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Hi friends, Its been a little while since I've posted, but i'm back with a Halloween project for the Wee Memories' 71st challenge.

Can you guess what the challenge theme might be this week?....

Halloween! Sweet eh? I love Halloween, love it! Halloween and Christmas are my favorite holidays to decorate for. I haven't brought out all my fall/Halloween decorations yet, (they're in the crawl space, and I don't go in there....spooky!;) so I made this fun banner. I used papers from Papertrey Ink to make the double layered medallions and I used my Cricut to cut out the pumpkins and the letters. Its pretty simple to make, although the scoring and folding of the medallions might make your hands cramp, and your eyes cross...Maybe. 

Here's a trick to get all that glitter to stay on. I used spray adhesive and did two layers of glitter, then I sprayed some hairspray over the glitter to keep it from crumbling off. 

Are you feeling the Halloween spirit? ;o)

I'd love it if you visited Wee Memories and joined us in this challenge. This week's sponsor is Paper Smooches, they have adorable stamps and will be offering a prize to a special someone who plays along in this challenge... don't you want to be that special someone? You could be, just link up your Halloween creations before next Saturday! 

Here's a peek at my Fall 'faux' mantle. I have acorns, chestnuts and pine cones in the vintage jars.

P.S. I'm gathering photography tips and blogs- and plan on doing some serious learning in the next few weeks (Maybe in time to get a new camera for Christmas? ;o)....) If you know of any great photography blogs or tutorials please oh please send them my way. :o)

ETA- The larger medallion is 6 inches across. I used four 3x8 paper strips for the larger ones and two 2x8 strips for the smaller ones. The patterned paper pad was 8x8. 

Happy birthday cupcake

Another quick post for another challenge card. 

This one is for Card Pattern's sketch challenge this week. 

I used my Cricut for the cupcake, cute huh?

A special occasion collage.

Yes, its another one of those flowers! I told you they were so fun to make. I made this one out of Fine Linen PTI cardstock, and then misted it with Pink Bubblegum Shimmer Mist when it was still all closed up. I love how it looks when you fold down the petals. Be prepared to see lots of these in the future.

I'm entering this card in the "Get Creative" Shabby Tea Room challenge.

I stamped the background, first with the flowers in Chai ink, then the flourishes in black, and last the pink polka dots. The birdie was also stamped with tiny polka dots. I also stamped the birdie and the stamp die cut.

I'm also entering this card in the Just Us Girls sketch challenge this week. The essence of the sketch was that the embellishments were concentrated in one corner of the card. I really like this look.

 Wee Memories' challenge this week is to use your scraps. I used only scraps (exept the flower) to make this card. I have a bucket die cut scraps that I keep around...sometimes I don't feel like making a card but I still want to play so I get out the cricut or cuttlebug and cut some shapes. Sometimes I just don't use everything I cut out for my project, so in the bucket it goes. It feels good to purge that stash sometimes. I need to create from that bucket more often.

Last but not least, I'm also entering this as another submission for The Shabby Tea Room design team call.

This being the inspiration photo. I went the pink/black/cream route again. Love those colors.

Are you still crossing your fingers for me?



Cupid cupid

Its my first time playing over at the Color Cue, I love this color combination and I this color combo, I could make cards with this combo forever!

I used my cricut to cut out the little cupid. I had fun layering the different pattern papers too.

 I used this sketch from Get Sketchy as  inspiration

I also entered this card in Crazy4Challenges72, this weeks challenge was to create something shabby chic.

Light and Bright

Can I just say that I love this card? I do.

 I made it for The Shabby Tea Room collor challenge. 

The challenge was to use white and or cream and only one additional color. 

 I used my Cricut Expression again to cut out the cream colored doily looking shape that the flower is sitting on. I love that blue flower, I only had 1 blue one in my jar. So sad, but i'm making progress in the hoarding department!

Pinkx3+purple=3c

Three more cards inspired by 1 Moxie Fab collor challenge.

 On this card I tried a technique iv'e seen, for the first time. I love how it turned out. Altough don't let me fool you, that x-acto knife and I had to fight it out.

The challenge if you haven't guessed it yet was the Pretty Pastel color challenge.

 

I couldn't stop layering on this one. Can you tell? I got to use a bunch of goodies though, like WMS music background stamp, border punches, spellbinders die, lace, buttons...ect

I used ink and my heat tool to age the edges of the paper. If you try this be very careful not to keep the heat tool in one place too long... It might catch fire. But you know that don't you.

The cricut did all the work cutting out the card base for this one. I love that shape so much.

 The punny valentine images are from a sheet of patterned paper I found at Hobby Lobby (or Michaels?) a while ago.

Valentine

This romantic valentine was inspired by the color challenge at CR84FN.

I used my cricut to cut out that decorative heart, then I glittered it. Its hard to capture clear glitter, can you see it?

Happy Sunday :)

Here's another flower garden-y card with that DCWV paper. This time the focal point of my card is a handmade embellishment made by yours truly ;). The fancy mangifying glass chipbboard like piece of course!

I cut the shape out with my cricut about 5 times and adhered them all together, to make it thick like chipboard. I really love the dimension it gives to the card. I then glittered the hek out of it. You know I like doing that.

Joyful

I made this joyful Christmas banner to hang on a lonely wall that is waiting for me to finish some shelves....

The gingerbread man shapes were cut using my Cricut Expression and the "In my Kitchen" cartridge.

 I did a brave thing (for me) and cut up some of my very favorite paper, October Afteroon's "Very Merry" paper collection. I love love love the pretty patterns and colors. 

Each gingerbread man is made up of one layer of Papertrey Ink kraft cardstock and one layer of patterned paper. The cardstock makes it sturdier. 

 

 I made the crepe paper medallions using party steamers... The letters were cut using the Country life cricut cartridge. They were glittered with german glitter glass. I had to use a lot of glossy accents to get that glitter to stick. 

I sewed seam binding ribbon to each gingerbread man arm and tied them all together in bows.

Voila, C'est fini! 

Is anyone interested in a tutorial for the medallion? 

...simply hello

Soooo.... I made this card a while ago with my gypsy and cricut. I can't remember what cartridges I used (sorry). I think I used accent essential, and.....? I'm sure you'll recognize the shapes.Everything was cut with the cricut... the card itself, the tiny bird, the flourish, the mats the sentiment is sitting on...okay I did say everything, silly me. 

The papers are all DCVW from I the mariposa and crafty stacks...If i'm remembering right.

I bought the crochet trim at Joanns, it was one of the "by the yard" laces. I inked it a bit with some Tim Holtz antique linen.

I stamped the sentiment (Papertrey Ink-mega mixed messages) and then used some Tim Holtz Rock Candy Distress Stickles over the top. I kind of distressed all the edges with my scissors, for a more tattered vintage look.

On the inside of the card, I used the flourish that you see on the front (before I adhered it to the front) as a mask. I made up my own glimmer mist with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink re-inker and gold perfect pearls. I just added a few drops of the re-inker and put a tiny scoop of the perfect pearls into a ranger mini mister, then filled with water. You can't see it in the picture but its really very shimmery. 

Lately I've been doing a lot more stamping (thanks to a PTI addiction) and so my poor little cricut is sorely neglected. I was looking through my cards and found this one, and it reminded me that I can make a whole card with just my cricut and still achieve that shabby or vintage look I love so much. I really need to take it out and use it more! I really do love that machine.

Glittery snowflake ornaments

I broke out my new plum Cricut Expression last night. You know, I had to test it out. I've been wanting to make these little snowflakes for a while, so thats the first thing I cut.

 I used the back of my 12X12 paper packs. Its a lightweight chipboard, about the same as a cereal box. I layed out all the snowflakes on my gyspy, that way I was able to fit 9-12 snowflakes per 12X12 mat.

I used some spray adhesive to completely coat both side of the snowflakes. It is so much easier than trying to cover them with a liquid adhesive.

Then I picked out some pretty colors of Martha Stewart glitter and went to town.

I decided to hang a few from my red chandelier, since I have yet to put up a tree...(or anything else)

I love how the sun catches all that glittery shine. I love glitter! 

By the way, I used the "When its cold outside" Cricut cartridge for these. If you'd like me to make you some, let me know and I can add some to my new Etsy shop. :)