Proverbs 31:30

Good morning!  I am so excited to show you this fun little project today!  Altering things around the house that I have saved for years is becoming one of my favorite things to do.  The frame on this particular plaque was originally a blue color and the design was cute but I wanted an updated look.  

I painted the frame using several colors of acrylic paint in creams and browns.  

Then I sprayed it with a brown Glimmer Mist color and sort of wiped it off a little.  

Then for the background, I embossed the designer paper with one of the new cuttlebug folders in the Preserves collection and sponged it with Tim Holtz ink.  I attached it to the plaque with Mod Podge.  

I then attached a piece of a doily, a piece of lace and a piece of velvet ribbon with glue.  

I sponged this a little bit too to dirty it up a bit!  

The little flower is actually several prima flowers glued together.  

My DT sister Patter showed us how to do this on her blog!  

Thanks Patter!

I chose to use the scripture that I submitted for the Scripture Collection 4 set!  When I read it, it reminds me to strighten up!!!  LOL!  Seriously, I love this scripture and was honored to have been able to have it made into a stamp!  Thank you for that Kelley!  I stamped it with Versamark and Memento Brown ink and clear embossed it.  I cut it out and layered it with Spellbinders circles and framed this with the Spellbinders Lotus Die!  I added the button and Zva pearls to finish it up!

And that's it!  I really appreciate y'all taking the time to visit with me today!  We invite you to join us for our monthly blog hop this coming Sunday the 1st.  You are gonna love the new sets coming out for August!

A Little Sneak Peek!

Good morning!  Hope you all I had a great weekend!  I did!  

I got to play in the Dare to Get Dirty challenges this weekend!  

I used a set here that is a sneak peek of two new sets coming out August 1st by

Our Daily Bread designs! 

Be sure to visit the  

Our Daily Bread designs blog 

on the first for our monthly blog hop!  

We look forward to having you spend some time with us!  You will LOVE these new sets!!!!

Here are the challenges I participated in with this card:

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Thanks to the Dirt Pile at SCS for a fun week of challenges!  Seriously, if you are not a Fan Club Member, you should really consider it!  You will be seeing more of my DTGD10 projects in the next few days!  

Thanks for visiting 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!

More Dare to Get Dirty Challenges

Hi everyone!  I've got three cards to show you today!  I've been feverishly working on some Dare to Get Dirty projects and some DT Projects the last few days.  I'm saving some for the next few days.  If you aren't a member of the Fan Club at SCS, you are really missing out on some fun! 

This card above uses Our Daily Bread designs set called Blessed Christmas 

and is for the following challenges:

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And this sweet little image is a Pure Innocence Digi Stamp from Digi Stamp Characters.  The sentiment is from a Taylored Expressions set called Christmas Blessings.  

Here are the challenges I followed for this cards:

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And last but not least, I used the StampinUp! set called Happy Moments for this card

and it fits the following challenges:

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Thanks for visiting today 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!

WOW! Ten Challenges!!!

Hey everyone!!!!  

I challenged myself to do as many challenges on one card as I could and I got to 10!!!  

WOW!!!!

Here are the challenges I am participating in with this card:

MMSC63-Sketch

TSTR19-In the Garden

CTD102-Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Not Quite Navy (no Marina Mist yet but pattern in the dp is close)

SNTODBD14-Piercing

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The scripture is from the new set called Bless This Home by Our Daily Bread designs.  I framed it with this new Cuttlebug Embossing Plus called Chic Circle Frame (It embosses and cuts at the same time!) and a Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle.  I pierced the near the bottom above the border with Spellbinders Piercabilities that I have only used once!  The bottom border was done with the Spellbinders Renaissance Hearts Borderabilities.  I made the flower with several Prima flowers added together to create the blossom that I saw on Patter's blog recently. 

I sponged everything with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink. 

All cardstock and designer paper is from SU!  The Martha butterflies, branches and  

Zva pearls finish the card!  Oh and the bow was done with my Bow Easy!

Thanks for visiting with me today!!!!  See you soon!

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