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.

Wednesday Musings

 

Hello and happy Wednesday, we just may get a break from the rain in our area today!  i need the rain to hold off so I can get a nice walk in, I need to get in at least three miles to meet my monthly goal!  Today's project share is a scrapbook layout created using sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap  11th Birthday Bash sketch #2.  The base came from a real old Recollections paper pad, the pattern papers cam from a Me & My Big Ideas pack, I cut the camera with my SLICE machine, the sentiment and heart came from a sticker pack that has been in my stash for a long time.  Finished by adding a few enamel dots and a sticker for the sub-title.

Thank you for your visit, hope you have an amazing day.

CIU #224 - Mascline Cards

 

Hello Friday and welcome to the weekend.  Today's project share is my design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog.  The theme for challenge #224 is Masculine Cards and the sponsor is Taylored Expressions.

I wanted to do something a little outside of my normal and I had recently purchased the woodgrain  tree ring stencil so I went to their web side for some inspiration.  The only struggle for me is that I don't have very many ink colors just a few distress and oxide inks that I usually pick up on clearance.  I finally settled on vintage photo, I went to my Christmas dies and used one my unbranded tree dies and cut the bear using my SLICE machine (my all time favorite portable die cutting machine).  Finished the card by adding a few black gems and a stamped sentiment.  I really like the end result of the card, there are just a few minor changes that I will make  the next time I use the stencil.

Please visit the Cut it Up challenge blog, create and share your masculine themed project for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from our sponsor.  The challenge starts today and ends Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at noon EST.

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and enjoy your weekend.

Happy New Year

 Hello and happy Wednesday, we are preparing to say good-by 2020 and hello 2021!  Today's card share is a New Years card that I created using some inspiration from Instagram over at @CraftyDares.  The dare was to complete a project using black and gold, Happy New Year and 2021, I accepted the dare using some Recollections 110 lb paper for the base and some DCWV glitzy gold card stock, along with a firework cut from the Stand and Salute Cricut cartridge, used my SLICE machine to cut the sentiment and the CTMH Artiste Cricut cartridge for the numbers.  I added some foam adhesive after cutting the firework die, I will need to do that before cutting it the next time!  I am sharing this card for challenge #195 - New Years over at Always Fun Challenges.  This card is done and has gone postal!

Thank you for your visit and continue to stay safe; I hope you'll come back on Friday for my latest DT project for the Cut it Up challenge blog.

Sunday Musings

Hello and happy Sunday, I meant to post yesterday but as time would have it I didn't.  I was busy all day doing nothing, now I must  busy myself doing things  today that I should have done yesterday so I can be ready for work tomorrow!  I am almost done with my holiday cards so they will be going postal tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest.  Today I am sharing a card that I created for the FB card angel group for a sick child that loves trains.  I used misc paper scraps from my stash, my SLICE for the train, a punch for the stars added a sentiment and the card was done!  Sharing it for the Anything Goes Challenge #25 over at Cardz TV.  Thank you for your visit, hope you have a wonderful week.

Hello

It's Sunday and the start of another work week and I'm starting early.  I'm stopping by today with a driveby post as there just never seems to be enough time!  Today I am sharing another clean and simple card that I created using sketch inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches.  I used TH distress ink for the base of the card (hard to see in the picture),  scraps from my stash, cut the little sail boat with my SLICE, a stamp and a few sequins and this card was done.  This card is going postal to a little boat that recently lost his mother so we are sending him and his brother care packages.  Take care and have a wonderful week.

Thinking of You

Hello Friday and the start of the holiday weekend!  Today I am back with my second guy card inspired by the video hop that I mentioned yesterday.  Today's card inspiration came from a video shared by Dana Joy, there are some differences between her card and mine so you should see hers also!  I used a kraft card base, wood grain embossing folder, ink, a punch, twine and I cut the tag with my SLICE.  It's hard to tell in the picture but I did rub the ink pad across the embossed layer I might use a different ink if I try that again.  I'm also sharing this card for this week's Get Inky challenge over at Use Your Stuff, these guy cards are certainly making me dig through my stash of unused stuff! I gave this card to my DH to send to one of his fraternity brothers that is currently in the hospital being treated for Leukemia.

Take care, have a safe holiday weekend, I'll be back tomorrow to share another guy card.

Friday Musings

It's the weekend, sure hope I can make it through the work day since it is now 2:25 in the morning and I am wide awake.  I missed the news so I was asleep before 11:00 but was awaken  as my DH was working from bed but eventually decided he needed to go in.

Today I am sharing a LO that has been siting unfinished for quite sometime.  It uses pictures taken when my BIL was the guest speaker during scholarship Sunday at my in-laws church.  Everything used has been in my stash for at least two years or more; I cut the church die using my SLICE. I cut the little flags with my little Crafter's Companion Diamond Press machine that I purchased during one of HSN's craft shows; of course I didn't need it!   I am sharing this LO for  challenge #212 -more than one photo over at  Use Your Stuff.   Another LO (first 2 -page) completed for my 2016 challenge.

Thank you for your visit, have a great weekend.

Holiday Greetings

It's Thursday and the week is winding down but I'm gearing up for two holiday parties and a flurry of shopping that has to be done!    I'm the type of person that sits down on Christmas Eve evening and wraps gifts and it looks like I'll be doing the same thing this year!  I'm back today to share another holiday card that I put together using paper from the same paper stack from a few days ago.  I really think it is American Crafts, need to confirm that the next time I use a sheet of it.  I cut the tag using my SLICE and the bow is from the cricut CTMH Artiste cartridge and the sentiment is a die cut with my Cuttlebug.

Take care and enjoy your day!

Monday Musings

Hello and happy Monday, I have been a busy little scrapper but still not able to catch up or do all that needs to be done!  The weekends go by way too fast and I don't know where the time goes.  Today I am sharing a LO that I've been trying to do for the last two years, I just finished it over the weekend. It uses pictures taken the day our daughter got her braces and now that they are off I need to scrap those pictures!   The LO base came from one of the Craft Smith paper pads that I picked up recently when Michaels had the hot buy pads for $5 and the other paper is from that Momenta paper pack that I picked up from Tuesday Morning and I have been using it alot lately.  The braces stickers are from Jolees, the smiley faces have been in my stash forever, I cut the title with my SLICE and a few Queen & Co jellies and the LO was finally done.

Take care and have a great week.

Season for Giving

I struggled with whether I was going to share this LO or not because I had mixed feelings about it. This  is another LO for my daughter's Girl Scout album,  The LO uses pictures of decorated boxes that the scouts filled with items for kids that were hospitalized during the holiday season.  My daughter filled her box with items for a little boy so I embellished the LO with items that she included in her box.  The tag was cut with my SLICE and the sentiment was cut with the Cameo and the veneer embellishment are from AC.  This makes the 13th LO of the year!

Take care and enjoy

Wednesday Wanderings

It's Wednesday and welcome to another edition of Wednesday Wanderings!  Back at work today after an inclement weather day yesterday, they are calling for more snow this afternoon.  I sure hope that it doesn't happen, It's time for the kids to get back in the classroom and out of their parents refrigerator! I know because while I was home yesterday that's all I did was eat and sleep!  I did manage to work on a few projects but didn't get as much done as I wanted!

Today's project is another page from my Artful Journey Through Scripture journal which is a part of a FB group called  Hide His Word in my heART.  This page is from week 4 and we are up to week 7 so I'm playing catch up!  I have just two more and I'll be current.  The butterfly paper is some that I picked up while I was in GA over the weekend as I thought I'd have time to work on my journal but that didn't happen.  I will use the balance of the sheet for a birthday card or two.  I used my SLICE for the die cuts and added a few rhinestones and the page was done!

Take care and be safe if you are in the pathway of wintry weather.

Hello Friday

Today's simple card was created using inspiration from sketch #307 from Clean & Simple Stamping.  This card too took many twists and turns before I decided it was done!  The flower is from Recollections, the glittered adhesive tape is from American Crafts, I used my SLICE to cut the little tag and the sentiment is from a CTMH a stamp set.  You can't get any simpler than that! Wishing you and yours a great weekend

Hello Sunday

I have mixed feelings about my personal challenge coming to an end,  I know that my sister is smiling down and cheering that I have kept at it; if only she were here to see.  I'm okay just missing her so, she was my biggest cheerleader!  Today's LO is one that should have been completed some time ago.  For this two page LO I used paper from the DCVW Textures and Finishes stack, I like the look and feel of it so I didn't want to add too much outside of the pictures.  When I scrap I always want the pictures to tell the story so I keep the embellishments to a minimal.  I used my SLICE to cut the lettering and my cameo for the emblem.  Take care and I'll be back tomorrow to share the final project for this challenge!

10K Ready

Today's LO will be included in DD's school album, it uses pictures taken just before they were about to participate in last month's 10k.  We were so proud of her as it was her first time participating in  a 10k and it rained; she really doesn't care for the outdoors!

The inpsiration for the LO came from the Desk to Done challenge #30 hosted by Tiare from Embrace Your Art.  I really wanted some running themed paper but I didn't have any and I couldn't find any at the three stores where I looked so I settled on some Get Your Game on Paper from Little Yellow Bicylce.  Even though this is another simple LO I used four different machines to cut the embellishments and lettering.  The stars are EK Success stickers and the bling Jolee's; which is an EK Success brand (something I recently learned). 

Smile

Today's simple card is one that I started while I was away for the weekend but for some reason never put it all together.  I'm sharing this card for week #11 blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  This challenge was to create a project using animal print.  The sketch inspiration for this card comes from sketch #284 over at Clean & Simple Stamping.  I struggled with the title and embellishements for this card since I had limited supplies with me, I used my SLICE to cut the sentiment.  The hint of red was a suggestion from Sharon, the coloring is a little off for the little wooden embellishments.  I've got to get on the ball because my cards are stacking up and not making it to the post office.  Last full day of Winter, come on Spring!

Kappa Wives

Hello and Happy Friday!  I finally finished the LO that I started a week ago during the Scraps of Color Anniversary Pajama Party.  I used the provided sketch for inspiration and a picture from an event that we attended in June.  The papers used were from several packs, I  used my Slice to cut the word Kappa and the thickers for the word wives.  I struggled with which colors and embellishments to use since I tend to use the same colors when I scrap Kappa related pictures.  I especially like the pearls around the picture  and the flower  by Webster's ( a gift from a sista friend).  Thank you for your visit, have a great weekend.

Hello Fall

Hello Monday, the weekends go by way too fast! We are gearing up for some great weather this week which is good since the State Fair is in town and that usually means rain for ten days straight! Today I'm sharing a card that I put together using this week's sketch over at Operation Write Home. I am also sharing this card for week #38 blog challenge over at Scraps of Color. Over at Let's Get Sketchy their weekly challenge was to share a Fall or Halloween inspired card. I even pulled out my SLICE and cut the leaf which I misted, not sure you can see that in the picture. Thank you for your visit, wishing you and yours a blessed week

 

Wednesday Wanderings

Its Wednesday, mid July and I'm here with another edition of Wednesday Wanderings. I don' t know where the time has gone. Lots going on as usual and of course my mind is racing as I type this post! I forgot that I have a training class this morning and I need to decide how I'm going to get there, its too hot to walk, no parking if I drive and the shuttle maze is another story.

Today I am sharing a card that I started last night and finished this morning using sketch #249 from Clean & Simple Stamping.   I used paper from the Provocraft 6x12 celebrations stack along with one of my favorite border punches from EK Success. I used my SLICE to cut the flower and sentiment tag, the button came in a bag from the daily scrapbook deals peachycheap website.

We are headed to a B.B. King concert this evening, its outside so I hope the weather cooperates. This means I won't have time to work on today's assignment for the SASIE challenge unless by some small miracle I can pull it off when I get home tonight. I just don't know why I can't bring myself to get in the habit of making page kits!

Thank you for stopping by, have a great day and try to stay cool!

Last Day

Happy Friday, more social events this weekend so no time to play!  Today I am sharing a LO that I created as part of our daughter's middle school experience.  The LO uses pictures taken as we were about to leave home and of her running into the door of the school on the last day of school last week.  We have to do better next year with getting out of the house on time!  The sketch used is one of Tiare's from iClassygirl she shared it for us to use during last week's Friday Night Chat challenge over at Scraps of Color and I am also sharing this LO  for June's I Scrapbook, Therefore I Am challenge over at SOC too.  Have a great weekend!