Another SWARM layout

This was another page done for a challenge at Have Your Way With Paper.  The challenge was to do black/white and a color photo.  What a better time to get my SWARM photos done!...

Festival of Lights....

At Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot.  You must check out the gorgeous creations the Design Team is displaying this week!!!..Also, follow along (per site instructions) and you will have a chance to win a prize!!

Have Your Way With Paper Challenges

Finally got back to my layout scrapping by taking part in several challenges at Have Your Way With Paper. 

November sponsor at Have Your Way With Paper

We received some awesome cardstock, buttons and tag spots from Jillibean Soup, our sponsor this month at Have Your Way With Paper.  Here are a few things I made and I have got to tell you, the weight of this cardstock is awesome! 

This is a card I made using the cardstock and tag spot.  The border was done with my new Martha Stewart border punch and the leaves are a die Provo Craft that cuts and embosses.

Here is a layout of Nina using several papers and tag spots.  The flowers were cut with my Cricut and then set on silk flowers. The title stickers are also from Jillibean Soup

Using more cardstock and tag spots received, I did an Ian layout. The stars were cut using our sponsor paper and my star die from Provo Craft.  Those awesome buttons were part of the sponsor kit!

New Cuttlebug Embossing Folder-Card

I received my order of new embossing folders from HSN!!..Here is a card I made using the snowflakes and cardinal folders.  After embossing the cardinal folder on vellum, I adhered it to shiny red cardstock. The border punch is from Martha Stewart; Prima flower and leaves. 

Order NOW for the new folders!!!

Do you believe, I just got done talking with a friend about making sure I ordered the New embossing folders from Provo Craft on Monday at HSN..and...guess what??? You can order it now!!!..I just did and can't wait to play with them..gorgeous designes.

I know these are going to be a big hit so if you are interested in getting these, I suggest you do it now!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #55

Welcome back to another Be Inspired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot!!  This week we are using clear stamps from My Favorite Things and the stamp I used is from the series 'Whose That Girl?' called 'By The Seashore'. The sentiment is also part of the set. To color in the stamp, I used General's Chalk pencils and gamsol.  The blue background was done with chalk.

Provo Craft embossing folder 'Bird Call' was used on the Core'dinations cardstock.  Other cardstock used is DCWV.

Be sure to check out what the Design Team has for you this week!!

New Embossing Folders!!!!

wow, you have got to check these out!!..Provo Craft has come up with some awesome Holiday embossing folders and I can't wait to get my hands on them.  You will be able to purchase these through HSN on Monday, Novermber 2. 

Please visit Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what I'm all excited about!!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #54

Welcome back to Be Inspired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot! This week I received some super fun Halloween cardstock from Basic Grey that was perfect for what I wanted to do.  Also, our featured sponsor this week is Tattered Angels and for that I received several pieces of chipboard with the 'bingo' card being the one I knew would fit right on my page.

Using DCWV cardstock, I sprayed with Dreamsicle Tattered Angels to give my background paper a one of a kind look.  Using my Cricut machine and the Paper Dolls cartridge, I cut the spider, spider web and tree. Cuttlebug corner punch was used and the tag was embossed with my Cuttlebug Harlequin embossing folder.  I played around with my PSP program getting my photo to have that 'ghost' look to it!! I wanted the tree branches and spider web to accent Nina's eyes!!

Be sure to stop by Cuttlebug Challenge blogspot to see what our design team has for you this week!!!

Sunflowers and Dragonflies Challenge #12

Pull out the ATC size and create!!..I love doing ATCs because they are small and I get a quick satisfaction from doing them.

It's been a while since I used my Asian wood stamps so I thought I would do something with them.  Using black cardstock, the lady and branches were embossed with gold embossing powder from Custer's Last Stamp, Inc. Corners were punched using my Marvy punch and then metallic gold thread was used. Just to give my lady a little color, I used my Sharpie red pen to color in some of the flowers.  Once I was done, I felt like it needed something, so I grabbed my Moon Glow's Glitz Spray (Medieval Gold) that I've had for about 4 years!! I gave it one good spray.  Still something was missing...I took a cream color satin ATC and bordered the edges with my gold American Crafts metallic marker.  Adhered the two together and I knew I was done!!

Thank you Beth, for having another great challenge at Sunflowers and Dragonflies

Be sure to check out Beth's blog and see what the design team has to show you!

Be Inspired Wednesday #52

Welcome to Be Inspired Wednesday! I want you to meet Wilma the Witch; isn't she the cutest?! Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights By LoubyLoo.  Wilma is a digital that your can color in with various mediums to give her the look you want.  For my Wilma, I used my Copics and decided to break away from the obvious colors of purple and black.

The cat and top bat are wooden pieces I bought last year and found them in my fall/halloween bin. Orange and black cardstock is from Core'dinations and embossed with the Harlequin ProvoCraft embossing folder. The borders are from Creative Imaginations.

Be sure to stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our Design Team has for you this week.  Don't forget to show us your Fall or Halloween card by using Mr. Linky to link it for us to see.

Thank you Wendy, from Digital Delights and Core'dinations for being such great sponsors!!

Just Rite Stampers

Just Rite Stampers is our sponsor for October at Have Your Way With Paper and I'm so excited to be showing their cool stamps!..The two sets I received are Christmas Something Sweet and Birthday Wishes. 

This was done for a tag swap I'm in at Paper. I made this using the Christmas border and Birthday center. Normally, I would be popping the layers, but kept it simple for easy envelope mailing..:)

Here is a card I made using both the border and inside stamp from Birthday Wishes.  The yellow paper is from a pack I have, DCWV and the printed paper is ColorBok

  

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

At Have Your Way With Paper, I have a card challenge going on under the forum "Pink For The Girls".

The challenge is to make a card for a friend and on the card put October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Your friend need not be a survior.

Here are two cards I did today using Wendy's 'Maggie', from Digital Delights.  This was a freebie from Friday!! Thank you, Wendy!! All I had to do was size it and cut; she was all colored in!!

October Happenings at Have Your Way With Paper

Please stop by Have Your Way With Paper and enjoy taking part in our October Challenges.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and at 'Paper' we have challenges directed towards this cause.  Yes, there are other great challenges too, so I suggest you stop by and see all the fun we have in store for this month.

Our Guest Design Team member is Chelsea Langsworthy whose work you must see.  It is such an honor to have her as part of our team.

Our October Spotlight Member is Marcee Rogers.  Please stop by 'Paper' and meet Marcee and her awesome work.

Thank you Trisha for another cool sketch!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #51

Welcome scrappers to another Be Inspired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot!! Today you will see the final installment of our month long Birthday Palooza.  Once everything is said and done with the party, it's time to send the Thank You card.  Since I knew our birthday girl would be gracious enough to send a thank you card for the awesome presents she received, I decided to make a little gift box with thank you note cards.  This will be tucked in the gift box that was personally made for her. 

The gift box is the 'mini pizza box' that was modified to hold my 4x4 note cards.  The card is a single card that can be journaled on the back.  I also made the envelope to hold the 4x4 size card. 

Keeping with my Tea Party Birthday, I used the same Core'dinations cardstock as I did in the previous projects along with Provo Craft's embossing folders, Victoria and Swiss dots.  Cricut cut flowers, Nestabilities used for the tags, Fiskars border punch, Stickles and ColorBox Chalk help finish the look.

Don't forget to check out Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our talented Design Team has for you this week.  Also, if you haven't uploaded your Be Inspired Wednesday projects, please do so by using Mr. Linky.  Remember, become a follower, do the Be Inspired Wednesday projects and post to Mr. Linky to be illegible to win the GRAND PRIZE!!

A big thank you to our sponsors, Provo Craft, Core'dinations and Sakura pens. 

Sunflowers and Dragonflies Challenge

I made this card for a challenge at Sunflowers and Dragonflies where we were asked to make a fairy tale card.  Now, perfect would be the cute set of stamps, Alice in Wonderland, that Beth has. However, if you didn't have those stamps any fairy tale stamp would do. The prize is the complete set of the Alice in Wonderland stamps and oh boy, would I love to win!!!..

Here is my 'Tinkerbell'.  You can't get any more 'fairy' tail then that..lol..

For my card, I used Prima flowers
Marth Steward border punch
K & Co pre-folder card and printed cardstock
Stickles
ColorBox chalk ink
Quick Quotes inkpad
Miss Elizabeth sticky lace paper ribbon

Be sure to check out Beth's site for some great inspiration from her design team!!