Halloween treat bag

I made this bag with the Sizzix Bigz scalloped card die. Instead of folding it into a card, I scored two more lines at the bottom and turned it into a treat bag. I cut a circle out of the front of the card, added a frame with black cardstock and an acetate window. I am going to teach this at the card class at church and couldn't find enough large eyelets, so, I just used a black marker and colored some regular paper reinforcements. I figured the treat bag will be torn apart to get to the candy anway :)

CD Case Calendar

This weeks challenge was the Home from the Christmas Cheer cartridge. I turned mine into a gingerbread house. I downloaded this calendar from the Amuse website. The proceeds go to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The calendars come in three different size formats that you download. The calendar is placed in an empty CD case with the middle removed. After you remove the middle, (the part that the CD sits in) you take the case apart, flip the lid around and when you put it back together it sits at an angle and the calendar page slides in. Quick and easy! These would make fun christmas gifts. The top scalloped border is a Fiskars border punch. The ginger people are from Paper Dolls............aren't they cute?

My thoughts and prayers

So many people that I care about are having a tough time right now. They are all in my prayers.

Have a cherry good day!

We will be making this card in the card class at church next week. The inside verse sais, Have a cherry good day. This bowl of cherries stamp is made by Whipper Snapper. I think they have some pretty fun stamps! I used a rub-on word........thinking of you............. at the bottom and it doesn't really show up very well. I guess the red dot paper is too busy and too dark. Oh well, I will just pretend that I wanted the words to look "subtle"..............and live with it!

Cakebox-BOO

I have been making and mailing lots of cards this week and forgot to take pics of any of them, so, I can't post them here. Not sure what I was thinking, but, I guess I was just in a hurry to get them to the post office and on their way. This weeks challenge was the cakebox from Tags Bags and Boxes. Everyone did such a wonderful job on this challenge, I love them all! I used some Martha Stewart punches on this one. The fence, pumpkins, spider web, and tag are all from Martha. I need to get the card samples made for next weeks card class at church. Maybe I will remember to take pics this week.

Friendship

I sent this card off to a sweet friend a few days ago. I have been wanting to use this stamp with hearts instead of balloons. I found the perfect word stamp to use and had to stamp this without the balloons. I hope she likes it :)

Birthday wishes

This weeks challenge was the train from the New Arrival cartridge. Wow...........this card has a ton of little parts and pieces. I made it for a very early birthday card for my grandson (I hope I remember I made it when his birthday rolls around). He loves Pluto, so, I had to add Pluto to the train. This train cut has so many possibilities.

Butterfly bling

This butterfly is from the Tear Drop cartridge. I used some stickles on the dots in the paper and some rhinestones on the antennae. I love this Threading Water punch......................it makes such a fun border.

Little Ballerina

Another Whipper Snapper stamp. This little ballerina was too cute to pass up. I added Stickles to her outfit and a little rhinestone "bling" to her headband. Still lovin' this Bigz die.

Back to basics

I miss coloring! I have been making so many cards with embelishments and have not been stamping or coloring much. Today was the day. I wanted to sit and work on a card, quietly, so that my poor doggie could lay by me and get some rest. She has had a traumatic time at the vet for a few days. I saw this little girl stamp and could not pass her up! She is so darn cute. She was made by Whipper Snapper. The scallop circle is a revolution die and the tag punch is Martha Stewart ( I sure use that little tag a lot!). I put crystal lacquer on her shoes to make them look like patent leather and also on the glass vase.