Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #40

Happy Wednesday! In the exciting Cuttlebug Countdown to CHA, it's time for the Be Inspired #40 Cuttlebug Challenge! This week we have a sketch challenge for you, yippee skippee! I turned the sketch to the right 90 degrees for this card, it seemed perfect for a thank you to my parents for my great vacation with them last week. I used the Swiss Dots folder, but others on the team used the MOST fabulous new Herringbone folder. Shortly after I made this, my new Cuttlebug folders arrived, so I'll have lots more sneak peeks coming up for you!

Our sponsors this week are Provo Craft and 2 Red Banana Stamps, so you'll want to play along for sure! Remember to play along all month for the chance to win the new CHA Cuttlebug releases AND this week you can win a stamp set of your choosing from 2 Red Banana Stamps! What are you waiting for, come on and play!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe
Cardstock: SU Kraft, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird.
Accessories: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird chipboard stickers, Foof-a-La buttons, Martha Stewart striped baker's twine, SU Linen Thread, SU retired rub-ons, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Janome Sew Mini, brown thread.

Cosmo Cricket Baby!

Happy Monday! I'm home from vacation, but no time to stamp yet, so here's a card I made while at my mom's house using some yummy Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and Girl Friday goodies! Mom needed a baby shower card (remember that quilt she was making?!), so this seemed fitting. Here's the inside and matching envelope shot:



I'm so lucky my best friend from Missouri decided to come visit this week for a long weekend, so we have been working like crazy on the house since we got home yesterday. I had summer school teaching stuff to put away (where do you teachers keep all your stuff in the summer?! Ugh!), plus we just need a general purge after living in this small house for six years. Stuff keeps coming in, but stuff never seems to go out! ha! Plus, we had to try to figure out how to squeeze in sleeping accommodations for guests. It's something we've needed to deal with for awhile, but kept putting off, but it's a good thing now that I'm working on it!


Gotta dash now, I'm still catching up on Google Reader...plan to make a round of visits tonight when I'm too tired to work anymore and need to fabulax on the sofa! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

June Bug Happy 90th Birthday!

Happy Friday! I made a few cards for my mom yesterday for some special occasions she needed. I loved the way this one turned out for Aunt Ruth, who is celebrating her 90th birthday this Sunday. I used the yummy new Basic Grey June Bug collection that I found at Archiver's in Overland Park, KS last Saturday! Aunt Ruth is a quilter like my mom, so this paper was perfect!



The card base is SU Kraft and I also used Certainly Celery ran through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder. I had to get some envelopes at Wal-Mart, and they are 6 1/2" x 4 3/4", so the finished card size is 6" x 4 1/4". Here is the matching envelope:



I thought this would be a good time to show my mom in action with her long-arm quilting machine. She was quilting a darling baby quilt she made for a lady at church for her baby shower this weekend. Nice shower gift, huh?!!

We did take a little time off from all of our "work" on Wednesday and went shopping at the outlet mall and saw a movie, The Proposal. It was a good, happy chick flick movie!

Hope you're having a good week! I'll be visiting you soon and catching up on my Google Reader! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #39

Happy Wednesday! In the exciting Cuttlebug Countdown to CHA, it's time for the Be Inspired #39 Cuttlebug Challenge! A lot of the designer's will be showcasing the new Cuttlebug Owl folder...it is to die for...so be sure and check it out! So the challenge is "Woodsy Creatures"...use an owl or some type of nature critter along with a real "piece" of nature. Check out the Cuttlebug Challenge blog for more details!

I used a mixture of goodies on mine, including a stick I found on the back deck, lol! The chipboard owl is from Maya Road, and I used the Cuttlebug Houndstooth folder.

Won't you play along with us?! Remember, all you have to do is play along with all four challenges this month and you'll be eligible to win the new Cuttlebug folders being released at CHA this month! You could have them in your hot little hands before the retail stores even have them! And the Cuttlebug folders and dies work in different die cut machines, so don't fret if you don't have the actual Cuttlebug!

I can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hugs and happy stamping!

Sock Monkey Fabric Cards!

Happy Tuesday, chicas! I've been enjoying my vacation immensely and got a chance to play with my paper goodies today, yay! (Yes, I hauled a super large Rubbermaid tub of stuff to Missouri!) My Mom has been working on a baby quilt with this adorable sock monkey fabric, which I went nuts over, so she gave me some squares to play with! Aren't they the cutest! I thought I would make a little card set for my Etsy shop. Here are the individual cards:

I hope you're having a great week! Be sure and stop by Wednesday for the Cuttlebug Challenge Be Inspired day! I made the cutest project (well, I think so! hee! hee!) before I left town and can't wait to share it!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Pun Fun: Happy Bird-Day!

Happy Sunday! I can't believe we are flying right into July now!


Here's a Stampin' Up! birthday card for a special friend that went out a little late, unfortunately! Hopefully she will forgive me! This Pun Fun image was perfect for her, but I don't have this set. So luckily my friend Lori had stamped some images for me a looonng time ago and I had saved them. See, sometimes it pays to save everything!


I used the new Melon Mambo In Color, paired with some new Tall Tales and Razzleberry Lemonade papers and some Certainly Celery accents. The inspiration for the card came from a card on page 60 of the new catalog.


Hope you had a great weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!


Recipe
Stamps: Pun Fun, Party Hearty (for hat).
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Tall Tales & Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.
Ink: Staz-On Black and Versamark (for party hat); Melon Mambo & Certainly Celery markers.
Accessories: Aquapainters, Certainly Celery button, Linen Thead, Ovals Originals Die, Big Shot, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Stapler.

Happy Birthday USA...and Meda!

Happy Saturday! I made this card for Meda, who works for the Cuttlebug Challenge blog, helping to put the posts together with all of our projects. Her birthday is July 4, so the design team whipped up some cards for her, you can check them out here. I used my Sizzix cupcake die, then ran the top piece through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embosisng folder.


Thanks for all your comments the last few days and the vacation well wishes! We made it as far as Wichita last night and are headed on to Kansas City this morning. I surprised dh and got tickets for the Royals game on Sunday, so he's super excited about that! We used to go a lot when we lived in KC as young newlyweds, MANY years ago! lol!


I hope you have a wonderful and safe 4th of July!! Hugs and happy stamping!

Laura's Sketch #29 & Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #11

Happy Friday! I stayed up way too late last night, fiddling around with this card when I should have been packing for vacation, yikes!


I had to squeeze in a card for Laura's Sketch #29, you know how I love the gang over at 2S4Y! Since time was of the essence, I multi-tasked and used Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #11 too! I love Dawn's color challenges, they really push me outside my "normal comfort zone" and make me try new combos, so thank you, Dawn!


I started playing with some Crate Paper die cuts that were in one of my Jenni Bowlin kits, and I loved the little squirrel, but he was the wrong color. So I adhered some Razzleberry Lemonade paper to some plain chipboard for sturdiness, then traced the squirrel and cut him out. Voila! It was too late to think of something clever for the sentiment, so I had to fall back with the generic "hi." I've said it before, but I could tell a LOT of people "hi" with my cards! lol!


Okay, gotta dash! Have a super Friday! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!


Recipe
Cardstock: Going Gray, Basic Black, Razzleberry Lemonade dsp.
Accessories: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Black Hemp, Thickers, Crate Paper Glitter Die Cuts, Foof-a-La button, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Dimensionals.

Animal Stories: Let's Do Lunch!

Happy Thursday! Is everyone super excited the new Stampin' Up! catalog is available now?! You can check it out online, click the picture to the right. It is totally fabulous, and you are going to love it!!


For this card, I paired the new little owl from Animal Stories with the retired Canvas Cuts and Fashion District Rub-Ons. Isn't that "Let's Do Lunch!" adorable?! I was trying to stick with SU only products, but I had a scrap of that American Crafts wood grain paper laying on my desk, and how could I pass it up? It was too perfect! The SUPER GOOD news, though, the new SU catalog has a wood grain stamp! Yeeeeaaaaa!


Okay, gotta dash, ten million things to do before summer school is over tomorrow and we leave on vacation, yikes! I'm freaking out inside, just thinking about it...does that ever happen to you?!


Thanks so much for stopping by and for all your super sweet comments lately! Hugs and happy stamping!


Recipe
Stamps: Animal Stories
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, American Crafts patterned paper.
Ink: Melon Mambo.
Accessories: Latte Button, Linen Thread, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" & 1 3/4" Circle Punches, Dimensionals, retired Canvas Cuts and Fashion District Rub-Ons.

Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #38

This week's challenge at Cuttlebug Challenges is to use red, white, and blue and add buttons! Perfect timing, right?! Be sure and check out the creations from the rest of the design team using the new Cuttlebug Stars folder (I'm not-so-patiently waiting for mine to arrive, hee! hee!). You are going to LOVE it! In the meantime, I used the ever popular, my most beloved Swiss Dots folder, for the stars on my card.




This is just the beginning of the Countdown to CHA...stay tuned to Cuttlebug Challenges to see more awesome projects and sneak peeks of all the new Cuttlebug folders being released at CHA this month! And now, how would you like to win all the new Cuttlebug folders?! Here's how:

1. Participate in all 4 of the Be Inspired challenges this month and you will be entered to win. It's that easy!
   
   
2. Be sure to visit our Design team as they debut the Stars Folder in the new release from Provo Craft!

Don't forget to watch HSN on July 9th for a fantastic day with Cuttlebug. The hours are as follows:
The launch will start at 01:00 AM.
2nd segment 08:00 AM
3rd segment 12:00 PM
4th segment 7:00 PM

I can't wait to share more with you soon!!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!!

Recipe Cardstock: SU Kraft, Little Yellow Bicycle polka dot paper, Jenni Bowlin Soda Water paper. Ink: SU Chocolate Chip craft on bamboo skewers. Accessories: Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder, SU striped ribbon, SU Large & Small Star Punch, bamboo skewers, Jenni Bowlin: chipboard button, rhinestone button, & cardstock alphabet stickers, Maya Road chipboard star, Janome Sew Mini, brown thread.