Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!  I hope you are all enjoying the evening and are as amused as I am opening the door to all the creatures, goblins, fairies, etc!

I have one final Halloween card to share today.  This one was fun and easy to make, thanks to the Mini Monsters cartridge!  I used the card feature on the haunted house, the shadow and the layers.  I wanted yellow to come through the windows as if the lights were on, so I cut a piece of yellow glitter paper by hand and adhered it to the back side of the right flap.  Then for a little something extra, I cut a monster to put inside the house.  It came together pretty easily!  Have a Happy Halloween and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill, DCWV and Recollections
Haunted House from Mini Monsters cut at 5.25 inches
Skeleton man from Mini Monsters cut at 2.3 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
White embossing powder
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Google eyes

I Feel the Love - October

Good evening!  The card I have to share tonight is for the I Feel the Love project for October.  This month, we are making birthday cards for Ethan, who is turning 2.  I learned about this project from my good friend Missy,  and I think it's such a great project that young Madison has come up with.  For more information, click HERE to visit Madison's blog - and send some cards Madison's way!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio
Train from B is for Boy cut at 1 3/4 inches
Fiskars border punch
Ribbon from my stash
Rub-on sentiment
White Sakura gel pen for faux stitching

Wacky Wednesday #56

Good evening!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that your week is off to a good start.  I had a wonderful evening on Saturday scrapping with one of my bff's.  I was also able to enjoy the wonderful weather we've had the past few days here in the midwest and get out and play a round of golf with a couple of friends on Sunday.  This fall weather has been wonderful!

This week over at More Than Favors, the Wacky Wednesday challenge is Halloween.  I created some treat bag toppers for some kids that my sweetie and I are pretty close to.  I've never made bag toppers before and wasn't sure how to best attach them to my baggies.  I ended up using my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.  Does anyone out there have any better ideas for me so there aren't staples showing on my project??  I would love to hear your advice and thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio
Monster and ghost from Mini Monsters cut at 2 inches
Spider from Doodlecharms cut at 2 inches
Tags from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 1.8, 2 and 2.25 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set
Ribbon from my stash
Google eyes and white Sakura gel pen
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Monday Challenge #30

Happy Saturday!  I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend so far!!  I have a fun night of crafting with a couple of great friends ahead of me tonight, which I'm really looking forward to.  I got a head start on some projects this morning, too!

This week over at My Craft Spot, the Monday Challenge is a 3D Halloween challenge.  Last year I decorated a clear pail for Christmas as part of a class I took.  I had been debating creating one for Halloween because I've seen so many cute creations out there in blog land lately.  This challenge sealed the deal for me, so I went out and bought some clear pails and got to decorating.

I started by putting together strips of paper to line the inside of the can.  The top layer is red at the request of my sweetie who said that he thought red was best because it looked like blood.  Okay!?!  LOL!

I added this little pumpkin-guy, and chose this face from my Peachy Keen stamps because I thought he looked a little mischievous.

 I attached this cute bat with a couple of glue dots on one wing so that he sticks out from the pail a little bit.

 I added a rosette with a little pumpkin to the lid for a little something extra, and decided to give the little pumpkin a scared expression.

Thanks for stopping by for a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Bat from Simply Charmed cut at 1 3/4 inches
Pumpkin-guy from Mini Monsters cut at 2 1/4 inches
Pumpkin from Simply Charmed cut at 1 1/2 inches
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo border punch
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character and Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortments
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Google eyes and ribbons from my stash

CTO #34

Hello again!  Yes, two posts in one day is a lot for me, but there's a challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion that ends tonight that I wanted to be sure to enter.  The challenge this week is any occasion, but you must use the colors red, black and white.  My future father-in-law is getting married in less than four weeks and their colors are maroon, cream and touches of black.  How perfect for this challenge!!  I decided to get their card made so that it would be ready to go and of course wanted to create something that used their wedding colors.  This is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:

Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Flower bouquet from Wedding cartridge cut at 3 1/4 inches

Ribbon loop border punch

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

White sakura gel pen

Black embossing powder

Glossy accents on the flowers and ribbon

7th Birthday

Hello!  I hope everyone is having a nice weekend.  Yesterday afternoon, we stopped by a good friend's house for their daughter's seventh birthday.  We weren't able to stay long because we had other family obligations, but we were able to give her a card and gift and visit for a while.  Their daughter likes elephants (like me!) and she loves to look at my elephant collection when she comes over to our house.  She was thrilled with the card and loved that the elephant was on an action wobble!!  Thanks for taking a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from EKSuccess
Elephant from Paisley cut at 3 inches
Balloon from Birthday Bash cut at 3 inches
7 from Lyrical Letters cut at 1 1/2 inches
Martha Stewarts Ribbon Loop border punch
Ribbon from American Crafts
Glossy Accents for the lenses of the sunglasses
Stickles, black Sakura gel pen and an action wobble

Monday Challenge #29

Happy Thursday evening!  I have a three day weekend ahead of me and am definitely looking forward to it.  My long weekend is off to a great start - I spent a couple hours crafting after I got home from work today!

This week over at My Craft Spot the Monday Challenge is a color challenge, using black with orange, green or purple.  I had a couple different ideas going through my mind, but decided to go with black and orange and continue on with the Halloween streak I've been on lately.  Here's my creation - thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Patterned cardstock from EKSuccess

Pumpkins from Simply Charmed cut at 3, 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 inches

Tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 3/4 by 2 3/4 inches

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Ribbon from Pebbles, Inc

White embossing powder

Orange i-rock gems

Black and white Sakura gel pens