FCCB Challenge #238 ~ Easter

Hello my crafty friends! I hope y'all had a great weekend! It's time for another fantabulous Challenge Me Monday at FCCB, so I sure hope you can join us for some fun & a majorly awesome prize!

Challenge #248 ~ Easter

This Week's Sponsor:

 
 
The prize is 7 digital stamps

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project & 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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 Here is my Easter card....

SIZE:  A2
CRICUT:  Expression 2 & Gypsy
CARTRIDGE:  "Folk Art Festival"
PAPER:  My Mind's Eye; Jillibean Soup; Recollections
STAMP SET:  My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments"
INK:  Tim Holtz Distress Ink "Black Soot"
EMBOSSING:  Cuttlebug machine with Sizzix folder 
RIBBON:  Little Scrap Pieces
OTHER:  Fiskars border punch; Recollections mini pearls; 3M foam tape
    
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Challenges:

DL.ART -  March Linky Challenge; anything goes; 3rd entry
Crafting Musketeers -  Challenge #23; ribbons & pearls
Crafty Ribbons -  anything goes with ribbon; 2nd entry
Party Time Tuesdays -  Challenge #196; anything goes; 2nd entry
My Sheri Crafts -  Challenge #153; "Easter Wishes" (cross, bunny or eggs)
Little Scrap Pieces -  Saturday Linky Party; anything goes
Word Art Wednesday -  Challenge #176; anything goes
Simon Says Stamp -  Wednesday Challenge; anything goes
Sister Act -  Challenge #99; anything goes 

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Thank you for visiting me & have a fantabulous day!

Blue Christmas

Hello, my crafty friends! I can't believe it's so close to Christmas already! When I was a kid it used to seem like forever between Christmases, but now it comes unbelievably fast. It has been surprisingly cold here in Northern California. The other night we got down to 22° & we even had a little bit of snow, which was so exciting! I know it's no big deal for you East Coasters, but it is a very big deal here!

Anyway, for this card I used my favorite Christmas colors.... blue & white. This color combo used to be non-traditional, but now it seems pretty mainstream. I've always seen it representing winter or Hanukkah, but now I see it used more & more for Christmas, which works out great for me! I made a set of 10 of these, using the CTMH "Frosted" Paper Packet & some other embellishments....

SIZE:  A2
CRICUT:  Expression & Gypsy
CARTRIDGES:  "Folk Art Festival" & "Lacy Labels"
PAPER:  CTMH "Frosted" Paper Packet
STAMPS:  CTMH "Frosted" & Joy's Life "Everyday Occasions"
INK:  CTMH Exclusive Inks "Twilight"
EMBOSSING:  Cuttlebug with Darice "Snowflake Background" folder
OTHER:  Stickles "Star Dust", CTMH Liquid Glass, sparkly snowflakes from my stash, foam tape


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Challenges:

BBTB2 -  "Winter Is On The Way" Challenge
Craftin Desert Diva's -  Linky Party #21, Christmas
Cute Card Thursday -  Challenge #299, Christmas
DL.ART -  Thankful Thursday December Linky Challenge, anything goes
FCCB -  Challenge Me Monday #190, holiday cards
Paper Playtime -  Challenge #25, "Winter Fun"
Simon Says Stamp -  "Let It Snow" Challenge
Color My Heart -  CTMH Color Dare #73, "Frosted Blue" & "Frosted Turquoise"
Jo's Scrap Shack -  Fun-Day Friday Challenge #30, Winter
Little Scrap Pieces -  Fun Friday Linky Party, anything goes
All That Stickles -  "Happy Holidays" Linky Party, must use Stickles 


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Thank you so much for stopping by & have a wonderful weekend!!

-Diana ♥

Fabulous "Folk Art Festival"

 ***To check out my current giveaway, please click HERE ***

Greetings crafty friends! I hope everyone is surviving the holiday madness, lol. My biggest challenge around this holiday time is to stop buying stuff for myself & start focusing on others. I know it's really selfish, but is it still bad if I'm confessing it? I know - clearly I have issues, but who doesn't, right? I'm just sayin'....

Anyway, enough about me (at least for right now). I have a Christmas card to share with you today, which I'm very excited to say that I made with my new "Folk Art Festival" cartridge. I saw this cartridge when it first came out on "Hello Thursday" & I have been obsessed with getting it ever since. So, after going to 3 different Michaels stores (it's a Michaels exclusive), I finally found one! And it was on sale for $34, so merry early Christmas to yours truly! So, here is the first card I've made with it....

 

SIZE:  4.5"

CRICUT:  Imagine

CARTRIDGES:  "Folk Art Festival" & "Mr. Frosty"

PAPER:  Core'dinations

INK:  CTMH Exclusive Inks "Hollyhock"

OTHER:  JoAnn glitter, Zig glue pen, foam tape

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Entering in these challenges:

Crafty Friends -  Challenge #12, CAS
Cricut Cardz -  Challenge #122, "Tis The Season"
Die Cuttin' Diva's -  Challenge #94, "Holiday Spirit"
Divas By Design -  Challenge #64, "Let It Snow"
DL.ART -  Thankful Thursday Challenge/Linky Party, anything goes
Dream Valley -  Challenge #47, Christmas
Every Day Is An Occasion -  Sunday {Fun}day #4, anything goes
Go Fish -  Challenge #30, Christmas
Joyful Stamper -  Inspire Me Fridays #88, anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces -  Fun Friday Challenge, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"
Scrappy Moms Stamps -  Terrific Tuesday Challenge, "Christmas Time"
Simon Says Stamp -  Snowflakes
Totally Gorjuss -  Challenge #161, "Oh No Snow"
2 Sisters -  Challenge #121, Snowflakes
Use It Tuesday -  Challenge #45, Christmas/Hannukah, (stash item is "Mr. Frosty" cartridge, which I haven't used in over a year)


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Thank you so much for stopping by & have a fabulous day!

-Diana :)