Cuttin' and Stampin' - using left overs!

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Challenge: Anything goes using your Left Overs

December 24th - 30th, 2013

Hi everyone, Doris here today with my last project
for 2013 for Cuttin' and Stampin.

I am a big scrap saver, especially of paper that I really like, and I must
really like paper because I have 4 drawers filled with left
over scraps from some of my favorite papers.
I pulled some out today for a simple and quick birthday card.

Who can't smile at a butterfly in the winter? I used a small Hero Arts die to cut all the butterflies which were sitting on some pop dots, and added a sentiment from a Paper Smooches stamp set called Sentimental Sampler.

Ok, your turn to show us how you use some of your left over papers!

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 January 3, 2014.

Please link your projects HERE.

Cuttin' and Stampin' Design Team Call 2014

Hello blogland, Doris here and this post is my application for the 2014

Cuttin' and Stampin' Design Team.

I've been fortunate to have been on this DT this past year and I must

say, I had such fun with this group of gals, and would

love to join the team again!

 

I've been doing some sort of crafting my whole life, but card making
and scrapbooks have been joined lately by the
Silhouette Cameo along with my own version of Project Life.

Here are a few of my very favorite projects from this year.

Thanks for a wonderful year as part of the Cuttin' and Stampin' team
and crossing my fingers for another !

Cuttin' and Stampin' - Christmas Tags!

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Challenge: Christmas Tag

December 17th - 23th, 2013

The Design Team is sharing Christmas Tags with you this week.
Sure hope we inspire you with your own creations.
Make sure you turn around and share with us!

 

Hi everyone, Doris here today with some quick and easy Christmas Tags made from the Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler stamp set.  These were all made from pieces of cardstock and ribbon from my scrap bins and took no time at all; they're all attached to some gifts under the tree.  I planned to make just one tag, but this stamp set was such fun I
just kept going and made more!

 

This little guy is my favorite and I spent just a little more time on him.
I used some glittery embossing powder to add some snowflake behind the snowman, which is a Sizzix die.

Now it's your turn to show us some tags. 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 December 27, 2013.

Please click HERE to link your projects.

One Great Big Double Challenge to Close Out 2014 at Crafting by Designs

Hello blogland, Doris here with the last challenge of 2014 at

Crafting by Designs,

and it's a great big DOUBLE CHALLENGE!

 

We decided to combine our last two challenges of the year so the

design team could take a week off and enjoy the holiday.

 

For the first challenge, we're Wrapping Up 2013 and

our second challenge welcomes All Things New for 2014.

 

Take a peek at my projects:

 

 

Bugaboo Stamps is the sponsor of our first challenge, and I used

the Rudolph Tag for my projects.  One was colored with Copics, another was paper pieced and the the last was made using my Silhouette and some glitter.  How cute is this image?

 

Our second sponsor is Cindy Leek, a DT mate and Close to My Heart consultant.  I made this New home card using my Silhouette,

and Doodlebug embellishments.

 

This Double Challenge is open from December 18 to December 31.  Why not hop on over HERE and enter your projects now for TWO chances to win.

We've got some great things planned for Crafting by Designs in

2014 and hope you'll stop by and join us every week!

White on White Challenge

Hello blogland, Doris here with a new challenge from Crafting by Designs today.

I thought a white on white challenge would be easy,

but I really struggled with this one.  I'm not

very good with lots of layers and clean and simple is

my go-to style of card making, but once I got going, this was lots of fun.

 

Our challenge was to make either an all white project or only color the main image and make the rest of the project white, so it was time to break out the embossing folders and let them do the work for me.

 

 

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and I chose

Santa Pin Up to add to my project:

 

 

Instead of layers, I chose to simply add some white ribbon to

my embossed card and pop the image up on some foam dots for a bit of dimension, and it was done.  We'd love to see your white on white projects at Crafting by Designs this week, and one lucky winner will win some digi images from Sassy Studio Designs - will it be you?  This challenge will be open until December 17, 2013.

 

Penguins, penguins, everywhere!

Hello blogland, Doris here with a new challenge from Crafting by Designs, and this week our twist is Penguins!  We're lucky enough to have

Delicious Doodles as our sponsor this week and had some

adorable images to work with.

 

 

 

This little image is called Penguin with Gifts and you can find him HERE.

Want a chance to win 4 digis from the Delicious Doodles store?  Add your penguin project to the challenge between December 4 and 10 and it could be you!  Go HERE to visit Crafting by Designs!

 

Christmas/Winter Challenge at Crafting by Designs

Hi blogland, Doris here today with my project for

Crafting by Designs new challenge this week. 

We're so happy to welcome a brand new sponsor this week

Inky Impressions

 

 

Take a peek at my project using

Winter home background

There is so much detail in this adorable digi image and I had a ball coloring it with some copics, and used some glitter stickles for the snow then popped the image up on some light blue snowflake cardstock. 

 

Want to play along with us?  This Christmas/Winter challenge is open from November 27 to December 3 at Crafting by Designs - link your project for a chance to win a $10 store gift certificate to Inky Impressions!

 

Anything Goes with a Birthday Twist and Lunagirl

Hello blogland, Doris here with a fun new challenge at Crafting by Designs.  This week our challenge is a Birthday twist and our sponsor is Lunagirl.

 

 

If you've never checked out Lunagirl, be sure you do - their images are just fantastic!  The design team and I had some wonderful images to work with and some of the Lunagirl design team also joined us.

 

Here's my project:

I used some kraft cardstock and a vintage looking piece of designer paper from Prima as the base and popped up the Lunagirl images, and added some tea dyed seam binding I found in my stash.  And now I have a lovely vintage birthday card to add to my stash!

 

Be sure to stop over at Crafting by Designs before November 26th to add your birthday project to our challenge for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Lunagirl store!

Remembering Family with a Cuttin and Stampin challenge!

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Challenge: Anything Goes with a Family twist

November 12 - 18, 2013

We are celebrating family this week.

Hi everyone, Doris here with my project for this week's challenge - Remembering Family.  I do a lot of genealogy research and have a ton of old family pictures, so when I ran across one of my favorite pictures I decided to use it in my project this week. 

 

 

 

This picture is from my Aunt's wedding 65 years ago and includes my grandparents, my Mom (wearing the hat on the left) and all her siblings. It's great to see them all so young, and happy and enjoying the day, and I'm so glad I have this picture. 

 

I used some paper from MME Chalk Studio and the Kinfolk stamp set from Paper Smooches, along with a clear photo overlay and some Prima Flowers for this little layout that will I plan to put in a shadowbox frame.  I also added a little wire Family embellishment from my stash to the top.

 

Thanks for playing along we will be announcing the winners on November 22, 2013.  Please make sure your creation post has a link back to Cuttin' and Stampin'.

Please link your projects HERE.

Anything Goes with a Twist of Christmas

Hello blogland, Doris here with a new project for this week's challenge at Crafting by Designs

 

Anything Goes with a Twist of Christmas

 

sponsored by Rick St. Dennis!

 

You just can't go wrong with a digi from Rick St. Dennis - he's got everything from cutsie to dark and everything in between, but this by far is one of the most fun images I've colored from his shop :)  Be sure to stop by Crafting by Designs HERE and enter your Christmas project by Tuesday November 19 for a chance to win some digi goodness from Rick St. Dennis' shop!

 

 

Giving Thanks with a Cuttin' and Stampin' challenge

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Challenge: Giving Thanks

November 5 - 11, 2013

We want to Give Thanks for all the wonderful things in out lives.

 

Hi everyone, Doris here today to share a fun little Thank You card. 

I don't know about you, but I like to keep a few Thank You cards made and ready to grab when I need them, and when I got the Many Thanks stamp set from Paper Smooches, I knew it would be a new favorite to use over and over again.  I paired that up with some paper pieces from the Bazzill Autumn Harvest paper pad to make this thank you card for my stash.

 

 

 

This stamp set is on sale right now in the Cuttin' and Stampin' store you can find right HERE!

 

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 November 15, 2013.

Please link your projects Here.

What's more fun than Anything Goes and Smeared Ink?

Hello blogland, Doris here to share the latest challenge with Crafting by Designs today, one of my favorite kinds and always popular - Anything Goes. 

 

We're also so excited to welcome a brand new sponsor this week -

Smeared Ink

 

I had a blast coloring this little guy named Smittie Grumpy



 

And since he's like no other, I could color him any way I wanted to :)  How could you just not love him?  Be sure to add your project at Crafting by Designs by November 12 for your chance to win some digi goodness from Smeared Ink!

It's time for an Autumn Harvest

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Challenge: Autumn Harvest

October 29 - November 4, 2013

 

Hi everyone, Doris here with my project for this week's challenge.

 

 

My go-to style of card making is usually clean and simple,

but for this card I wanted it to reflect the bright colors of

the season as well as the colorful papers in the

Doodlebug Happy Harvest pack, so I did some paper piecing.

It really didn't take long, the leaves were cut with my Silhouette but

everything else was fussy cut.  The stamp set I used is

Autumn Groves by Paper Smooches and is just adorable: you can

find it in the Cuttin' and Stampin' store HERE.

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 November 8, 2013.

You can link your creations HERE.

A Black and Red challenge from Crafting by Designs

Hello blogland, Doris here to share my project for this week's new challenge at

 

Crafting by Designs

 

This week our challene is black and red and our sponsor is

Ike's Art

 

 

Take a peek at my project:

 

This was a really fun image to work with, especially since red geraniums are one of my favorite flowers.  Be sure to check out all the other wonderful images at Ike's Art and enter your black and red project at Crafting by Designs for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to their store!

Chalk Board!

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Challenge: Chalk Board

October 15 - 21st, 2013

Hi everyone, Doris here today with a fun little chalkboard project for this week's challenge at Cuttin' and Stampin'.  Chalkboard paper and elements have been very popular lately, and I really enjoyed working with this MME Chalk Studio paper and embellishments, and Fascinators stamp set from Paper Smooches. 

 

I especially liked the paper because the sentiment was pre-printed, looked like it was written in white chalk but none of the mess!

I distressed the edges, added a little strip of washi tape and was done!

 

Ok, your turn - let's see those chalkboard creations! 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
October 25 2013.

You can link your project Here.

Anything Goes Times 2!

Hello blogland, Doris here with a double Anything Goes challenge for Crafting by Designs!  That means we're lucky enough to have 2 fantastic sponsors this week and will have 2 winners to our always popular Anything Goes challenges.

My first project was made with an adorable little image from

The Paper Shelter

I was lucky enough to work with this digi stamp called

Japanese Cute Doll and she was so much fun to color!

 

 

Our second sponsor this week is Big Heads Stamps

For this project I chose Isabelle, and she's just the cutest little thing, isn't she?

 

 

Want a chance to win some digi stamps from these two great sponsors?  Head over to Crafting by Designs and enter your project, but hurry - this challenge is only open until October 22.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Ribbon and Lace

Hello blogland, Doris here with my project for this week's challenge at Crafting by Designs.  This week we're using some great images from Kenny K downloads along with our theme of using ribbon or lace.  This was a really fun image to work with - take a peek at Trixxie Treat:

I chose to use black and red cardstocks for this image along with some red satin ribbon; va-voom!  This challenge is open until October 16 so be sure to head over to Crafting by Designs and enter your project with ribbon and lace for a chance to win some digi images from the Kenny K downloads store!

 

Use Your Scraps!

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Challenge: Use your Scraps

September 24 - 30th, 2013

Hi everyone, Doris here today with a bright cheery card made from my scraps drawer.  Do you hoard your favorite papers sometimes, not wanting to use them because they're so pretty?  And when you do use them, do you save your scraps?  I've got 4 big scraps drawers and had fun sifting thru them to find some patterned paper to match this bright paper from the

Bazzill Basics Electric Pack.

 

The bright and cheery neon colors were used for the card base and little flower next to the sentiment, and pop right off the page! The colors even matched the scrap of patterned paper pretty well, and the VersaMagic chalk ink I used with the Sentiment Sampler Paper Smooch stamps did too! 

 

The Bazzill Electric paper and Paper Smooches stamp set are available in the Cuttin' and Stampin' store HERE.

 

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 October 4, 2013.

You can link your project Here.

Anything Goes at Crafting by Designs!

Hello blogland!  It's time for one of my favorite challenges at

Crafting by Designs with one of my favorite digi stamp companies -

Meljen's Designs!

 

Here's my little project using

Steampunk Girl

 

I haven't been feeling too well this week but this little image

made me feel so much better.

 

Hop on over to Crafting by Designs

and join our Anything Goes challenge for a chance to

win 3 digis of your choice from

Meljen's Designs!  This challenge is open until October 1, so hurry!

 

Use Three Punches Challenge

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Challenge: Use 3 punches

September 17 - 23rd, 2013

 

Hi everyone, Doris here today with my project for this week's challenge.  I don't know why, but I don't use my punches as often as I should.  I've got so many Martha Stewart and EK Success punches, and they give a quick little punch to a project.  But this challenge was the perfect reason to open that drawer and get re-acquanted with some of my favorites, and here's what I came up with:

 

 

I used some Denim Bazzill paper and the Salutation stamp set from
Paper Smooches, and you can find them both on the
Weekly Deal page of Cuttin and Stampin found HERE.

So break out those punches and add your project using 3 of them to this week's challenge.  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 27, 2013.

You can link your project here.