Show Me Some Tags at Die Cuttin' Divas

Happy Tuesday,

Today I am sharing the new challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas. Every Tuesday a new theme is posted and we typically have a Guest Diva too. Currently the challenges are planned and booked until April 2019 with a few openings in May and June. If interested just leave me a message.

This past weekend I worked on a few projects and it felt good to pull out the holiday supplies. I searched for dies, stamps, papers, and svg files. Fun! Fun! Fun! Let the holiday spirit run wild!  

This Week's Challenge...

~ Tags ~

Here is my Design Team project...

I love the treat tag die from Jaded Blossom since they cut and layer so easily. They can be used for any occasion, but with Christmas on my mind  it was easy to decide. The bottom layer of the tag was cut in red glitter paper. It was in a 6 x 6 stack I bought at Target a couple years ago after the holidays for 70% off (the green glitter paper was in the same stack too). 

The snowmen are Recollection stickers. It's amazing what you will find in your Christmas craft boxes if you just look. I have the tendency to buy new when there are sales, but these were too cute not to use. The winter trees were cut with a My Favorite Things dies.

The stamped sentiment is by Jaded Blossom ~ Winter Wishes set. The green ribbon matches those trees perfectly.

Hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our "Tags" challenge. Be sure to check out the other design team projects. The tags are awesome!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Getting Ready for the 2014 School Year

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hard to believe this is the last weekend before going back to school on Tuesday. I sure have enjoyed summer, but wish I had another couple weeks to get a few more projects done (mainly birthday and thank you cards). Here are a few school projects that I have created during the last week.

I made 24 of these Granny Smith apple treat boxes (matches my class colors ~ click here to see pictures of my class).

 This is a Lori Whitlock 3D treat box from the Silhouette on-line store. I made one previously at 5" (see here), but these are only 2 1/2". I added a yellow ribbon, a black button, and a white twine bow to each one. The stamp is from Jaded Blossom's  School Rules stamp set. They each have 5 Starbursts, which represents 5th grade.

I made a new sign for the front of my class door. It was a black chalkboard plaque that I bought at Hobby Lobby. It was originally $4.49, but I used a 40% off coupon. Good deal! Save money to buy more!

First, I used an old white ink pad and a dauber to create the background. Then I cut out the letters (at 3") in the lime green and yellow polka dot paper using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge. I hung the sign on my door yesterday when I stopped by school and it looks great!

The last project I made was for a friend. She is a new Reading Coach this year and she wants to give each of the teachers she will be working with a special treat. I created the chalkboard tags for her to attach to a hand sanitizer container. Once her husband found out I was making them he asked for some since he is a Reading Coach too but at a different school. I made a total of 60 tags!

I typed the sentiment in Word onto a chalkboard background (15 to a page), used a scalloped Spellbinder die and the Cuttlebug to cut each one, and inked the edges with that old white ink pad.Then I used a small hole punch to punch two holes in each tag. After that my daughter feed the twine through the holes. All my friend needs to do is tie each one on her hand sanitizer containers! 

Challenges:

Cardz TV ~ 3D Back to School

Jaded Blossom ~ Crafter's Choice

Little Scrap Pieces ~ Show it off Saturday

Scrappy Moms Stamps ~ Back to School

DL.Art ~ August Linky

Now I have some clerical work I want to get done (name plates, Communication Logs, Folder Labels, etc.), so when we start Tuesday I can look at the new schedule and create my lesson plans. I am super excited about this new school year and I can't wait to meet all my students. I will be sure to keep you posted! 

Enjoy your weekend!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Merry Christmas Tags at Die Cuttin' Diva

Welcome back and thank you for visiting! If this is your first time here...enjoy! I hope I can inspire you to create something fun.

 

There is a new challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas, so here is another opportunity for you to share your newest creation.

 

The Challenge...Tags

You can create a birthday tag for a gift bag, snowman tags for a Winter birthday, or Christmas tags for Santa. You get to choice the theme, colors,  and the shape of your tag. I used Plantin Schoolbook for my tags. The two smaller tags were cut at 3" and the other tag was cut at 3 1/2".

 The test tubes have peanut M&Ms in them. Yum!

The stocking were cut at 2" and 2 1/2" from Doodlecharms. 

Other Materials:

Me & My Big Ideas paper ~ Mambi sheets

DCWV paper ~ Festiva

red and white card stock
My Craft Spot ~ stamp from Mistletoe set

red and white ribbons
white pearls

red gems

red ink

Other Challenges:
Craftin' Desert Divas ~ Christmas
My Craft Spot ~ Christmas Neighbor Gift
Clear It Out ~ Anything Goes

 

Can't wait to see what you share at Die Cuttin' Diva this week! Now go check out the Design Team projects...be prepared to see LOTS of tags!
 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Tag, You're It! at Little Scrap Pieces

Hello Crafty Friends,

 

Today brings a new challenge at Little Scrap Pieces.

 

The Challenge...Tags

Your tag can be square, round, rectangle. You can tie ribbon, twine, or add gems. Be creative and choose your own theme.

 

 Here is my Design Team project...

I never seem to have tags on hand, so I made a variety...birthday, best wishes, and thank you.

I used the same colors and embellishments from K & Company.

 

 Other Materials:

cream card stock

Sentimentals Cricut cartridge ~ tag (p. 68) cut at 3 3/4"

K & Company pattern paper

blue, green, and cream ribbon

silver and blue gems

 

Hope you will join us at Little Scrap Pieces for our "Tag, You're It!" challenge. You might make a Birthday, Thinking of You, or a Thank You tag. You get to choose!

Be sure to stop by and see the other Design Team tags. Oooh, and check out that ribbon, which is this week's prize

Stay Creative,
Georgiana

Winter Wishes in a Carton

Hello Crafty Friends,

 

Today has a been a restful day...the first since Winter Break began. No laundry, no shopping, no cleaning...just me and my craft goodies. Yeah!

 

My niece's birthday is tomorrow, so I decided to make a surprise to bring to her ice cream party. I really wanted to try these milk cartons from Tags, Bags 2 and I am glad I did.

First, I scored all the pieces on a 12 X 12 piece of heavy DCWV Winter Wonder cardstock with the Cricut scoring tool. Then I put the mat back into the Cricut to cut each shape. Super easy if you lay the mat in the same place.

Since the pieces were scored, folding the boxes were simple. The first time I tried I didn't score the lines...BIG mistake! I ended up with a bag that looks like the Lindt chocolate container.

 I did not glue the bottoms, since the pieces lay within each other.

I glued the side and half of the top. I used a paper clip to hold it together, so I could have all the pieces drying at the same time. 

Each milk carton is filled with marshmallows...regular and peppermint flavored.

 The front is decorated with a double layered (white and blue) Spellbinders ~ Lacey Circle. I added snowflakes (Fiskars punch) to the other sides. Winter Wishes was cut from Winter Woodland.

 Each top is decorated, but still easy to open and pour. I used various ribbons, buttons, gems, bells, and twine.

 Challenges:

Made Especially for You ~ Snowflakes

Paper Playtime ~ Winter Fun

Shopping Our Stash ~ Winter

DL.Art ~ Linky Party Anything Goes

 

I have enjoyed popping by and seeing so many holiday projects. If I haven't stopped by yet...please leave me a message so I don't forget! My other niece's birthday is next week, so I need to get busy making her a card.

 

Happy Holidays,

Georgiana

Matching Gift Card Set

Good Morning Crafty Friends,

 

Today begins a new challenge at Exploring Cricut and I have this wonderful set to share that I made for my husband's sister and nieces. Since we do not celebrate the holidays with them, we usually get them a gift card which is nice and easy to mail. Instead of mailing the gift card in the envelop the store provides, I thought it would be more festive to create a holder.

 

Challenge...

It's a Wonderful Time of Year

 

Here is my Exploring Cricut project...

The card is for my sister-in-law. I used The Sweet Stop sketch (shown below). The gift cards will fit nicely inside. That was one of my husband's requirements...no boxes to mail!

 

I used the teabag cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More 2. I cut each holder at 4 1/4". This was the first time I used this cartridge (I even had to open cut open the shellcase.).

There sure are a lot of neat boxes on this cartridge. My daughter wants me to make her a milkbox. She is spending a couple days with the grandparents, so I am going to surprise her by having one ready when she gets back. : )

Materials:

Recollections Holiday Day Wishes paper (love the colors!)

brown, cream, and green card stock

Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge ~ tag (p. 69) cut at 3 1/4" - 3 3/4" and 2" - 2 1/2"

Simple Charmed Cricut cartridge ~ ornament (p. 62) cut at 2"

Tags, Bags...2 Cricut cartridge ~ tea bags (p. 30) cut at 4 1/4"

All Mixed Up Cricut cartridge ~ To (p. 130) cut at 1/2"

red and brown ribbons

red and green gems

Cheers stamp

Barn Door red Distress ink by Tim Holtz

 

Other Challenges:

My Sheri Crafts ~ It's  A Wrap

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ Distressed Christmas

Come and Get It ~ Anything Christmas

 

Be sure to stop by Exploring Cricut today to see all the other projects. I hope you have the opportunity to join us for this challenge before the new year. There is a fabulous prize available too!

 

One final message...my e-mail service provider has been unavailable since Friday (I know! I am going thru withdrawal not being able to check!). If you have sent a message to me and I have not responded, please be patient! I am trying to be! All e-mails will be forwarded once Cox has fixed the problem, but at this time it could be a few more days. UUUGH!

 

Happy Holidays,

Georgiana

Graphic 45 Event at CCR

Special Event!!

Welcome to the Creative Cutter Room featuring Graphic 45 Challenge!

 

We appreciate you joining us and hope you will join us for this EXTRA CCR challenge!

Theme: Graphic 45 paper 

 Anything Goes

You can create any project as long as you use Graphic 45 products. Please list them in your posting.

Here is my Design Team project:
I created a card and two tags thanks to Diana at D.L.Art. I had no Graphic 45 paper and could not find any at our local stores. She surprised me and sent me a few shetts. Thanks again Diana!

At first I had a difficult time with this paper trying to decide what I was going to create. After studying the design on each sheet of Graphic 45 paper, I decided all the pictures would be used and I didn't have to add much more.

Materials:

Graphic 45 paper

kraft paper

green and cream card stock

Preserves Cricut cartridge ~ tags (p. 50 and p. 72) cut at 3 1/2"

gold ribbon

cream ribbon

meadow and latte skittles from Carri @ Abusybee 

 

Challenge begins today December 6th and runs until December 12, 2012.

 

Follow the rules then submit your new project over at the Creative Cutter Room!

 

Only entries that fit the challenge guidelines will be entered to win the prize!

To be entered to win the prize here are some rules to keep in mind while playing along:
Be a follower of the CCR
Project submissions must be new, no back linking

CCR must be mentioned in the description with a link back to here

Entry must fit theme to be qualified for the prize

Prize must be claimed within 2 weeks

Please link your project posting not just your blog

One entry per person

Please comment after linking

 

Here is the Line -up for some great inspiration:

Carri

Georgiana
Diana

Tracy

 

Looking forward to seeing your creations!

 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Here Comes Santa

Good Morning,

I hope everyone is doing well. I have lunch plans with a dear friend, so I am very excited. We haven't spent any time together since she took leave to finish her degree, so I am thrilled we have this opportunity.

Every year, my two children (17 and 13 now) get one present from Santa. The wrapping paper is always different than all the others and it is hidden away rather than stored in the same container. The paper usually has Santa images on it too. I thought this next challenge was perfect since I made Santa tags to match.

I made this one on the right for my son. Don't you love that North Pole charm? The one on the left is for my daughter.

The back of the tag. I used the Celebrations cartridge to cut the words.

Materials:

Preserves cartridge ~ tags at 3 1/2"

Doodlecharms cartridge ~ Santa (top) cut at 2"

Joys of the Season cartridge ~ Santa (bottom) cut at 2"

Celebrations cartridge ~ To and From cut at 1/2"

Cuttlebug embossing folder ~ Snowflake and Swiss dots

red ribbons

white and red ink

red, green, and white buttons

North Pole charm 

silver gem ~ pom pom on Santa's hat

wiggly eyes ~ 4mm

white glitter (Santa's hat)

all papers are from the scrap pile

 Challenges:

Cuttlebug Spot ~ Santa

Cricut Cardz ~ 2 Christmas Tags

My Craft Spot ~ Tag

Fantabulous Cricut ~ Trimming with a Tag

Bitten By the Bug 2 ~ Tag/Christmas Image (No Winter Frolic cartridge, yet...I am still hoping to get it!)  

Merry Christmas to all,

Georgiana

Card and Tag Set

Hello Crafty Friends,

Yesterday I came home from school a little early and I was elated. My plan was to work on a few projects with the unexpected time. I sure am glad I did because I was able to create two card and tag sets. I figured I had to try and improve after my last tag disaster. I am quite pleased with the outcome.

I now feel redeemed! : )

  Just Chillin'

Materials:

DCWV ~ Winter Wonder Stack

Sweet Treats cartridge ~ tags
Gingerbread cartridge ~ snowman

Fiskars snowflake punch

blue gems

blue ribbon

Challenges:

Robin's Creative Cottage ~ Ribbons and Bows

A Muse Studio ~ Tags

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Celebrate the Season

Cooking it up with Katie ~ Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occasion ~  Christmas (no green)

Oh' Christmas Tree

Materials:

Gingerbread cartridge ~ tree

Colorbok papers

Cuttlebug embossing folder ~ swirls

red and green cardstock

red buttons

yellow star buttons

red gems

red craft thread

Challenges:

Come and Get It ~ Christmas

Paper Playtime ~ Holiday Theme with Buttons

Scrappy Moms Stamps ~ Christmas!

Be sure to visit Die Cuttin' Divas for the weekly challenge. This week it is Tags, Tags, and More Tags!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Let's Make Tags!

Good Morning!

Today brings another challenge at Die Cuttin' Diva and for me that was literal. I was all "gung-ho" to make tags using Digis from our sponor (Whimsie Doodles) and...let's just say it was not as easy I had planned. I will be working on this challenge for the rest of the week.

I was able to create few tags, but...I am going to keep trying.  

 I was finally able to get the Happy Holidays centered on the tag after numerous attempts. Check that of the list. ; ) I am going to try adding some embossing and inking.

I have seen so many fabulous ones that I am determined to improve.  I will have more to share during the week.

I hope that you will give the challenge a try too. Be sure to visit Die Cuttin' Divas to see the Design Team's tag. They are ALL WONDERFUL!

Take Care,

Georgiana