'Tis The Season w/Ribbon.....{3GJ Challenge # 30}

Morning and Happy Friday everyone!!

I am back hosting the new challenge for

3 Girl JAM 

and

this week's challenge is~ 

'Tis The Season w/Ribbon

The challenge will be open for 2 weeks, 

November 29th~Dec 12th
so plenty of time to create and share!!

Our challenge is being sponsored by:

with a $10 Gift Certificate to the 3Girl JAM store!

Awesome prizes for sure!!!!

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Now onto my project!
I recently won the new Echo Park 'Tis the Season paper pack and couldn't wait to jump into it! I was however holding onto it for the perfect project....
and I think I have found it!

OOOHHHH isn't this so fun??

Here is how I made it~

I used files I picked up from the Silhouette Store

~3D Sled with Present

~3D Presents

and my cameo to cut the sled and 3 presents, all using the coordinating Echo Park papers.

For each of the presents, I wrapped 3GJ crinkle ribbon in Ribbon Candy, Dress White, and Holly Berry. The great thing about the presents is there is room in them for little treats~so fun!!

Then for the sacks I used the small 2" x 3" Cotton Muslin Bags. They are just the cutest and work awesome for holding 2 chocolate nuggets. Since I wanted them more rustic looking, I un~stitched the top, pulled out the drawstring and using my scissors cut off the top.

I stamped the cut Christmas tree using Peeled Paint Distress Ink and the stamp from My Creative Time~ From Our Family to Yours. I wanted to add a bit more color to it, so I added some stickles to the tree and a yellow dot to the top for the star.

(which you can't see due to my bag being folded alittle)

To finish it off, I tied some Moss Jute String around the top and they were ready for the sled.

My sled needed one more thing....a sentiment which I found fit perfectly.

I used My Creative Time~Stitched Oval Die and again the stamp From Our Family to Yours for the "Believe" adding some black brads and foam pop dots.

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with us over at the 

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog!

Remember this challenge will run for 2 weeks so lots of time to get your

'Tis the Season w/Ribbon 

projects in!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!

Have a GREAT Friday!! 
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Entering this into the following Challenges:
Paper Issues~ Christmas

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15
Paper Playtime~Anything Goes

Happy Thanksgiving!......{w/Trendy Twine}

Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
I hope you all have a GREAT day with family and friend and eat WAY too fun yummy turkey...LOL
Every year my husband and I do the cooking and I just LOVE the way the house smells!
Good times, lots of laughs and yummy food....who could ask for more?

Now onto my card....a few of the Trendy Twine DT decided to do another group post sharing Thanksgiving projects~ so make sure you stop by the Trendy Twine blog to see the other projects.
Here is my simple but pretty adorable Thanksgiving card.....

I used a card base file from Lori Whitlock and added designer paper from The Paper Loft.
I did tie a simple bow of Orange Truffle Trendy Twine around the bottom of the card top and then knotted the ends.

For the image, I used a stamp from Inkadinkado that I have had in my stash forever! It has never been inked up and I am so glad I used it...how cute is it...right?

I did scan the image into my computer and then imported the scanned image to the Silhouette Studio. Once there, I did a trace of the image and then made an offset of the image at 0.075. Tada...now you have a perfectly shaped cut of the stamped image . I took it one step further and made another offset so I could add a colored mat to the back of the stamped image.

Once I cut the image out, I stamped it and then colored it using my copic markers and as well as adding some gold stickles to his hat and shoe buckles.

Here is another pic so you can see the dimension of the image as well as see the fun wave shape of the card base.  To finish my card I stamped my sentiment using Joy's Life Stamps~It's All Fall Puns.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ 

The Paper Loft~Funkysaurus

Kraft, Bazzill Brown

Stamps~ 

Joy's Life Stamps~It's All Fall Puns

Inkadinkado~ Halloween Mini Assortment

Cuts/Dies~ 

Lori Whitlock~ Wave card base

Embellishments~

Trendy Twine~ Orange Truffle

Stickles

copic markers

New to Trendy Twine??? 

Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Turkey Day!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15
Paper Playtime~Anything Goes

Thankful......{TKJ Challenge #148}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week the challenge is:

So Thankful

~here is the Thanksgiving card I created~hope you like it~

I wanted to use this adorable image from Some Odd Girl for my card. 

Meet Indian Tia. 

Now my coloring of her is not nearly as good as the SOG DT and/or Kristy does, but she sure was fun to color! Using my copics and and some stickles for the sparkle, I colored her and then set her aside to assemble my card.  I started the card using a Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock base and added layers of Graphic 45 designer paper from the Le Cirque paper pack. Once Indian Tia was dry, she was added it to another mat of the Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock and more of the matching DP. To embellish my card, I added some Cream Twill Tape and just knotted it as well as placed some Custom Fasteners to the corners with some stickles to add more sparkle. For the sentiment, I used a speech bubble die from My Creative Time's Stitched Round Speech Bubbles set and a piece of the Canvas Triangle. Then using a sticker from the Chit Chat Seasonal Word pack I stuck it to the center of the speech bubble.

So there you have it....

my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Some Odd Girl~ Speech Bubbles

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15
Paper Playtime~Anything Goes
Paper Issues~ Grateful for You
Love to Create Challenge Blog~ 3 Fav Embellishments 
(stickles, Ribbon, Brads)

Holiday Tags.....{MCT Designers Challenge}

Hi everyone!!!
I just wanted to pop in with a quick weekend post to share some Christmas tags I made for tag swap I am doing. I was pretty excited to see that My Creative Time's Designer Challenge was for Holiday Tags so I get to enter these over there as well. I ended up making 12 of these and LOVE the way they turned out!
I sure hope you do as well!

What do you think??? I love the chalkboard technique and if you have not tried it yet you really need to give it a go. It is fun and easy and gives a different kind of something to your projects!! 

I used the Just Tags dies and white and chalkboard paper for the tag bases. Then using the Just for You stamp set I embossed the sentiment onto the tag.  For the chalkboard look I took some Frost White pigment ink, a makeup sponge and began my technique.  I inked the edges and lightly brushed the ink over the embossed sentiment. Using a clean edge of the makeup sponge, I wiped the extra ink off the tag and the embossed image and smeared the ink further to give some lighter and darker area.

To finish up my tags, I added some stickles to look like the Christmas ornaments on the tree, green buttons from my stash, some red May Arts ribbon from Sparkly Sweet Craft Notions and bows using Totally White Trendy Twine.

Here is one set of the 12 I made. I just love the way they turned out and hope the the girls who get these love them as well!!

That is all I have to share with you today.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT rest of your weekend!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

My Creative Time~Designers Challenge-Holiday Tags

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15

Merry Christmas......{PKS Challenge}

Hi everyone!!
I wanted to pop in to share a card I made for the new Peachy Keen Stamps challenge that started this morning!
This week's challenge is the sketch shown below...

And here is my take on it...I hope you like it!!

My card is a 4x9 base long card using Echo Park's 'Tis the Season paper pack.
I just LOVE this paper!!! 
I added my layers of the pattern paper and then using my sewing machine added a decorative zig zag stitch around the outside. The Christmas tree is actually a file from SVG Cutting Files~Kawaii Holiday Lollipop Covers. I ended up using the layers for the tree alternating the pattern paper with the green cardstock.
For the star on top I used the new Peachy Keen Stamps Nov SOTM set and the matching SVG. After cutting the star using my cameo, I stamped the stitched star on the pattern paper and then popped it up on top of the tree.

Then for the sentiment I used the Peachy Keen Stamps~ Christmas Tag Minis set stamped on a My Creative Time banner die from the Just Simply Live set.

Here is another angle of the card so you can see the dimension the Christmas tree has. 

For the additional embellishing, I added some Totally Black Trendy Twine and some flat back green and red pearls.

So there is my card based on the sketch. I hope you have enjoyed it!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you all have a GREAT night!!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps~ Sketch Challenge

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge~CAS-ual Christmas

Merry Christmas Cupcake Poppers.......{PKS Challenge}

Morning everyone and Happy Hump Day!!!
Before I share my project I want to let you all know about this fun event!
Damaris over at At Studio D is doing her awesome Christmas special again this year!
Here work is amazing and the inspiration is always AWESOME!
Make sure to check it out!!!



I have my weekly Peachy Keen Stamps challenge project to share with you all today.

Pretty excited about this one :)

I was watching a youtube video done by Savannah O'Gwynn on how to make what she called poppers and bookmarked it knowing I wanted to try them.
Well they were perfect for this week's Anything Goes Challenge 
(well I thought they were..LOL)

So here is my take on some poppers. I hope you like them!
I will be making more of these for sure......for probably every celebration that involves cupcakes :)

How fun are these??? They were super easy to make and with some CUTE PK Gingerbread peeps on them...make for a GREAT Christmas treat!

Here is the first one closer. I used Kraft card stock for the gingerbread peeps and then added some white gel pen to the "frosting" on them as well as some pink chalk for the cheeks.

And here is the other one. For the sentiment, I used a My Creative Time banner die from the Just Simple Live stamp set and "Merry Christmas" from the PKS Christmas Tag Mini set.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ White, Kraft, 

MME~Merry

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~ 

PK~322 Christmas Tag Minis

PK~408 Gingerbread Doll Set

Cuts/Dies~ My Creative Time~

 Label Die from Just Simply Live

Extra's~ White Gel Pen

chalk

glue dots

sucker sticks

So there is my project for this week! I hope you like them! 
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT rest of your Wednesday!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps~Anything Goes

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15

Operation Tag ~ A Birthday Celebration......{Trendy Twine}

Happy Tuesday everyone!
Today is Janice's birthday (Trendy Twine Lesley's Mom) and the DT and some of the Trendy Twiners created some BEAUTIFUL tags to help her celebrate her special day.  
I LOVE making tags and was very excited to be a part of wishing Janice a VERY Happy Birthday!
Here is my tag that I sent to her...Hope she likes it!

I just LOVE MCT stamps and dies....they make putting together projects so easy!
I used the Just Tags die for the base layer and the stitched layer and then stamped my sentiment right onto my designer paper.
Then using the Stitched Party Die banner in coordinating paper, I used my sewing machine to stitch the banner to my tag. I added some Totally White Trendy Twine to the banner edges and further embellished with some matching sequins.
To finish my tag, I added some Christmas Candy 3GJ crinkle ribbon and a sparkly button.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ White, Echo Park~Beautiful Life

Stamps~ My Creative Time~Teeny Tag Holidays

Dies~ My Creative Time~Just Tags

My Creative Time~Stitched Party Die

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~Totally White

3GJ Crinkle Ribbon~ Christmas Candy

Sequins, Sewing Machine, sparkly button

Make sure you stop over at the Trendy Twine blog to see what everyone else created and to wish Lesley's mom a Happy Birthday!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT rest of your day!!
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Entering this into the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15

Happy Holiday's.....{TKJ Color Challenge}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week the challenge is:

A Color one using the photo seen here

I know Thanksgiving is next week and this picture is all Thanksgiving but I wanted to take a few of these colors and make a Christmas card instead.

So using the Browns, Green, Red and Cream from the picture

and the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch

 I came up with this card. I hope you like my inspiration!

I started my card out with a Brown Kraft Cover weight Card Stock and then added a layer of green cardstock and designer paper from Lilybee Design~Jingle Mistletoe. Next using my sewing machine I added a stitched border around the mats. To add some texture and following the sketch, I added a piece of Natural Burlap Ribbon around the center of the card.

Moving onto the focal point of the card. Using some E-Flute Corrugated Kraft Paper, I die cut the piece using My Creative Time~Vintage Stitched Label Die and added more cardstock and designer paper using die cuts from MCT~Scallop & Stitched Circle Dies. For the sentiment, I took a Canvas Tag, separated the layers and die cut the banner shape. Then using the sentiment from MCT~From Our Family to Yours I stamped onto the canvas using Versafine Onxy Black ink.

So there you have it....

my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch~#54

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15

So Grateful For You....{3GJ Challenge #29}

It is a happy day over here....

I am hosting the new challenge for

3 Girl JAM 

and

this week's challenge is~ 

Give Thanks w/Ribbon

This week's challenge will be open for 2 weeks, November 15th~ November 28th , 
so plenty of time to create and share!!

Our challenge is being sponsored by:

with a $10 Gift Certificate to the 3Girl JAM store!

Awesome prizes for sure!!!!

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Now onto my project!

I am hoping you see the same thing I do when I went to put this card together. I wanted it to look like there was a leaf wreath hanging with the sentiment behind....LOL! I think it worked~what are your thoughts?

Anyways I love all the texture with the distressed stripe embossing folder, the stitched leaf dies and the gorgeous Gold Crown crinkle ribbon from 3GJ. Of course I couldn't leave out my machine stitching border :)

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with us over at the 

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog!

Remember this challenge will run for 2 weeks so lots of time to get your

Give Thanks w/Ribbon 

projects in!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!

Have a GREAT Friday!! 

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft, White, colored cardstock from my stask

Stamps~ My Creative Time~So Grateful for You

Dies/Cuts~ My Creative Time~Stitched leaf dies

Embellishments~ 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon~Gold Crown
sewing machine
distressed stripes embossing folder

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Entering this into the following challenges:
Pile it On~Show us Your Tools
Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Paper Issues~Grateful for You

Happy Thanksgiving....{Trendy Twine}

Good Morning everyone!!

It is my DT day over on the Trendy Twine blog 

and this month the DT is showcasing the FAB 

Orange Truffle Trendy Twine

A  twist of Orange and Brown perfect for all those fall projects!

Here is a sneak of what I made :)

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Bazzill Brown, Recollections~Harvest Delight

Stamps~ My Creative Time~ Teeny Tag Holidays

Dies/Cuts~ A2 Fall Acorn Card~Silhouette Store

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~ Orange Truffle

Sequins

Want to see the whole project?? 

Stop on over to the Trendy Twine blog HERE for all the details!! I love popping over to read your comments!! 

New to Trendy Twine??? 

Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Day!!!

FALL Banner.....{Watch us Wednesday w/ TKJ}

Good Morning everyone!

I am so happy to have my project spotlighted over at The Kraft Journal 

for our Watch us Wednesday post

So for my inspiration I thought I would make a FALL Banner using products from The Kraft Outlet along with lots from my stash....Here is it, hope you like it!

(click on the pictures to make them larger)

What do you think??? I wish you could see it in person, the texture with all the fabrics and embellishments really make this one fun banner!

For my banner I started out using 4 of the Mini Canvas Triangles and die cut using wool felt from my stash the circles, letters and leaves, all using My Creative Time dies.

Below are close-ups of each of the panels....again click on them to bring them up bigger 

Once all my pieces were die cut and hot glued to the canvas triangles, I took some buttons from my stash and added some Natural Hemp Cord to each of them.They were tied in double bows, with one bow snipped to add some extra pieces to the bow...looks kinda fun doesn't it???

Finally to finish my banner, I took a Memo Pin and added some words from the Chit Chat Seasonal Word Stickers. I can not get enough of that sticker set....LOL!

I did add some eyelets to the corners of the banner pieces and then threaded some thick hemp like rope through the holes....now it is all ready to hang! 

 So there you have it....

my inspiration for this Watch us Wednesday.

I hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with our current challenge.

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Wednesday!

Sew Sweet.......{PKS Challenge Card}

Hi Everyone!!!
Happy 11~12~13 day....hahaha

 Time to share another Peachy Keen Stamps challenge project :)
This one is for their weekly challenge

I got my November SOTM kit in the mail on Friday and wanted to play with more of the adorable images in the set.

So I took this week's photo inspiration and used the colors from the picture below

To come up with this card.... 

Here is it, Hope you like it!!

OMG I just LOVE this new kit!! Seeing that I LOVE the add stitching to my cards and projects, I was so excited to see that adorable sewing machine and all the fun sewing stamps that came with this set!

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft Card Stock, Echo Park~Happy Camper paper pack

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~ November SOTM

Dies/Cuts~ Peachy Keen Stamps~Sewing Machine SVG

My Creative Time~Teeny Tag Die

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~Totally White

3GJ~Purple Passion Crinkle Ribbon

sewing machine

button

chalk and white gel pen

foam pop dots

That's my card...what do you think?? "Sew Sweet" isn't it? And the colors just seemed to come together in my opinion :)
Well that is all I have for you today.
Thanks so very much for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps~ 13-45 Photo Inspiration

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Divas~Buttons