Be Inspired Cuttlebug # 39

This week the Cuttlebug Challenge blog is having a color scheme challenge with woodland creatures. Feel free to add a twig or leaf from your yard, but no snakes, please :)
I made this card 10 days ago. I was really happy at how well it turned out! I just realized when I went to post this card, that I used the same color scheme on my card yesterday morning. I guess my subconscious really likes these colors together. I used Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls embossing folder; ribbon from my stash; an SEI button; all papers are from My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow; the critters are all Colorbok Friendly Forest; the scallop border punch, dimensionals, and scallop circle punch are SU!. The tree is hand drawn based on LFL's blog banner (lovely friend Lauren.)

Happy Wednesday!!!

Caardvarks Sketch Challenge

The 'Varks is having a sketch challenge and the prize is a gift certificate to ShortCuts (pick me! pick me!)

I kept it simple; I blew the dust off of my Magenta stickers (what? stickers? so old school), and mounted them to white card stock, and cut out. The window/aperture was cut using the SU! curly label punch, as were the two top note dies. The ribbon is from Michael's, and the "hi" is Thickers chipboard.

Who is the president of the United States?

Card-wise I have nothing to show you. I haven't even been in my craft room since Saturday :( Hopefully soon?

I do have a funny dialogue to share with you involving my dear daughter and her speech therapist that took place today:

ST: Who is the president of the United States?
DD: George Washington.
ST: George Washington was the first president. Who is president right now?
DD: Abraham Lincoln.
ST: He was the sixteenth president. Who is president right now, Barack ____?
DD: o-lee

Get it? Broccoli. She is so funny...I suppose we need to work on our history a little more :)

Hello and Happy 4th of July :)

Happy 4th of July to my American friends :)
AND happy birthday wishes to my DT sister, Meda!

I used the same papers from my Wednesday Cuttlebug Challenge Be Inspired card, but this time I added some Stampin' Up! rub-ons (the sentiment and a few stars on the decorative papers). The oval punches, build-a-brad, and dimensionals are also SU! The large circles are Nesties. And of course I used my Cuttlebug swiss dots folder :)

And now for some fun...head over to Cuttlebug Challenge blog for a super fun blog hop sponsored by SNR Card Universe!

Be safe and enjoy the fireworks.

Good Friends are Priceless

This is my first MFT purchase ever, and today is the first time I've used it. I couldn't decide which decorative papers to use...so many choices...and I decided my 6x6 BasicGrey Wisteria had not had enough love. I tried to match my Bic markers to the paper, but it came out bolder than I thought it would. Oh well :) I also used Julee's sketch again, but modified it just a little.

Enabler Alert! Core'dinations card stock...

I had a couple of errands to run yesterday and while I was out I needed to buy more adhesive with my 40% coupons. I stopped in at JoAnn's, grabbed my adhesive, and was headed towards the register when I noticed their 12 x12 card stock is 16 cents per sheet this week. I normally ignore this aisle, but I need kraft card stock now that it is back in vogue. No luck finding it, but I noticed some open stock paper I knew was not Bazzill nor DCWV, and it was...Core'dinations!!! Can you believe it? I grabbed 3 sheets...I know, big spender, right? I just wanted to try it out, and JoAnn's has a rainbow of colors in this amazing paper. I try not to buy online unless I can't buy it at Michael's, JoAnn's, ACMoore, or Hobby Lobby with a 40% coupon, and even then it needs to be a good price. So I have resisted the urge to buy Core'dinations, and now I can get it anytime I want, and just 2 miles from my house. Wahoo!!!

This is my first card using Core'dinations (check 'em out..."Black Magic" is particularly scrummy!) If you are not familiar with it, this is why it is so special: the core is not the same color (like Bazzill) nor is it white (like DCWV). It comes in varied colors. So just sand or tear it to unveil the yummy colors hidden beneath the texture. I sanded the papers to reveal the core color.

My base card (red) is DCWV; the easel is a 3D sticker by Make it Special (Dollorama); the sentiment is CTMH; and the circle, scallop circle, and dimensionals are all Stampin' Up!

Be Inspired - Cuttlebug # 38

This is my first official card as a Cuttlebug Design Team member. The theme for this week's challenge is red, white, and blue and to use buttons. Some of my DT sisters have the not-yet-released stars embossing folder; I used my all-time favorite swiss dots.

I created an aperture for the sentiment using a rectangle Nestibilities and I popped the window panel up on dimensionals. (I know it looks flush in my picture.) I was trying to come up with an Independence Day sentiment. I thought of "you light my fire cracker", but then thought that sentiment would be more appropriate for mature audiences. This blog is rated G :)

Head over to the Cuttlebug Challenge blog to see what the other DT girls have created. Maggie has some wonderful prizes in store for this challenge. Don't forget to check out the Cuttlebug Challenge blog later this week...there is something really special planned...that's all I'm gonna tell you for now (she says with a big cheshire cat grin on her face!)