The Cuttlebug Spot - Pop Up

This week at The Cuttlebug Spot the challenge is to make a pop up card.  I choose a bit of a different type of pop up card.  This type is called a Surprise Pop Up Card, and you can find a great tutorial from the Fabulously Talented Beate HERE on Splitcost Stampers.

This is the front of the card.

And if you pull the tag on the top this is what you see.

This is a very cool card to make.  I know I say this every week, but I had fun making it.  The adorable image is a Pure Innocence from My Favorite Things.  The dp is Basic Grey Jovial.  I added stickles to the snowflakes.  I hope you can play along this week.

Make sure and check out the challenge as well as the gorgeous projects from my fellow Design Team members on The Cuttlebug Spot.

I am also entering this card into some challenges this week first for Stampin' Sisters in Christ.  Their challenge is to use green.  And finally for Desert Islands Crafts Challenge.  Their challenge it to use at least three items from their itinerary.  My items are monochromatic, border punch,  only one patterned paper, no flowers, sparkle.  I also slipped in  a tiny bit of red which was one of the items as well.

 Thank you for stopping by.

Card Details

Stamps: Flurry of Love-My Favorite Things

Paper: pure luxury, basic grey jovial

ink: Memento tuxedo black

Other: cuttlebug, embossing folder snowflake, snowflake punch, pearls, stickles, SU scallop border punch, circle punch, ribbon

Love You

I was so excited this morning when I stopped by SCS to see who was the featured stamper for todays featured stamper challenge.  It is Sue Walsh (aka Tillymint).  Congratulations Sue!!!  Sue is a fabulous stamper that I met through StampTV nearly two years ago.  So I quickly got to work on my DT work I had to do so I would have time to play along.  Here is my card.

And here is Sue's beautiful card I choose to case.

The things I changed are the image, sentiment, embossing folder, omitted the twine, I didn't use glitter and I added layers.  I had fun with this card.  Thank you Sue for all of the gorgeous inspiration.

I am also entering this card into Mark's Finest Papers to make a valentine card.  Also into Creative Belli Challenge, their challenge this week is the letter "P".  I used pink flowers and a pearl brad for me "P" embellies.  And finally I am entering this card into the copic/promarkers challenge on  the new Outlawz site.  If you haven't checked it out yet is a wonderful new site.  I hope to see you there.  Thank you for stopping by.

Oldies But Goodies Design Diva Blog Hop

Hello I am part of a group on Facebook called Design Divas.  It is a group of some very talented stampers and today we are having a blog hop.  The only requirement was to use something that is at least six months old.  I picked a set from My Favorite Things called Tea For Two.  I have had this set for about two years and hadn't used it in a long time.

You should have found your way from Theresa.  Your next stop on the hop is Nina.  If you get lost the hop starts on Sue's blog.

I also used the sketch this week from Card Patterns.

Love You Muchly

Hello today I have a card I made using a new stamp set.  I got this cute set  from Simon Says last week.  I have to say their shipping is super fast.  Back to my card I made this one for several challenges the first for the weekly sketch for My Favorite Things.  This is a new sketch challenge in fact this is only the second week.  Sorry for the poor quality photo it has been so dark and deary here it makes it near impossible to get a good photo.








Here is a list of the other challenges.

• Copic Creations ~ What's New, stamp set
• Pile It On ~ Anthing Goes
• Stamp Something ~ Anything Goes
• Just Us Girls ~ Aqua, Coral, and Green

I will be back early tomorrow with the this weeks challenge for The Cuttlebug Spot, it is a fun one.

Card Details: 

Stamps: Flower Girl, My Favorite Things

Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Copics: BG01, BG05, BG10, BG45, E21, E31, E35, E50, R11, R32, R35, YG63, YG67

Other: ribbon, pearls, nestabilities

All The Ingredients You Need

For a Happy Halloween!

Today's project is for The Cuttlebug Spot.  This week the challenge is to make a Halloween Treat Container.  If you don't celebrate Halloween you can make a treat holder for a birthday or Christmas etc.  I choose to make  test tube holder.  I have been seeing these around for the last few years and have wanted to make one.  Yet every year the stores in my area are all sold out.  This year I was lucky enough to be at Joann's early and get my hands on a package.  I used a template from Lisa Somerville, you can find the template here. he stamps I used are from My Favorite Things and the set is called Totally Witchin'.

Here is a close up of the front.

I am also entering this in the challenge this week for Simon Says.  The challenge this week is to create something with a Halloween theme.  You can find the details here.
I hope you have time to play this week and don't forget to include some dry embossing on your project.  Before you get started though be sure to stop by the rest of the design team and see their gorgeous creations.
Thank you for stopping by.

Donna M

Julie

Lillie

Donna

Julia 

Kerry

Theresa

Vanessa

Jennifer

Helen

Meredith

Andy

Agnes

Jannie

Card Details

Stamps: Totally Witchin' My Favorite Things

Paper: pure luxury black onyx. sweet mango, Bo Bunny DP

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Copics: B0000, C3,C5, C7, E33, E53, G05, G14, YR04, YR07

Other: Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart dripping blood punch and test tubes, stickers, brads

You're Better than Ice Cream

Here is the card I made for My Favorite Things one click challenge. The challenge is to make a summer card using flowers and polka dots. I use Here's the Scoop. I paper pieced, so that I could have wall paper. I colored with copics. The designer paper is from Basic Greys porcelain collection. The card base is pure luxury chocolate from Gina K Designs and the pink mat is Stampin' Up's blush blossom. I added some prima flowers with chocolate pearls for the centers. There is some paper piercing just under the sentiment.

I am going to be on vacation with my family, so I will not be posting much for the next couple of weeks. Good news is I will have some stamping supplies with me so I hope to have some cards to share with you. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe fourth of July.




copics: B06, BG01, C3, E13, E35, E51, R22, YR000, YR00

Tea-licious!

I made this card for two challenges. First is this weeks sketch challenge for Card Positioning System (CPS117). The second one is for the Cuttlebug Spot, to use brown and blue or brown and orange. I used MFT's Tea for Two and colored with copics. The colors are bashful blue and sahara sand, and the patterned paper is SU's retired Delicate Dots. The sahara sand mat is embossed with swiss dots. I wanted to use the back of it because it reminded me of swiss cheese.
As I am typing this I can see the I needed to cut the ribbon ends a little shorter, and after doing so it looks much better. I will try to post a new photo tomorrow, it is late tonight and I am having trouble even typing as I have a paper creating injury. I tried to snip off the end of one of my fingers! So I now have a band-aid on and boy is it ever hard to type when you can't feel the keys. Thank you for stopping by.

copics: B21, C0, C1, C3, E31, E35, E51, R22, R24

Pamper Yourself

I made this using Time for Bubbly from My Favorite Things. The card base is almost amethyst, the DP is Tea Party from Stampin' Up. There is a fair amount of paper piecing on this, and it is colored with copic markers. The mirror is some silver paper from my stash. To embellish the bubbles I used some small flat back pearls. I wish I was soaking in a tub like this. Thanks for stopping by.

MFT Your Blog Rocks!

So have you been following the MFT Idol challenge on SCS? There have been so many wonderful projects!! As a reward for all of the hard work MFT gave all the contests the week off and then issued a challenge for the judges. This is my card for that challenge and it is also for one on StampTV to make a card using paper piecing and I have to tell you there is a LOT of piecing on this card. Nearly the whole image is pieced except for the chair, skin and floor, they were colored with copic markers. The papers are from Basic Grey's Bitterweet and Wassail paper packs, the card base is always artichoke. I used one of my new sets from My Favorite Things digital girl, love this set.

My sister and her family were here for the weekend and we all had a wonderful time, and I was able to let some of Theresa's mojo rub off on me as I now feel I can get back into making some good cards again. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

copics used:
100 black, C1, C3, C5, E13, E25, E29, E51, YR000,RV04

Bunch O' Challenges

My Favorite Things has had an challenge for a MFT Idol. This is my card for it, I had to use my newest stamp set Tea for Two. I love these little guys. I colored the image with copic markers, then cut it out and attached it to a certainly celery oval cut with nesties. The designer paper is delicate dots from Stampin' Up's Sale-A-Bration catalog. I used so saffron, certainly celery and bashful blue. It is hard to see in the photo but the rhinestones in the corner match certainly celery.
On this card I used the other image from Tea for Two. I made this one for two other challenges for MFT, Ambassador challenge 1 and for April's guest designer challenge. I used the same colors on this card as the one above. The quilted top note is something I did a few weeks ago that I learned from Diane Gibbs. So the challenges for the ambassador was to make a spring card without using black (stamped line images okay) and no flowers, that was a bit difficult for me, I chose to use spring colors hence the same colors from above. For the guest designer challenge you needed to use buttons on your card. Buttons are another challenge for me I have a hard time putting them on cards for some reason.
I had so much fun making the cards above and I had my MFT stamps out so I made this one also for the Ambassador and guest designer challenges. As with the cards above I colored with copic markers. I used By the Shore stamp set for this one, I love the peaceful feel of this card and I am so ready for nicer weather. I live a few blocks from the beach in California, unfortunately I am in northern California so the weather isn't always the greatest, but I love walking on the beach when it is nice. Now if spring would just get here.
Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda

Simplicity Bookmark

I made this card/bookmark fro Jeanne's Hip Hop challenge to make a card using an Unity floral stamp. I made the bookmark and then was playing around trying to make it work with yesterday's SCS sketch challenge. It wasn't working and the chocolate chip layer is a scrap from making the circles that was laying on my table when an idea hit. This is the end result.

Happy stamping!!
Brenda

Hugs and Kisses

This is my second post today so be sure to scroll down to see the one from earlier.

Okay so this is my next card for one of the ambassador challenges for My Favorite Things. This one was to make a treat package with a hear theme. I made mine a pizza box. A very basic box I found the directions on SCS. The colors are pretty in pink chocolate chip and rose red with some more Basic Grey bittersweet paper. I use How Sweet it is from My Favorite Things. Image is colored with copic markers. Thank for stopping by.
Brenda

Here is the scoop......

This is my entry for the Ambassador 2 challenge for My Favorite Things. The challenge was to make a card that uses masking. I just bought a few MFT sets so I had to get them inky. This was a super simple card, I stamped a few of the scoops from Here's the Scoop on some scrap paper and then cut them out. Then on my card stock I stamped the top image and after it dried I cover it with the "scrap scoop"and stamped the next image, I did this one more time and the stamped the cone. The ice cream is colored with copic markers. The card base is blush blossom with a rose red mat and then a layer of basic grey bittersweet paper. The ice cream is matted with blush blossom and chocolate chip. Finally I cut two strips of card stock and scalloped the edge and topped it with some poly twill chocolate chip ribbon. Thanks for stopping by.
Brenda