A Cut Above

Happy New Year!!!!
For those who celebrate I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and the new year finds you fit and well and raring to go

I’m so excited to announce that I’m officially a Design Team member of A Cut Above. As the name suggests, it’s a challenge blog that celebrates die cuts, and as you may or may not know, I love me some die cuts!

Now, on to the January Challenge!  

The theme is always “Anything Goes With A Die Cut,” and this month, there is a strictly optional theme: “New.” Use the word “NEW,” to tell us about the something new, you used. There must be at least one die cut on your project from a manual or electronic machine no pre-fabricated dies are allowed.

So what did I make for our first challenge….



I used this fantastic Colorize die by Tim Holtz for Sizzix. I used Distress Oxides to colour him and popped him up with lashings of double-sided foam tape. Pretty easy to put together and there’s a video from Sizzix that helps especially for the likes of me who always have trouble getting the pieces in the right order.

We do hope you will join us at A Cut Above my teammates have created some incredible projects to inspire and delight and you’ll find all the details on our page on how to enter.

I’m also playing along with AAA Cards #281 which are asking for a CAS creation

Just Us Girls who are asking us to use dies

Wishing you all a fabulous week

Take care

Marie

Colorful Options Yellow,Purple and Green

Happy New Year !!! Here’s hoping 2025 finds you all well and looking forward to this new year. What better way to start it than by getting out those new crafting supplies you were gifted or the ones you treated yourselves to and play along with our challenge at Colorful Options.

This January, we are playing with another trio of colors: yellow, purple, and green!  Choose one, two, or all three—whatever inspires you most! Let your imagination run wild and see where these colors take you. We can’t wait to see how this inspiration board sparks your designs. 

If these colors aren’t quite your style, don’t worry! You’re also welcome to join us with a rainbow-inspired craft. Have fun, and let yourself enjoy!

This card came together really quickly using this gorgeous Spellbinders die set Towering Blooms,coloured with Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemon, Wilted Violet, and Seedless Preserves, mounted with a lashing of foam tape onto a white card base As I said, it came together really quickly, and boy did it need to, as I’ve been working 12-hour days for three weeks nonstop. I do believe the crafting gods were looking down on me.

We do hope you will play along with us at Colorful Options. My Design Teammates have created some amazing cards to delight and Inspire, and we have a fabulous guest designer this month, Cez from MumCez Craft Room, joining us.

I’ll be back in a few days with some exciting news so until then

Wishing you all a happy, healthy 2025

Marie

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