Here Kitty

Today I made a couple of last minute treat boxes for Halloween. The first one is the Big Shot Pro milk carton box. I used CC Designs "kitty" stamp. The punch is a Martha Stewart punch around the page called cracks that I bought from J's. It reminded me of an animal print which is why I got it.The spooky fence die is from Sizzix.

The 2nd treat box is also a Big Shot Pro die called coffin with lid. I used CC Designs "witch" stamp. I found both of the stamps in the yellow tagged marked down bin at the store. This box can hold quite a bit of candy or treats in it. And I finally got to use this new Spellbinder's die called crown circles. This is really a nice die and it looks much better than the picture on the package.

Thanks for stopping by today and I really appreciate all your sweet comments! Have a great Halloween!!!

Eclips Halloween card

Hello and hope your Thursday is off to a great start. Well, yesterday I took out my Eclips machine and thought I'd try out some of the features that I haven't used yet. Which is the reason I chose to cut this haunted house. I like the fact that I can pick and choose which embellishment I want to cut and not have to waste any paper. It was so easy and everything fit perfectly as I put the colored pieces on the house.It made a big difference as you can see in this next photo. I wanted it to look dimensional, and not flat.
The haunted house and bats were cut from the Holiday cartridge.
The yellow background paper is embossed using the Tim Holtz Halloween night & poison folder set. The fence is also a Tim Holtz edge die called "on the fence". And the border punch is by EK Success and I can't remember the name.

Sorry if the photos look dark but I took them in my kitchen and today there is no sun.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Couple treat ideas

This is the project that we made at J's this past Saturday. We made the bag out of a Hero Arts envelope. I have tons of colored envelopes that I kept to use for something...someday. We used Hero Arts cling spiderweb stamp for the background, Dandelion Designs Count Baxter and give me something good to eat stamps. The punch is a MS punch called graveyard which I found in the yellow tagged marked down bin at the store. And this bag can hold quite a bit of candy too.Here is something I cut out with the Eclips machine which in my last post, I said I would show you. This is the the same "hanging bag" for the Big Shot Pro machine but now there is a cartridge that has all the same boxes and bags that you can cut out in different sizes. The cute spider and witch hat is from another cartridge called Holiday. I'm having fun going through all the different cartridges and cutting shapes out with my Eclips machine.
Keep checking back as I make different projects with the Eclips machine.

Also, if you noticed the Sizzix blinkie on the top right side of my sidebar, there will be 60 designers doing a Sizzix bloghop beginning November for 7 weeks. I feel so honored that they asked me to join them. It is so exciting and will be keeping me very busy too!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a great Monday!!!

Let's go shopping

Lately, I've been taking out my Sizzix Eclips machine and trying to learn all the different features that this machine comes with. I am starting to get used to it but I have such a bad memory that I tend to forget how to get to where I want to go.

The machine is so amazing when it cuts that I couldn't believe how smooth and quick I was able to cut this ornate gate out. If you have this machine, this is on the holiday cartridge.
I used CC Designs "shopping" girl stamp since I do love to go shopping.
The border punch is a Martha Stewart punch called pinking scallops which I bought from the store.

I finally got around to making the pop-up bat. I decided to put it on this box (box #2) instead of inside a card. I glittered his wings with Doodlebug fine glitter.
Box #2 is a discontinued die but I'm sure some of the stores still have it.
And lastly, I decided to make a full bat to hang from the ceiling. You just have to cut out more circles to make a full bat.
Thanks for stopping by today and I know I haven't been posting much but check back here again to see the boxes that I cut out with the Eclips machine. Have a great day!!!

Boo!

My craft table has a lot of bits and pieces of scraps and punched out pieces laying on it. Some of these are from testing defective punches or dies. And while I was staring at the punched out bat and fence diecut, I picked up some other scraps and put them together to make this card. Very easy.
I embossed the background piece with a Sizzix batty folder and used Coordinations whitewash paper. Have you tried the Tim Holtz distress tool? It's great for distressing the edges of your paper.
I stuck googlie eyes on the bat which I found at Ben Franklin Crafts. The "boo!" is a new clear stamp from Hero Arts.

Hope you're having a great humpday! Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Trick or treat

This past Saturday I went to J's to do a make & take. We made this cute little Halloween treat box using an older Sizzix die called petal card. First we stamped the box using Hero Arts magical background cling stamp. Then we used the little monsters stamp from Dandelion Designs and everyone colored with copic markers. The trick or treat is a new Hero clear stamp. We used Memento inks for stamping. I love the smell of the inks. It has this sweet smell to it.
And lastly, we put stardust stickles on the monsters.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a wonderful Monday!!!

Fiona

Over the weekend while going through some packages, I came across CC Designs Fiona. Forgot that I had her but she was too cute to put away.

I started this off as a bag but ended up turning it into a card. For me, using printed paper is sort of out of my comfort zone. Especially plaid designs. This is BG's Olivia paper which I picked up from Stamps & Memories.
The label die is one of the new dies coming out soon from Sizzix. I used glossy accents on the cherries on Fiona's top but you can't really see it in this photo.

I'll be at J's this Saturday from 10-12 pm doing a make & take. We'll be making a Halloween treat box using Dandelion stamps. Hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you on Saturday!

Cat girl gift card holder

Sizzix has a new pop-up gift card holder die that was just released to the stores. At first I thought it looked a little complicated but, it turned out quite easy to assemble. The card base is a regular A2 card size. I decided to use CC Designs cat girl stamp for the cover of my card. The background spiders is a new Sizzix embossing folder set. And can you believe that the one color copic marker that I do not have is black? So I went with a purple cat instead.Here is what the inside looks like when you open the card. The gift card pops up.
I used the same stamp for the inside but stamped the image in purple.
The "Happy Halloween" is a new clear stamp from Hero Arts.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a great evening!!!

Pumpkin

I am finally getting myself back into the swing of things. So yesterday while I was downstairs cleaning my craftroom (it really was a mess), I took out my copics and colored Pumpkin from CC Designs. And since I had the pumpkin nesties out, I decided to use the largest size to make another shaker card.Love the Coordinations whitewash papers that my husband just got in the store. I used Tim Holtz fades folder - retro dots for the background and highlighted it with stardust stickles.
There is something exciting in the works but I can't share until later. Thanks for stopping by today and have a great humpday!!!

The make and takes

We had a busy weekend of Sizzix make & takes at several of the stores. This first project is a Christmas ornament using the new snowflakes dies that the stores just received. The blue pleated piece in the center is a new Tim Holtz die that isn't out yet but will be shortly. We did this project at the Ben Franklin Mapunapuna store for their renovation party. And there was glitter everywhere.The 2nd project was this Halloween card for Photo Craft. It was crazy there and we actually ran out of kits.
And lastly, this bright butterfly card was at Stamps & Memories. There were so many pretty details that just added to the card. The butterfly was cut out of fabric. It is another new die release from Artist Studio.
Anywhoo just wanted to share all the projects from this past weekend. Sorry I haven't been posting but I was busy cutting kits everyday after being out on appointments all day. I've also been in training for our new electronic machine called the Eclips. I'm so excited to have one. The cutting on this machine is awesome! I've never seen a machine cut so fast.

Have a great evening!!!

Give me something good to eat

Wow, it's been awhile since my last post. I've been busy cutting kits for all the make & takes that we've been doing. In the midst of all that, I made this shaker box using the Sizzix XL die called ornate box.I had a really hard time finding Halloween paper in August so I made my own using Hero Arts dot cling stamp which is one of my favorites. All the stamps used are Dandelion Designs. The glittered candy corn is a new Sizzix die that was just released and these were extras from cutting kits.
This past Saturday we did 2 make & takes and the first one was for Ben Franklin Crafts Pearl City's paper party. We made a candy holder using the scoreboard cupcake holder die and a new tombstone die that was also just released. And I can't believe that I forgot to bring the die so the ladies could cut out the letters.
The 2nd make & take was at J's. We made a Halloween scrapbook using a new die called fanciful album. The cover is actually black fabric and if you look closely, you can see the design on the material. We also used a new embossing folder with spiders.
It really added to the background. We used chunky white glitter on the candy corns which gave it a different look instead of using 3 different colors of glitter.
Still cutting kits for this weekend's make & takes. Thanks for hanging in there while reading this long post. Have a great week and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again this weekend!

Hooty

Here's another shaker card that I made over the weekend also using the new Dandelion stamps.

I used last years pumpkin nestie which was a limited edition die to make the shaker part. I didn't want to throw away the small cut out piece so I placed it behind the fence.
Love the spooky fence punch that I picked up recently.
Here's a closer look at the shaker part. I used chunky glitter again and MS purple micro beads.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

Star angel

Hi there! Guess I've been neglecting my blog lately. I'm working on some make and takes that are coming up and will probably be quite busy until everything is finished. In the meantime, I made a card over the weekend using new Dandelion stamps. Star angel is actually a Christmas release but you can use it for everyday cards too. I ended up making a shaker card. I actually made several shaker cards that I'll post later this week.
I bought a bunch of these new Bo Bunny double sided papers from Ben Franklin Crafts Market City store. Love the colors in this release.
I used chunky glitter and MS tiny beads for the shaker part. Hope you're having a great evening and thanks for stopping by!

Hi princess

Today is Friday but this is creepy Tuesday from TGF. She is one of my favorites from this line. I tried so hard not to color her clothes pink so I chose my second favorite color which is turquoise. I wanted to give this card that distressed look so I used my Tim Holtz distressing tool and distressed around the edges of the yellow paper. The background is a TH fades folder called "Rays". It looks better when you use white core paper and sand the embossed parts of the design.I pop dotted everything on this card to give it dimension. Sorry for the darker photos but there was no sun in my kitchen while I was taking the pictures.
I even made that corsage pin. I was in Walmart the other day and was so excited that I found a box of corsage pins and then I headed to their bead isle and bought some swavorski (sp) crystals and pearls and matching beads. I made a bunch of them in other colors.
I can't believe the weekend is already here. Seems like just yesterday was the beginning of the work week.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!!!

Another crayon box

This past weekend was my girlfriend Teri's birthday and what started off as a card, ended up becoming a gift card holder. I know I'm confusing you but I usually know in my mind what I'm making and sometimes I end up doing a total opposite. I started off with coloring this cute girl image from Hero Arts "sending smiles" stamp set but decided that I didn't want to make a card.
Instead, I made this crayon box and punched the happy birthday along the top edge of the box and took out a bunch of different star stamps and stamped the background. I used VersaMark champagne ink because I like sutle backgrounds. This is the same box that I made a couple posts below. The cupcake is a Dandelion Designs stamp. It fit perfect in her hand.
And because we both like pink, everything had to be pink. I recycled the pink tissue from one of my purchases at Aunt Vickies. Can you tell???

Hope your day is going great. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful humpday!

You're so special

Well, hello and good morning. For today's card, I haven't made one of these in awhile which is a card on a card. I cut the smaller card out with a Sizzix die called kit #2. I used Maria from TGF stamps roll call.
This card actually started off with the MS ladybug border punch. I was testing the punch and the next thing you know, I picked up Maria who I just colored a week ago and took it from there. The grass piece was a leftover from another card.
Can you tell what my favorite color is? I try so hard not to use pink all the time but for some reason, I am always drawn to take pink cardstock out from my drawer. Lol!
Here's the inside of the top card and I used the rest of the ladybug punched piece to decorate it.

You can also write something in the base card too.

Hope your day is going well. I have to get ready for a phone conference call. Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!!!

Tweet treats

While I was at the store last Saturday, I picked up this Sizzix birdhouse die. I've been drawn to it for awhile now but everytime I get distracted, I end up putting the die back. I made it into a treat holder using the fold method. Can you see all the green lifesavers through the peephole?

Notice that the scraps look familiar? Sometimes I get so lazy but need to run paper through the Xyron machine so I just go through my drawer of Xyron scraps.
By the way, that bird and vine is a punch that my gf Teri gave me awhile back and I finally pulled it out from my punch drawer. I have so many punches stacked on each other that I tend to forget what punches I have. The red rose is from the Sizzix 3-D flowers die.
Here's a closer look at how I made the treat house. It's folded at the bottom and attaches at the top with a glue dot.

Sorry I haven't been posting as often but lately it's been really hot downstairs in my craft room and I feel less inspired when I'm hot and sweaty.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're have a terrific Thursday!

Odette

Well hello and how was your weekend? I got a little sunburned on my face yesterday and wished I had worn my visor at the birthday party that we attended. Nothing worst than having sunglass tan lines on your face!

I thought I'd try something different as I was assembling this box on Saturday. I had to make some happy birthday boxes and decided to use my Martha Stewart happy birthday punch to punch out around the top of the box. It fit perfectly around the box. I used Odette from TGF's roll call stamp set since I colored her last week. The star punches are Fiskars punches that I bought from Ben Franklin Crafts awhile ago.This box is the size of a Crayola crayon box and if you look really good, I didn't have tissue paper to stick inside the box so I found some kleenex tissue to use instead. Lol! But you can't really tell.
Thanks for all the congratulations on the award that I received last week! So thoughtful of all of you!

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your Monday is going great!!!

Top blog award

Wow! I just found out that I got this award on to the right side of my blog. See it? How exciting news today!!! Click on it and it will take you to all the other blogs that won this award. Anyways, hope your day is going great. I am working my tail off on show orders for the upcoming CHA summer show. Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Hello Summer

Summer is one of the stamps from TGF's roll call set and I thought she would be perfect to use on this Sizzix gatefold card. The circle frame she is on is a Hello Kitty frame die. The large scallop circle is a Spellbinders nestie. Once again, everything is made from extra die cut scrap pieces that I had in my drawer.The flowers on the card is a Hello Kitty sizzlit die. I outlined the flowers with Tsukineko's watermark pen.

Dotted texture on the white circle is from the Sizzix X-mas embossing folder set.

I stamped the inside of the card using Hero Arts clear stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!