Die Cuttin' Diva's

We have a fun recipe challenge for you this week over at Die Cuttin' Diva's!

Feathers, Fabric and/or Flowers

I found the background fabric at Joann's and decided to find a die cut that went with it. The Florals Embellished Cricut Cartridge had this die cut that matches pretty well with the fabric. I used Fun Fur yarn because is reminded me of a feather boa and the flowers are rhinestones I found in the clearance bin at Michael's. I purposely did not put a sentiment on this card beacuse I haven't decided what to use it for.

Head on over to the DCD blog and show us your recipe card/project. Don't forget to tell us which die cut you used.

Thanks for stopping by.

-Yvette



Critter Sketch Challenge!

This week we have a terrific sketch for you over at Critter sketch!

I am loving the Lemon Flower stack from DCWV. I used this stack for today's card.

The image is from this week's sponser Stamp and Create.

I really enjoyed this sketch and will definitely use it on more cards. I hope you will join us for our challenge at Critter Sketch.

Critter Sketch Challenge Blog

Over at the Critter Sketch Challenge Blog they have an "anything but a card" challenge this week.

My friend let me borrow the bride quartet series by Nora Roberts. So as a thank you I made her this corner bookmark. Great books, check them out if you like romance novels!

The flowers are the new recollections bottle flowers. I used Kraft and cream cardstock and DP is from Michael's. The stamp is from Inkadinkado. The rhinestones are from the dollar bin at Michael's. I also used my Martha Stewart punch for the layers.

Challenges I am also entering this into:

Everybody-Art-Challenge: Autumn

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything goes

Try it on Tuesday: Monochrome

Stamp With Fun: Autumn/Fall

Woodware USA Clear Stamps: Anything goes

Thanks for visiting! -Yvette

Die Cuttin Diva's Challenge

We have a sketch challenge over at Die Cuttin Diva's this week. I just loved working with this sketch.



I used my Cricut Essentials and my Wild Card Cartridges for this card.

The sentiment and flower stamp are a dollar find from Inkadinado.

I hope you are inspired to join us for our sketch challenge.

Head on over to DCD and upload your cre8tion.

Thanks for visiting. -Yvette

My Blogoversary is here! DAY 1

Welcome to my First Blogoversary blog hop.

The theme for this blog hop is "Firsts" (ex: 1st birthday, 1st Anniversary, Baby's 1st steps, etc) but I also wanted the hoppers to try a technique or project for the first time. Many talented crafters are hopping along with me today. Make sure you visit each and every one of them and leave them some comment love. I think you will enjoy everything that they have cre8ted. This hop will be for three days. Most of the ladies have made three projects so don't forget to come back each day. (August 5th-7th)

Here is the line up:

Yvette   www.cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com 

Georgiana   www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Sherrie   www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com

Giselle    www.yuveriaseden.blogspot.com

Yvonne   www.onecreativemomma.blogspot.com

 ***** Emma    www.creativetimeforme.blogspot.com  *****

Doris   www.momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com

Chris   http://craftemama.blogspot.com/

Paula   http://www.alluringinkspression.com/

Martha   http://scrapabulous.blogspot.com/

Gerda   www.cardscreations.blogspot.com

Now on to my card. My Niece/God-daughter turned one this past weekend. So what a perfect opportunity to cre8te a card for my blog hop.

I had just received my Wild Card Cricut Cartridge in the mail and knew I wanted to use it for the blog hop. This card is the first card I made using the Wild Card cart.

I wanted to add a shadow on the inside of the card so I used a slightly smaller cut of the same cupcake.

There is blog candy to be shared. (picture coming later today, working 13 hour days is putting me behind just a little) Please leave me a comment (along with your email) and if you want follow my blog. I will draw a winner on Monday morning. Thanks for hopping along with me.

Your next stop is Georgiana www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Thanks! -Yvette

Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge!

We have a great sketch this week at Die Cuttin Diva's.

This sketch is so beautiful that I loved working on this card.

Notice the cute lady bugs, they are from the Eyelet Outlet.

They have so many fun brads to play with.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you go to the DCD blog and enter your own sketch creation.

-Yvette

Celebrate The Occasion!

I am so excited to show you my first project as a DT member for Celebrate the Occasion. Team #2 was asked to make a kid's birthday card. I decided to make a card for a pre-teen/teen girl.

I used Create a Critter for the poodle and the stamp is from Hero arts.

Thanks for looking, now head back to CTO and see what the rest of team #2 has created and be inspired. We would love for you to come and join in on the fun. I promise to leave you wonderful comments

Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge!

It's sketch week here at Die Cuttin' Diva's.

Are you ready? or Are you recovering from the 4th of July party last night?

This was the first round card I have made. I changed the sketch a little to suit what I was inspired by.

 I hope to see many people participate this week. Go to http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/.
I promise to leave you some love on your blog!

Thanks for visiting! -Yvette

Sassy Lil' Card Sketches

 This is the sketch challenge for June 14th over at Sassy Lil' Card Sketches.

I have had these daffodils and thought they would be perfect for this sketch.

Daffodils are my favorite flower.

I used my Bow Easy for my perfect little back bow.

I hope you enjoyed my card today!

-Yvette

Sassy Lil' Card Sketches

This is the sketch for June 7th over at Sassy Lil' card sketches.

Love how the design gives me inspiration for patterns and embossing ideas.

Here is my take on their sketch:

These next pictures show a close up of the embellishments and Hero Arts sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Yvette

Another Sketch Challenge!

Decondtructing Jen has a great sketch this week.



I have had this button for quite a while and I am happy that I was able to use it on this challenge.

-Yvette

Vintage Love card!

I have never been one for the vintage look but I recently made a paper bag album with the vintage theme so I thought I would try a card too.

I am entering this card in to OWH midweek throwdown challenge... LOVE YOU!

The paper is from the Old World stack, the flowers are from a wedding kit, I used a regular heart doillie that I aged with black and sepia ink and the embellishment is a sticker that I have had forever. Oh, the pearls my sister gave me and the rhinestones are from Michael's.

Thanks for visiting! -Yvette

Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge!

Well here we are, Another Die Cuttin' Diva's Tuesday Challenge!

This week our theme is "Wedded Bliss"

We weren't supposed to use hearts but I love how the card turned out.

Don't forget to go link up your Wedding card to our Challenge.

Thanks for visiting! -Yvette

Fairy cards

Here are a few cards I made using my new InkaDinkaDoo Fairy stamps.

I created this card for my SIL's birthday. The sentiments were made using word.

My sister inspired me to use speciality yarn on my card.

I am entering these into 365 Cards Day 65 challenge, and Divas by Design 1st Challenge.

Thank You Team Mom

The softball season ends on Saturday. My husband is the coach of our niece's team and asked me to make a thank you card for the team mom. I had a two new stamp sets that I thought would be perfect for this card. This is how it turned out:

Lately I have also been decorating the inside of my cards. I love how they turn out. It's unexpected and adds something special to the card.

Monochromatic Card

I am finally getting around to making some cards for last weeks challenges. Both OWH and SSC CAS challenge had the theme of a Monochromatic challenge. I decided to make a card for my sister and her husband for their anniversary. Since my sister is a follower of my blog and DT of the CAS challenge blog on SSC she will probably see this card before I am able to give it to her for her anniversary. So "Happy Anniversary" and have a blast in Hawaii this week. JEALOUS!

       

I love decorating the inside and back of my cards. and since I am not mailing this card I was able to embellish it with lots of flowers and a bow.

Divas by Design DT call!

Divas by Design are looking for 5 DT's:

"We are also looking for 5 new DT members! We will be split into 2 teams so you will need to be able to produce a piece of work once every 4 wks with the possibility of working with sponsor images on occasion. You will also need to comment on challenge entries according to a set quota."

I would love to be a part of this design team. I have been crafting since I was very young. My grandmother taught me how to crochet, paint, draw, and sew. I have a great husband who doesn't mind my obsession with all things crafty and even gave me the guestroom as my craft room. I love making cards and refuse to buy $5 "Hallmark" or any other brand cards.

Here are the three projects that are my favourite:

This was an easle card I made for my friend's birthday.

I love to try new folds and techniques. The digi is Meljen's so is the sentiment.

The scrapbook layout was a project that I did for my first blog hop. The group consisted of people from around the world so we decided to make it a traditions/culture theme.

Here are a couple of close ups of the embellishments I made.

Thank you for the opportunity to be on your design team. I would love to be a part of it.

<3 Yvette

CAS Challenge

Over at Simply Scrapping Crafts they are hosting a Clean and Simple Challenge. You must use a patterned paper for your background and keep it simple. Here are my entries:

I was going for a girly themed thinking of you card and a boyish thinkoing of you card. Each has similar elements to the card like the bow and the strip of paper on the side but I wanted to showcase the colors and pattern of the designer paper.

Fun with the color Brown!

Last night I sat with a few different paper stacks trying to get inspired. I kept stopping at the brown designer paper. My mission was to make brown girly and pretty. Let me know if I accomplished what I set out to do.