Celebrate the Occasion #65- Anything Goes Birthday

Good Morning Everyone!  I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!!  Love those 3 day weekends!!!!   Today is my design team day at Celebrate the Occasion.  This week's challenge is #65- Anything Goes Birthday.  No reason not to join the challenge- we all have birthday cards we need to keep in our stash.  I have used a digital image from our sponsor this month- Digi Doodle Shop.    I have used the Adament Golfer image to create a Male Birthday card (which I always fin difficult to make).  I hope that you decide to play along with this week's challenge:

Supplies Used:
Kraft Cardstock
Patterned Paper (Echo Park)
Nestabilities
Digital Image from Digi Doodle Shop (Adament Golfer)
Misc Clear Stamps
Twine/Pop Dots
Copic Markers
Distress Ink (Vintage Photo)

Good Morning Everyone!  Today is my design team day at Celebrate the Occasion.  This week's challenge is #64- Graduation.  We all have graduates that need cards and/or projects- so I hope you decide to play along this week.  I did not use the cricut at all on this one (GASP!) ....Here is my card:

Supplies Used:
Cardstock/Patterned Paper
Nestabilities
Misc Graduation Stamps
Brads/Yellow Embroidery thread
Yellow thread for zig zag stich (sewing machine)

Good Morning!!  How are you all doing today?  Today is my design team day at Decorate to Celebrate.
This week's challenge is #25- All About Dad.  It's time to make those party decorations and gifts for Dad and/or that special man in your life.  For my husband, I have made a special gift treat box that will be filled with dark chocolate (his favorite).  I also etched a beer glass with his favorite team's emblem (Notre Dame)....and of course he LOVES beer.  I used my svg program/inkscape to create the emblem and cut it out with my cricut on vinyl.  I then used the negative part of the cut vinyl and put on the glass- and used etching cream on the positive space.  This was hard to photograph as the etching doesn't show up in pictures that well.  I know he will love the surprises for our Father's Day Party/Dinner.  I hope that you decide to get a head start on your creations and play along.....

Supplies Used:
Cardstock/Patterned Paper
Vinyl
Etching Cream
Glitter/Pop Dots/wooden stick
TBBM2 Cartridge (Shirt Box cut at 11.75, Father's Day cut at 3")
SVG File (for Notre Dame Shamrock)

Go Fish Challenge #17- Color Challenge

Good Morning Everyone!  Life sure has been keeping me extra busy so I am sorry I have been MIA for awhile.  The next few months are going to be  somewhat the same- busy, busy, busy.  Today is my design team day at Go Fish Challenges.  The challenge is #17- Picture/Color challenge inspiration.  I hope you decide to play along and here is my card:

 Thank you for stopping by- it's always appreciated!!


Supplies Used:
Cardstock
Ribbon
Embossing Folder
Distress Ink (Vintage Photo)
Thank you stamp
Heritage Cartridge (Fancy Frame cut at 3")
Elegant Edges Cartridge (Cut & Shadow at 2")

Guest Design Post- Happy Mother's Day

Good Morning Everyone!!  Sorry I have been MIA lately- but life is getting in the way of my crafting and I am having a hard time keeping up.  Anyway, today I am honored to have been asked to do a guest design post for Karen at Little Scrap Pieces for her Fun Friday Challenge.  The challenge is to make a Mother's Day project/card.  I have created a treat container (tea cup) that also serves as the bow on my mom's present (which also serves as the table for the tea cup).  I used the new TBBM2 cartridge- I LOVE THIS cartridge!!!  So many cute boxes and ideas I now have from it.  Although I did have to update my gypsy and it took forever- but finally was able to load it on.  Here is my project and I hope that you will decide to link up your Mother's Day things this week!!

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I am also entering this in the following challenges:

FCCB #110 - Mother's Day Project- Use favorite color (pink)
Creative Cutter Room- Mother's Day Challenge
Exploring Cricut- Mother's Day Project

Reasonable Ribbon#47- Mother's Day- Use Ribbon
More Than Favors #70- Mother's Day

Supplies Used:

Cardstock/Patterned Paper

Pink Trim/Ribbon/Rhinestones

MS Lattice Deep Edge Punch

Misc Clear Stamp for sentiment

Elegant Edges Cartridge (Doily cut at 5", Sign & Shadow cut at 2.5")

Flower Shoppe Cartridge (Basic Flower cut at 3", 2.5", 1.5")

TBBM2 Cartridge (Tea Cup cut at Fit to Page)

Good Morning Everyone!!  Today is my design team day at Decorate to Celebrate!  The challenge this week is Graduation Party.  I decided to make a graduation banner to decorate for a grad party.  I used several cartridges, fancy paper and my sewing machine for a zig zag border.  This was unbelievably hard to photograph.  It is rather large, so I had a hard time fitting it in the picture, and the shiny/glittery paper was difficult as well.  Thanks for visiting today, and I hope that you decide to play along with the challenge!!

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Supplies Used:
Cardstock
Glitter Patterned Paper
Metallic Green Paper
Star Brads/Green Thread/Green Satin Ribbon
Tie The Knot Cartridge (Banner cut at 5"; Monogram letters cut at 3")
Wild Card Cartridge (Cap cut at 3", diploma cut at 5")

Go Fish Challenge #16- Shaped Mother's Day Card

Good Morning Everyone!  Happy 1st day of May.  Today is another challenge at Go Fish Challenges- and the challenge is #16- Make a Shaped Mother's Day Card (no Square or rectangle).  I decided to make a flower pot shaped card that I welded all the cuts on my gypsy to create.  I saw this card on several different blog sites (Melissa being one of them) and have wanted to try doing this style since I think it is really cute.  Here is my card and I hope to see you playing over at Go Fish Challenges!!:

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

My Craft Spot #54- Mother's Day

BBTB2- Bee or Ladybug Challenge

Supplies Used:
Cardstock/Patterned Paper
Gypsy
Glitter/Pop Dots/Peachy Keen Face Stamps/Crinkle Ribbon
Pink Embossing Powder
Hampton Arts Mother/Fathers Day Stamp Set
George Cartridge (rectangle at 3" welded to flower cut on gypsy)
Walk in my Garden Cartridge (Flower pot cut at 3"- welded/folded like a pocket; Sunflower cut at 2.5 & 2 for extra flower layer & welded to rectangle; Sign post cut at 1.5")
Plantin Schoolbook (grass cut at 1")
Create a Critter Cartridge (Bee cut at 1.5")
Doodlecharms Cartridge (Ladybug cut at .75")