Blog Hop Coming Feb 6!

Don't miss out on this great blog hop!  Die Cuttin' Diva's joins forces with the Cut It Up Team.....Cupid Strikes Again!  There's sure to be fun, prizes, inspiration, and friends!  

You won't want to miss this!

More information coming soon!

Hearts and Sisterly Love!

I'm a Nana again!  Yep, Monday morning at 4:34 I was up with this little cutie!  

Now, I'll admit, I already had this layout done in DS hoping the baby might come before this was due for the Cut It Up challenge!  Our theme is Love is in the Air include a heart!  Be sure to head over to Cut It Up and check our sponsors and the great prizes!  Our sponsor is One Happy Cut!

My post will be brief today.....I have a few things to do! hahaha

Material List:

CTMH papers/cardstock:  Charlotte Paper Pack, Black, Pixie, Sorbet

CTMH Inks:  Sorbet, Slate, Whisper, Flaxen, Pixie

Cricut Cuts:  Artiste, Kate's ABC's, Home Decor, Artbooking, 

Homemade Stencil made using cuts from:  Beyond Birthdays, Artbooking, The First Few Years, Story Time, Home Accents, Artistry

Texture Paste made from:  Baby Powder, white paint, white glue, and CTMH Inks 5:1~ Blush:Honey

Embellishments:  CTMH Black Sparkle Flourishes, CTMH Treasured Puffies, CTMH Grey Enamel Gems, CTMH Dimensional Elements, Black Twine

Artist Loft 12 x 12 Canvas

Texture paste recipe:  

1/4 cup powder

1Tbs paint

1Tbs glue

water

Tint with inks if you like!

The girls are off to the following challenges:

Heart 2 Heart:  "One"  ~ one little sister; born the first month of the year
613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination:  Anything Goes
Outlawz Twisted Thursday:  Optional Twist Baby!! 

Ok, off to be Nana for awhile!  It's an exciting time over here.  Thanks for coming by for a visit.  It's always great to have visitors; please make yourself at home here and peruse other posts and pages!

Feeling Extremely Prosperous and Blessed!

I can't believe it is already mid-January!  I've been waiting for this time for almost 9 months now, and I have some very exciting news!  Our family was definitely blessed with prosperity early this morning ~ not prosperity in a financial sense, but in other ways.

Prosperity is the theme over at Path of Positivity.  When we think of prosperity, we often think of finances; but prosperity can also refer to health, happiness and resources.  When I think of our greatest resources and sources of happiness, I think of children.  So, I look at this pretty little girl on this card and think of my lovely little grand-girl and her new little sister and I feel incredibly prosperous!

This darling image, Catching a Snowflake, is from Limited Runs.  Limited Runs and The Stamping Boutique are our wonderful sponsors this month!  They are offering some lovely prizes!  Please go to PoP for more details on the challenge, prizes, and more beautiful inspiration from our Design Team.

Material List:

Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH:   Daisy White, Glacier, White Pines

Watercolor Pencils:  CTMH

Inks:  Glacier

Copic Markers
Studio G Glitter Glue

Cartridges for Font (CTMH Artfully Sent) and Snowflakes (Going Places)  Both were printed in Design Space print and cut and the white snowflake was cut and sprinkled with glitter

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!  It's always great to have you come by and check out what is happening here at ScrappyHorses!  Feel free to leave a comment/question, peruse other pages and posts, or contact me using the form to the right of this post.  Make yourself at home here!

Have a wonderful day enjoying what makes you feel prosperous and be sure to share that with us over at Path of Positivity!

Fun with Valentine's Day!

It's time for a Through The Craft Room Door Challenge and they are always Anything Goes!  My project is a little treat bag put together in Design Space.

I started with a bag cut.  I then uploaded the beautiful designs from The Cutting Cafe.  This is an incredible printable stamp set called Fun With Valentine's Day and let me tell you, it is fun!  There are so many images, you will be creating for weeks!  Every image you see and the tag on this little box are from the set.....and there are many, many more!

After uploading the "you" pattern and the Love,  I "flattened" them in Design Space (see picture below) and used the print and cut feature to print the box and cut it on the Cricut.  I also uploaded and cut the tag and the hearts.

I used white cardstock and inked around the tag with Cotton Candy ink.  I cut the hearts from Cotton Candy CS and then inked one to make it darker.  The heart on the tag is colored with a gel pen.  The bag is finished off with a tulle bow and some twine.

Material List:  

Fun with Valentine's Day Printable Set

CTMH Cotton Candy and White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Cotton Candy Ink and Twine

Art Philosophy bag cut

Tulle from Stash

Now it's time to visit TTCRD to check out all the inspiration from the talented design team and find out about the great prizes sponsored by The Cutting Cafe!  I look forward to seeing what you have to share this week at TTCRD.

My little bag is off to the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination:  Anything Goes
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge:  Something New:  Fun with Valentine's Day Images

Thanks so much for dropping by; it's always great to have you visit!  Please make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts and pages while you are here.  If you like, please share your comments and questions below or contact me using the form to the right of this post.  

In the Bag!

Happy 2016 to all the Cut It Up followers!  It's time for our first challenge of the year and what could be a better theme than New Beginnings?  However, there's one more twist to this….you must decorate a paper bag and of course use a die cut.

This one was very timely for me since I'm going to my daughter's baby shower tomorrow!  I can't believe she only has a couple more weeks to go; we are all very excited for this new beginning in our lives!

I started with a brown paper lunch bag.  I went into Design Space and chose a scalloped circle cut from Art Philosophy.  I then flattened the tree stump from Artistry and the words from Artbooking onto it.  Then I could Print and Cut it.  I scanned in the stamp and cut it in DS, also.  I stamped the fox and added my embellishments.

You need to head on over to Cut It Up and check out all the great bags from the Design Team and the prizes from our sponsor this month ~ as Cute as a Button!

What I used:

Paper Bag!

CTMH Cartridges:  Artbooking, Artistry, Artphilosophy

CTMH Stamp:  Wild About Love

CTMH Ink:  Cocoa

Embellishments:  CTMH Flamingo Dots, Stash Ribbon, Twine and Button

As always, thanks for stopping by! 

Prosperity ~~ What Will 2016 Bring?

Happy New Year!

The new year brings about so much thought about goals, ambitions, and opportunities for prosperity!  Have you thought much about your goals for 2016?  How would you like to prosper in in the new year?  Prosperity is our theme over at Path of Positivity this month.  

With the new year comes new opportunities for prosperity in many areas of our lives:  relationships, finances, education, faith, etc. My wish for all of you is success in seeing the many opportunities that arise and prosperity coming from those opportunities!

I thought it would be fun to make this a new year's card for my sister.  This adorable image is from the Stamping Boutique.  She seems to be throwing a spray of opportunities for prosperity on the recipient!  

Material List:

CTMH Paper:  Kaleidoscope, White Daisy, Canary, Smoothie

CTMH Crystal Blue Ink

Markers: Shin Han

Gel pens

Studio G Glitter Glue

CTMH Pixie Extra Thick Twine

You will definitely prosper from heading on over to PoP to check out the wonderful inspiration from the DT and the many opportunities to win some great prizes from our sponsors!  

The Stamping Boutique
Limited Runs Stamps
Creative Bug Designs
Decosses Dynamite Doodles

We can't wait to see what you have to say about prosperity and how this theme inspires your creativity!

Happy New Year!

Cover of the new CTMH Seasonal Idea Book

Happy New Year!  With the new year comes the new Seasonal Idea Book from CTMH. 

Here it is ~~ the new CTMH Seasonal Expressions 1 Book!  You can find it on-line HERE.

In this book you will find not only new paper collections, but you will find brand new "toys"for your crafting!  Yes, CTMH has some new thin cut dies to go along with some new stamp sets.  You will want to check that out on pages 9, 10, 19, and 27.  

You will also find the new Everyday Life Album and Planner Pages (pp 36-37).  Speaking from personal experience, I love this book!  I can't wait to start filling in the days, adding some artwork on the Everyday Life Pages, and documenting with photos!  The bundle is still available HERE!

I want to point out the paper collections are a little different with 12 B&T Design Sheets now!  Two of those sheets are cut apart cards for your Pocket Scrapping or to add to your traditional layouts and cards!  

Lastly, I'll add the Workshops on the Go are now called Workshops Your Way including many fun embellishments and the paper packs!  

Ok, enough chatter!  Go see the new book on-line to see how the new items inspire your creativity!  

As always, if I can answer questions, please leave me a comment below or contact me through the link to the right.  Ready to shop?  Enter CTMH HERE or through the shopping cart to the right.

Here's wishing you a creative new year filled with creativity, joy, and peace!

Rock Me Amadeus!

As some of you might know from reading my posts, I am an oboist.  Most of my performing years were spent with this quintet.  I love chamber music and the Wind Quintet repertoire is my favorite!  We performed everything from hard core pieces to pop!  The flautist doubled on piano; this was perfect since the Mozart Quintet in Eb was written for Ob, Cl, Bsn, Horn and Piano.  

I scrapped this picture with the oboe part and score from the Mozart inspired by the challenge over at Scrap It With a Song.    I chose Rock Me Amadeus by Falco.  

I'm also sending this off to 613 Avenue Create since the optional twist is to use sheet music, lyrics, music notes in the design!  I used notes and sheet music.  

My quintet will also be off to Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG Challenge!

Material List:

CTMH Cardstock:  Champagne and Black

CTMH Inks:  Champagne, Archival Black, Dutch Blue, Peacock, Flaxen, Chocolate, Slate

CTMH Stamps:  Universal Backgrounds, In The Background, Paper Garden

Embossing:  Versa Mark, Black Embossing Powder

CTMH:  Art Philosophy Cartridge (letters)

Spray:  Prima Color Bloom Tea Stain

Flowers:  Prima and Petaloo

Embellishments:  CTMH Mocha Gems, Black Flourishes

Thread:  Coats 

Stash Items:  Black Script Paper, Note Charm, Washi Tape that has Mozart on it!  How perfect was that find?  

Thanks for stopping by today!  It's always great to have you visit.  Fee free to look around the site, check out my shopping page at CTMH, peruse other posts, leave questions/comments ~~ make yourself at home here!  

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Every year at PATCH we talk about and celebrate Night of the Stable Animals.
 Now, this tradition is usually celebrated on Christmas Eve and it is the night we honor barn/stable animals for their kindness to the Baby Jesus. But here at PATCH we celebrate at the last lesson of the season so we can include the kids. This picture is of one of my students giving extra hay to a couple of the horses in the program. 



Don't worry about the horses, they will get to celebrate again on Christmas Eve ~~ tonight!  

I love this tradition! Old folklore says animals still kneel down at midnight on Christmas Eve.



Wishing you all peace and joy during Christmas!

Katrina and the ScrappyHorses Herd
Harry
Thunder
Rubin
Jake
Prince
Charlie

PATCH is a therapeutic program where we celebrate differences in some really special kiddos!  Our horses are kind hearted souls who make a huge difference in their corner of the pasture!  They truly know the spirit of giving!!    

Believe in the Sweet Winter Magic!

It's time for the Midway post for Path of Positivity!  I can't believe we are at mid-December and only 4 days from Christmas!  Speaking of believe…..that's the theme over at PoP this month.  Our world is so full of wonder and beauty, it is hard to believe what we see.  

Many of us complain about winter with its cold, bitter winds and storms.  However, if we are inside with a cup of hot chocolate sitting by a warm fire, it really is nice to look out and enjoy the beauty of snow and ice!  It almost feels magical and makes us believe in some sort of icy fantasy world with the icicles hanging and lovely flakes falling all around us. 

I believe that is what this little Sweetie is doing!  This image, called Sweet Winter, is from Pickled Potpourri.  They and Fresh Brewed Designs are sponsors this month; you'll want to head over to PoP and get all the details on the challenge and all the great prizes!  I'm sure you have a Christmas card or project you'd love to share that would easily fit our December theme:  Believe! 

Thanks for coming by today for a visit!  May the week bring you joy, love and peace!  

Announcements!

I have a couple of announcements to make!  This first one I made a while back; but in case you missed it, I'm going to be a Nana to our first grand baby!  Not our first grandchild because that honor goes to my sweet little Lu who came into our family in a great package deal!  ;)  The newest member should arrive sometime in January.  Needless to say, we are very excited our little Lucy will be getting a baby sister!

Second announcement, I have the honor of serving as a Design Team member at Through the Craft Room Door!  If you visit TTCRD you will find a weekly challenge beginning every Tuesday....and there are prizes!

Through the Craft Room Door also offers an online magazine!!  Yes, very cool!  Please see a video preview of the magazine under the Through the Craft Room Door tab at the top of this page.  Here is some info from the site about the magazine:

Through The Craft Room Door 
Magazine   Subscription

$18.00 year still covers a one year subscription of 6 bi-monthly issues of the magazine, as well as access to previous issues, lots of free digital images, tutorials, articles and more.

Through the Craft Room Door offers a social network craft community where you can visit pages, see inspiration and chat with other paper crafters.   There is also a monthly challenge there!  Oh, and I might mention again....prizes!

More info and pictures of this Diaper Bag card can be found in the Jan/Feb Through the Craft Room Door Magazine.  So, please click on over to get all the details and join in on all the fun over there!

I'm so happy you came by today!  As always, I love your comments/questions.  Feel free to peruse the site and make yourself at home here.

Mistletoe Heart Bag

This adorable little heart bag shape is found in Art Philosophy!  I hadn't seen it before and just happened upon it today!  I decided to add some mistletoe from Christmas Cartridge and a sentiment combining a couple of stamp sets (CTMH Your Are My Happy and White Pines Cardmaking Workshop).  The heart was cut from Colonial White and stamped with berries, flowers and mistletoe from the White Pines Cardmaking Workshop.  The berries are shining with some Liquid Glass and fine glitter.  

Ok, that's it for today!  We're in that final days time crunch and I'm typing quickly before a student arrives for a lesson ........ so off I go and off this heart goes to the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge:  Anything but a Card

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Brrrr! Winter

Brrrr! Winter

That's the challenge theme over at Cut It Up!  Our sponsor is One Happy Cut; they are generously giving away a Gift Certificate.  You'll want to visit Cut It Up to see the DT inspiration and read about the challenge!

I love this winter picture of our family!  It's 5 years old now, but I hadn't scrapped it yet and now is the time with that great theme!

I started with Balloon Ride paper from CTMH.  It's retired now, but I love that paper because it has a subtle texture/print that is beautiful for backgrounds!  I then cut my own Connecting Circles stencil from the Artbooking Cartridge and added texture paste.  

I cut the trees and put texture paste and glitter on it.  The paper backing the photo and the base of the page are from DCWV Once Upon a Time Stack.  

Cricut Cuts:

Trees - Christmas

Family - Heritage

Ivy and Flower -  Joys of the Season

Birds - Gypsy Font

Embellishments:

Lace, Thread, Buttons - Stash

Twine - Darice

Burlap, Pink Glitter Gems, Mocha Gems - CTMH

Cardstocks:

DCWV Once Upon a Time

CTMH:  Cranberry, Balloon Ride, New England Ivy, Fern

Inks:  Cranberry, Crystal Blue, 

Off to the following Challenges:

Scrap Our Stash:  DIECUTS:  DCWV cardstock, Inks, Edge distressing, Connecting Circles Cut, Christmas Cartridge, CTMH Cardstock, Uniball Silver Gel Pen, Texture Paste, Trees, Snow, Snowflake button, Stitching

I'm so happy you came by to visit this wintery post!  I hope it warmed up your creativity to scrap some winter pictures or finish up holiday/Christmas cards!  As always, I welcome your comments, questions, shopping, looking around my site, etc.

Now, off to Cut It Up to share your winter creations with us!

Oboe Mugs!

In my real life, I am a private oboe instructor!  That's when I'm not being a crafter or therapeutic horsemanship instructor!

I designed this graphic in Design Space.  I made the oboe reeds out of a banner cut and a rectangle cut.    Then I chose the Art Philosophy font for the OBOE.  I then sliced away the vertical stroke of the B and welded the oboe reed in place.  I continued welding all the letters together and the reed under the E.

There you have it!  I'm including a package of cocoa mix and a candy cane and voila......an instant gift!

I'm sending my mugs off to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge where the challenge is anything but a card!

Thanks for coming by today for a visit!  I hope your Advent Season is filled with joy and peace.