PDE Linky Party #140 ~ Anything Goes

Hello crafty friends! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and, more importantly, looking forward to an awesome weekend! Now it's time for another PDE Linky Party! We would love to have you share your fabulous crafty projects with us! To see the full guidelines and link up your creations, click HERE or on the badge directly below. We look forward to seeing what you create!

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Today's card was made with the DCWV "Green Stack" recycled cardstock and matching embellishments.  The twine is from The Twinery. I absolutely love using woodland critter images. These little cuties just make me happy!

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Challenges:

DL.ART -  September Linky Challenge; anything goes; 3rd entry
Little Scrap Pieces -  Saturday Linky Party; anything goes
Word Art Wednesday -  Challenges #250-251; anything goes
Simon Says Stamp -  Wednesday Challenge; anything goes


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FCCB Challenge #286 - Fantasy

Hello friends! I hope you had a great weekend! It's time for another Challenge Me Monday! To join us and see the full guidelines, please click on this box directly below....

Challenge #286 ~ Fantasy

This Week's Sponsor

Prize is a $10 gift certificate

AND.... 

There will also be a separate drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card

(courtesy of the FCCB Design Team)

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least one Cricut cut on your project and let us know which cartridge(s) you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

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For today's card I experimented with blending some inks, which I have never done using traditional ink pads. I found a few of my older cat's eye shaped mini inks that were almost dried up, which worked perfectly for this project (and to think I almost threw them out the other day!) For the blue background I inked my embossing folder and then for the other colors I just applied them directly. I was going for the look of a unicorn flying over a rainbow which is kind of a stretch but I think it came out pretty well anyway and wasn't a terrible first attempt. I'm bummed that the shimmer spray I used on the unicorn didn't translate to the photo. I tried many different ways but just couldn't seem to get it, so please just imagine her sparkly ;)

SIZE:  A2

CRICUT:  Expression 2 & Gypsy

CARTRIDGE:  "Zooballoo"

PAPER:  CTMH cardstock "White Daisy"

EMBOSSING:  Cuttlebug machine with Darice folder "Cloudy Sky"

INK:  VersaMagic "Aloe Vera", "Spring Pansy", "Sea Breeze" & "Pixie Dust"

OTHER:  Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz; Stickles "Platinum"; 3M foam tape

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PDE Linky Party #139 ~ Anything But a Card

Hello crafty friends! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and, more importantly, looking forward to an awesome weekend! Now it's time for another PDE Linky Party! We would love to have you share your fabulous crafty projects with us! To see the full guidelines and link up your creations, click HERE or on the badge directly below. We look forward to seeing what you create!

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For this week's project I decided to give y'all a little glimpse of how my mind works. Trust me - you don't want any more than a glimpse. Much like looking directly at the sun, a little peek is okay but any longer and there might be permanent damage ;)  Anyway, this is my giant calendar/planner/blotter that adorns the middle of my work area.

I was super excited to find this because I'm constantly coloring and doodling and I like being able to see a whole month at a time. I purchased this calendar from Pick Your Plum and it's manufactured by TF Publishing. For this one I used my Chameleon pens.

It comes with only the white background and black outlines - the rest has been colored in by yours truly. I like to pick a different color scheme for each month but sometimes I also like to make it very eclectic - just depends on my mood at the time. Sometimes I color it all in within a few days but sometimes it takes me all month. I fast-tracked this month so I could submit my photos before it just looked like a messy blotter. This is also why my to-do list only has a couple of things crossed off, lol.

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PDE Linky Party #138 ~ All Tags

Hello crafty friends! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and, more importantly, looking forward to an awesome weekend! Now it's time for another PDE Linky Party! We would love to have you share your fabulous crafty projects with us! To see the full guidelines and link up your creations, click HERE or on the badge directly below. We look forward to seeing what you create!

Here is my tag project for this week:

SIZE:  3.5"
CRICUT:  Expression 2 & Gypsy
CARTRIDGE:  "Winter Wonderland"
PAPER:  CTMH; Core'dinations; DCWV
TWINE:  Darice hemp cord
BLING:  Recollections
OTHER:  Viva Pearl Pen "Ice White"; Smooch Pearlized Top Coat; Fiskars hole punch


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Challenges:

DL.ART -  September Linky Challenge; anything goes; 2nd entry
Crafting By Designs -  September Challenge; anything goes; 2nd entry


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PDE Linky Party #137 ~ All Cards

Hello crafty friends! I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and, more importantly, looking forward to an awesome weekend! Now it's time for another PDE Linky Party! We would love to have you share your fabulous crafty projects with us! To see the full guidelines and link up your creations, click HERE or on the badge directly below. We look forward to seeing what you create!

Here is my card for this week:

Inside

Envelope

SIZE:  5 x 7"
PAPER:  Anna Griffin "Fifi & Fido" collection
EMBELLISHMENTS:  Anna Griffin "Fifi & Fido" collection
STAMP SET:  K Andrew Designs "Sympathetic Sayings"
INK:  Memento "Tuxedo Black"
ENVELOPE:  WRMK Envelope Punch Board
OTHER:  Recollections bling; Fiskars Paper Edgers & corner punch; Anna Griffin washi tape


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Challenges:

DL.ART -  September Linky Challenge; anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers -  Challenge #172; "Layer It Up"
Crafting By Designs -  September Challenge; anything goes


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PDE Linky Party #136 ~ Anything Goes

Hello friends! I hope you are having a fabulous week and looking forward to an even better weekend! On a quick personal note, I'm finally feeling almost fully functional after my accident and resulting surgery and I'm excited about crafting and blogging more regularly again. It has been a very trying few months and I'm thrilled that my mojo seems to be returning! Thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes and prayers. Y'all are the best and I love every one of you!

Now it's time for another PDE Linky Party! We would love to have you share your fabulous crafty projects with us! To see the full guidelines and link up your creations, click HERE or on the badge directly below. We look forward to seeing what you create!

 Here is my project for this week:

SIZE:  A2
CRICUT:  Expression 2
CARTRIDGE:  "Artistry"
PAPER:  HOTP holographic & suede cardstock; CTMH black & white cardstock
DRY EMBOSSING:  Cuttlebug machine with Darice folder "Argyle"
WET EMBOSSING:  VersaMark watermark stamp pad; CTMH silver embossing powder; Marvy Uchida heat tool
STAMP SET:  Craftin Desert Divas "Say It Big"
INK:  Brilliance "Platinum Planet"
OTHER:  3M foam tape


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