The Cuttlebug Spot: Independence Day

This week we are honoring Independence Day at The Cuttlebug Spot. I had stars in my mind from the beginning so I decided to use my 2 x 2 star embossing folders on this one. I also embossed the red and blue strips of paper with my Fiskars line plate. I then weaved the strips to form my background. I think I need more practice with the weaving, but I like how my first try turned out. Now go visit The Cuttlebug Spot to see some awesome creations by the Design Team.

Thank you cards : school spirit

I wanted to share some quick and simple Thank You cards I made for the teachers at my boys' school. Their mascot is a Jaguar so I used their school colors and paws as my inspiration. I embossed them with the paw fiskars embossing plate.  I am placing these in the teacher's lounge so that they can help themselves to any. It was so hard to figure out what style to use so I kept them very simple. I hope they like the.

Altered mail box : embossed

Just a quick post this morning. I altered this mail box for our challenge this week at The Cuttlebug Spot. Lots of embossing on this one. I used my Fiskars heart plate to emboss the silver paper. I wanted to keep the metallic look of the box. I hope you enjoy. Have a great week. I will be posting another one tomorrow so make sure you come back to see that one.

If you are new to these boxes, they are sold at Target  for $1.00. Usually out by mid January, so when you see them get them before they are gone. The boxes make great for small gifts. I use them through out the year. Perfect for teacher gifts too.

Cuttlebug Love stamp embossing folder, Spellbinders flower

Birds on a wire Martha Stewart Punch and Cuttlebug embossing border (bottom).

Martha Stewart heart border punch with Ek Scroll punch  (top)

Martha Stewart Loopy heart punch 

Hot Diggity Dog

This week's challenge is to use the word hot or the "hot" theme in our projects. I had a hard time with this one. I finally settle on this birthday card with the birthday dog from Paper Pups. I also used my Fiskars embossing plates again. Love the embossing options on these plates.

Baby Shower

This week at The Cuttlebug Spot we are making invitations. I have the shower bees Stampendous stamp so I had to make a baby shower invitation. For the back ground I embossed and inked a Fiskars rain drop plate. I love the effect I got with this method. It was a perfect background. The stamped image is colored with my copics. As always thank you for visiting my blog. Please leave a comment if you would like.