Save The Pitties

Hello & happy Halloween! I would first like to say that my prayers are with those of you who have been affected by hurricane Sandy. Unfortunately, every now & then nature reminds us just how powerful she is. Yikes!

Now I would like to give you a little insight into today's card. Besides crafting, my other obsession is dogs (Pit Bulls specifically, but I love all breeds). I love this breed & believe they are tragically mistreated, misunderstood & misrepresented by humans. I will spare you from my preaching today, because this is a crafting blog, but if you would like more info or have questions feel free to email me (contact info on left sidebar). However, I would like to share just one quote that pretty much says it all, in my opinion....

 "In the 70s we blamed the German Shepherd.

In the 80s we blamed the Doberman.

In the 90s we blamed the Rottweiler.

And today we blame the Pit Bull.

 When will we blame the humans?"

-Cesar Milan

                        

SIZE:  A2

CRICUT:  Expression, Gypsy, Imagine

CARTRIDGES:  "Pet Shop", "Something To Celebrate", "Lori's Garden"

CARDSTOCK:  TPC Studio "Paws & Claws", Echo Park "Dots & Stripes", Core'dinations, David Tutera (card base)

PUNCH:  EK Success

INK:  CTMH  Distressing Inks "Chocolate"

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Entering in these challenges:

DL.ART -  Thankful Thursday Challenge/Linky Party, anything goes, 6th entry

Every Day Is An Occasion -  Sunday Funday #2/link party, anything goes, 6th entry

Joyful Stamper -  Inspire Me Fridays #82, anything goes, 2nd entry

Simply Create -  Linky Party #8, anything goes, 2nd entry

Die Cuttin' Diva's -  Challenge #89, anything goes

FCCB -  Challenge Me Monday #135, polka dots

Paper Playtime -  Challenge #87, anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays -  Challenge #92, anything goes

Twisted Tuesday -  Challenge #30, anything goes

Use It Tuesday -  Challenge #42, orange & hoarded supplies (old TPC Studio cardstock, first time using "Pet Shop" cartridge, very old paw print punch)

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Thank you very much for visiting me today!

-Diana :)

Ring Around The Rosie....

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful week. Ever since the hubs & I retired from our business all the days are pretty wonderful around here! We are very very blessed....

Today's card was inspired by a card that my best blogging buddy made recently. I have had these little pink rose embellishments for over a year & always wanted to use them but could never think of a good way to use them. That is, until I saw Arin's card! To see her original post click HERE. Thanks for the inspiration my friend! And congrats on being "showcased" in the latest Die Cuttin' Diva's weekly challenge!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

DL. Art -  Thankful Thursday Challenge, "anything goes"

Paper Playtime -  Delicious Die Cuts Challenge #69, "For the Girls" (use flowers)

ABC DT Challenge Blog -  "Springtime" theme

The base of the card is Coredinations white cardstock, cut with my Cricut Expression machine, using the "Art Philosophy" cartridge (pg. 42 - card feature). For the rest of the card I used my Cricut Imagine. All of the solid & patterned papers are from the "Lori's Garden" cartridge. The 2 background ovals are the coordinating layers from the same AP image on page 42 (base & tag layers). The rose bush image is from the "Freshly Picked" cartridge, cut at 4.3" The green bush part is embossed with the "D'Vine Swirls" Cuttlebug folder & inked with VersaColor ink in "Umber". All the inked edges on this card were done with this same ink.

The white satin ribbon is from Offray & the pink bow, pink fabric roses & pink pearls are all from my stash. The pink roses came with some green ribbon loops attached to represent the leaves but I didn't like the way they looked on this particular project so I removed them. I then used some dark pink Smooch to darken the crevices of the roses to give them more dimension. I finished them off with some Smooch "Pearlized Top Coat" for a little sparkle. I also used some Stickles in "Cotton Candy" on the ribbon cut-out under the bow.

The "love" sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's "Itty Bitty-licious" stamp set. To order this set or any of her other sets click HERE to choose from her retailers. This is currently my favorite MPS set!

Well, I think that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by!....