cricutcardzchallenges #119

happy wednesday! this week over at CCC our theme is "lets hear it for the girls" show support for breast cancer awareness. be sure to check out the fabulous projects from the rest of the dt :)
im also entering this over at DLART where dianas having a fun linky party this month. be sure to check that out i know she'd just love if you did :)

i used hello kitty, george and home decor (hope) cartridges  for this.
 i added a few rhinestones and set kitty on an action wobble. ( wish i could photo that action for ya, its really cute with this cut)

i used the ampersand ( &) from george for the ribbon , i just snipped off the bottom parts.

thanks so much for stopping by for a visit  your comments always make me smile, thank you for that too :)
happy crafting!! xxxshelly

flowerpot tag

happy saturday :) hope youre having a fun weekend :) today im staying in and just playing around with some challenge spots . my sweet fuzzypunk geddy is liking that :)
i made this for a couple of challenges
little scrap pieces whos theme is pink
DLART whos having another fun linky party for this month ,anything goes theme
and craftycatz whos theme is 3~2~1 9three embellies, 2 papers and 1 image

i made a tag

for this i used my cricut and tagsbagsboxesandmore (tag) home decor (branches and flowers) and walk in my garden (flowerpot) cartridges.

 my flowers are pink and i added pink rhinestones to the centers my 3 embellies are the trim, the bow and the butterfly
i used 2 papers and then my image. i added the sentiment love which is a sizzix die cut .

thank you so much for stopping by my blog your kind words always make me smile thank you for that :) happy crafting! xxxshelly

cricut cardz challenges "a stitch in time"

happy wednesday :) hope the weeks been good to ya so far. our challenge over at CCC today is  to use real or faux stitching using any cart or colors. ive been batteling migraines on and off so i thought id go easy on my head and faux stitch on my card.im not really happy with this one but again the headache thing has gotten to me and i wasnt in the mood to keep messing with it or create something else. for now it stays as is.make sure you head on over to CCC and check out the masterpieces by the rest of the dt :) 

i used home decor cartridge for the flourishes and jasmine for the corners.i faux stitched on the corners and rectangles.

 added some prima flowers and some pearls along with ms punch butterflies. for my card base which is su razzleberry i used my purplecows cutter with one of the fancy cut blades. paper is prima 
thanks so much for stopping by today your comments always leave me with a smile, thanks for that! happy crafting :) xxxshelly

bittenbythebug2

happy monday! hope you had a terrific weekend. this week over at bbtb2 our lovely gal jeri has chosen our challenge, the 6 petal flower from BLOOM cartridge. i dont own this one and if you dont either its all good just use another 6 petal flower from any cart that has one. be sure to check out what the rest of the amazing dt have revealed for this fun challenge.

i made a thank you card
i entering  this over at papercraftingjourney whos theme is floral.

i used accent essentials for the flowers, cut 3 times each and layered, then added a pearl in centers.

                                        i used home decor for the branches and MS punch for the butterflies 

 beyond birthdays for thank you and ms punch for the border

on the inside ( which i havent totally finished) i added a sentiment stamp from stephanie from her whimsical fun vol 1 set (click her name to go grab ya some :) )

thanks so much for stoppin by your comments always leave me with a smile thanks for that! have a crafty rest of day or night xxxshelly

whimsical wednesdays anything goes

happy wednesday! you know what that means.. yep time for a new WW challenge :)  and some fun and exciting news.

our super creative cindy  is making digi stamps! YAY cindy   she has  shared them first with the DT , neener neener ;)
 very lucky you....shes also sponsoring this challenge. 1 random winner will win 3 digis of hers. so make sure you play along for your chance to win!
and be sure to go check out what the rest of the DT did with the digis. we dont get to preview each others work so im always as excited and floored as you each week.

these stamps are just so darned cute way to go cindy!  i couldnt just pick out one to use so i picked out several. 

we also have a great sponsor in prairie bird boutique. patsy makes and sells this INCREDIBLY beautiful crinkle ribbon. thank you so much for sponsoring us patsy :) i LOVE your ribbon :)

and lastly.. i have a very special guest designer today. he really loved cindys stamps and asked could he join on in with us. of course i said a big yes to that :)

 grab your extra big cuppa whateva  cuz this is going to be veeery picture heavy :)

we'll start off with my super cute g/d....bug. unfortunatly i cant photo him as hes my 3 year old daycare boy, but i can his marvelous project.prepare to be amazed :)

                                                       bug chose to use the" happy halloween" digi

he opted to use generic colored pencils. he also added stickles "cuz stars arent stars unless they sparkle" 

wasnt that just an awesome piece of art! way to go bug and thank you for being my super duper guest designer :)

i chose 4 of cindys digis.  first i'll show you a set of cards i made then go through the details individually

                                        the first card is using the happy halloween image.

 

i used SU water color pencils, marvy markers and on bugs advice lots of stickles on this. for the eyes i used viva decor pearl pen in black. the photo looks funny but in the real they are nice and round pearl shaped, i swear!

 

i added a few extra die cut stars and a moon  using my cricut and paper dolls cartridge.  i also added lots of stickles to the stars. brushed with colorbox fluid chalk for a purply/black night sky

per bugs artistic advice. the idea to put a foam stickies under some was my own  idea ;) i did get bugs approval on this :)

i dont have a computer progam to help with resizing and my printer..well. i wont place blame where it shouldnt be.. i do not have nor want the know how on resizing etc. that kind of stuff frustrates me and bores me to death, so the wording happy halloween printed wrong so i just snipped it off then added my own text. i hope thats ok cindy ;)

                                               heres card 2   using the digi "scarecrow"

 

her hair isnt so green looking ITR, i swear :)  i used cloud9 raindots for the bubbles around her cauldron. and glammed her duds up with stickles.

i added 2 stamped spiders, the chandelier is from my cricut and home decor cartridge. i added some rhinstones to it. do ya see the purple ribbon on the tag ..that sparkly fun is from our sponsor patsy at prairiebirdboutique. oooh its so pretty! i wanted to show that i used some dimension here on this too. i paper pieced the broom a little too and cut slits to make it look used. i also added some cotton to look like webs. looking at it now ... it look like cotton.. oh well ;)

 

 another dimension view. i love those sticky foamy things :) 

  

                                             ok now for card 3.....this is using the digi  ""ghost pumpkin"

isnt this one just too cute too! the ghastly cute trio (and grass cut)  on the left  is the actual digi . the  mummy,skull in the grass, owl ,   moon and candy corn  are all extras from a paper pack (recollections). ( the b/g paper is cosmo) the tree is from my cricut and paperdolls cartridge. dontcha just love the look on the ghosts face look how the mummys is the same, thats why i just had to add him :)  i just inked up some with colorbox fluid chalk. 

here i just used a dollar bin stamp. 

 ok.. last one for ya here.. i used the digi "pumpkin" on this gift bag ..3 times.

                                   so adorable huh..see why i couldnt just use him once :) 

in this i added patsys awesome crinkle ribbon. im sure i told ya already  i LOVE LOVE LOVE  her ribbon! you will too. i have other colors that you will see when the spooky season is over :) the one i used today is a gorgeous orange :) i also added a lil felt tag with a paper tag that i wrote hey pumpkin in my chicken scratch. also some straw rafia stuff, wooden button, twine flowers.. yeah i know you can see it all youre not dummies :)  i think this turned out pretty darned cute.. thank you so much cindy for letting us showcase your awesome digis girl :) i had a lots of fun playing with them and hope you like what me and my sweet lil guest designer did with them :)

dont forget to stop on by whimsical wednesdays and check out what the rest of the dt has done with cindys digis AND  patsys crinkly ribbon goodness.  be sure to stop by  prairie bird boutique  you will fall in love with this ribbon too. thank you so much patsy  and cindy for sponsoring us  and allowing us to use your beautiful crinkly and sparkly ribbon and digis .
AND thank you my sweet visitors for puttin up with my long post and your sweet comments always leave me with a smile :)  now go get your craft on :) and have a fun day! xxxshelly 

bitten by the bug 2

happy monday :) hope ya had fun with last weeks school supply challenge.
this week over at BBTB2 our beautiful and ever sweet krista is our hostess. she chose for us to use the pie cut from paper dolls dress up cartridge. this is a great cart with soooooooo many cute extras. be sure to check out the yumminess the rest of the dt has baked up for us :) thanks so much for stopping by, your comments always leave me warmand cozy inside :) xxxshelly
                                                            heres my card

for  the pie  i cut 2 times once in grey once in ivory and clipped off the crust and colored it with colorbox fluid chalk.   i used plantin and home decor for the apples. i added acrylic paint for the dots. i also used colorbox fluid chalk.i shoulda aded some cheddar to this pie to go along with the cheesy saying eh :) it seems the older i get the cheesier i get..is this what comes with oldness? sheesh well then look out cuz i aint gettin younger.

i added tim holtz distress stickles~rock candy~ on the crust to give it a sugared look.i LOVE sugar on my crust :)

 

i used foam stickies under the apples and pie. i also did a little handstitching between each of the apples

cricutcardzchallenge

 happy wednesday :) this week over at CCC jeri has us using a Monogram. i have to say at first i struggled with this because im not a fan of the monogrammed type of stuff.  in fact i made a card, which you will see later this week,showed it to my crafty buddy who agreed the monogram HAD to go :)  at first i left it then sat down here and started this post and all the sudden a whole different idea came to mind.   so jeri picked a great challenge for me. thanks my friend! so.. heres what i came up with it. i made it for my beautiful daughter brandi

                              can you find the monogram ? it took my mom and kiddo  a few minutes :)

 

smarty pants :) yep i put the letter b in a flower pot..added vines and flowers. my daughter is a 'shroom fan and just got 5 of these fungi tatted on her lower back so i of course had to add some of those.

details: 

my cricut and Jasmine cartrdige (letter B)

walk in my garden cartridge ( flower pot and yellow flowers. i cut them in ivory card stock and colored them with colorbox fluid chalk 

studio g $bin stamp ( mushrooms again cut in ivory cardstock and inked with colorbox fluid chalk)

home decor cartridge (swirls/vines throughout the letter b)

Paper dcwv ( the butterfly and blue flowers and vines are pre~printed on the paper, pretty huh!)

thanks so much for hangin ghere with me a few and your sweet words leave me with a smile thank you ! have a great day :) xxxshelly

Whimsical Blog Hop

                                                               Happy Friday! 

welcome to Whimsical Wednesday blog hop! you should have arrived here from jessicas blog  . 

if you just happened to drop by to say hi please go to the WW blog to start at the beginning of the hop.  for this hop we all made banners/wall decor that will be sent to a nursing home. the link to read more about this is posted with the WWblog.

                                                here's my project for the hop 

 details: my cricut and indie art (strawberries) home decor (flourishes/vines) pooh and friends (adorable bees dontcha just love their heart shaped wings!) and walk in my garden (posies) cartridges. 

i added stickles to the strawberries acrylic paint dots and colorbox fluid chalk. i used foam stickys for dimension.  paper is cosmo cricut (garden variety. big thanks to my friend rose :)  )

  

  These are the generous sponsors for our blog hop and what they are giving away for prizes

Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique http://www.etsy.com/shop/prairiebirdboutique-
Your choice of one bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon

Babette from The Kraft Outlet http://www.kraftoutlet.com/store/Default.asp-
The Kraft Outlet has generously donated their “Inspiration Play Pack”;  This is a collection of The Kraft Outlet's top selling items valued at over $45. The play pack comes with 10 yards each of the red and brown baker’s twine, an assortment of 50 of the plain and grungy tags, an 8 sheet assortment of their cardstock and text weight papers, an 8 envelope assortment, one sheet of Kraft labels, a set of their vintage dictionary pages, 1 yard of black twill tape and a CD full of 100 graphics and backgrounds.

In addition the Kraft Outlet is offering 10% off all purchases made during the ENTIRE  month of July. All you need to do is enter the code JULY10 at checkout.

 

The grand prize for the blog hop is a Gypsy, donated by Stephanie. wow!  how generous of stephanie!!! wish i could enter this myself!!  In order to qualify for the grand prize you must leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. At the end of the hop please return back to the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to leave a comment saying that you finished the hop and left a comment under all our post. The blog hop will run through Sunday and end at Midnight. 

for my candy i will send ONE random winner a 10.00 gift certificate to any online store including digital store of their choice. please be sure to leave your contact info in your comment.  i will announce a winner saturday july 16th. if you dont have a blog or cant leave a comment here send me an email branmuffinsmom@yahoo.com and  in the subject line please put whimsy comment 

all you have to do to become eligible is

1)follow the hop 

2)leave me a comment here on my blog or email 

for bonus entries:

if you post the hop onto your side bar on your blog you will get an extra entry. 

just let me know youve done this. 

if you become a new follower of my blog you will get another entry. thank you so much if you do become a follower :) if not its all good thanks for stoppin by my blog :) i appreciate you either way :)

Thank you for joining us for the Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. Your next stop is  Chloe  <~~~ click here be sure to go give her some blog luv :) 

and thank you so much for your sweet words!  have a fun day!!! xxxshelly