So Excited....

 Since the hubby decided to go on a road trip with his buddy (both Canadian, both HUGE American collage football freaks), I decided, rather on the spur of the moment, to redo my craftroom. I went to the thrift store, got a couple of things, and let the crazyness begin. I'll post before and after pic when I finally finish. YAY!!

Little bit Halloween, little bit Christmas....Beware, Picture Heavy

 The last couple of weeks have been kinda a blur. I had my niece's birthday party last weekend. It was a dress up party... I showed the card on my last post. Then this week my Husband was getting ready for his road trip which he left on yesturday (Thursday). We carved pumpkins on tuesday, and let me tell you, that was a chore in of it self. We carve 4, because of course, my kids can never just decide on one thing to carve, they each have to have their own. So, I cut the top off, and the rest was up to then, except my little one, where I cut out her's. Well lo and behold, after digging out the guts, they all quit on me and left it all up to me!!! So 2 hours later, 4 pumpkins where carved.

 I posted the last one because I was playing with the settings and while its not a great picture, my girls look like ghosts in it:) We're not a big Halloween family. We carve pumpkins and the kids trick or treat, but thats about it. Christmas is more our thing. Which leads me too.....

 A little bit Christmas. I love decorating for the holidays. This year I'll even be able to put up a second tree:) Anytime I can make a new Christmas thing, I get excited. So this project had me sooo excited.

Pattern paper: stampn 'up cardstock- Michaels, ribbon-Hobby Lobby. "Joy" cut at 3" flowers and brads from my stash as was the Merry bingo card.

 I think it turned out really well. I have another frame to decorate. I bought them both for a buck at our local dollar store. I have a great idea for the last one, and I'll post that soon. I also have a card for a friend who, after having 3 boys in the last 4 years (one set of twins :)) Finally had a little girl. She is so excited. I'll post that card after I mail it to her.

Hope you all stayed awake :) Happy Scrapping.

Halloween is just not my thing...

 Dont get me wrong, I lvoe dressing up the kiddies and taking them trick or treating, and we carve pumpkins, but really, thats the extent of my Halloween-ness. I start thinking about Christmas the beginning of october, so its hard to think of ghost and witches.
 
My neice turned 4 on saturday, and she had a Halloween dress up party, so I went with the theme and made her a card.

card stock- Michaels
star paper- 6x6 gift pack
Ribbon-black Michaels
            Orange Halloween- local dollar store
purple stickles

 I've left my comfort zone and started making cards, and now, I'm really leaving my comfort zone and entering this into
Little Scrap Pieces
and

Die cuttin Divas #38- anything using halloween colors-purple, black, orange, and green.

Blog Candy

Stumbled upon a very nice blog today, and she's got some candy to give away..check here and see Jo at A Little Piece of Me

Projects, projects, and More Projects

 I have tons of projects on the go right now....tons! But I caught a cold earlier this week, and its putting a hamper on my crafting time. I don't feel horrible, but its just made me REALLY tired. By 5:00 I'm ready for bed, lol. But I need manage to finish 2 of them. Both of them are my first tries, so I know that the more that I make, the better they will become.

  Both of the are gift card holders. I give alot of gift cards over the holidays. My step dad and Father in law both have EVERYTHING, so gift cards are usually the best gifts for them.

 I used CTMH paper and covered a toilet paper roll. I used a CTMH chipboard tag and covered it the same paper using the Art Philosophy cart to cut the same shape with the little holly cut out. I used a glossy accent adhesive to make it shine a bit. I stamped the sentiment on the front on white cardstock and cut it out. Added some ribbon, and voila!! Once I buy the cart, I'll use a glue dot to add the card to the chipboard tag and it done :) I really love this one. I know the more that I make, the more embellished and fun they'll become, but I do like the simplicity of this one.



This one is an according style. (excuse the pictures, I should have went upstairs to take them) I cut a piece of card stock 9x5 I believe and scored it at 3inches. I used scraps to make the pouches, but I do know that the pink with the snowflakes is CTMH as well. So the gift card could go in either pouch and the other you could add a little note, or a picture, a candy cane...anything:) I punched two eyelets in and used ribbon to tie it closed. Although next one, I think I'll use twine. I heat embossed a tree ornament on the front and used pink embossing powder (both are CTMH), but it didn't turn out when I first stamped, so I tried to line it up and stamp again. Didn't work, but I don't mind this one either. I love that its not the traditional Christmas colors, even though I love using red and green.

 So there are atleast 2 of my projects. I have 2 more I'm working on, as well as a Halloween/Birthday card that needs to be done by tomorrow, so I have to finish that today. Happy scarping people.

Could cards become my new thing?

 My daughters had a birthday party on the weekend, so I decided to give it another go a the card making thing. The little boy was turning 7, and since I didn't kow him to well, I went with a "spooky" theme instead of something else.

All of my supplies I used were scraps, so I'm not to sure what paper is what. I cut the skull at 3' and "Danger" at 1'. Both are from the preloaded gypsy Wanderings.

The pre made card was bought at the dollar store here, and had a type of sheen on it, so I had to emboss the "its the " which I think turned out really good, kinda ghoulish. I cut the "Birthday Boy" at 2' and it's from storybook.

  My nieces birthday party this weekend is a dress up halloween party, so I decided to make a card for that too. I have a nasty cold, so I didn't finish it last night. The plan is to finish it tonight, so if I can do it I'll post it. I'm also making some cards for a cause I found on Ling's Design Studio. Its Cards that Care, and its sending cards to seniors who may not have the opportunity to see family over the holidays. I have a couple of cards that I have for that already, but again, they need a few finishing touches. Will this become my new favorite thing to make now? Hmmmmm

 I have a couple of Christmas projects I'm working on as well, so stay tuned for those.

need some inspiration.....

I'm looking for a fun easy advent calender ideas....I have 3 kids so making little boxes isn't practical as 75 boxes kicking around with daycare kids isn't a good idea. If you have some ideas, send me a link:) I have a few thoughts turning in my head, but I might need a plan B ;)

Thanks crafty buddies.

Looking for a Great site?.....

Then head on over HERE. kamscraftyplace has some great blog candy and has some great cards too :) Check her out. Here's a pic of all her lovely goodies :

Long Weekend over :(... RCC24

 It was Thanksgiving Weekend here for us Canadians, and as usual, we had a couple of Family dinners. One at my In Laws, and one at my mom's. My inlaws had my Mom and Step Dad there too, so that was nice.

She made the cute little Pillgrim name tags using Everyday Paper Dolls. Aren't they cute:)

This is a layout I fif on Friday at a crop I went to. Its a pic of my girls at the Habour in Miami. We went for an overnight day trip during our Disney vacation in January. The cardstock is Co'redinations. The red print paper is Paper Crate and the colored print is American Maker. Ribbon is from Michaels. The parrot is cut from a cart I can't quite rememeber right now, but at 3 in and its covered in sparkles from Martha Stewart

, glitter ritz and stickles.

I'm entering these in:

1.papercraftweekendchallenge-product- Shimmer Challenge. I have yet to use any type of spray shimmer, so I'm using glitter as my shimmer.

2.ribbon carousel challenge- It must have ribbon, twine, thread...anything that comes from a spool, and this week was add sparkle or bling.

 Happy Scrapping



Quick Blurb...

 Is blurb a word? lol Anyways, this is a huge weekend for us here in Winnipeg as its Thankgiving today AND its the home opener of the return of our NHL team....The Winnipeg Jets!!! Huge deal, our turkey dinner has been postponed so DH can go to the game. But the reason for my quick post is this...

 I am a huge believer in supporting the smaller blogs new to the blog world, much like myself. One of the blogs I follow, Candy, has just reached a 100 followers!!! Its an amazing feat to me since I've been at 17 for a while now.  She gave away some awesome blog candy....and because she went above 100, she has decided to have another giveaway. So check out Candy at candyscraftcorner. Become a follower, check out her great projects, and possibly win some candy:)

A Little Bit of Scrapy Goodness

  So Sat. was World card Making Day, and I didn't make a card!!! Shocker I know. But, I did get a chance to scrap ALL weekend!!! Well, except for friday, I think I was in bed friday night at like 9:30, but thats a whole other story lol. But Saturday, the DH had football all day, then came home to WATCH football, so I tidied my room, and got some pages done. Then on Sunday, my girlfriend Brenda came ove (3 sunday in a row) and we pounded out some more pages!!! I only got 3 done on Sunday, but I do love them. I'll get to one of them in a minute though.

  But first, I'm a little confused on some things, lol, ok maybe more then a few, but lets start with just 1. I get the digi stamp...print it out and color, pretty simple. But what I dont understand is the digital dies. Do I print out the shapes on card stock and then cut it? Or do I attach my cricut to the computer and cut it that way?  Sometimes being new to the blog world can be kinda intimidating. All the lingo, I'm learning!! I swear I am :)

  On to my layout.....This year has probably been one of the best for us here weather wise. We had a very cold very wet spring, but we had one of the hottest summers, and right now, our fall has been pretty darn fantastic. For you Canadians out there 28 C in october can't be beat. For you Americians, I believe thats mid 70's, maybe closer to 80. (not to sure on the conversions, bad I know), so spending time outside has not been hard. Seeing all the beautiful colors of the leaves, while still wearing shorts and tshirts...not hard to love fall. So, while the pictures in this layout was from a rare warm Spring day this year, the colors remind me of fall. The pictures aren't stunning in the "art" sense, but I LOVE them. It was a warm day, and we were just having a quick meal of hot dogs and noodles, but we took our plates outside and had a great little picnic. Our patio furniture weren't even out of the shed yet. But it was all so sweet and perfect.

Recipe: Cardstock (all) CTMH-top picture cocoa,base-desert sand, journaling block-chocolate, Squarel-Chocolate,

cocoa,blush, bamboo. Patterned paper-scrap piece, will have to find what it is, eyelets, making memories, glitter

brads- doodle bugs, glitter- glitter ritz, bird sticker-peel-offs. Die cut squarel-Cindy loo cuts at 3inchs. Adhesive-Tombow

Corner rounder-CTMH

 So there you have it folks...and I am entering this in a challange. To check out the challange cateredcrop

I used :

1. Colors- Fall colors- gold yellow green

2. Embellisments- Glitter

3. Tools- Rounded corners ( journaling block)

 Go check out cateredcrop, try mixing up a reciepe or 2. And let me know that you did:) I'd love to see it.