A Little Bit o' Paper: 2025

Monday, February 3

Congratulations My Friend

I have started a new challenge blog!!! It's called PAPER ROCKS SCISSORS. Anything goes as long as you use PAPER and/or SCISSORS on your project!!! And be sure to let us know, if it's not clear WHERE you used PAPER or SCISSORS.

Here's my creation, I used paper (cardstock, patterned paper and photo paper) and cut the twine with scissors.

Sharing my project with:

~Girlz Creative Crafts-anything goes (no stamps)

~Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap-anything with pattern paper

~A Place To Start-things in the sky-sun (option)

~Monday Greetings Challenge-wonderful greeting

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Neglected Stuff Challenge-anything goes with neglected stuff (the pattern paper that is at least 15 years old, I think it's Stampin' Up)

~We Love 2 Create-anything goes

~Love To Scrap-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Love Tags

The new challenge at HEART'S QUEST FOR SHAPED CARDS AND TAGS was posted yesterday!

It's always "shaped card or tag for any occasion".

Here's my set of tags, made for Valentine's Day!!

My Valentines (LOVE) tags can be found at Cricut Design Space.

Sharing my project with:

~Crafting Challenge-love is red

~Aud Sentiment-love, shimmer and sentiment

~Little Red Wagon-A is for anything goes

~Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends-anything goes

~We Love 2 Create-anything goes

~Krafty Chicks-anything goes

~Love To Scrap-anything goes

~A Place To Start-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Sunday, February 2

Birthday Cupcake Card

The new challenge at HEART'S QUEST FOR SHAPED CARDS AND TAGS was posted today!

It's always "shaped card or tag for any occasion"

Here's my shaped card, a delicious looking cupcake!!!

My Cupcake shaped card can be found at Cricut Design Space.

Sharing my project with:

~Crafter's Cafe-birthday (option)

~Creative Crafting Uncles-happy birthday

~Farm Quest Grocery Game-food-related

~Twisted Thursdays-birthday (twist)

~Dutch Card Lovers-moodboard (inspired by the cupcake in center)

~Little Red Wagon-A is for anything goes

~Crafts Galore Encore-anything goes

~Creative Crafters-anything goes

~Li'l Patch of Crafty Friends-anything goes

~Krafty Chicks-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Inhale Grace Exhale Praise

The new challenge at SUNDAY SONGS AND RHYMES is this poem...

I was inspired by the words "grace" and "praise".

I used a clear jar from my stash. I also used vinyl and cut the pattern with my Cricut. Then I added sand and some of my shells from my collection.

My Inhale Grace, Exhale Praise jar is at Cricut Design Space.

Sharing my project with:

~Path of Positivity-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Classic Design Space-anything goes

~Ally's Angels-anything goes

~Conjurer of Dreams-anything goes

~Crafter's Cafe-anything goes

~Love To Craft-anything goes

~ A Perfect Time To Craft-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Love

The new challenge at 613 AVENUE CREATE is "anything goes with optional lots of love".

I created a CAS card. I added a strip of pattern paper to a card base and put some glitter on the heart in the word LOVE. LOVE was cut with my Cricut.

Sharing my project with:

~Sparkles-monochrome blues

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Crafty Catz-blue/green (option)

~Classic Design Space-anything goes

~Crafter's Cafe-anything goes

~Crafts Galore Encore-anything goes

~Creative Crafters-anything goes

~Creative Moments-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Love

The February challenge at COLORFUL OPTIONS is this moodboard.

I created a card using the pinks and reds and theme of love.

My Love (Valentine's Day) card can be found at Cricut Design Space.

Sharing my project with:

~AAA Colorful-colorboard

~Crafting Challenge-love is red

~Dutch Card Lovers-moodboard (inspired by the colors, hearts and theme of love)

~Heart's Quest-pink heart

~Dream Valley-pink and red

~Path of Positivity-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Can You Handle the Pressure-embossing folder

~Inkspirational-red and pink

~Crafty Catz-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Thank You

The February challenge at DRAGONFLY DREAMS is CAS (clean and simple).

Here's mine, a simple thank you card. I used a sticker and a stamp for the sentiment and that's all! Well, and cardstock!!

Sharing my project with:

~Crafty Animals-anything with an animal

~Critter Crazy Challenges-anything with a critter

~Do Al(l) Kreatives-wings (option)

~Moving Along With the Times-things with wings

~I Spy With My Little Eye-fur or feathers

~Word Art Wednesday-anything uplifting/encouraging

~Classic Design Space-anything goes

~Ally's Angels-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Saturday, February 1

Dog and Cat Puppets

The new challenge at HALLOWEEN AND OTHER OCCASION CRAFTS is posted!

The occasions for February are always Halloween, always Birthday, Valentine's Day and Cat and Dog.

Here's my project for Cats and Dogs. I made some stick puppets for my daycare afterschoolers.

My Cat and Dog Stick Puppets can be found at Cricut Design Space.

Sharing my project with:

~Crafty Animals-anything with an animal

~Critter Crazy Challenges-anything with a critter

~I Spy With My Little Eye-fur or feathers

~Little Red Wagon-A is for anything goes

~Ally's Angels-anything goes

~Love To Scrap-anything goes

~Krafty Chicks-anything goes

~Crafty Catz-anything goes

Happy Crafting,

~DEANNE~

Happy Halloween

The new challenge at HALLOWEEN AND OTHER OCCASION CRAFTS is posted!

The occasions for February are always Halloween, always Birthday, Valentine's Day and Cat and Dog.

Here's my project for Halloween. At Halloween I bought some big wall decorations for my daycare room. On the packaging there was a small picture of the wall hanging. Well, I could not let that go to waste!! I made Halloween cards out of them!!!

Here's a Dracula card!!!