Monday, October 31, 2011

Last Halloween Project

Finally finished my baby grand daughter's layout and it is my last Halloween project for the year.
Owl and pumpkin from October 31st cartridge
Ribbons from Hobby Lobby's Halloween Crafts
Sentiments from Crafty Sprouts "Monster Kisses" stamp set
This is the oldest 2 grandkids (baby was crashed out before trick or treating time). I will get a picture in her costume later for her layout.
This little dragon and sorceress had a lot of fun and came home with candy to last til next Halloween.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

The Witch Is In

I have been wanting to make something like this for my office/craft room door for quite a while and finally got it done. I used printable vinyl for Stella the Witch and colored pencils.
She looks exactly like me and I'm leaving it up even after Halloween. LOL

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Halloween Week with Crafty Sprouts

Good Morning my fellow crafty spooks. Have you been enjoying Halloween Week so far? Everyone has been making such awesomely cute projects and they are full of Halloweeny inspiration.
I still have 1 more layout to get done before Halloween for the youngest grand daughter.
This one is for my grandson.
I also made another treat container full of my favorite Halloween treats.
You still have the rest of the day to enter the "Candy Goes Here" challenge at Crafty Sprouts.
Papers are from DCWV "The Halloween & Fall" stack
Pumpkins and Sign are from October 31st cartridge
Pumpkin faces Peachy Keen Stamps Dolly Dumplins Assortment
Twine from The Twinery
Wobbles from AWI
Sentiments from Crafty Sprout "Monster Kisses" stamp set

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Bell Choir Cards

I made these cute cards for my cousin to give to her fellow Bell Choir members.
She didn't specify a sentiment to use so I made 7 "Jingle Bells" and 7 "Holiday Greetings" sentiments and she can choose which one she wants when she gets the cards.
Bell cut at 4" from the Tie the Knot cartridge.
Ribbon is from the Paper Studio "Faith" pack.
Sentiments are from Crafty Sprouts "Have a Cool Yule" stamp set.
The border on the sentiments is ek success "Daisy Scallop"
Make sure to check out Crafty Sprouts for all the Halloween fun this week!
You don't want to miss it!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Snowglobe Shaker

I made this Snowglobe Shaker card in SCAL and it turned out pretty cool. I am entering it in Bugaboo Stamps "Homecoming" Challenge. The challenge is to use your school colors and the closest high school to me has Purple and Gold as their colors.
Digi from Bugaboo Stamps "Baby Christmas"
Sentiment from Crafty Sprouts "Have a Cool Yule" stamp set.
Even though my project today is Christmas themed we are still in the Halloween season.
Crafty Sprouts is celebrating Halloween all next week so come and join us for the party starting tomorrow.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Crafty Sprouts DT Friday

TGI-DT-F (Thank Goodness It's Design Team Friday)
My project for today is Sweet Treat Envelopes for my grand daughters 4th birthday.

You all still have time to enter the Candy Goes HERE!! challenge at Crafty Sprouts.
The sponsor for this challenge is DCWV (2 paper stacks)
and the
Grand Prize sponsor for the month is The Twinery (The Ultimate Sampler pack)
I found the tutorial for this project on You Tube (I will add the video at the bottom of this post)
Cardstock is from the DCWV "Winter Wonder" stack.
To keep the envelopes closed I used twine from The Twinery.
Pink paper was punched with the ek success "Scallop Diamond" border punch.
Inside bag was punched with the Fiskars "Apron Lace" border punch.
The cupcake background stamp is from Pink by Design.
The "Have A Rockin Birthday" sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Are You Ready to Rock?" stamp set.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Market Street Stamps & Peachy Keen Stamps

Market Street Stamps is having a Block Party and celebrating their first anniversary.
Here is a card I made for the Party.

I am also entering it into the Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch Challenge.
Market Street Stamps "Compass" stamp
Twine from The Twinery
Epiphany Crafts round 14 punch & bubble caps
Glossy Accents and Sakura Gelly Roll pens

Monday, October 17, 2011

Happy Halloween

This is a card I made for my grand daughter for Halloween.
Ribbon: Hobby Lobby "Halloween Crafts"
Sentiment: Crafty Sprouts "Totally Witchin" I am having so much fun with this set. It can still be used for tons of fun projects even after Halloween is gone for another year.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Winner of Ribbons & Buttons Blog Hop

The winner of the 3 Girl JAM Ribbons & Buttons Blog Hop is........

Congratulations!!!

23 Rosie said...
all your projects are amazing!!!! the halloween layout is my favorite!!!
http://www.scraplovingminis.blogspot.com/

Rosie please send me your information (kidsrmybiz at charter dot net) so I can forward it on to Julie at 3 Girl JAM. She will be sending you your goodies!!!

Friday, October 14, 2011

Candy Goes Here! Crafty Sprouts Challenge

Yippy Skippy this is my first challenge as a new DT member at Crafty Sprouts.
The challenge was to make a treat container and since Halloween is just around the corner I had to make something for my very favorite Halloween treat.
The cut file for this container is from Sugar Gem and it is super easy to put together.
The trees and pattern paper are from the DCWV Amber Autumn Fall Stack. I punched the trees with a Fiskars punch. The ghosts and black cats are studio g punches and the spider web border is made with an ek success punch. Do you all think I may like my punches just a little. lol
I found a dot-to-dot pumpkin and printed it on some more DCWV Amber Autumn Fall Stack paper and matted it on black cardstock. I used a piercer to poke the holes and used Mandarin twine from The Twinery to stitch it. Turned out so super cute.
The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Totally Witchin" stamp set. This is such a fun set with such awesome sentiments especially for this time of year. You can get this set HERE.
If you would like a chance to win 2 DCWV paper stacks
(and you know you need some more cool paper)
just head over to Crafty Sprouts and enter this challenge.
While you are there check out the awesome treat holders my DT sisters made and be sure to leave them some bloggy love.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

I have been bursting at the seams!!!

I have been so excited all week. Just busting at the seams to spill this AWESOME news.
 made me a member of her Design Team
I was on the edge of my seat for what seemed like forever waiting to hear who the new members would be and hoping that I would be lucky enough to join this terrific group of ladies. They have offered so much inspiration and I am honored to join their ranks.

I made this card to celebrate.
Not only becoming a Crafty Sprouts DT member but also because I have found so many precious bloggy friends this past year. It is amazing how folks that you know only through this box known as a computer can reach through and touch your life even more than folks you see in person on a regular basis. You are all Precious Friends to me!!
I printed out this picture twice and cut the center out of one to make it a shaker.
The pearls are from the convention that was in town this last weekend.
The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM "Baby Bundle".
The sentiment is of course from Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set. These stamps are so fun and easy to play with. You really should head over and check them out. She has 7 fan-tab-ulous sets. Each set also has a bar code stamp that is totally cool.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

3 Girl JAM Ribbons & Buttons Blog Hop

Welcome to the "Ribbons and Buttons" Blog Hop!
You are in for some pretty amazing projects made with 3 Girl JAM's fabulous Crinkle Ribbons and Buttons.
If my Crafty friend Carri at A Busy Bee - Double Click Connections sent you over here then you are in the right place.
If you just happened upon my blog and would like to start from the beginning then head over to see Julie at A Little Bit of Bling so you don't miss a thing.

The Crinkle Ribbon and Buttons were so fun to play with and they are so very pretty. I have been featuring many projects on my blog already so if you want to see more fun projects using 3 Girl JAM product you can check back at some of my posts from the last couple of weeks.

For today's hop I made 3 projects

This pop-up card is for my grandson's teacher. It features the *Goblin Green* Crinkle Ribbon from the Spooky Bundle. There is a video on making this card HERE
This card was made with *Baby Boy* and *Baby Girl* Crinkle Ribbon from the Baby Bundle.
The bird and bird cage are embossed with gold powder and I added some pink and blue liquid pearls.
The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set.
This is a Halloween layout for one of the grand daughters this year. I haven't decided which one yet.
I used my bow maker along with the *Goblin Green* and *Witch's Brew* Crinkle Ribbon from the Spooky Bundle to make this super cute bow.
The haunted house is from Stinkin Cute Paper Piecings.
I really love the sentiment on this layout. All Crafty Sprouts stamp sets have a bar code stamp and they are the bomb!!! This one is from the "Totally Witchin" stamp set.
There is some really awesome blog candy for this hop also! Julie, from 3 Girl JAM, is letting every stop offer two bundles (of your choice) of Crinkle Ribbon to one lucky person that comments!
There is also a grand prize of the full pack of all 6 Crinkle Ribbon bundles and a Crafty Sprouts stamp set!


To be eligible to win the grand prize:
1. Become a follower of A Little Bit of Bling and 3 Girl JAM
2. Leave a comment on each of the 12 stops along this Hop
3. For an extra chance to win "like" 3 Girl JAM on Facebook and leave an extra comment on the 3 Girl JAM blog saying that you did.

A winner will be chosen on Sunday October 16th from all eligible entries.

Now head over to see the Creative Diva Patty and see what she has for you to drool over.

In case you get lost along the way here is the lineup for today's hop:

Diana: DL ART
Gloria: Oma's Crafts <--- that's ME
Jessica: Chick-n-Scrap

Friday, October 7, 2011

Cards for Christian

Erika at Crafty Sprouts is having a special challenge. Her friend Betty from Simply Betty Stamps has a very courageous son and he is going through a very difficult time because he has been diagnosed with throat cancer. I am sure he would absolutely love to receive a mail box full of cards from some special crafty friends.

This is the card I started making last night (even before I knew about Erika's awesome challenge).
This stamp is Christian and you can get him just by donating a little to help with all the medical costs they are going to have. The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Faith" stamp set. I just hope Christian appreciates how very hard it was for me to not add a bunch of bling but I just don't think he would get a kick out of  tons of Stickles, gems and ribbon bows. lol

If you would like to send him a card head over to Crafty Sprouts for the details.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

2 Challenges

The challenge over at BBTB2 is to use the cute little frog from Create A Critter.
The challenge at the Creative Cutter Room is to make a Thank You, Thanksgiving or Turkey themed project.
Sentiment from Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set
Crinkle Ribbon and Buttons from 3 Girl JAM Baby Bundle
Cuttlebug Tiny Mosaic and Paper Studio Woodgrain embossing folders

3 Girl JAM is having a Blog Hop next Wednesday so make sure you mark your calendars and come join us.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Link Up for Pink

Please come and join Link Up for Pink!!!
Here is the project that I made.
This is Lisa from Simply Betty Stamps and she is a fabulously strong Scrapbooking Diva.
The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Let's Go Blog Hopping" stamp set.
The Crinkle Ribbon is from 3 Girl Jam's "Baby Bundle".
I used the Heart Flourish border punch from the Paper Studio and added some pink gems along the side panels.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Simply Betty Stamps needs some support

There is a surprise release over at Simply Betty Stamps. You can read the whole post HERE.
I was having some fun practice with my colored pencils and really think this little guy turned out pretty darn handsome. The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Totally Witchin" stamp set. I am having so much fun with these stamps. You really need to check out Erika's stamps, they are totally fabulous!!