Trick or treat

I made this card to enter the challenges over at Stampin Celebration and EBTKS. Head on over and check them out.

Here's my cardThe background I made by sponging yellow, orange and brown inks. I colored, glittered and cut out the trick or treaters. The paper is from Making Memories and the ribbon is from May Arts. The stamps are Stampin Up!

Stampin Celebration Challenge #24

I think I'm just under the wire for the challenge over at Stampin Celebration. All supplies are Stampin Up! except the spiders. I found then at my local craft store. They are stickers I embellished with googly eyes! A close up of the spiders.

Thanks for looking.

Rainbow flowers

I took these pictures a couple of weeks ago. My daughters love the Rainbow flowers. (aka Dahlias) They love all the brights colors and are so excited to see how big they get.

6 inches!

Almost 7 inches! My favorite.

The Dahlias were so pretty this year. Hope you enjoy seeing them!

Lighten up

I have been having so much fun with my Day of Gratitude set and my Autumn Spice DSP I thought I would use it again! I made a luminary.


I cut four 5 1/2 inch squares then used my creative memories circle cutters to cut circles in them. I stamped the medallion with Cajun craze SU ink on the vellum. I cut four more circles out of the Cajun craze paper to act as a mat on the vellum.

The ribbon is making memories Halloween pack and the button is from my stash.

All lit up!!!

Stampin Celebration challenge #23

Happy Monday!! The sun is shinning and the leaves are turning gorgeous colors! It's a well deserved break from all the rain we had this weekend.

I love this time of year. Reds, oranges and golden yellow all my favs! I love the smell of pumpkin and apple cider. So I was very happy to be able to participate in this weeks challenge over at Stampin Celebration.



Here's my card:



I just received my Day of Gratitude stamps and the Autumn Spice designer series paper a couple days ago, I thought it would be perfect for this challenge. I used pear piazzazz and cajun craze ink on the leaves then cut them out. The sentiment is also stamped using cajun craze. I added some dark brown ric rac and a button. I hope everyone is enjoying a fantastic fall day!

Paper pumpkins

I have had one of the greatest days! Cleaned a little house this morning, planned something for dinner, watched my soap opera (tacky I know but I can't help it) then my mom came over to craft with me for the afternoon :) We made paper pumpkins. I have seen these in many craft magazines and always thought they would be fun to make.



I used my other new Sizzix die to cut the leave out of felt, attached a brown button and tied it with some twine.

Close up of the leaves.

Thanks mom for spending the day with me!!

EBTKS challenge

I am so excited to be participating in another EBTKS challenge! All the entries are so amazing. Head over and check them out. You will be so inspired!

My card....

I just love this paper I found at my local craft store. It's K & Company "Spooktacular" I was very inspired by bold colors. I'm really into my black satin ribbon I thought it would add a bit on shine to the card. Thanks for taking a look.

Halloween banner

I just wanted to put a shout out to my friend Jen who always inspires me with her beautiful projects. She is always coming up with new and creative ways to make things. So thank you Jen for not only being my friend but keeping me on my toes creatively!



Last year Jen created a banner similar to this one and I just loved it so this year I wanted to make one of my own. Nothing to fancy really, I used some paper I found at my local craft store by K & Company called Spooktacular. I loved the bold colors.



I had to use my glue gun to put on my ribbon boarder. My sewing machine is not working. The picture makes it look crooked but it's not, really it's not :)

The cute little ghosts are felt cut with my new Sizzix die.

I crimped the circles to add some texture.

I LOVE the black glitter!!!!!!

I think it turned out pretty cute. I can't wait to hang it up.

OOOPS! I'm late!

I had made this card for Embellish Magazines latest challenge but I missed last nights deadline. Bummer!! I really liked the way the background paper turned out so I decided to post it anyway.




I stamped the grey paper with the paisley background stamp then embossed it with sterling silver embossing powder. It almost made the paper look like aluminum foil.

I'm loving black stain ribbon right now so I used some from my stash. All papers and inks are from Stampin Up! and the yellow button is one I have had kicking around in my button jar. I'd love to hear what you think.

Stampin Celebration Challenge #22

I have been feeling very uninspired (busy keeping track of my two girls school, dance, soccer schedules) until I saw this weeks challenge over at Stampin Celebration. I am in love with bees!!! I couldn't wait to get out my Just Buzzin By stamps from Stampin Up! Hope you like what I created.

Here's the card...

I stamped the bee hive and the bees on watercolor paper using starzon black. Then used my watercolor crayons to paint them. I used chocolate chip, basic black and summer sun paper from Stampin Up!

The little bees are so cute. You can't really tell by the picture but her wings are sparkly. Thanks for taking a look!