31 Days of Halloween: Day 15

Today I have a tasty and super easy treat for you....

No, not a treat you eat (I should do one of those posts)

But a treat as in something you could use around the house, or you could make a bunch and give away as presents even!

My friend Mary posted a fab tutorial a few weeks back, and I knew I just had to 

try to make her creation!

Check out her fab blog Here

Plus she designs for Saturated canary's video team their like a design team but they do videos

And a lot of super fun tutorials!

Ok, so what I made is a couple of super cute coasters.

I was able to pick up a 2 pack of coasters on sale at Michaels.

They are the tile kind with cork on the back, and they were a blue floral pattern. 

Here they are halloweenified.... Well sort of!

I wanted Halloween but I wanted to be able to use the coasters after Halloween too! 

So I figured the bat was halloweeny, but the sentiment made it universal...

But wait, there is another version as well!

Both of these images started life as a digi!

Yep, from the super talented Angie delarie 

Aren't they just the cutest images? And don't they make the cutest coasters?

Ok, a couple more pics

And.....

I love them! Go try this super fun and easy project!

Entering into:

All sortsToo cute to spook

Craft room challenges: Alter it

Divas by design: Anything goes

Shopping our stash: Tic tac toe (sparkle, yellow, sentiment)

Spark your creativity now: Anything goes

31 Days of Halloween: Day 13

Maybe cause its the 13th this should be a scary post??

Well the challenge over at Dilly beans is a spooky girl!
But I don't really do scary or spooky very well, so for my day 13 offering I've created
A not so spooky, maybe kinda cute ATC

To answer your question, no it's not my anniversary (still got 3 more weeks for that)

It is however the one year anniversary over at Wicked Wednesday ATC

And they have some fabulous prizes in store!

So if you've never made an ATC, or it's been a while, come join in!

I tried something a little different with this image.

I paper pieced the background. Yep, I paper pieced the background!

This image was perfect for this technique, probably because of the framing.

Here's her close up....

I added a little glitter on her wings and eyes, just because I love glitter! 

So, is she spooky?? Maybe not so much? I think she could be though...

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for a new challenge at Anything But A Card 

It's gonna be a funnnnnnn project!

Entering this into:

Dilly beans: Spooky girl challenge

Wicked Wednesday ATC's: Birthday / anniversary

All sorts challenges: Too Cute to Spook

Spark your creativity now: Anything goes

Cow's it Going??

Lucky me, I had some time to create today!

I LOVE playing along with challenges

And I love to try to fit as many challenges into one project as possible

I KNOW you probably already know that if you follow my blog at all.....

Soooo today I made this cute card!

I have wanted to try paper piecing for a while now, and this is sort of using that technique

if you look close at the boy cow's overalls you can see that is actually a piece

of old jeans I have in my craft room that I use for scraps!

There, that's a better view...

and see the cute sentiment??  Cow's it going??  like I told hubby, thats Punny...

Oh goodness, I must of had too much caffiene today!

First this cute cow pair is a stamp from la la land crafts I colored them up

using my copic and prismacolor markers

I added stitching to the denim paper behind the cute pair and backed with the

fun polk a dot paper!

Then I added the butterfly which is a stamp from Denami designs

and the buttons seemed to round out the bottom, I then slapped on a quickie flower and

voila!!!!  The background paper is kraft resist from my boyfriend Tim Holtz

so you ask how many challenges can I fit onto one page???

Entering into:

Pile it on: fabric or felt

Bearly mine challenges: add a sentiment

Flutterby Wednesdays: anything goes

Shopping our Stash: fur or feathers

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: anything goes

Paper issues: fallin for flair

allsorts challenge: inspired by a song  (old mcdonald had a farm)

Designed to Color: Day 4 rustic Country

Corrosive Challenges: Animal Companions

also posting to La la crafts: customer gallery

Sooooo if you're counting, that's 10, and most likely a record for me!!!  Hope you enjoyed!

Tea Time For mom

Its been a busy week for me so far!  

Lots of work... not a lot of creating! 

Today I took a little time out for that creating...

I made this card for mom 

(hopefully she doesn't read the blog till she gets the card!)

I found some cool retro looking paper at the local scrap store

and thought I'd try out some new stamps I picked up at 

Tuesday Morning!

Also, over at Shopping Our Stash their challenge is 3, 2, 1, as in 3 of something

2 of something else, and 1 of something... so I have 3 stamps, 2 paper designs, and 1 die cut

Yes, that's an oval die cut in the center..

Here's the fun part of this card.

It's the surprise inside

That's right, a tea bag!

You see, mom and dad are coming back for a visit in a few weeks

And maybe we'll get to go out for tea, but if not,

we could always have a skype session and a cup of tea!

So I know it's hard to see, but I actually layered these strips of

paper all around the tea bag. Layer after layer after layer.

I did the same thing on the front of the card, layering the green stripes around 

the pink teapot paper. 

Hope you enjoy today's post! I hope to have some fun posts the 

rest of the week as well! So come on back and check out the fun!  

And remember to come back on Sunday for a fun new challenge over at

Anything But a Card!!!  

 Entering this Card into the following Challenges:

Shopping our stash:  Challenge 68 3, 2, 1

All Sorts Challenge: week 171 : layers

Pile it on: Patterned Paper

Blog Candy and an Altered Purple Present Box

Happy Wednesday all!

Hubby and I just got back from a super relaxing mini vacay up to Prescott

We did some hiking, some swimming, and some sight seeing...

And I spent zero time in the studio!!  It was a fab night away, and we definitely 

need to do more of those! 

Don't forget that the new challenge blog kicks off this weekend, and you all are going

to LOVE all the fun things this super talented design team has come up with!

Please check out the site over at http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com 

Carla has been so generous as to share some Candy with you all!!!

 MMMM looks yummy!  So hop on over and check out the site, and get your anything but a card

projects ready!!!

And speaking of anything but a card, I have a Present box to share with you today....

I made it using aluminum tape,  Plum and eggPlant alcohol inks, embossed Pretty Swirls,

and a Punched tag! Ok, Ok, are you sick of the P's?? That's the challenge over at Pile it on Challenge

It's just a cute bracelet Present that we picked up for Hubby's mom as a thank you for watching our 

Puppies while we were out of town!

Entering into: 

All Sorts: It's a gift

Penny's Paper Crafty: Sparkle and Shine 

Pile it on Challenges: I spy something with a P

My first ATC

This morning I woke much earlier than I should have (7:31) 

Puttzed around for a while, and then hit the studio 

I like to work in there while The Price is Right is on!

By the way it's Plinko Week!  Every day they are having Plinko!

I digress!  Ok, so I have wanted to try an ATC for a while

What is an ATC you may ask??  It's an Artist Trading Card: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

It's the size of a baseball card! 

I got my sketch from Angie Delarie's Friday Sketch and inspiration from
Wicked Wednesday ATC "blues" challenge

 

I also wanted to use metal for the challenge over at All Sorts Challenge "heavy metal"

It's kind of hard to see, but the shiny stuff behind batty is actually aluminum tape that I used my

alcohol inks on, and the button is made of metal as well... Plus of course the brad in the middle of the

flower is metal too! WOW, lots of "heavy metal" going on here!

Ok, so batty can be found in Angie Delarie's shop! She was colored with my copics, with a little 

glitter accent for the bow!

The flower was made using Kraft Glassine, alcohol inks, and my 

tattered flowers die cut (the smallest flower!) with some perfect pearls on the edges of the flower!

I just LOVE instagram!

Ok, ok, and here is batty's close up

Hope you're having a crafty Monday! 

Also entering this little beaut into Card Makin Mama's Try something new challenge! 

Please check out all these wonderful challenge blogs! 

And remember I'll be posting to a BRAND SPANKIN new challenge blog starting September 2nd!!!

Anything But a Card will be a fun challenge blog where you can show off

all your creations (as long as they aren't cards!) 

So get your supplies ready, we'll be doing some super fun things over there!

Ribbons, butterflies, and the great outdoors...

Ahhhh back in the craft room today for the first time in a week...

It was fabulous!!  I got a lot accomplished, but as I mentioned before,

I can't share too much with you as I'm getting ahead for the anything but a card challenge

Coming to a computer near you September 2nd!

I did take some time out to smash tho! 

I struggled with this one girls... 

Something about these circles just threw me off....

I tried them all over the page! And finally I stuck them around the SC 

digi and glued them down! 

The Challenge over at Saturated Canary Challenge is the great outdoors!

I Love this image, and colored her up with my copics

Then I did something I'd never tried before...

I cut out another image and masked her up and Distressed and glimmer misted the background!

It hurt a little to spray up a perfectly good image

but I love the way she turned out!

I also got a little creative with the ribbon behind the banner... Some ribbon and twine! 

And the butterflies in the circles are from Denami Designs.  

And my new favorite tool the die cut machine churned out the flower and the circles, and the pretty

scallopy design for the butterfly girl! 

I left some space at the top of the page for some journaling. 

Entering into:

Just us girls: JUGS #149:  Technique challenge

Saturated Canary: Great Outdoors

All sorts challenge: Going around in circles

Anything challenge: Summer Days

Crafty Catz: anything goes

Desert Island crafts: Mayzy art (use 3: Flag/bunting, sprays/ mists, texture)

Shopping our Stash: Technique Challenge #64

Fairy nice with a tag

I couldn't resist coloring up this cutie!

She is of course a Saturated Canary digi from the super talented Krista Smith

I colored her with my pinks, and added some distressing on the edges...

A couple of rhinestones and a flower punch to the side,

And then the little tag with a sweet sentiment on the bottom. 

I love the little tag!

Tied up with just a little bit of twine, and popped up with some foam squares!

Entering into: 
Cute Card Thursday: Fairy nice
Pile it on Challenge: Tag your it
All sorts challenge: Distressing
Crafty Creations: Tags Challenge #179
Perfect Sentiment: anything goes