Halloween Card and Tag

Hello Friends!  Happy Tuesday.  I resumed unmounting my Stampin Up rubber stamps.  I ended up unmounting at least 175 stamp sets.  I'm almost done unmounting all of my wood mounted Stampin Up sets.  The stamps bring back some good memories of when I first started rubber stamping and card making.  I was so obsessed with making cards when I first started.  I needed to buy everything.  I remember when cards were made with all sorts of embellishments and ribbons.  Now cards are no longer designed with bulky embellishments.  Unfortunately, I still have all of my embellishments.  Luckily, I can still use the ribbons, stickers and embellishments on my scrapbook projects.

After I'm done with the remaining Stampin Up stamp sets, I'll start unmounting loose stamps which I have many of.  I still love the stamps so I'm not going to get rid of them.  I eventually will sell them but I'd like to still use them.  I really need to work on more cards and projects.  

I worked on a few cards with matching tags and boxes.  This set is a Halloween and tag set.  Most of the images on this set are Stampin Up.  The word stamp background was stamped then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  

My goal this week is to put up some of the Halloween decorations in my foyer and work on pruning the plants in my yard.  Sadly, with the intense summer heat, some of the leaves on several of my plants burned to a crisp.  It bothers me because the plants were so lush and pretty during Spring and the heat wave ended up damaging some of them.  

Well that's it for today.  Hope you all have a wonderful day. 💓

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Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C111

Hello Friends! It's that time again! Crazy 4 Challenges time! I'm sorry I haven't been blogging. . .do I say this every week? I think I do. . .but yeah. I've been in crafting hibernation and I don't know how to get my mojo back. I do have my moments from time to time but I can't seem to make it last long enough to actually work on a project. Thank goodness for Crazy 4 Challenges . . .I can honestly say, if it weren't for the weekly challenges, I don't think I would step in my craft room at all. I'm hoping the new year will bring back the spark and I'll find it all exciting again. It's been a rough crafty year for me. . .maybe, I need to take a step back and do other things, clean out my craft room, and maybe, just maybe, I'll be back to make crafty self again. We'll see.

Anyway. ..I digressed. . .yes, it's Crazy 4 Challenges time and this week Tammy has come up with a fabulous challenge. The challenge is to incorporate some sort of candy to your card design! Before I go on. . .we'd like to bid Tammy farewell. . .she is stepping down from the design team to focus more on life and her family. We'll miss her beautiful cards on C4C but she'll still be in blog land so not to worry!!


My card is rather simple. . .just a printed vintage image with lace, ribbon, and crochet flowers added to the mix. Although I haven't been crafting much, I do still crochet when I'm sitting down watching television and I've been making the 1 inch crochet flowers that you see on my card. I crochet to keep myself from falling asleep while watching television with my family. . .it's either that or eat . . .which I don't want to do. I actually need to lose weight and I am having a great deal of problems with that. Ugggh! That's a whole other story. . .I could write a book about my countless attempts to lose weight.

Anyway. . .stop by C4C and check out the lovely cards the crazy gals created this week or stop by their individual blogs!

* Barbara Anders
* Cindy Haffner
* Frances Byrne
* Jessie Rone
* Joanne Grzelak
* Joycelyn Pelkey
*Lynda Benden
*Silke Ledlow
* Silke Kittmann
* Tammy Hershberger
*Vicki Garrett

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

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Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C106 Halloween Card

Hello Friends!  Happy Saturday!  Gosh, I'm sorry I haven't been blogging. . .I've gotten really lazy lately.  Actually, I've been really focusing on my photography.  I'll post a few photos that I took recently. . .maybe tomorrow.  Today. . .it's all about crafting. . .it's Crazy 4 Challenges time again!  Yipee!  This week Barbara came up with a fabulous challenge. . .create a Halloween card!  I can do that!!

* Barbara Anders
* Cindy Haffner
* Frances Byrne
* Jessie Rone
* Joanne Grzelak
* Joycelyn Pelkey
*Lynda Benden
*Silke Ledlow
* Silke Kittmann
* Tammy Hershberger
*Vicki Garrett
 

Well. . .I decided to color an image. I haven't been coloring much lately.   I think I almost forgot how to color.   I need to practice coloring with my Copic Markers again.  I'm surprised my markers are still juicy considering they've been sitting on my shelf gathering dust.  I've had my Copic Markers for over 3 years and my goodness, they are all still quite juicy and I've made good use of them in the past.

I decided to use my Magnolia stamp.  They are so cute and fun to color.  Other than coloring the image, the rest of my card is basically routine. . .designer paper, ribbon, and embellishments.  That's about it!

Before I go, I wanted to let you know that I started a 365 Project account.  It's a website where you take a photo on a daily basis and upload it to the website.  I thought it was interesting to do something like that.  Because I have a lot photos from the past that I wanted to add, I've been basically retro-dating or retro-uploading my photos.  My plan is to catch up and start taking photos daily and uploading them to the website.  If you have an account with them, let me know or follow me and I'll in return follow you.  If you don't have an account with them (it's free) and are curious about it, here is the website:  365 Project 

Here is my 365 Project


Anyway. . .hope you'll play along with us this week!!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!


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Doodle Bug Designs Digital Stamp Store Grand Opening

Hello Friends! Hey. . .I wanted to let you know that Melissa of Doodle Bug Designs is having a grand opening of her new digital stamp store. The images are adorable and affordable too! Stop by her store and check out the cute Halloween, Thanksgiving and other adorable images!! I want to wish Melissa all the success in the world. . .she took her love of drawing and applied it to start her own business. . .how wonderful is that? Let's support the new businesses out there. . .especially, home makers and stay at home moms! The more success they have, the opportunities we all have to follow our own dreams!!

Ooh, I had fun working with this cute Vampire Boy image. I had the coffin embellishment by Jolee's Boutique for a long time and I thought it was the perfect time to use it. I thought it would go well with the Doodle Bug Designs Vampire Boy image. I colored the image with my Copic Markers. I bought the bats/bead trimming at Joanns. . .their Halloween items were 40% off so it was a great time to grab a few Halloween goodies!

This cute image is called "Haunted Love". . .they are definitely adorable. Again, I colored the image with my Copic Markers and used my K&Co embellishments to dress up the card a bit.


Okay, people! Be sure to stop by Doodle Bug Designs and check out all the adorable images that Melissa created!!

That's it for today. . .I have a few more projects to work on . . .hope you all have a beautiful Thursday!!!

My Scrap Chick Halloween Treat Box - Dracula

Hello Friends! Happy Monday!! Boy, I had a lot of fun creating this Halloween treat set! I actually started on the weekend but sort of lost my crafting mojo and decided to chill out. I finally finished the set this morning!

I used myscrapchick.com "Halloween Treat Box" set. There are different characters with this set such Frankenstein, Ghost, Pumpkin. . .etc. so maybe if I have the time, I'll work on a few more treat sets!

I did have a lot fun creating the set. . .initially, I was only going to work on just a box but decided to add a card. What's a treat box without a card? Well, that's what I think anyway!

Here is the box. I decided to add a handle using a ribbon. I stiffened the ribbon using fabric stiffener so it holds its shape.

The designer paper is by DCWV, the ribbon by Basic Basic, the spider came with the web . . .you know, the ones that you normally decorate your house with. They work fabulously with cards and treat boxes! It just makes the design much more fun. . .:)

Yesterday, we decided to watch a spooky movie and we chose "the Orphanage" . . .a film by Guillermo Del Toro. . the same director that created "Pan's Labyrinth. If you like scary, mystery, haunting, with a surprise ending. . .well "the Orphanage" is the movie to watch. It's subtitled because it's a foreign film. It's not really scary . . .just eerie with a great story line. I really enjoyed the movie. I added the trailer below. Our next scary movie to watch is "Let the Right One in". . .it's the original of the remake "Let It in" which is currently in theaters. The original is a Swedish film so again, it's subtitled. I love foreign films because they are very creative with their storyline and have a different take on life. In my opinion, they have more of a creepy factor because many of the elements in the films are unfamiliar to us in the US. Anyway, check out the trailer.




Okay, that's it for today. I'll work on a few more Halloween stuff this week! Can't wait to play around a bit!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Doodle Bug Memories Halloween Witch Freebie

Hello Friends! Hey. . .Melissa of Doodle Bug Memories is sharing this cute "Halloween Witch" for free for one week. Go grab the image while it's available for free. Such a cute, cute image. It was such a fun image to color!

I went to Joanns yesterday and bought a few Halloween embellishments. .. the Halloween border and sticker were 40% off. . .gotta love those sales that suck you in to buying stuff! I just can't resist sales. . .unfortunately, my pocket book is screaming "stop"!! LOL! Did I listen? Nope.


I colored the image with my Copic Markers and the rest of the card was basically adding the different embellishments and bow. I used my SU designer paper. . .which I purchased 2 years ago and I still have a few left. It's a retired designer paper unfortunately. When I use it up, it'll all be gone. . .:(

Anyway. . .be sure to stop by Doodle Bug Memories and grab your image!

That's it for today. I'm working on a crochet beret. . .wanna get that done. . .:)

Hope y'all have a beautiful Thursday!

Myscrapchick.com Halloween Decorative Plaque

Hello Friends!! I worked on this decorative plaque last night using myscrapchick.com cutting files again. The same ones that I used for yesterday's projects: Mr & Mrs. Spiders and Haunted House!! Fun, fun, fun!

I actually bought this wood plaque at a garage sale. It was still new with a label and I believe it was only 50 cents. I hate altering stuff that are new. . .and expensive. It's pointless to pay a lot of mula for it if you're going to cover it up so I buy these things at garage sales! LOL!

I Mod Podged the designer paper on to the wood plaque but I think it's too fragile to be hung outdoors for a long period of time so for now, I hung it on my craft room door. I'll probably move it to our front door closer to Halloween.

I basically decorated the plaque like I would a card. . .that's all I know to do but I like how it turned out!!

I used those webs that you decorate your house with on Halloween! Fun!!

I added googley eyes to the ghost. . .thought it would be cute.

Okay. ..I'm having a blast making my Halloween projects! I'll work on more today! Can't wait!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

My Scrap Chick Halloween Box and Card

Hello Friends!! Well, I'm in the process of creating my Halloween projects! Yay! I really had fun creating this card and treat box! The design were created using myscrapchick.com cutting files! Stop by myscrapchick.com and check out all the fun Halloween and Thanksgiving cutting files.


Isn't this spider cute or what? The file is from the mini collection "Mr & Mrs. Spiders" and the web and grave stone is from the "Haunted House" mini collection. I added the googly eyes to the spider. . I think it worked perfectly with the shape. . .:) I think I'm going to make a few more cards with the web using other shapes. I had so much fun creating this card!!


This Pumpkin treat box is the dollar "Pumpkin Box" file. I cut the box on borth regular card stock and designer paper. I forgot to add the Jack-o-lantern stem to the box. This is a fun treat box. The great thing about cutting files is that you can change the size of your box to any size you desire.

Anyway, I'll create more Halloween projects today and if I have the time, I'll post them later this afternoon.

Well. . .I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. . .be sure to check out all the fabulous files at myscrapchick.com!

Pink Cat Studio Rubber Stamp Release

Hello Friends!!! Hey, it's the release of Pink Cat Studio rubber stamp release! This week, it's rubber stamps, not digi stamps. If you love rubber. . .well, these cute stamp sets are perfect considering Halloween is right around the corner. Be sure to stop by the Pink Cat Studio blog site and check out all the awesome cards created by the design team! Wow, lots of fun cards! Go check it out!

If you've been reading my blog, you'll know that I'm learning to crochet. Well, I decided to create a witch's hat for my card without using a crochet pattern. I just made it. . .very simple stuff. Not exactly perfect looking but I tried. LOL!

It was a lot of fun creating this card. There's a lot of things going on with this card for sure! Just to let you know. . .the striped paper is by DCWV and the orange designer paper is by Stampin Up. I colored my image with my Copic Markers and the web and jack-o-lantern are by
Dress-it-Up. You can find the "Dress it Up" buttons in the sewing section at Joanns or craft store. The "Boo" wire work is by "Card Connection".


Anyway. . .I'm going to make this short. I'm pre-scheduling this post and I'm going to read a book before I go to bed. I'm currently reading "the Talisman" by Stephen King and Peter Straub. It's interesting so far. I just finished reading the "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. . .wow, it was a very powerful and riveting book. I highly recommend the book!

Okay. . .hope y'all have a wonderful Thursday!

Christmas Stampin All Year Long Challenge #62 - Non-Christmas Card Challenge - Soft Pencil Sponsor

Hey Friends! Happy Friday! Well it's Christmas Stampin All Year Long challenge time and also today is my wedding anniversary. Yay! Two fun things to celebrate! Just a shout out to my husband! He is my best friend, the one person who has my back and the best husband a wife could have. Thank you for the wonderful life you provided me. I am blessed to be married to such a loving and caring husband. Okay. .. .I don't want to get all mushy here but he is a fabulous husband. . .:)


Okay moving on. . .Softpencil is sponsoring Christmas Stampin All Year Long this week! Yipee! The winner for this week's challenge is a $10 Softpencil Gift Certificate! So be sure to play along with us this week! It's a super easy challenge. . .all you need to do is create a card other than a Christmas card! LOL! Simple, huh? Be sure to stop by CSAYL and check out the fabulous cards the design team created!

Just a short info about my card. I colored the image with my Copic Markers, the designer papers are by DCWV and the Halloween embellishments are by K&Co.

That's about it! I gotta run. . .I'm pre-scheduling this post and I gotta get back to joining my family! Tonight is TV/Movie night and they are waiting for me. . .:) So much pressure. . .anyway gotta go!

Hope y'all have a wonderful Friday!!

Little C's Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii - Magnolia and CC Design Cards

Happy Wednesday, Friends! I've been stinkin' busy. . . .crafting! No kidding! I was sooooooo productive today that I even impressed myself! LOL! Today is my day to post at Little C's Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii and I'll be highlighting brands sold at Little C's. Hey. . .Little C's is having a big sale on Magnolia Stamps!!!! All Magnolias are $6.00 each. The sale ends today so I suggest you stop by Little C's as soon as possible!!

Okay. . .just a little info on my card. I won't be posting the recipe because I have other cards to talk about and my post will be too long if I post the recipe. If you want info on the card, email me and I'll let you know what materials I used. For this card, I colored my image with Copic Markers and paper pieced part of the image.


Okay. . .my next two cards were created by CC Design Stamps which you can find at Little C's as well! Whoohoo! I decided to create a Christmas card with a non-Christmas image. Hey it works. . .don't you think? Stop by Little C's and grab your CC Design stamps! They are supa-dupa cute!



Again, I colored my image with Copic Markers and basically matted and layered card stock and designer paper to give the card a bit of 3D look.

Anyway. . .I'll probably make more cards if I have the time this evening. We'll see! It depends how I feel later today. Don't forget to visit Little C's. . .there's a lot of cool stamps there!

Hey stop by my organizational blog: "Project Organization 365 Days of the Year" and check out today's challenge! It's a simple one so I think you can tackle it! Hope to see you there!!

Little C's Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii Color Combo Challenge

Happy Friday, Friends! Hey. . .you know, I'm about to strangle my computer and throw it in the trash bin! Uggggh!! It's been giving me grief lately!! Actually, it's not my computer, it's Internet Explorer. I did an update yesterday and now, it's flaking out on me! I know, I know. . .switch to Firefox. I actually did for a while this morning but after my Internet began behaving normal again.. . well, I went back to IE. I'm not sure why. . .I'm just a creature of habit, I guess. I really need to step outta here. . .maybe go shopping! LOL! I have such a headache right now. . .


Okay. . .before, I complain any further. .let me tell you about Little C's Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii Color Combo challenge. The challenge is to create a card or project using the color combo above. The DT had to use the Two Scoops Rice Design Halloween stamps for this challenge. Okay, now that's a challenge! LOL! The colors aren't exactly Halloween colors! But, I love challenges so off I went to work to create this non-traditional colored Halloween card. Hopefully, the recipient won't mistake the pumpkin for a watermelon or something else! LOL! Anyway, I had a lot of fun creating this card. Stop by Little C's Stamp n' Scrap Hawaii and play along. Your card don't have to be a Halloween card. . .a prize will be given out and Jen always gives good prizes so be sure to play along!!

Hey. . .you're asking. . ."where's that tutorial that you were going to post for the Pink Cat Studio Tag/Pocket card that you posted yesterday?" Ugggh, I was busy doing the laundry, organizing my socks and drawer that time just flew out the window. Suffice to say, I'm not a very good multi-tasker. I was going to do it in the evening but I had to finish my challenge card. Honestly, this hasn't been a good crafting week for me. I'm a bit behind and trying my darn hardest to catch up.

Stop by my other blog site "Project Organization 365 Days of the Year" and check out what today's organizing challenge is. . .I even have a tutorial for a cool sock organizer. I'd love for you to play along. . .we can get our house nice and organized together!!!

Before I go. . .just a little info on my card.

Card Details:Stamps: Two Scoops Rice Design, Cosmo Cricket
Paper: DCWV DP, SU Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink and Beige (?)
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Nestabilities, CB Embossing Folder, Grosgrain Ribbon, JoAnn Brads

Hope you have a wonderful Friday!