All Hearts Come Home

Happy Halloween! I am looking forward to my sweet granddaughter Clara visiting tonight. She's only two so we'll just trick or treat a few of the close by neighbors. She loves "chock-it" so she will be in candy heaven!

Oddly enough I have a Christmas card today as all my Halloween cards have already been posted.  I made this card for next month's My Favorite Things November Guest Designer Challenge which is to include school or office supplies. I had this "Sending You a Little Christmas" image already colored and paper pieced with paper selected including the ledger pattern when the challenge was posted. So it just called my name to try again even though I'm on a major losing streak on this guest designer thang! I had to change up some of my original design idea to include more office supplies, such as cutting the image as a label, adding the date stamp and the paper clip as well as the notebook edge on the graph paper. I'm liking the year date stamp idea. I think I'm going to stamp the inside of all my Christmas cards with it this year. I again used some older paper from the Christmas stash. The image was stamped onto Bazzill Simply Smooth cardstock and then colored with Copic Markers. I added some Stickles to the star tree topper for a little more shine. I also used a mixture of white Stickles and Flower Soft for the fluffy edging on the hat and boots. I have lots more ideas for this stamp so you will definitely see more of it in the coming weeks.

Products: My Favorite Things stamp and Die-namics, Ki Memories dp and paper clip, Creative Imaginations dp, Papertrey Ink die and felt, Heidi Swapp date stamp, Kaisercraft pearls, Rangers Stickles, Flower Soft, Stampin' Up notebook punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E0000, E00, E02, R20; Scarf/Glove/Tights-E50, E51; Boots/Hat-B91, B93; Sled-R35, R37, R39; Tree-G20, G82, Y11, Y15

I hope you and the kiddoes have a great time tonight.

Merry Hugs

TGIF! Today's project follows this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. I like the My Favorite Things Merry Kissmas stamp but I always have trouble stamping with it. Typically it took three tries before I got a decent image. I colored with Copic Markers and then added a combo of Flower Soft and Rangers Stickles for the edging on the little girls hat as well as the snow at their feet.

Products: My Favorite Things stamp and Die-namics, Papertrey Ink cs and sentiment stamp, October Afternoon dp, May Arts ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls, Flower Soft, Rangers Stickles, Cuttlebug Embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers


Copics: Skin-E0000, E00, E02, R20; Snowman-N5, N7, B0000, E55, E57; Clothing/Scarves/Hats-G40, G21, G24, RV00, RV10, RV11, R22, R27, R29


I'm happy to report that the attic cleanup is finished! I worked really hard on it both Wednesday and Thursday. That's it for the October projects list! Which is good because I am exhausted.  Have a great weekend!

Congratulations

I made today's card for my stepdaughter who has opened her own business.  The Grand Opening is today. So very proud of her for following her dreams.  If you happen to live in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, please consider Triangle Hearing Services in Cary for all your hearing needs.

Now on to the card details. I stamped the Stamper's Anonymous image onto the Pink Paislee dp which I then cut with a Spellbinder's Label Nestabilities.  All other dp is from the Cosmo Cricket Togetherness 6x6 pad.  I hestitated with the black ribbon but I actually wanted the contrast as opposed to matchy matchy.  What do you think?  I followed this week's Sketch for You to Try for the basic layout.

Products: Stamper's Anonymous stamp, Cosmo Cricket dp, Pink Paislee dp and large brad, Kaisercraft pearls, May Arts ribbon

Have a great day.  Thanks for stopping by.

Just Two More Halloween Cards

When I was preparing to mail my Halloween cards I realized that two were missing. I love this cutie patootie My Favorite Things Honey Bee stamp so it was nice to get to use it again.  I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink into Bazzill Simply Smooth cardstock and then cut it out. I used older paper again from Ki Memories and Doodlebug. This fits the Halloween challenge over at Crazy 4 Challenges.

I also needed one for a sweet baby boy.  I used papers and chipboard from My Mind's Eye Boo to You collection from last year.

Products: My Favorite Things stamp, Ki Memories dp and stickers, Doodlebug dp, My Mind's Eye dp, chipboard and brad, American Crafts ribbon, Making Memories buttons, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E0000, E00, E02, R20; Bee Costume-Y21, Y23, Y35, N5, N7, N9; Pumpkin/Candy holder-YR12, YR14, YR16

We are still working on the October projects list. I'm happy to report that the great magazine purge of 2010 is complete. The last of them are sitting on the curb for the recycle truck to pick up today. We have also started on the attic clean up which is compounded by the fact that it contains a lot of my son's stuff, not ours. Of course I will save the Legos for little Clara as my son deserves to get up in the middle of the night and step on them like I had to for years! Seriously though, they were his favorite childhood toys so they will stay. I also spotted a couple of Care Bears - not sure I can get rid of those either. Instead, I will give them a bath and let Clara snuggle with them. We had to stop working up there yesterday since it appears summer has reappeared here in the South. It's been much too hot.  Fall returns later this week so I'll be starting back on it again then. 

Thanks for stopping by. See you back here tomorrow.

Ho Ho Ho

I am off to a late start this Monday morning but I do have another Christmas card to show you today. All the paper used on this project is older Carolee's Adornit and Heidi Grace but the stamps are new. When I started making my Christmas cards back in July I discovered that I really didn't have that many holiday stamps - at least not the ones I could use with my Copics. So what stamp budget I have has been spent on rectifying that. The stamps used today are from the Taylored Expressions Hangin' Out at the North Pole set. I generally followed this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch for the basic layout. I think I need to practice working with reds more beccause Santa's suit looks like the day after Christmas deliveries. I used a combo of Flower Soft and Stickles for the fluffly trim.

Products: Tarylored Expressions stamps, Carolee's Adornit and Heidi Grace dp, Doodlebug stickers, May Arts ribbon, Flower Soft, Rangers Stickles, Copic Markers

Copics: N1, N5,N7, N9, R27, R29, R46, YR23, 0

That's it for today.  I hope your Monday has started out more productive than mine.

Felt Mitten Gift Holder/Ornament

Three of my favorite weekly challenge blogs had the same challenge to decorate a treat or gift type bag or container this week. It must be a trend! Since I wasn't planning on doing anything special for Halloween nor are there any upcoming birthdays I initially thought I was going to sit out this week. But then it occured to me that I could get a headstart on my Christmas gift giving. Every year we have at least 3 or 4 on our list who get a gift card or money. I always try to make them a little more personal by presenting them in a creative way. Today's project doubles as a money/giftcard holder as well as a Christmas ornament and meets the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club challenge. I was inspired by Betsy Veldman's project here. I started out using a piece from a Maya Road mitten shaped chipboard as my pattern. I traced it onto two pieces of felt and then cut them out. I cut the border and snowflake also from felt using the Open Scallop Border and Let it Snowflake My Favorite Things Die-namics. I used my crop-a-dile to punch a small hole and attached the felt snowflake with a decorative brad. I glued the border to the top and then  machine stitched the two pieces together inserting a loop of twill at the top for a hanger. I tied a silk bow onto the glittered leaf and then glued both to the mitten. The bottom of the mitten is stuffed with tissue to puff it up a bit. I stamped the sentiment from the My Favorite Things Sending You a Little Christmas set onto a canvas tag and tied it around the rolled up money with some silk ribbon.

Products: PTI felt, button and twill, My Favorite Things Die-namics and sentiment stamp, American Crafts brads, Making Memories glitterd leaf, May Arts silk ribbon

I hope your Sunday is everything you want it to be.  Thanks for stopping by.

Skater Girl

Happy Saturday Morning!  It was great to get back to paper, ink and stamps yesterday. As a result I have a Christmas card to share with you today featuring a new-to-me stamp company Your Next Stamp. I followed this week's Mojo Monday Sketch for a quick and easy project. Lots and lots of white with splashes of pink and aqua and a dash of flying pigtails.

Products: Your Next Stamp, Heidi Grace dp, PTI cs and twill, My Favorite Things Die-namics, Heather Bailey felt, American Crafts decorative brad, We R Memory Keepers star border, Kaisercraft pearls, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Copic Markers

Copics: Skin-E0000, E00, E02, R20; Hair-E31, E35, E37; Clothes/Skates-B0000, B000, B01, RV00, RV10

I hope your weekend is off to a great start.