Vintage Santa

    It's Day 12 of My Paper Crafting's 25 Days of Christmas and Year Round Crafts.  I hope you've been visitng MPC to see the amazing design team projects.  There's something for everyone - Cricut, cutfiles, digi stamps,  calendar pages, holiday projects AND freebies every day.   One of the freebies today is this vintage Santa image.  Melin is providing you several copies, an original and some color variations.  I used the olive wash image to go along with the distressed style I chose for this card.

I love this paper stack from Recollections called Traditional Holiday.  The sentiment is from a dimensional sticker set by K&Company.   You can have this image by visiting My Paper Crafting and clicking on the download buttons. I hope you're enjoying our 25 Days Event.  Each day I am amazed by the variety of projects being shared by our design team members.  It's been so much fun taking part is this fabulous crafting event.  

Welcome to Day 2 of the 25 Days of Crafting.  The My Paper Crafting designers are sharing January projects today. For our "Winter Sparkle" theme   I created this A2 card using the Winter Woodland cartridge.  

The snowflakes are from MS hand punches and I've used Stickles to add sparkle and a snowy effect.  All of the papers are shimery but it's a little difficult to tell.

 

Melin is offering a FREE cutfile and a FREE digi to go along with today's theme.  To pick up your freebies, just visit My Paper Crafting and then follow the link to Paper Crafting World. 

 

 

There are some fabulous projects being shared today, including the first calendar page, which you'll see when you visit.  Be sure to click on each designer's blog link to get all the details for each project and leave a little bloggie love.

 

 

   

More Red and Green

  The designers at My Paper Crafting are using the traditional holiday colors, Red and Green, for our final Wonderful Wednesday Crafts with Cutters project of 2012. I used the Scandinavian Christmas cartridge for this card.  I used both the card feature, which gave me this oval window card, and the base and layers for the tree.  It's a simple card but with all that needs to be done over the next few weeks, I'm all about simple.  

    I hope you'll visit MPC to see more red and green designs and then join me again on Friday for our final Digi Desserts Fridaze before our amazing 25 Days Craft Showcase begins on Saturday.  You won't want to miss one single day!!!    

Gobble 'til you Wobble

  The "Crafts with Cutter"s gals at My Paper Crafting are sharing their turkey projects today.  I used my Gypsy and the Three Birds on Parade cartridge to create this guy.  I used the plain bird image (the first in the handbook), added the Pilgrim's hat and then used the asterisk from the font feature to create his tailfeathers.  He's mounted on a wobble so he'll truly gobble and wobble. I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge.  One last turkey and then it's the home stretch for the Christmas holiday.  Just link your card to the wonderful Wednesday CWC post.  

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I am so thankful for my loyal friends who visit often and take the time to leave comments.  You are all a blessing to me and I appreciate your support.

 

I Feel the Love

    It's time for November's I Feel the Love project.  The designers at My Paper Crafting are busy making cards for this month's recipient.  We're making children's Christmas cards for Madison to forward to Children's Hospital Central California.  I hope you'll join us.  You can read all about the I Feel the Love project by clicking on the  IFTL button on my sidebar.  I'll post the mailing information for this month at the bottom of the post.  

 

I used the Simply Charmed cartridge for my card.  I'm really having fun with this cartridge.  I just can't figure out why I waited so long to get it.  The patterned paper is from an older DCWV stack.  A ribbon with a little bell was all that was needed to embellish this card.   Here's the information so that you can help Madison with this amazing project.  Please be sure to link your card up to My Paper Crafting's Wonderful Wednesday Craft with Cutters challenge.   Would you like to be a part of this month's I Feel the Love Project and join us in sending Christmas cards to
 

Children's Hospital Central California?

All you need to do is:

Submit your card/s by December 10th to:

Madison Womack

(IFTL) Funky Cards

P.O. Box 1203

Atascadero, CA 93423

 

It's Cold Outside

  Today is my day to post for My Paper Crafting's Digi Desserts Fridaze.  I hope you've been following the Friday posts and picking up your free digital image each week.  If you're a cutfile kind of gal then you'll love the Tuesday posts at MPC because then you can pick up a free cutfile.  Wow!  that's two freebies EVERY week!!!!   My project this week uses the "Baby it's Cold Outside" digital stamp from Paper Crafting World. I know you won't believe this but I used Distressed Markers rather than Copics - are you shocked?  I've had the set for awhile and figured I needed to give them a try.  This was a great image to use since blending wasn't really called for.  I had a little fun by adding the heat set Liquid Applique and highlighted "cold" with my white Signo pen.  

Once again I used some non-traditional colors from my Bo Bunny paper stash.  I've been having fun trying to put together unexpected color combinations for my holiday cards.

 

If you visit My Paper Crafting, you can follow the link to pick this week's free image.

Enjoy!

 

PS - I won't be giving up my Copics!!! 

 

Anything Goes but with a Twist

  It's another Wednesday challenge for all of you Crafts with Cutters gals (CWC - get it?).    This week's challenge is a fun one.  It's Anything Goes, but you must use something that you've had in your stash for a really looooooooong time.  You know, those embellies you had to have or that paper or ribbon - whatever, as long as you dig something out and finally put it to creative use - along with a Cricut cut, of course.   I'm such a sucker for K&Company stickers, especially when they're on sale.  Then, there they sit because I'm using die cuts or coloring a digi.  I should know better.  Anyway, I dug out these dimensional stickers and put them to use.  The papers are also from my stash of last year's fall stacks.  I used Elegant Edges for the mats and frame and my Cuttlebug for the embossing - those two things I use ALL the time.  

 

So now it's time for you to dig into your stash of goodies (you can make room for new holiday products!!) and join in the fun. 

Visit My Paper Crafting to see more ideas from the CWC designers and then link up your own

Anything Goes project. 

 

Festive and Fun Bingo

We have a fun challenge for you this week at My Paper Crafting (CWC).  We're playing our version of bingo to help decide how to embellish our projects and you can play along too.  

I used the Art Philosophy Cartridge along with the companion tree stamp and shaped tag to create this cute little gift bag.  The paper is double-sided by Bo Bunny and the tiny snowflakes are hand punched.  I used the stamp, ribbon, twine combination from the bingo board.  

Come and join in our Festive and Fun bingo.  Just pick any 3 across, up and down, or diagonally. Don't forget to add a Cricut then link your project HERE so we can all see your fun and festiveness!

Digi Desserts Fridaze

  I've been having so much fun sharing Melin's digital images with you each Friday. I hope you've visited Paper Crafting World to see all the wonderful images and My Paper Crafting (formerly Cooking with Cricut) to see more projects by the CWC/PCW designers.   The image I used for today's project was made using this week's FREE image - Candy Corn Treater.  If you click the download link, it will take you to Paper Crafting World where you can pick up your free image.  The stamp will be listed at $1.00 but when you check out, it will be free.  

This simple treat box was cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge. The paper is from K&Co.

Click to download image

     

No Tricks, Only Treats

The Cooking with Cricut (now "Craft with Cutters") designers are sharing Halloween treats.    We've been asked to create something other than a card or layout.  I decided on the altered Frap bottle filled with candy corn.  What's Halloween without candy corn, right?  

The cute little pumpkin was cut from Simply Charmed.  I used hand punches for the other shapes. I have so many of these bottles (yeah, I love mocha), I really need to create more projects using them. 

 

We'd love to have you join our challenge and show us your Halloween treat project.  Be sure to use a Cricut cut on your project and link it HERE.

 

NOTE: please click on the link to get to PCW/CWC as Melin is redoing the blog and links and the old URL for CWC will no longer work.

 

I'd like to link this project to the Cut It Up "Eek, Boo, Aah" challenge.

 

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Delightful Challenges project and then again on Friday for

Digi Desserts Fridaze.  Remember that there is always a link to a free digi download on Friday.

 

It's the Great Pumpkin

  Time for another Cooking with Cricut challenge.  This week we're asking you to use pumpkins, and/or circles and spots.  Woohoo, time for my favorite Bo Bunny Double Dot paper and a great reason to use my newest cartridge, Teddy Bear Parade.  

  I invite you to stop by CWC to see more projects created by my fellow design team members. I hope you'll link up your own project as well.  Remember that projects for our Wednesday challenge must include a Cricut cut.  

BC Awareness and a Special DT Call

  It's Digi Desserts Fridaze at Cooking with Cricut.  I hope you'll visit CWC to see more digi projects created by our design team members.  When you visit, you can pick up a delightful FREE image.    I used two of Melin's digital images to create more cards supporting Breast Cancer Awareness.  

 

 

Both of these adorable digis are available pre-colored or in black and white line art at

Paper Crafting World.

 

Here's the free image Melin has designed just for this week's DDF post.

 

 

And now some exciting news.

 

  Melin is having a special Design Team Call.  She's looking for designers to participate in her 25 Days project which celebrates Christmas and Year Round crafts.  It's such a fun time with amazing posts everyday.  She's looking for gals who design in a variety of genres: cutfiles, Cricut, digital images - you choose. You can read more about the Design Team Call by clicking HERE.

 

I will link my post to Link Up for Pink.

 

 

Time to Share Some Love

  This week's Cooking with Cricut challenge supports the I FEEL THE LOVE project.  Thanksgiving cards are being collected to send to Surrey Place Care Center.  You can read more about the IFTL project and the Surrey Place Care Center by clicking on the IFTL button on my sidebar.  

I used the Autumn Celebrations and Simply Charmed cartridges for my project.

 

You can see more cards by visiting Cooking with Cricut.  While you're there, link up your own Thanksgiving card.  Remember that it must include a Cricut cut. If you're sending it on to Madison, be sure to also link it up to IFTL before putting it in the mail.

You may send your cards to:

 

Madison Womack

(IFTL) Funky Cards

PO Box 1203

Atascadero, CA 93423

Project #15

 

I hope you'll find time to join in this amazing effort.

 

Digi Desserts Fridaze

  Yep, it's Friday and time to share more of Melin's digital images from Paper Crafting World on

  I made another bookmark, this time using PCW's Acorns ' n ' Leaves.  I actually designed this project for my Copic Class gals to make during our September class.  

 

When you visit Cooking with Cricut, you'll see more digi projects along with this week's

FREEBIE - Happy Fall Y'all.

 

Here's a card I made using this week's free image:

 

 

So, head on over to CWC to find the link to download this freebie.   Have a great start to your weekend.  Thanks for dropping by.

Digi Desserts Fridaze

  Yay!  It's Friday and time to share another digi stamp created by the talented Melin and available at Paper Crafting World. For this week's Digi Desserts Fridaze, I used the Bee with Honey image and colored it with Copic markers.  You can see more cards created with Melin's digis by clicking HERE.   And the best news!  You can pick up this FREEBIE - just visit Cooking with Cricut for the link.  

  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you're getting ready to have a fabulous weekend.

Apples and Honey

Today the Cooking with Cricut gals are creating projects that feature Apples  'n Honey in honor of Yom Kippur.  The honey and apples are symbolic of having a sweet and productive near year.  

  My shape card was designed using the Doodlecharms cartridge and my Gypsy.  I used the shadow image of the basket welding two together to create the card base and cutting a third to maintain the shape for the front.  I also welded a circle to the inside piece to create a base for the apples (made it so much easier to assemble.  All of the papers are from my scrap stash.   I hope you'll visit Cooking with Cricut to see more projects and to link up your own Apples 'n Honey project.  The challenge is to include apples and/or honey or honey bees, and remember that you must include a Cricut cut.   I'm entering this project in the Cut it Up challenge.

Digi Dessert Fridaze

  It's time to share another project that I created for CWC/PCW Digi Dessert Fridaze feature.   Each week, the designers are creating projects using Melin's digital stamps.  Her stamps are both pre-colored and black and white line art.  I love the line art because I am so addicted to my Copic Markers, but, I must say, sometimes the pre-colored images come in handy.   Here's my card using Boy Bear with Shortcake.  

Don't you love this Jillibean Soup patterned paper?  It's so perfect for this image.

I used the line art version so I could color the bear with Copic Markers.

 

Melin is also offering a FREE digital stamp download:

I'm inviting you to visit Cooking with Cricut to see more of this week's digital stamp projects including some using the FREE image.  Then, head over to Paper Crafting World to pick up your own free image.

 

 

Let's See Some Texture

It's Cricut Wednesday at Cooking with Cricut.  For this challenge we'd like to see some texture on your project.   I designed this card using my Gypsy and the Elegant Edges cartridge.  I selected a feature cut, used hide contour to remove the inner square, copied the remaining scalloped square and welded the two to create the base card.  For the outside, I used the scalloped window as it appears and popped it up on the base.  I added an embossed mat to highlight the layered and embossed butterfly and here it is:  

 

I invite you to visit Cooking with Cricut to see more fantastic texture projects.

Be sure to link up your own project which shows texture and must include a Cricut cut.

Maybe you'll be chosen as one of our "Top Chefs."