Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there. Just a quick post to show you the card I made my dad this year.





I stamped this on the antique rose cs and cut out the DAD to make it pop a little:






Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Mudpie" & "Iced Cocoa" and The Paper Co "Antique Rose"
-PP: Momory Box "Brandywine - Fully Ripe"
-Stamps: Stampendous "Dad Words" and Technique Tuesday "Family Circle by Ali Edwards"
-Misc: Adhesive, Fluid Chalk Inks, Colorbox Black Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder and Heat Gun.

TFL!!!

Birthday for my brother...AND THE WINNER OF THE BBTB BLOG HOP...

Hi, I'm sooooo sorry that I haven't announced the winner of the Bitten By the Bug Blog Hop with one of Regina's printable stamps from The Cutting Café.

But 1st, of course I have to show you the card I made for my brother for his b-day. As you all know it can be very difficult to make a card for a guy as we all like to embellish our cards with pretty stuff. I think I may have done an OK job in keeping it guy like:









Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill "unknown color name" and Bazzill Basics "Mocha Devine"
-PPs: 7 Gypsies "Savannah Collections - Telfair"
-Stamp: Inkadinkadoo "Happy Birthday Flourish"
-Fuild Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Amber Clay" and Chestnut Roan"
-Blossoms: Prima Fleur "Nursery Tales Collection - Vintage Style"
-Cuttlebug: D'vine Swirls
-Cricut Cartridge: Storybook cut @ 1 1/2" using the Shorty feature
-Misc: Black Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Adhesive


OK, so now onto the winner!

JILL is the winner!!!. You have just won the Big Holiday Words printable stamp set. Please leave me a comment to this post with your email address so I can send you the files or send me an email at nikkiduey@yahoo.com with your email address.

Please respond by Sunday, June 7th or I will have to pick another winner.

Using random.org here are the results:

4th of July LO...another BBTB Blog Hop

Hey there! I've gotten a bit of a jump on the summer holidays and getting some LOs done for my future in-laws. I used this week's Bitten By the Bug challenge which was to use the Frame from the Storybook cartridge (page 56 of the manual). Also, as part of the challenge, Regina has so generously sponsored the Blog Hop we are having this week. For my challenge I used the 4th of July from her Holiday Big Words printable stamp set from The Cutting Café. And this set is what you could win for the BBTB Blog Hop!! Lots of stuff you can do with this set!

For those that have never done a Blog Hop, it's a piece of cake! All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and I'll enter you in the contest to win the Holiday Big Words printable stamp set. And then you can go onto to the next blog, which you will see who, later on in this post, who is also giving away something from The Cutting Café. Have your posts into me by Saturday, May 23rd (midnight EST) and I will announce the winner on Sunday by using random.org.

So here is my creation:


Here's the frame from Storybook:


And this is one of the printable stamps from the Holiday Big Word set. I printed the larger print on colored card stock and adhered it on top:




And a spot for some journaling:


Fireworks:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Ruby Slipper" & "Mocha Devine", The Paper Company "Primary Blue" and DCWV Glitter Stack
-PPs: ProvoCraft "Juniper Stars on Fossil" and DCWV The Summer Stack (2008)
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Blue Iris", "Chestnut Roan", "Merlot" and "French Blue"
-Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Teresa Collins "Memories" and The Cutting Café "Holiday Big Words"
-Stickers: Jolee Boutique Photo Corners "Blue Daisies"
-Cricut Cartridge: Storybook for the decorative frame cut at 7"
-Misc: Adhesive, Dew Drops

OK, now leave me a comment, then go on to the OH so very talented lady, Enfys, and see her amazing creation and then enter in her Blog Hop contest and see another link to another blog. Hop away!!!

Life is Good for a Graduate...BBTB Challenge

Here's a LO I did for a BBTB challenge months ago but never got around to posting. The challenge was to use Life is Good from Graphically Speaking. I used Alphalicious for the other lettering which I welded together with CDS and added a shadow.

For the cap I used a tutorial that I came across and can't remember where so I can't give credit were it is due. Sorry! It uses George and Basic Shapes.

I though it was really cool how the school did the senior pictures. They did some with proper attire and then some with what teenagers will wear. We really liked how this picture came out and so did AJ, so it became the one for that pose. So I thought I would use this challenge and picture for another scrapbook page from my future in-laws:



I inked the edges of the cap with Frosted White pigment ink:


Recipe:
-CS: DCWV "White Texture" and MM "Smooth Cranberry"
-PP: SandyLion "Graduation Caps - Clear Foil"
-Cricut carts: Graphically Speaking for Life is Good cute at 3 1/2" and
Alphalicious for Senior Year 2009 cute at 1 1/2" welded with a shadow and
George for the Grad Cap; triangle @ 2 3/4" and a cylinder at 1 3/4"
-Misc: DMC Floss #902, Colorbox Frosted White Pigment Ink

TFL!

Mother's Day Cards

Time just flies doesn't it! Mother's Day is this weekend and I'm finally finishing my cards for my mom and my Grandmother. One of them was using this past weeks Bitten By The Bug challenge which was to use the Vase and the word Mom from the Beyond Birthdays cartridge. You should see all the beautiful things the girls did with this challenge!

Here's mine, which I kind of made it into a shaped card:


I also used a printable stamp from The Cutting Café from Regina's All About Mom set. It's a really great set with a BUNCH of great stamps (you'll see a few more that I used on my Grandmother's card:


I cut out a butterfly and some of the flowers from the gorgeous SEI paper:


Here's the back where you can see I welded the Vase, Mom and a rectangle together using the CDS:


I really like this stamp, I'm not sure who it's by, I used at my LSS during a workshop. I stamped it a bunch of times on different papers to have a few on hand ;p:


And as always with the matching envelop. The leafy ribbon was left over from the workshop I took, it's really pretty but doesn't photograph well.



And here's the card I made my Grandmother, using 2 more printable stamps from the All About Mom set at The Cutting Café.

These are actually two separate printable stamps that I imported into Inkscape so I could print them together on the same paper:


I just love anything scrolly!:


Using Inkscape again I was able to delete everything except the blossoms so I could print those on a separate piece of paper without wasting to much of it:


And of course I always have to jazz up the inside:




Mother's Love:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Guacamole", "Fussy", "Piglet"
-PPs: SEI Chocolat Cherie and Basic Grey Porcelain "Chintz" and "Chatsworth"
-Printable Stamps: All About Mom from The Cutting Café
-Cricut Cuts: Beyond Birthdays for the Vase cut at 5 3/4" with a shadow and the word Mom cut at 1 1/8" with a shadow all welded with a rectangle from George. And the scallop is from AE cut at 1 3/4" with a shadow

-CS: Bazzill Basics "Palo Verde" and "Tropical"
-PPs: K&Company "K-Ology Peabody" Scrap Pad to Go and MM "Noteworthy Audrey"
-Printable Stamps: All About Mom from The Cutting Café
-Rubber Stamps: Inkadinkado "Handmade with Love"
-Misc: Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Satin Ribbon

TFL and Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!!!

Changito Birthday and the BUG BLOG HOP Winner!!

I want to thank everyone who gave me their advice on what they use to adhere letters without having all those frays or wasting all that time trying to remove them. It seems I've completely missed the boat on this Zig 2-way glue pen. I've picked one up and my next project I'll be giving it a try. So I have used Random.org to pick out the winner of the blog candy I'm giving away for the Bitten By The Bug's 1st Bug Blog Hop. But I'll get to that in a minute.

First I wanted to share with you a quick card I made for my Dad's birthday...


I love the Changito stamps from Stampendous:


I used my Cuttlebug for this cool Birthday Combo Die/Embossing folder:




And of course the envie:


Recipe:
-CS: The Paper Company "Classic Red" & "Brushed Cotton Black and Bazzill Basics "Iced Cocoa"
-Stamps: Stampendous Changito B-Day
-Primacolor pencils: PC925 Crismson Red, PC946Dark Brown, PC941 Light Umber and PC1005 Lime Peel
-Ribbon: Offray
-Flowers: Prima Floral Embellishements
-Cuttlebug Folders: Happy Birthday, Exclusive Celebration Stamp and Birthday Wishes Combo
-Cricut: Beyond Birthdays for DAD cute at 1 3/4"
-Misc: Gamsol, mini glue dots, adhesive

AND now for what you have been waiting for...the Blog Candy winner is...Mary Jean!!!

Congrats Mary Jean, please leave me comment with your mailing address or send me an email me at nikkiduey@yahoo.com. Please do so by Sat, May 9th or I'll have to go with another winner.

Here is what Random.org computed:


Thanks for playing!!

Puppy Dog Tails...BBTB Challenge & BUG BLOG HOP

Some very fun and exciting news going on over at the Bitten By The Bug site...we are having our first BUG BLOG HOP in which some of the design team members are giving away some yummy Blog Candy, like myself this week. This is our 1st hop and there will be more to come!

So 1st I will show you what I did for challenge, which was to use ANY cut from the Doodlecharms cartridge BUT using the border feature. You should go over to the BBTB site and see all the wonderful things that the other DT members did.

I decided to use the cute puppy face and make a card for my nephew for his Baptism that was held this past Sunday.


I kind of made it into a shaped card with the 1st puppy face and welded the words to it.


I used the Cuttin' Up cartridge for the words:


Isn't he a cutie (although not anywhere near as cute as my nephew):


I just love these frogs I cut out from some PP from Cloud9:


With the envie:


And I just had to add a good amount of that so cute PP for the flap of the envie:


BUT here's the real cutie! At 10 weeks old and only getting cuter!


Now for the really cool thing...the BUG BLOG HOP...here is the candy that I'm giving away:

-Self-adhering stamps by Inque Boutique see d's, it's a set of 7 stamps and comes with a stamping mat
-Colorbox's Chianti (Red) Pigment Ink
-Stampendous Embossing Powder - Clear Transparent
-Best Occasions Vellum Quote Romance Pack
-Sweet Treat Ribbon

I'll be using random.org to pick the winner...all you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and help me out with a problem I can't figure out...I use Herma Dotto's Dispenser using their removable adhesive which I love how easy it is to apply BUT my problem is it's such a pain to clean the edges of the cut image from having little "frays" of the adhesive. So my question to you is what adhesive or more importantly what method do you use to adhere letters/images from one card stock to another card stock without having all the little "frays" show up around the edges?

Once you've done that, I will enter you in the drawing and then you continue on with the hop by going over to Penny Shuberg's blog and see her so very cute project done for the BBTB challenge and also see what she has for Blog Candy to give away!

Please leave your comment to this post by midnight EST Saturday, May 2nd and I'll will announce the winner on Sunday. Thanks!

OH, and if you have the same adhesive problem I have just leave me a comment that you came and visited my site so I can enter you in the drawing. :)

Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Iced Cocoa", "Cinnamon Stick", "Safari" & "Mocha Divine" and
The Paper Company "Pastel Pink Texture" & "Navy Blue"
-PP: Cloud9 Design "Sparkle Baby Boy Frogs"
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Rose Coral", "Creamy Brown" and "Chestnut Roan"
-Cricut Carts: Doodlecharms cut at 3" using the border feature and Cuttin' Up cut at 1" using the shadow and cartoon features (welded in CDS).

TFL!!!

The Squeaky Baker makes another delicious b-day!

He's done it again, he's made another mound of very yummy desserts with a cupcake on top for someone to have a delicious birthday!

I love this stamp, it's too fun to color in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I also love working with Deja Views Paper & Punch-out Tablets.

Here's a birthday card I made for my cousin, Rebecca, who just turned 17.



Isn't he too good!


Jazzing up the envie:


Love the punch-outs!


Dessert Mix:
-CS" The Paper Company "Plum Tree" & "Burgundy" and Bazzill Basics "Snapdragon"
-PPs: Deja Views Paper & Punch-out Fresh Print Plum
-Stamps: Whipper Snapper "Squeaky Baker" and Rubber Soul "Delicious Birthday"
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC943 Burnt Ochre, PC941 Light Umber, PC946 Dark Brown, PC929 Pink, PC924 Crimson Red, PC937 Tuscan Red, PC1034 Golden Rod, PC1003 Spanish Orange, PC1005 Limepeel, PC911 Olive Green and PC949 Metallic Silver
-Fluid Chalk Ink: Colorbox "Merlot"
-Punch: Fiskars Treading Water Edge Punch (on the flap of the envie, not pictured)
-Misc: Adhesive, Mini Pot Dots, Gamsol, Lime Ric Rac

TFL!!

Easter special at The Cutting Cafe!!

Happy Easter everyone!!! I hope everyone has a very special Easter with your friends and families!

I just wanted to let you know about a great Easter special going on over at The Cutting Café.

Go on over and see all the great things you can make with Regina's awesome designs and at an amazing prices!

Finished Easter Card Set & Gift Box

Well I finally finished the 4th card and gift box for the set 4 Easter cards with Gift box that I put on my Etsy store.

I used my favorite gift box to make using Regina's Box for Quarter Fold Cards from The Cutting Café.

Here's the 4th card:


I had already used this theme on a pillow box that you can see here.

Just love this kitty that can be a bit devilish:


And of course a matching envelop:


And here's the gift box that would be perfect for some very yummy Easter candy and/or chocolates...and then give to someone as a gift.


The 3 other cards are here (they are the 1st 3, the 4th one I made for my Grandmother).

If you would like to purchase this set, click here.

Easter Candy:
-CS: DCWV Green #1 and White Texture, Bazzill Basics Ruby Slipper
-PPs: BoBunny Ella Dot
-Fonts: LDJ Jester at 24 pts and DB Critter Doodles @ 175 pts character "C" for the kitty
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC939 Peach, PC928 Blush Pink, PC1051 Warm Grey 20% and PC1052 Warm Grey 30%
-Misc: Adhesive, ric rac, blossoms from stash, q-tip, chipboard, mini pop dots