Thursday, October 29, 2009

Halloween Treat boxes (Coffins, and mummies and Spiders, oh my!)


Here's a little peek at what I have been working on since last Friday: I have been making what seems like a gazillion treat boxes for my kiddos to take to school for their halloween pass outs. When I am finished, I don't think I will have a scrap of black, purple, orange, or electric green cardstock (or any halloween paper at all) left in my stash. I do have FOUR kids, you know! I am working on another set of treat bags that aren't finished, much less pictured. Anyway, these are some little coffin treat boxes that I cut using my Cricut and SCAL. You can find a coffin svg file HERE. I didn't like them plain, so I traced and hand cut little tops for the coffins out of patterned paper. I wrapped them in different patterned ribbons, and inked the edges of the coffins. I cut out little spiderwebs from the Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge, and figured, what's a spider web without a spider? So I printed out a bunch of "Harry the Spider" digistamps from the Cute Halloween set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff , colored them, and added my homemade "Flower Fluff", which I made from a styrofoam disc that I put in the food processor (trust me, my hubby was giving me some funny looks). It made a pile of soft, fluffy white stuff, that I colored with food coloring, Glimmer Mist, and alcohol inks. This one was a black Wilton gel food coloring that I mixed with water and the fluff in a ziploc, then let it dry on a paper towel. It made a lovely black fluff! I used some Aleene's Fast Drying Tacky Glue on the spider's legs, then sprinkled them with the fluff. It worked great to give them "scratchy-looking" legs!
The other treat holder (The Mummy) was pretty simple-made from toilet paper rolls (I knew I was saving them for a reason!), white crepe paper, and googly eyes. If you would like to know how to make them, click HERE.Thanks for looking! Now, I have to finish the other treat boxes, so head over to Lindsay's blog for a freebie, and then check out the other designers' blogs for more fabulous crafty creations!

Friday, October 23, 2009

Those crazy people at SVG Cuts...


Are giving a Cuttlebug away! I know I would sure love to win it! I am getting tired of using the "rolling pin method", ' cause I am all about easy crafting, lol! It's on my Christmas list, but if I win it, I could always make room for other crafty goodies...or jewelry...'cause my hubby actually has really good taste...
Anyway, check the post HERE to find out about it!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Beware!!



For this card, I decided to use this week's sketch from Card Positioning Systems (I flipped it), and I did a tall halloween card to meet the challenges on the Caardvarks blog and Cupcake Crafts blog. The very cool crow image is a digistamp from the Creepy Crows Collection at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. I printed it twice on white card stock, colored one with chalk, and cut the other one out ( around the branches, etc) with my Cutterbee scissors-you could use a Xacto knife if you prefer. I then sprayed the top layer with an acrylic shine spray. I let it dry, then mounted it on top of the other Crow digistamp with pop dots. I tied an orange ribbon around the bottom of the Crow Stamp, then adhered it to the purple shimmer card I cut out of Wasau paper, added a black vinyl Thickers swirl, and a "Beware" sticker from a sheet of shickers from Target's Dollar Spot, and inked the edges of the card with Graphite Black ink from Brilliance ink to finish off the spooky look. Thanks for looking, now head on over to the other designers' blogs for lots more eye candy, and Lindsay's blog, 'cause I am sure she has a freebie for you today!

Ceal (Oct Guest DT)
Tamara
Leanne
Shannon
Cindi
Lisa
Katt
Kim
Melissa
Janet
Diana
Tracey

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Many Thanks...


I made this card that I am sharing with you today for a couple of challenges and, of course, my Lindsay's Stamp Stuff post. I used this week's awesome sketch from Kazan over at 2Sketches4You, and used a "Fall theme with a leaf" to meet the challenge over at the Belli Challenge blog . I used the Maple Leaf and Oak Leaf digistamps which you can buy individually or as part of the new Sketchy Leaves set from the LSS shop. She is running a great special- spend $5.00, get a FREE digistamp of your choice!! Now, head on over to Lindsay's blog, she has an awesome freebie for you!
After that, check out what the other designers have made for you today!
Ceil (Oct Guest DT)
Tamara
Leanne
Shannon
Cindi
Lisa
Katt
Kim
Melissa
Janet
Diana
Tracey

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Blog Candy Alert!



Today I stumbled across not one, but TWO awesome blog candies! Check out Amanda's BLOG for the candy in the first photo, and Chris's BLOG for the candy in the second photo!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

A "Spooky" Cute Witch


Today's LSS post is a fun layout using the Cute Witch digistamp from the Cute Halloween Stamp Set at Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, and some Halloween cuts from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge.
For the photo mat, I crumpled purple cardstock and rubbed my black and white chalk inks over it for a cool look, smoothed it out, gave it a little time to dry, then flattened it with an iron. For the page background, I took dark gray cardstock and dabbed white chalk ink over it for a textured, sort of smoky look. I tore black cardstock and layered it for the ground, again inking the edges with white chalk ink.I added some spooky black trees and a black cat from the Paper Doll Dress Up cart, and added a rhinestone spider web over the corner of the photo. I added a title block cut out of some green patterned paper from GCD Studios that reminded me of reptile skin, using a cut from the Storybook Cricut Cartridge, and inked the edges with a charcoal chalk ink pad. I added the title, "Spooky Witch", accented it with a little metal witches hat that I have had leftover in my stash FOREVER, then on the other side, topped it of with a vinyl black Thickers flourish, and some black and gray primas, with two tiny green bat shaped brads by Making Memories.
Thanks for looking, Now hop on over to Lindsay's blog-she has a freebie for you ;) and you can head on to the other designers' blogs from there.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Quick post...

Today's card was made using the awesome sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches this week, And the Cool Kid Card kit from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. Head over to Lindsay's blog to see what she and the other DT members have for you!