Mele Kalikimaka!

I was over on the Cricut message boards the other day and happened on THIS TUTORIAL. It's about adding a wobble motion to your card. Well, right away I thought of the hula dancer on Life's A Beach, but didn't get around to executing it right away. Then yesterday I saw this CARD and VIDEO--someone else had the same idea! I love hers, but I like mine too.The hula dancer is cut at 4.5 " and backed with thin chipboard. Colors used are Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Early Espresso, and Blush Blossom. I used an old SU set called Paint Prints for the flowers on the BG and printed my sentiment on the computer (Hawaiian Punk is the font--it's free). I also used Cricut markers to outline the dancer and added glitter to the centers of her flowers. I wish you could see the way she "hulas"--for that you will have to see the video tutorials I posted above. I like this somewhat different Christmas card--hope you've enjoyed it too. Thanks for looking!

Where do you find your inspiration?

I find my inspiration EVERYWHERE! Sometimes it's so overwhelming all the sensory input that this world provides. I was at Wal-Mart yesterday, buying groceries, but I also needed some ornament hooks, so went over to the Christmas decorations area. There I saw some unusual gift wrap--kraft with blue snowflakes and some rust or burgundy ones. I loved the non-traditional color combo, all the more so because the new SU color Cajun Craze is one of my faves, and let's face it, there's not a lot of opportunity to use it around Christmas. So last night between supper and a meeting I had to go to, I banged out this card.

You know, back in the day, before we had tons of gorgeous patterned paper flooding the market, we used to stamp our own backgrounds. And that's what I did here. I used PTI's Snowflake Serenade set and stamped Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, and Cajun Craze snowflakes on Crumb Cake (SU's new kraft). Then I ran into trouble. I wanted to use my Marina Mist ribbon and brads, but the ribbon is so thick. And I should have made my brads go down the long side of the paper. I distressed the edges of the Crumb Cake and mounted it on a card base of Cajun Craze. I stamped the sent., roughed up the edges, layered and mounted. I'm pleased with this color combo and plan to make some more of these. Gotta find some better sketches to use! Thanks for dropping by!

A blog award? for me? It's an honor just being nominated!

Viviana has given me a blog award! I'm pretty excited because she has a pretty stylish blog herself! You can see it HERE. Thank you Viviana!

In order to accept this award, I need to follow some rules:

1. Thank and link the person who awarded you.

2. Share 8 things about yourself

3. Pay forward to 8 bloggers you discovered

4. Contact the 8 bloggers to tell them about the award

So, 8 things about myself.

1. I am a Christian.

2. I feel very blessed to live in a country where all have the freedom to speak and worship as they please and everyone has the opportunity to educate themselves.

3. I am married to a wonderful man and have 2 beautiful children, a son and daughter.

4. I love to read, but don't get to do it as much as I used to.

5. I love animals, particularly cats. We have 2 cats, a Brittany Spaniel, and 2 goldfish.

6. I was born in Texas, grew up in South Carolina, and have adopted my current state of Kansas as heaven on earth!

7. I majored in Marine Biology in college.

8. I don't enjoy cooking, except at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

8 bloggers I nominate to get this award:

1. Chris-- Chris' Corner

2. Jen--Fstop Memories

3. Banu--Stamping with Passion

4. Sara--Sara's Creative Adventures

5. Rebecca--There Is A Stamp For That!

6. Angela--Just Monkeying Around....

7. Susan--Mad Sky Designs

8. greenbean's crafterole

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Warm Winter Wishes

I have been having so much fun creating little scenes with my Cricut. This skater girl is from Winter Frolic, isn't she just the cutest? The BG paper is ancient SU, but I thought it made a great snowy backdrop. I cut an oval from Bashful Blue with my SCAL software, smeared glue on it and added Dazzling Diamonds glitter. The flourish I used for her skate tracks is from Wild Card. It was VERY hard to get it to stick to the glittered pond! I popped the girl up on foam tape. I used Liquid Applique for the trim on her outfit, and I colored her cheeks and lips with markers rather than cut a whole bunch of pieces that I didn't need out of those colors.

Cardstock colors are Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Blush Blossom, and So Saffron. Card Base and embossed hill are PTI white. I stamped Warm Winter Wishes from PTI's Merry and Bright set inside. Thanks for looking!

From the Ridiculous to the Sublime...

The ridiculous being the card in the previous post! I made this card for 2 different challenges: 1) Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #38--to use ribbon on a card--easy, since I almost never make a card without ribbon LOL! 2) Cricut Cardz Challenge #52--to make a card using only words on the front--no images.

I couldn't find an all-ready-to-go cut that I wanted to use, though there are tons of cute ones, so I used the font from Winter Woodland to cut the word "rejoice". This is a gorgeous font, but it really doesn't cut well at less than 1.25", which is the size I used. Even so, the O and C are a little raggedy--it's really better at 1.5", but I didn't want to make a bigger card than 3 x 6, so that's what I did. Card base is Always Artichoke, DP is Deck the Halls, and letters are brushed gold on Cherry Cobbler (all SU). Punch and ribbon are SU as well.

The inside is heat embossed in gold with a Scripture from ODBD. I am so pleased with the way this card turned out--hope you like it too!

Sometimes I Just Crack Myself Up!

That doesn't sound too hard, right? I got a new Cricut cartridge (well, several in fact, but they were all on sale! Really!) called Winter Frolic, and it has some darling images on it! Expect to see a lot of this over the next few weeks, or maybe even months, since it's not strictly Christmas. Well, Ems and I both liked the little beaver image on this cart, and I've been turning it over in my mind, and finally came up with this:

Too cute right? So now you KNOW what's coming next, don't you?

Sorry, I just couldn't resist! I already know who's getting this card. Card base is PTI white, all other CS is SU, except glitter paper which is Doodlebug Designs. "Wishing you" is from Snowflake Serenade by PTI, and the inside I did with my Karen Foster Snap a Stamps. Thought balloon on front is cut from Graphically Speaking. Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The kids wanted to help cook this year, so I had them chopping celery for the stuffing! Then Matt went back to Mythbusters (some families watch the Macy's parade and football. What do we watch? Mythbusters.) while Emily sauteed the onions and celery in butter and helped me finish the stuffing.You'd think Matt was cutting up the onion by the expression on his face! My friend Chris made this really cool Thanksgiving mini album of last year's TG day. You can see it HERE. She inspired me to do the same, hence the pix of the kids cooking.

I FINALLY got my Thanksgiving Cricut Cartridge--just in time. I made these lovely place cards using it, Stone Script, and a leaf punch I have had for years. I LOVE how these turned out.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with their family and friends!

Thanksgiving Decor

Lauren over at MTME came out with several beautiful cut files during her last release, including poinsettias, holly, and these lovely autumn leaves. I imported the leaf files into SCAL and used my Cricut to cut them out of various patterned paper, mostly PTI, but the colorful leaf pattern is from last year's SU. I distressed the leaves with Soft Suede ink. Emily helped me, so some of them were a little more "distressed" than I might have made them, but I think it turned out pretty cool anyway. The brown leaves I sponged with Champagne Shimmer paint from SU. I liked the effect so much I sponged all the leaves with it! I hot glued the leaves to a grapevine wreath from Mike's. I cut out the "Happy Thanksgiving" from the Wild Card Cartridge at 10.5 " (fit to length), after first using a Cricut marker to outline to words, then sponged it with the shimmer paint--love that stuff! I had planned to add a bow, but after I got it finished, I wasn't so sure it needed one. Emily thinks it does though, and so in a bit we'll go to Mike's and see what they have in the way of autumn wired ribbon. If I add one I'll probably remove the cluster of leaves above and to the left of the sentiment and put the bow there.

Here is a detail shot of the leaves. Hopefully you can see a bit of the shimmer. I really had fun making this, and it was nice to have Ems helping me. I hope you have enjoyed this project! Have a great day!

Hello Thursday! New Cricut Lite Cartridges

Hi, everyone, Joy over at Obsessed with Scrapbooking is having a contest to celebrate this month's Hello Thursday Cricut Cartridge release! You can read all about it HERE. She has some awesome giveaways, so don't forget to leave a comment.

Cupcake Card

Good morning! I made this card last night for a co-worker's birthday. Emily helped me, as you can tell if you look closely LOL! She enjoys playing with the Cricut. There is no stamping on this card. I used the Wild Card Cartridge and mostly SU CS (Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, and Regal Rose) except for the white glitter CS. I cut the card and envelope at 5". Emily and I added Doodlebug Designs glitter to the cupcake wrapper and candle flame.

I cut the sent. at 4.5 " so it wouldn't show when the card was closed. I want to make this card again using the cricut markers because I think that would add a lot. I think using the swirls embossing folder on the icing would be cute too, instead of glitter paper.

This is a cool cartridge because you can make matching envelopes too--they really thought of everything with this cart. I used CS for the envie too, which makes it really stiff. Double sided DP would probably be a better choice. I colored the candle flames on the envie with a marker.

Turns out, Tuesday Morning Sketches is having a cupcake challenge today, I found out from my friend Angela. You can see the challenge HERE. Thanks for stopping by!

Inspired Crafters PTI Christmas Card Blog Hop!

HI, everyone, this is my entry for the IC PTI Blog Hop! You should have come here from the sensational SANDYE'S Blog! For my card I used Chris' Challenge # 8 from the IC blog. I cut snowflakes using my Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge and Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides CS. I sponged the edges with white pigment ink and sprinkled on a mixture of white and hologram highlights embossing powder for some frosty sparkle. I used SU's Shimmery White for the base and main image. I stamped the snowman from Made of Snow in Ocean Tides ink and stamped his hat and scarf in white on OT CS, followed by the same mix of EP as above. Then I cut them out and adhered them to my snowman. Sentiment is from Merry and Bright. Punches used are SU. Hope you enjoyed my card--the next stop on the hop is the brilliant BANU! Have a great day!

Prayer Journal

Good morning! I bought a whole bunch of these little book/mini pen sets at Mike's for $1 apiece a while back. It is so much fun to alter them. For this one I used Peach Parfait Designer Paper and CS by SU. I covered the book with the DP, added a piece of Early Espresso embossed with the Square Lattice folder, and stamped the wheat and sent. on the peach in EE ink. The stamp set is Our Daily Bread by ODBD. I tore the CS and sponged the edges. Quick, simple and pretty (I think so anyway!). I made 4 of these, 2 like this and two different ones, but my DD and her friend confiscated the other two. It's nice to be appreciated LOL! Thanks for stopping by today!

Warning! Extremely Cutesy Card Ahead!

I happen to like this card, but some people may find it nauseatingly cute (I think we all know who I'm talking to here, Chris LOL!) It's actually for a friend's daughter who's been going through some rough times recently. Things are actually looking up for her now and I should have gotten this made and sent a month ago! I'm such a loser. The sent. is a Kid Quotes stamp by Inkadinkado, which was actually the inspiration for this card. On the inside it says "not your thunderstorms" and the little girl's name who said it. I used the Create-a-Critter cartridge for the cloud and rainbow. Colors are Cool Caribbean, Daffodil Delight, and Regal Rose. I used a Tempting Turquoise marker for the sent, which is all on one stamp.

Fabulous ProMarker Giveaway

The blog Going Buggy is having a giveaway--the entire line of 148 ProMarkers. These are alcohol markers similar to Copics, and they are made by Letraset. If you would like to enter to win, you may do so HERE.

Our Daily Bread Designs Card

Hello, I was going to post a Christmas Card today, but decided to save it for the PTI blog hop that is happening THIS Saturday--you can read all about it HERE! So instead I'm posting this card. I just got my SU Square Lattice embossing folder; it is so beautiful--I love it! I did the double embossing technique--HERE is a great tutorial for that--using oval Nesties. I stamped, cut out and popped up the flower and butterfly from ODBD's Don't Worry stamp set, and the scripture is from Scripture Collection 1. I stamped on Very Vanilla in Palette Burnt Umber and colored with a blender pen and Baja Breeze ink pad. CS is VV, BB, and Early Espresso. I didn't use any embellies on this card because I didn't think it needed any! I love how this turned out. Hope you do too!

ICC Sketch Challenge # 11 for November

Hello, today I have a card I made for the latest ICC sketch challenge; you can see it HERE. I decided to put my image in the circle instead of the sentiment, so I feel like my card looks a little bare in the lower right hand corner. I may add a sentiment later. This is some old designer DP that SU made--I loved it so much that I bought two packs; now I wish I hadn't LOL! But it IS really pretty, and honestly I haven't seen much Christmas paper that I'm wild about so far this year...which is good, since I'm on an austerity kick! Image is from PTI's Vintage Picnic set. I cut the scallop border and scallop circle with my Cricut. CS and ink colors are River Rock, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, and Real Red. I colored the image with blender pens and ink pads. I added red rhinestones for the berries, and some Crystal Effects to the star.

This card was fun to make. Hope you get some crafting time today!

Cardinal Christmas Card--Bird Bonanza

Hi! This card is for this week's Fantabulous Cricut challenge--Bird Bonanza! I used the Winter Wonderland cartridge. Card base is SU Real Red, DP is retired SU. Image is mounted on Very Vanilla. All CS, ink, and ribbon is SU; greeting is from PTI's Merry and Bright set. I added white Liquid Applique and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter for snow (I love to do that on winter cards!).

This card was so fun to make--thanks for stopping by!

Inspired Crafter Sketch #10

I made this card for Inspired Crafter's Sketch # 10. You can see the sketch HERE. I used the lovely new Christmas DP from the SU Holiday mini catalog called Deck the Halls, and my new-to-me PTI set, Stocking Prints. I decided to go for the paper piecing look on the stocking. Cardstock is Gina K Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Ivory for the base, SU Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, and Soft Suede. Ink is Palette Noir and Encore Gold. I used Nesties for the focal image and SU punches for the sentiment, which I embossed in gold. I really love how this card turned out--just as I envisioned it! Thanks for looking!

Two more get-well cards

Here are two more GW cards for my church lady friend. The first uses PTI's airplane set and Simple Alphabet to spell the sentiment on the banner. The inside has a computer-generated "Hope you're flying high again soon"--hope no one misinterprets that LOL! Clouds are die cut from felt using the MFT cloud die. CS is PTI white and SU Bashful Blue. Ink is PTI Pure Poppy and Palette Noir.

This second card uses PTI's Pond Life and Pond Life Sentiments. I embossed the Wild Wasabi layer with a Cuttlebug folder and cut the window with Nesties. Ink is Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, and Tempting Turquoise. I used markers to separate the sentiment, which is all one stamp. The inside says "& get well soon". That's the word window punch and a couple of brads on the front. Thanks for looking!

Two Get Well Cards

My church lady friend, who won my "Year of Cards" in the scholarship fund silent auction last year, wanted some get well cards. For the first one I used an old, old, but very cute, set by SU. It's called Rainy Days. I used a sketch from SCS and the Sunny Garden DP. I watercolored the little girl and popped her up. I added Crystal Effects to the raindrops. Sent is computer generated and the inside says "Better get better". I also stamped the sun (from old, old set Beach Babies) coming out from behind a cloud and a cute little frog on the inside. CS is Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Poppy Parade, plus PTI white for the card base.

This second card is a little plain. I was trying to give her some masculine options. Colors are Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss. Truck is popped up, "speed" lines and "road" are drawn with a marker. On the inside is computer-generated "Wishing you a speedy recovery" in a license plate font. This card really needs something else, but I had zip for ideas. It's still pretty cute IRL though.

Hope you're a little inspired by these cards today--Happy Stamping! And don't forget to vote! Today is also my dad's birthday. I made him a card but didn't get a pic.

6 x 6 Scrapbook Page

This was for the CHRISTmas swap I was in. This category was a 6 x 6 page highlighting a sacred Christmas carol. The idea was that you would be able to make a song book, to go caroling with. I have always loved all the old Christmas hymns--it's so hard to pick a fave! But when I realized none of the other swappers had picked Silent Night, the choice was obvious. I used the new Christmas DP by Stampin' Up! Base is Soft Suede, layer is Cherry Cobbler (LOVE that color!) Fancy tag was cut with a Spellbinders die out of Always Artichoke and embossed in gold with an ODBD stamp. I printed the words to the hymn on Very Vanilla with brown ink that was a pretty good match for the Soft Suede and added some Prima poinsettias and a gold brad. I absolutely LOVE how this turned out, and I hope the other swappers do too. I hope you've enjoyed this project--have a great day!

CHRIST-mas Card Swap

My friend Jen, aka cupojafa over on SCS, hosted a swap aiming to keep Christ in Christmas. So of course I gleefully pulled out my ODBD stamps! I wanted to go with a color combo other than red and green. I decided to use purple rather than blue. Colors here are Perfect Plum and Concord Crush. DP is from the In Color Patterned Paper Pack that is an SU hostess gift. This card was made for the fancy fold category. It is a tri-shutter card--you can see a tutorial HERE. I used my SCAL, Cricut, and an SVG file by Penny Duncan to cut the oval on the front. Scripture is embossed in silver on Shimmery White CS. I added rhinestones to the little scallops. I embossed the poinsettia in silver on Shimmery White, misted with water, and added reinkers. Gives a lovely effect, esp. on the shimmery. Then I die cut it with the ODBD matching die. Those things are GREAT! I embossed the words on the DP in silver. It's a little hard to read, but very pretty. Unfortunately, while I was trying to crop the middle pic which shows the cool fold aspect of this card, I somehow managed to delete it. If you look at the tutorial, you can see how it's supposed to look.
Thanks for stopping by today!

Halloween Cards

I found these cool blingy spiders at Mike's. I inked up my Cuttlebug folder with SU Basic Black Craft ink and debossed the spider web. Two of the spiders had purple bling, and two just had black and orange. I had just enough Concord Crush CS left to make 2 cards--this is one of them. The other two had Tangerine Tango card bases--spider web is on Kiwi Kiss. I used my Happy Hauntings cartridge to cut "creepy" in black and layered on TT. Inside I stamped and embossed "Have a wicked Halloween" from the SU set Wicked Cool (I think that's the name of it). Super simple cards and I had so much fun making them! Thanks for looking! Have a Happy Halloween!

Another Halloween Vinyl Project

Here is another of the Krafty Blocks from HL, with Glitter Orange vinyl, cut with the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. It's hard to tell, but it's a tall skinny pumpkin man.

And here it is, filled with candy corn and pumpkins. On this cartridge there is also a squirrel atop a stack of acorns, which I thought would be cute for a container of mixed nuts. But I didn't have any brown or gray vinyl, so a tall skinny pumpkin man is what we have! Thanks for stopping by--have a great weekend! I'm going backpacking with the Venturing Crew. I'm a first-timer, wish me luck!

Halloween Door Decorations

In my quest to try all crafts Cricut, I made these vinyl door decorations for Halloween. The haunted house and scary tree are from the Happy Hauntings cartridge and the trick or treaters are an SVG file I downloaded from HERE and cut using SCAL. I cut the house at 11.5", the tree at 10" (I think; I know it was a little smaller than the house), and the kids at 3".

The words were cut using the vampire font on Happy Hauntings on this smashing orange glittery vinyl at 1.5". I pressed shift for the W on Witches, but for some reason it didn't take, so it's all lower case. By this time I was getting a little frustrated with the project so I decided to let it go. I wish you could see this vinyl IRL; it looks really cool.

Here is a picture of the whole thing. I'm basically pleased with the way it turned out. My DD and her friend told me I was becoming an EXPERT with the Cricut--wasn't that sweet? I learned a lot, especially that maybe I should stick with paper crafting and leave the vinyl alone! However, since I went on a vinyl-buying binge a few weeks ago at Oh My Crafts, I will very likely continue to use it, at least until that's all gone! I already have plans for a wreath door decoration. I'm just sorry I got this up so late, since it will have to come down in a few days. Why does Halloween only come once a year? I love it so!

Etched Glass Block

Hi, I'm hosting the Anything but a Card challenge over on Inspired Crafters today, and the challenge I posted is to do something with glas (or clear plastic). I've been having some fun with glass etching. I used a Krafty Block from Hobby Lobby (they were having them 50% off, so you'll probably be seeing more of them lol!). I cut out a vinyl stencil using my Sure Cuts a Lot software and Cricut, and a doodlebat font from Lettering Delights. This project was the first time I've ever played with the vinyl; it's surprisingly easy! Once I'd made the cut, I used transfer tape to transfer the image to my block, masked the raised edges of the block with masking tape, and smeared the whole front with a thick layer of etching cream. I let it sit for 10-15 minutes, then washed it off and removed the vinyl. TIP: In future, for stenciling purposes, I plan to use contact paper, since it's a lot cheaper than vinyl.

On the other side of the block I did the same thing using a cut from the Christmas solutions cartridge from last year, so I can have the inspirational or secular side facing out. I made these to put battery operated tea lights in--I expect they'll look very pretty in the dark. I topped it with a ribbon and some picks from Mike's.

There's another method for etching glass: emboss resist. There is a cool tutorial HERE, and an example I made HERE.

A thank you card

Hi, I used the Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge for the pitcher with flowers. I embossed the pitcher with a Cuttlebug folder and sponged the flowers to add a little interest. All products are SU, most retired. I thought this DP, called Cutie Pie, went well with the image. Thanks for looking!

A quick birthday card

Wow, this is pink and girly! Wasn't quite how I meant for it to come out. Stamp sets are Lovely Labels by Gina K and Birthday Basics by PTI. CS and ink are SU, DP is PTI, lace is from Flourishes, and brad is from SU. Thanks for looking!

Sympathy card, IC sketch and color challenge

The wife of a coworker of mine lost her grandmother, so I made them a sympathy card. I use Inspired Crafter's Sketch #7 and the color combo by cupojafa. Oops, I just realized I was supposed to make a Christmas card for this challenge. I've never tried the cream and white color combo before--very pretty. I just hope this card is not too wedding-y. It's hard to tell, but I embossed the sent with Hologram Highlights mixed with white EP. The little doily is Martha Stewart (I found out about them from Vickie Y over on SCS), butterflies are SU/Sizzix Embosslits, BG is Cuttlebug, sentiment and border punch are SU, and CS and ribbon are PTI. This card was totally inspired by THIS one and THIS one. Thanks for stopping by!

Shallow Grave Brownies

Pretty gross title right? Emily and I were at Michael's a couple of weeks ago and we saw these Wilton Candy molds with this idea on the front. Well, of course we had to get them! There were only 2 skeletons per mold, so it took several rounds to get enough for a dozen brownies. They were fun to make, even though candy and cake decorating are not really my area of crafting interest.

Stamp club projects

My demonstrator is awesome, and she had these projects for us to make yesterday. The first one is a witch's hat treat holder made using the new waffle paper by SU--LOVE that stuff! We put a little 3 pack of Whoppers in there, but I bet a Reese's cup would fit too. I think Karen got the idea HERE.

Next up is this surprise pop-up card. I have made these before, but not in a while so it was a good memory refresher. I happen to think SU has the best Halloween stamp sets. I love lots of stamp companies, but no one else's Halloween stamps even come close to SU's. The sentiment is not in a Halloween set, but I really like it. The spider web embossing folder is SU. I won't be ordering it because I already have a Cuttlebug one.

I love this last project--anything with test tubes! We embossed the skull on DP then colored the orange dots within the skull image with a black marker. Holes are punched in the card front and ribbon put through to tie on the tube, which is full of Jelly Bellies--margarita flavor! They don't really taste like margies though, just lime.

Test Tube Holder

My friend Michele (who is a chemistry teacher as well as a stamper) found this test tube holder, and I saw it on her blog HERE. Well, obsessed as I am with all things Halloween-y and science oriented, I had to know where she'd found it, and that was how I discovered My Graphico. They have clip art, digi papers, digi stamps, and of course, my current obsession, svg templates for use with SCAL and Cricut. I immediately placed an order and decided to use the template ( by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) for my stamp club swaps. (I only had to make three LOL! Although it was actually very easy to put together--it's the dressing up of the project that takes the time.) I used SU's Wicked Cool stamp set and their Wicked Fun Specialty designer paper. Don't you just love the word "wicked"? It's so...wicked! I had seen this bone candy at Target last year, and they had it again this year. It comes in little plastic chemistry set-type flasks, in two different colors--orange/green/white and blue/purple/white. And I ordered the tubes a long time ago when I was still an SU demo--aren't the cork stoppers great? A real test tube would have a rubber stopper of course! CS colors are Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Black, and Whisper White. I used almost every stamp in the set. The witch's stockings are colored with a Really Rust marker, which is a pretty good match for Cajun Craze. I also used Going Gray, Old Olive, and Summer Sun markers. "Spooky" is stamped with Cajun Craze ink, and I inked up the spider web with Going Gray and stamped it off once before stamping over "spooky". Oval and tag punches are SU. The "spooky", hat, and boots are all cut out and popped up on foam tape. Which means I can also enter it in the My Graphico Challenge #69--how cool is that? Well, thanks for stopping by, and I hope you've had some time to make something fun today!

Sept. Teacher Birthday Cards, part 2

These two cards are for the teachers I don't know. This first card is for a teacher named Chris, so I really don't know if that's a man or a woman. Here's hoping it's a woman, because this is a trifle girly for a guy! I used a retired SU set called Branch Out. Card Base is Really Rust, layer is Cajun Craze. I used PTI Vintage Cream and DP. I used More Mustard, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, and Ruby Red markers for the leaves, Early Espresso for the trunk, and Palette Noir for the tire swing. Vintage Cream twill and fall Dew Drops were used to embellish. I used Penny Duncan Creations Shaplies SVG files and my SCAL and Cricut to cut the shapes.

This last card used Certainly Celery, Taken With Teal and So Saffron CS and some more retired SU DP. I used the Botanicals Cricut Lite Cartridge for the flower and PDC Shaplies SVG files for the label. Happy Birthday is stamped using PTI's Birthday Basics.

Again, these had matching candy bars. I hope you've enjoyed these cards. I enjoyed making them!