Miniature Golf

 I've got a new challenge up today over at Cookin' Up Creations. This month's theme is Christmas Countdown! Join us for some fun times as we countdown to Christmas. The countdown will feature a daily post that may be a holiday tip, a fun activity, a game, a challenge, a recipe or other surprises!

My challenge is a color challenge with an added twist. 

When you think of Christmas you probably think of red and green. So for this challenge pick either red or green and pair it with another color for your layout. Along with those 2 colors, I want you to use something not usually found on a layout.

For my layout I chose the color red and paired it with black and added some red netting from a bag of lemons and black netting from a ham. I added some red and black splatters and some red and black patterned paper along with some black stickers.

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Love

 There's a new card sketch up on the Atlantic Hearts Sketches blog today. We have a new one every Monday and on Wednesday's we show all the DT members examples and we pick the 3 top winners from the previous week. Stop by and play along with us!

Here's the sketch

This is such a fun sketch! I decided to start on my Valentine's Day cards with it and I love how it came out. I cut all the diamonds out on my Cricut, embossed the background with a tiny heart embossing folder and added some heart shaped puffy stickers. The sentiment was also cut with my Cricut.

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YUM

 We've got a new sketch challenge up at Sketches in Thyme. This weeks sketch is by Bev Code and it's a fun one too. I liked it so much that I stayed very close to the sketch.

Here's the sketch

I made the background by using a 12 x 12 chicken wire stencil and created a rainbow effect using Distress Oxide inks. Then since the stencil was covered in ink I turned it over onto some white cardstock and pressed down to get the reverse image of the stencil. I liked that much better so decided to use it for this layout. Then just cut some 1 inch strips, layered them on top and added the photos of my granddaughter enjoying her smore. The title was cut using my Cricut and the stickers were some old leftovers from a card kit.

I hope you'll come play along with us!

Diamond Diva

 I've got a new challenge up at Cookin' Up Creations. This month's theme is a Christmas Countdown. We will be having either a challenge or a holiday tip, recipe, Christmas game or an other surprise. Be sure to check in daily.....you never know what you might find. And did I mention prizes, too!

For my challenge you must use a black or dark background as your base and then add some shapes that sparkle or sequins or crystals. I started with a black background and then cut some bright pink diamonds with my Cricut. I added some tiny white stars and some pink sequins. I also dotted both i's in the title with some clear crystals.

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Be Merry

 We've got a new card sketch up over at Atlantic Hearts Sketches today. We have a new card sketch up each Monday and on Wednesday's we show all the Design Teams examples and announce the winners from the previous week. I hope you'll come play along with us!

Here's the sketch

I just love all the dimension on this sketch. I used some smooth red glitter paper for the diamonds. I cut the diamonds with my Cricut and the gold ornament was cut using a Jeanine's Art die. 

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Learning the guitar

 I've got a new challenge up today at Cookin' Up Creations. This month's theme is the song Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Each challenge will be based on the song plus one other element.  My challenge is based on the music. You must use something with music on it like paper, stamps, ribbon, wood veneer, die cuts or even hand drawn music notes. The second part to the challenge is to use only scraps, the only full sheet of paper can be the background. I hope you'll come play along with us.

I started with a cream colored background and stamped the treble cleffs and notes around the page. My music paper is from my scrap pile that I matted with scrap black cardstock and even the pink photo mat is from my scrap pile. I added the washi tape and made the tag using more music stamps.

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Christmas Card

 There's a new card sketch up at Atlantic Hearts Sketches and just perfect for a Christmas Card. Every Monday we have a new card sketch for you and on Wednesday's we show the DT's examples and announce the winners from the previous week. I hope you'll come play along with us!

Here's the fun sketch

Just wait to see all the Dt's examples...there are some clever ones!

I simply took some papers with small Christmas themed images on them and cut them into squares and mounted them on white sparkly paper and then on red glitter paper. The sentiment was cut using the same red glitter paper on my Cricut.

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School Dress Up Days

 I've got a new challenge over at Cookin' Up Creations today. This month's theme is the song Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Each challenge will be based on that song along with an additional element. Doesn't that sound fun! My challenge is based on the lyric "Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high". You will need to place your photos up "high" on your layout and the additional element is to use some twine, ribbon or lace on your layout. I hope you'll stop by and play along with us!

As you can see, my 3 photos are "way up high" and I've used some black raffia topped with some black and white twine as my additional element. Then it was just a matter of cutting a bunch of banners and layering them below the photos and I used several different fonts of alphabet stickers for the title.

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T-Ball Star

 We've got a new sketch challenge up at Sketches in Thyme today. This week's sketch is by Shawn Lahr and it's a fun one. I can't wait to see everyone's interpretation. Come play along with us!

Here's my page

Here's the sketch

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Tis the Season

 We've got a new card sketch up at Atlantic Hearts Sketches. We have a new one every Monday and on Wednesday we show all the DT members examples and announce the top 3 winners from the previous week. I hope you'll come join us!

Here's the sketch

This is such a cute sketch and so versatile. I decided it would be perfect for a Christmas card. I stamped the Christmas Tree image with some Distress Oxide Tea Dye and then stamped over that with some Distress Oxide Evergreen Bough. I love the 3D look that gave the stamp. This whole card was made from scraps which always makes me happy.

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