Be Inspired Wednesday 10-6

It's that time again at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to inspire you with our designs and creativeness.  In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our theme is anything that reflects what this month is all about.  It could be a card of encouragement or reminder to take get your mammogram.  Sometimes, just a "thinking of you" card to a breast cancer friend or family member means so much. 

For my card, Think Pink, I could add a sentiment of "Thinking of You" or "Just a reminder to get your mammogram".

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Cuttle Your Pages Friday 9-24

For today, our challenge was to emboss punch cuts.

Our sponsor this week at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot is Whoopsi Daisy who treated us with the cutest digital stamps.  While looking at the stamps to choose, I saw a stamp that look familiar.  I knew it wasn't the stamp itself, but something about it so I knew I had to have it.  When I looked at my photos of Nina, I found the photo that made the stamp I was looking at so special.

I knew I had to do a layout of the two side by side, so in my mind I started to format what I wanted my layout to look like. I kept it simple with a glitter border and some embossed flowers.  For my flowers I used French Manor and Lacy Labels.  The centers were cut using my EK Success and Marvey punches.  My title was cut using Cursive 101 and Base Camp. The one top flower is Prima.

Be sure to stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our design team has for you today.  Also, take the Be Inspired Wednedsay challenge for a chance to win some cute digital stamps from our sponsor Whoopsi Daisy!

Cuttle Your Pages Friday 9-17

In keeping with our Be Inspired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot, I am using ATC size cards I received from Crafty Secrets.

After seeing the cards I received from Crafty Secrets, my layout just popped into my head. All I needed to do was take a few photos of Joe’s Flower Garden to bring it all together.

My flower pot and flowers was cut using my Walk In My Garden cartridge. My Prima flowers and cut flowers were then embossed with Textile Texture embossing plate. Small butterflies were punched using my Martha Stewart punch and embossed with Screened Angle for one and Herringbone for the other. The large butterfly is Cuttlebug cut and emboss. My title was printed through my computer.  My heart is one of the cute flowers and folded over to make a dimensional heart.  All cuts were done with Core'dinations cardstock.

Be sure to stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our Design Team has to share with your this Friday and don't forget to take the Be Inspired Wednesday challenge for a chance to win a prize from Crafty Secrets.

Cuttle Your Pages Friday 9-10

Happy Friday and Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot!!..In keeping with out Be Inspired Wednesday theme, the celebration of our 2 year birthday, our layouts today will feature birthdays.  Our challenge today was to emboss borders and I immediately knew what I wanted to do. 

My son Joey will be having a birthday this month which brought me back to his first birthday party.  While checking the album for those birthday photos I also found the Donald Duck invite that was sent out.

For my border, I used 2x12 strips of DCWV cardstock and embossed with my Provo Craft Polka Dot folder. This folder is the 5x7 size which I love. 

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Be Inspired Wednesday #100

Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot!!!  Because it's our birthday, we are doing..what else, but...birthday!!

Here is a card I made for a sweet friend who is having a birthday this week.  I bought the dragonfly brooch a while back because I knew one day I would want to put it on a card.  My card was embossed with my Asian folder, Plum Blossoms.  The designed is from my Lacy Labels cartridge; flowers are from Wild Orchard.

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Cuttle Your Pages Friday 9-3

Today we are embossing die cuts!

How exciting to have My Pink Stamper as our sponsor this week!!..If you had the opportunity to check out our Be Inspired Wednesday this week, you will find some awesome projects from our Design Team at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot using these cute little stamps. Today, we are using those stamps on our layout and embossing die cuts for fun and dimension.

For my layout, I cut decorative squares using my Accent Essentials cartridge and then embossed them with my Devine Swirl embossing folder. In each square, you will see one of those cute little stamps that I received. For my swirl, I used French Manor and welded the heart from Accent Essential using my Design Studio program. The swirl was also embossed with the Devine Swirl folder. My flowers were cut using Cuttlebug die cutting plates and embossed with Swiss Dots. My tag was cut using Lacy Labels and embossed with my Flourished Frame embossing folder. Orange and blue cardstock is Core'dinations.

Be sure to check out what our Design Team has for you this Friday and don't forget to take our Be Inspired Wednesday Challenge.  You may win a prize from My Pink Stamper!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #99

It's time once again for our Be Inspired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot! Our sponsor this week is My Pink Stamper who was kind enough to send the design team these cute little clear stamps.  For my project, I made an anniversay card and the little stamp 'on your special day' was perfect.

Both the card and popped chipboard frame were embossed with my Victoria embossing folder.  The frame was 'colored' with a metalic rub-on from Craft-T Products.  The flowered cartdstock is from DCWV and using my Smooch I painted in the leaves for a little color.  The cluster of flowers were done with Wild Orchard flowers with cut pieces of string pearls for a little added flair.

Be sure to check out what our design team has to share with you this week and don't forget to take our Be Inspired Wednesday Challenge.  The prize for this week will be a set of the Punny-Licious Stamps!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #98

Today at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot, Our sponsor is Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Wendy was gracious enough to send us the complete set of her Under The Sea digital stamps. Please check out her site for some awesome stamps!!

For my challenge, I made a cute little necklace and  gift box. After cutting and coloring my pieces, I gave it a light coating of paper glaze. The box was done using my Tags Bags and Boxes cartridge and Core'dinations cardstock. After embossing with my Swiss Dot folder, I sanded the cardstock to pop the dots.

Share you digital stamp creation with us at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot and you may win a complete set of digital stamps!!

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Cuttle Your Pages Friday August 20

Wecome back to Cuttle Your Pages Friday!!

This week our challenge at Cuttlebug Challenge was to emboss titles on a layout.  Yep, that simple, but how many times do we forget to emboss those letters?  I know I keep forgetting and then when I'm done, I remember there was something I wanted to do.  For my layout, the title was cut using my Base Camp cartridge and Core'dinations cardsock.  I love how the Swiss Dots embossing folder works with this cardstock and sanding it makes it pop more!  Papers used were Me and My Big Ideas.

Here is a sample of chipboard I embossed and then I used rub-ons by Craf-T Products for color and a great affect.

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Be Inspired Wednedsay #97

Wow, where did the week go??!!..Once again it's Be Inpsired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge with our challenge being 'book' or anything related to book(s). 

For my project, I decided to cover an inexpensive album that I received at the last SWARM (crop) I attended.   The theme of this SWARM was Roundup, so I thought what a fun way to dress up an album for those SWARM photos.!!

Embossing folders used were Stars, Tiny Mosaic and Brick.  The frame was cut using my Pooh and Friends cartridge and Core'dinations paper.  Spellbinders Nestabilities for the tag with computer font.

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Now it's time to fill up those pages!!

Cuttle Your Pages Friday August 13

Today I would like to show you how you can emboss a mat for your layout page. For my layout, I used brown Core'dination cardstock and my snowflake embossing folder. Because this is such a great cardstock to distress, I used my sanding block to bring out the under color. This is a very simple design by cutting two pieces of cardstock and designing the placement under my photo. If you are using a larger photo or want more mat coverage, simply prepare more cardstock to work with. I just wanted to show you how a simple technique can make such a difference on a layout page. Because our Be Inspired Wednesday challenge was to use acetate or acrylic, I embossed an acrylic ATC card, by Clear Scraps, with my Swiss Dot embossing folder to give a clean fun addition for my page. Printed cardstock is from My Minds Eye, date from Basic Grey; ribbon unknown. More dimension was added by using my EK Success Snowflake punch.

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Be Inspired Wednesday #96

Our challenge this week at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot was to do a project with acetate or acrylic. I used a transparent folding envelope box that was a perfect size for my 5x7 Asian folder, Plum Blossoms.  Once I cut the piece I needed from the box, I then adhered it to black cardstock.  For my geisha I used my Kimiko embossing folder and Core'dinations cardstock. After cutting her out, I outlined her with American Crafts Metallic Marker and then brushed across the embossing with my Palette inkpad, vintage cream. Once that was done, I used pop dots to adhere her to an embossed black cardstock that was done using my Bamboo folder. That cardstock was also lined using my American Crafts marker. I pop dot that to gold cardstock by DWVW and finally to a black card.  The finishing touch was adding a charm Orient Express from Blue Moon and Mizuhiki paper cord from Yasutomo and gold glitter glue on the fan.

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Cuttle Your Pages Friday August 6

I am thrilled to announce a new feature at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot called Cuttle Your Pages Friday.  Each Friday, members of the Design Team will show you how to use your Cuttlebug Embossing Folders on your layout!
Today we are featuring embossed frames.

The two Cuttlebug embossing folders I used were Tiny Mosaic Texture and Grace's Frame. All brown cardstock is Core'dinations which is perfect for sanding. After sanding both, I added metallic rub-on by Craf-T Products for the mosaic frame. Using my X-Acto knife, I cut out the inside of Grace's Frame and for the oval, I used my Fiskars oval template. Once done, I taped the photos from behind the frame and then added Starform Gold Stickers. Other products used were Prima Printed cardstock, Wild Orchid Crafts, Martha Stewart heart sticker, Martha Stewart fan punch, Nestibilities, Dew Drop and Palette inkpads. Ribbon and bottoms, unknown.

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Be Inspired Wednesday #95 Sympathy

For our challenge this week, we were asked to make a sympathy card.  I know, it's one of those cards you hope you never have to use, but sadly there is that occasion where you need to let someone know you are thinking of them.

Here is the card I made for such an occasion.

Supplies I used:
Ribbon-Martha Stewart
Inkpad-K & Co
Stamp-Hampton Art
Frame-Lacy Labels
Flowers-Prima
Embossing folders-Scroll Work and Devine Swirls

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CHA-Wall Decor

Rosemary Zuba

How exciting for me to present to you two new embossing folders from Provo Craft!!..These Cuttlebug folders are companion folders to the new cartridge, Wall Decor and since I knew of someone who just had a baby I was thrilled to received two folders that would work on a layout I wanted to do.

My background paper is My Minds Eye and the two baby folders were embossed using Core'dinations Gemstone cardstock. Stickles was added to the clothesline folder and ribbon and slider to the folder with all the embossed cute little baby clothing. Slider and paper flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts located in the UK. The pretty bling flower is from Prima. Butterflies (Fiskars and Marth Stewart punches) and title were cut using Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock. For the title, I used Cursive 101 and Design Studio to weld the letters together. The green mat is also Core'dinations. The pink stem was a gift from a friend; sorry don't know the company.

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Be Inspired Wednesday #94 Cha Cha Cha

Because this week is CHA in Chicago, the Design Team was asked to do a fun project with a musical flair.   After looking through my Cricut cartridges, I found the cutest duckie in the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.  With this cut, you also get the musical notes; how perfect was that! I embossed a white card with Swiss Dots and then lightly went over the embossing with blue ink from K&Company.  Martha Steward daisy flower was trimmed down, a little orange chalk on the duck, Stickles on the musical notes and some pearls to dress up 'miss' duckie. The butterflies were punched with my Fiskars punch, green Cor'dinations sanded for the bottom with computer print on vellum.  I thought blue google eyes would maker 'her' look even cuter..!!

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Christmas Around the Clock CD Frame

How exciting to be a part of Christmas Day July 25!!..Our design team has been featuring project today with mine scheduled for 1:00.  Continue to check out Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot for more projects to follow throughout the day.

My project is a CD frame!!
What you want to do is cut your cardstock to fit INSIDE the CD case. Each side is a different measurement, so be careful with your cuts. For me, I still needed to trim some even after measuring, but since I was prepared for that, I was ok with it. I used Clue Arts tape runner in the center to keep the cardstock in place; I knew it would be covered up when I did the outside of the case. Once you get your cardstock in place, it’s time to decorate. For my printed cardstock I used Joann’s Peppermint Forest (solid was DCWV) and several Provo Craft embossing folders; Poka Dots, Swiss Dots, Snowflakes, Christmas Countdown and Japanese Scales. Cricut cartridges used were, Pooh and Friends (book), Joys of the Season (tree and ornament), Lacy Labels (back label), Cursive 101 (date) and Wild Card (frame). Also used were Prima flowers, Creative Memories stickers, Stickles, Martha Stewart inkpad, EK Success snowflake punch and computer journaling.

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and have a Very Merry Christmas!!

There will be Cuttlebug prizes to the person who does the most challenges during our Christmas Around the Clock.   Visit Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to post your entries; you have until August 1st

Cuttlebug Challenge #93-Christmas In July

Our challenge this week was to do a Christmas card based on a sketch from our design team member Diane Campell Payne. For my card, I gave it a different angle from the sketch posted, but that's the fun thing about sketches..you can play around with it to make it your own!!..

For the embossing I used my Snowflake Cuttlebug folder on plain white cardstock for the frame and then used Scotch mounting tape to pop it. The same embossing folder was used for the squares and they too were popped. The printed cardstock is Joann's Peppermint Forest. From silver thread I hung silver confetti snowflakes. The large snowflake was cut using my Joy of the Season Cricut cartridge and then 'Stickled' with silver.

Please stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our design team has to share with you this week. And, we would love to see you Christmas in July card!!

Cuttlebug Challenge #91

Thought I would take the time today and do a challenge for Cuttlebug Challenge.  Today's challenge was doilies and lace, so I pulled out a paper heart doily and lace ribbon to see what I can do.  I brought my supplies to my friend Kristi's house and made use of her cuttlebug embossing folder.  Sorry, I forgot to write down the name of the one I used.  Simple card, but I love the colors and how well my lace matched the new flowers I just bought.

Cuttlebug Challenge-Wedding

Here is a card I made for this weeks challenge at Cuttlebug Challenge.  All week the fantastic design team has been awing viewers with their wedding projects, so I thought I'd jump right in and have some fun with a couple new embossing folders I bought today at Stampfest.  The card was stamped with my new folder, Poka Dots.  Swiss Dots is my favorite, so it's no wonder that this had to be in my stash.  Once I embossed the white vellum with Scrollwork (another new folder), I attached a solid white cardstock so that I could cut out the center for both; for that I used a Nestability. I was then able to pop dot this on top of the Poka Dots and achieved the looked I was trying to get. Using my printer, I typed Always and Forever and cut that with a Nestability.  Again, using pop dots, I centered it on top of the Poka Dots. After that, it was a matter of decorating.