Have a Rockin' Birthday! - Guest Designing for Die Cuttin' Divas

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Do you have a Tween or Teen in your home that you find hard to make cards for? Well then, maybe I have an idea for you today!!!

 

So excited to be Guest Designing for Die Cuttin' Divas!!!

 

This week's challenge theme: Anything Goes

 

Here is a card that I made for my son who has hit the Tween years:

 

 

My son's favorite color is purple and he loves music, so this cute Little Gems Rocker file from Treasure Box Designs made it easy to whip up a card for him. I forgot to take a picture of the inside before writing a note to my son, but the sentiment was pieced together from a Jaded Blossom stamp and a My Craft Spot stamp and says: "Have a Rockin' Birthday." I used a black piece of cardstock for the base. The background paper was die cut from a My Creative Time Stitched Rectangular die and is from the We R Memory Keepers Collection - Teen Angst.

 

 

 So glad you stopped by today!!! I hope you will hit the follower button and keep coming back! I also invite you to stop by my Facebook and Pinterest pages.

 

And please stop by Die Cuttin' Divas and enter your card in to this week's Anything Goes Challenge!

 

Blessings,

                     

Challenges:

DL Art: June Linky Party Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday: #189 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: #112 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: #268 Always Anything Goes 7/5 E3:1

613 Ave Create: #113 Anything Goes

Batter Up, You're Invited!

We have a birthday coming up soon and my guy is a huge sports fan, so this is the invitation I have made for him. I'm excited about how well it turned out.

Baseball season is just starting around here, so he asked me to make a baseball card. I wish the picture better showed the inking on the card that I did to make it look like a well used ball. The background paper is from old We R Memory Keepers pad called MVP (Using It Up for the Little Red Wagon Challenge). I think this collection was one of the best collections of sports paper ever made and I have had it in my stash for awhile hanging on to it. The ball is from SVG Cuts Fun and Games kit. Mary is a master at making intricate cuts work like slicing butter, so I knew the threads in her baseball would cut just fine. I have a few more to make, but these are pretty quick to put together, so it shouldn't take long at all.

Thanks for dropping by! I also invite you to drop by my  Facebook and Pinterest pages or to find me on Instagram @mmirandcreations. They are all pages that make it easy for you to keep up with my crafty happenings!

Blessings,

                      

 

Challenges:

DL Art: June Linky Party Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday: #186 Anything FF Goes

Decorate to Celebrate: #101 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge: #149 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: #109 Anything Goes

Simply Create Too: #87 Masculine

Little Red Wagon: #292 Use It Up

KC Royals - The King of Baseball

Baseball Fans, Anyone???

 

I have been a baseball fan since I was a small girl. From 1979-84', I believe, I was able to go see the minor league team affiliated with the Chicago Cubs at a stadium along the Mississippi River somewhere in the Davenport, IA area. I can still remember thinking I was at Wrigley Field.

 

While there is still a place in my heart for the Chicago Cubs because of those childhood memories, my hometown is in the Kansas City, MO area. And if you haven't already heard, our KC Royals are going to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. And though I am several hundred miles away from home, I am still rooting for my hometown team!!! Go Royals!

 

 

My dear friend, Melissa Deuss of KaDoodle Bug Designs, is the best. I design for her team, so the other day I asked her if she would make me a baseball lion since the Royals mascot is a lion and this is what she came up with. He is so cute!!! This was the freebie this last Monday on the KBD site and is still available a couple of more days. Best thing is that there is also a digi version, a Print n Cut version, and a Print n Piece version available as freebies this week as well. There are also a few other freebies on the page as well. Stop by the store and pick yours up.

 

Supplies Used:

KaDoodle Bug Designs: King of Baseball Lion

We R Memory Keepers: MVP Paper Pack

Various Cardstocks from my Stash

 

Thanks for dropping in today! Stop by the KaDoodle Bug Designs Fan Page for a contest that will run through Sunday night using the King of Baseball file. You could win a set of your choice from the store. I also invite you to stop by my FB page and Pinterest page as well. Become a follower and keep up with all that is happening on my blog and in my Etsy shop.

 

Blessings,

 

I will enter my card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create: #93 Anything Goes

Scrapbook Blessings Club: #31 Anything Goes

Decorate to Celebrate: #86 Anything Goes

A Caddy of Apples!

Hey, all, today is my first post as a Little Sister at Trendy Twine.
I'm so excited to be sharing my Back to School project with all of you!

My project features the Cranberry Trendy Twine. This is such a fun
and versatile color for so many projects!
 

My daughter starts Kinder this year

and I thought it would be nice to send her with a caddy of treats!

I think it is important to gain brownie points from the beginning. LOL!
 

Actually, having been a teacher, I know that it is nice to receive something special on occasion; so I like to send things when I can.

The caddy (tote) and the boxes are from Lori Whitlock. They can be purchased in the Silhouette store or in her store as an SVG. The caddy is called Double-sided Tote Scalloped and the boxes are called Ribbon Tie Favor Box Scalloped. I made my tote just slightly larger and I downsized the boxes to about 75% of the original size to fit in the caddy. After cutting and assembling, the caddy is wrapped on the sides in paper from Reminisce. For the front of the box I used a file from My Scrap Chick called Apple Tree Top. I modified it just a bit in my Silhouette software to make it the right size and to shape the top of the tree line to match the scallops at the top of my paper.



Before attaching the tree and the apples with pop dots, I wrapped the cranberry twine around the box three times and tied it off with a button and a bow. To keep the button from sliding down, I stuck a pop dot under it too. The cranberry twine is the perfect touch for wrapping around the caddy to give some contrast to the paper.

Each box is tied shut with a bit more twine and decorated with an apple. The paper for the striped boxes is from We R Memory Keepers Simply Spring collection. The apple is the same apple that is on the front of the caddy. The stem was taken from another apple in my SVG collection, but to be honest I can't remember which one. Sorry about that. Any stem will do if you decided to make this project though. After stuffing the boxes with treats, you could use a white gel pen to write on the apple letting the teacher know what is inside of each container.

It would be fun to find so many creative things to put in the boxes, but for starters, you could put candy in them as well as small school supplies like paper clips. I know my daughter and I will have a lot of fun figuring out what to put in ours.

Here is a picture of the twine I used. If you would like the cranberry color, you can pick it up at the Trendy Twine store. And while you are there, look for more tasty colors as well as other fun products for your crafty needs.

Thank you for stopping in today. I always look forward to your visits and encouraging comments. I invite you to stop by my FB page as well.

Blessings,

                    

I will enter my project into the following challenges as well:

Scrapbook Blessings Club: #26 Anything Goes

Pile it On: #32 Primary Colors
Crafting By Designs: August Anything Goes
DLArt August Linky Challlenge: Anything Goes
Craft your Passion: #226 Bring Me Sunshine (Add Some Yellow)
613 Avenue Create: #84 Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge: #107 Anything Goes
The Crafter's Café: #76 Anything but a Card
Word Art Wednesday: #145 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers: #45 Anything Goes
Cardz TV 3D Designer's Challenge: #6 Back to School
Crafty Calendar Challenge: August Anything Goes

Babies are Such a Gift!!!

Do I have a card for you today! How about this cute Stork from

 

KaDoodle Bug Designs!

 

 

I have wanted to make this piecing for awhile now and I am just excited about how it turned out. As I was finishing it up, I was trying to decide on a sentiment or some embellies; and the thought hit me that sometimes a card just doesn't need all of that. Sometimes a card just speaks for itself!!!

 

 

Supplies Used:

KaDoodle Bug Designs: PND Special Delivery

My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Record It!

Glitz: Beautiful Dreamer

Spellbinders: Scalloped Ovals

Cardstock Base: Papertrey Ink's Vintage Cream

Other Cardstock: American Crafts, We R Memory Keepers, and a Few Various Scraps

Memento and Color Box Inks

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I hope you will come back again!

 

Blessings,

                     

I will enter this into the following challenges:

PDE Linky Party: #13 Many Layers

Word Art Wednesday: #139 Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs: July Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday: #42 Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: #78 Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss: #242 Pink and Green

Creative Fingers: #41 Anything Goes/Optional Fantasy

Sister Act Card Challenge: #63

Scrapbook Blessings Club: #23 Anything Goes

Spring is Hatching!

It is another challenge over at

 

Simply Create Too

 

Challenge #59: No Digi or Stamped Images

 

Anyone who has followed me for any length of time knows that this challenge is right up my alley as I like to craft with SVG cut files. If I was going to color an image, I would have to break out the crayons or Crayola colored pencils. LOL!

 

Today's project uses a cut file from SVG Cuts' Cotton Tail Village kit.

 

 

Other Supplies:

We R Memory Keepers Cotton Tails paper and cardstock collection

Bling from my stash

Various inks and pop dots for dimension

 

I enjoy how the pastels in this paper really bring out the beauty of this card. I hope you will give this one a try.

 

Blessings,

                     

 

I will enter this into the following challenges:
Crafting By Design: April Anything Goes
The Crafter's Café: #58 Spring

Divas By Design: Easter/Spring

Creative Card Crew: #59 Spring

Alphabet Challenge Blog: E for Easter

Crafty Catz: #226 Animals

Creative Fingers: #31 Anything Goes w/ option to use purple

Craftyhands: #12 Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity: #171 Easter



Birthday Gator

It's mid post time over at

 

Craftin' Desert Divas

 

and this week the Linky Party is

 

 

Buttons, Ribbon, Twine or Brads

(Use at least 2)

 

Here is my card...

 

 

Cut File: Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons Birthday Gator

Cardstock Base and Sentiment Banner: We R Memory Keepers Feelin' Groovy Green

All other cardstock: Misc scraps from my bin

Twine: The Twinery - Honeydew

Sentiment Banner: Spellbinders Nested Pennants

Happy Birthday sentiment: Jaded Blossom's Simple Sayings

Button from stash

Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, and New Sprout

 

I made this card for my son's friend's birthday party. So fun!!!

 

Thank you for coming by! If you'd like to become friends, please hit the follower button on the top right. If you do so and leave me a comment letting me know you did, I will return the favor!

 

Blessings,

                    

 

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity: #168 Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs: March Anything Goes

Creative Cutting Challenge: #30 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers: #28 Anything Goes

Craftitude: #61 Anything Goes

Cute card Thursday: #313 It's a Wild World

Pause Dream Enjoy: Linky Party #6/Twine It Up

Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes w/ the option of stitches

Crafter's Café: #55 Make a Square Card

Fab n Funky: #208 Boys to Men

Crafty Calendar Challenge: March/Animal Antics

Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons: Just for Kids

St. Patty's Day!

I'm very excited for St. Patrick's Day this year. Some friends of ours have invited us over for a traditional Irish dinner. I am so looking forward to it!

I want to share this card with you today using cut files from My Scrap Chick that celebrates this great Irish holiday!

One of my teammates from the My Scrap Chick DT had made this great card for Valentine's Day earlier this year and her card has inspired this one. Thanks, Kristen!

 

Products Used:

My Scrap Chick
Card Essentials Vol. 2
Lucky Rainbow Bears
Easy Rosettes

(These rosettes are really the easiest I have ever assembled. You have to give them a try!!!)

We R Memory Keepers
Good Day Sunshine Paper Kit

My Craft Spot
Ribbon Banners Die Set

The Twinery
Honeydew Twine

Sentiment is from a set I picked up out of a $1 bin at Pat Catan's.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. If you make any projects using files from My Scrap Chick, please share them with us on our FB page. We love seeing what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings, 

                    

 

 

I will enter my card into the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday: #121 Anything Goes
Love to Create: #104 Anything Goes
Make It Monday: #180
Quirky Crafts: #4 Pile It High, Layer It Up, and Some 3D!
The Squirrel and the Fox: #64 Something Spooled
Open-Minded Crafting: #4 Monochromatic
Totally Gorjuss: #224 String the Thing
Creative Fingers: #24 Anything Goes
Sister Act: #45 Anything Goes

Wobbling Truffala Tree!

It is my Action Wobble Tuesday!

 

The other day SVG Cutting Files was giving away some free Dr. Seuss files on their FB Galleria and you know I was jumping on that. Super cute. (Unfortunately these files were only available for one day. But I would suggest joining the group as there is constant free files shared in the gallery and in regular blog hops. Thank you, Anne!)

 

Well one of the DT members was showing off her Lorax card as he hung out underneath his Truffala Tree and I was smitten!

 

Well, of course, I had to make one of my own (after getting permission to do a bit of scraplifting). I knew when I saw Trixie's card that that Truffala Tree needed an Action Wobble and I was right.

 

 

How cute is the Lorax and the tree wobbles!

 

 

For the card, I used We R Memory Keepers Simply Spring paper. The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom's Simple Sayings stamp set and it is stamped onto a Spellbinders Wonky Squares die. And I added some buttons from my stash to the background to add more dimension.

 

Thanks for coming by!!!

 

If you would like some Action Wobbles of your own, you can pick them up at the Royal Shoppe .

 

If you use Action Wobbles already, we would like it if you would Like the Action Wobble Facebook page and share your Wobble projects with us.

 

Don't forget the challenges on the blog as well.

 Please know that I would be honored if you would become a follower of my blog. If you do so and leave a comment letting me know, I will return the favor by stopping by your blog and becoming a follower as well.

 

Have a Happy, Crafty, Wobbly kind of day!

 

Blessings,

                         

Thinking Green!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

So you have to be wondering why I'm thinking green when today is all about the red and pink, right?!

 

It is Design Team day for me at

Simply Create Too

and we are looking ahead to next month.

 

How many of you know a little something of the luck of the Irish?

 

Well, if you're feeling lucky, you may strike a bit of gold with our team inspiration as we spin the

 

St. Patrick's Day/Use Green Theme!

 

Our challenge begins today and runs through the 27th. So take a leap over the rainbow and come join use at Simply Create Too Challenge Blog with your green creations!

 

Today I am using a cut file from SVG Cuts

 

 

It is the Butterfly Wrapped Gift Box from the High Skies kit.

 

My paper is from We R Memory Keepers Good Day Sunshine collection. I embellished it with some pearls and closed off the top with a bit of crinkle ribbon.

 

I hope you enjoy today's project and I hope to see you again soon.

 

I'd be glad to have you join me as a new follower. If you do so, and leave me a comment letting me know; I will return the favor.

 

Blessings,

                       

 

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar: #81 Use a die cut or punch

Creative Fingers: #23 Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons: #76 Ribbon and Bows

4 Crafty Chicks: #181 Use Pearls

Cute Card Thursday: #308 Clever Cutting



April Showers Bring May Flowers

I thought I would try to slip in at the last and enter into Jaded Blossom's April Showers Brings May Flowers Challenge. For this challenge you must use a stamp from Jaded Blossom. I recently bought my first and only set - Wedding Wishes - so of course that is what I used. I'm really liking how this card turned out! I made a joy fold card using white cardstock from Papertrey Ink. My designer cardstock is from the Simply Spring collection by We R Memory Keepers. I use Memento ink to ink all my edges. And the umbrella die cut is from Miss Kate Cuttables. The file is called "Rainy Day Bear." A big thanks to Beate over at Splitcoast Stampers for the card tutorial. Enjoy!

Here Comes Little Cotton Tail ...

I was able to finish a LO I had started using the Poplar Street Tulips SVG kit from svgcuts.com. I had started the LO last year right after the kit was released, but I had put it aside. Last weekend I decided to get it back out and finish it.

The paper is We R Memory Keepers Cotton Tails which also came out last year. My daughter really likes this, so instead of adding it to a scrapbook we are going to frame it and hang it in her room for a time. Enjoy!