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Monday, October 31, 2011

1992 Halloween Scrapbook Layout

Thought I'd get nostalgic and get out my scrapbook
I created of each of my daughter's Halloween. I
started
the scrapbook when I only had a Sizzix
machine.

Crocheted: bib, hat & booties.

H
ubby carved the pumpkin (real pumpkin).














Entering this into the following challenges:


1. Dream Valley Challenges max 3 entries 2nd entry ends 11/12

Challenge 19 - Anything Goes


2. Hooked on Craft Challenges Ch 11 Halloween ends 11/12
Challenge 11


3. Love to Crop unlimited entries 11th entry ends 11/3
circles: crocheted cat on the bib

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


Sizzix 1992 die cuts Paper: 12" x 12" Base DCWV Candy Corn cardstock: orange, white & yellow clear vellum paper
hand calligraphy pumpkin punch

yarn: black & orange

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Crochet Halloween Candy Corn Trick or Treat Holders

Crocheted these Halloween Candy Corn holders
which are great for party favors or trick or treaters.


















Entering this into the following challenge:

1. Crafty Sprouts Anything Halloween ends 11/4
Halloween Week day 5

2. Decorate to Celebrate unlimited new entries 8th entry ends 11/1

Challenge #11 -- Halloween Party


3. Dream Valley Challenges max 3 entries 1st entry ends 11/12

Challenge 19 - Anything Goes


4. Love to Crop unlimited entries 10th entry ends 11/3
circle: tag

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


Paper:
orange cardstock

G crochet hook
Hershey Dark Chocolate Hershey Kisses
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
pattern origin unknown since I have pattern handwritten on index card
Spellbinders JustRite stamps Happy Halloween Set
Spool O' Ribbon orange ribbon
Sugar 'n Cream Creamsicle cotton yarn

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Christmas Partridge in a Pear Tree Card

Created this Christmas card using 2 designer
papers, ribbon & bird for the Christmas Card
Challenges challenge.

I'm not always comfortable stamping when the
image goes off the edge of the paper but liked
the way the flourish turned out and then the bird
stamped to be like it is attached to flourish so it
is like a hanging ornament.

Can be also used as a
tent card/place holder & name or person can
be written on front.











Entering this into the following challenge:

1. Christmas Card Challenges ends 10/29

Christmas Card Challenge Week #47

Greetings everyone! Now onto this weeks challenge, which is a recipe challenge. Please keep in mind that all challenges are optional. Any Christmas/Winter/Holiday card will do. The idea is to help get your Christmas card stash started so you're not rushing at the end of the year. Also, it's not necessary to use a SCRS stamp on your card, but we sure love it when you do.


2. Hiding in My Craft Room ends 11/4

HIMCR Challenge #18 - Freestyle!


3. Love to Crop unlimited entries 9th entry ends 11/3
circles: holly berries

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


4. Party Time Tuesdays max 2 entries 2nd entry ends 11/1
Party Time Tuesday-#39 Anything goes


5. Raise the Bar #81 Sew what? stitching faux or real ends 11/2
Challenge #81


Paper: 3" x 4 1/2" Base Kraft cardstock 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" red cardstock 2 1/2" x 4" DCWV Christmas mat stack DCWV Christmas mat stack - holly Adirondack Earthtones Acrylic Dabber Pitch Black - inked edges of red cardstock Inkadinkado 99401 Pattern Play Holiday clear stamps flourish, bird ornament & holly (bought this along with some other Inkadinkado clear stamps from Crafty Steals recently & first time using them) Memento Tuxedo Black ink foam adhesives Inkssentials White Opaque pen - faux stitching on Base Kraft cardstock mini glue dot Sakura Glaze pens - black bird's eye & green holly leaves Spool O' Ribbon red ribbon Xmas Red Stickles - holly berries

Friday, October 28, 2011

Autumn Acorn Leaf Card

Created this Autumn Acorn Leaf Card
using Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge, a
couple embossing folders & distressing.















Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Celebrate the Occasion "Fall: ends 10/30

Challenge #36

2. Crafty Creations Challenge use leaves & bee-utiful Fall palette ends 11/1

Challenge #141


3. Love to Crop unlimited entries 8th entry ends 11/3
circle: Acorn charm circle

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


4. One Stitch at a Time max 3 entries 3rd entry ends 10/29
Challenge #85 'Emboss it'


5. Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday ends 10/31
Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Doodlecharms


6. Whimsical Wednesdays "Fall Cuties" Fall themed incl animal ends 10/31
animal - Turkey (it was made with a punch but I do have a Cricut cut as in the Acorn charm on the card)
"Fall Cuties"

Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge 3" Acorn charm

Paper:
4 3/4" x 6" Base yellow cardstock
4 1/2" x 5 3/4" Tim Holtz Core'dinations Tea Dye Distressed cardstock
Tim Holtz Core'dinations Rusty Hinge Distressed cardstock - acorn charm & NOVEMBER
yellow textured cardstock - Turkey

embossing folders:
Cuttlebug Diamonds in the Rough - Acorn charm
Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades
Thankful Background - NOVEMBER
Thankful Borders - leaf design

Fiskars Turkey punch
Tim Holtz: Distress Ink Walnut Stain & sander
Vintage twine

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Candy Corn Trick or Treat Holder No 2

Created this Candy Corn Trick or Treat
Holder No 2 using Tags, Bags, Boxes &
More Cricut cartridge and some plastic
for the window cutout and of course cannot
forget the Brachs Candy Corn Autumn Mix
that I'm fond of.


















Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Craft Spot by Kimberly ends 10/29
Monday Challenge #31 - See through Projects


2. Decorate to Celebrate unlimited new entries 7th entry ends 11/1

Challenge #11 -- Halloween Party


3. Love to Crop unlimited entries 7th entry ends 11/3
circle: tag

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


4. The Sisterhood of Crafters max 3 entries 3rd entry ends 11/6

Trick or Treat.....It's Halloween


Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cricut cartridge 4" popcornbox window

Paper:
cardstock: orange, white & yellow
the Paper Studio Candy Corn paper

Brach's Autumn Mix Candy Corn
Fiskars circle punches
glue stick
hand calligraphy 'Trick or Treat' on tag
plastic scrap piece from pkg of stickers

Glued the Candy Corn pattern paper to the orange cardstock before cutting box.

Halloween Witch Trick or Treat Box

Used a metal lunchbox for this Halloween
Witch Trick or Treat Box that can be used
as a Halloween party favor.

































Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Bearlymine-Challenges Anything But a Card max 2 entries 2nd entry ends 11/6

Bearly Mine Challenge -22


2. Bitten by the Bug 2 ends 11/6
Happy Hauntings...Witch challenge


3. Cardztv Cricut Cardz ends 11/8

Cardz TV ~ Cricut Cardz Challenge #94

The challenge for this week is "Spooks, Monsters, Ghouls and Goblins!" Make a card for Halloween using ANY Halloween image you'd like from any cartridge(s) and using any colors you’d like.


4. Decorate to Celebrate unlimited new entries 6th entry ends 11/1

Challenge #11 -- Halloween Party


5. Getting Cricky unlimited entries 3rd entry ends 11/5
allowed 1 other color - if you change the light you get one other color

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge!

This week it's a color challenge! Halloween is almost here...so our challenge is to use the colors orange and black! You are allowed to use one other color, so if you want to add a white ghost or green Frankenstein, or even yellow leaves...it doesn't have to be a Halloween project - as long as you use the colors orange, black and only one other color!


6. Love to Crop unlimited entries 6th entry ends 11/3
circle: moon

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


7.Stuck on Sketches ends 11/3

October 21 Die Cut challenge -FENCE~


8. The Sisterhood of Crafters max 3 entries 2nd entry ends 11/6

Trick or Treat.....It's Halloween


Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge 3" witch, 2" fence

Paper:
4 3/4" x 5 3/4" Base VC Lemonade yellow
4 1/2" x 5 1/2" Layer VC Emberglow orange
fence - Core'dinations Mermaid black on textured side & blusih/green on reverse side
witch - Core'dinations Gem Onyx
moon - VC Lemonade yellow

Fiskars 1" circle punch - moon
foam adhesives
metal lunchbox

Halloween Ghost Trick or Treat Box

Used a metal lunchbox for this Halloween
Ghost Trick or Treat Box that can be used
as a Halloween party favor.































Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Decorate to Celebrate unlimited new entries 5th entry ends 11/1

Challenge #11 -- Halloween Party


2. Fantabulous Cricut ends 10/30

Challenge Me Monday #83



#83 – Spooky Time
Create a project with a ghost on it


3. Love to Crop unlimited entries 5th entry ends 11/3
circle: moon

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge 2" ghost, 3" graveyard-s (tombstones)

Paper:
4 3/4" x 5 3/4" Base VC Lemonade yellow
4 1/2" x 5 1/2" Layer VC Emberglow orange
ghost - Core'dinations Bright White & Stormy Gray
graveyard-s tombstones Core'dinations Mermaid black on textured side & blusih/green on reverse side
moon - VC Lemonade yellow

Fiskars 1" circle punch - moon
foam adhesives
metal lunchbox

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Halloween Bat and Witch Easel Stand Up Tag

Created this Halloween Witch & Bat
Easel Stand Up Tag at a Make & Take
at the Stamp Asylum store in my area.
Monica, the owner of Stamp Asylum, is
friends with Tim Holtz. She learned this
from him before Tim Holtz left on his
Hong Kong trip and invited people to
stop by the store to make & take it.
All supplies were provided at no cost.

I added the green gems over the brads
on either side of the ceramic '31' when
I got home.


















Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Bearlymine-Challenges Anything But a Card max 2 entries 1st entry ends 11/6

Bearly Mine Challenge -22


2. Craft Your Passion ends 10/30
Challenge 81 ~ Sponsored by Crafty Sentiments


3. Decorate to Celebrate unlimited new entries 4th entry ends 11/1

Challenge #11 -- Halloween Party


4. Die Cuttin Divas Halloween colors: orange, black, purple & green ends 10/31

Challenge #38: Halloween Colors


5. Love to Crop unlimited entries 3rd entry ends 11/3
circles: brass ring, Jack-o-Lantern charm, green gems

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


6. More Than Favors ends 11/1
Wacky Wednesday #57 - Anything Goes!


7. Party Time Tuesdays max 2 entries 1st entry ends 11/1
Party Time Tuesday-#39 Anything goes


8. Simon Says Stamps Challenge ends 11/1

Simon Says ,,,,, Anything Goes :-)


9. the Kraft Journal Ch#42 Anything Goes ends 10/30

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet: Anything Goes Challenge


10. The Sisterhood of Crafters max 3 entries 1st entry ends 11/6

Trick or Treat.....It's Halloween


Materials:
1. Tag Base 3 1/8" x 6 1/4"
2. 3" x 5 3/4" Kraft paper with Halloween words stamped on it glued on tag
3. grungeboard used with Tim Holtz die cuts: bat & witch
4. Paint Dabbers: black & orange
5. Perfect Pearls Mist: purple
6. cardboard easel glued to back of tag
7. black netting put thru hole at top of tag
8. metal ring attached to black netting
9. Jack-o-Lantern metal charm attached to metal ring
10. black Dabber used on ceramic '31' to give it Distressed look
11. glassine paper crumpled, folded in thirds
12. ceramic '31' placed on right side of glassine piece, holes made and brads pushed thru holes to hold the ceramic '31 on glassine paper & glassine paper stapled to tag
13. tinsel stapled to bottom of tag with Tim Holtz stapler
14. mini glue dots used to attach 2 green gems to the 2 brads on either side of ceramic '31'

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

2011 Captain Jack Sparrow Halloween Pumpkin

Hubby finished carving the 2011 pumpkin and if you
thought the 2006 version of Captain Jack Sparrow
was awesome check out this one of Captain Jack
Sparrow. Hubby used carving/engraving Dremel
tools on this one since it is mostly shading carving.
I ordered the Dremel tools online from Home Depot
since the ones in this set were not sold in store.









































































Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Crafting for all Seasons Ch#12 Halloween or Colour ends 10/31
Ch# 12 - Halloween or a Colour Challenge


2. Decorate to Celebrate unlimited new entries 3rd entry ends 11/1

Challenge #11 -- Halloween Party


3. Getting Cricky unlimited entries 2nd entry ends 11/5
allowed 1 other color - if you change the light you get one other color

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge!

This week it's a color challenge! Halloween is almost here...so our challenge is to use the colors orange and black! You are allowed to use one other color, so if you want to add a white ghost or green Frankenstein, or even yellow leaves...it doesn't have to be a Halloween project - as long as you use the colors orange, black and only one other color!


4. Love to Crop unlimited entries 4th entry ends 11/3
there are lots of carved circles

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...


5. Paper Playtime

Ch# 59 - ANYTHING GOES... PAST OR PRESENT PROJECTS


6. Use it Tuesday Ch#18 Colors one or all: orange, black & purple ends 11/4
Not sure if a 3D item non-paper unless you count the pattern that was on paper placed on pumpkin to be carved can be entered but figured all I can be told is no so here goes
I used or should I say hubby used a hoarded pumpkin (I buy them on sale at Michaels when they are 50% or less and especially when I have a coupon for add'l 25% off transaction) and the pumpkin pattern was bought last yr

Challenge #18: Colors!



battery operated light
craft pumpkin
Dremel carving/engraving tools
Pumpkin Masters carving tools
push pins - to trace pattern onto pumpkin

Monday, October 24, 2011

Graduation Scrapbook Layout

Created this scrapbook layout of my hubby's
MBA graduation from Univ of Dallas 12/4/2009.































Entering this into the following challenge:

1. MAG Challenge by the Page ends 10/26

Challenge #49

Now on to our challenge, this week we are using Wrap it up page 47!!

Please remember for MAG Challenge you cannot use any other Cricut cartridge, page or cut from another cartridge (even if it is in your stash), only cuts from the specified page. However, you are free to use all the embellishments and treasures from your stash!!!



On to Challenge #49:
Cartridge: Wrap it Up
Page: 47

Paper:
12" x 12" Base the Paper Studio Congratulations
cardstock: black, gold, white

photography by me (had wonderful close seats)

gold marker
hand calligraphy of journaling info on the diploma