Party Time Tuesdays!!!

So, I am back :)  After being ill with a spider bite for weeks (I felt better after a week or so, but dragged for another week) and then having a nasty computer virus that infected all our computers (Via email, we are supposing), I am finally back with my Party Time Tuesdays card!!!!

This week we have an amazingly fun challenge for you!!! We want to see your die cuts and/or punches!!!!

Our phenomenal sponsors this week are The Digi Garden and the Paper Shelter for digi stamps!!!! Such cute digi stamps! And Viva Decor and Martha Pineda provided supplies! Here's the stamp I was given to work with! And thanks to all our generous sponsors for the products and digi stamps!

I colored the stamp with prismacolors and baby oil, and cut it out with circles large,,,,,,,I then matted it with eyelet circles,,,,,,,,I used a punch for the borders and spellbinders Foliage for the leaves,,a few buttons and a sun flower, some gorgeous lace from Martha Pineda and she's all done!!! My sentiment stamp was a 1.00 bin buy at Michaels, and it says Dream Big!

Here's a close up of this adorable stamp from The Paper Shelter!

So come on over to Party Time Tuesdays and load up your card or project with die cuts and punches! While you're there, check the inspiration from the Party Planners! You'll be glad you did!

Happy Saturday!!!!!! Sugar Creek Hollow!

I am so excited this week! Sugar Creek Hollow has a DIE CUTS/Punches challenge for you this week! YAY, I love die cuts,,,,,,I love Sugar Creek Hollow,,,,,,,,

ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I love Sassy Cheryl, who is our amazing sponsor this week!!!!!!

Her images are darling! I used to do her challenges all the time, but with starting my own business and being on TWO design teams, I just haven't had time recently,,,,,but as soon as my business is off and running, I plan to go back and play some with the Sassy girls!

Anywho, Cheryl was so kind to give each of the DT girls an image to play with,,,,,,,THANK YOU CHERYL!!!!!! You can find Cheryl's amazing digis HERE!

Here's my card!

I made a shaped card with my spellbinders Grand labels 23, and loaded it with die cuts.

Some of the dies I used are:

Eyelet Pendants (I thought these looked like sand dollars!)
rectangles long.
Romantic Rectangles
Labels 23
Banner basics 1
circles large
ovals large

I used plain red and blue card stock to create my card, and then Webster's papers "By the Sea", I believe it's called, to create my card. I colored the image with copics, and I think they look ADORABLE! I also used a Tim Holtz embossing folder . I'm pretty happy with it!

So run right over to Sassy Cheryl's shop  and get yourself a darling image, and then hop on over to Sugar Creek Hollow and upload your die cut and/or punches card!

Just one more note,,,,,,Sugar Creek Hollow is having a Design Team call! Check it out HERE!

Old Is New,,,,,,,,

It's no secret that I LOVE my Big Shot. I have used that thing almost non-stop since I bought it. One of the things I love to do with my Big Shot,,,,,,is make diecuts,I find that they make a card super simple and cute to boot. And one of my fav places to FIND diecuts is on old cards. Ones I have received,,or cheap dollar store cards that come 30 or 40 to a box. So today I have 2 cards to share. Both made with old cards turned into diecuts with the help of my big shot and my nestabilities.

The giraffe card is super simple. Just a giraffe cut out from an old card,,,,forgotten about paper and a few bright buttons. It's for my brand new nephew who is coming to visit with his mom next month. Inside it says CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

The other is for his mother, my baby sister. Again, super simple,,,,,,die cut from an old card, matted on paper with my long rectangles nesties,,,,,,,a ribbon, a stick pin and an MS butterfly punch. What could be simpler???? AND recycling is good for the earth!

Hope you enjoyed, and thanks for looking!!!

Easy Peasy Quick and Easy

I just love quick and easy cards,,,,,especially when you need a card quickly for a birthday party in less than an hour :) and you STILL have to shower and wash your hair!

One of the ways that I love to make a card extra special and really quick is to use diecuts,,,,either ones I cut myself,,,,,or ones you buy in a pack. I am showing you both kinds today,,,,,,,

The cake card was made using the DCWV Sweet stack, and had a paper with an adorable cake,,,,,I simply used my nesties classic ovals to cut it out, pop dotted it on the background paper and surrounded it with a string of pearls,,,,,,,a quick bow and FINIS.

The other two cards have die cuts by K and company, spring blossom collection,,,,,so pretty, so sparkly, and they really make a card,,,,,You don't have to add much more to make the card really gorgeous. I made a window, put the diecut on the inside of the card and made a few easy flowers, courtesy of my Spellbinders Create a Rose dies, added pearls and a bow,,,,,,,,and I'm done!!!!

so easy, and really pretty!!! and for less than 4 bucks for about 40 or 50 of the diecuts, pretty cheap too! Or I can cut them out of paper or on my cricut! What could be easier?

thanks for looking,,,,hope you enjoyed!