Precious Cargo

You've seen the sign in car windows, "Precious Cargo On Board,"  well how about some precious cargo pants?

Aren't those the sweetest?  And look at some of the other pants and papers is this Doodle Pantry set:

For my card I used the pre-colored pink pants, but with a line version, you could color these any color you want.  I wanted to keep the card girly so I cut out a doily with the Silhouette (I usually don't use doilies) and put it behind the tag that I made.
This set is just one of the new sets being released today and for today only the new sets are 25%.

Have you played our Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge yet this month?  The challenge is Candy.  We would love to see your card.

Challenges:
Sweet Stamps - pink, white, one other color (brown)
Sister Act - anything
Pink Gem - lots of layers
V's Sweet Ideas - red, pink, or white
Wags and Whiskers - for someone you love
Words to Scrap By - do something different

Beautiful Cutting Files

Only a few more Valentines to make and I am really loving some of the new Silhouette cutting files by QuietFire.  For this card I used three files:  Heart Spray, Flourished Heart, and Heart You.

The spray of hearts are cut out of the red and that panel is glued onto a white card base.  The large white heart with ribbon is glued onto the red panel.  I love it when things fall into place - like the button being the right size and the right shape for the center of the heart.
Quietfire is the sponsor this month at Die Cut Divas.  The challenge runs the rest of the month.  With the theme of Word, Quotes, Sentiments, you are asking where are the words on my card?  It was just too beautiful to put words on the outside so I cheated and put them on the inside.  Here is where I used the third cutting file.

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - include a heart
Simon Wednesday - Bright and beautiful
Sister Act - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Craft 4 Eternity - with love
All Sorts Challenge - love
Without Words - I love you
Crafty Creations - owls, hearts, love
2 Cute - valentines 

The Kraft Journal Challenge

It is time for a new challenge at TKJ and this time it is Pick Three.

The layers of my card are Stampin Up Real Red, Lunch Bag Kraft text weight, and Buff Ivory cardstock.  I used the same layering order for the hearts, which I cut out with the Silhouette, but substituted Vintage Sheet Music for the center heart.  The musical score on the bottom of the card is Musical Notes Washi tape. 
The other notes and the sentiment are stamped with GKD stamps.  The single black note is a Cuttlebug die.
So here is the list:  doily, tag, glitter, twine, red, hearts, top fold, ribbon.  What three (or more) will you choose?  We would love to see your entry at the Kraft Journal.

Challenges:
Pink Gem - lots of layers (6)
Di's Digi Design - use hearts
Dies R Us - hearts
Party Time Tuesday - anything
Stamp and Create - love
Great Impressions - love
Paper Creators - love
Stamplorations - stamps and hearts
Crafty Creations - owls, hearts, love 

Olives - Not Just For Martinis

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor for this week's challenge at Inspiration Destination, the challenge being Anything Goes.
The theme of love is first and foremost right now with Valentine's Day fast approaching, but OWH can use love cards all year so that is where is card is going.

This digital set, Olive You, is such a fun set to add a little humor to your cards.  The patterned papers are perfect with the images.  Here is a peak at the set:

From here, head over to Inspiration Destination to check out their challenge blog and then to the Doodle Pantry Store to see some more wonderful digital sets.

Challenges:
Paper Takes - anything
Through the Craft Room Door - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Sister Act - anything
Sweet Stamps - love is in the air
Stamp and Create - all you need is love

A Big XOXO

At Die Cut Divas, the team members are having fun with stamps and SVG files by Quietfire Designs.  Here is a card using two of their SVG files, Heart Spray and XOXO.

I apologize for the poor quality of this photo.  I must have taken at least 20 pics with different settings and different lighting but never could get rid of the blue or green tint.  Maybe if we could have a sunny day, it would help!
The file cut out the spray of hearts (from the pink cardstock) so the only thing left to do is put a liner on the inside and I chose red.  The beauty of a SVG file vs die cut is the ability to change the size of your cut.  So I cut the XOXO small enough to fit on the front of the card.  Don't get me wrong, I love my dies but sometimes the flexibility that the Silhouette gives is pretty nice.
Our challenge this month is "Words" at Die Cut Divas.  We hope you will play along.

Challenge:
Paper Takes - anything
Through the Craft Room Door - anything
Crafty Sentiments - include a heart
Di's Digis - hearts
PartyTime Tuesday - anything
Great Impressions - love
Paper Creators - love
V's Sweet Ideas - pink or red

Love Makes The World Go Round

It's Monday Morning and that means a new challenge at the Kraft Journal, Love Makes the World Go Round.

 

When I saw the title to the challenge, I knew immediately that I wanted to use the chalkboard digi by Diane's Daydream Designs.  

With those fun Kraft colored squiggly scrolls in the corners and some Kraft in the wording, the Light Kraft cardstock base was perfect. Matching up the colors of the words, I used some green Baker's twine to wrap around the card.  Yes, green, but it is so close to turquoise, it goes really well with the colors in the sentiment panel.  It is a top fold card so the twine does wrap around the inside.  The bright pink cardstock seemed a good choice for layering the sentiment panel and for cutting out a heart border with the Silhouette.  The heart charm looks dark here but is really quite close in color IRL. 

This card was so easy and I liked it so much, I made two!

We, at the Kraft Journal, hope you will stop by and enter a card or two in our challenge.  We always love to see what you come up with. 

Challenges: 

Crafty Sentiments - love

Word Art Wednesday - anything 

Sister Act - anything 

Frosted Designs - what direction (around)

I Need More Paper

It is Super Bowl Sunday and I am keyed up and ready to watch.  But it is also the first day of February which means there is a new challenge starting today to Die Cut Divas.  This month our sponsor is Quietfire Designs.  Besides beautiful stamps, Quietfire also has their own SVG files.

I never thought I would say that I need more paper but I really do - double sided paper.  I was alarmed to find that I am out, all except this paper I used for this card.   After making so many Valentines with red and pink, this was a nice change.  The SVG file is called Heart You with Heart Closure.  After cutting out the card from the patterned paper, I then cut out the other elements from Brown Kraft.  Considering the beautiful font and the patterned paper, it didn't need much else - just a few pearls and a heart brad.   

For the inside, I cut out another rectangle of Kraft and a heart out of that so that I would have something for a stamped or handwritten sentiment.
Oh, the possibilities but first more paper! LOL
The Die Cut Divas would love to see what you come up with for the February challenge: Words, Quotes, or Sentiments. 

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - valentines
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Simon Wednesday - anything
Sister Act - anything
Wags and Whiskers - hearts