Happy Fall

Hello everyone! It's my day to post at Digi My World and I am sharing this fall card. I used the Garden Girl Cindy Digital Stamps for this card. 

I love how this card came out. I love making cards using non-traditional colors!

I printed and cut out Cindy using my Cameo and colored her with Copic Markers. 

I added a strip of burlap to the bottom of my card that I also wrapped with raffia. I cut the fall leaves using the Jaded Blossom Fall Dies and attached it with a pop dot. 

To finish, I added the sentiment banner that I cut using the Jaded Blossom Mini Tag Dies 2 and stamped with the sentiment form the Harvest Signs stamp set. 

I hope you all liked my card and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day! 

Animated Blog Hop

Let's Get Animated!!

Welcome to the Animated Blog Hop Event!!

How fun is this going to be?  Cheery, Bright and Animated, we have a great Hop lined up for you!  This hop will run for 48 hours, unlike our typical 24 --- so don't rush, enjoy the projects and make sure you follow and play along according to the guides below!

Hop ends PROMPTLY on Saturday 9/27 at 11:59pm PST

The hop begins over at Jaded Blossom, in case you didnt start at the beginning. 

As always, this hop is sponsored by Jaded Blossom & SVG Cutting Files.

The Guidelines

1- Follow each of the blogs on this hop --(16 total)

2- Leave a comment on each of the blogs in the hop - (16 total)

3- Submit your form to receive your free files -- 

**Terms and Conditions apply, 

so fill out the form ONLY if you agree to abide by our TOU.

**Filling out the form is NOT a guarantee of files... please be patient while the system verifies your information and it will redirect you to the landing page to collect your downloads.

And now for my project!

I made this cute treat bag using Pearl!

I started this project with the Fish Handled Bag from SVG Cutting Files and cut out all the layers to the size I wanted. I also cut 2 starfish and added them to the ends of the handles. 

I cut out Pearl and inked all the edges and added chalk to her cheeks.

The sentiment tag is cut from Jaded Blossom's Candy Charms and Banner Dies and the sentiment is a combination from Under The Sea and Go Team stamp sets.

I also made covers for the candy using the Candy Wrap Dies and stamped the centers from the the Sea Life Candies. 

Got Confused (Squirrel!) in the hop? Here is the complete line up to help you out!

Candace www.jadedblossom.com

Ann www.creatinganniething.blogspot.com

Michelle www.scrappinwithmybug.com
Barb - http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/

Mel - http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/

Kate -http://scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Gwen -http://thisandthatbygwen.blogspot.com/

Jamie www.jamiek711designs.blogspot.com

Roberta www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com

Crystal http://crystalscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Tanya H - http://craftingoncaffeine.blogspot.com/

GiGi- http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Trixie http://www.pinkglitterstudio.blogspot.com/

Jaymie http://www.thisandthatscraps.com/

Annie www.svgcuttingfiles.blogspot.com

Candace www.papercraftsbycandace.com

Thanks for hopping along with us and have a great weekend!

Monochromatic Collage Card and Tutorial

SVG CUTTING FILES POST JUST BELOW

Hello everyone! It's my day to post at Peachy Keen Stamps and I am sharing a tutorial on how to make a monochromatic collage card. 

Here is a picture of the supplies I used:

PKSC-32 August 2014 SOTM

PK-1423 Halloween Sentiments and Labels

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic Markers- C0 and C3

Paper Trimmer

You will cut the layers for your card

Standard A2 Card Base- 4 1/4 X 5 1/2-White

Next layer will be slightly smaller than card base - Gray

4 X 5 1/4- Black

3 3/4 X 5- White

Next you are going to cut apart your inside white mat.

 With the 5 inch side up, cut at 3 1/4 inches. Then turn that piece and cut at 2 1/2 inches. This will leave you with a 2 1/2 X 3 1/4 and a 1 1/4 X 3 1/4

The next layer you will line up with the 3 3/4 inch side up and cut at 1 1/2 inches. 

This will leave you with a 1 1/2 X 1 3/4 and 2 1/4 X 1 3/4

Now you will stamp the images onto the white pieces and color  the images with the gray Copic markers.

All that's left to do is to assemble your card

Carefully line up your mat pieces on the black mat making sure that there is an even line around all the edges and glue down.

Next, glue onto the gray mat and repeat onto the white card base. 

And there you have it! A fun monochromatic collage card!

I hope you all enjoyed my tutorial today and have inspired you to try one of these yourself.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Beary Sweet Rootbeer Float Card

Hello everyone! It's my day to post at SVG Cutting Files and I am sharing a shaped card using one of the new files in the Beary Sweet Line. This is the Beary Sweet Rootbeer Float and it will be available Friday.

I created the shape card by welding 2 of the base pieces together and then cut out all the layers. 

I added highlights to the foam using a Versa Mark pen and a white gel pen. I also inked all the edges of the cuts and added pink to the cheeks with black freckles. 

The sentiment tag is cut using the Jaded Blossom Mini Tag Dies 2 and I stamped the sentiment from the Soda-Lightful stamp set. I added a bow to the top to finish it off. 

Check out the Beary Sweet Website for more Beary Sweet fun!

I hope you all like my card and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Peanut

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a fun card using the Peachy Keen Little Peanut stamp set. This little guy just cracks me up with his cute face.

I paper pieced the peanut using the Little Peanut stamp set and added highlights with a white gel pen. I mounted him to a mat that I rounded the corner of on one end. The pink banner was hand cut and I added a button with a twine bow.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment from the PKSC-30 June 2014 SOTM set.

I hope you liked my card and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!

Arrrggghh Mini Pirate Blog Hop!

Ahoy and Avast for our Talk Like a Pirate Mini Blog hop!

Me name be Pirate Alena the Sword Test Dummy.

Make sure you sign the itinerary (comment) with your Official Pirate name for a chance to win a $10 Jaded Blossom Gift Certificate

Click here to find your Official Pirate Name!!

Ye are welcome, if you dare, to join our Talk Like A Pirate Mini Hop.

There best be 'no fooling around here, or ye will be forced to walk the plank!

Now  ye don't want to miss any stops along the way, saavy?

Make sure you started with Candace and follow The CODE of the pirates below

(shiver me timbers, dont be talking about "the code")

Pirates follow it but don't talk 'bout it...

The Code

1- Follow each of the blogs on this mini hop --there be 9 in total mate!

2- Leave a comment on each of the blogs in the hop - watch yer bones about ya, if you cant say something nice, we will make ya walk the plank!

3- Submit your form to receive your free files -- if ye don't follow the screen prompts, don't be a scalleywag and say ye never got your files.  

Real Pirates follow the rules and abide by The Code at all times...

 only bilge rats try to steal!

**Terms and Conditions apply, so fill out ye form and be patient will ya?

Lets all be smartly about the hop and have a beauty of a time!

Aye Aye and now for the projects!!

So I am going to give you a little background on what my project is about. If you're familiar with Pirates of The Caribbean The Black Pearl, you probably know this already. For those of you who do not, this is for you :)

Captain Barbossa is obsessed with apples. Why? Because he can't eat them because he's technically dead or zombie like if you prefer. He wants to taste an apple so bad, it about drives him crazy! LOL! Soooo, that is how I came up with this project.

I started this project with the Candy Caddy Die. I embossed the front panel with the Tim Holtz Woodgrain folder and then inked over the surface. I used a black marker and traced around the outer edge to outline it.

I stamped and heat embossed the pirate symbol using the Jaded Blossom Pirate Candies and added it to a black flag cut using the Treat Flag Dies. I attached it to a toothpick that I colored with a marker and punched holes into the top of the Candy Caddy to slide into. I also punched holes in each side around the toothpick and tied it closed with some twine. 

I cut out Captain Barbossa and stamped his eyes with a Peachy Keen Make A Monster face stamp. I inked all the edges of him and added doodling to him with a white gel pen.

The boxes were cut using the Card Mat Dies and I stamped the Apple sentiment from the Harvest Signs set and the Take A Bite from the Villains set.

I created the candy wraps using the Candy Wrap Dies and stamped them with the Halloween Candy Wrap stamps. I also added the apples and "take a bite" from the Villains Candies set. 

I hope ye enjoyed me project! Click the picture to continue on ye quest!

Pirate Alena the Sword Test Dummy

Got ye self lost eh?

Take a look at this here line up then....

Candace (Swabbin' Marcy Cutler)

Annie ( Disembowlin' Gertude Grimm)

Gwen (Cap'n Julia Slashface)

Crystal (Hobblin' Velma Dawkins)

Gigi (Pirate Alena the Sword Test Dummy)

Mel (Cap'n Aurora Graybeard)

Barb (Pirate Darby the Pale)

Michelle (Pirate Mary the Back-Stabber)

Jaded  Blossom (Almost Blind Rachel)

Matchbook Halloween Treats-Tutorial

Hello everyone! It's my day to post at Jaded Blossom and I am sharing some fun Halloween treats along with a short tutorial. These are super easy to make using the Jaded Blossom Dies and they would be so cool to hand out to kids.

I kept the design simple so you can whip these up in no time. You can also change up the colors and add any kind of candy packets you wanted such as M&M's or Reeces Pieces. I chose to work with Skittles.

DIRECTIONS
Cut black cardstock at 3 X 7 1/2 inches

Score at 3 inches and 6 1/2 inches
Place your candy in the cover tucking it under the 1 inch flap. Then you will staple the flap closed catching the candy wrapper in between. Make sure to staple towards the bottom so you are able to tuck your flap in, but also make sure it's high enough so your mat piece covers the staple.

Now you are going to cut your mat pieces and add the decorations.
This turned out to be the PERFECT size to use with the Card Mat Dies.

Cut white with Card Mat Die
Cut second mat at 2 1/2 X 2 1/2 inches. 
(I wanted the stitching from the Card Mat Die to show, so I cut mine slightly smaller than the 2 1/2)
For flap cut a 3/4 X 2 3/4 inch

Next I cut out the spiders and webs using the Halloween Dies and glued them on.
The sentiment mat was cut using the Mini Tag Dies 2 and it was matted in black with a
3/4 X 2 3/4 inch piece of black. The sentiment is stamped from the Halloween Candy Wraps.
To finish, I added a punched web to the inside of the cover. I glued it to the candy wrapper (this way it will fit under the flap) placing it under the flap.



And there you have it!
I hope you all liked my project and have inspired you to try  these for yourself!
Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Witchy Matchbox Treat Box

Hello everyone! It's my day to post at Digi My World and I am sharing this fun treat box using an image from the Eye Of Newt digital stamp file.

I started by cutting the box from the SVG Cutting Files Nugget Matchbox Base file. Then I printed and cut out the witch from the Eye Of Newt digital stamp set and colored her with Copic markers. I heat embossed the sentiment banner that was cut using the Jaded Blossom Mini Tag Dies 2 and the Halloween Candy Wrap stamp set. 

I added Hersheys Nuggets to the inside that were covered using the Candy Wrap Dies. I stamped the bat background onto them using the Halloween Candy Wraps and stamped the centers using the Spooky Labels. 

I hope you all liked my project and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Smartie Pants

PEACHY KEEN CHALLENGE JUST BELOW

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge at SVG Cutting Files. This month the challenge is 

"BIRTHDAY CARD"

I created this fun card using a new file called Chibi Nerdy Girl Hoodie. She is so stinkin cute, don't you think? I just LOVE her eyes!

I cut the card base and layers using the Wavy Card Base file. When I saw this fun glasses paper, I knew I had to use it in this card! LOL!

I added a banner on it's side to the bottom and layered the Chibi Nery Girl Hoodie on top. The sentiment banner was cut using Jaded Blossom's Candy Charms and Banner Dies and I stamped the sentiment using the Science Candies. 

I hope you all liked my card and will play along in the challenge!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Gimme Some Skin!

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge at Peachy Keen Stamps. Here is the 2 inspiration photo's we are working with this month. 

Remember, you can use one or the other or even combine the 2. Just make sure you explain in your post how you used the inspiration pics.

And here is what I created using the sketch and I also pulled some of the colors and patterns from the color inspiration pic.

This card was so fun to create and I just love how it came out! 

I started by stamping the Zombie girl from the Faceless Zombie Kids 1 set and colored her with Copic markers. I stamped her face using the Zombie Face Assortment and I added her to a circle and scallop circle mat that I cut using my Cameo. I stamped and glittered the bats from the Cranky Franky set and added them on pop dots.
The sentiment mat was created by stamping the flourishes from the Cranky Franky set and then I hand cut the layers around the flourishes. The center sentiment is stamped from the PKSC-32 August  2014 SOTM set.
To finish, I tied some twine around the bottom, added a button to the side of the sentiment, and added stars that were cut using the Jaded Blossom Star Dies. 

I hope you will all play along in the challenge and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Tu-Tu Bear

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a card that I made using the new Ballet Bear stamp set from Peachy Keen Stamps. These little bear is so stinkin cute!

I cut the center mat using the Jaded Blossom Layered Frame and Journal Die. I stamped the bear using the Ballet Bear stamp set and colored her with Copic markers. I used chalk on her cheek and a white gel pen for the accents. 

I stamped the sentiment to the side and added a ribbon with bow.

To finish, I added stars to the side using the Jaded Blossom Star Dies.

You can get these stamps at a great price right now too!

The new releases are marked 20% off!!!!

• 20% off of the New Releases today through September 12 at 6pm (CST)
• You don't want to miss our  Sept 2014 SPECIALS category!!
• For all of our customers - Use SAVEMEMONEY in the promo code box during the month of SEPTEMBER 2014 to save an additional 10% off of anything you purchase on our site.
• Stamp club members can use their promo code to save an additional 20% off the entire month through October 5th.

CLICK HERE TO SHOP

I hope you liked my card and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!

BOO Treat Box

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a project that I made using the NEW Not Squared Of Boo Squaredy Cat. These Halloween themed SC's are SO CUTE!!!!

I cut the box from the SVG Cutting File Elongated Gable Box in black and hand cut decorative mats.

I cut Not Squared Of BOO from glitter paper and inked all the edges adding him on pop dots. 

I cut out the tag at the top using the Jaded Blossom Halloween Dies and the bats on the sides. I stamped the sentiment from the Halloween Candy Wraps and attached the tag with crinkle ribbon.

I added the BOO sentiment to the side by stamping the letters from the Jaded Blossom Bingo stamp set onto punched circles. I matted them in black and added them on pop dots.

Did you know that you can get all of these adorable Squaredy Cats in plush form? You can check out all the amazingly cute Squaredy Cats HERE!

I hope you all enjoyed seeing my project and thanks for visiting!

Have a great day! 

Jaded Blossom September Release Blog Hop

PEACHY KEEN BLOG HOP JUST BELOW
Hi Everyone! Welcome to Jaded Blossom's September 2014 Release Blog Hop.   Now if you're here from MEL you're in the right place, if you're just passing thru start at the beginning because you don't wanna miss anything.  I also have the complete line up at the bottom.
Here is what I made: A fun set of potion bottles!

I cut out the Kawaii Hot Sauce bottles and made caps for them by cutting 1 1/2 inch squares, scoring them at 1/4 inch on all sides and then cutting into 2 sides. Then I glued them together and added them to the top. 

The stems of the bottles are adorned with labels made using the Candy Wrap Dies, Spooky Labels, and Halloween Candy Wraps.

The main front labels were created with the Curly Label Die and stamped with sentiments from the Pick Your Poison stamp set.

To finish, I added some bats cut from the Halloween Dies and tied twine around each bottles stem. 

Jaded Blossom Stamps I used are:

Halloween Dies

Spooky Labels

Halloween Candy Wraps

Pick Your Poison

Candy Wrap Dies

Curly Label Die

Bottle- SVG CUTTING FILES

Kawaii Hot Sauce

(just click on the name and it will take you directly to the Jaded Blossom Store)

And of course we have to have a deal for you right? This weekend only you can get the entire release package for $135.99

Regular Price for the Release Package is $148.99

1 - Free 2 x 3 Stamp for customers that spend $40 or more before Taxes and Shipping! FREEBIE is only available until Sunday 9/7, 11:59pm pst.

Of course, here is what everyone will receive when they order our New Release.

BLOG CANDY

Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop!

The more blogs you comment on the more chances you have to win!

1st Prize Simple Stories 6 x 6 Paper Pad

2nd Prize Glitz 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Now on to the HOP....

Next up is TANYA

Just in case you get lost here is the Entire Line Up: 

MICHELLE 
ROBERTA (September Guest Designer)
CRYSTAL
KATE
BARB 
JAMIE
MEL
GIGI 
TANYA 
TRIXIE 
CANDACE