bbtb2 vacation challenge

happy monday! this week over at the bittenbythebug2  our super creative and sweet as sugar carole has chosen our theme, vacation. 

im entering this into a couple of card challenges too
craftycatz whos theme is animal
and dutch dare challenges whos theme is furry friends..and you all know i LOVE my sweet kitty geddy:)  so these were fun challenges for sure :)
and DLART whos having an awesome linky party this entire month. 

at first i was perplexed how do i make a card fitting these themes.  so i made a cut of the rv from going places and went from there..

uh oh!... looks like someone forgot daisy (paper pups) at the rest stop.
it doesnt look like kitty kitty  (animal kingdom)is anxious to tell anyone ;)

run daisy run!!!!  looks like shes the one on the road trip . poor pup.

well thanks so much for stopping by my blog. your comments always make me smile thank you for that :) happy crafting! xxxshelly 

bittenbythebug2

happy monday! this week over at bbtb2  our dear new gal  agnes has chosen our challenge to use a vulture. oh my i had so many ideas running through my head but opted for making just one thing this go around. be sure to check out the rest of the DTS vulture makings. also play along with us we love to see your creativity :) thanks for the fun challenge agnes!

                             i made a cute lil bag/ tag for my carrion....err i mean  carry on luggage

 

i used zoobaloo for the vulture and going places for the roundbag and tag.  

i computer generated the word carrion.. its a pun for carry on.. you do know what carrion is... its  decaying flesh from a dead body...ewww huh! but hey what else would a vulture have in a suitcase? ;)

heres a little closer view of the vulture

        on the backside i added my name and contact info im going to get this laminated too.
        thanks so much for the little visit..if ya brought your carrion oh please dont forget it:)
                                                 glad ya stopped by have a good one :) xxxshelly

PaperCutz Star Spangled Banner Blog Hop

                                                                      happy friday!!!!

i sure hope youre having a blast on our very first blog hop over at PCC!!!   and i hope youre playing along as mary and some of us have fun blog candy to share.

if youve come from our lovely denitras place then youre headed in the right direction. what a fab project she created eh!  if ya got lost along the way head on back to PCC and you'll easily find your way again :)

for our lil hop here  were to make a banner using lots of bling.. well if you know my work you know im not a banner or blingy type of gal..BUT what's lots of bling to one may not be to another :) so i really did try hard on this one :)  im definetly glitzy bling challenged. hope you join in with a project and show off your glitzy 4th of july banners i'll be looking ! :)

i'll also be giving away a $10.00 gift certificate to any online store (this includes digital stamp store) of ONE randomly picked commenter here on my blog. If you dont have a blog  or cant leave a comment here just blow me an email (branmuffinsmom@yahoo.com) and in the subject line write PCC bling comment . easy easy :)

heres what i did to make my banner...

i cut cardboard to the size i wanted then turned on my cricut machine oooh aint i just the talented one lol

for the first banner

i used

 graphically speaking (fourth of july),george ( large star) and a childs year (flags and child silhouette and tiny stars) cartridges. i added crystal stickles all over.

for the 2nd banner part

i used

george (stars) wildcard( celebrate)cartridges.

i used SU dazzlin diamonds ( what a mess!) on the stars.

i just hand drew the claender on a piece of cardstock and musse dit up with tim holtz distress stains and a sharpie. added the star on the 4th with a foam stickie and glitzed it up with gold stickles

for the 3rd banner part

i used

george (usa and star) and  going places ( america silhouette) cartridges.

 i added stickles and rhinestones

way too much glitzy for me but it was so fun to be challenged! thanks mary!:)

so dont forget to leave a much appreciated lovely ( or not , i prefer honest! ) comment then head on over to sweet kristies blog and see what super banner shes showing off for us.

thanks so much for hanging out here with me now go have some blog hoppin fun! oh and good luck to everyone! xxxshelly

The Kraft Journal stand and salute

happy monday :) this week over at TKJ their theme is armed forces day. be sure to go see what the DT has sampled for our inspiration. 

for my card i used kraft cardstock in brown,( card base) light brown (panel and stars)  and buff/ivory(dog tags).  i used my cricut  and george (stars) basecamp (dogtags) and going places (USA map) and graphically speaking (freedom) cartridges.

 i used tim holtz and colorbox fluid chalk

all of the cardstock  can be purchased at the kraft outlet, linked on my side bar

 background paper is provo craft. thanks so much for having a looksee hope your day is a fun crafty one :) xxxshelly

cricutcardz #64

happy wednesday!  this week over at CCC  in honor of dr duess and national read across america week  jeri has chosen a theme of bookmarks. be sure to go check out what the rest of the DT has created to hold the page for ya :)

i made 2 bookmarks for this challenge and also made some a long time ago for bittenbythebug which ill show on this post again.

i used animal kingdom cartridge for the bookmarks.

for the first one (on the right)  i wanted to honor dr suess , so i used the fishbowl bookmark, then added fish ( one fish two fish,...you get it ;) ) from zoobaloo cartridge. i thought they were more suessish  :) i added cloud9 raindots and a little colorbox fluid chalk.

  for the 2nd one i opted for girly. i used a childs year for the book/read and girl reading. the wording is from graphically speaking. i added colorbox fluid chalk, ribbon, stickles and dotted with acrylic paint.i added a swirl clip  to attach the b/mark to the book page ( which  realize didnt photo in this pic but you can see it on the top post :)

now heres the other 2 , i used graphically speaking for words and going places (card feature) for the images. i added magnets to the front and back insides covering them with paper ( using shadow feature for that ( page 130 in the manuel) they fold over the page this way. the magnets then keep them in place. also added some stitching, colorbox fluid chalk , a flower from i forget which cartridge and ms punch  butterflies

thanks so much for stopping by and having a peek, hope you have a fun rest of day :) XXXshelly

a crafty little place

happy wednesday :) this week over at ACLP the theme is about a boy. you all know by now im kid card challenged and worse yet, boy card challenged. im a daycare provider youd think this would be a breeze for me eh. so.. i made 2 cards for ya to see  oh lucky you ;) 

 for the one on  the right  i used my cricut and pooh and friends cartridge  except the water which i used going places cartridge.

i added color box fluid chalk  paper is my minds eye. 

for the  card on the left  which is my favorite of the two i used joys of the season cartridge for the sweet lil bear. i didnt use any of the layer features just cut on buff or ivory colored cardstock and inked on the brown color with color box fluid chalk i also did the same with the circle.   not the best pictures as  its overcast and raining here today sorry bout that .
i added a bit of hand~sewing to one panel, buttons and twill ribbon.paper is my minds eye. thanks so much for stopping by the blog hope you like the cards:) have a great rest of day :) xxxshelly

BittenByTheBug2

happy monday :) hope you had an awesome safe 4th of july!

this week over at BBTB2 our cut is from the going places cartridge either the cat or dog. so be sure to pop on over to the bbtb2 blog and see which cut  the rest of the dt has chosen to use :) and of course play along with us :)

of  course i chose the kitty seeing we have 4 of them ;)  the little mouse is from doodlecharms. my paper is basic grey. i added  twine and buttons and pearls ( kittys nose and eyes)  and inked up a tad with colorbox fluid chalk.

i cased the sketch design from my friend rose,  thanks rose :)  i love love love the origins paper pack from basic grey. thanks for stopping by hope your weeks off to a good start :) XXXshelly

PaperCutzChallenges

happy TGIF! what are your plans for the weekend?

this week the theme over at PCC is 4th of july. be sure to go check out what the rest of the dt has made for us this week. we dont get a sneak preview of each others projects so im very anxious to go see also!  and as always be sure to play along with us we love to see your work.

for my card i used my cricut and george (stars),graphically speaking (freedom),basecamp ( dogtag) going places ( usa map) and wild card ( fireworks) cartridges. for the cardstock (Stampin Up) under the map i used my cuttlebug and stars folder. i added some stickles to the fireworks and inked up the rest with colorbox fluid chalk . thank you so much for stopping by have a fun weekend!XXXshelly  
im also entering this into this weeks challenge over at palspaperarts ...go check them out! 

crucut cardz challenges

happy wednesday! this week over at CCC mary has chosen our theme to be vacation. be sure to pop on over to the blog and check out what the rest of the design team ladies have created for you. and be sure to play along with us we always love that :) 

for my project i made a luggage tag. i havent had time to get it lamented yet, but will. the back of the tag has my personal  info so altho i love ya all im sure you can understand me not giving out my addy etc ;) 

for this i used going places  (suitcase,airplane and usa map) and graphically speaking ( journey and discover)

added colorbox fluid chalk  and a chain and thats it. easy peasy :) thanks so much for sitting here with me a bit hope ive inspired you even if just a little. XXXshelly

papercutzchallenges

happy friday! this week at PCC our challenge theme is travel. were to use a plane ,auto , travel trailor or rv on our project. the image can be a handstamp , digi stamp or cricut cartridge.. be sure to go check out the rest of the DTs projects . 

i made this as a card, but more than likely will turn it into a photo album cover instead. i used my cricut and going places ( suitcase and plane) cartridge. ive had this acrylic word adventure forever so i dont remember where i picked it up from. the paper is kandco. card base is SU handsome hunter. i also used a little colorbox fluid chalk. have a great weekend :) thank you so much for stopping by :)XXXshelly

It's Blog Hoppin Time over at Bitten By the Bug!!!!

happy monday!!!!! WooHoo it's Blog Hoppin time over at BBTB !! keep reading and eventually i'll give you all the info on my give~away :)
first , our challenge this week over at the bug was to use our going places cartridge, using the man and woman cut. actually there are 2 cuts i chose the seperate ones, i havent seen what the other DT ladies used i hope i did the right one! lol the lovely gracious regina probably wouldnt tell me any different im sure she just shakes her head at me sometimes ;) i so appreciate her tact with my dorkiness :)
so what i decided to do here was make his and hers page markers. do you and your sweetie sometimes read the same book and that knucklehead..errr, i mean honey of a guy fold the page corner down or fold the page in half! to mark his place (drives me bonkers!!) or forget whos bookmark is whos then you have to re~read to find where you were..... yeah right dear hubby the one with the hearts and ladybugs is yours.. well maybe now he'll have a clue right :)
what i did was use the card feature with this cut (you could just cut a rectangle, total size of this is 4X2 if your just using a regular cutter)
i cut this twice and also blackout feature for the background color so it would be sturdy plus i adhered magnets on the inside between the background color and the inside cardstock layer. that way it snaps shut and is secure. i hope that makes sense :)
for the mans marker i hand~stitched up one side and added the word journey from my graphically speaking cartridge.
for the girly one i used graphically speaking for the word imagine a flourish and a flower. i hand~stitched up the side of this one also i also added tiny butterflies from a martha stewart punch. i also used my colorbox fluid chalk pad (darkbrown)as you know i love my ink :)
ok so heres a couple of pics so you get the idea... AND for the blog hop what i want you to do is leave me a comment telling me who is your favorite author and your favorite book THEN head on over to the beautiful krista's blog ( just click on her name it ill bring you right to her) and oh my if you havent been to her place yet, you are in for some sweetness! her creations are just adorable, her love just shines right on through her work. oh and IF you link my bloghop to your blog let me know i'll enter you twice for the gals that have already commented since i am editing this after theyve already commented, out of fairness i'll be adding them twice also. ok ok enough of my chattering eh :)





now for the goodies! as many of you know regina makes these awesome down loadable stamps on her cuttin cafe shop so this month im offering up 2 of my favorites of hers.. social butterfly , there are 22 images in this set! PLUS to go along with that 4 butterfly background stamps. click here~~> butterfly <~~and then here ~~> background stamps <~~ and you will see exactly what your getting .
i'll use random generator to pick a winner this friday (july 31) good luck to everyone! dont forget to leave your comment and go to kristas blog!! have a super week!!!!!! shelly