Thank you card for Bitten By the Bug 2 challenge

Welcome to the the Bitten By the Bug 2's biweekly Cricut challenge.  The theme this turn is Thank You cards.  



I used this great paper (sorry I am not sure what brand) that is yellow on one side and grey on the other.  I am thinking it may be some variation of Co'ordinations papers.  It made for a really neat card and envy set.

Ingredients:

Cricut cart: Creative Everyday Cards

papers from my stash

gems

Quick Quotes Powderpuff  chalking ink Cool Grey

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2019/02/dlart-february-2019-linky-challenge.html until 2/28x

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

Alicia

Sympathy card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Good morning. welcome to my inspiration for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I used materials from several different manufacturers.  My idea began with the Heartfelt Creations leafy branches.  I stamped, embossed, cut and inked these pieces. After all that I shaped them with my fingers.  I think the effort is worth it.  I hope this card makes someone feel special, whomever may receive it in the future.



Here's the sketch:

I liked the soft colors in the Quick Quotes Spring Showers collection. I stamped and embossed my sentiment then die cut for the center piece.

A side view showing the dimension from shaping.

Another close up view of my leaves.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Spring Showers paper collection

 Heartfelt Creations Open Leaf stamps and classic leaf die

Anna Griffin Chocolate ink with clear embossing powder

Spellbinders Labels Thirty-eight

Hero Arts Caring Thoughts F1030 sentiment stamp

Versamark ink and Recollections Pesto Pearl embossing powder

Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalkng inks:  Cactus and Green with Envy

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://modsquadchallenge.com/brand-name-clear-or-rubber-stamps-no-digitals/ until 2/25x

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-384-anything-goes_13.html until 2/25x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2019/02/dlart-february-2019-linky-challenge.html until 2/28x

https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/world-wide-open-design-team-challenge.html until 3/12x

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

Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia

Birthday with Paper Craft Crew sketch

My son's birthday is coming up and while I wanted to create something more personal, I had most of these items in my stash of card pieces and scrap paper.  It kind of all just fell together with the sketch inspiration.  I think it is still very him...blue and green. 

Here's the sketch I used from Paper Craft Crew:

I had the embossed card in my stash just waiting for enhancement.  I had created the distress background long ago when I first purchased Distress inks...these were my first colors!  Can you imagine how many colors I have now?  At least I can answer, not ALL of them, but most.  I also have a lot of the Distress Oxide colors...I would own more but that is a disappointing story for another post.  

I found scraps of the shimmer pear and blue weave papers then stamped the sentiment to match the balloons already stamped and die cut.  I inked up all the edges and highlighted the embossed base.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Balloon Celebration and Balloon Punch (purchased 2/8/16)
Birthday Sentiment SU Designer Tee Sale-a-bration (2/2017) with Modern Label punch
Distress inks: Broken China, Twisted Citron, and Faded Jeans
misc card stock and papers
Quick Quotes Powderpuff Chalking ink Cactus and Blue Moon
Tim Holtz Notebook embossing folder
gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://papercraftcrew.com/pcc326-sketch-challenge/ until 2/19 (C4)x

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2019/02/challenge-104-tic-tac-toe.html until 2/22x

I choose Textured Embossing/Birthday/Blue and my Happy Birthday sentiment is from 

https://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-158-ang-option-birthday.html until 2/23x

Thank you for visiting today.

Alicia

Aloha Pineapple card with Quick Quotes

TGIF!  Let's get this party started with another pineapple card    If you missed the first one, HERE it is.  On this card, I used the same Quick Quotes papers and less embellishments so that it would be more flat and hence mail-able.  I also tried a paper band closure. 

I did use a few gems on this card but only on the outside so the fold would be as flat as possible.

I chose this Stamplorations Aloha as the sentiment.  In keeping with the soft pastels of the Quick Quotes papers, I used a Distress embossing powder.

The back fully extended.  I cut a dozen leaf sections to cover both the front and back sides of the card.  I also fully decorated the back with the matching oval dies.I split the two side panels down the center for an easier fold.

Ingredients:

Sizzix Jen Long Fold a long Pineapple die

Quick Quotes Sonata and Spring Showers papers

Quick. Quotes Powderpuff chalking inks:  Green with Envy, Desert Sun, Humuhuma-nukunuku-apua'a (a very special Hawaiian inspired color)

Stamplorations Aloha sentiment

Versamark ink

Tim Holtz Distress embossing powder Antique Linen

gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://www.josscrapshack.com/2019/02/ffc-269-always-anything-goes.html until 2/22x

http://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-24.html until 2/28x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2019/02/dlart-february-2019-linky-challenge.html until 2/28x

Thanks so much for reading today, I hope you have a great weekend!

Alicia

Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Time for another sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  We are still playing along with DoubleTtrouble challenge: 21Flowers and bzzzzzz but with a new sketch this week.

Here's the Sketch:

Here are some close ups of my flowers.  I spent a great deal of time stamping, embossing, cutting and coloring the Heartfelt Creations flower and dragonflies.

I added glass beads to the center of the flowers.

Ingredients:

Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur stamps and dies

Anna Griffin Chocolate ink with clear embossing powder

Judikins glass beads~gold

Heartfelt Creations Enchanted Dragonflies stamps and dies

Colorbox gold ink with Ranger metallic gold embossing powder

Spellbinders Broken Maze Seth Apter The Altered Page die

wrapping paper

Spellbinders Petite Labels one D-lites

Fleur stamp

Neenah white paper

Tim Holtz Distress Cor'dinations paper

Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking inks:  Mahogany, Capri Blue, Kokomo, Clay and Violet

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-21-flowers-bzzzzzz-and.html until 2/17x

https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2019/02/hls-february-anything-goes-with-dies.html until 2/28x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2019/02/dlart-february-2019-linky-challenge.html until 2/28x

https://sandee-and-amelie.blogspot.com/2019/02/sandee-february-2019-steampunk-challenge.html until 2/28x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week and Double Trouble challenge for one more week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

CTMH Artfully Sent cards for Bitten By the Bug 2 Challenge

The latest challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2 is Valentine's Hearts.  I used Close to My Heart's Artfully Sent to create a couple of cards.  I just fell in love with the scrolled hearts on both cards.

Ingredients:

Close to My Heart Cricut cart:  Artfully Sent

Close to My Heart Holiday Tags sentiment stamp

Creative Memories embossed card stock

Martha Stewart printed paper

Distress Oxide Abandoned Coral ink

Stampin Up punch

Quick Quotes Rose Petal Powderpuff chalking ink

card stock

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-97.html until 2/17x

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/220-love-or-valentine-sentiment.html until 2/20x

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2019/02/227-love-love-love.html until 2/22x

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-20-valentines-daylove.html until 2/22



http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-287-february-2019.html until 2/27x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2019/02/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-240.html until 2/28x

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/pile-it-on-challenge-151-pretty-in-pink.html until 3/2x

Ingredients:

Close to My Heart Cricut cart:  Artfully Sent

DCWV card stock

Recollections printed paper

Frantic Stamper Accessory Words #3 dies

white shimmer paper

Quick Quotes Caribbean Blue Powderpuff chalking ink

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

http://2sistersontheblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-24.html until 3/1x

Thank you so much for stopping by and don't forget to join us for the next two weeks at Bitten By the Bug 2.

Alicia

Pawprints on my heart blog hop

Thank you for joining us for the

Paw Prints on my Heart Blog Hop!

This is a blog hop featuring projects showcasing the love we have for our fur babies!

You should have arrived from Holli's blog but if not

Connie Can Crop , is the beginning of this Special hop! 

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday at 10pm to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

We have two awesome sponsors for this hop!!

Alicia O'Bryant with Golden Goddess Designs is giving away this super adorable Woodland Animals die set! 

AND

AudRey Mysterio with Orquide' Art is giving away this beautiful Mixed Media Tag she created.

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects. Free Shipping to our USA friends but Worldwide will be asked to pay shipping if they win.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments on every blog to be eligible to win. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 2/13/19 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

Here's my puppy love for today.  I used the following steps to create this card:

• Begin with an A2 base and cut one 1.25" off the right edge  
• Cut DCWV pet themed paper to 4.25" square and mount on the front of card
• Stamp paws along edge of outside edge of interior of card
• Die cut oval 
• Stamp sentiment
• Stamp, emboss and die cut dog image
• Color dog image with alcohol markers
• Adhere oval and dog
• Finish with bling

From this angle you can see the shorter card front clearly.

Ingredients:
Tim Holtz Dog Talk stamps and die
Colorbox Black ink with Judikins Black detail embossing powder
Alcohol markers
Tim Holtz Cordinations paper
Tutti Stitched Nesting Oval die
Too much fun sentiment stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Broken China ink
TPC Studio Paws and Claws paw stamp
Stampin Up Close to Cocoa ink
DCWV paper
gems
yellow card stock

Be sure to hop over to Julia's blog next.

Here's our line up in case you get lost along the way.

Connie- conniecancrop.blogspot.com  

Amanda- salnclts76.blogspot.com

Sandy- simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com

Narelle- http://www.simplystampingwithnarelle.com/2019/02/paw-prints-on-my-heart-blog-hop.html

Sue- foleysfriend.blogspot.com

Liz- lizwithlove.blogspot.com

Nikki- nikkiscreativenook.blogspot.com

Kim- pinkzebrapapercreations.com

Tristan- tinstardesigns.blog

Helen- craftinghelen.blogspot.com

EK- ekgormandesigns.com

Shannon- shannonhdesigns.blogspot.com 

Cindy- inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com

Charlotte- thejoyfulsoulcreates.wordpress.com

Holli- sunflowerholli.blogspot.com

 Alicia- goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

Julia- createteachrepeat.blogspot.com

Jearise- lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Be sure to join us next month for our
Shake it UP Blog hop!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/team-lou-animal-antics.html until 2/21x

http://2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-23-sponsored-by-sparkle-n.html until 2/25x

http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-153-puppy-love.html until 2/26x

http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-218-anything-goes-optional.html until 2/28x

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

All things grow with love...Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to this week's inspiration for the latest Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  The next two weeks we are collaborating with Double Trouble challenge.  Their challenge is to use flowers and secondly to add something that goes bzzzzzzz.  I have followed all three challenges with my card below.

Here's the sketch this week:

I started with some American Craft flowers but a couple of layers clashed.  I disassembled them and layered with punched flowers from coordinating Quick Quotes papers.  I also layered a punched flower under the bee brad.  The perfect little buzzzzzz for my flowers.

Ingredients:

Quick Quotes Farmhouse papers and chipboard

Quick Quotes Warm Grey powderpuff chalking inks

Creative Memories Border Maker system

EK Success flower punch

Maggie Holmes Crate Paper Flea Market flowers (altered)

bee brad from my stash (possibly K & Co)

bling

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/02/wwc207-helens-feminine-anything-goes.html until 2/12 (C8)x

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-21-flowers-bzzzzzz-and.html until 2/18x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2019/02/februarys-die-cut-divas-challenge.html until 2/28x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week and Double Trouble challenge for the next two weeks...next week continue to play with the second  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by 

Alicia

Follow your heart...Atlantic Hearts Challenge sketch

Hello and welcome to this week's inspiration for the latest Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  I created a card with the next holiday in mind.  I began with a couple of  die cut hearts and added a wood heart and bling.

Here's the sketch:

I used a border maker for the fancy edge of the very old Creative Memories printed paper.  I used Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking inks to color my wooden heart.  I used the same ink to highlight the embossing on the Sue Wilson die cut and the Tim Holtz die cut.  I topped off the card with a few bling.

Here's a close up of my velvet sentiment.  It screams Valentine's!

Ingredients:

Sue Wilson Shadow Box Wedding dies

Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz Love Struck

Marvy Uchida border punch

Creative Memories paper

wood heart and bling

Quick Quotes Berry Jam Powderpuff chalking ink

vellum, velvet, card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/01/love-is-in-air-with-team-trace.html until 2/7x

https://dragonflyjourneys.blogspot.com/2019/01/challenge-no-133-i-heart-you.html until 2/8x

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-114-use-color-red.html until 12/13x

http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-month-of-hearts.html until 2/17x

https://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/2019/02/01/a2z-scrapbooking-february-2019-challenge/ until 2/28

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/02/include-heart.html until 2/28x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2019/02/februarys-die-cut-divas-challenge.html until 2/28x

https://www.ellibellescorner.com/2019/02/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-february.html until 2/28x

https://creativfusion.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge-9-love.html until 2/28

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

Thank you for stopping by today!

Alicia