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

Halloween Luminaries

Happy Wednesday!  The project that I have to share today was a fun one for me.  Last year, close to Christmas, my sweetie suggested that I make holiday luminaries for our front porch and stairs.  It was so close to Christmas that I didn't bother going out to find bags, candles, etc.  This fall, I remembered talking to my sweetie about the luminaries and about how we could put them out for holidays other than Christmas as well.  So that's what I decided to do!  I haven't carved a pumpkin in a few years, and probably won't carve one until there are kids in the house to share the experience with.  I've decided that until then, Halloween luminaries can take the place of carved pumpkins at my house!  

These luminaries were VERY easy to make.  I found white luminary bags online, along with plastic bases that you fill with sand or water.  The bases even have a place to hold a tealight candle, which is perfect.  I found Halloween images and cut them out on black cardstock, then trimmed them to fit just inside the bags.  I used my Gypsy to hide the outer circle or square from the images I chose so that when the image was cut out, it would stay as a silhouette, connected to the sheet of cardstock.  Then I used a little clear tape to hold the cardstock flat and in place inside the bags.  Fill the base with water or sand, light your candle and you're all set.  Quick, easy and festive!

If you look close you can see the cutouts through the bags.

Of course if you light the candle and turn out the lights, you can see them even better!

Recipe:

White luminary bags

Black Recollections cardstock

Images from Pumpkin Carvings cut at 5 1/4 inches

Clear tape

Candles or lights

Wacky Wednesday #54

Hello!  I hope everyone's week is off to a good start!

This week over at More Than Favors, the Wacky Wednesday challenge is a color challenge using the colors black, orange, green and purple.  Of course these colors work perfectly for Halloween and I've definitely been on a Halloween kick lately!  Here's the card that I created to submit to this challenge - thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Monster from Mini Monsters cut at 3 1/2 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set
Scallop Crop-A-Dile corner chomper
Google eyes and black Sakura gel pen

Happy Haunting

Hello!  It's a beautiful start to the weekend here!!  I was able to get my weekend started off on the right foot with a run this morning with some good friends.  Now on to more crafting, watching football and enjoying this great weather while we can!!

This week over at My Craft Spot, the Monday Challenge is 'Too Cute to Spook' where we are asked to create any cute Halloween project.  In the past, I never sent Halloween cards to anyone.  However, now that I have my Cricut and so many fantastic Halloween images to choose from I can't resist!!  Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Witch from Mini Monsters cut at 3 3/4 inches
Bakers twine from My Craft Spot
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set
White embossing powder
Google eyes
White Sakura gel pen

BOO to You

Happy Friday evening!  It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend here in the midwest and I'm so looking forward to it.  It's a three day weekend for me, which makes the weekend that much better!

The project I have to share tonight is a Halloween card.  I was recently given My Pink Stamper's new Spook-alicious stamp set by a good friend and I have been so excited to use it.  There are so many fantastic sentiments in it that I had a hard time choosing which ones to use first.

As I was flipping through the Mini Monsters book and looking at the Spook-alicious stamp set, I thought that it might be cute to split the Trick or Treat sentiment up onto the 3 signs hanging from the lightpost.  It took some playing around on my Gypsy to figure out how big I would have to cut the lightpost and signs in order for the stamped words to fit, but I got it figured out - man I love that Gypsy!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Lightpost from Mini Monsters cut at 4.45 inches
Mummy from Mini Monsters cut at 2.2 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set
Google eyes
Black chalk ink on mummy
White Sakura gel pen
Stickles

World Card Making Day!

Happy World Card Making Day!!  I hope all of you were able to create some wonderful cards today.  I haven't had time to check out many blogs yet today, but I'm looking forward to browsing around and seeing everyone's creations.

This afternoon, my sweetie and I went to a ninth birthday party.  After my morning run, I came home and put this card together for the birthday girl.  She's not a real girly-girl, so I stayed away from the more 'traditional' girly colors and images.  I also wanted to play around a bit and create something other than just a standard A2 size card.  This is what I came up with - thanks for stopping by for a look!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Card base is rectangles from Plantin Schoolbook welded together
Candles from Birthday Bash cut at 2.2 inches
Birthday cake from Smiley Cards cut at 3.5 inches
Bull from Birthday Bash cut at 2.75 inches
Number 9 from Birthday Bash cut at 1.95 inches
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment
Black, white and red Sakura gel pens for detailing
Stickles and glitter