Challenge #36 Back to School, Sunday

#36

Challenge:   Back to School

September 10 - 16th, 2013

Hi all! Its Pam again with a little 
Back to School inspiration!

What is more back to school than a chalkboard?

I used black cardstock to make the chalkboard, but

it looked too clean... So I took a paper towel, put a 

little white ink on it and rubbed it across the paper

to look like leftover chalk after the board has been 

wiped clean. The pattern papers and the YOU ROCK!

sticker are from the Bazzill Basic School Days line.

The "Thanks Teacher" and globe stamp are from 

the Paper Smooches Smarty Pants Stamp Set

All of this is the current weekly deal. I colored the 

globe with my watercolor pencils.

Please make sure your creation post has a link back to Cuttin' and Stampin'. 

Thanks for playing along we will be announcing the winners on September 20, 2013.

You can link your project Here.

Challenge #35: Banners, Pam L.

#35

Challenge:   Banners

September 3 - 9th, 2013

Hi all Pam again! Back with a second 
banner this week... This time I made a
card with a banner...

I used assorted papers from my stash, the shapes

were cut with my Cameo from patterns in the 

Silhouette Online Store.

Head over to my blog to see a 

close-up of the bear. 

Please make sure your creation post has a link back to Cuttin' and Stampin'. 

Thanks for playing along we will be announcing the winners on September 13, 2013.

You can link your project Here.

Weekly Challenge # 5 - Thursday

Weekly Challenge #5 Tuesday, February 5 th thru February 11th.

Create a Valentine card.  

(you don't need to use an A Muse stamp to enter)

Hello Fellow Crafters!
It's Teresa, from Create Enjoy Share to share with you some Simple Valentine's.  

What fun I had making these Valentine's to share with you using the wonderful stamps, paper and twine from Amuse Studios!  

For today's projects, I used two Amuse Studio Stamp sets:

Love Conquers All and

Love Is In The Air. 

If you are interested in these stamps or other Amuse products, please visit

https://www.amusestudio.com/cuttinandstampin

For my first project, I used this cute cupcake stamp from the Love Conquers All set.

 I colored it with markers directly on the stamp.  I made a band that I ran through my paper crimper
(haven't used that tool in quite a while!) and it was quick and simple!

To give some dimension, I simply popped up the top layer with the foam squares.

Project number two from the same Love Conquers All set.

I love this stamp set because although it was perfect for Valentine's Day, it can 

work for other occasions as well! 

This is I Love You To The Core!

Again, I colored directly on the markers before stamping on plain off white card stock.
 I layered the image and used foam mounting tape.

I cut a layer from Kraft Cardstock and embossed using a heart embossing folder.

Using the Love Is In The Air set, I added the air mail stamp and  the
Happy Valentine's Day sentiment to the interior of the card.

I wrapped a red ribbon around the kraft cardstock layer and it was finished! 

Project number 3 is a Hot  Chocolate holder. 

 I created the hot chocolate holder with a file from the Silhouette America store.

Once the holder was created, I used this super cute stamp to decorate!

When I saw this adorable mug with the sentiment, I knew I just had to use it for the hot cocoa holder!

I simply slipped my cocoa pack into the holder and tied it up with some Amuse Studio Twine!

Perfect for a Valentine Gift!

Last but not least, here is a SUPER SIMPLE Valentine using the Amuse Studio Die.

 All  I had to do was cut out 3 "love" die cuts and layer them on black cardstock.
I used this cute heart paper (also from Amuse) as my card base.

Adding a couple of hearts was the final simple touch!


A Muse Studio is having a huge sale on items that will be retiring from their catalog.  They have stamps, cardstock (including gingham, cloud and polka-dot pattern), washi tape, and dies for a whopping 30% off.  And, to sweeten the deal even further, through Feb. 17th if your purchase is at least $40 before tax & shipping, you'll receive a free 8-pack of adorable A Muse Studio polka dot A2-sized notecards in Chocolate and Cherry.  Shop soon, because supplies are limited on the retiring items.
 

I hope you will join us for this week's challenge.  Go to Cuttin and Stampin Challenge Blog to enter your simple Valentine's card.  I can't wait to see them!

Don't forget to get your own Amuse Products (and you won't be disappointed!)

CCR Exclusive Cuts - Holiday Cards

Hello Everyone,  today at My Cricut Craft Room the Design Team creates project with the Imagine or using Cricut Craft Room Exclusive cuts.  I decided to use the exclusive Holiday Card 13.  I love Christmas Bells.  When I saw the cut on line, I knew I just had to purchase it.  

Here's a picture of my cut screen.  I want you to see that I added extra leaves on the bottom and cut them out in a different color.  I used A Muse Studio Shimmer Gold to cut the base of the card.  I cut a pieces of Shimmer Sugar for the background.

After I cut the leaves out in evergreen and glued them on, I used Xmas Red Stickles to color in where the berries would be. 

When looking up close like this, I can see where I should have taken some time and colored the edges of the leaves with green ink to the white didn't stand out so much. 

On the inside of the card, I stamped and used gold embossing powder for the sentiment. 

This was a quick and easy card to create and I was able to cut, glue and emboss a nice stack of them for a card swap rather quickly.  I hope you are able to stop by Cricut Craft Room and enjoy some of the great card cuts that are available. 

For more great CCR Exclusive cut and Imagine projects stop by My Cricut Craft Room.

Red, White & Blue - Card Creating Tuesday

 

Hello Everyone,

 

It's voting day and the design team at My Cricut Craft Room is creating cards in Red, White and Blue.

 

I crated a card that using the coffee cup off of the Love a Latte cartridge.

 

 

Here's a picture of the entire card.

 

 

For more ideas on Red, White and Blue cards check out  My Cricut Craft Room.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

 

August Letter of the Day G

Today I'm posting my design team creation for My Cricut Craft Room.  I needed to create something that started with the letter G and the only thing that come to mind was girl.  So I decided to google the world and the word Galaxy came back. 

The first thing I thought of was trying to texture the background and have some sparkle.  I used a sponge dauber to create some texture and then sprayed some glimmer mist over the top. 

I tried to use colors that would stand out on this textured finish to create my planets.  Here's what my cutting mat looked like. 

I used this A Muse Studio stamp set for my sentiment. 

Here's my finished card.

To see more great ideas for projects with the Letter G, check out Erica's Blog, My Cricut Craft Room.



July 31 - Card Creating Tuesday

Hello Everyone, welcome to Card Creating Tuesday for My Cricut Craft Room.  I have crated a very simple kids birthday card using a number of cricut cartridges. 

I started with the airplane from the Wild Card 2 cartridge.  There are a lot of pieces to cut to create the plane. 

I used Country life to crate my grassy mountains and CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge for the tag.  The sun was cut from the H2O cartridge and cut it in fourths



I used A Muse Studio stamp set Essential Sentiments for my sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  For more card inspiration please stop by Erica's Blog, My Cricut Craft Room.  There will be more design team members with wonderful projects.