Kraft w/Ribbon.....{3GJ Challenge #23}

It is a happy day over here....

I am hosting the new challenge over at the

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog

and

this week's challenge is~ 

Kraft w/Ribbon

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

Our challenge is being sponsored by

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

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So here is the card I made based on this week's Mojo Monday Square sketch....

I started out with a Kraft cardstock base and cut all the layers out using a mix of kraft and designer paper from Basic Grey. After all the pieces were cut, I ran the mat through my sewing machine and placed those aside for assembly later. I die cut my Stitched Tab Die from My Creative Time and stamped my sentiment, also from MCT~ Gift Card Sentiment stamp set.

Next using my Silhouette studio I added this cute digi from By Lori Designs, placed a border around him and cut him out so I could color him with my copic markers and embellish his bow using some waterfall stickles. 

Finally to finish up my card I added a nice double bow of Mistletoe Crinkle Ribbon from 3GJ and a custom made Custom Fastener from The Kraft Outlet. I added some midnight blue stickles to the center and they added the completed mat to my Kraft cardbase. 

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft (TKJ Outlet), Basic Grey~Bowties

Stamps~ By Lori Designs~ Lollipop Tanner, My Creative Time~ Gift Card Sentiments

Inks~ Copic Markers
Dies~ My Creative Time~Stitched Tab Die

Embellishments~  Mistletoe Crinkle Ribbon (3GJ),  sewing machine, waterfall and midnight blue Stickles, Custom Fastener (TKJ Outlet)

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

Kraft 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:

Mojo Monday~ Square sketch #304

The Pink Elephant~Masculine Card

Seize the Birthday~ Anything Goes Birthday
All that Stickles~ Waterfall Linky Party
Tuesday Throwdown~Birthday Party
Paper Playtime~Pattern Paper
Pile it On~Anything Goes
Just B Creative Crazy~ Just because linky party
Craftin Desert Divas~ Linky Party

Celebration.....Trendy Twine's 50th Color!!

Good Morning everyone!!!!

Today's post is an exciting one! 

We are celebrating Trendy Twine's #50th color release!

Let me introduce you to~

 CELEBRATION!

A fun Disney inspired twist...isn't is AWESOME!!!!

In Celebration of the new release, the Trendy Twine DT is showcasing this fun new twist by sharing Disney themed projects. Since everyone is a fan of the mouse I wanted to make a card based on this week's Deconstructed Sketch and my favorite Disney characters~ Mickey and Minnie!

I hope you like my creation........

My anniversary is coming up in a few weeks and since both myself and my hubs LOVE Disney I thought this would make a cute Anniversary card for him. 

I don't have any Disney themed cuts but in one of the FB groups I belong to, someone shared this adorable file that I knew would be perfect for my card. I altered it a bit to fit my card as well as made a shadow around them so I could pop both of these characters up for some more added dimension. 

I designed the whole LO in the Silhouette Studio following the sketch and then cut each coordinating piece in the color paper I wanted. After attaching all my layers to my card mat, I ran it through my sewing machine (surprise, surprise right??)

Then using the new Celebration Trendy Twine, I wrapped it around my mat 2 times and tied it into a bow using one the the Stitched Button Dies from MCT as my button. But before adding it as my button, I gave it 2 coats of glossy accents for some strength and shine.

Here you can see the stitched tag die and another stitched button die I used for the sentiment. I did add some more TT Celebration twine through the button and you can see a hint of the red and yellow twist.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ White, Black, Red Bazzill card stock, Echo Park~Banana Tiny Dots

Dies/Cuts~ Mickey and Mini Silhouette (freebie from a group share)

My Creative Time~Stitched Button Dies

My Creative Time~Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Stamps~ My Creative Time~Treasured Moments

Embellishments~ Celebration Trendy Twine, pop dots, glossy accents, sewing machine

Well there you have it! My Disney inspired card featuring the totally AWESOME new Celebration Trendy Twine!! Make sure to stop over to the Trendy Twine blog HERE to see all the other AWESOME Disney projects featuring the new color!

Then make sure to head on over to the store HERE to pick up your new release!!

Trust me this is one color that you NEED to have!!!

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

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Deconstructed Sketch~ #111

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes

Paper Playtime~ Pattern Paper

Die Cutting Divas~Anything Goes

Pile it On~ Anything Goes

Just Be Creative Crazy~Just Because Linky Party

V's Sweet Ideas~Something Twine

Mani & Pedi Time......{MCT 3D Wednesday}

Good Morning and Happy Hump day everyone!!

I am back with my last post as the July Guest Designer for My Creative Time.

You all know by now what a HUGE fan I am of Miss Emma's stamps and dies and it has been an honor to be this month's guest! I hope you have enjoyed all my projects and have inspired at least one or two of you :)

It is 3D Wednesday and I have a fun little gift bag to share! I am in a house full of boys so when I can make something cute and girly I am all over it...LOL

Every girl loves alittle pampering so my project is perfect for that!

Hope you like it!!!

I picked up this super cute Hello Kitty paper pack from Micheal's yesterday after eyeing it for weeks! It has so many adorable papers including this cute polka dot sheet that I used for my gift bag. After cutting the bag out using my Cameo and also cutting the cute nail polish bottle out I put the gift bag together...well actually only really had to glue one side...but I did reinforce the bottom with an extra piece of tape. Then using the Vintage Stitched Label Die and the Mani & Pedi sentiment, I popped it up along with the nail polish bottle to the front of the bag.

After filling the bag with some mani and pedi supplies I closed the bag up with some crinkle ribbon from 3GJ and it is now ready to be given as a gift :)

Supplies Used:

Gift Card Sentiments

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

3D Lori Whitlock Gift Bag

3GJ Dress White crinkle ribbon

Miss Kate Cuttables~ Nail Polish

Hello Kitty Paper Pack

SU Bling

I hope you have enjoyed my 3D project. Make sure to stop on over at My Creative Time for more awesome DT inspiration!!

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

Bumblebee Sneak......{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 new

Bumblebee Twine

I have a sneak of my project but you will have to head on over to the TT blog for the full project :)

I love making CAS cards and for this card I did just that...used some awesome new stamps from My Creative Time and played around with some heat embossing and paint.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock~ Black, white (all from my stash)

Stamps~ My Creative Time~ Things I Love...., Hexy Background

Dies~ My Creative Time~Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~Bumblebee Twine

Creative Inspirations Paint~Deliquesce Fine White Embossing Powder, Sunshine

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!!!

Cute Critters.....{TKJ}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

And this week we want to see your

Cute Critters 

And since I am such a fan of Bugaboo Stamps I used one of their cute critters for my card. Hope you like it!!!

For my card I started out with a Light Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock and added a layer of blue cardstock from the Persnickety paper pad from Lilybee Designs and then a layer of Vintage Dictionary Pages. How fun that the dictionary paper matched almost perfectly the cloud designer paper from my paper pack??? I added  some machine stitching to my mat and then die cut some clouds to use as a border from My Creative Time's~ Stitched Cartoon Cloud Dies. Then using some Natural Hemp Cord and a Custom Fastener I added  some faded jeans distress stickles and my birthday sentiment using the Teeny Tiny Greeting Stamps set with the matching die, again from My Creative Time.

For the cutie critter, I used the adorable Girl Bear from Bugaboo Stamps, traced her in my silhouette studio so I could perfectly die cut a frame around her. She was printed off on the Light Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock, the colored using my copic markers and paper pieced using matching papers from the designer paper pack. I wanted to bling her up a bit more so I added some red stickles to her headband and the heart on her dress and also added a SU gem to the bow. She was them popped up using foam dots to the card.

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:
Seize The Birthday~ Anything Goes Birthday Celebration

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes

Paper Playtime~ Pattern Paper

Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday Linky Party

DL Art~ July Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~Birthday Linky Party

Merry Christmas......{PKS Style}

Happy Saturday Everyone!!!!

We have a busy weekend planned with a trip to the lake for some much need relaxation, swimming and fishing before the upcoming football season begins for my oldest. I can not wait till the season gets into full swing but before we get to being tied to the football field we are going to enjoy the last of our weekend getaways for a bit.

With that being said I wanted to play along with this week's Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge which is this gorgeous photo inspiration and the current sketch from 

Mojo Monday

THE CHALLENGE:

Create a project using the photo as inspiration. Interpret the photo ANY way you'd like, just be sure to let us in on your creative process!
For my card I flipped the sketch and I know there is nothing in this inspiration picture that says Christmas but there are a few other challenges I wanted to enter this into as well and since I had some papers that were a perfect match to the color combo I thought I would use the new July SOTM kit as well. So here is my card...hope you like my non traditional colored Christmas Card :)

Like I said above,  I used the new July SOTM and the matching SVG for the snowman that comes with the monthly stamp club. After cutting him out with my cameo, stamping him using memento tuxedo black ink and coloring his cute face using my copics, I paper pieced his hat, scarf and buttons using an older Recollections Christmas paper pad that I found while going though my stash. Next I designed my card LO in the silhouette studio to match the current Mojo Monday sketch and then cut out all my pieces. I had to add some machine stitching to all my mats, used some Tickled with Teal Trendy Twine, die cut the tags from My Creative Time~Chunky Jar Accessories Stamp Set, and stamped my Merry Christmas sentiment from the July SOTM set.

So there you have it! What do you think??? Such a fun card, right???

Well that is all I have for you....I am off for the weekend but will try to catch up on everyone's projects during the weekend :)
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT weekend!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~Photo Inspiration

Sentimental Sundays~Christmas in July

DL Art~ Linky Party

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

Paper Playtime~ Pattern Paper

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes

Polkadoodles and Studio 12~ Christmas in July

Mojo Monday~ Sketch 303
Little Scrap Pieces~ Christmas in July
Cameo Creations~ 2 Shades of Blue

Designer Challenge "Summer Theme".......{MCT}

Morning and welcome to another 
My Creative Time Guest Designer project!
Today starts a new Designer's Challenge over at My Creative Time~ this one being hosted by the super talented Amy! 
Her challenge~
 a Summer Theme!!
This can be anything that you associate with summertime~ bbq, beach, vacations, a certain color palette, picnic~ really just ANYTHING Summery!

So here is the card I made....my inspiration for this comes from wishing I was Just Chillin! on the beach in South Carolina...unfortunately we wont be doing that this summer... no time to get away :( Such a bummer, but since I can't make it to the beach I can dream about it...LOL!

For my card I started out with a white card base and that fun beach wave paper from Echo Park~ A Perfect Summer. Before attaching my mat to the card base, I added some machine stitching around the border, because, well I really have a hard time not using my sewing machine....LOL! The sun, umbrella and beach chair and both star fish are all from the  Day at the Beach cutting file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon also cut using the matching papers from the Echo Park paper pack. Before adding my embossing on the sand, I stamped my sentiment~ a perfect one for my beach scene from My Creative Time~ Things I Love.... new release stamp set.

I did end up using pop dots for the umbrella and sun to give my card some more dimension. I also added some glossy accents to the starfish (kinda hard to see in the picture).

So there is my challenge inspiration. I hope you have enjoyed my card. Make sure to stop on over at My Creative Time for more awesome DT inspiration!!

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

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon~ Summer Fun

Die Cuttin Divas~ Twice is Nice (2 star fish)

My Craft Spot~ Sew Fun

DL Art~ Linky Party

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Little Scrap Pieces~ Pool Party
Krafty Girls~ Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown~Toes in the Sand
Paper Playtime~ Pattern Paper