This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to incorporate our

own handwriting in a project. I choose to make

the cake box from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More.

And add a simple post it note pad to match.

The cake box was cut at 9". The flowers were cut

using Accent Essentials. At 3 different sizes,

inked and then ran through the Cuttlebug

using the dots folder. Yes, there is Bling in the

center of the flowers. The lace on the sides

is the Martha Stewart lace punch. It too was

ran through the cuttlebug and then inked. The

dripping frosting is another Martha Stewart

punch called drippy goo.

The paper for the post it note pad is from

the DCWV Sweet Stack. I thought it was

a perfect match with it being chocolate

brown and having the lace on the side.

I made this sign for my Grandpa's Birthday Party.

I used the Hello Kitty font for the words and

Celebrations for the balloons and party hats.

The sign was 82 x 22.

In the middle of the two stars they have

peppermint patty. The star is cut

from Doodlecharms and then embossed

it with the swirl folder.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use both polka dots and plaids.

This was a very unusual challenge for me. Because I never

thought those two prints could go together. But, as you

can tell I got them to work out great!!

Once again I used one of my favorite carts

Doodlecharms for the cupcake. And the dots folder

for the cuttlebug. I used my Martha Stewart score board

to make the lines on the cupcake for the wrapper. And

then ink calked it with white to make it stand out better.

I made 10 of these little boxes for my

daughters teachers and staff at school.

This little box holds 3 Ghirardelli chocolate squares.

These are so easy to make! You can get the directions here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/ghirardellibox/

These are the Valentines my 9 year old helped me

make to give out to all of her friends. We made

40 of them. 34 of them were for just her class.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

Our challenge this week was to use a star.

I decided to use this challenge to make my

Grandpa his 85th Birthday card.

I used a paper pack from Autumn Leaves by

Rhonna Farrer. I received this paper as a gift from

a friend on the Cricut Message board. So, I am not

sure where she got it from. The letters and stars were

cut out from the Cricut cart Doodletype. The stars and

background were embossed using the cuttlebug folders.

This weeks Challenge over at Frosted Designs

The challenge was to make a valentine

without using pink or red. So, I decided

why not purple and brown? Purple is one

of my very favorite colors.

This was the first time I used my sewing

machine on a card and I really like how

it turned out. And of course I had to

use some Bling.

My sister has a friend who bought a Cricut for Christmas.

So, for her birthday present I will be teaching

her and a few of her closest friends how to

make the following projects.

The first project is the Cake Box from

Tags Bags Boxes & More.

I used the flower cut from Accent Essentials.

The border was made with the Martha Stewart

Lace punch and embossed with the

Dots Cuttlebug folder.

The second project is a simple Post-It note pad.

The third and forth projects will be cards.

This one was made with the Accent Essentials cart

for the flourish and Doodlecharms for the hearts.

I use the Cuttlebug to emboss the background strip

with the Swirl folder and the Dots folder for the hearts.

Pop dotted them to give more depth.

The background was embossed with the

Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder. The cupcake

is from Doodlecharms. The candle was

embossed with the bubble folder and the

frosting is embossed with the Dots folder.

I scored the bottom to look like the cupcake

liner. I also ink calked around the blue,

over the background and the dots.

Pop dotted for more depth. Added a ribbon

for softness.