AG 3-D Flower Dies

How many of you watch HSN every time they have a craft day?  I was in VA when they had the one in July.  That didn't keep me from watching and my daughter-in-law kept encouraging me to buy "stuff".  I was pretty bad.  One of things I bought was Anna's 3-D Flower Dies.  In case you haven't noticed I love flowers.  Today, I finally got out the dies and made this card.

Card Details:
5X7 Card base - I made this card base from paper with gradient colors
Background design - embossing folder from Cuttlebug Bird Cages and Branches dies and embossing folders.
Flowers & leaves- Anna's 3-D Flower dies - cut from gradient paper
Sentiment

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope you're getting excited about the upcoming Blog Hop on August 1 with Graciellie Design and Paper Temptress.  I know I am.

God Bless You!!!  Peggy

Challenges for this card:
A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) - Always Anything Goes
Create and Inspire (M, P10. E3) #64 - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage Challenges (2W, P7/21, F, E3) #92 Anything Goes
Daisy Chain Challenges (M, P5, E3) #10 Floral

New Release Sunday - Digistamps4Joy

Today is New Release Sunday at Digistamps4Joy Challenge Blog.  Jen and Margy have created some lovely new images for us to play with.

Here are our new digistamp releases 
Note: The artists' name is in brackets. Click on the category link to take you directly to the shop. 

Patchwork Pat (Jen) (Teens & Divas)	Patchwork Pat (coloured) (Jen) (Coloured digis)
Tattoo cutie 2 (Jen) (Cute girls)	Tattoo cutie 2 (coloured) (Jen) (Coloured digis)
Thumbs up (Jen) (Teens & Divas)	Thumbs up (coloured) (Jen)  (Coloured digis)
Tinka in the Tower (Jen) (Teens & Divas)	Tinka in the Tower (coloured) (Jen) (Coloured digis)
Misteri Graduate (Jen) (Teens & Divas)	Hunky-dory (Margy) (Boys & their toys)

I chose Tinka in the Tower for my DT card.

Card Supplies: A2 Card Base Cuttlebug Folder for background - Tiny Mosaic I colored all around the mosaics with a Cool Gray 4 Promarker Image - Tinka in the Tower by JenLee. Image colored with Promarkers Vine and bird are Cricut Access files.
Thank you for visiting with us today.  I'll be looking for your beautiful creations on the blog.
God Bless You!!! Peggy
Challenges for this card: Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) (May 28) Anything Goes  (W1 of 2) Let's Color Saturday Linky Party  M(1st Sat) E and C unlimited  (Must include hand colored image) Anything goes with something colored Sweet Stampin W, 2E  Embossing A Beautiful Mess - M(last Friday of M), 3E - No. 3 - Anything Goes Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - May - A Step Back in Time (vintage, historic) Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.164 - (W2 of 2) - Dies and/or Punches Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.140 - Anything Goes Kitty Bee Designs - 2W,2E,C10 No.72  (W2 of 2)  -  Fairytale / Fantasy

Christmas Card - Week #7

This is the 7th week for making cards on the FaceBook Group, Only Christmas Cards/Projects.   This is their challenge for the year of 2016.  

This is my card for this time.

Card Supplies:
5X7" Card Base
Embossing with a Cricut Snowflake Cuttlebug Folder
Silver Snowflakes-Anna Griffin Die Cut
Merry Christmas - Cut from silver foil paper.  It is a file found in Cricut Access.  I used Cricut Design Space and my Explore to cut it.  I love how well the Explore cuts intricate files.

Thank you for visiting today.  I hope you working along with us to complete your Christmas cards early.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas -  'D' is for Don't Over Do It (Week 2 of 2)Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - M, 2E, must be Winter Holiday (February) - Snowflake
Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #86 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist Wet and/or Dry Embossing  (Week 2 of 2
Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #293  Christmas
Stampin' Royalty - W, C3 - #318 - Sparkle and Shine
A Snowflakes Promise 2W, E3, Must be Christmas/winter themed  #17 - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme (Week 1
One Layer Christmas Card Challenge 2W, (1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Must be Christmas, Cards Only) C10 -  #26 - Anything Goes (Week 2)

There's A Party Going On......

right here.......Celebrating Margy's 4th Digistamps4Joy Birthday.  Who can say it better than Margy herself and here is what she posted.

 I (Margy) took over ownership of Digistamps4Joy on the 

23rd February 2012 - 4 years ago - and what a wonderful 4 

years this has been! I have invited Conie Fong Art & Design 

to join in our celebration, and between DS4J and CFAD we 

are going to have a fabulous PARTY for all our members!

Come and celebrate with us.

The digi on this card is going to be a freebie so I hope you will join us for the fun.

Card Supplies:

A2 Card Base

Cuttlebug Folder - Happy Birthday

Image - by JenLee 

Colored with Promarkers

The balloons and It's a Party image are from Cricut Access.  I chose them in Design Space, flattened them to make them Print then Cut, Printed them and cut them.  

Thank you for visiting with me today.  I'm going to be looking for you at the Digistamp4Joy party.  Be sure you tell Margy you ready about it on my blog.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) Anything Goes (W1 of 2)

Crafting When We Can - 2W, 2E, C5 -  #113 Use A Digital Stamp (W1 of 2)

Glitter n Sparkle - W, F - #176 Anything Goes

Great Impressions - M, 3E, - FEBRUARY  Let's Celebrate!

Allsorts W,3E birthday wishes  

Crafting with Dragonflies 2W,1E, Cards only (W1) birthday cards

Di's Digis Designs 3E,2W,SIO (W2) birthdays 

Let's Color Saturday Linky Party  2W E and C unlimited  (Must include hand colored image) 

(w2) anything goes with something colored - always

My Last Valentine

As promised, this will be the last valentine I will post with AG 'All Hearts' cutting and embossing folders.  I have had a fun time with them.  The cards were super easy to make.  The hardest part was choosing the paper.

I used scraps from the card yesterday to make this one.  I hope you enjoy it.

Thank you for visiting with me today.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - M, 2nd Monday, 1E - (January) Hearts
Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (Week 1) Punches and/ore Dies
Our Crafty Corner - M, First Monday, E3 - (January) Always Anything Goes
Where the HeART is - M, 1st Monday of M, E3 - (January) Anything Goes

Blessings Card - My Scrap Chick

If you ever use SVGs My Scrap Chick is having a wonderful sale right now.  The deal is if you order 10 items, you get them for .50 cent each, no matter what the original cost.  I ordered 11 items for $5.50.  Some of them were multi-item svg's.  This card came from a product called Blessings Trio which consisted of the card, a basket and a box.

I tried uploading the svg into Cricut Design Space but it didn't upload correctly.   So I decided to try importing into Silhouette Studio.  It imported flawlessly so I used  my Cameo to cut out all the pieces.  The Cameo did not cut as well as my Cricut Explore but at least I didn't  have the hassle of resizing everything.  I'm hoping this will be corrected for CDS soon.

I cut the card and all the embellishments exactly as designed, embossed the background piece with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and assembled the card.  I think it will make a darling Thanksgiving card.

Thank you for your visit today.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

A Foiled Birthday Card

I guess you all have heard of one of the latest things in crafting and that is foiling.  When Anna Griffin introduced her Minc machine on HSN, of course I had to order it.  Truthfully, I haven't used it much.  Actually I haven't been very active creatively for a while.  It seems my open heart surgery took a lot out of me.  Well this week, I made up my mind I was going to make something with it.  The results were this card.

I cut 3 balloon shapes from toner paper (it has to be toner, it can't be from and ink jet printer), chose 3 different color foil sheets and ran them through the Minc machine.  

I embossed the card base with the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, adhered my balloons, added some twine and a sentiment I cut from Cricut Design Space.  

Thank you for visiting with us today.  We enjoy reading your comments.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Floral Embellishments/Cuttlebug Card

This card features another of Anna Griffin's Floral Embellishments.  I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder to emboss the card base.  The pink background was cut with one of Anna Griffin's Dies.  These dies add so much to a card.  I added a bow to the flowers.

Thank you for visiting with us today.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Paper A La Mode Challenge - Add A Sentiment

Hi ladies, another Paper A La Mode challenge started Saturday on the Outlawz.  I'm a little late posting my card.  Our theme is Add A Sentiment.  Bugaboo is our sponsor.

Card Supplies:
5X6.5" card base
Image - Beautiful Blocks-Thoughts & Prayers
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - from Damask Decor Set
Die - Anna Griffin Cut & Emboss Folder for the Cuttlebug
Doilies
Promarkers used to color image:
Flowers - Reef Blue, Capri Blue, Frozen Lake
Leaves - Olive, Pressed Leaf
Background - Almond

Please pop over and see what the Design Team has made for inspiration.  We have had more participation in the last few weeks and we're so grateful.  Hope to see you on The Outlawz.  God Bless You!!!!  Peggy

Through The Craftroom Door Challenge

Today starts another 2 weeks challenge at Through The Craftroom Door.  It is Team B of the Design Team's time to prepare projects for this challenge.  I am on Team B.  The challenge is always Anything Goes.  We could use any image we wanted to.  I chose the Fuschia Birdhouse from Sandi'ssamples. I Googled Fuchsia plants and found quite an array of pictures.  The one I used as an example had bright brilliant colors with red veins in the leaves.  I hope I didn't get it too bright.

Supplies Used:
A2 Card Base
Image - Sandi's Samples Fuchsia Birdhouse
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Anna Griffin Die
Ribbon
Pearls
Promarkers used to color image
Leaves - Leaf Green, Forest Green, Magenta
Flowers - Magenta, Mulberry, Purple, Aubergine
Birdhouse - Tan, Caramel

Thank you, Sandi, for allowing me to use your image.  Thanks to my followers for visiting today.  I hope you will go over to TTCRD and join us in this challenge this week.  God Bless YOU!!!!  Peggy

Eureka Challenge - Father's Day

Today is Eureka Stamps Challenge Day.  Our theme this week is Father's Day.  It's just around the corner so we need to be getting those cards ready.  My Dad left this earth for his heavenly home in 1999 and my husband left us for heaven in 2010.  Since then I've not made too many Father's Day Cards.  My son will probably get this one.  I kept it Clean and Simple.

Card Supplies:
A2 card base
Background paper from my stash
Image - Eureka's Father's Day Sentiment - digi9006 Happy Fathers Day with Stars. Eureka has quite a few lovely sentiments for Fathers but since my Father is not alive, it limited what I could use.  Please check out their digi stamps, rubber stamps and other products.
Labels - cut with Cricut Explore
Embossing - Cuttlebug folders 

Here's a close up of the sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will join us in this challenge.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
Creative Cutting Challenge - 2W, must use at least one SVG diecut - (Week 2) Father's Day Cards

ABC Challenge - P1/15  M is for Monochromatic 

Altered Eclectics - M, P7 - Anything Goes  

Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15  #77 Clean and Simple

Country View Crafts' Challenge - M, P1 #16  ONLY MEN ALLOWED

Doodle Pantry - M, 1E, SIO, P1  #47 MAKE IT MANLY

Ladybug Crafts - M, P1, 3E  Something for the boys and/or use your dies

 

 

  

Beccy's Place Guest Designer Card -Stanley Clown

This is my final post for this month as Guest Designer at Beccy's Place.  I hope you have enjoyed looking at some of her digis.  This card uses some pre-colored balloons from the 'Stanley Clown Set'. 

Card Supplies:
A2 card base
Embossing - Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Folder
Image - Pre-colored balloons from the Stanley Clown Set by Beccy Muir
Stickles - on balloons
Lace
Floradoodles Flowers - I colored the center of white flowers to match lace.

Thank you for visiting with me today.  I have enjoyed sharing my Guest Designer cards with you.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Two Masculine Birthday Cards

I have two brothers and their birthdays are in January.  I needed some inspiration so I got on Pinterest to see if I could find some masculine cards.  I've never spent a lot of time on Pinterest but I did that day.  It is a wonderful resource to find inspiration and to display your creations.  This is my take on a couple of cards I saw that day.  I hope my brothers will appreciate them.

I embossed both card bases with the Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder.  The paper is Blue Awning by K & Co.

I used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge for the Label on this one,then inked everything with Outdoor Denim Ink by Close To My Heart.

On this one, I used the Cricut Artiste Cartridge for the flags.  The label & sentiment was made with the Silhouette Cameo.  I love how you can add your sentiment to a label, then print and cut it.  Everything was inked with a chestnut colored ink.

Now if you know anything about me, you know that I have a hard time with masculine cards.   So much so that I sent my grandson in CA a store bought card for his birthday in November thinking it doesn't matter to him.  When he was home for Christmas he let me know how disappointed he was.  He said he had saved all my handmade cards through the years and then I send him a store bought one.  I promised I would do that again.  OOOPS!!  

Thank you for visiting with us.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy  

Challenges to enter my cards in:

Deep Ocean Challenge - Birthday   
Shopping Our Stash - Winter Blues  
Through The Craft Room Door , - Always Anything Goes 
Try It On Tuesday  - Celebrations) 
Card Mania - Anything Goes  
Creative Creations Challenge Blog - Less is More  
Make it Monday -  Always Anything Goes 
Ooh La La Creations - A Man Card  

Fancy Square Frame Card

I want to share 3 cards with you today.  They are all made with the same cut file but just a little bit different.  This Cameo cut file is called Card Fancy Square Frame.  You can find it here.  First I will show you two that are alike except different flowers.

The flowers are from Anna Griffin Beautiful Bouquets Floral Die Cuts.  They can be found here.  There are 72 layered floral die cuts in this package and they are exquisite.  I cut the card exactly as it is.
This next card is my favorite.

I cut the card out of white cardstock (80 lb.).  Actually I cut the card out of blue glitter paper first.  It was too flimsy so I took the front and layered it onto the white.  I cut the inside label and embossed it with a Anna Griffin Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.  I lightly colored the embossed image with Promarkders.  I love how it turned out.  

Here is a close up of the colored, embosssed image.

The insides of the cards:  These cards can be used with whatever message you want to convey.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you found some inspiration.  Like Donna said, our Cricut machines are getting jealous but you know you have to play with a new machine to get the feel of it.  We are still going to display Cricut cards so don't leave us.  We appreciate your visits and comments.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy