Naturally Cool DDD

It's time for a new challenge over at 

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  

Anything Goes.  Now, How easy is that!!

These beautiful digital papers, elements, and frames are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Naturally Cool!  These papers are beautiful and so versatile.  This card could be used for an anniversary, wedding, retirement, etc.  I've used this collection in a very contemporary fun way HERE and more country/rustic way HERE!

Material List

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Naturally Cool
Embossing Folder: Darice
Sentiment CTMH Stamp (retired)
Black Archival Ink
Blue Gems from Stash
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access 
Cricut Maker

Sending this card off to the following challenges and sites:
CAS Colours & Sketches:  Sketch
Watercooler Wednesday:  AG
TTCRD:  AG
Penny's Paper-Crafty:  AG using paper
Crafty Creations:  AG

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Scream for Ice Cream!

Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is Scream for Ice Cream!.  Come share your interpretation of this theme and don't forget the die cut!

I chose to use this delightful sentiment from Digital Delights by Louby Loo.  I'm a huge Peanuts fan, so this Schultz quote from the Ice Cream Sentiment Set was perfect!  I wanted the sentiment to be the star of this card, so I framed it and added some ice cream cones.  Well....I added lots of ice cream if you include this fun paper from the Taste of Summer collection!

  
Ok, off to have some ice cream since it's in the 90's here and I've been working in the barn most of the day!  

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Material List: 
Digital Delights by Louby Loo:  Ice Cream Sentiment Set
Ice Cream Paper:  Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Taste of Summer
Paper on Ice Cream Cones:  CTMH (retired) however this set has a close match!
Inks from CTMH
CTMH Shimmer Trim (Retired) Black and silver available
Frame and Ice Cream Cone Cuts from CTMH Artistry
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access 
Cricut Maker

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

This card is off to the following challenges: 

Day of the Month Card Club:  National Ice Cream Day
CRAFT:  Summer
Use Your Stuff:  Summer Fun

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Precious with Wings!

As a member of DT for Conie Fong, I so enjoy sharing her delightful digis.  I'm sure when you see Conie Fong's art, you will be inspired to make some new projects!  You can learn more about Conie and her art on her Etsy Site or Facebook.  There is also a challenge site for Conie Fong images:  Conie Fong FaceBook Challenge.

I made this card for my little grand-girl to show her how much I missed her during these crazy times!  

     Material List:

Digi: Precious from Conie Fong

Papers:  CTMH (retired)

Copic Markers
Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner
Bo Bunny Double Dot Gems
Ribbon from stash
Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle Die

CTMH Inks

I'm sending this card off to the following challenges:

Fab n Funky:  Anything goes but add pink
Little Red Wagon:  Fantasy
A Place to Start:  Flowers/Floral paper
Cutie Pie:  Delightful Digi Stamps and Cute
Crafty Catz:  AG optional Fairies
Creative Craft Cottage:  Add a Flower/Flowers
Papercraft:  Phantasy
World Wide Open DT:  AG

Sunday Stamps:  Bright and Beautiful (Colors to Right)

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Seeing Dots...Polka Dots!

It's time for a new challenge over at 

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  Polka Dots.  I hope you can find a few on my layout!  😉

This stamp is Dorothy the Dreamer designed by Stamping Bella.  

The circles are cut from dies Oozak Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle Dies.  










The title of my layout and the book cuts are from the Cricut Access Library.  Most everything used on this layout is in the material list!  



Material List

Stamping Bella Dorothy the Dreamer 
Cottage Cut Stitched Circle Dies 
Copic Markers 
Colored Pencils
Gel Pens
Papers:  Lavender background Polkdoodles Helga
All other paper from CTMH (most retired)
CTMH Embossing Folder Confetti (retired)
Ribbon from CTMH (this color retired)
CTMH Teal Sparkle Stickers (retired)
Twine and Buttons from stash
CTMH Acrylic Shape Element (retired)
CTMH Sparkle Stickers (retired)
CTMH Inks
Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, Scor-Tape 

Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access 
Cricut Maker  

Sending this Layout to the following challenges and sites:

Tuesday Throwdown:  Polka Dots
Country View:  Do What Makes You Happy (Scrapping my grand-girl!)
Craft-Dee BowZ:  AG
Your Scrapbook Place:  AG
Crafty Calendar:  Add a Ribbon
Crafty Friends:  Circles
Fairy and the Unicorn:  AG Fantasy 
Allsorts:  I Spy Something beginning with 'B'~ Books, Button, Bow, Blingy dots, Bella stamp, Blue jeans
Inkspirational:  Painting or Colouring
Festive Friday:  See list to right
TTCRD:  AG
Simon Says:  For a Child
Retro Rubber:  Buttons Galore and age of stamp....I've had it since 2015
Crafting Happiness:  AG
All Fun:  AG optional Magical World (Wouldn't it be magical to read with a monster!)

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!

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Backgrounds and Die Cuts

Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is Create Your Own Background Paper.  Come share your interpretation of this theme and don't forget the die cut!

  

I started with my box pattern from My Scrap Chick and cut that on the Cricut.  After that I found some fun stamps I hadn't used in a while.  I stamped in my large background stamp in a light Champagne color and then went to the large flowers in a darker brown (chocolate).  I then moved on to the smaller stamps in brighter colors.  

Once the stamping was done, I colored the large flowers with my copic markers.  I assembled the box and tied it with some twine.  I cut the flower and added a circle.  I heat embossed the circle using darker brown/bronze powder from my stash.  I cut a strip to make a band around the box.  However, the pattern does come with a scored band, I just chose to cut one with a paper cutter since I didn't want it as wide.  

Such a fun project to make with my very own designer paper!  😉

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Material List: 
Box Cut:  Candy Box with Flat End from My Scrap Chick
Flower die from CTMH Artiste (retired)
Solid papers from CTMH
Inks from CTMH
ScrappyHorses Designer Paper made using these stamps:
CTMH:  Love So Sweet (April 2019), Rustic Flowers (2006, possibly earlier?)
Dare 2B Artzy:  Dream current
Prima:  Julie Nutting Mixed Media Stamp (2016)
and colored with Copic markers
Embossing Powder and Versa Mark Ink
CTMH Twine (retired)
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access 
Cricut Maker

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

This box is off to the following challenges: 

Crafty Creations:  AG
The Sisterhood of Crafter:  Ink it Up
Retro Rubber:  AG with Older Stamp
Creative Craft Cottage:  Add flowers
Daisy Chain:  No Design Paper
Mix It Up:  Open Technique (stamp my own designer paper)
A Place to Start:  Flowers
Crafty Cardmakers:  Create your own background
We Love 2 Create:  AG Mixed Media/Creative

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A Little Christmas in July

As a member of DT for Conie Fong, I so enjoy sharing her delightful digis.  I'm sure when you see Conie Fong's art, you will be inspired to make some new projects!  You can learn more about Conie and her art on her Etsy Site or Facebook.  There is also a challenge site for Conie Fong images:  Conie Fong FaceBook Challenge.

I think this winter cutie and her kitty just needed to be on a gift tag for the holidays! ~ Sally and Snowball   

     Material List:

Digi:   Sally and Snowball from Conie Fong

Papers:  CTMH Resist (retired)

Copic Markers
Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner
Tan ribbons from stash

CTMH Inks
CTMH Ribbon: Current CTMH Embellishments
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access Tag cut from Don Juan
Cricut Maker

I'm sending my tag off to the following challenges:

Die Cut Divas:  Christmas in July
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics:  Anything Festive/ Christmas
Holly and Ivy Christmas:  AG Christmas
Merry Little Christmas:  AG Christmas
Outlawz Festive Friday:  Christmas
Krafty Chicks:  Stamp Act (Use a stamp/rubber or digi)
Crafty Calendar:  Add a Ribbon

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Coloring/Quotes Journal

It's time for a new challenge over at 

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  
Journal Page.

I enjoy journaling and actually have several different journals of different sizes for my thoughts.  I make them myself using a Cinch machine and my base pages in this particular journal are made from cereal boxes.  

This particular journal houses cowboy thinking, Native American philosophy, horse quotes, western motif, etc.  Examples below:
Here, Here, Here
Pages in this journal measure 5" x 7.25"
  
This particular layout features a beautiful page from Fabrika Fantasy.  My oh my, are the pages there beautiful!  If you enjoy coloring, you are sure to find images there you will love.  This page, Forest Witch with Her Fox Familiar, is from the coloring book titled Ancient Sagas.  I printed the page and colored this scene with Copic markers, pencils, and gel pens.  (Now, I put in red how I printed the page because they do sell books with the images in it.  I chose to print.)  This particular image is currently free to download; scroll to bottom of page.  

These are the sort of pages I could spend hours coloring!  So many ideas and variations.  One could print this image multiple times and come up with something very different every time!  Fabrika Fantasy also offers a digi club.  

Material List

Forest Witch with Her Fox Familiar from Fabrika Fantasy
Copic Markers
Colored Pencils
Gel Pens
CTMH Embossing Folder
Broken jewelry

Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner

CTMH Inks
Embossing Folder:  CTMH (retired)
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access Font: A Child's Year
Cricut Maker  Draw function for text using Cricut Copper Pen, then drawn over with gel pen

Sending this Journal Layout to the following challenges and sites:
Paper Funday:  AG with twist~ The great outdoors
WWODT:  AG
TTCRD:  AG
2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  AG with a Critter
Creative Moments:  For the Girls

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!

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All About the Summer Colors!

Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is Celebrate Summer; use these colors turquoise, yellow, hot pink coral, bright green.  Come share your interpretation of this theme and don't forget the die cut!

  

Our challenge is sponsored by Cutting Cafe and I chose to work with the Gable Box.  There are several different options on this box with windows and different handles.  You can see it HERE.  

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Material List: 
Gable Box Cut from Cutting Cafe
Image:  Flowers on the Beach from Conie Fong
Copic Markers
Solid papers from CTMH
CTMH Ink Glacier for background
Sparkly polkadot paper from very old Martha Stewart pad!  
Embossing Folder Flowers from Spellbinders
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access 
Cricut Maker

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

This box is off to the following challenges: 

Cutie Pie:  Layer it Up
Crafting Happiness:  AG optional Under the Sea
Use Your Stuff:  It's a Girl Thing

Creative Moments:  For the Girls
Classic Design Challenge:  AG
Colour Crazy:  AG hand colored
Daring Cardmakers:  Let's Go 3D
As You Like It:  Digi or Rubber Stamped?  Wow, that's a tough question!  I have purposes for both!  I like to stamp when I'm putting in backgrounds, working in journals, bible journaling, creating my own papers, etc.  However, I like digis when I'm working with main focal point images for cards, tags, and inserts to journals.  I guess I like the digis since I can more easily manipulate them to meet my needs.  I also like the fact they are easy to store and the selection/price is great!

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Father's Day!

It's time for a new challenge over at 

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is:  
For HIM.

Material List

Nerdy Kody:  Some Odd Girl
Copic Markers
Paper CTMH Urban

Adhesives

Sending this card off to the following challenges and sites:
Try it On Tuesday:  Make it Masculine
Tuesday Throwdown:  For a Special Guy
Crafty Cardmakers:  Masculine
Dragonfly Dreams:  Make it Masculine 

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!

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Sweet Success

Continuing down the path we celebrate success.  

Back at the beginning of the year, I shared I would be journaling different topics from Path of Positivity.  So, this month I'm sharing a journal layout I created while thinking about what success means to me and how I experience/accomplish this success.  

Here are my thoughts.  

Success means different things to each of us.  There are obvious successes such as graduations, new jobs, buying a home, etc and it's great fun to celebrate these accomplishments.  

However, it seems as I grow older and look around, I find true success in life is just feeling peace: especially peace with my decisions.

Where do we find this peace in a world filled with chaos?  I believe that answer is different for each of us.  I need to stop, breathe, meditate, pray, be in silence, etc.  Peace, for me, comes with preparation...good old fashioned "if......then" thinking.  I need to play out the scenarios BEFORE taking action.  Then, when I do put thought to action, I need to do so in a way that is peaceful to those around me.  

I guess for me, finding my success can only be done by 'making decisions with my head and carrying them out with my heart.'  There I will find peace and that is success!  

Come share your ideas of success with our challenge this month at Path of Positivity!  

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Material List: 

Peace Dove:  Ike's Art

Copic Markers
Ribbon, Feather, Jewelry pieces, cheese cloth from Stash 
Multi media paper
CTMH Inks
Gold Paint and fan brush
CTMH Peace Stamp (retired)
Gold Embossing Powder and Versa Mark Ink
Gold Pigment Ink
Stitched Stitched Circle Die from Cottage Cuts

Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner

Font done in Cricut Design Space
Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access 
Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges: 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG
Corrosive Challenge:  AG
We Love 2 Create:  AG Mixed Media
Allsorts Challenge:  Embossing, wet or dry
Aud Sentiments:  AG + A Sentiment
Craft Rocket Challenges:  Embossing (dry/wet)
Moving Along with the Times:  Things with Wings
The Paper Shelter:  Things with Wings
Heart 2 Heart:  In Stitches and use at least one CTMH product
Ike's World:  R is for Round or Dots

Be sure to come on 

over to 

Path of Positivity 

and see 

what the team 

thinks about our theme!  

You can also find 

more information 

about entering 

the challenge!  

Thanks to our 

wonderful sponsors this month:

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