Halloween blog hop!!

Good morning and welcome to our Halloween blog hop!  We have severalvery talented ladies who will be sharing fun Halloween projects with you today, to hopefully inspire you to create some Halloween crafts of your own!  If you just happened upon my blog, you are at the beginning, so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the hop!  There will be some fun giveaways along the way, so be sure to hop by each of the blogs so you don't miss any!

For my project today, I made a BOO banner!  My son is having a trunk or treat at his preschool next week, so I wanted to make it to decorate my trunk!  I went fairly simple but I think it turned out pretty cute - my son loved it and that's all that matters to me!  :-)

I hung it on my mantle for now, so we can enjoy it until we need it for the trunk or treat. My bats didn't want to all fly the same way and with the ceiling fan on, they were all flipping around, as was the BOO, so excuse the pictures! I'm not good at taking banner pics - they are so not easy to photograph!

I embossed the BOO using my Cuttlebug and Seeing Spots embossing folder.

The ghosts and bats were both from Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cart, the BOO was from Robotz - I love that font!!  I used The Twinery twine to string the banner as well as hang the BOO from the banner.  All the cardstock was from my stash.

I'm entering this into Challenge #83 - Spooky Time (create a project with a ghost on it) - at Fantabulous Cricut challenge blog.

I do have a giveaway today, all you have to do to be eligible to win is be a follower of my blog, live in the United States and leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you!  I will draw the winner on Sunday morning, Oct 30!  I couldn't find anything Halloween related that I loved for the giveaway, so I picked up one of my favorite mat stacks instead - the colors are amazing!

Please go to the very talented  Chris' blog next - here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way!

Kim @ Kimberli's Creations - http://www.kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/
Chris @ Get Inspired With Chatterscene - http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/
Tracy @ My Scrap Escape - http://myscrapescape.blogspot.com/
Maria @ Creative By Design - http://marlm-creativebydesign.blogspot.com/
Susan @ Cricut & Grasshopper - http://cricutandgrasshopper.blogspot.com/
Renee @ I Came, I Saw, I Created - http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
Dana @ Paper Memories 4 U - http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/
Lori @ Got 2 B Crafting - http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/
Crystal @ Creations By Crystal - http://crystal-kovach.blogspot.com/
Sis @ Paper, Craft, and Scissors - http://papercraftscissors.wordpress.com/

Happy Halloween and thanks for hopping with us!

Scary Halloween To You!!

I made a fun Halloween card today - I loved how it turned out!

The spider and spiderweb were cut from Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cart, the tag I cut from CTMH Art Philosophy.  I inked everything using my new Powder Puff chalking inks that I LOVE!  The spider web paper is from DCWV 'Amber Autumn' stack, the cardstock is from Recollections, the twine from The Twinery.  The sentiment stamps on the inside and out are from CTMH, as well as the cat stamp on the inside.

I covered the spider in Liquid Glass from CTMH, it gave it a fun look and made it stand out from the spider web.  I was trying to figure out how to make his eyes, nose and mouth stand out so I tried stickles to fill in those spots - its a little cheesy for my taste but since I will probably give it to my son for Halloween, I don't mind because it makes it a happy spider vs a scary one!

I'm entering this into the Cricut 360º Spooky Halloween Blog Hop and Challenge - it was a fun blog hop where you had to get the key word from each blog along the hop to figure out what the challenge was!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Don't forget about my Halloween blog hop, this Thursday, Oct 27 - it starts here!  Have a great week and I'll see you on Thursday!

Hat thank you card

My parents brought the boys both a hat when they came back from vacation last month - a cowboy hat for my 3 yr old and a fedora for my 1 yr old - they both look adorable in them!  My 3yr old son promptly told them thank you but added "now I need a horse!" - and I found out last night when talking to my mom, that he will soon get his wish, as they are on the hunt for a pony for him to keep at their house!  These boys have them wrapped around their little fingers!!  My parents have an 80 acre farm with horses and cows, which my 3 yr old loves to visit, but all the horses they have now are too big for the kids to ride, so they want to get a pony that is just for the grandkids - they will all be super excited when they find out!

I went fairly simple for this card - both the hats are from Paper Doll Dress Up, the card base and envelope (not shown) are from CTMH Art Philosophy, the sentiment stamps are from the CTMH 'Thank You' set, the twine from The Twinery, the hemp (on the cowboy hat) is from CTMH, and the cardstock is all from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a great weekend!

NSD Challenge #9

This challenge from My Pink Stamper was to create a project with glitz, glam and glitter!  I don't often get to use a lot of glitz and glam with 2 little boys running around, so it was fun to be able to make a girly card to give to someone!  :-)

I used the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cart to cut the sunglasses and the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cart to cut the purse and hat.  I decorated them using my i-rock and gems as well as my sparkly Gelly Roll pen, the ribbon is from American Crafts!  I used Essentials to cut the scalloped rectangle and stamped the sentiment using the 'Everyday Occasions' set from My Pink Stamper in 'Hollyhock' ink from Close to My Heart.  The background cardstock is from the DCWV 'Blossom Song' stack.

I love how fun and girly this card is - that's the great part about challenges like this, I never would have made this if not for this challenge!  So thanks to Robyn for making me step outside my box!!  :-)

First Communion card

My best friend's daughter is having her First Communion today, its hard to believe she's old enough to be hitting this milestone as I remember spending the weekends with them when she was just a baby, not even walking yet!  We're so proud of you sweetie!!  I made a card for her to go with the sweet bracelet I got as her gift, hopefully she'll love it!

Supplies used:
little girl - Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cart, cut at 3.5 inches
face stamp - Peachy Keen 'Critter Faces Set A Medium'
sentiment stamp - My Pink Stamper 'Happiest Moments'
ink - Stampin Up 'Chocolate Chip'
ribbon - American Crafts
paper - various from my stash
card base - DCWV
corner rounder punch - Fiskars