FCCB Challenge #144--It's a Man's World

Hello!  Today I am posting a card for the FCCB challenge.  I actually made two cards but I would like to submit the first card in this post.  The first card is a shaped card.  I made it as an anniversary card for my husband, this is actually the second card I made.  I used the Campin' Critter cartridge to make this card.  The card is one of the features on the cartridge and then I cut the sign and all the layers.  I also cut two fish from Camp Out.   I left one of the fish as it was and the other I trimmed the fins and head off and then embossed it, to give it a little dimension.  I inked the edges of the fish and the embossing to make it pop.  I also added a line in the fish's mouth to show it "hooked".  The entire sign is placed over the base layer of the card on foam dots, that helped with the text on the bottom of this layer.

The picture above shows some more of the details.  I placed some cream burlap below the top layer.  I let some of the frayed burlap hang out below the layer and then I layered some thin red ribbon above for some added dimension.  I love the way this card turned out.  I have not stamped a sentiment in the card, I think I will just write my own in the card.

 

The first card I made is a masculine Valentine's card.  I had intended to submit is but something was missing I am just not sure what though.  I used the same Campin' Critter cartridge to make the sign.   

 

I distressed the edges of of the sign and popped it up over a some masculine papers.  I added some frayed burlap to add a little texture and then added three little buttoms.  I stamped "TOGETHER" inside the card.  I think my husband will love this card.  I really enjoyed this challenge.  I ended up making two cards that weren't what you would think of as traditional for Valentine's or Anniversary.

 

I hope you enjoy this.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret

Hello!  Today I am posting a card for the FCCB challenge.  I actually made two cards but I would like to submit the first card in this post.  The first card is a shaped card.  I made it as an anniversary card for my husband, this is actually the second card I made.  I used the Campin' Critter cartridge to make this card.  The card is one of the features on the cartridge and then I cut the sign and all the layers.  I also cut two fish from Camp Out.   I left one of the fish as it was and the other I trimmed the fins and head off and then embossed it, to give it a little dimension.  I inked the edges of the fish and the embossing to make it pop.  I also added a line in the fish's mouth to show it "hooked".  The entire sign is placed over the base layer of the card on foam dots, that helped with the text on the bottom of this layer.

The picture above shows some more of the details.  I placed some cream burlap below the top layer.  I let some of the frayed burlap hang out below the layer and then I layered some thin red ribbon above for some added dimension.  I love the way this card turned out.  I have not stamped a sentiment in the card, I think I will just write my own in the card.

 

The first card I made is a masculine Valentine's card.  I had intended to submit is but something was missing I am just not sure what though.  I used the same Campin' Critter cartridge to make the sign.   

 

I distressed the edges of of the sign and popped it up over a some masculine papers.  I added some frayed burlap to add a little texture and then added three little buttoms.  I stamped "TOGETHER" inside the card.  I think my husband will love this card.  I really enjoyed this challenge.  I ended up making two cards that weren't what you would think of as traditional for Valentine's or Anniversary.

 

I hope you enjoy this.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret

Paper Playtime & Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges #1

Hello again!  I am posting a two page layout to PPT and PDE and I apologize upfront for all the photos, this was a very detailed layout.  For the PPT challenge my pets were birds and for the PDE challenge I tied ribbons to my photo mattings.  Just a little background information for the layout....On Christmas night, we had approximately 5" inches of snow and the next morning I fed birds (and took quite a few pictures) with some fresh feed and they ate the leftover reindeer food (from the night before).  There was one little bird that stayed at my feet, within 1 ft, and I sat there and took pictures for over an hour, while my kids were warming up with hot cocoa.

I stamped my title on some vellum that was cut using the Elegant Edges cartridge on my cricut, close up below.    I loved the way the vellum added a little dimension to the layout.  The photo mattings were also cut from the Elegant Edges and I tied ribbon at the bottom of each matting.  I used bird die cuts from K& Co for the birds.  I don't think that any I cut out would have looked as nice as those.  I added some studs to the photo mattings with my i-Rock tool. 

 

On the second page of the layout, I continued with the photo mattings and I added some flowers that I cut from the Flower Shoppe cartridge.  I shaped and inked the edges of the flowers to add some dimension.  I cut greenery from the Storybook and Flower Shoppe cartridges and they were inked also to add some dimension.  I cut a sign from the Campin Critter cartridge also, I think that I could have left that off , but I decided that after it was placed.  I used vellum again for a sentiment. 

I hope you enjoyed this.  Thanks for taking a look.

 

Margaret

 

 

Hello again!  I am posting a two page layout to PPT and PDE and I apologize upfront for all the photos, this was a very detailed layout.  For the PPT challenge my pets were birds and for the PDE challenge I tied ribbons to my photo mattings.  Just a little background information for the layout....On Christmas night, we had approximately 5" inches of snow and the next morning I fed birds (and took quite a few pictures) with some fresh feed and they ate the leftover reindeer food (from the night before).  There was one little bird that stayed at my feet, within 1 ft, and I sat there and took pictures for over an hour, while my kids were warming up with hot cocoa.

I stamped my title on some vellum that was cut using the Elegant Edges cartridge on my cricut, close up below.    I loved the way the vellum added a little dimension to the layout.  The photo mattings were also cut from the Elegant Edges and I tied ribbon at the bottom of each matting.  I used bird die cuts from K& Co for the birds.  I don't think that any I cut out would have looked as nice as those.  I added some studs to the photo mattings with my i-Rock tool. 

 

On the second page of the layout, I continued with the photo mattings and I added some flowers that I cut from the Flower Shoppe cartridge.  I shaped and inked the edges of the flowers to add some dimension.  I cut greenery from the Storybook and Flower Shoppe cartridges and they were inked also to add some dimension.  I cut a sign from the Campin Critter cartridge also, I think that I could have left that off , but I decided that after it was placed.  I used vellum again for a sentiment. 

I hope you enjoyed this.  Thanks for taking a look.

 

Margaret

 

 

Jaded Blossom Challenge: Anything but a Card

Hello!  Today I am posting my entry into the Jaded Blossom Challenge.  I decide to make a two page layout.  Every year we feed Santa's reindeer and I usually get pictures of all the kids and my husband tossing out the feed.  This year was a little different, my husband got a few pictures of me helping the kids feed the reindeer.  Having six kids, only 5 of the understanding what is going on though, you understand that there was a LOT of feed tossed out.  I am not sure how the reindeer took off after eating my kids' offering and there were a lot of left overs.  Christmas morning we had a gorgeous array of birds snacking on these left overs. 

I started with two sheets of coordinating paper, I think they were Recollection brand from Michaels that I picked up a couple of years ago.  I cut my title, mattings and reindeer crossing sign with my Cricut ( I will put more details below). 

 The next picture below has the title.  I cut "WE" from the Pooh fonts cartridge, "believe" was from the Gypsy Wanderings and the Reindeer crossing sign was made from a sign on Campin' Critter cartridge and a deer from Joys of the Season cartridge.  I used a dies and stamps from My Creative time to create the year piece and all the journaling areas.  

Page two has three mattings and a jar filled with reindeer food, below.  The jar was from the Spread the Love set , Jaded Blossom .  I stamped the jar twice once on white paper and the second time on craft paper.  I embossed dots on the craft paper, to look like bird seed, and then spread glitter glue over the craft paper.  I made a flag with a sentiment from the same set, but I changed Love to Magic, sorry I had to use a My Pink Stamper for that.  I created a brad with "I believe" from the Christmas candies.  I didn't get it centered up perfectly but it fits just right on the "i-Topper" 22 mm brad.  The picture of this detail is below second page of the layout.   

 

Well, I hope you enjoyed this layout.   See you again soon and thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret 

Hello!  Today I am posting my entry into the Jaded Blossom Challenge.  I decide to make a two page layout.  Every year we feed Santa's reindeer and I usually get pictures of all the kids and my husband tossing out the feed.  This year was a little different, my husband got a few pictures of me helping the kids feed the reindeer.  Having six kids, only 5 of the understanding what is going on though, you understand that there was a LOT of feed tossed out.  I am not sure how the reindeer took off after eating my kids' offering and there were a lot of left overs.  Christmas morning we had a gorgeous array of birds snacking on these left overs. 

I started with two sheets of coordinating paper, I think they were Recollection brand from Michaels that I picked up a couple of years ago.  I cut my title, mattings and reindeer crossing sign with my Cricut ( I will put more details below). 

 The next picture below has the title.  I cut "WE" from the Pooh fonts cartridge, "believe" was from the Gypsy Wanderings and the Reindeer crossing sign was made from a sign on Campin' Critter cartridge and a deer from Joys of the Season cartridge.  I used a dies and stamps from My Creative time to create the year piece and all the journaling areas.  

Page two has three mattings and a jar filled with reindeer food, below.  The jar was from the Spread the Love set , Jaded Blossom .  I stamped the jar twice once on white paper and the second time on craft paper.  I embossed dots on the craft paper, to look like bird seed, and then spread glitter glue over the craft paper.  I made a flag with a sentiment from the same set, but I changed Love to Magic, sorry I had to use a My Pink Stamper for that.  I created a brad with "I believe" from the Christmas candies.  I didn't get it centered up perfectly but it fits just right on the "i-Topper" 22 mm brad.  The picture of this detail is below second page of the layout.   

 

Well, I hope you enjoyed this layout.   See you again soon and thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret 

Peachy Keen Challenge 13-2: Sketch

Hi!  Today I am posting my entry into the Peachy Keen Challenge.  I have created a single page layout for my boys.  A single page layout is a rarity in this household.  With six kids that generally do everything together, I don't get many opportunities to do single pages.

The base sheet is a denim print.  I trimmed burlap to make the larger matting and the strip on the bottom.  I really like the way this turned out.  I then cut a white sheet to make my smaller mat.  I then

used several stamps, from the boy themed stamps by My Pink Stamper, to create my background stamping.  I love it.  My boys helped me pick out the stamps that were used.  The sentiment on the oval was from TPC Studio and this was placed over a cut from Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge.  My boys thought that it needed a truck to be masculine, so I added a truck that was stamped and embossed (truck stamp in one of the Tim Holtz sets I have).  Below is a close up of the background stamped matting and the sentiment.

 

 

Well, I hope your enjoyed my post.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret



Hi!  Today I am posting my entry into the Peachy Keen Challenge.  I have created a single page layout for my boys.  A single page layout is a rarity in this household.  With six kids that generally do everything together, I don't get many opportunities to do single pages.

The base sheet is a denim print.  I trimmed burlap to make the larger matting and the strip on the bottom.  I really like the way this turned out.  I then cut a white sheet to make my smaller mat.  I then

used several stamps, from the boy themed stamps by My Pink Stamper, to create my background stamping.  I love it.  My boys helped me pick out the stamps that were used.  The sentiment on the oval was from TPC Studio and this was placed over a cut from Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge.  My boys thought that it needed a truck to be masculine, so I added a truck that was stamped and embossed (truck stamp in one of the Tim Holtz sets I have).  Below is a close up of the background stamped matting and the sentiment.

 

 

Well, I hope your enjoyed my post.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret



The Cuttlebug Spot Tuesday Challenge: Triangles

Hello!  Today I am posting a card and envelope for the Cuttlebug Spot Tuesday Challenge:  Get into shape, triangles.  I made a card and envelope from GCD studios, Artsy Urban Melody Ross collection of papers.  The card is on the left and the envelope is on the right.

 

I cut the card and the envelope from My Creative Time dies.  Those two dies made creating this so easy.  Below is the a better view of the card alone.  My triangles are inside the card, as pennants.  I wanted to make my card special so I put pennants inside the card with a message, HI. 

  

 

I am not sure if you can tell, but this paper has glitter all over the flowers.  I added a button to the center of the red gingham flower for a little dimension.  I also added a little ribbon to the card also.  Below is a picture of the inside of my card.  I cut the pennants from the Something to Celebrate cartridge and the letters from the Type Candy cartridge on my Cricut.  I just penned the string on the pennants.  There is still plenty of room in the card for a personal message even with the pennants.

   

 

I used a coordinating patterned paper for the envelope.  I cut a label with a My Creative Time die.  I trimmed the label up a bit and did a little distressing and adhered it to the from of the envelope, so that I could write the recipient's name.  I cut a mini tag and stamped it with a sentiment, both were from you guessed it My Creative Time.

  

 

Hope you enjoyed the card and envelope I shared today.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret Peppers

Hello!  Today I am posting a card and envelope for the Cuttlebug Spot Tuesday Challenge:  Get into shape, triangles.  I made a card and envelope from GCD studios, Artsy Urban Melody Ross collection of papers.  The card is on the left and the envelope is on the right.

 

I cut the card and the envelope from My Creative Time dies.  Those two dies made creating this so easy.  Below is the a better view of the card alone.  My triangles are inside the card, as pennants.  I wanted to make my card special so I put pennants inside the card with a message, HI. 

  

 

I am not sure if you can tell, but this paper has glitter all over the flowers.  I added a button to the center of the red gingham flower for a little dimension.  I also added a little ribbon to the card also.  Below is a picture of the inside of my card.  I cut the pennants from the Something to Celebrate cartridge and the letters from the Type Candy cartridge on my Cricut.  I just penned the string on the pennants.  There is still plenty of room in the card for a personal message even with the pennants.

   

 

I used a coordinating patterned paper for the envelope.  I cut a label with a My Creative Time die.  I trimmed the label up a bit and did a little distressing and adhered it to the from of the envelope, so that I could write the recipient's name.  I cut a mini tag and stamped it with a sentiment, both were from you guessed it My Creative Time.

  

 

Hope you enjoyed the card and envelope I shared today.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret Peppers

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #143: Tag You're It!

Hello.  Today I am posting my entry into this week's Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  I created a tag for my Valentine.

 

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I used the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more cart to cut the tag twice, once in a double sided patterned paper by K & Co and then a second time in vellum.  I then embossed the vellum with D'vine Swirls.  I cut the large dark pink flower using the Flower Shoppe cart.  The other flowers were cut

from a die.  The greenery was cut from Storybook and Flower Shoppe carts.  I cut a flag and stamped LOVE, Jaded Blossom stamp, on it.  Below is a close up of the flowers.

 

 

On the back side I stamped to and from, from a set of My Creative Time stamps, on a label I cut from a small die.  I also stamped a small heart and flourish on this side.  The heart and flourish is from Technique Tuesday.

 



 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like my tag.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret Peppers

 

 

Hello.  Today I am posting my entry into this week's Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  I created a tag for my Valentine.

 

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I used the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more cart to cut the tag twice, once in a double sided patterned paper by K & Co and then a second time in vellum.  I then embossed the vellum with D'vine Swirls.  I cut the large dark pink flower using the Flower Shoppe cart.  The other flowers were cut

from a die.  The greenery was cut from Storybook and Flower Shoppe carts.  I cut a flag and stamped LOVE, Jaded Blossom stamp, on it.  Below is a close up of the flowers.

 

 

On the back side I stamped to and from, from a set of My Creative Time stamps, on a label I cut from a small die.  I also stamped a small heart and flourish on this side.  The heart and flourish is from Technique Tuesday.

 



 

 

 

 

 

I hope you like my tag.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret Peppers

 

 

Scrappy Moms Stamps: Terrific Tuesday Challenge

Hello!  Today I am submitting my entry into the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  I looked at all the inspiring projects on the blog and I found the "secret phrase", Baby New Year.  I actually completed two projects, a two page scrapbook layout and a card; but I am submitting the two page layout. 

 

This is the first page.  I used die cuts for the snowman's banner, the journaling cards, the snowman, and all the picture mats on both sheets.  The picture mats are cut from the Cricut "Elegant Edges" cartridge.  Below are some details of the first page.  There is also glitter on part of the title. 



I used several different paper patterns, some are monochromatic.  On the second page I have mattings fore three pictures and there is a sentiment at the bottom of the page.  I used glitter on two of the small sentiments that are on the mattings.

 



 

The smaller sentiments are from My Creative Time and the large sentiment at the bottom left had corner is My Pink Stamper (can be seen close up below).  I embossed my tree to add some dimension.  You can't really tell from this picture above but there is some red glitter on the small, Let it Snow, sentiment.  I really enjoyed this challenge, I tried using a few things that I normally avoid.  I used the top row:  snowflake, patterned paper, and glitter.
 

     I was so inspired a made a shaped card.  I liked it so much I made two.  One to use now and one to put in my stash for later.
 

 

 

I embossed the "Nice to SNOW ya!" on my ribbon.  I would normally not try this but it worked out so well.  I just love it!  I stamped "Thanks snow much" inside the card to finish it up. Both of the sentiments on this card are from My Pink Stamper.  

Well, I hope you enjoyed my projects.  I had so much fun.!  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret Peppers

Hello!  Today I am submitting my entry into the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  I looked at all the inspiring projects on the blog and I found the "secret phrase", Baby New Year.  I actually completed two projects, a two page scrapbook layout and a card; but I am submitting the two page layout. 

 

This is the first page.  I used die cuts for the snowman's banner, the journaling cards, the snowman, and all the picture mats on both sheets.  The picture mats are cut from the Cricut "Elegant Edges" cartridge.  Below are some details of the first page.  There is also glitter on part of the title. 



I used several different paper patterns, some are monochromatic.  On the second page I have mattings fore three pictures and there is a sentiment at the bottom of the page.  I used glitter on two of the small sentiments that are on the mattings.

 



 

The smaller sentiments are from My Creative Time and the large sentiment at the bottom left had corner is My Pink Stamper (can be seen close up below).  I embossed my tree to add some dimension.  You can't really tell from this picture above but there is some red glitter on the small, Let it Snow, sentiment.  I really enjoyed this challenge, I tried using a few things that I normally avoid.  I used the top row:  snowflake, patterned paper, and glitter.
 

     I was so inspired a made a shaped card.  I liked it so much I made two.  One to use now and one to put in my stash for later.
 

 

 

I embossed the "Nice to SNOW ya!" on my ribbon.  I would normally not try this but it worked out so well.  I just love it!  I stamped "Thanks snow much" inside the card to finish it up. Both of the sentiments on this card are from My Pink Stamper.  

Well, I hope you enjoyed my projects.  I had so much fun.!  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Margaret Peppers