Pumpkins !

Howdy gals !! Hope everyone had a great weekend.........it was too cold here to be outside, so I've been able to get a lot done around the house !

I was surfing Splitcoast the other day and came across this tutorial on the cutest pumpkin basket. Can you tell what it's made of ????? Top note dies.....pretty cute huh ? I decided to make some for my bunco group. I'm making pumpkins, spider webs and frankenstein baskets. I can't wait to see how they turn out !! Check out the tutorial here: http://splitcoaststampers.com

Have a great night !!

Birthday Cupcakes!

Happy Saturday! I'm coming to you from our kitchen island as Mike makes biscuits for breakfast! Am I a lucky girl or what? :) We don't have a lot going on this weekend, just trying to stay warm. It's 38 out this morning and the news said we might have a stray SNOWFLAKE this afternoon!!!! Don't get me wrong, I love the cooler weather but I'm no where near ready for snow! Looks like I'll be spending the next three days (woo hoo for Monday's holiday) in my scrap room, crafting away! On to today's creation...

I'm big on layers. I love to layer lots of stuff on my cards and projects, mainly because it's an easy was to cover up mistakes! LOL! So this card was a big step for me. I tried to go simple. My card base is 4 1/2 x 4 1/2, white. I then trimmed the cupcakes and candles from my Cricut Doodlecharms Cartridge, I have gotten so much use out of that one. After gluing all the little cupcake pieces together, I adhered the middle one to the center of my card with a pop dot and then added the two pink cupcakes on each side. Then I stamped my sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages and added pink and green stickles to my cupcakes for a little sparkle.

Here's a close up of the popped up green cupcake. I love how you can see the sprinkles!

Hope you all have a nice weekend. I'll see you on Tuesday!

PTI Button Bits

Happy Friday !! Good for two reasons----PTI projects and a 3 day weekend !

I was sooooooo excited to see the new Holiday Button Bits ! How fun are all of those sneak peeks ??? I try to hold off until lunchtime, but anticipation won't let me !!

I decided to make my own button bits card especially for Halloween. Candy corn was the first thing that came to mind.

How cute is that ????? I paired it with another towel I embroidered (lol) and my favorite candy corn Hershey's Kisses !!

I think my creative block is gone !! Thanks PTI : )

Have a great weekend gals !!

Aarrh!

Ahoy mateys! Have I told you before how much I heart Thursdays? I get the grocery shopping done on Thursday, we have awesome TV on tonight and if today is Thursday, it means tomorrow is Friday!!! Woo hoo! Today I have a fun little card to share. I had a scrap of Kraft card stock, I think it was 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and I folded it in half. So this card measures 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 (I think!)

After folding the card, I stamped the Boo! sentiment from the Hero Arts Owloween stamp set, over and over in Chestnut Roan ink. Then I added on a scrap of Rusty Pickle Halloween paper from last year. I used some Making Memories pain around the edges, after distressing the edges with my Heidi Swapp edge distressor thingy. I added a few Vintage Buttons (True Black and Orange Zest) which I finished off with a bit of twine and ribbon. For my focal image, I stamped my Pirate Owl and colored away!

I just love the way he turned out! Super cute! Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink: Colorbox

Paper: Rusty Pickle, PTI

Other: Bic Mark Its, PTI Vintage Buttons, PTI Twine, Making Memories paint

I have made several Halloween cards this year and I thought I'd send them out to some friends in some cutesy envelopes. I just stamped various images from the same Hero Arts set, using different inks and Voila!

I hope you enjoy your Thursday as much as I plan to! :)

Trying a new craft.........

Yep !! You heard right.......Becky and I are trying our hand at embroidery !! I never thought this was something I would like.......Becky still tells me I need to get "in touch" with my sewing machine, but to tell ya the truth.....that thing scares me ! lol A machine that forces a sharp needle up and down ??? I wonder which finger I'll lose first lol

On to pic numero uno-----these are 3 of the first tea towels I did. Not too shabby for a beginner !! I definitely like the patterns that require only one type of stitch (that's all I know !!)


I thought a close up probably wasn't a good idea in case any of you experts decided to critique my stitching (I'll get better)........but thought what the hey !! lol

I've decided that needles aren't so bad after all and I just bought my first round of material to try a rag quilt. Wish me luck !! : )

Purplicious

Good afternoon friends! I have a fun card to share with you today, but first let me tell you how it came about. A couple of weeks ago, a friend at work had this fabulous purple nail polish. Now I know you're probably think purple? Seriously? But this is not just any purple nail polish, it's Purplicious and it's every bit of purpley goodness that you can imagine! Lol! I obsessed over it for two days with her and finally she said, "do you want me to get you a bottle?" I said, "of course!" So last week, I came into my office and opened my top desk drawer and there was a cute little package waiting for me, all dressed up in brown paper towels and tied together with rubber bands! I was so excited, it was my own bottle of Ruby Kisses Purplicious nail polish! Now the funny thing about this purple situation is that I have NEVER liked purple, so much so that I wouldn't buy anything purple and wouldn't even let our first/oldest daughter wear purple. Over the years, I've embraced purple and have actually grown to like the color! So, in honor of the Purplicious polish, I created the following thank you card for my friend!

I started with a 4 x 4 card base in PTI's Lavender Moon. I stamped the bottom half with one of the background images from Damask Designs and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. Next, I layered on a piece of Plum Pudding which I stamped with polka dots and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and punched the edge with my EK Success Upper Crest punch. Then I layered on a black grosgrain ribbon and a strip of sparkly Martha Stewart glitter at the top. To finish this card off, I stamped my sentiment in Plum Pudding on Lavender Moon, trimmed it into the shape of a flag and added some purple rhinestones!

Here's a closer look of the card, if you look closer, you can see that sparkly strip of glitter at the top!
Paper: PTI Plum Pudding and Lavender Moon

Ink: Versamagic and PTI Plum Pudding

Stamps: Heidi Swapp Polka Dots, PTI Damask Designs and PTI Mega Mixed Messages

Other: Martha Stewart glitter, ribbon and rhinestones from stash

Hope you have a good day!

A card and a challenge...........

How goes it crafty crew !! Monday and what a beautiful day it turned out to be !! I'll start tonight with a card....once again, forgive my horrible picture taking abilities !! If you click on the pic, you can make out the details a little better lol



I'm kinda burned out on cards. Do you ever get that way ?

Becky and I have been talking about hosting a challenge. I think this would definitely help my mojo a bit ! The contest will start November 1st and run for 6 weeks. Each week we will pick a winner and at the end we choose an overall winner for all 6 challenges. That's all I can say for now......keep in touch for details soon !!

World Card Making Day!!!

Happy World Card Making Day!!!

Hello there and good morning to you all! I'm so excited for today's post! It's my regular day to post but Stacy and I decided to post together and we each made two cards to share with you. I hope that you all get a chance to "get your craft on" today and make something fun! Without further ado...

My first card is a Halloween themed card made with Kraft card stock, Hero Arts stamps, PTI paper, twine and vintage buttons and a piece of trim. I layered and layered on this until it turned out just right. I love the way this card turned out!

Paper: PTI: Kraft, Bitty Dots Basics and Orange Zest

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink: PTI Vintage Cream and Versamagic Black

Other: PTI twine and buttons, EK Success Large Scallop Punch, thread and trim from stash

As for my second card, I layered again, this time PTI papers, more trim and the cutest little bird I cut out with my Cricut. This card measures 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 which is such a great size to work with. I went with a fall them this time and what's funny about this is that Stacy made a card using the same colors and we didn't even discuss our creations! Lol, great minds think alike I guess! Actually, I think that we're together so much that we actually share half a brain sometimes! :)
Paper: PTI Orange Zest, Dark Chocolate, Bitty Dots Basics and Kraft

Stamps: PTI Autumn Abundance

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink in Chestnut Road

Other: Cricut Storybook Cartridge, Kaiser Kraft Rhinestone, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and trim from stash

And now, a few words from Stacy:)

Happy World Card Making Day !! How awesome is it to have this day dedicated to card making? With emails and texting today, people sometimes forget about a good old card.....and what's better than a homemade card ?? Becky and I are excited to be a part of today and can't wait to see all of the wonderful creations : )

On to card number 1........Becky was actually my inspiration for this card. Her hubby is a big fan of orange, I love brown and white and the three colors together are so fun and fallish !! Becky's style is a little bolder than mine, I tend to be quite plain. Together, this card embodies both of our tastes and blends well. Like the card says.......Friends to the end !!!

My next card is a fun little Christmas card, perfect for the weather we're having here !! It's starting to feel that way already : )

I started with an ocean mist cs that I stamped snowflakes on using same color ink. I cut 2 snowflakes with the cricut in scarlet jewel. I adorned rhinestones to give it some bling ! lol




Thanks for stopping by today !! Time to start the blog hop and see all of the wonderful cards that were made in today's honor !

Raspberry Suite #17......part deux

It's that time again.....another fun color challenge !!


Card base is Kraft and measures 4x5. The poppy cs was run through the cuttlebug with a folder that reminds me of Damask Designs. Next is vintage cream cardstock. The tree from SU! was stamped with Dark Chocolate and the leaves in Aqua Mist and Vintage Cream.

Tonight is definitely a good night to stay in and get inspired !! I don't think it got above 63 degrees today....I'm ready for cooler weather, but it sure came outta nowhere !! Have a great night and don't forget to stop by tomorrow for World Card Making Day !!

Ciao--

Raspberry Suite #17

Hello there friends! Today's card is my submission for Dawn's Color Challenge. I'm always amazed at the color choices she picks out, they rock! I absolutely loved, the colors for this challenge and it totally inspired me to make a Christmas card.

I started with a Kraft colored base which measures 3 1/2 x 6 inches. Then I stamped one of the background images from Damask Designs using Aqua Mist ink. It was taking awhile to dry to I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next, I trimmed a piece of cream colored card stock and ran it through the Cuttlebug with my Victoria embossing folder, first time I've used it! Then I punched the edge of the cream piece prior to adhering it to my base. For my focal image, I stamped the large ornament from a set I picked up at Joann's by....(don't hate me, I can't remember and I threw away the packaging, Aaaaaahhhhh) I stamped the image in dark chocolate on Pure Poppy paper and heat embossed it with clear powder for a bit of shine. Then I added some Kaiser Kraft pearls to the swirls. I popped the image up on pop dots and added a piece of Rustic Twine at the top. For my sentiment, which came with the ornament stamp, I stamped Dark Chocolate on cream card stock, trimmed it in half and adhered it to the card base.

Here's a closer picture of the base of the card stock. I wasn't sure about the Aqua Mist on Kraft but I really like the way it turned out.
Hope you have a great night. I'm planning on staying in with the fam!