Fathers Day

With fathers day being next Sunday, we ask that you create a fathers day card. But we have a little twist for you. It needs to be monochromatic, using shades of blue.

 

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Coordinations

Pattern Paper: Stampin' Up

Ink: Memento Paris Dusk and Versa Mark

Die Cuts/Folders: Diamond Embossing Folder

Stamps: SU

Other: Small buttons (SU),  pop dots and sewing

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Easel Card

Happy Tuesday! 

How has everyone been? I have been super busy. Hard to find time to create. 

It is easel card time. I forget how much I like to make easel cards.  They are super easy and the end result is beautiful. 

I used this template: at Splitcoast stampers

I made this card for a girlfriend who's birthday is coming up.... she loves purple. It just ended up being monochromatic. 

I used a technique that I have not tried in a while. I stamped and embossed clear over a pattern paper and then using distress ink, rubbed over the image.... and like magic, it pops out!

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Archivers

Pattern Paper: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Distress Ink-dusty concord

Die Cuts/Folders: Martha Stewart Edge and Sizzix Embossing folder (perfectly paisley)

Stamps: Inkadinkado-bird, SU-sentiment

Other: twine, gems, Copics and clear embossing powder

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Happy Cuttlebug Tuesday!

Challenge if you choose to accept it:

Create a children's card with an animal on it.

I am so glad I bought this elephant from SU.

It is totally not my style but I fell in love.

I did a special technique.

I am going to call it "color over glitter".

I used a special sticker paper that is made for glitter.

I sprinkled the glitter over the whole piece and used my finder to "buff" it into the adhesive. I then stamped the elephant on the glitter. Let it dry for a minute and then went at it with Copics. Yes, I colored over the glitter with the Copics. The glitter does not come off onto the markers.

Isn't that cool?!?!

Recipe:

Solid Paper: Papertrey Ink

Pattern Paper: Sassafrass

Ink: Distress Ink-red, Momento-black

Die Cuts: Spellbinders

Stamps: Stampin' up

Other: ribbon (SU), Gems (richards), sewing, Copics and glitter

We'd love for you to play along at The Cuttlebug Spot.

Happy Monday!

How was your weekend?
We went up to the lake and saw my Grandma, Aunt and Uncle.
I had not been up there since the 4th of July.

I am glad you are joining us today and The Cuttlebug Spot!

The theme for this week is FALL! I love Fall.
The leaves falling, sweater wearing temperatures and crispness in the air.

For this card I decided to use something that I just found at the thrift store, these fall color leaves that are on a wire garland. The leaves are pretty small, about the size of a dime. I left some on the gatland and others I took off of the garland and scattered around. I also used the new Memo Pins from Tim Holtz. They are really fun, pins that have a loop at the end to stick memos or any paper item in.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Sizzix-Swirls
Dies—Nestabilites small round scallop oval

Stamps—Prickley Pear saying
Paper—PTI-Kraft, Daisy D's- Pattern Paper and Archivers-Red

Ink—Distress Ink (Wild Honey and Vintage Photo), Momento black

Other— Sewing, Prima Flowers (colored with Copics), SU Brad, Pop dots, Prickley Pear Transparency, Stickles, Mark Richards Pearls, Twine, Fall Foliage and ScorTape

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

New Cuttlebug Folders!

I was in JoAnn's for the midnight sale. I had 4, 1/2 off coupons and at JoAnn if they are different coupons you can use as many as you want. I was so excited to see that they got in some of the new folders (and they WERE NOT ON SALE). There were not a lot of them left but I did happen to get the Once Upon A Princess set (coordinates with the Cricut cartridge) and a set from Sizzix for Basic Grey.

I love that butterfly one!

The Cuttlebug Spot Monday!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was beautiful here in Minnesota!
We got a lot of yard work done and I decorated the house for Halloween.

I am glad you are joining us today and The Cuttlebug Spot!

The theme for this week is Scary Halloween! I really don't do scary very well, so this is my interpretation of scary. Lucky Prickley Pear has a bulid-a-pumpkin that has two faces, one is nice and one is scary. You can see here that I used the scary face on the pumpkin.

"By the pricking of my thumbs something wicked this way comes"...

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—SU Spider Web
Dies—Prickley Pear Pumpkin, and Swirl from Sizzix

Stamps—Prickley Pear build a pumpkin (including the saying), aand SU Letters

Ribbon—Orange Twill
Paper—Tim Holtz Tag, DVCW-Solid Orange and Black, Green Archivers

Ink—Distress Ink (Wild Honey, Pine Needles and Soot Black), Momento black

Other— Scrappers Floss, Black Glitter and ScorTape

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

Stop by later this week and I will show you some NEW stamps that I found at last weekend stamp show...they are something I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!

Treat box

It's Cuttlebug Spot day!

And we are creating a treat box for halloween. I had so much fun creating this treat box.

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Spider Web-SU, Retro Circles-Quikcutz

Paper—PTI PP on outside, Cosmo Cricket on inside, SU Pattern Orange, Memory Box Stripes

Punches—Martha Stewart Spider web edge punch

Ink—Distress Ink, PTI Snow White, Momento black

Other— Cosmo Cricket box, May Arts Purple Ribbon, Offray Bat beaded ribbon, Pearls Mark Richards, ScorTape, Black Diamond and Dark blue stickles and Making Memories rub-on letters.

Don't forget to stop by The Cuttlebug Spot Blog and play along with the DT.

New design team!

I made the Cuttlebug Spot Design Team!

I am so excited! I love my Cuttlebug and Embossing folders the most!

Can't wait to show you what I create!

Please visit the other team members- Links on the right side of my blog!

Playing a little catch-up

Oh boy, I have not blogged about everyday life for a while.

I thought that I will show you a few things that I've been up to.

A few finds, a few deals, and a few studio changes.

I'll start with this awesome find...

A whole huge bag full of unmount and cling mounted stamps

(mostly flowers and leaves) for 25¢ at a church sale!

This is only about 1/2 of them. I weeded out the ones I will not use

and I will sell them at a stamp sale in March.

New to me Slice!

After seeing the Slice work at CHA I know I needed one.

I have the Cricut, but NEVER use it.

SO I asked a girlfriend who has one, is she liked it..

and funny, she did not use it (she's a scrapbooker)

and she just bought a Cricut.

Day late dollar short, we could have just traded. We did still end up trading

6 Cricut cartridges for the Slice. I think that was a fair trade.

So now I need to get some more cartridges for the slice.

I hope I will love it!

New bracelet!

Nicole made it for me. I picked out the beads, but she made it.

I LOVE IT!!!

Thanks Nicole

New lunch bag.

I NEED to control what I am eating.

to keep my Fibromyalgia under control.

I am supposed to "snack" all day long to

keep my energy leveled out.

This bag has a thin re-freeze cooler thing,

so I can keep it at my desk all day.

It has room for 4 snack tupperware containers

and room for my sandwich.

We'll see if this will help.

Studio clean up!

Old back wall. See to the right the file cabinets

with huge totes on top of them...

I consolidated the totes and put them and the

file cabinets in the closet. I bought another Expedit shelf

from Ikea and put it on top of the other horizontally.

I also got a few more pink "boxes" for the cubbies.

Putting them horizontally, made it so I have a lot more room

on top for display. I moved my tinsel tree up there, and my old retro

suitcase that I store all of my done cards in.

I also got a new shelf (from Ikea) for all of my stamp sets.

See the tall thin shelf on the left of this picture.

As you know I unmounted all of them and put them in CD cases.

Then I moved my "shoebox" shelves in the corner up against the wall.

Old candy jar for all of my flowers. So colorful and fun!

Sewing machine now right behind me under my window.

Enabler alert!!!

New Cuttlebug folders!

I visited a scrapbooking store that I have not been to since 2006.

Scrapbooks Too, in Bloomington. They had in the new folders,

and THEY BROKE UP THE SETS!!!

Oh my goodness, how smart! Cuttlebug has started

selling the new folders in sets of four, not singly anymore.

It cost a little more, but this way I could buy the ones I want

not the whole set for only the one or two that I want.

5 X 7- Bumble Bees, Art Deco, Pears

5.5 X 4.25- Rays (Tim Holtz) and Mushrooms.