The Cuttlebug Spot "10" Challenge and the WINNER!

In celebration of 2010, this week at The Cuttlebug Spot we were challenged to use the word or number "10" on our project. My sweet DH has been such a dear lately that I immediately thought of him and made this little book "10 Things I Love About You" which I hope to finish by Valentine's Day. Now that I've finally figured out my BIA you may just see a TON of projects using that little gadget. LOL WAAAYYY fun! I sorta of wish the Cuttlebug Numbers folder were a little bigger because I've just about covered it up with all of the other stuff, but I used Coredinations Whitewash card stock and sanded and attempted to distress the edges a bit. The "10" and "U" are Precut Grungeboard shapes that I painted with acrylic paint. The "10" is embossed with Swiss Dots, but the "U" was already textured so I just colored the dots with my Copics and slapped on anther coat of paint to try and mute it a bit but those dots came right back through.

I cut the word "love" out twice of adhesive backed fun foam using the Cuttlebug Love Language Card-Making Combo. (Wow, that cuts like buddah! COOL!) I trimmed one of the words and stacked them so "love" would lay flat over the popped "U". The hearts were cut with my Nesties using Little Sizzles Textures Handmade Paper that I got at Custom Crops. My dear friend Margie uses it frequently and I LOVE the look. I even embossed the larger heart with the Cuttlebug Heart Blocks folder which squishes some of the texture, but still was a cool effect.

Here are some dimensional shots. The rest of the words were spelled out in Alpha Beads, the doily is from Target, and my project wouldn't be complete without some adhesive beads from M's. LOL Now I bet some of you are wondering where my BBTB2 project is, right? Well I had a really busy week getting ready for company so I left it for Sunday (who am I kidding, I almost ALWAYS leave it for Sunday) but yesterday I had quite a reaction to the rich food I served Saturday night (I've been being SOOOO good since the new year and I think my stomach was in SHOCK!) so was unable to complete it. I will be trying to catch up today and hopefully post it tomorrow.

My DT sisters came up with fabulous projects this week so be sure to stop over by clicking HERE and don't forget a random participant in this week's challenge will receive a $20 gift certificate to Custom Crops.

And now for the WINNER of The Cutting Cafe 2010 Calendar set and Journaling Lines Background Stamps is (chosen by random by DH who never knows why I'm always asking him to "pick a number").....

LUCKY # 7 FLOWERDISCO!

Congrats flowerdisco! Please email me at dlmundinger (at) yahoo (dot) com and I'll send those sets right out to you.

2010 Calendar Set Giveaway from The Cutting Cafe

WooHoo Regina! I'm so excited to have made my very first Bind It All project using the 2010 Calendar Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe. (So is DH since he gave it to me LAST Christmas...oops!) I was so inspired by the adorable ones made by my DT sisters Carole and Lillie that I had to make one myself. This set has the months in 3 sizes in both circles and squares and the medium size squares were the perfect size to do an easel AND incorporate my BIA. I used some of my fave K&Co and DCWV La Crema papers and butterflies from my MS punches.

On the back of each month is a place for writing down important dates or reminders. I used the Journaling Lines Background Stamps also from The Cutting Cafe which was a really handy way to go. A mini pen fit in the BIA rings...how convenient. Now the fabulous news is you can win BOTH of these fabulous printable stamp sets by leaving a comment for me and I will draw a lucky winner on Monday. Not only that, many of my DT sisters also have stamp giveaways so be sure to click HERE to visit them too for MORE chances to WIN!