Be Inspired Wednesday #106

Good morning y'all!  Fall is definitely in the air isn't it?  I love it!!!  

The design team at Passionately Artistic (formerly Cuttlebug Challenge Blog) 

has created all sorts of fun Fall and Halloween themed projects to inspire you!  

I wrapped a candy bar with some pretty Fall themed K & Co designer paper and used another sheet 

from the  same pack, after embossing it with a folder from the Provocraft Cuttlebug Preserves Collection.  There is a layer of Mellow Moss paper under the embossed layer.  The leaves from the Randi's Song stamp set by Our Daily Bread designs are sponged and glimmered with shades of green and pink inks and Glimmer Mist.  I wrapped a piece of tulle and hemp thread to make a bow.  Then I attached a little Spellbinders tag.  The sentiment on the tag is masked from a larger stamp in the ODBD set called God Loves You.  A quick way to dress up a sweet gift!  Hope you have a wonderful day and thank so much for stopping by!

Passionately Artistic!

Good morning!  

There are some exciting things happening with the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog these days!  

One of the biggest changes is the name!  We will now officially be called:

Passionately Artistic!  

Cool name huh? 

So, this week we are using products from PK Glitz!  This beautiful glitter is so great to work with! They have these great images on acrylic that you can glue the glitter to the backside and it really turns out so pretty!  I used their Leaf Branch image.  The glitter colors are Eclipse, Poppy Jasper and Squash Blossom.  I also used the Squash Blossom glitter on the Spellbinders frame I cut out with PK Glitz sticky paper! So pretty!  

The designer paper is SU! and is embossed with the Preserves Cuttlebug Folder.  

The scripture stamp is from Our Daily Bread designs.  

Hope you like it!  Keep watching the Passionately Artistic site for more changes!  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week!

Be Inspired #104

Good morning!!!  

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this week

the Cuttlebug Challenge Team has created cards to honor 

those who have been affected with this cancer!  

Here's is another reminder to go get your yearly mammograms!!!  

Don't forget!  

For my card today,  I embossed the Anna Griffin designer paper with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Kassie's Brocade #20-00215, and sponged it with SU! Blush Blossom ink.  The cardstock is Neenah Cream and SU! Blush Blossom.  The sentiment is from a set by Our Daily Bread designs called Pray and the ribbon is from ODBD's set called Hope.  I used a Spellbinders oval to cut out the sentiment and layered it with a Spellbinders scalloped oval.  I stamped the ribbon onto a coordinating piece of designer paper and cut it out.  Do you see the gorgeous pink lace?  My Mom scored this recently at her local thrift store!!!  LOVE it!  I finished the card with pink pearls and a pretty bow I made with my Bow Easy.  I also added a pearly pink brad to the bow center!!!  

Thank you so much for visiting with me today!!!   

Be Inspired #103

Happy Wednesday!  

Today, at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog, we are getting a head start on World Card Making Day!  

This Saturday, October 2nd, is a day to connect with fellow card makers both near and far, 

to applaud the creativity that powers the craft, and to provide an opportunity for card makers 

to connect and find resources that will empower, inspire, and encourage them in their card making.  

We hope you will join us for our challenge this week!  I chose to create a Christmas card for my stash

since I just recently realized how close Christmas is and I have a long way to go to getting my cards

done this year!!!   I used this adorable image from Digi Stamp Characters by Heather Ellis. 

I colored it with copic markers and cut it out with a Spellbinders oval die.  

The back ground is embossed with one of the folders in the new 

Provocraft Cuttlebug Winter Embossing set!  

I sprayed the whole thing with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist and added the little gingham bow 

and the crystals to complete the card.  I used SU! cardstock in Whisper White and Close to Cocoa.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Enjoy your World Card Making Holiday!!! 

 

Be Inspired #102

 Good Morning!  Hope you are having a wonderful week!!!  

Today, the Cuttlebug Challenge team is sharing their creations using some adorable 

Whoopsi Daisy Digi images!!!   Our challenge was to also include two buttons 

and one bow on our projects!  I colored this sweet little pair with copic markers 

and sponged ink around them.  I printed them again, colored and cut them out and 

attached them over the top of the original images with foam tape.  

The sentiment is masked from a stamp in the Happy Birthday set from Our Daily Bread designs.

  The back ground designer paper is embossed with one of the 

Provocraft Cuttlebug Embossing Folders in the Preserves Collection. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

I invite you to join in our challenge this week at the 

Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!

We would love to have you!

Off We Go!!!!

Isn't this image cute?!!!  Today is Be Inspired Wednesday at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog! 

We were all sent cute images from Crafty Secrets' Creative Scraps Travel to play with!  I love the way these two look!!!  

And don't you just know she has on a brown polka dotted poodle skirt?!!!  

And that is how I chose the background for this card.  

The designer paper is StampinUp! and is embossed with the 

Provocraft Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  

I sponged the background and the image with Certainly Celery ink and added a pretty pink bow!  

That's it!  Easy as pie!  I think on the inside I will put "Are we there yet?"!!!  LOL!!!  

What do you think?!!!  

To see more Cuttlebug creations, 

go check out the cards this week on the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!  

Thanks so much for visiting and I'll see you again soon!

Happy Birthday to The Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!

Good Morning!!!   

The Cuttlebug Challenge Blog is celebrating their birthday this week and today, 

the design team is sharing their cuttlebug birthday creations!  I recently received this adorable 

Sara Kay image and I couldn't wait to color her with copic markers!    

I sponged the background with Mellow Moss and Bashful Blue and cut the image out with Spellbinders dies.  The background DCWV designer paper is embossed with one of the folders from the 

new Provocraft Preserves Collection.  

The corners were done with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Floral Borders Die.  

The cardstock is SU! Blush Blossom and Regal Rose. 

I added the cute little StampinUp! tags with the Happy Birthday sentiment and 

some pretty little green Zva pearls to finish the card.  

Please come celebrate with us at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog this week!  We would love to have you!!!!

Be Inspired #99

Good Morning!  

If you are here for the Our Daily Bread designs blog hop click on the link, or just click here.

Today the team at The Cuttlebug Challenge blog is featuring stamps from 

My Pink Stamper!  

These stamp sets are created to be used with the designs you cut out with your Cricut!  How fun!

I thought this cute little sentiment stamp was perfect with this little bird sign from the Provocraft Cricut Cartridge called Songbird #20-00063!  I also cut out the word enjoy with the same cartridge.  The designer paper is embossed with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder #37-1806.  I punched out the fence with a Martha Stewart punch, added the ribbon and placed the sign behind the fence.  The flowers are cut from the Provocraft Cuttlebug Floral Borders Die #37-1114.  

I added tiny brown pearls to the flower centers. 

Thanks for visiting!  

To see more designs using these great stamps, go visit the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog.

Also, next week is our 100th Be Inspired Wednesday and it's our birthday! 

Come celebrate with us! 

Be Inspired #98

Good Morning!  Today, at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog, 

we are playing with some wonderful digi stamps from Digital Delights by Louby Loo! 

Digital Delights by Louby Loo

I colored this cute image with copic markers and cut it out.  I also cut out the words and placed them where the splash of water is coming up!  I embossed this Imaginisce designer paper and the white circle background with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder #37-1229.   I added some Imaginisce B-Day ribbon and a cute little charm to finish the card!  Quick and Easy!!!

To see what the other designers came up with to inspire you, 

go check out the Cuttlebug Challenge blog today!  

Thank you for stopping by!

Cuttlebug Rendezvous Monday

Good Morning!  It's Party Time!!!  

 

 I'm here on this Monday morning to share a fun project using my Cuttlebug and Cricut along with this wonderful collection of papers, rub-ons, chipboard stickers, stamps and ribbons from Imaginisce! 

This B-Day Bash Collection is so cute and fun to use for a 

young child's birthday party. 

All of the papers, stamps and embellishments 

coordinate perfectly so your projects will be the talk of the party!!!

I made a cute little place mat, by adding strips of the designer paper along the edges

of a piece of cardstock.  I added two chipboard stickers and also, 

some cute little Provocraft Cuttlebug Zoo Animals #37-1200!  

The napkin holder has some more cute little animals attached for a fun look!

Here's your party hat!!!  What I did here was use an old party hat I had saved from a grandchild's birthday party and used it as a template to cut out my hat from the Imaginisce paper. 

The fringe at the bottom is just a strip of cardstock with the fringe cut with scissors.  I also cut out some of the pennants and birthday letters from some of the paper scraps and 

added them to the hat for a little flair.  I added a few rub-ons too!

And I have continued with the cute little animal theme!

Time for presents!!!!!

I spruced up a plain white gift bag with some of the papers and more fringe and animals. 

And I made a cute little tag to match!  The card uses the cute little clear stamp set 

that is part of the B-Day Collection.  The background is embossed with the

Provocraft Cuttlebug Numbers Collage Embossing Folder #37-1639.

Your little guests will love their goody bag full of fun and yummy goodies!!!  Again I dressed up the plain white goody bag with the Imaginisce designer paper. 

I found some inexpensive party favors to alter for the goody bags.  A kaleidoscope, a little tube of bubbles, one of those things you blow and the end unrolls.  I covered a chocolate bar with embossed paper

and I used my Cricut and the 

Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge 

to create the little box to hold the bag of M & M's!

When the party is over, it's time to get all of those wonderful photos printed out and make a quick little scrapbook!  This is one of those inexpensive clear photo albums.  I took out their paper insert and 

put in paper of my own.  

The chipboard sticker is part of the 

Imaginisce B-Day Collection and 

I thought would be real cute with the birthday cutie's photo inserted behind it!  This would also make a great keepsake for a grandparent or special person who was unable to make it to the party. 

 
The Cuttlebug Challenge Blog is dedicated to inspiring you to create using your Cuttlebug or Cricut!
Go check it out for ideas for your projects!

I hope you have enjoyed the party today!  So glad you were here! Have a wonderful week!

Cuttlebug Challenge #97-Book It!

Good Morning!!!!  Today's challenge at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog is to create something with, about, or from a book.  How fun!  I have been wanting to alter a child's board book ever since I saw one in a Somerset magazine a while back.  I found a book among all the books and toys, that some little sweet grand-baby hand had scribbled all over with an ink pen.  And so, that was the perfect start to my project.

 

I painted the whole thing with gesso and once that dried real good (about 24 hours or so), I painted it again with some pink acrylic paint.  That doesn't take too long to dry so I could start right away.  I printed some of my favorite photos I have taken recently, gathered up some of my favorite Our Daily Bread designs scripture stamps, kissed my sweet little green Cuttlebug (LOL!) and was ready to go!

One thing I have found over the years, the easiest way to create a scrapbook, is to use papers from the same paper pack and then to use the same supplies and similar embellishments throughout the book.  That keeps me from having to think too hard!  I used Mod Podge to glue the papers down.  (And here is a little secret.  After I had put the front cover on, I decided I didn't like it!  What to do?  Well, I just glued down another front cover and hid my edges with velvet ribbon!!!)  Some of the papers are embossed and some are not.  I then added a few more swipes of paint and also sponged with Tim Holtz ink to distress it. 

This was also a great way to use up some ribbon and lace scraps that I can't seem to throw away.  Another thing I learned along the way, is that all this painting caused the inside part of the binding to be very unattractive.  I added the butterflies which helped a lot but then they split in half when I opened the book!  Well then, I sponged more ink and glued ribbon down the middle of each page with Beacon 3-1 glue, winding the ribbon up and down each page leaving me with two tails at the top.  I tied those in a knot at the top and added a pearl bead to each end.  Hope that makes sense!  

That hid the ugly inseams though, thank goodness! 

I consider myself so blessed to have been able to take the photo of the deer!  She was standing right outside my aunt and uncle's garden as we were leaving my parents house a few weeks ago!  Wow, what a moment! 

Another thing to note is that the book will warp a little but to me that just adds to the vintage feel.  I also noticed that when I stamped the scriptures directly to the painted and mod podged page, it seemed to try to stick.  Not sure if it was the type of ink I used or because I was stamping onto the mod podge layer.  

But my stamps are all fine, so all is good.

Here are the supplies I used:

Various Our Daily Bread designs stamp sets

Gesso, Acrylic Paint, and Mod Podge

K & Co Designer Paper Pack

Ribbons, Lace, Buttons and Pearls

Cameo Hat Pin and a piece of crocheted doily

Various Spellbinders Dies

SU! Border Punch

Memento Black Ink and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Cropadile and large eyelet

Provocraft Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing folder #37-1916

Provocraft Cuttlebug Butterfly Die 37-1651

Provocraft Cuttlebug Floral Borders Dies

Beacon 3-1 and Zip Dry glues

Thank you so much for visiting with me today!  

To see more inspiration for this challenge, check out the Cuttlebug Challenge blog!  

The design team has lots of great ideas to share!

Have a wonderful day!

Be Inspired Wednesday #96

Good morning!  It's Wednesday again and at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog this week we were challenged to be Clearly Creative!  I chose to use part of the packaging from some pretty little flowers I bought at Michaels.  They came in a package of three colors and each little section is great for shaker cards!  I used buttons inside my shaker!  I am so ready for Fall and cooler temperatures!  The heat lately has been unbearable!  The background and the center of the sunflower are embossed with the ProvoCraft Swiss Dots Embossing Folder #37-1604 and sponged.  To make the shaker, I cut three Spellbinders flowers and cut a hole in the center of one of them.  Then I used Beacon 3-1 glue to attach the clear packaging piece.  I did have to make some snips in the circle to get it to fit around the circle.  I added lace around the edge to help hide the edges that were unfinished looking.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread designs' new set called appropriately Happy Fall! I also sprayed Peach Delight Glimmer mist on the flower and the brown background.  

Here are the supplies I used:

Our Daily Bread designs stamp set called Happy Fall!

Provocraft Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder #37-1604

Spellbinders Flower and Circle dies

Martha Stewart Fence Border punch

TatteredAngels Peach Delight Glimmer Mist

SU! ribbon

Bow Easy

Beacon Adhesives

SU! Close to Cocoa, So Saffron and White cardstock

SU! designer paper

Buttons and Floss

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink

Thanks for joining me today!  To see what the other Cuttlebug Challenge designers came up with 

go check out today's Be Inspired Wednesday Challenge HERE!

Be Inspired Wednesday #95

Good morning to you!!!  

The theme this week at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog is Sympathy cards.  

We all need them at some time or another and I have found that it's best to have a few in my stash 

so when they are needed I don't have to worry about it during a difficult time.  

This card actually didn't take too much time to make.  First, I embossed a gorgeous piece of  

K & Co paper with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing folder #37-1916.  

With a bit of luck, I positioned the designer paper where I could 'fussy' cut it with an X-acto knife 

around a couple of the flowers in order to slip the sentiment square behind them.  

The flowers on the top right were cut from a scrap and attached with Beacon Zip Dry glue.  

The pretty butterfly is from one of the new sets by Our Daily Bread designs, 

and is stamped twice onto a scrap of that same paper and cut out. 

I cut just the body and one wing from one of the butterflies, glued them together and 

used a little foam tape to pop up the wing a little.  I sprayed it with Pearl Glimmer Mist too.  

And then I just added the pearls to finish it!  

Here are the supplies I used for this card:

Our Daily Bread designs Don't Worry and With Heartfelt Sympathy

SU! Soft Suede and Vanilla Cardstock

K & Co Designer Paper

Provocraft Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing Folder #37-1916

Pearl Glimmer Mist

X-acto Knife

Beacon Zip Dry

Zva Pearls

Martha Stewart Pearl

Spellbinders Squares

Ribbon and Bow Easy

Thanks so much for visiting and hope to see you again soon!!!

CHA CHA CHA...Wait, I Mean...ELVIS!!!!

Hi everyone!!!  It's Be Inspired Wednesday and we at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog 

are celebrating CHA this week!  Since most of us can't really be at CHA we decided to go 

with a musical theme.  CHA CHA CHA!!!  And really, wasn't Elvis just an incredible singer?!  

I decided to go with a simple layout and color scheme on this card.  

Black and white with just a touch of blue.  

The background was embossed with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Embossing Allegro Folder #37-1641.  

I stamped Elvis and the sweet sentiment both by Cornish Heritage Farms with Stazon black ink, cut it out and layered it with 

Spellbinders Ovals.  I added ribbon, thread and a musical charm.  

And then just for fun, I added a tiny rhinestone in the letter 'o' of the sentiment!

To see more musical inspiration, go check out the Be Inspired Wednesday creations at the 

Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!   We love having you visit!  

Hope you have a wonderful week and see you soon!

Christmas Around the Clock Challenge

Good Morning to you!!! Hope you are enjoying our Christmas in July Festival over at the
Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!
We have been having so much fun bringing you different projects every day!

I promised on Friday that you would see the card to match my little scrapling and here it is!

The finished size is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4. I have a layer of red under a layer of white that is embossed with the Provo Craft Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons Embossing Folder #37-1927. I stamped the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread designs set called Peace and Joy and cut it out with a Spellbinders Oval and Scalloped Oval. Then I added the snowflakes from Provo Craft Cuttlebug Die 2x2 Snowflake #2 #37-1538. I added glitter and red rhinestones to each snowflake. Then I finished the card with wide red ribbon. The bow is made with a Bow Easy.

Now for the challenge!

1. Make a Holiday card, any size, using mostly white and just one other color.

2. Add something glittery! (Glitter, Glimmer Mist, Rhinestones, etc.)

3. Have fun!!!

 To link your project go to the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog and look for LinkZ!
I look forward to seeing your creations!

Thanks for visiting with me and see you soon!

Christmas Scrapling

Good Morning!!!!  This week's Christmas Festival in July at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog is going strong!  Today is my day to share a fun little way to make a gift tag for your Christmas gifts.  It's called a scrapling and you can use this idea all throughout the year.  It's so easy and a great way to use up all those little scraps too!

One sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock will make the bases for two 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square cards and two 1 1/4 x 4 1/4 scraplings.  Just cut your cardstock in half to make two regular 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 card bases.  Go ahead and score the fold in your cards.  Then cut a 1 1/4 strip off of one end.

Now you are ready to create your projects.  Two cards, two scraplings!  One thing about this size greeting card is that it will fit inside a regular envelope rather than needing a square envelope.  Saves you money on envelopes and postage!  Every little bit helps!  

The scrapling I made matches a card you will see on Sunday for one of our Christmas Around the Clock challenges.  Hope you will join us for more Christmas in July Cuttlebug Fun!  I added a layer of red and then a layer of white embossed with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons Embossing Folder #37-1927.  The word Joy is masked from a set called Peace and Joy from Our Daily Bread designs and is cut out and matted with a Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle die.  The snowflakes are Provocraft Cuttlebug
Die 2x2 Snowflake #2 #37-1538.  I added glitter and red rhinestones and attached to the scrapling.  I punched a hole at the top and threaded ribbon through to finish the tag!

Well, what do you think?  Fun?  I hope you enjoyed this little project and that you are inspired to create these for your gifts during the holidays and all through the year!  Thanks for joining me today and hope you have a wonderful day!

Christmas In July Cuttlebug Style!

This week at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog, we are cooling off from these hot summer temperatures by celebrating Christmas!  All week, we have fun things to share with you!  

Today, is our weekly Be Inspired challenge and we have a sketch challenge for you!  

This sketch was created by fellow DT, Diane!

What a great sketch!  For my card, I used a pretty pale blue cardstock piece

from Core'dinations and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the 

Provocraft Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons 5x7 Embossing folder #37-1927.  

I sanded it so the pretty blue would show through.  The stamp set I have used is called  

Peace & Joy from Our Daily Bread designs.  The snowflake is trimmed very closely 

and I also cut out a little from areas in the center.  A couple of more little tidbits about this card,

the pearls were originally white and I colored them with Copic marker #100.  

The bottom strip for the sentiment is actually what fell off after cutting the Spellbinder Grand Lace Border.  And lastly, I sprayed the whole thing with Pearl Glimmer Mist! 

We hope you will join us at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog for today's challenge 

and for the rest of this week for more Christmas In July fun!  

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Here are the supplies I used for this card:

ODBD Peace & Joy stamp set

Ga Pacific Cardstock

Core'dinations Cardstock

Provocraft Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons 5x7 Embossing folder #37-1927

Sanding Block

SU! Pearls

Spellbinders Grand Lace Border

Spellbinders Circle Die

Stamp-a-ma-jig

Pearl Glimmer Mist

Copic Marker #100

Be Inspired #92

Good Morning!  Hope you all are doing good!  

Today, our challenge at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog, is to create something inspired by garden creatures or creepy crawley's!  See the little bee?  That's as creepy crawley as I wanted to get!  LOL!  I am using the LeLovely Collection of Designer Papers and Chipboard stickers from Cosmo Cricket!  So cute!!!  The background layer is embossed with the Provocraft Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder #37-1806.  The little bee is cut with the Provocraft Cuttlebug 2x2 Garden Creatures Die #37-1212.  I thought this wonderful scripture from the Our Daily Bread designs stamp set called Get Well, was perfect for this card.  Thanks for visiting with me today!  

To see more creepy crawley inspiration, visit the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog!  

We love to see you each week!!!

Here are the supplies I used for this card:

ODBD Get Well stamp set

Ga Pacific White Cardstock

Cosmo Cricket DeLovely designer paper and chipboard stickers

Provocraft Cuttlebug 2x2 Garden Creatures Die #37-1212

Provocraft Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder #37-1806

Spellbinders Circle Die

Spellbinders Inverted Circle Die

Organdy ribbon and Silver Cord

Foam Tape

Stazon Black Ink