CIU #362 - Add a Sentiment

 Hello and happy Friday, today’s project share is a card created for the  Cut it Up challenge blog. This week’s theme is Add a Sentiment. This signature clean and simple card was created using more stash items as I continue to try to de-clutter. The zigzag frame and sentiment are both dies sets from Scrapbook.com. The translucent paper is from a Canson  Effects Papercraft paper pad that has been in my stash for at least six years.

I hope that you will visit the  Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your project using the theme and a die. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, August 17, 2026 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, take care and hurry back soon.

CIU #361 - Emboss It

 

Hello and happy Friday, welcome to another card created for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #361 is Emboss It (dry or heat) and I did both!  I embossed the background panel using the Spellbinders Splatter  embossing folder, colored it using distress oxide ink (stormy sky) and some Recollections ink for the green. Cut the wheelbarrow,  flower pots and tulips using different dies from my stash, heat embossed the sentiment and this card is ready to go postal!

I am sharing this card for the Anything Goes challenges over at A Cut Above and Word Art Wednesday for Weeks #762-763.

Now that you have seen my embossed project I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more design team inspiration. Create and share your embossed project (dry or heat) and don’t forget to use a die. The challenge starts today and ends Monday,  August 3, 2026 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, take care and hurry back again soon.

CIU #359 - Critters

 

Hello Friday, let the weekend begin! The theme for challenge #359 over at the Cut it Up challenge blog is critters. For this card I used patten papers from a Honey Bee Stamps 6x6 pad, the bee is another one of the dies from the 2024 Spellbinders Advent calendar and the sentiment is a die from the Sizzix Bee Happy die set. Added a few pearl gems and this card was done.

I created this card using sketch inspiration from Atlantic Hearts challenge #687, sharing it for the Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday challenge for weeks #758-759 and the Crafting Happiness June (Summer or Anything Goes) challenge.

Please visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your Critter project using a die. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, July 6, 2026 at noon PST. 

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CIU #358 - One For The Boys/Men

 Hello Friday, time for another Cut it Up challenge, this week we are sharing male themed projects. I pulled out the Spellbinders Simon Hurley's U[p and Away die set. For this project I used more of my paper scraps, the background layer was sitting on my desk that was originally planned for another project. I just added a strip of grass, a cloud with the stamped sentiment and some tiny gems and this card was done!

I hope that you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more design team inspiration, create and share your Boys/Men themed project. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, June 22, 2026 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, take care and hurry back again soon.

CIU #357 - Friendship

 

Hello Friday, let the weekend begin! Today's project share is a friendship themed card created for the Cut it Up challenge blog. I used an embossed piece of paper for the base, a die for the flower tub/bucket which I think is an old Honey Bee Stamp die (wasn’t with the packaging). The flowers are from Crafter’s Square and the sentiment was stamped from the  Stampendous True Friends stamp set.

Sharing this card for the Anything Goes challenge over at Word Art Wednesday for Weeks 754-755. and May Anything Goes challenge over at Crafting Happiness.

Now that you've seen my project I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog not only for more design team inspiration but we are hosting a special contest. We are hoping to reach a subscriber milestone on the blog!  Please  see contest specific rules on the blog and share the contest with others if you are already a subscriber.!  Don't forget to create your Friendship themed project and share it also, the challenge starts today and ends Monday, June 8, 2026 at noon PST.

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CIU #356 - Flowers

 Hello Friday, let the weekend begin! Today's project share is my design team member project for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for  challenge #356 is flowers so I reached for two more die sets (flowers and sentiment) from the  2024 Spellbinders Advent Calendar, one of the items that you have in your stash waiting for the right time to use it! This is a true shopping your stash project, the pattern papers are from the American Crafts Cutie Pie paper pad, I  used sketch inspiration from the Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge #681; like when a card comes together as you vision it in your head but I don't like the little pieces in these die sets (maybe that's why they had been tucked away)!

Now that you're seen my flower project I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your project using flowers. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, May 25, 2026 at noon PST. Don't forget to use a die on your project.

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back again soon.

CIU #355 - Something With Wings

 Hello Friday, back today sharing my project for the latest challenge over at the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #355 is Something With Wings.  Trying to step away from what I would normally use I decided to use a flamingo die which went well with the piece of pattern paper that I had recently pulled from a paper pack.  Added a polaroid frame, some leaves, flowers (all cut from different die sets) and a stamped sentiment and this card was done!  

I am sharing this card for the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes challenge for weeks 750-751.

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more design team inspiration. Create and share your Something With Wings project, the challenge starts today and ends Monday, May11, 2026 at noon PST. Don't forget to use a die cu on your project!

Thank you for your visit, enjoy your weekend and I hope you'll visit again soon!

CIU #354 - Colors of Spring

 

Hello, happy Friday; let the weekend begin!  Today's project share was created for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #354 is Spring Colors, 

I used sketch inspiration from Try a Sketch on Tuesday #693, papers from Illustrated Faith, a coneflower die, a Spellbinders die for the sentiment; finished by adding a few gems!  I like how this card came together and the coneflower die is one of my favorites! I am sharing this card for the monthly Anything Goes challenge over at A Cut Above, this month's challenge includes an optional twist - pastels!

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your project using Spring colors. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, April 27, 2026 at noon PST. Don't forget to use a die.

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back again soon!

CIU #354 - Baby or Kids

 

Happy Friday and hello weekend! Today's card share was created for the Cut it Up challenge blog; the theme for challenge #354 is to create a baby or kid themed project. I created this Lego themed birthday card using a circle die, it would have been easier with a punch! The sentiment was cut with a Sizzix die set.

I am sharing this card over at Word Art Wednesday for their Anything Goes challenge for weeks 746-747 and the Anything Goes challenge #274 over at Lil Patch of  Crafty Friends.

I hope that you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your baby or kid themed project. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, April 13, 2026 at noon PST. Don't forget to use a die cut on your project.

Thank you for your visit, enjoy your holiday weekend and hurry back again soon.

CIU #353 - Forever Green

 Hello Friday, I am back today for my  Cut it Up challenge blog project share. This week’s theme is Forever Green. I created another clean and simple card where I shopped my stash and used a zigzag frame die, cut the little worm using my Cricut, added a sentiment and gems to a polka dot card base and this card was done!

I hope that you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your Forever Green  project; don't forget to use a die.  The challenge starts today and ends Monday, March 30, 2026 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, I hope you will visit again soon.

CIU #352 - Happy Birthday

Hello Friday, let the weekend begin! Today's project share is my design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #351 is Happy Birthday and I used a cover plate die from Crafter's Companion as my focal point.  I used random papers from my stash, heat embossed the stamped sentiment and finished by adding some tiny star gems! 

I am sharing this card for the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes challenge for weeks #742-743 and the March monthly challenge over at A Cut Above.

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share birthday themed project using a die. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, March 16, 2026 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back again soon.

CIU #350 - By the Sea

 

Hello and happy Friday and happy post day for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #350 is By the Sea (ocean, lake, river). This clean and simple card came together quickly with a few die cuts, some inking, a few some embellishments and a stamped sentiment.

I hope that you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your By the Sea project. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, March 2, 2026 at noon PST.

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CIU #349 - Makes Me Happy

 

Hello and happy Friday, here to share my design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #349 is This Makes me Happy. I decided to create a layout using some pictures of me, my children and my dad  taken after the celebration of my mom's life service last year.  Family is all we have and anytime I spend with my family is usually happy even though it may not be a happy occasion. We are coming up on a year and it is still hard, I know that there is no time limits related to grief so I try not to dwell on the loss.

When I created my layout I used miscellaneous papers from various paper pada or packages.  I used two different die sets to cut the hearts and my Cricut to cut the word family, used some Echo Park stickers for the word love,  added some Prima flowers and a few gems and this layout was done.  I had a hard time getting a good picture. I am sharing this layout for the Anything Goes challenge #177 over at Love to Scrap.

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration.  Create and share your project using a die and the theme, the challenge starts today ands Monday, February 16, 2026 at noon PST.

CIU #348- My Heart

Hello and happy Friday, we are in a state of emergency as we await a winter storm. Today's card share is my project for the Cut it Up challenge blog, the theme for challenge  #348 is My Heart. When putting this card together I used  Honey Bee Stamps paper,  several different heart dies and some tiny enamel hearts.  The sentiment was cut using a Spellbinder's die.

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your heart project. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, February 2, 2026 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back again soon.

CIU #347 - My Favorite Die

 Hello and happy Friday, my birthday weekend celebrations starts today!  Today over at the Cut it Up challenge blog we are using our favorite dies; for me I am using  my current favorite die.  I go through phases where I use one more than others but I have lots of favorites  Today I'm sharing a card using the postage stamp collage die, I paired it with another die set that I used for the first time this month, the  paint brush and butterflies came from the Spellbinders Paint Your World Collection.  It is several years old and I don't have the entire collection.  The stamped sentiment is also one of my favorites from a Spellbinders Sentiments for You stamp set. I guess you can say I'm using a few of my favorite things!

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your project using your favorite die(s).  The challenge starts today and ends Monday, January  19, 2026 a noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, take care and hurry back again soon.

CIU #346 - Anything Goes

 

Hello and happy Friday, praying that you had a blessed Christmas with family and friends. Today’s card share is the project created for the final challenge for 2025.for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The challenge for challenge #346 was Anything Goes and in keeping with my quest to use unused items from my stash I created a shaker card. When creating my card I used some very old pattern papers from a K&Co mat pad and a Momenta die set for the tree. The die set was one gifted to me a few years ago. The shaker bits have been in my stash  for some  years too, came from the Target Dollar Spot along with the sticker sentiments, I made a lot of cards bout failed to mail most of them, there’s always next year! I'm sharing this card for the December Christmas/Winter challenge over at Die Cut Divas.

Now that you’re seen my card I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge for more design team inspiration.  Create and share your Anything Goes project using a die cut, the challenge starts today and ends Monday, January 5, 2026 at noon PST.  

Continue to be safe during this holiday season! Thank you for your visit, I hope you'll visit again soon.

CIU #345 - Oldie But Goodie

 

Hello and happy Friday, snow mostly gone but the cold temps are here to stay; it already feels like Winter. Today I am sharing my design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog, the theme is Oldie But Goodie.  I chose an item that every time I go to get rid of it, it tugs at my heart!  I really like the Slice little die cutting machine as a matter of fact I'm on my second one! I used two different SD cards on my card, one for the tree and the other for the sentiment.  Everything used to make this card has been in my stash for a while with the exception of the arch shaped die set.  I think the Slice machine is definitely one of my favorite tools! I am sharing this card for the December Anything Goes challenge over at A Cut Above.

Head on over to the Cut it Up challenge blog to see what everyone else has used from their stash.  I hope you'll look in your stash for an oldie but goodie item, create and share your project using a die cut. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, December 22, 2025 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit and taking the time to leave a comment.  Be safe and hurry back again soon. I'm mostly done with my 12 Days of  Crafting challenge but I still have lots to do.

CIU #344 - Fun Fold

 

Hello and happy Friday after Thanksgiving! Today’s card share is my submission for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #344 is Fun Fold, this clean and simple off centered gate fold card came together quickly. I watched several videos on YT, used papers from the Bella Blvd Santa With Love paper pad, cut the angel using the Joys of Samson Cricut cartridge. The sentiment is a stamp and die from scrapbook.com.

I hope that you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your fun fold card. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, December 8, 2025 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, wishing you and your family the best. Hurry back again soon!

CIU #343 - Favorite Color

 Hello Friday, let the weekend begin! Today’s card was created for challenge #343 over at  Cut it Up  for the favorite color theme. I have more than one favorite color but my most favorite color is red! This signature clean and simple card came together nicely once the pattern paper was chosen;  The polka dot piece of paper came from an old Craft Smith 6x6 pad called Peppermint Twist.  I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix Bow Tied  Colorize die with the addition of a gem for the center and  a Tim Holtz label sticker for the sentiment. Although I don't use it often this is one of my favorite die sets!

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration, create and share your project using your favorite color. The challenge starts today and ends Monday, November 24, 2025 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, be well and continue to be safe. I hope you will return soon!

CIU #342 - Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

 

Hello Friday, happy Halloween to those that celebrate. Today’s card share was created for the Cut it Up challenge blog, the theme for challenge #342 is Thankful, Grateful, Blessed. When putting my card together I used a book die, stamp and die set for the sentiment, some glimmer mist and distress ink. This was my first time using the book die and since this card came together nicely I plan to use it again soon!  I am sharing this card for challenge #559 - Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice over at Shopping Our Stash.

Please visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration. Create and share your project using a die cut and the theme, the challenge starts today and ends Monday, November 10, 2025 at noon PST.

Thank you for your visit, take care and hurry back soon.