based on this sketch:

I decided to make a masculine card because I have some guy birthdays coming up in the next couple of months.  

Background paper: My Mind's Eye "Signature Life"

Embossed foil paper: DCWV

Circle and Tag Dies: My Creative Time

Motorcycle: Close to my Heart stamp then cut out using my

Brother Scan and Cut (I love my new machine!)

Sentiment: My Creative Time

Rain Dots: Cloud 9

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Don't forget to stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. I hope you will join us this week.

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #281 - Anything Goes

Hello and Happy Tuesday.  I'm excited for this week's Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge because it is Anything Goes!  I just love these challenges because you can make any project you want for any occasion, just remember to use a die cut on your project.

I needed some thank you cards for some special people who have been very thoughtful recently.  I love the sentiment, it was very fitting for my cards.

Card base and solid paper: Recollections

Metallic Paper: DCWV

Patterned paper:  Echo Park Everyday Eclectic

Tag, Flamingo and flower dies: My Creative Time

Stamps: My Creative Time

Ink: Close to My Heart

Sequins: Michaels

Please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. I hope you will join us this week. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #280 - Birthday

Happy Tuesday everyone!  This week's Die Cuttin' Divas challenge is a birthday challenge.  We all need birthday cards and projects all year so this one is always fun.  

My birthday was last week and my husband bought me a Brother Scan and Cut machine.  I have been wanting one of these for so long to use with my stamps.  Last week Amazon put it on sale so I was able to get one.  

I went to a crop this past Saturday and all I did was stamp, color and cut out images.  I had a blast.  A few of the ladies at the crop are planning to get this machine too.  It really comes in handy if you have a lot of stamps.  Here is the card I made this week:

Card base: Papertrey Ink

Patterned paper: Echo Park "Everyday Eclectic"

White paper: Recollections

Banner Die: Creative Time for Me

Sentiment: Cardz TV "Make a Wish"

The jar and the flowers were CTMH stamps that 

I cut out using my new Brother Scan and Cut Machine

Dots: My Mind's Eye

Ink: CTMH

Bic Markers were used to color the jar and flowers

I hope you will join our challenge this week.  Please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #279 - Thank you

Happy Tuesday!  Today is my birthday and so far it's been a fun week.  I had dinner last night with one of my good friends.  Tonight my husband and my sister are taking me out and tomorrow we are all going to Sea World.  That sure beats being at work!

This week our challenge is to make a Thank You project.  I made this card for our challenge and I'm sure I'll be needing more thank you cards after this week!  Can never have too many of those.

 Paper: Recollections and I also used some scraps

XL Label Die: My Creative Time

Flower Die and Stamp: Close to my Heart

Silver glitter tape: American Crafts

Pens: Spectrum Noir

Hearts: Teresa Collins Signature Essentials 

I hope you will join our challenge this week.  Please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #278 - School

Hello and welcome to this week's Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge - School.  This week I used the Stationery Caddy from The Cutting Cafe.  It was so fun to put together.  If you want to check it out, please stop by The Cutting Cafe website (http://www.thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/).  Here's my project:

Stationery Caddy - The Cutting Cafe

Paper: Stampin' Up and Echo Park

Title:  Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Cartridge

Apple: Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

ABC: Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge

Scissors: Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge

I hope you will join our challenge this week.  Please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by my blog.

 

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #277 - Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone!  This is our first Die Cuttin' Divas challenge for August.  Hard to believe how fast the summer is flying by.  This week we are making projects based on this sketch:

Here is the card I made this week.  I just bought a new stamp set from Stampin' Up and wanted to use it on my card.

 A2 card base: Stampin' Up

Paper: Stampin' Up and Carta Bella "Ahoy There"

Circle cut in Cricut Design Space Shapes

Anchor cut from Cricut Cake - Seasonal Sampler

Sentiment: Stampin' Up "Seaside Shore" stamp set

Ink: Stampin Up Dapper Denim

Candy Dots from Stampin' Up

 

I hope you will join our challenge this week.  Please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and check out the amazing projects our design team members have made for this challenge. Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by my blog.