M.A.G. Challenge #2

Hello everyone! I made this card to enter into M.A.G. Challenge By The Page's challenge for this week. This week you were to use Create A Critter page 45 only. I cut the alligator at 2 inches, and the birds were cut at 1.25, 1, and .75 inches. I welded the birds to the alligator in my Gypsy and I embossed the alligator with Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is a stamp from My Favorite Things. I hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday!

Hot Chocolate Mug

Happy Friday everyone! Boy it sure feels like winter here today! It is only 26 degrees out and I am FREEZING! :) I saw this cute hot chocolate mug on Stampin' & Scrappin' with Stasia and knew I wanted to make one. She has the template on her site if you would like it. I actually created this one using my Gypsy. I used the mug from Gypsy Wanderings and some images from George to create mine. I embossed the front side of the mug with a snowflake embossing folder and then ran white ink over the embossed parts. I cut the snow from PDDU at 1 inch and trimmed it to fit around the edges of the mug. The tree and snowman were cut from Gypsy Wanderings at 3 inches and 2.5 inches. I used my hide contour feature and hid the design on the snowman. I chalked the snow and snowman to give it a little dimention and outlined the snowmans scarf. I definatley need a mug of hot chocolate today! Have a Happy Halloween everyone! I am hoping to do more project this weekend.....but I am not counting on it. My son just had knee surgery yesterday and needs my help most of the time. This morning was the worst for me. He is in so much pain that it just breaks my heart! Oh, to be a MOM! Wish me luck! Hugs!
I am going to enter this in Emmas Throwback Thursday challenge.

Scarecrow Recessed Card

Good Thursday morning everyone! I had so much fun creating the last recessed window card that I decided to do another one....this time fall themed. If you would like to see the tutorial please see the post Halloween Recessed Card for the link. I cut the scarecrow at 3 inches, the bird at 1.5 inches, and the tree at 3 inches from the Simlpy Charmed cart. The pumpkins were cut at 1.5 and 1 inch from Gypsy Wanderings. The fence I cut from PDDU at 3 inches. I embossed the tree with Spots N Dots, the leaves and backround with Swiss Dots and the pumpkins with Skeleton Scroll Cuttlebug folders. I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

1. The Cuttlebug Spot- Fall

2. Getting Cricky- Fall

3.-Cricut Cardz- Thanksgiving

Don't forget to be entered into my 100 Follower giveaway!!! Just leave a comment on that post!

100 Followers Giveaway!!!!

I can't believe that I have 100 followers! I just want to say thank you to all of you that take your time to come visit my blog. I appreciate every one of you and all of your sweet comments. As a thank you, I am going to do my very first giveaway! I have a tin of flowers from Making Memories, a Cuttlebug die, a Sizzix embossing folder and The Totally Girl stack from My Minds Eye! I will pick a winner next Saturday, Nov. 6th. Just leave a comment on this post! Thank you again to all of my sweet followers! Hugs!

GiGi

P.S. I can only ship to people in the U.S. I hope you all understand.

New Challenge Blog

Hello everyone! As you can probably tell by the majority of my posts that I love to enter challenges. Well I just found a new challenge blog! The name of it is M.A.G. Challenge By The Page! The first challenge is up until Oct. 27th. For this challenge you need to use the Celebrations cart....which I unfortunatly don't have! :( But if you like challenges, be sure to check this one out! Looks like ALOT OF FUN!

Recessed Window Halloween Card

Hello everyone! Isn't this card just TOO CUTE? I love how it turned out. I saw a card this weekend using this recessed window technique over at Glendas Cards and had to try it. I found the tutorial here at Splitcoast Stampers. Thanks to Glenda for leaving that info. I cut the web from Oct. 31st at 4 inches and put it in the corner of my card. I also cut the spider from Doodlecharms at 1.5 inches and the couldron from Happy Hauntings cut at 2.5 inches. I pop dotted the spiders head on the body and also on to the card. The couldron I cut twice, once in green that I used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy (I got my Gypsy!!!!) and once in black as the regular cut. The bat and ghost are stickers that were bought from Wal-Mart in the Halloween section and the BOO sentiment is a Peachy Keen stamp. I hope you all will give this technique a try! It's not hard and the end results are very rewarding! Have a great day!

Blessings Card

Happy Sunday everyone! I made todays card with a couple of challenges in mind. I used the sketch from Cardibilities and the fall theme from Getting Cricky and Fantabulous Cricut. I cut the frames from Accent Essentials at 3 inches. I printed off the sentiment on my computer and then used the center point function on my Expression to do the back layer. The leaves and acorn are cut from Doodlecharms at 1.5 inches. I chalked around the edges and embossed the top of the acorn with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I pop dotted the leaves and acorn and I turned up the brown edges of the frame to give it a more layered look. Here are the challenges I'm entering this card into:

1. Cardabilities- sketch

2. Fantabulous Cricut- Falling leaves

3. Getting Cricky- Fall themed