Halloween Treat Boxes

Hello!  Are you ready for Halloween?   I'm excited because of the grandkids.  So fun to see them dressed up and so excited.  It's a fun night for everyone, I read that Halloween spending this year is expected to reach a record $9.1 billion! 

Made these Halloween treat boxes for my grandsons.  Used the Spooky Dracula and Franky cutting files from My Scrap Chick, and the Spooky and Scary Titles from Miss Kate Cuttables.   I'm enjoying my ScanNCut machine more and more.

Note:  I changed the original design of Frankie's box to be the same height as Dracula to eliminate any chance of a "discussion" over who gets the bigger (taller) box.  :)

I'll be sharing with some Halloween challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas Ch #340 Halloween

Paper Creator Challenge 62, Simply Spooky

Thanks for stopping by and have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Have a Boo-tiful Day!

Hello and Happy World Card Making Day!   I'm happy that I also have a card to share with you today.  

This Halloween card was inspired by 3 challenges:  MFT's Sketch Challenge #353, Die-Cut Diva's October Challenge--Mood Board, and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge--A Walk on the Dark Side.  

I used the images from MFT Party Like a Pirate, the sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Monster Mash, and some Halloween sequins and stickers.  The black and orange cardstocks were cut with MFT Blueprints 26 Die-namics and the pirates were colored with copics and cut out with the ScanNCut machine.  I was so happy I was able to cut them out perfectly without the white border around the images.  :)

Thanks for stopping by and have fun making cards today! 

                        

Define Naughty

The challenge at the Allsorts Challenge Blog this week is Sentiment in Focus and it inspired me to use the Santa Silhouette QuicKutz die that I've had for years.  I searched through all my Christmas sentiments and found two that I thought might describe her plea. 

The sentiments I used are stamps from Cas-ual Fridays Stamp Naughty or Nice and Studio G.  The dies are the Memory Box Small Madison Window and Hero Arts Phrase Bubbles.  The background was ink distressed.

I'll also be linking to these challenges:  Simon Says Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes and Always Fun Challenges #26, Dies or Punches.

Thank you for looking and wishing you a wonderful week!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Hello fellow crafters!  Today I'll be sharing a birthday card that I made for my grandniece who'll soon be turning 1.  I purchased this Avery Elle "Wild Birthday" stamp and die set a long time ago and am happy that I'm finally getting to use it.

I made a simple background with colored cardstock, cutting the hillside with Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Border.  I used the Honey Bee Simple Alpha stamp for the banner, a tree stump stamp from Wplus9 Happy Mail, and the Avery Elle Numbered Balloon and Memory Box Puffy Clouds dies. The images were stamped on Bristol Smooth paper and colored with Zig markers.

Thank you for visiting me once again and for the comments you kindly leave me.  I so appreciate it!

I'll be playing along at these challenges:  
Simon Says Pop It Up Wednesday Challenge 
Seize the Birthday Balloons Challenge

Thinking About You Today...

Hello blog friends, hope you're all well!  

Just a short post today to share a card that I made for someone who's going through a difficult period. I hope this shaker card brightened her day a little.   

Here are some of the products I used:  Memory Box Lydia Butterfly die, Technique Tuesday Hugs die, Unity Stamps sentiment, MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips die and an assortment of beads.

Sharing my card at Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for coming to visit!  Hope you have a wonderful 3-day weekend!

It's Your Special Day

Casology is celebrating their 5-year anniversary with a blog hop and a balloon-themed challenge.  I looked through my stash and found the perfect stamp for the occasion--Penny Black's slapstick cling Birthday Girl.   I used Bristol Vellum paper and Zig brush markers.  My sentiment is from Your Next Stamp, Whatnot Sentiments Four.   Happy Anniversary Casology!  

I'll be linking my card to these challenges:

Casology, Clean and Simple - Balloon

Addicted to Stamps and More #252 - Make Your Mark (Zig brush markers)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting me today, I really appreciate it!

  

Christmas in July

Several challenges have Christmas themes right now--a great incentive to help us get started on our Christmas cards.

For this card, I used the Santa's Elves stamp and die set by MFT, the elves were colored with copic markers.  The fireplace was put together with Impression Obsession die cuts and the sentiment is an oldie but goodie by Amy R called Winter Sentiments.

Here's a list of the challenges:

Casual Fridays CFC 178, Christmas in July
ABC Christmas Challenge, N is for New and O is for Old
Happy Little Stampers, July Christmas Challenge Anything Goes with an optional twist, die-cuts

I appreciate your visit so much, thank you!