Verve November Release Thankful Hearts Blog Hop-gift card challenge

(Challenge #5) which we are calling the Gift Card Challenge!

During the holiday season, we often want to thank so many people around us for all of their service and hard work all year long (like the mailman, the hair stylist, etc.) and its nice to have some gift card holders on hand! So our challenge to you is to create a gift card holder of your own. You can create a gift card holder for birthdays, as a thank you, for anniversaries, for the holidays
I used a double sided paper and it made it super easy!

I did not put a sentiment on it  yet because of so many different things going on this time of year.

birthdays, Christmas,

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Verve November Release Thankful Hearts Blog Hop-mini pizza box

The MINI PIZZA BOX is a lot of fun to put together and there are so many ways to embellish it! It’s the perfect size to hand to someone for a little “thank you” gift. Filled with peppermints, chocolate, gift cards or a wrapped up large cookie inside it makes for an inexpensive way to let someone know you are “thanking” of them. It’s also SUPER EASY to make and they come together really quick. The finished size is 4x4x1 inches.

Verve November Release Thankful Hearts Blog Hop-Sketch Challenge

Sketch Challenge

To play along, just make a new handmade creation with a thank you theme, using the sketch provided as inspiration. Post a picture of your creation online and link us to it using the Mr. Linky widget below. Enter by 10pm Mountain on Monday, 11/30 for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Verve!

Here are the rules, they're pretty easy:

• Each entry must be unique and new
• Please do not combine any of today's 5 blog party challenges
• You may combine with any other types of challenges (SCS, blogs, etc)
• Verve stamps are NOT required
• If possible, please link back to this post when you upload your creation
• Have fun!

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Verve November Release Thankful Hearts Blog Hop-Color Challenge

Challenge #1   Color Challenge

use Turquoise,, Olive..Black and White

• Each entry must be unique and new
• Please do not combine any of today's 5 blog party challenges
• You may combine with any other types of challenges (SCS, blogs, etc)
• Verve stamps are NOT required
• If possible, please link back to this post when you upload your creation
• Have fun!
  

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crafty creations challenge #42

crafty creations challenge #42
our new challenge isMetal/Metallic finnishes

ideal for all the Christmas card piles we are trying to create!

since all the kids loved this card at Diane's party I decided to make 6 more. This way when Britt comes
and says I need a card for this weekend and it already is this weekend (she does that to me) I'll be ready.
I did make an opps on these, the guitar is only 2 1/2" and in the original it was 3 1/2
since I made that mistake and was not going to toss them.
I made the flame looking things at 2"

I love the metallic shine to this paper from DCWV Rock Star stack

and another

clip art , fund raiser

another clip are skater, I stamped and glitter inked the back ground to make it look like wind or ice marks,

pedestal card

see the glitter ink, looks like ice skaters have been here!

clip art , fund raiser

another clip art card, the corners are from home Accents @ 1 1/4 inches?

pedestal card

I added glitter pen to make it look like ice skating marks!

they are there!

cuttlebug spot challenge gobble, gobble and Paper Cutz Challente #18 and Cricut Cardz cahllenge

cuttlebug spot challenge gobble, gobble

I used another clip art for this card, I am having so much fun with my clip art,
clip art from Hallmark studio 2009,  MM scallop at 4 and 3 1/2, cuttlebug folders 2 different ones.
you might think the back ground be a bit odd, but it reminds me of wall paper when we move to Wausau
when I was a young girl. It did not stay up long because my parents did not like wall paper, there where more rooms that had wall paper, and it did not last for long!
and  for the Paper Cutz Challenge #18
With Thanksgiving just a week away, we decided that challenge # 18 would be to make a card, LO or craft project with a Thanksgiving theme. Use any colors you'd like and post your name and a link to your creation in Mr Linky by midnight, Thursday, November 26th. The winner of challenge # 18 will have their name entered in the December 4th Grand Prize drawing. So, don't be a turkey...join us for our Thanksgiving challenge, lol!

and for the Cricut Cardz Challenge #2
We definitely have an attitude of gratitude, so for challenge # 2, make a card with a Thanksgiving theme using any cartridge(s) or colors you'd like.

 

With love cuttlebug inside

 

Linda's BD card 2009

I wanted to do something bright and pink for Linda and this is what I came up with.
used MM for the scallop at 3 1/3 & 4 inches
WIMG daisy at  pink  2 1/2, 2, 1 14,    purple  3, 3 1/2, 2
pedestal card, inking ,  pop dotted, glitter pen
clip art from Hallmark 2009

it's a pedestal card

 

crafty creations challenge #41 and Just buggin Challenge #11 animal die cut

From Crafty Creations Challenge      SNOW

cold weather in Minnesota comes. . . SNOW. I would like to see your snowy creations. From Snow creatures to lots of white, lets see what you can come up with and throw a snowcreation back at us.

and from Just Buggin..... animal die cut
this is what I came up with    penguin at 3 inches shadow, blackout and reg. layered and pop dotted 
my first time using flower soft....might use a  little more next time.

a pedestal card

 

I WON!

 thank you Cindy!

I won this from Cindy Coutts   @ Christian Paper Crafts
These are so cool!  looking forward to using them!

 

Paper Cutz Challenge #17

Paper Cutz Challenge #17

 This week we're switching gears for Challenge # 17. Make a card, LO or craft project using a hand stamped or digital stamped image. Too easy! Use any colors or theme that you'd like

I'm not really sure what a digital stamped image is, but I have a card maker and used some from there. I had so much fun making  them that I did 4.  take a peek..if this is not what you asked for, the greeting is hand stamped!

a pedestal card

 

my second  card..

also a pedestal card

and another....

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can you see why I had so much fun? and my last

nice and colorful!

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Cricut Cardz Challenge #1 ..Birthday Girl

Since I had this paper out and I really love these colors I decided to use it for the

Cricut Cardz Challenge.

Our first challenge is, anything goes! Make a card using any Cricut cartridge(s), any colors and any theme you'd like.
blue/green, chocolate brown, tan & cream ( from The Play Date Cafe #4) that one was my butterfly card.

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 I  better hurry up, I just noticed I did not post this card yet....

everything is  from storybook, don't remember sizes, and MS punches.

Play Date Cafe # 04

Well, this is my week to host the challenge and I eagerly invite all of you to play along, as these are some of my favorite colors.  I chose blue/green, chocolate brown, tan and cream.  There is a peace and tranquility to these colors, which I am sure is the reason the bedroom in the picture just calls out for a nap.

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still trying to figure out my new camera, the last picture is the best for color.
Indie Are Butterfly, storybook Birthday Girl and marquee inside
 and I  am ready for a nap!

BBTB Cahllenge Storybook Bird.....

I asked the designers to use the Storybook Cartridge, and to design something using the pretty bird. I love this bird and since winter is approaching I thought it would be fun to have one last fling with spring....

Tuesday Morning Sketches #19

for TMS they wanted us to follow the sketch (don't know how to get the link)
so this is what I came up with
It was  nice not having a Christmas theme or Thanksgiving, because I needed a thank you card for
Ruthann, she took me out for my BD, we had a lovely time!
MM scallop at 5 1/2 inches black out,
circle George  at  4 1/2 inches
swirls AE #16s at 1", inked, butterfly stamp, brads

the inside, not too fancy!  I might go back and add a few swirls..

hope you like!

BBTB Challenge contest time! CUTTLEBUB SPOT

BBTB challenge
OKAY details details details...
With the holidays just around the corner, we here at the BBTB want to see a project based upon being thankful....it seems as though right after Halloween we all seem to jump right into thinking about Christmas and totally forget about Thanksgiving..
So we want to see any type of project based on:

THANKSGIVING, GRATITUDE, BLESSINGS, TURKEY STUFF (SMILE)
BEING THANKFUL, GRATEFUL
Anything along these lines will fit.............


and for the Cuddlebug spot!  
I know that we are all getting ready for Thanksgiving cooking and eating, so we thought it would be nice to have a challenge with fruit.  I bet you thought turkey, well thats for next week. This week please share your creations with any type of fruit in them. Can't wait to see your yummy creations.

I started this card on my BD which happens to be Veterans  Day, thinking about all the men and women who have severed our country and died for it, and also the shootings that took place at Fort Hill in TX this last week.  So I give thanks to all, I choose the apple because one day Britt came home all excited and wanted to show me something cool, okay I thought, I watched her cut an apple the wide way and inside she showed me the seeds formed a star. I thought that was pretty cool. so we ate an apple!

the flag I printed for the back ground from one of my card studios, give thanks printed at the same time,
apple is cut at 2 1/2 inches from DC,
cuttlebug stars and herringbone, and MS stars punch. pop dotted the apple, glitter pen on all the stars!

the inside not to fancy,