It's Heeeere ..... Hello 2014!

Happy New Year everyone! Well. . . .we are 3 days into 2014 & I hope it's been good to you so far. I've been busy working on my Christmas thank you cards, but I did manage to sneak in a New Year's card just for fun. . . .

Inside

SIZE:  4.5" x 5"
CRICUT:  Expression & Gypsy
CARTRIDGES:  "Fontopia" & "Don Juan"
PAPER:  Bo Bunny "Surprise!" Collection
STAMPS:  Paper Smooches "Christmas Sampler"; CTMH "Trim The Tree"
INK:  CTMH Exclusive Inks "Holiday Red"
OTHER:  Prima "Say It In Crystals" flourishes; CTMH "Sparkles Holiday Shapes" stars; red rhinestones from my stash; Fiskars scalloped circle punch; foam tape


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Challenges:

DL.ART -  Thankful Thursday January Linky Party; anything goes
Twisted Tuesday -  Challenge #66; "New Beginnings"
Exploring Cricut -  "Happy New Year"
BBTB2 -  New Year's Linky Party
Party Time Tuesdays -  Challenge #153; "Party"
Paper Issues -  "Shiny & New"
Simon Says Stamp -  Wednesday Challenge; "Something New"
Simply Create Too -  Challenge #52; anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces -  Fun Friday Linky Party; anything goes
Crafting By Designs -  January Almost-Month-Long Challenge; anything goes
Crafty Creations -  Challenge #253; anything goes


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Thank you for visiting me & have a great weekend!

-Diana ♥

Birthday Pop-Up Card

Hello my fellow crafty peeps! I hope you are all having a wonderfully fabulous weekend! It's been pretty warm here - 93° today - but bearable, so I'm not complaining :)  Today's card is one I made for my daughter-in-law, Kayla's birthday. I had to wait until she received it before I could post it, lol. Anyway, I used my new card kit from Jinger Adams, which I purchased from HSN recently. It is such a fun kit! The only bummer about these pop-up cards is that they're really hard to photograph well. I did the best I could but it truly does look much better in person. You'll just have to take my word for it :) ....

Front

 

Inside - flat

Inside - upright

SIZE:  5 x 6"
CRICUT:  Expression & Gypsy
CARTRIDGES:  "Elegant Edges" & "Don Juan"
PAPER:  Jinger Adams
STAMP:  CTMH "Joyful Birthday Occasions" set
INK:  CTMH Exclusive Inks "Desert Sand"
OTHER:  Jinger Adams cupcake embellishment, Fiskars Paper Edgers "Victorian", Martha Stewart pearls, rhinestones from my stash, Sakura pen

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Challenges:

DL.ART -  Thankful Thursday September Linky Challenge, anything goes
Paper Playtime -  Challenge #18, use 3 different papers
Little Scrap Pieces -  Fun Friday Linky Party, anything goes
Happy Campers -  Challenge #21, use a stamp
Seize The Birthday -  Birthday theme
Pink Cricut -  Link Up Tuesday, anything goes
Cute Card Thursday -  Challenge #285, "Pretty In Pink"
Red Carpet Studio -  Challenge #52, anything goes
Word Art Wednesday -  Challenge #96, anything goes
5 Simple Things -  Inspire Me Fridays #119, anything goes
Totally Gorjuss -  Challenge #200, anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges -  Challenge #202, flowers & pearls

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Thank you so much for visiting me! I hope the rest of your weekend is awesome!

-Diana :)