Southwestern Stripes

 Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is 'Dots and/or Stripes!'  I was inspired to make this Southwestern Stripe featuring a die cut of Kokopelli!  

Check out the video below to see how I put this together and changed the Kokopelli Die Cut in Cricut Design Space.

 Come share with us at Cut It Up.  Remember to include a die cut!

Material List:

Acetate Alternative

CTMH Cardstock 

Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle Dies (3" circle)

Adhesives: Fabri-Tac; ATG; Bearly Art Precision Art Glue  http://tinyurl.com/ntkp4dpk

Cricut Design Space: Designed, Printed and Cut from CDS; Offset Feature

Cuts from Design Space: Shapes; Kokopelli from Arizona - The Grand Canyon State; sentiment from Cheese Toast Digitals

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

This is off to the following challenges:  

Simply Clean and Simple:  AG CAS

Aloha:  Favorites

613 Avenue Create:  AG 

Unicorn:  Dots and/or Stripes

Let's Craft and Create:  Polka Dots and/or Stripes

Ally's Angels:  AG 

Color My Heart Color Dare:  Use at least 3 of the colors

Creative Knockouts:  Die Cuts/Punches/Stencils (Total of 10 Challenges)

Heart's Quest Fantasy:  AG Fantasy

Krafty Chicks:  All Occasions

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects. Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.   

One Happiness in this Life!

 Path of Positivity is on 'an emergency leave of absence' this month.  The team has shared their projects on their blogs, but the challenge is not up currently.  Please keep the positivity going and check in on PoP the first Monday of March at 6pm EST.  

As we meander a Path of Positivity, I am sharing something inspired by Quotes about Love/Relationships!  

My second project this month might seem a bit strange for February Love/Relationships, but I was inspired to think about love and memories from the past while pondering this quote:  “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” — George Sand

Inside of card

This led to the creation of this sympathy card using the quote in harmony with a floral die and shadow effect.  

    Check out the video below if you are interested in how it was created in Cricut Design Space.  

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive!  The theme is always optional.  

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 Material List:

Digital Paper from Sande http://tinyurl.com/3m6kr9km

Quote from George Sand

CTMH Cardstock 

Adhesives: ATG; Bearly Art Precision Art Glue  http://tinyurl.com/ntkp4dpk

Font:  Angelinea (Creative Fabrica Free Downloads)  http://tinyurl.com/32z47y7a

Cricut Design Space: Offset; Print Then Cut

Cricut AccessFlowers from Padoga

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Friendship:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

613 Avenue Create:  AG opt Love Letters

Triple B:  Use Birds, Butterflies, and/or Blooms

Optional Mood Board

The Outlawz Tuesday Color:  Monochrome

Daisy Chain:  Flowers

A Place to Start:  Monochromatic

Ally's Angels:  AG 

Krafty Chicks:  CAS 

Word Power:  Focus on Sentiment

Aud Sentiments:  Dies and/or Love/Anniversary/Wed + Sentiment

Get Creative:  Love

Make My Monday:  Love

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Beautiful Blossoms:  Anything Floral Goes Opt mood board below

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist!  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge!  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

Thinking of You

 Time for some fun at the Worldwide Crafter and Colorists Challenge Blog!  I invite you to come play along with any and all of your creative pieces featuring an image from any designer/artist!  

This challenge is graciously sponsored by the very talented Julia Spiri!  If you are not familiar with her, you can find her gorgeous digis and coloring books at her Etsy Shop.  Please feel free to visit her FaceBook Page and share your Julia Spiri coloring!  Now one more place you might want to visit is Julia's YouTube; you can find some mesmerizing drawing, painting, and flip throughs!!

I've chosen to create a sort of 'thinking of you' card with this delightful elf.  She's perfect in her cozy little cabin.  She'd make for a wonderful winter card for birthdays, feel better, Valentine, etc!  

Material List:

Digi:  Digi Julia Spiri Whimsy Winter Elf in Cozy Home

X-Press it Cardstock

CTMH Cardstock 

White Gel Pen Signo uni-ball

Adhesives:  ATG, Bearly Art Precision Art Glue, Fabri-Tac

Cricut Design Space: Design and Print Then Cut; shapes

Cricut Access

Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

Sharing with the following challenges:

Do-All Creative:  AG opt Mystical or Vintage

Morgan's ArtWorld:  AG with Focal Image

The Four Seasons:  Winter

Heart's Quest Fantasy:  AG Fantasy

613 Avenue Create:  AG 

Digi Choosday:  AG

Pink Gem:  AG

As You Like It:  Digi or Physical Stamps...Digi!  I never thought I'd say this, but they are just so versatile!  I can make them any size and use them in digital projects as well as physical ones.  I also like the sizing options!

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday:  AG

Paper Funday:  AG with opt twist:  No patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.    

Conie Fong Sunflowers

Conie Fong has adorable digi bundles for all your projects as well as a new YouTube Drawing Channel Draw with Conie!  

Be sure to visit the the Conie Fong FB Page and share your Conie Fong image coloring, projects, and drawings:  Conie Fong FaceBook.  Conie now has a Draw with Conie Channel on YouTube; come check it out!   

Curious how I designed these cards in Cricut Design Space and put them together; view this video:  

Material List 

Digi:  Conie Fong Sunflower in a Pot Bundle  http://tinyurl.com/dwrj6br3

Crafts U Print Buffalo Plaids https://tinyurl.com/2s3d5e9m

Sunflower Digi Paper: Sande http://tinyurl.com/3m6kr9km

Black and Brown Cardstock from Stash

Copic Markers

Really Reasonable Ribbon Brown Diagonal (retired)

Glitter Tape

Adhesives:  ATG, Fabri-Tac

Cricut Design Space: Design; Print Then Cut; Offset

Cricut Access: Shapes; Anna's Lovely Layered Cards for Sentiment

Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

My card is off to the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

FarmQuest General Store:  AG Country

613 Avenue Create:  AG  

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a CD, USB or Digi

Aud Sentiments:  Use dies and/or Love/Anniversary/Wedding + Sentiment

I used die and sentiment.

Crafting from the Heart:  AG

Dream Valley:  Add a Sentiment

Daisy Chain:  Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms:  Anything Floral Goes  Optional Moodboard

Ally's Angels:  AG 

A Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG

Triple B:  Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms 

Barrel of Monkeys:  I was inspired by the colors brown and yellow!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Have a Heart

Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is 'Have a Heart!'  I chose to go with a fun pretzel package bag topper!  This is a gift for my Valentine since he loves White Chocolate Pretzels and drove a VW when we started dating!  

Seemed the perfect little surprise for him!

Check out the video below.

 Come share your heart projects at Cut It Up.  Remember to include a die cut!

Material List:

KaDoodle Bug Designs Valentine Transportation  http://tinyurl.com/yckys9bs

Plastic Sandwich Baggie 6.5 inch square

CTMH Cardstock 

CTMH Ink

Spellbinders - Color Essential Gems - Aura AB  http://tinyurl.com/fuey98w6

Adhesives: Fabri-Tac; ATG; Bearly Art Precision Art Glue  http://tinyurl.com/ntkp4dpk

Big and Bossy Embossing Ink

Ranger Enchanted Gold Embossing Powder

Cricut Design Space: Designed, Printed and Cut from CDS; Offset Feature

Cuts from Design Space: Shapes

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

This is off to the following challenges:  

 

Papercraft:  AG

Moving Along with the Times:  Love Heart

Once Upon a Time:  Inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Pearly Sparkles:  Love/Have a Heart

Classic Design:  AG

Creative Knockouts:  Love/Valentine's Day/Anniversary

Through the Purple Haze:  AG

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love:  Choosing Optional Theme of Valentine's Day

Aloha:  Favorites  (Always fun to make gifts and the VW is such a fun car!)

Double Trouble:  Thing 1 Love is in the Air...Inspired by the lyrics, "Love is in the air, every sight and every sound"  When Kelly and I were dating, he drove a green VW and you could hear it coming for miles!  So I decided to make his fav treat and put it in the Valentine's Day VW Gift Bag!  Thing 2 share with Color Dare; Thing 3 ~ I used red, pink, green.

Color Dare:  Fancy 5 Use 3 of these colors

The Outlawz Festive Friday:  Valentine's Day

Crafty Calendar:  Add a Heart

I Spy with My Little Eye:  Roses and/or Hearts

613 Avenue Create:  AG 

Dragonfly Dreams:  Hearts

We Love 2 Create:  AG

Make My Monday:  Use Patterned Paper

Paperminutes:  Anything but a Card

NBUS:  I have had this wonderful die cut for over a year...maybe longer!

Once Upon a Time:  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  I was inspired by chocolate...although mine is white choc!  The book came out in 1964 when VW's were beginning their popularity in the US.  And of course, I'm inspired by the love between Charlie and his grandfather!  

CRAFT:  Love/Valentines  This is a gift for my Valentine since he loves White Chocolate Pretzels and drove a VW when we started dating!

FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen:  Anything Food Goes Theme

Crafting Happiness:  Valentine

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects. Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.   

Inspired by Quotes at Path of Positivity

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to create something inspired by Quotes about Love/Relationships!  Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

My friend and I love riding horses and it usually gets a bit crazy when we go on an adventure!  I have chosen this quote as my inspiration for this whimsical card! 

 

“Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” — Walter Winchell

Now I have to say, when riding, that quote takes on a whole new meaning!  hahaha

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive!  The theme is always optional.  

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 Material List:

Quote from Walter Winchell

Digital Image SheepSki Designs Crazy Horses  

Copic Markers

Digi paper from Polkadoodles

Cricut Design Space: Offset; Font A Child's Year 

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Creative Crafters:  AG papercraft

Digi Choosday:  AG

Morgan's ArtWorld:  AG with Focal Image

SheepSki: AG 

Crafty Animals:  AG with an animal

Creative Inspiration:  AG

Crafty Catz:  AG opt Make Me Smile

Creative Fingers:  AG

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a CD, USB or Digi

Make My Monday:  Use Patterned Paper

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist!  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge!  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.     

Music Layout in Canva

  Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card-free Zone (formerly known as The Outlawz Paper à la Mode) and the Optional theme is Music!  

I've decided to enjoy some time in Canva discovering new Digital techniques using pieces from Touched by a Butterfly Digital Images Music; I've had these in my stash for quite a long time.  I'm somewhat new to Canva, but must say it's a lot of fun to experiment and play with the digital design tool.  

If you need help or an intro to Canva, I recommend the videos by Sande Woodson!  Here's a link to her channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@sandespoema  

She is quite knowledgeable about this technology/crafting medium!

Material List:

Photo of Mariah Wind Quintet

Touched by a Butterfly Digital Images Music from Stash  I've had this a long time!

Designed in Canva finished in PhotoScape (title and framing)

Framed in PhotoScape

My project is off to the following challenges:  

Double Trouble:  Thing 1 ~Use stuff from Stash; Thing 2 ~link to another listed challenge Thing 3 ~use Music

Crafter's Cafe:  Fancy Edges  (11 total challenges)

A Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Polkadoodles:  AG

Try It On Tuesday:  Add some text

Double D:  Sparkle and/or Shine

2 Sisters on the Blog:  Starts with M ~ Music, Mariah, Metronome

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

Be sure to visit  Anything Goes in a Card-free Zone 

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

In The Museum at The Outlawz Twisted Thursay

  It's time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  "In the Museum!"  My piece is inspired by the art of Georgia O'Keeffe.  Her most famous skull art is probably Cow's Skull with Calico Roses, but she did several pieces of skull art including the skulls of deer, cow, horse, human, ram, etc.  

As I researched Ms O'Keeffe, I found this video (Some sensitive subject matter, but definitely explains who she was.) you might find educational!  

Obviously, I was inspired by the skull and flowers as well as her non-conformist attitude!   She also had a sort of 'go big or go home' attitude.  I took this in my own direction with a more Shabby Chic western influence and far less minimalism in my piece.  (As many of you know, CAS is usually not my "go to" form!)

  Check out the video below for the assembly of this piece!  

 Material List 

 Flowers from Polkadoodles Geek/Science Bundle

Wood Veneer from Stash (inheritance)

Buttons from Stash

Strip of Scrap Burlap

Digital Ticket from Vectoria Designs

Scraps of Lace from Stash

Twine

Pearls

Gems

Cardstock from Bo Bunny Prairie Chick Stonewashed Denim (Stash) Retired

CTMH Stamp and Thinlit Die Bloom with Grace Retired

Cereal Box Board

Copic Markers

Floral Lace from Stash

Adhesives:  Double Score Tape; Fabri-Tac; Gorilla Glue

My project is off to the following challenges:

Tic Tac Toe:  Board Below

We Love 2 Create:  AG Mixed Media

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

FarmQuest General Store:  AG Country

Friendship:  AG

Christmas (or not) BINGO:  Board marked below

Mix It Up:  AG + optional Mixed Media

Creative Crafters:  AG papercraft

My Time to Craft:  Hobbies (This includes a couple of my fav hobbies:  I love mixed media with fabrics and such.  I also enjoy researching and learning about artists and their styles.  It's fun to peruse the internet looking for info and then celebrating an artist with my own take.)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge:  AG Using Paper

Classic Design:  AG

As You Like It:  Pearls or Gems....you can't make me choose!  hahaha  Seriously, I love them both and have them both on this layout!  I love the sparkle of gems and the shine of pearls!  I enjoy coloring them both as I've colored the gems in this piece.  

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Twisted Thursday 

for all the details about the challenge 

and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.