Die Cuttin' Divas Guest Designer

Hello everyone!  I am so honored to be a guest designer for today's challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas!  This week's challenge is

Purple and Pearls

I love purple, but it's not a color that I go to often in crafting, so I was really excited for this challenge.  I started off with an A2 sized white card, and then put a piece of purple patterned paper on as a background.  I'm not sure where the paper is from, because I found it in my stash.  I used a piece of Doodlebug washi tape along the bottom as an accent.

I cut the oval from Elegant Edges using the Oblong and Shadow features.  Next, I cut the poodle from Once Upon a Princess.  Originally, she was very light lavender.  I found her too difficult to see against the white mat, so I just colored over her entire body with my Versapen.  It gave her just a slightly deeper tone, which I really like.  I made her bow and collar sparkly with some Stickles.  To finish off the card, I added three pearls that I got from Hobby Lobby in the top corner. 

Your challenge this week is to create a die-cut project using purple and pearls and link it up at Die Cuttin' Divas.  There's a ton of inspiration over there from their Design Team- go check it out!  I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  :)

PS- Kudos to anyone who can guess which Disney character my purple poodle reminded me of and the song she inspired me to belt out while I was creating this card. 

Ice cream card

Is it finally starting to feel like summer where you are?  It is here!  In honor of summer, I've got a cute ice cream cone card to share with you today.  The ice cream cone was cut from Once Upon a Princess at 2 inches.  Remember, the size goes by the main image on the handbook, which in this case is the cone alone.  I didn't cut the face, although it was cute, because I didn't feel like having it anthropomorphized today.  I did, however, add a little sparkle with some Cotton Candy stickles.  I picked out some background paper that looked good behind the cone from a Recollections stack that I have and wrapped some ribbon around the bottom of it.  After adhering the ice cream cone, I decided that I needed one more bit of embellishment.  I used some twine in pink and some more in green and strung them both through a white button, then tied them in a bow. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Exploring Cricut- Ice Cream       
 Paper Playtime- 2 or more ribbons (or other fibers)                                   

Fantabulous Cricut- Ruffles, Ribbon, and Bows

Royalty

Hi bloggy friends!  Are you ready for another week, and another challenge at Pause Dream, Enjoy Challenges?  Our challenge theme today is to use Dew Drops (If you don't have Dew Drops, feel free to use buttons, rhinestones, pearls, etc.). 

My project today has four different colors of "Skitttles," a type of Dew Drops.  First, I cut out the crown from Once Upon a Princess and assembled it.  Then I used skittles as jewels in the crown- I used Watermelon, Sailboat Blue, and Purple Twilight skittles as the jewels.  Then I used lilac and cotton candy pink stickles to add just a little more sparkle to the crown.

I spent a lot of time trying to find a good background for the crown.  I finally settled on this dark blue dotted paper from Bo Bunny and a dark blue cardstock base.  I cut the chevrons from light green glitter paper (Recollections brand, I think) and an EK Success punch, and then put them behind the crown.  Then I realized that my Lettuce colored skittles were the perfect match for the glitter paper!  I wanted to make sure that the awesome color of the skittles came through and wasn't muted by the dark blue paper behind them, so first I used some glossy accents to adhere them to some scraps of white computer paper, and then when I ripped them off, there was just enough white paper left to be a barrier between the skittles and the blue paper!

For more inspiration, you can head over to Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenges and see what the rest of the DT made.  Then you can create your own project using Dew Drops and link up to join us!

Yee Haw!

Hello!  Are you ready for another challenge at Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenges?  This week, our theme is:

Use a Hat

This was a really fun challenge!  It gave me a chance to look back through all of my cartridges, because hats are something that I never really paid attention to on cuts.  In the end, I went with one of my newest cartridges, Once Upon a Princess.  I loved this little cowgirl and her hat is so cute!  She's cut at 4 inches, and I used the same colors for her outfit as in the manual, because I loved the combo so much.

My card is slightly smaller than A2.  It's from a premade card base that was given to me by a friend.  I used a cute paper from Echo Park (the This & That: Graceful 6x6 pad) that reminded me of lassos.  Then, I got a chance to use my new Distress Ink (in Old Paper) to ink the edges.  I held off on getting Distress Ink for a long time, but this turned out so cute that I'm positive I'll be getting more.  Watch out, checkbook!

I used a piece of washi tape by We R Memory Keepers as an accent, and then stamped the words using Lawn Fawn's Jessie's ABCs and brown ink.

I used the same alphabet stamps and ink on the inside.  The picture came out way darker for some reason, and you can see the flecks in the paper.  

Our challenge for you this week is to make a project that includes a hat on it- any kind of project!  Link up with us at Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenges and play along!  This week's prize is a stamp set from Cardz TV!

Birthday Cupcake

It's challenge time again at Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenges!   Our challenge this week is:

Desserts!

Birthday season rolls around in my extended family from mid-January through about mid-May, so it's time for me to start stocking up on cards!  What better way than with a nice cupcake card?  I made this card with one of my Christmas presents, the Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartridge!  I cut the cupcake at 3 inches- doesn't she look delicious?- and the tag at 2 inches.  

I went around the edge of the tag with  my Versamark pen to give it some definition and stamped a sentiment from My Craft Spot's "Birthday Wishes" stamp set.  Side note: I had a little extra Christmas money and decided to buy myself Tuxedo Black Memento Ink while I was at Michaels- wow, what a difference between that and the off-brand I had been using!  I definitely recommend it.

For the card itself, I embossed it with a cupcakes embossing folder by Paper Studio (the Hobby Lobby store brand) and then put some extra ribbon that I had on it.  I popped the cupcake and tag up on foam dots and it's ready for someone's birthday!  

Guess what?  It's your turn!  Make a dessert related project- it doesn't have to be a card- and head over to Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenges to link it up and play with us!

Thanks butterfly

Today I decided to add a "thank you" card to my stash- birthday and thank yous tend to be used the most here.

This card is on a kraft base, with a brown layer and then a layer of pink polka dot patterned paper from the KI Memories Classics stack.  I put a piece of washi tape from Target along the bottom as embellishment.  

I cut the butterfly from Once Upon a Princess at 3.5 inches.  The off-white shadow layer is adhered directly to the card.  The butterfly itself is only adhered by its body- you can't really tell by the picture, but the wings are folded up from the shadow.  

I stamped the word "Thanks" from Pink by Design's Big Thoughts in brown ink.  

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Red Carpet Studios Challenges- The Butterfly Effect

Pink by Design- Brown, Pink, and White                                                               

Celebrate the Occasion- Thank You