Wish You A Meow-velous Day

Happy Saturday!! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend!! It's going to be in the 50's here!! Woohoo...it's feeling like spring!! It's my turn to post on the Die-Versions blog and I have a project to share a project with you using the Cat's Meow Stamp and Die combo from the December Release.

I have so much fun using this set. The adorable kitty, birds and flower are from the Cat's Meow Stamp Set and they were colored with Prismacolor Pencils. I then used the coordinating Cat's Meow Die Set to cut them out.

The butterfly is from the set as well. It was stamped on patterned paper and then again on white cardstock and covered with sugar coating. I then cut around the inside of the glittered one and attached it to the stamped one for sparkle. The sweet sentiment is also from the Cat's Meow Stamp Set. The button is a Wee Petites Button die.

I stamped the awesome paw prints from the Cat's Meow Stamp Set on the inside of the card.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

DL.Art - February Linky

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful weekend :)

Paris Card

Happy Sunday and happy first day of February!! Wow, how did that happen??!! January just flew by!! At least we are that much closer to spring ;) I actually managed a little time in my craft room this weekend!! It seems like forever since I've made a card that wasn't for a DT commitment or guest design spot, and forever since I've been able to enter challenges, so that's what I worked on this weekend. I came across this old MME Paper stack when I was doing some cleaning and I had just enough scraps left to make a card :)

I used several My Creative Time products to create this card. MCT Stitched Rectangular Frames was used and I actually stitched a little on it. My poor neglected sewing machine. An MCT Build a Scripty stamp was stamped in Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress ink on the background. The edges were inked with TH Victorian Velvet, as were all of the edges of the card. The Eiffel Tower is from MCT's Springtime in Paris set and it was heat embossed with vanilla embossing powder and popped up with foam tape for dimension. Paris is from the same set and it was heat embossed in vanilla embossing powder as well. It was stamped on a MCT Stitched Oval die. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves are from Memory Box.

The banners are Taylored Expressions Banner Stacklets dies. The button on the crinkle ribbon is a Die-Versions Button die.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
2. My Creative Time - Photo Inspiration or Sketch (I used both)
3. DL.Art - February Linky
4. Little Scrap Pieces - Show it Off Saturday
5. Jo's Scrap Shack Funday Friday - Neglected Tools (sewing machine)
6. 613 Avenue Crafts - Anything Goes
7. Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
8. Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great day :)

Scrappin4fun Guest Designer Challenge

Happy Friday!! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend!! I'm super-excited to be participating in the Scrapping4fun Challenge Blog's Guest Designer Challenge!! Guest designers from last year are participating in a sketch challenge...I was a guest designer for Challenge #17. I'd love it if you stopped by the Scrapping4fun Blog and voted for my card (my voting number is: 16GDLisaF). Thank you!! :)

This is the sketch we used for our projects.

For my card, I used papers from Prima and distressed the edges. The gorgeous crinkle ribbon is from My Craft Spot, topped with a Die-Versions button die. Happy is a My Creative Time die. It was cut several times and layered together for dimension. Both of the sentiments are also from MCT.

Designs from the paper were cut out with MCT Bunch of Fun Circle dies. The larger scalloped circle is a Spellbinders die. The MCT butterfly was cut twice and popped up with foam tape for dimension. The leaves are My Memory Box Fresh Foliage dies. The sentiment banner is from LaLa Land.

Thanks so much to Rachelle for hosting this fun challenge!! And thank you all for stopping by!! Have a great weekend :)

Colorful Happy Birthday

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! It's my last time posting on the My Craft Spot blog (sniff, sniff) and I have a project with you using some of my very favorite My Craft Spot products :)

It's cold and icy here, so I wanted something colorful that would make me think of spring :) The papers are from The Paper Studio and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The edges were distressed with a Zutter DIA. The ribbon is MCS Spring Breeze Crinkle Ribbon...it's such a beautiful color. The butterflies are from the Small Alphabet die set, and they were covered in sugar coating.

The banners are Ribbons Banners Straight dies. Tiny Doily Dies were used for the sentiment and each of the three layers were popped up with foam for dimension. 'Happy Birthday' is from Simply Sentiments.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Dlart - January Linky

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Sparkly Happy Birthday

Happy Friday!! I hope you had a wonderful week!! It was a cold one here with wind chills in the deep negatives. Brrr...It's my turn to post on the My Craft Spot blog and I have a glittery, sparkly project to share with you with you using many My Craft Spot products :) Have you checked out the sale going on right now...there are still some amazing deals!! But hurry before they are sold out!!

This card really sparkles in person. The focal point is the chandelier image from the Prima paper, captured with the the snapshot frame from the Scraping Life Cards die set. It was cut twice...once in black for a shadow. The top layer was lightly dusted with sugar coating for some sparkle. The edges of the paper were distressed with a Zutter DIA. The butterfly was cut from the Small Alphabet die set in pink vellum. The other two butterflies on the side were cut from the same set but covered with sugar coating. The flowers next to the snapshot are Flowers Rolled Roses dies. The bigger flower on the bottom is constructed of several Flowers Daisy dies in both patterned paper and pink vellum.

Happy Birthday is a Big Words Metal Die. It was cut twice...once in black for a shadow. The top layer was coated in purple glitter. The gorgeous crinkle ribbon is my most favorite color of all...Petal Pink...isn't it beautiful?! The button is a Die-Versions Button die, covered in purple glitter.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

DL.Art - January Linky

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great day :)

Scrapy Land Blog Challenge #8 - Holidays

Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! I don't know about you, but I can't seem to get caught up with all that needs to get done before Christmas. I haven't seen my craft room in days. Ugh. But - it is time for another fun challenge at Scrapy Land. This week, the theme is Holidays using a brand of die that Scrapy Land carries.

For this card, I used heavyweight cardstock from The Paper Studio for the base. All of the other papers are The Paper Studio as well. The edges were distressed with a Zutter DIA. The center oval is a La La Land Stitched Elements die. It was cut twice...once in black for a shadow. The tree is a Taylored Expressions Trim the Tree die. It was covered in Sparkle N Sprinkle Victorian Christmas glitter. The bulbs were covered in SNS Fire Engine Red glitter. The Scarlet Red crinkle ribbon is from My Craft Spot. The button is a Die-Versions Wee Petites Button die, covered in SNS Victorian Christmas glitter.

The poinsettias are Spellbinders Poinsettia dies. The pine cones and berries are from Hobby Lobby.

The inside oval is another La La Land Stitched Elements die. Merry Christmas is from Die-Versions Sweet Wordlet die.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes
2. DL.Art - December Linky
3. Little Scrap Pieces - Show if Off Saturday
4. Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Holidays
5. DoubleClick AKA A Busy Bee - Happy Holidays

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Scrapy Land to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your Holiday project using a brand of die that Scrapy Land carries!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

SCRAPY LAND PRODUCTS:

La La Land Stitched Elements 
Taylored Expressions Trim the Tree
Die-Versions Wee Petites Button 
Spellbinders Poinsettia 
Die-Versions Sweet Wordlet

Celebrate the Season!!

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's my turn to post on the My Craft Spot blog and I have a Christmas project with you today using several of my favorite MCS products.

I had so much fun putting this card together :) I won a giveaway from my sweet blog friend Patti of Cherish Each Precious Day for a copy of CardMaker Magazine's Interactive Cards book. There were so many creative folds and I chose this one to try first. The papers are from The Paper Studio. In the center of the card, I used MCS Tiny Doilies dies and popped them up with foam tape for dimension. The butterflies are from the Small Alphabet set. They were covered with sugar coating. The banner is a Ribbon Banners Wavy die. Merry Christmas is from the Naughty or Nice stamp set.

Here comes the fun part...when you pull the tag, hidden sentiments are revealed!! I couldn't even begin to tell you the steps it took to create this card...there were some sketchy times when I wasn't sure it was going to work at all ;)  Vintage Vanilla Crinkle Ribbon and Cherry Red Twine were used for the tag. Celebrate the Season is from Tiny Tags Christmas. May The True Spirit of Christmas sentiment is from Joy Filled Christmas.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - December Linky
3. Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday  

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great Thursday :)

Noel!!

Happy Saturday!! Did you venture out for Black Friday sales?? I did lots of shopping...all from the warm and comfy confines of home :) What would I do without online shopping??!! It's my turn to post at My Craft Spot and I have some Christmas cards to share with you today :)

I have been having so much fun playing with my early Christmas present (Cricut Explore). I absolutely love the Noel SVG file from SVG Cut Files.com by My Craft Spot and I couldn't wait to use it. I created three Christmas cards using this file and several other MCS products. All of the papers are from The Paper Studio.

I started by cutting out the file in the base paper and then adhering a different paper behind to show through. 'Noel' was cut three more times - once in black for a shadow, once in white and once more in patterned papers. The layers were adhered with foam tape for dimension. The 'N' and 'L' were given an extra layer of foam tape for even more dimension. It was then inserted in the hole created in the base paper. Scarlet Red Crinkle Ribbon was added to this card, along with a Tiny Tags die. The sentiment is from Tiny Tags Christmas and the button was tied with Natural Jute String.

This card was created the same way, using Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon and Sage Jute String.

Snow White Crinkle Ribbon was used for this card and Natural Jute String.

A sentiment from Christmas Chalkboard was stamped on the inside of each of the cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I hope you have a wonderful last weekend of November :)

My Craft Spot Challenge #159 - Thanksgiving/Fall

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend :) Are you getting ready for Black Friday shopping?? I know I am :) It's time for another fun challenge at My Craft Spot. The theme this week is Thanksgiving/Fall. Play along for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to shop at MCS.

So today, I'm sharing my very first project using my new Cricut Explore!! Woohoo!! It was so much easier to use than I feared and it cut perfectly. I was happy to discover that I retained quite a bit from using my Gypsy, so I could pick up what I needed in Design Space. I still have so much to learn, but for my first project, I'm happy :) I've rediscovered my love for Cricut :) My first project was to cut the Curvy Box file from My Craft Spot. You can find the file HERE, and it's currently on sale!!

The papers for this box are from Basic Grey. The label is a MCS Ornate Labels die. The sentiment is from the Fall Leaves stamp set. It was heat embossed in snow white embossing powder. MCS Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon was used and MCS Ivory Twine was threaded through the button.

The papers for this box are from K&Company. Another MCS Ornate Labels was used for the sentiment from the Fall Leaves stamp set. MCS Vanilla Bean Crinkle Ribbon was used and MCS Ivory Twine was threaded through the button for this one, too.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art Linky Party - Anything Goes
2. Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday
3. Decorate to Celebrate - Anything Goes
4. Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday - Thanksgiving

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to My Craft Spot to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your Thanksgiving/Fall projects...I can't wait to see what you create :)

Christmas Candles

Happy Saturday, everyone!! It's my turn to post on the My Craft Spot Blog and I have a 3D Christmas project to share with you!! Have you entered this week's challenge yet? There is still time to enter your 3D Christmas project for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to shop at the My Craft Spot Shop!!

For this project, I wanted to decorate some candles to use as gifts and to adorn the holiday table :)

 

For this candle, I wrapped red wire ribbon around the base and used a sentiment from O Holy Night. It was stamped on white tissue paper and then I stretched the paper over the candle using wax paper to hold it in place, and heated it with a heat gun until it adhered to the candle and the tissue paper disappeared like magic :) The hanging tag is a Tiny Tag die, and it was used with a sentiment from Tiny Tags Christmas. The star and snowflake are from Small Alphabet and they were covered with Sugar Coating. Gems were adhered in the shape of a Christmas tree. Vintage Vanilla Crinkle Ribbon was tied around the candle to finish it off.

For this candle, a sentiment from Tiny Tags Christmas was stamped on a Tiny Doily die and tied off with raffia ribbon. Papers from The Paper Studio were used, along with white tulle and Washi tape.

This is one of my favorite sentiments...it's from the Christmas Chalkboard set. The letters were colored in with a gold pen.

This sentiment is from O Holy Night. I am entering these in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art Linky Party - Anything Goes
2. Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday
3. Decorate to Celebrate - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful weekend :)

My Craft Spot Challenge #157 - Sequins

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! It's time for a new challenge at My Craft Spot!! This week, the challenge is to use sequins...how fun!! I just love using sequins on projects :)

For this card, the patterned paper is from The Paper Studio. The white paper is heavy weight cardstock from TPS, embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The holes were cut with My Craft Spot Tiny Doily Dies, which were also used to frame the holes.

All three sentiments are from MCS's Tiny Tags Christmas stamp set. The holes were filled with MCS Snow Flurries sequins, a touch of glitter and a bit of silver glass beads.

Snowflakes were cut from the MCS Small Alphabet set and covered with Sugar Coating. They were adhered randomly, along with more Snow Flurries sequins. The ribbon is MCS Scarlet Red Crinkle Ribbon.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - November Linky
2. Little Scrap Pieces - Show it Off Saturday

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to My Craft Spot to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your project using sequins!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Blog Hop!!

Happy Saturday!! Welcome to the My Craft Spot Blog Hop, celebrating Kimberly's new release!! All of the new stamps and SVG files are now available for purchase HERE!! Each stop on this hop is also giving away a $10 gift certificate to My Craft Spot!!

You should have arrived here from Gwen of This and That!! If you've just stumbled upon my blog, head on over to My Craft Spot to start at the beginning...you won't want to miss a single stop :)

I absolutely love every stamp set in this new release. I wanted to showcase as many of the fabulous sentiments as possible, so I decided to make an advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas :) One of my favorite decorations to put up at Christmastime when I was young was the Advent Calendar. My sister and I fought over who got to open the little door each day...meaning another day closer to Christmas :) Warning - this is picture-heavy!!

All of the papers for the tags are from old My Mind's Eye Christmas stacks. The Peace banner was created with My Craft Spot's Tiny Banners & Toppers. The letters for Peace and Advent Calendar are from MCS's Small Alphabet dies. The banners are MCS Ribbon Banners Straight dies. They were cut in double sided adhesive and then after the letters were adhered, I applied Sugar Coating over the rest of the adhesive for a beautiful sparkle :)

The flowers are Spellbinders Poinsettia dies and the swirls are from Cheery Lynn. MCS Tiny Tags dies were used for the sentiment from the new Tiny Tags Christmas stamp set. The snowflake is from MCS's Small Alphabet dies and the crinkle ribbon is MCS Snow White Crinkle Ribbon.

Since there are so many tags, I'm not going to go into detail on all that was used except for the stamps. The tag on the left is from Christmas Chalkboard Sentiments and the sequins are MCS Snow Flurries Sequins. The tag on the right is from Merry & Bright. The gorgeous Twine is also from MCS.

Christmas Chalkboard Sentiments on the left and Merry & Bright on the right.

On the left is from O Holy Night stamp and on the right Naughty or Nice. MCS Snow Flurries Sequins were used on the tag on the right.

Naughty or Nice was used on the left and Merry & Bright on the right. Christmas Joy was stamped on a MCS Lacy Banner die.

Naughty or Nice was used on the left and O Holy Night on the right. The sequins are MCS Snow Flurries Sequins.

Merry & Bright was used on the left and O Holy Night on the right.

O Holy Night was used on the right. Ho Ho Ho is from Tiny Tags Christmas and Dear Santa is from Naughty or Nice. It was stamped on a MCS Tiny Doily die.

Naughty or Nice was used on the left. On the right, the sentiments are from to to bottom: Naughty or Nice, Merry & Bright, O Holy Night and Christmas Chalkboard. The ribbon is Scarlet Red Crinkle Ribbon from MCS.

Both sentiments are from O Holy Night. The banner on the right is a MCS Ribbon Banners Straight die.

Christmas Chalkboard Sentiments were used for both of these tags. Silent Night is one of my favorite Christmas songs so I used it on the best day of the year imho - my birthday ;) The snowflakes on the left are MCS's Small Alphabet dies and MCS Snow Flurries Sequins on the right.

Merry & Bright was used on the left and Christmas Chalkboard Sentiments on the right.

Merry & Bright was used for both sentiments. The banner is a MCS Ribbon Banners Straight die on the right.

O Holy Night was used for Christmas day :) Christmas Chalkboard Sentiments  was used on the right an it was stamped and heat embossed on a MCS Tiny Doily die.

Still with me??!! Are you ready to see the entire release??!! Without further ado, here they are...

Naughty or Nice stamp set

O Holy Night stamp set

Tiny Tags Christmas stamp set

Christmas Chalkboard Sentiments stamp set

Merry & Bright stamp set

 You can view all of the new SVG files HERE!!

Aren't they fabulous??!! All of the stamps are available now in the My Craft Spot Store!!

What's a blog hop without BLOG CANDY?! Kimberly is generously giving away a $10 gift certificate to My Craft Spot!! To be eligible to win, simply leave me a comment on this post!! (I will select and announce the winner on Monday morning.)

Thanks so much for celebrating with us!! Your next top on the hop is Saundra!! And in case you need it, here's the blog hop order in its entirety:

Kimberly
Gwen
Lisa  < YOU ARE HERE
Saundra
Heather
Beth
Ally
Kate
Deb
Karen