Masculine and Feminine Two-fer with Quick Quotes Savannah collection

Hello, Alicia with you today.  I created a couple of cards with the new Savannah papers and Savannah Quotes and Phrases sheet.  I love the checkboard pattern of Savannah 100 paper and thought it lent itself toward a masculine card.  For the second card I found the feminine patterned on the opposing side and made the Life is Beautiful card.  

Both cards start with an A2 (4.25" x5.5") card base of white card stock.  I also used an ATC gun for adhesive except where otherwise noted.

Directions for Life is Beautiful card

• Cut Savannah 100 paper to 4" x 5.25"
• Cut sentiment from Savannah Quotes and Phrases sheet
• Cut fluer de lis element from Savannah 100 paper
• Ink all edges with Midnight Confessions Powderpuff chalking ink
• Add brads to Life is Beautiful sentiment
• Add pop dots to sentiment and element
• Adhere background
• Adhere ribbon across the bottom with red lined tape
• Add sentiment and element

Directions for Masculine Birthday card

• Cut Savannah paper 102 to 4" x 5.25"
• Stamp background images with Midnight Confessions  I used a stamping tool and only stamped once to get a grungy background
• Cut Savannah paper 101 to a 3.5" square
• Cut Savannah paper 100 to a 3" square
• Cut Savannah paper 101 with die cut sentiment
• Cut Savannah paper 102 to .5" x 4"
• Ink all the pieces generously with Midnight Confessions
• Mount die cut sentiment on thin strip using a fine tip glue pen
• Add brads to each end of strip
• Adhere layers to card finishing with sentiment strip

Quick Quotes products:

Savannah papers: 100, 101 and 102

Savannah 12x12 Quotes and Phrases

Powderpuff Chalking inks:  Midnight Confessions 

other products:

stamps:  Bo Bunny

brads:  Recollections

dies:  Impression Obsession Birthday Top Edgers

ribbon:  Recollections

Thank you for stopping by today

Alicia

Make a big splash! with Sketches in Thyme

Another layout of my nephew and his cousin.

Here's the sketch:

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club kit

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/2018/12/maven-tracys-take-on-sketch-353.html until 12/31

Thank you for stopping by today

Alicia

Quick Quotes Movie Night layout

More layouts for my nephew's album.  This time I used Quick Quotes papers and some old Creative Memories watercolor stickers.

Here's the sketch from the The ScrapRoom Facebook Group.  There is also a twist to uses something older than a year.  If those Creative Memories stickers are less than 10 years old I would be surprised.  They are removed from their original pack but my guess is 2007 at the latest.

To give these old stickers a kick, I adhered them to white card stock and fussy cut around them.  I then added pop dots to the back so they make an impact on the page.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Spring Showers papers

Creative Memories stickers

AR Julian font cut with Cricut

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

The ScrapRoom Facebook Group's December challengesx

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

Graphic 45 There's No Place Like Home/Tin Man Layout

I managed to finish 24 pages for my nephew's album before I gave it to the family on Sunday.  Here is one of the layouts I completed using this month's Jump Start sketch from The ScrapRoom Blog and Graphic 45 The Magic of Oz papers.

Here's the sketch:

I really love the 3-D embossing folder and the metallic paper for this Tin Man layout...just perfect!

Ingredients:

Graphic 45 Magic of Oz papers

Metallic Silver paper

Tim Holtz Foundry 3-D embossing folder

Creative Memories Heart Punch and corner rounder

Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Banners

misc card grey card stock

hole punch

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://thescraproomblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/december-jumpstart-sketch-challenge.html until 12/31x

 and the Facebook Group until 12/31x

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Alicia

Naughty or Nice with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Merry Christmas!  Today I have this week's inspiration for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  Were you naughty or nice this year?  I hope that I was nice enough!

I used some scraps from a 6x6 Christmas paper stack.  I stamped and punched the sentiment from a Stampin Up set.  It is a little hard to see in the pic but I put a little red metal stud on each dot in the center of pattern. In real life, there is a real cute shine to the card.  I added all these details to a green card to make the red and white really pop.

Here's this week's sketch.

Ingredients:
Stampin Up Watermelon Wonder ink and Very Mery Tags sentiment/coordinating punch
American Craft 6x6 Christmas  papers
Mark Richards Metal Nailhead stickers
Quick Quotes Barn Boad chalking ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2018/12/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-238_13.html until 12/27x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Alicia

Merry Everything tags: Bitten By the Bug 2 Tag Challege

Hello and Happy Christmas Eve...this week at Bitten By the Bug 2 we are creating tags.  The last minute touch to a thoughtful gift.  I created a couple of real cuties.  Obviously, I am having a great time with the Merry Everything cart.  In my history of carts, this one is fairly new.  I believe I purchased it at Tuesday Morning back in May.

I added paper rope from Recollections.  I didn't realize it was paper until I opened the package.  It is very light weight and stiff.

Ingredients:

Cricut cart Merry Everything

misc papers

Quick Quotes Midnight Confessions powderpuff chalking ink

I would like to enter these in the following challenges:

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2018/12/decembers-challenge-has-winter-theme.html until 12/31x

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-192-christmas.html until 1/9 (C10)x

Don't forget to play along with us at Bitten By the Bug 2 for the next two weeks. 

Thank you for stopping by

Alicia

Merry Everything Happy Holidays

Another fun Merry Everythingn card.  I thought this image looked really neat in retro colors.

Ingredients:
Merry Everything Cricut cart

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2018/12/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-238_13.html until 12/27x

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-169.html until 12/28x

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-285-december-2018.html until 12/31x

http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-42-anything-christmas-goes.html until 1/10x

Thank you so much for stopping by

Alicia

Merry Everything Stand up Snowman

Solstice Greetings!  and Happy Birthday to my niece Briana.

I wanted to create something besides a card and the Merry Everything cart has a few choices.  I liked this snowman.  I thought he would work well with my cottage but the scale was a bit off.  He will be cute just to sit on my desk at work.

Ingredients:
Cricut cart Merry Everything
misc card stock including Creative Memories blue ice shimmer, Bazzill, black shimmer and gold foil



I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-89.html until 12/22x

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2018/12/let-it-snow-challenge.html until 12/29x

http://thelibrarycraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-22-snowman.html until 12/30

https://www.ellibellescorner.com/2018/12/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-december.html until 12/30x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2018/12/decembers-challenge-has-winter-theme.html until 12/31x

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia

Quick Quotes Holiday Cheer

Hello, Alicia with you today with more Holiday Celebrations inspiration.  I created several easy cards with my Cricut.  Quick Quotes papers cut clean and easy in the electronic die cutting machine.  

Inking all the edges with Powderpuff Chalking inks really softens the edges and adds the illusion of dimension while they are still very flat cards.

I fell for these unique edged cards that were very easy to assemble.

For the final card(s) I could not pass up the opportunity to create a second card with the negative pieces.  I used the original card as a template to adhere the candy cane pieces perfectly.  I added a couple of die cut sentiments to spice up these simple Cricut cuts.

As you see, I inked the edges of the negatives before gluing them onto the die cut background.  It add dimension, softens edges and makes the pieces of paper pop!

Quick Quotes products:

Holly Jolly Holiday paper collection

Powderpuff chalking inks:  Green Leaf and Barn Board

other products:

die cuts: Cricut Anna's Christmas Kitsch cart, Frantic Stamper Cut Corner Stitched Die, and Karen Burniston Word Set 3-Holiday

card stock:  white shimmer 

Don't forget to play along with this month's Quick Quotes Holidays Celebrations! challenge  Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia 

Merry Everything Penguin card

More Merry Everything!  I really enjoyed making these cute shaped cards.  One tip for this cut, I did punch out the cheek pin holes with an awl to enhance the image.

Ingredients:

various papers

Cricut Merry Everything cart

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-341-christmasholidays.html until 12/23x

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2018/12/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-238_13.html until 12/27x

http://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-48-anything-goes-christmas.html until 12/31

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2018/12/decembers-challenge-has-winter-theme.html until 12/31
Top Pick!

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/pile-it-on-challenge-149-shaped-cards.html until 1/5x

Thank you for checking out today's post

Alicia

Merry Everything Reindeer card

I have been playing around with my Cricut again.  I was impressed by the easy to create shaped cards.

Ingredients:

Merry Everything Cricut cart

misc card stock including Creative Memories ice blue shimmer

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-15-anything-goes.html until 12/15x

http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2018/12/run-run-rudolph-challenge.html until 12/16

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2018/12/shopping-our-stash-384-tis-season.html until 12/17x

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2018/12/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-238_13.html until 12/27x

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/pile-it-on-challenge-149-shaped-cards.html until 1/5x

http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-42-anything-christmas-goes.html until 1/10

Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia

Merriest Wishes with Bo Bunny and Atlantic Hearts Challenge

Today I have inspiration for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge using a little Bo Bunny paper pad I recently picked up at Tuesday Morning.  I believe it was $3 for 36 sheets.  I needed a fresh 6x6 Christmas pad and I love using pink and turquoise...very retro.

Here's this week's sketch:

I couldn't find an ornament in my stash that worked or the circles, so I made my own.  I used simple circle cuts.  I starting searching my stash for something that looked the the top of an ornament.  I will looking at my dies and found the "buttons" on top of the Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers Camera die would work!  I cut them from a shimmer gold paper.  I used the larger "button" for the larger ornaments and the smaller one on the corresponding ornament.  

Ingredients:
Bo Bunny 6x6 Christmas in the Village papers
Momenta Christmas sentiment stamp
Versamark ink
Sparkle N Sprinkle Peacock embossing powder
Stampin Up punch
Creative Memories Circle cutter, punch and card stock
Tim Holtz/Sizzix Camera movers and shapers die
Quick Quotes Cool Grey chalking ink
The Paper Studio gold shimmer paper
glitter enamel dots

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-15-anything-goes.html until 12/15x

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-86-non-traditional-christmas.html?m=1 until 12/18x

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2018/12/224-christmas.html until 12/22 (C15)x

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-169.html until 12/28x

Don't forget to play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

thank you 
Alicia

Twas the Night Before...Christmas card with Cricut and Bitten By the Bug 2

Hello, it's time again for the biweekly Bitten By the Bug 2 challenge. The theme is Christmas card.  
I used A Quilted Christmas cartridge.  I love this cart, it has so many great Christmas images.  I found a pretty 6x6 paper for the "wall paper" in my new Bo Bunny paper pad.  I stamped and embossed the quote from Graphic 45.

 Here is a close up of the embossed sentiment and the mantel.

Ingredients:

Cricut cart:  A Quilted Christmas

Bo Bunny Christmas in the Village 6x6 paper

Graphic 45 Twas the Night before Christmas

misc shimmer and plain card stock

Colorbox Black pigment ink

Stampin Up Pretty Pearl embossing powder

pearls

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-340-inspired-by-book.html until 12/15

http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-165-die-cuts.html until 12/15 x

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-15-anything-goes.html until 12/15x

https://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-341-christmas.html until 12/22x

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2018/12/224-christmas.html until 12/22 (C15)x

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-285-december-2018.html until 12/31x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2018/12/decembers-challenge-has-winter-theme.html until 12/31 x
http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/12/challenge-42-anything-christmas-goes.html until 1/10x

Don't forget to play along with Bitten By the Bug 2 for the next two weeks.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia