Christmas Animals

Our new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania is Christmas Animals and it's the last one before our Christmas break. In fact it's my last card for the Cuttlebug Mania design team. We're moving abroad next autumn and have a lot of work to do on the house before we go so I'll need to concentrate on that in the new year

Back to the challenge and I've made a center swing card with a Hunkydory set matted onto a scalloped Nestability. The deer dies are by Nellie Snellen and the snowflakes by Marianne Design

Embossing At Cuttlebug Mania

Our new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania is Embossing and our sponsor this time is

FABRIKA FANTASY

We were lucky enough to be given a digi image to use and I chose Happy Mouse. There are some really sweet and cute image so why not pop over and have a look

For my card I've used this layout from Friday Sketch Challenge

And here is my card

Die-namics Stitched Rectangles

Embosilicious Floral embossing folder

Many Thanks at Cuttlebug Mania

Our new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania is Many Thanks and our sponsor this time is

Crafty Sentiments Designs

I've based my card on this layout from CAS(E) This Sketch

I always forget that this Thanks die stays in the card but I think it works well. I've used Ken Oliver Colour Bursts to colour the tag butterfly and letters and sprayed the tag with some shimmer mist

Crafty Individuals Butterfly die
Memory Box Thanks die
Tag die free with a magazine
Embossalicious Chevron folder

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:

The Butterfly Challenge - Z is for Zig Zags

Less Is More - Fire Colour Challenge 

Pixie's Snippets Playground  - the tag and butterfly are both cut from snippets
CAS on Sunday - Use a Tag

Trees at Cuttlebug Mania

We've a new challenge for you at Cuttlebug Mania and this week the theme is TREES

                                                       
                                                       Our sponsor this week is:

One of the girls at my craft class said she'd pinched her husbands shaving brush after we'd used them for inking backgrounds - "he's welcome to the shaving foam" she said. So of course I told her she needed that as well and last week we had great fun making shaving foam backgrounds. I've made a couple of cards with them and this is one. The inks I used are a mixture of food colouring and some Pergamano inks.

Dies, Spellbinders Labels 8
Stamps, Hobby Art Wonderful Day, Autumn Scene-Its and Tractor

I'm also entering this into the Hobby Art Autumn challenge

Black & Orange at Cuttlebug Mania

Our new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania is Black and Orange. Now the obvious theme for this is Halloween but it doesn't have to be, And they aren't the only colours you can use so there are plenty of options

Our sponsor this week is

And here is my card

Cuttlebug embossing folder from Give A Hoot set
Sizzix Web Thinlet die
Cuttlebug Boo Bat & Spider dies
Memory Box Scary Spider dies

We'd love to see what you come up with but please only use a manual die cutting machine and let us know how you've used it

No Squares at Cuttlebug Mania

Our new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania is No Squares. 

Our sponsor this time is

This was quite a challenge for me as most of my cards are square and then I remembered I had some shaped card blanks. I drew around this one on white card and then trimmed around to make a mat for the light purple card. The sentiment is from an older Hobby Art set called Flower Bear. The flowers are cut from snippets of dark purple card and centered with gems

Joy Craft Branch With Flowers die

Robert Adams Leaf Flourish die

Marianne Design Christmas Leaves die

I'm also showing this at Pixie's Snippets Playground

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Wheels for Cuttlebug Mania

Wow, we had a super number of entries for our first challenge after our summer break and there were some lovely creations - we're certainly going to have a tough time choosing a top 3

Our new challenge theme is Wheels so we want to see something with wheels on your creation. And for this challenge we are sponsored by http://www.adayfordaisies.com/

 I've made a gap card and the Joanna Sheen motorbike die is my bridge. It's cut in silver mirror card which as usual doesn't show up in the picture. I've also cut a black on to go on the inside of the card to make it more stable. The black panel at the bottom is embossed with a Cuttlebug Diamond Plate folder which you can see better in the second photo. Some card Candi in the corner and on the wheels to finish

Welcome Back To Cuttlebug Mania

The Cuttlebug Mania challenge is back and we've got an easy one to start you off - Anything Goes

For this challenge we are sponsored by Craftie-Charlie

I've gone for a CAS look using two dies from Impression Obsession. The main panel and two corner squares are mounted  on foam pads. The white ones are cut from scrap and placed using the waste from another card although they don't look straight in the photo!. The white squares and the corner ones are all coated in glossy accents although it doesn't show up

Goodbye at Cuttlebug Mania

It's time for our last challenge before our summer break at Cuttlebug Mania so our theme is Goodbye. I've gone for a Bon Voyage card. The tag is from an XCut die set called Luggage Tags and the background is embossed with a folder from the Cuttlebug Skyward set. An offcut strip of the same blue card and "Card Candi" to finish

We'd love you to join us with our Goodbye challenge but please remember to let us know how you've used you're manual die cutting machine

Tic Tac Toe at Cuttlebug Mania

Time for a new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and this time our theme is Tic Tac Toe. Choose a line from the table below - across, down or diagonal

Our sponsor this week is

Digi Scrap Kits

For my card I've used the right hand column - Lots of layers, Birthday theme, bird die cut

Cuttlebug Divine Swirls embossing folder

Cuttlebug Forest Branches embossing folder

unbranded crackle embossing folder

Joanna Sheen bird die

Tattered Lace small bird border die

Take a Sentimental Journey At Cuttlebug Mania

It's time for another challenge here at Cuttlebug Mania and this time we want you to take a Sentimental Journey

This time we are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs who have kindly given us the sentiments we have used on our cards as well as a prize for the winner

For my card I've used Joy Craft Swan dies. I've used the dies as a stencil and put Versamark on the swans then added some crystal embossing powder to highlight the embossed areas. I've also used the embossing powder on the edge of the frame (Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles) and the sentiment frame (Nestabilites)

I'm also entering this into the challenge at Less Is More which is Stencilling

Hello Sunshine

The theme for our new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania is Hello Sunshine and this time we are sponsored by

For my card I've embossed the right hand of my panel with Tim Holtz Sun Rays embossing folder and coloured it with Pan Pastels. The sentiment is from Hobby Arts Scene-it sentiment set and cut out with rectangular Nesties

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with for this challenge and don't forget to let us know how you have used your manual die cutting machine

Bling It Up At Cuttlebug Mania

We've got a new challenge for you at Cuttlebug Mania and this time our theme is Bling It Up


I've used an X Cut Doily die on pearlescent paper and then folded it to make a fan. The pink card and butterfly are cut from Bazzill Bling cardstock and the tassle is made with embroidery thread

I've added Wink of Stella and some pink Stickles to the corners which you can just about see in the picture below - bling is so hard to photograph!

I've also added some sparkly gems to the corners, the sentiment and the butterfly body

I'm also entering this into the Butterfly Challenge which is D for Doily - the doily backing paper is by Wild Rose Studio

Cuttlebug Mania Ribbon Challenge

We've got another challenge for you at Cuttlebug Mania and this week we want to see RIBBON on your designs

Our sponsor this time is Digi Scrap Kits

I've used this sketch from Friday Sketch Challenge

And here's my card

Marianne Designs Ribbon border die

Taylored Expressions Stitched Essentials die

Cuttlebug Daisy Pattern embossing folder

Papermania Lucy Cromwell Image and DSP

Stamping at Cuttlebug Mania

We've got a new challenge for you at Cuttlebug Mania and this week we want to see some stamping on our creation

We're sponsored this week by Crafty Individuals

I've used this layout from Just Add Ink

and a Taylored Expressions set called Pocket Full of Sunshine. The image is cut out with a circle Nestability

We're looking forward to see what you come up with for this challenge and don't forget to tell us how you've used your manual die cutting machine

Button It At Cuttlebug Mania

Time for another challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and this time our theme is Button It. Our sponsors this time are

Ooh La LA Creations

I bought these tiny flower buttons ages ago and thought they'd work with this Memory Box Arched Stem die for a CAS card. Square Nesties used to cut the layers

I hope you can join us for this challenge and please remember to let us know how you've used your manual die cutting machine

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
2 Crafty Girls Challenge Blog - Spring Time - their first challenge
Use Your Stuff - Spring Is Sprung
AAA Cards - It's Springtime

Tag, You're It at Cuttlebug Mania

Time for another challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and this time our theme is Tag, You're It - we want to see a tag/tags on your creations. I don't actually have any tag dies so I've used my Tiny Tag Stampin Up Punch with the sentiments to match. As they are so small I wanted to do a relatively simple card so I've combined it with the Less Is More challenge which itself is to combine 3 of their previous challenges. The ones I've picked are:

Week 66 - Yellow

Week 89 - Wings

Week 208 - Sketch

I've turned the sketch to landscape and my tags represent the circle so you do need some imagination!

The background swirl is still one of my favourite Stampin Up stamps having used it years ago on my first "shoebox" card. The birds and tags are cut from snippets so I'm taking it over to enter at the Playground

We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge so pop over to the blog for some more inspiration

Spellbinders Bird on Wire die
Stampin Up Tiny Tags stamps and punch
Stampin Up Baroque Motifs stamp set
Squeezed Lemonade DI

In The Frame For Cuttlebug Mania

Time for another challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and our theme this week is Freeze Frame - we want to see some form of frame on your cards. We're sponsored this time by

Click here to go to their site

I've made another shaker card with some heart dies making the frame for the little hearts

Taylored Expressions Fishing Pole die set

Taylored Expressions Punny Love stamp set
Spellbinders Nesting Hearts dies
Memory Box Heart Canopy die

We'd love to see what you come up with for this but please remember to say how you've used you manual die cutting machine

Happy Birthday to Cuttlebug Mania

Cuttlebug Mania is 2 years old this week and we're celebrating with an extra challenge for you Use the Number 2. I've gone down the second anniversary route which is cotton and the colour red

The cotton reel is a stamp and die set by Die-namics and I've wrapped some red cotton around it The top sentiment is on the same set but I've printed it on the computer so I can match the bottom sentiment

Don't forget you've still got another week to play along with our current challenge which is Green With Envy

Green With Envy at Cuttlebug Mania

Time for a new challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and this week we're Green With Envy. Now this is good timing if you want to make a card for St Patrick's day but there is so much more you can do. I've used some Xcut shadow box dies which are sized for A5 cards but I've cut them down the middle to suit my 6x6 card down the sides and cut another of the largest ones for the top

Xcut Woodland Shadow Box dies
Xcut English Countryside Border dies
Joanna Sheen rabbit dies
Lots of green card!