Happy Halloween

Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a great week!! It's been so cold here the last couple of days. It was in the 20's yesterday morning, as opposed to the 70's a year ago. Ugh. I'm so not ready for winter :( But, in the spirit of fall, I have a Halloween project to share with you today :)

This is a shadowbox project I created, using mostly Tim Holtz dies and stamps. The box was cut with Spellbinders Grand Squares dies and popped up with layers of foam tape for the dimension of the box. The paper is from My Mind's Eye. The moon in the corner was colored with a Mustard Seed Distress Marker and a TH Waterbrush. The bats are from Tim's Mini Halloween #1 set, stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink. The tree is a TH Branch Tree die, inked with TH's Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. The owl was stamped from the TH Mini Halloween #2 set. The fence is a TH On The Fence die, inked with Walnut Distress Ink. Happy Halloween is from the Mini Halloween #3 set, heat embossed with Zing Vanilla embossing powder.

The skeleton is from the Mini Halloween #2 set. It was heat embossed with Zing Vanilla embossing powder and fussy cut. The spider web is from TH's Mini Halloween #3 set, and it was also heat embossed with Zing Vanilla embossing powder. The spider is from the Mini Halloween set. Several of the elements were popped up with foam tape for dimension.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spooky
2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - Halloween or Halloween Colors
3. Craftin Desert Divas - Halloween 
4. DL.Art - October Anything Goes Linky 
5. Sunday Funday #14 - Anything Goes 
6. Just B Creative Crazy - October Linky 
7. Funday Friday Challenge - Anything Goes  
8. 2 Creative Chicks - Halloween

My new blog design is still a work in progress. I'm having the hardest time getting the colors changed in several text areas. I hope to have all the kinks worked out soon. Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great day :)

Tiny Little Thing

Happy Sunday!! I hope you are having a great weekend!! I have been working away in my craft room, trying to get projects done before I go on vacation later this month. I'll be gone for two weeks, so not only to I have to complete the projects but schedule the posts too. Plus pack!! So much to do :)

There are a couple of challenges I wanted to enter, so I have a baby card to share with you today :)

The papers for this card are from the 12x12 My Mind's Eye Lost and Found stack. I love the patterns, but the paper is thinner than the smaller packs, so it's not as easy to work with. I just used it for the base and anything I didn't have to die cut.

Spellbinders Exquisite Circles were used for the medallion. The paper is heavyweight cardstock from Canvas Corp. It was inked with Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink, as were all of the edges of the papers. Each layer of the circles were popped up with foam tape for dimension and pearls were added from my stash. The sentiment is from Hampton Arts and stamped in TH Victorian Velvet Distress Ink.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Craftin' Desert Diva's #14 - Babies
2. Funday Friday #16 - Sketch Time (see below)
3. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - September Anything Goes
4. Just B Creative Crazy - Just Because September Linky Party
5. Cut It Up Challenge - Labor Day

Thanks so much for stopping by today :)

Doll Blog Hop - Week 4: Winter

Happy Tuesday and welcome back for the fourth and final week of the Prima Doll Blog Hop!!

We are in the final week of a four part HOP and the rules are very simple. Each Tuesday throughout the month of August we have shared creations made with a variety of these fabulous Julie Nutting Prima doll stamps to inspire you.

All you will need to do is hop to each of our blogs (links are below) each Tuesday in August and leave us a comment. Be sure to include your email address because on August 30th we will EACH BE GIVING AWAY A PRIZE. We will be sharing what our individual prize packages are on our blogs.

REMEMBER … you will need to comment EACH TUESDAY to qualify for the prize! AND … if you share our hop info on your blog, your name will go in twice towards the prize. WAIT THERE’S MORE! If you become a follower/subscriber you get a THIRD CHANCE!!

For my Spring Project, click HERE
For my Summer Project, click HERE
For my Fall Project, click HERE

In staying with my theme from the last three seasons, I created both a seasonal mixed media canvas and tag.

For this canvas, I started out with Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant 2013 dies cut in chipboard. I adhered them to the canvas with Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium. White tissue paper was then adhered over the top of the canvas to cover the snowflakes and to add texture. The paper was then covered with Liquitex Glass Beads Acrylic Texture Gel. The beads add awesome texture...it reminds me of snow. A mixture of one part Sea Mist Acrylic Paint and two parts water was brushed over parts of the canvas to give a little bit of color. More of the Spellbinders Snowflakes were cut out and covered with Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and then covered with Recollections Fine Glitter. Winter was stamped with TH Tall Text stamps in Distress Embossing Ink. It was then heat embossed with silver embossing powder and the letters wee outlined with a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen.

Lorenna was stamped on old book paper and her dress was stamped on Core-dinations Core Couture paper. The wings are Julie Nutting Wings. Clear sequins were added to the dress and wings. The lace for the ruffle and her shawl are from Hobby Lobby. She was popped up with foam tape for dimension.

Here are all four of my seasonal canvases.

For my tag, I used Lorenna again because she's my favorite and I love her dress :) The papers for this tag are from My Mind's Eye O Christmas Tree stack. The side swirls are Spellbinders Fanciful Holidays dies. The poinsettias were cut from the paper. Merry Christmas is from the Tim Holtz Mini Holidays #3 stamp set. It was stamped with TH Distress Embossing Ink and then heat set with red embossing powder. Every other fold of the dress was adhered with foam tape.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - August Anything Goes
2. Sunday Funday - August Linky Party
3. Just B Creative Crazy - Just Because Linky Party

BLOG CANDY

So far, I'm giving away, Mia, one of Julie Nutting's newest doll stamps, along with a Prima Mixed Media Doll Tag pad and Julie Nutting Doll Wings. Today I'm adding these gorgeous Prima flowers.

All you have to do to be eligible to win Mia, the tag pad, wings and flowers is leave a comment on each Tuesday post (4 total). If you share info on our blog hop on your blog or facebook, you get another entry. And if you are or become a follower/subscriber, that's another chance to win. You can count these every week for extra entries...but be sure to leave a comment for each additional entry. I will announce the winner on Thursday, August 29th.

The next stop on the hop is the amazing and talented Diane of Nellies Nest. Here's the entire line-up in case you get lost along the way or want to revisit anyone:

Dar - Dar's Crafty Creations
Mary - Primitive Seasons
Lisa - A Mermaids Crafts <YOU ARE HERE
Diane - Nellies Nest
Mindy - Mulberry Mindy
Joyce - Scrap For Joy

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!! Have a great day :)

Prima Doll Blog Hop - Week 1 Spring

Welcome to the Prima Doll Blog Hop!!  Have you seen the Prima Julie Nutting Mixed Media Doll stamps? They are ADORABLE!!

A few of us are having so much fun with them that we’ve decided to put together a 4 Part HOP and the rules are very simple. Each Tuesday throughout the month of August we will be sharing creations made with a variety of these fabulous stamps to inspire you.

All you will need to do is HOP to each of our blogs (links are below) each Tuesday in August and leave us a comment. Be sure to include your email address because on August 30th we will EACH BE GIVING AWAY A PRIZE. We will be sharing what our individual prize packages are on our blogs.

REMEMBER … you will need to comment EACH TUESDAY to qualify for the prize! AND … if you share our hop info on your blog, your name will go in twice towards the prize. WAIT THERE’S MORE! If you become a follower/subscriber you get a THIRD CHANCE!!

So what do you say? Ready for some fun??

For my Spring project, I decided to make a canvas.

I started with an 8x10 canvas and adhered strips of Fancy Pants Hopscotch paper with Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium. I then took gesso and acrylic paints in baby pink and peach and drug them across the canvas with an old credit card and dabbed some of the color off with a baby wipe. White paint was brushed across bubble wrap and stamped on the canvas. Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste was used with a Crafter's Workshop Harlequin stencil to give some dimension. A Wendy Vecchi stamp from It's More Flower Art was stamped along with bottom with Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black. The flowers were cut with a Tim Holtz Tattered Floral Garland die using the Fancy Pants Hopscotch paper, black paper from the Paper Studio and vellum. The letters were cut with a Tim Holtz Block Talk die in the Fancy Pants papers and black cardstock. The black was offset below the patterned paper to give dimension. The Rite of Spring stamp is from Artistic Outpost's Serenity stamp set.

Julie Nutting's Riley Doll was stamped first on old book pages and then paper pieced with the Fancy Pants paper. She was popped upwith foam tape for dimension and then outlined with charcoal.

And because I love these doll stamps so much, I created a tag, too :)

The tag is a Prima Julie Nutting Mixed Media tag. The papers are all from My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing paper stack. The background papers were cut with a Spellbinders Potpourri die and the side tab was cut with a Spellbinders Labels and Tags die. The flowers were cut from the paper and a few were popped up with foam tape for dimension. The ribbons are from 3 Girl Jam.

The doll was stamped on old book paper and paper pieced with the MME papers. The tulle for the skirt is from my stash. She was popped up with foam tape, too.

Some of my other projects using Julie Nutting's Prima Doll stamps (click on the picture to see the post).

I have blog candy!! How would you like to win one of these awesome doll stamps??!!

All you have to do to be eligible to win Mia, one of Julie Nutting's newest stamps is leave a comment on each Tuesday post (4 total). If you share info on our blog hop on your blog or facebook, you get another entry. And if you are or become a follower/subscriber, that's another chance to win. Be sure to leave a comment for each additional entry. And be sure to stop back next week...I may add a little something to the giveaway :)

The next stop on the hop is the amazing and talented Diane of Nellies Nest. Here's the entire line-up in case you get lost along the way or want to revisit anyone:

Dar - Dar's Crafty Creations

Mary - Primitive Seasons

Lisa - A Mermaids Crafts <YOU ARE HERE

Diane - Nellies Nest < NEXT

Mindy - Mulberry Mindy

Joyce - Scrap For Joy

Thanks so much for joining us today!! See you next Tuesday for our summer doll projects :)

Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday - Christmas in July

For the CIULIP Birthday Post, Click HERE

This should have posted last Friday and I sincerely apologize for the delay. I didn't get the chance to get online during my business trip. I have been trying to get all caught up on my commenting, so if I haven't been by your blog yet, I will soon :)

The Fun Friday Challenge at Little Scrap Pieces this week is Christmas in July. I love this because come December, I always need Christmas cards :)

All of the paper is from My Mind's Eye O Christmas Tree stack. The layers were cut with Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4 dies. The middle layer is a Spellbinders Labels 4 die. The gorgeous poinsettia was cut with a Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia die. The bottom layer was inked with Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress Inks. The other layers were inked with TH Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink.

The sentiment layer was cut with a Spellbinders Fancy Frames Two die. "Christmas Wishes" is from JustRite Stamps Deck the Halls stamp set.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Fun-Day Friday Challenge - Bling it Up
2. DL.Art - Christmas in July
3. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - July Anything Goes
4. Sunday Funday #11 - Linky Party

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Christmas in July project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

Always & Forever

For my VALENTINE GIVEAWAY, click HERE!!

Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a fabulous week!! It's my turn to post at Getting Cricky and I have a quick Valentine's Day card to share with you :)

For this card, I used paper from My Mind's Eye Simply Delightful stack.

The tag is a Spellbinders Tags and Flags die, inked with Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. The tag flap was stitched to the base of the card. The front design is a Spellbinders Decorative Labels One, followed by a Spellbinders Labels One, embossed with a Cuttlebug Heart Blocks Embossing Folder. It was popped up with foam tape for dimension and lightly inked with TH Victorian Velvet. The top two label is a Spellbinders Fancy Frame Two dies. The top layer was inked with Victorian Velvet and popped up with foam tape.

The stamps are from K Andrew Designs I Heart You stamp set:

You can purchase this set, and all remaining stamp sets for 60% off by visiting her online store HERE. BUT - I am giving this stamp set away!! Click HERE to enter!!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Sunday Funday #5 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

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Love Card

Happy Saturday!! I hope you are having a great weekend!! We are having beautiful weather for mid-January...temps in the 50's. It's supposed to get cold again tomorrow so back to winter :(

I have a card to share with you today. One of my new year's resolutions was to learn different techniques, and I've been working on them, but for this card, I went with my favorite Spellbinders :)

The base of the card is a Spellbinders Grand Labels 4. The next three layers are Spellbinders Marvelous Squares...I love this die!! The red and white polka dot paper is from My Mind's Eye Honey Cake stack. The top layer is covered with lace washi tape from Freckled Fawn. The label is a Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags 1, the bottom cut with the same My Mind's Eye paper stack. Both layers are popped up with foam tape for dimension. Love is from Just Rite Stamps Shabby Chic Labels 4, stamped in Versafine ink in Onyx. The lace along the sides is from Hobby Lobby. The gems are from Recollections.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - Use Washi Tape
2. Simon Says Stamp and Show - Lace Love
   
3. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
4. Sunday Funday #5 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Little Scrap Pieces - Use a Flower

Happy Friday everyone!! Wow, another weekend is upon us!! I hope you have fun plans :)

It's time for another Fun Friday challenge at Little Scrap Pieces!! The challenge this week is to use a flower on your project.

The paper is from My Mind's Eye Reunion paper stack. The base is a Spellbinders Grand Labels 1. The next two layers are Spellbinders Marvelous Squares dies. The butterfly is a Spellbinders Les Papillions die, inked with Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink and adorned with crystals from Recollections. It was popped up with foam tape for dimension. The banner is a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner Die, inked with TH Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. Congratulations is from Just Rite Stamps Thank You Labels 20 stamp set, stamped in Versafine Onyx ink.

The flower was created with a Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms Die and Rose Creations die. I discovered  how gorgeous these two flower dies together are from my incredibly talented friend Tracey of Garden of Grace!! The flowers were cut in heavyweight white cardstock from Canvas Corp. Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick and Antique Bronze Distress Stains were dabbed on a craft mat, spritzed with water and then the layers were inked and dried with a heat gun. The layers were attached with hot glue. Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Iridescent Gold was spritzed on the flower for shimmer. The leaves were inked with TH Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Sunday Funday #5 - Anything Goes 
3. Red Carpet Studios Challenge #19 - The Butterfly Effect (use a butterfly)

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your project using a flower...I can't wait to see what you create :)

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Thank You Card

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! We went from a high of 65 on Saturday to a low of 17 on Sunday :( I am so ready for spring :)

I have a Thank You card to share with you today. I dug out one of my all time favorite paper stacks for this card...My Mind's Eye Union Square. The label is a Spellbinders Labels Twenty die, stamped with a JustRite Fleur De Lis Labels 20 stamp. It was inked with Tim Holtz Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks. The center circle is from another JustRite stamp on the same set...I used a Spellbinders Circle die to cut it out and popped it up with foam tape for dimension. Thank You is from the same JustRite set, embossed with Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Embossing Powder.

The edges of the banners were cut with a Spellbinders Classic Squares Small die. The edges were inked with Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. JustRite Challenge #88 - Sketch (see below)
2. DL.Art Thankful Thursday #101 - Thank You Card
3. Sunday Funday #5 - Linky Party

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great day :)

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Little Scrap Pieces - Winter Blues

Happy Friday!! My gosh, this week flew by!! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend :) The challenge this week at Little Scrap Pieces is "Winter Blues"...you can either create a winter themed project or use the color blue :)

I chose to use blue for my project. I am slowly replenishing my stash of cards so that I don't have to rush to make one when I need it, which is what I seem to always do :/

The base and first layer of the card are Spellbinders Labels 17 dies. The paper is from My Mind's Eye Meadowlark paper stack. The gem swirls are from Prima.

The middle die is a new Spellbinders D-Lites Medallion Two die. The white paper is heavyweight cardstock from Canvas Corp. The gorgeous ribbon is from Karen. The middle circle was inked with Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Inks. The sentiment is from K Andrew Designs Sympathetic Sayings stamp set. This set is sold out, but there are still several sets available at 60%. Click HERE to visit her online store.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - Black, white + a splash of color
2. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
3. Sunday Funday #5 - Anything Goes

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Winter Blues project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

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Little Scrap Pieces - Anything Goes!!

Happy Friday!! Can you believe another weekend is upon us already?? This year is going to fly by as fast as the last one. I hope you have fun plans :) Mine are to try to stay warm...it's so chilly outside!!  It's time for another Fun Friday Challenge at Little Scrap Pieces!! This week it's a fun and easy one...Anything Goes!!

The paper for my card is from My Mind's Eye Reunion paper stack. The base is a Spellbinders Grand Rectangle, and the next two layers are Spellbinders Matting Basics A and B. The medallion was created with a Spellbinders Labels 20, with Spellbinders Moroccan Accents Dies on the sides. A Spellbinders Classics Ovals Large was pop-dotted over a Big Scalloped Oval Large die.  The gorgeous mermaid stamp is from Paper Wings Productions...isn't she beautiful??!! She is from the Sea Melange Cling Stamp Set. Her hair was colored with Tim Holtz Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress Markers, the tail with Broken China and Weathered Wood. The edges of the oval were lightly inked with Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink. The gems are from Recollections.

The tag is a Spellbinders Ornate Artisan Tag and Accents die. The gorgeous crinkle ribbon is from our amazing LSP hostess, Karen :) The button is from my dear friend Sonia, and the hemp twine is from Michales. The sentiment reminds me of my sweet friend Sabrina of Sabriolet Designs, She has this sentiment on her blog and I have always loved it. I was excited to see it on the Sea Melange Cling Stamp Set from Paper Wings Productions :)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - Something New (Sea Melange Stamp Set, MME Paper)
2. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Anything Goes project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

Little Scrap Pieces - Winter Project

Happy Friday!! I hope you have fun plans for the last weekend of 2012!! Wow, how is that possible?? This year flew by. Friday means it's time for another fun challenge at Little Scrap Pieces!! Brr...it's cold outside...our challenge is to link up any winter card, layout or project :)

For my card, I used kraft paper for the base and paper from My Mind's Eye All Is Bright paper stack. The layers were cut with Spellbinders Matting Basics A and B dies, the edges inked with Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink. The label is a Spellbinders Nested Pennant die. Winter Wishes is from K Andrew Designs Winter Wishes stamp set.

The ornaments are Spellbinders Heirloom Ornaments 2011 dies. They were glittered with super-fine glitter from Martha Stewart and tied with hemp fiber.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Sunday Funday #4 - Anything Goes

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Winter project...I can't wait to see what you create :)