Celebrate ~ Shop Pumpkin Spice July Blog Hop

Hi there! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

It's the first Saturday in July and that means it's time for a Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop! I am the first stop in the hop but if you get lost you can see the whole line up at the end of this post.

This month's blog hop theme is "Anything Goes"

I decided to follow this week's challenge on the Pumpkin Spice Blog. The challenge is Stars or Fireworks.

Items used:

My Mind's Eye "Winter Wonderland" 6x6 paper pad ~ red grain

Authentique "Lovely" 6x6 paper pad ~ red polka dot banner

Echo Park "A Boy's Life" ~ navy blue circle and white polka dot

Carta Bella "Traditions" 6x6 paper pad ~ blue floral and beige with white

My Pink Stamper "Brithday Doodles" ~ sentiment

My Pink Stamper "Serendipity Skies" ink

Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge ~ banners

DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge ~ stars

Red, White, & Blue baker's twine

Make sure you check out the challenge over on the Pumpkin Spice Blog. We would love for you to join in!

Now it's time to head on over to June's Blog: Simply Elegant Paper Crafts.

Here is the line up in case you get lost:

Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com

June: http://www.simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com

Carissa:  http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/

Lezlye: http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/

Missy:  www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

Court: http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/
Agnes: http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

Heather: www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

Denine www.pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

More Christmas Tags

Hi There! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

 

You can find the PKS Fond Farewell Blog Hop HERE. This is the last day to comment for you chance to win some PKS!

 

Well, we are almost there! 2 more days until Christmas! Are you ready?

 

Today I am sharing 2 more tags.

 

 

I used Sweet Treats Cricut cartridge to cut the base of these tags.

 

For the Santa Tag, I stamped some snowflakes from PK-148 Snow Gifts in white pigment ink. Santa was cut from the Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge. I used PK-441 Cute and Cuddly 1 1/8" stamps for his face. I ran his beard through my Cuttlebug with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder. I, also, add Martha Stewart coarse glitter to his hat. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "Christmas Cheer!"

 

For the snowflake tag, I cut a darker blue piece of cardstock and ran it through my Cuttlebug with D'Vine Swirls embossing folder. I used my white pigment ink to help bring out the swirls more. I cut the snowflake from Christmas Solutions Cricut cartridge. I covered it with Diamond Stickles and add a little bling.

 

I hope you are enjoying this holiday season.

 

I will be back tomorrow to share one last Christmas card.

 

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!

 

Filled with Love ~ SMS Terrific Tuesday Challenge

Happy Tuesday! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

It's time for another Terrific Tuesday Challenge at Scrappy Moms Stamps! Since Valentine's Day is almost here the challenge is an easy one. Make a project with a heart! Easy Peasy, Right?

For my project I decided to make some treat boxes.

The milk cartons are an SVG from Lettering Delights.

I made them big enough to hold 2 Lindor Truffles.

I used a sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps "Crazy For You" set. I heat embossed this one with white embossing powder.

I love this Prima rose. I inked it with Ranger Distress Ink in Fired Brick.

My Supply List:

Scrappy Moms Stamps "Crazy For You" ~ sentiments

Lettering Delights Milk Cartons SVG

Doodlecharms ~ heart

Doodlebug Designs "Sweet Cakes" ~ patterned paper

Trendy Twine

Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Prima Roses

Bo Bunny Gems

foam tape

ATG

Scrappy Moms Stamps is about to release 2 new fabulous sets of stamps at the end of this week so keep your eyes pealed for the reveal!

Bow head on over to Scrappy Moms Stamps to see what my fellow designers have created for you and join in the fun. I can't wait to see what you create!

Happy Happy Days ~ Peachy Keen LFIF Challenge

Hello Again! Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

I haven't been able to play along in many challenges lately and was so excited to have a little time to put a super quick card together.

The Let's Face It Friday Challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog is to make something that whips up your imagination. For this challenge you must use Peachy Keen face stamps.

I saw this whimsical frame on the Live Simply Cricut Lite cartridge and just had to use it to create a shaped card.

As I said I used Live Simply Cricut Lite to create the base of my card. I welded 2 shadows of the frame together in my Gypsy then cut all the layers.

The sun is from Doodlecharms and the clouds are from Create A Critter.

I stamped the sun with my Peachy Keen Stamps. This face is from PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment. I used my white gel pen to add a few accents. Ranger Glossy Accents were added to the eyes for a nice shine and added dimension.

I ran the clouds through my Cuttlebug using the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder. The edges were inked with Martha Stewart pigment ink.

My patterned paper is from Echo Park's Happy Days line. Foam tape was used to pop up the sun and clouds.

My sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "Sweet Somethings" set.

That's it! Thank you for visiting today!

Thankful For You! ~ SMS Terrific Tuesday Challenge

Hello and Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

It's time for another Terrific Tuesday Challenge at Scrappy Moms Stamps. The featured cartridge for this challenge is an oldie but a goodie, Doodlecharms! Now remember if you do not own this cartridge you can still play along. Just use a similar cut from another cartridge or svg. We want everyone to play along!

I used the basket and the apple cuts from Doodlecharms. I used Ranger Distress Ink in Tea Dye to distress my edges and used my white gel pen for some accents.

The card shape comes from Cricut Lite Lacy Labels. I welded 2 of the tag shape together using my Gypsy. The patterned paper is from Joann's open stock.

I hand cut the tag and stamped it from Scrappy Moms Stamps "A Holiday To Remember." then added a button with some jute.

Thank you for stopping by! Don't forget to head on over to Scrappy Moms Stamps to see what my fellow design team sisters have created. I know it's fabulous!!

Autumn Leaves are Falling ~ FCCB Challenge Me Monday

Hello and Welcome to Luv Scrapping Together!

Happy Monday! The designers at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog have whipped up some beautiful inspiration for this week's Challenge Me Monday. The challenge is to use leaves on your project.

I have been so inspired by all the beautiful autumn projects I have been seeing on everyone's blogs. I just had to do one myself. This card was inspired by my fellow design team sister, Marlene from Scrappin' Cookie. I just love her style! Please visit her and see what I am talking about. 

This is my card. I love it!

Here is a close up of the quote.

Here are the details:

Create A Critter Cricut cartridge ~ maple leaves

Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge ~ oak leaf

Gypsy Wanderings ~ tag

Stamp ~ TPC

Ficars Punch

My Craft Spot ~ Pumpkin Spice Crinkle Ribbon

DCWV Autumn Splendor desiger paper

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Misc. ~ button, jute, foam tape, hot glue, atg

Head over to Fantabulous Cricut to see what the rest of the design team has put together for you.

I am adding this to the challenge at My Craft Spot ~ Ribbon. I love Kimberly's gorgeous crinkle ribbon and I think you will, too!

This card made the Top 3!

Thanks for stopping!

Fluttering by...

Happy Monday!

Just wanted to post this card very quickly. I made it especially for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge over at My Creative Time. The challenge is to use the Cricut cartridge Doodlecharms and the color Blue.

I'm also adding this to Make It Yourself Monday over at You Had Me At Craft.

This card was totally inspired by Kimberly's card over at My Craft Spot. She created a window card with a tutorial that I had been wanting to try. Make sure you go check it out.

Here are the details:

Doodlecharms for the dragon fly

Birthday Bash for the scalloped circle and circle

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-490 Everyday Character Faces Assortment

DCWV ~ Baby Boy Stack

Vellum

Diamond Stickles

Ranger Glossy Accents

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Thread

White Gelly Roll Pen

Ribbon ~ Hobby Lobby

Sentiment is computer generated

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Happy Crafting!!

Sending XOXOs!

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share a card to I created with 2 challenges in mind. The first challenge is for Peachy Keen's Let's Face It Fridays Challenge Xs and Os! ~ Use a PK face stamp and Xs and Os. The other challenge is for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge over at My Creative Time. ~ Use Paper Doll Dress Up or Everyday Paper Dolls and some kind of embossing. This card is not what I had envisioned but I think it came out quite cute.

This card is 4.25 x 5.5

Here is what I used:

Cricut Cartridges ~ Everyday Paper Dolls, puppy, ~ Doodlecharms, mailbox and letter, ~ Plantin School Book, rectangle for the mailbox post, ~ Create A Critter, hearts. These were extras from another project.

Gypsy

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-754 Critters Faces Medium

40:31 Creations Stamps ~ Love set ( XOXO)

Sentiment ~ Computer generated

Cuttlebug ~ Embossing folders D'Vine Swirls and Distressed Stripes

Cardstock ~ Various scraps

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Gelly Roll Pen

Foam Tape, Glue Dots, and ATG

Pumpkin Patch Thank you Card

Hi Bloggie Friends!
Here's a thank you card I put together this afternoon. I am submitting it to Cooking With Cricut Challenge #2 Pumpkins.

Here are the details:

Cricut Cartridges ~ Create A Critter~ pumpkins( I used this pumpkin to weld together in my Gypsy to make this a shaped card), Doodlecharms ~ acorns, Mini Monsters ~ pumpkins, I welded all of theses to the base on the card then cut each shape to layer.
Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-691 Make a Monster Face, PK-550 Pumpkin Faces, PK-692 Monster Mash Face assortment
TPC Studio Greetings ~ Sentiment
Color Box Chalk Ink ~ Chestnut Roan
White Gelly Roll Pen
Hemp

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A Fall Welcome

It's been a wonderful Sunday afternoon. I hope everyone is enjoying their day. I made this fall welcome sign to hang on our door. I tried to finish this yesterday but my Cricut E was not cooperating. So, I put everything away and tried again today. Here is the result:

I am submitting this for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #31. The challenge is "On the Wall."  I am also submitting this for Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Challenge #3. The challenge here is to make a home decor item and use Peachy Keen Faces.

Here are the details:

I used cardboard from a cereal box for my base. It measures 7.5 x 12 inches.

Cricut Cartridges ~ Create A Critter ~ pumpkin (I used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy to hide the face) and acorn, Doodlecharms ~ oak leaf, Gypsy Wanderings ~ maple leaf, Pooh Font ~ Welcome, I used the shadow of the marker font.

Patterned Paper ~ K&Company Fall Harvest Stack

Solid Cardstock ~ Bazzill and DCWV

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ Everyday Character Faces

Cat's Eye Chalk Ink ~ Chestnut Roan

Ribbon ~ Hobby Lobby

White Gelly Roll Pen

Fall Shaped Mini Album

Hi Bloggie Buddies!
I am so excited to share this project with you. This is my first shaped mini album and I am very pleased with the way it came out. I am submitting this for Peachy Keen Stamp Challenge #38. The challenge is to make something fall inspired and it cannot be a card. Check out my first shapped mini:

I'm also submitting this for My Pink Stamper's Wednesday Fall Challenge.

Here are the details:

The Cricut Expression was used for this project and it was designed in my Gypsy.

Cartridges used ~ Plantin Schoolbook, Stretch You Imagination, Paper Doll Dress Up, Pooh and Friends, Doodlecharms, and Create A Critter

Patterned Paper ~ K&Company Fall Harvest Stack and DCWV Autumn Splendor Stack

Solid Cardstock ~ Various scrap pieces

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-490 Everyday Character Faces and PK-754 Critter Faces Set A Medium

Martha Stewart ~ Around the edge Leaf punch

Ficars ~ Threading Water punch

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany and Tea Dye

Ribbon ~ American Crafts and Hobby Lobby

Button ~ Found at Micheals

White Gelly Roll Pen for doodling

Bind It All

Wow! That is 2 posts in one day. I am definately enjoying my extra crafting time since I am at home again.

Enjoy your Friday!

Celebrate! ~ Throwback Thursday Challenge #8 and Cricut Cardz Challenge #34

It's Throwback Thursday Challenge time over at My Creative Time with Emma and this is my submission for this week's challenge. I'm also submitting this for Cricut Cardz Challenge with Mary. For Emma's challenge we are to make a project for a birthday and use the Cricut Celebration Cartridge or an older Cricut Cartridge. For Mary's challenge we are to make a project with a cupcake, cake, candy, or cookies using any cartridge and colors we want.

The card measures about 5 inches. I thought it came out very cute and was quite easy to put together.

Enjoy your weekend!

Saundra :)

Here is the recipe:

• Cartridge ~ Doodlecharms ~ I cut the cupcake at about 7.5 inches. I welded 2 cupcakes using my Gypsy on the shadow feature. I didn't want to use the candle on the cupcake so I welded these at the top. I then cut the cupcake again using the blackout feature and trimmed off the candle. I cut the frosting layer and used the hide contour feature to hide the candle and sprinkles.
• Paper and ribbon is from my stash
• Jelly roll pen for doodling
• purple ink for the edges
• Cuttlebug ~ D'vine Swirls for the frosting
• Sentiment ~ Inkadinkado Stamps
• glue dots
• pop dots

Sweet Treats Challenge Me Monday #18

Good Evening, Everyone. This is my submission to the Challenge Me Monday #18 sweet treats challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut challenge blog. We are to make something with a sweet treat theme with the option to make a shape card.

This was a fun card to make because it was my first project using my Gypsy!! I'm lovin' it!!

Here are the details...

Cartridges used:

Doodlecharms ~ Ice cream cone cut using the black out feature. I cut off the cherry and dicraded it.

Gypsy Wanderings ~ Square ticket tag? This was cut at 5 1/2 inches and welded together to create a shaped card. The patterned paper is cut at 5 1/4 inches and white cardstock was cut at 5 inches for the inside.

Additional supplies:

Cuttlebug ~ Spots and Dots embossing folder and D'Vine Swirls embossing folder

Sizzix embossing folder ~ Argyle

Tim Holtz Distress ink ~ Tea Dye

Martha Stewart ink ~ Pink

Ranger Glossy Accents ~ used on the chocolate cone

Stickles ~ Crystal, used for the vanilla cone

StampinUp! ~ sentiment

Ribbon from my stash

Paper ~ Solids are from Papertrey Ink and the patterned paper is from DCWV Nana's Baby Girl stack

Thanks for stopping by!

~Saundra

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Good Afternoon, Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. It is a beautiful day here in NC.

As some of you may know Emma over at My Creative Time has a challenge every Thursday called Throwback Thursday. She challenges you to use older cartridges. For this week's challenge we were to use New Arrival, but I don't own that one currently so I used Stretch Your Imaginations and Doodlecharms.

Here is the recipe:

Paper is from Papertrey Ink.

Stretch Your Imaginations cartridge ~ Baby p.70. I welded the shadow cuts in Design Studio. The I used the blackout feature for the baby and clothing. I also cut another bay for the inside of the card. These were all cut at 5 inches.

Doodlecharms ~ duck p.103. This was cut at 1/2 inch using the blackout feature.

Cuttlebug ~ Swiss Dots folder

Bottons and ribbon from my stash. I believe I purchased both of these from Walmart.

White gellyroll pen for stitching

The face was hand drawn. I'm very pleased with how this card came out.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Saundra :)

My Pink Stamper Color Challenge

Hello, Everyone! Here is a card that I made for the  My Pink Stamper color challenge. The challenge is to use only Pink, Brown, Orange, and Green in a project. You can read about the challenge here -->Challenge

Recipe:

This card is 5x5 inches.

All solid cardstock is from Papertrey Ink in dark chocolate, orange zest, summer sunrise, ripe avacado, new leaf, spring moss, raspberry fizz, and hibiscus burst.

Patterned paper is from Memory Makers~ Chloe's Closet

I laid all the pieces of this card in Design Studio.

Cartridges used:

Plantin SchoolBook ~ patterned paper square cut at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches

Doodlecharms ~ sun p. 96 cut at 2 inches, regular cut and shadow feature

Pooh and Friends ~ turtle p.45 cut at 2 1/2 inches using icon and shift feature. I cut the shell twice to get the 2 shades of pink. I LOVE this little turtle!

ZooBalloo ~ grass p. 129 cut at 1 1/2 inches on regular cut and cut at 1 inch on layer feature. I flipped one of these cuts so the grass was going in different directions.

Other items used:

Cuttlebug ~ Swiss Dots folder

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, all cuts were inked in this.

Martha Stewart ~ butterfly punch

foam tape to pop the trutle's shell and the top layer of grass

Sentiment is from Studio G

I think this is one of my favorite cards I have made to date.

Enjoy!

Saundra

Card Recreation ~ Cindy Loo

Good Morning! I am so enjoying my time off from school. It has been so nice to just have the time to play in my craft room. Last week was very crazy but this week my kids are at summer camp so it is very quiet around here.

I wanted to share a card I recreated. I first saw this card over on Jeannie's blog. I just thought it was adorable. Here is the direct link to her card: http://aplaceformycards.blogspot.com/ Isn't it cute! Well, when I saw her card I just knew that I wanted to get the Cindy Loo Cricut cartridge. Sure enough CricutMachine.com was having a sale and I snatched this cartridge right away.

Here is what I used to make the card:

Cindy Loo Cricut cartridge ~ flower from p. 51 cut at 4 inches with the layers and squirrel from p. 62 cut at 1 inch with all it's layers

Doodle Charms Cricut cartridge ~ lady bug p.92 cut at approximately 3/4 inch and all its layers.

Paper is from DCWV Baby Boy stack and Papertrey Ink

Color Box pigment ink in brown.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to have more projects to show later.

~Saundra :)