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.

Got Candy?

Good morning everyone! Today's card is for a couple of challenges. I am having a ball with Jitterbuggin's challenge this week. You have to create a trick of treater but you have to use 2 different cartridges to create him. This challenge has definatly got my creative juices going! For this card I created a trick or treater in Design Studio( I can't wait for my Gypsy to come)! I used the basic doll from PDDU and the alien costume I made using the alien from B is for Boy. I cut a circle in the middle for the boy's face to show through. The frames are cut from Once Upon A Princess. The star is on his alien suit and the candy is from the Cuttlebug set Disney's Trick or Treats. The sentiment is printed from my computer. I hope you all enjoy my card, it was fun to make! Take care!

The challenges I'm entering this into:

1. Jitterbuggin'- Sketch+trick or treater using 2 carts to create+a star

2. Got Scraps- Autmn or Halloween scrap page or card
3. Crafting With Cristina- Halloween with only using one but not both orange or black

Witch Gate Fold Card

Hi everyone! This is a card I made to enter into several challenges...

1. Jitterbuggin'- Sketch + A trick or treater using 2 carts to create + a star.

2. Pink Stamper- Spooky card

3. Fantabulous Cricut- Faux or real stitching

For this card, I created my trick or treater using Once Upon A Princess for the girl and PDDU for the costume. I had to do some test cuts to get the clothes to fit, I think they turned out cute on her. The couldron is from Happy Hauntings and the cat and broom is from PDDU. This is a gate fold card, one of my favorite types of cards to create. The sentiment is from Peachy Keen. I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful Sunday! Take Care!

Halloween Z Fold Card

Good evening everyone! Cricut Cardz Challenge blog's challenge this week is to make a Halloween Z fold card. I had a lot of fun creating this card.....there's lots of Cricut cuts on here. I cut the skeleton (4 inches) and the tree (4 inches) from Paper Doll Dress Up. The iron gate is cut at 3.5 inches from October 31st. And the grass/graveyard(3.5 inches) , the big grave(4 inches) and the bat (2 inches on real dial size) was cut from Happy Hauntings. I chose to hand write in the "Willy Rot" because it was to small to try and glue....thats why it's a little off center. I pop dotted the grass/graveyard and fence on the front of the card and I pop dotted the big grave also. The bat I pop dotted too, but I put double the thickness on the wings so they look like he's flying. The moon I cut from George at 2.5 inches and just squared it off to fit in the corner of the card. The sentiment is a Peachy Keen stamp. I hope you all are having a great day! Take care!
I'm also going to enter this in Getting Cricky's halloween challenge.

Ghost Treat Box

Hi all! I am heading out of town for the weekend, so I wanted to get this posted. I made this treat box for BBTB2 and Paper Cutz challenge's this week. The challenge at BBTB2 is the TBBM Crayon Box and halloween with NO orange or black at Paper Cutz. I cut the crayon box at 6 inches. The ghost and bag is from PDDU cut at 3.5 inches and the bag at 1.5 inches. The lantern is from October 31st cut at 3 inches. The ribbon kind of looks black but it's really purple. The sentiments are stamps from Peachy Keen's Halloween Mini's set. I plan on filling the treat box with one of my son's favorite candy......Pixie Stix. Have a great weekend!

Spooky Spider Card

Hi everyone. I'm finally able to create a little today. This card I did for 2 challenges: CARDZ TV and Getting Cricky. Both are Halloween challenges. I just found Getting Cricky and it looks like it has fun challenges. The prize for this Halloween challenge is a new Thanksgiving cart from Memory Miser(one of my favorite places to shop!) The challenge is open until Sept. 30th and you can enter as many times as you want. OK, on to the card! The spider is from Paper Doll Dress Up cut at 2.5 inches, the web is from October 31st cut at 5 inches, and the sentiment is from Happy Hauntings cut at 1 inch. I trimmed the card around the web on 2 sides to get this look....it had needed something and this worked perfect! I also added some google eyes to the spider and some jewels under the sentiment. I hope you all are having a great day! Take care!

Throwback Thursday Frame It

Hi everyone. This is the card I made for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge this week. The challenge was to make a frame card and use the Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge. I cut the spider web from PDDU at 4.5 inches, the frame from Storybook at 5 inches, and the sentiment from Happy Hauntings at 1.5 inches. On the inside I cut the cat from PDDU at 2 inches. I used my Center Point button on my Expression to cut the cirle on my card and the frame. I really like that feature! I also did some penning on the cat in silver to give him a little more personality and to show up better. I think this turned out so cute! I hope you all are having a great weekend!

Raking Leaves FC Challenge #23

Over at Fantabulous Cricut this week the challenge is The Great Outdoors. Every year we have to go out and rake leaves, so this seemed like a great page idea. I cut the tree from SYI and the title from Life's a Beach. The boy is cut from PDDU....I had to do some changes to get him this way. I cut his hair and pants from the groom, his shirt from the pirate that I then trimmed off the jagged edges, and the shoes from Dracula. The rake I designed in Design Studio. For the leave piles I just ripped up a bunch of paper and glued it on randomly.

Zoo Friends Mini Album

Fantabulous Cricut is having an animal theme shaped mini album challenge. They are giving away a Celebrations Cricut Cartridge as the prize, so I decided to make one. This is my first shaped mini album. I had alot of fun making it. I designed my book in Design Studio and used old cereal boxes instead of chip board. Most of the animals are cut from Create A Critter, even the double sided bird that is actually a tag and can be pulled up. Some of the other things were cut from B is for Boy (Kangaroo) and the branches from the giraffe page were cut from Hoot N' Hooler. I don't own a Bind It All, so I tied my book together with ribbon. I hope you are having a great weekend!
I had to post all the pics in seperate posts so please scroll down to see the rest of the book.

Penguin Card

Good afternoon everybody! This is the card I made for Cuttlebug Challenges and The Cuttlebug Spot. At CC you had to make a Christmas card and use this sketch and at TCS it is Christmas in July. Of course you have to emboss somwhere on your project. The penguin is cut from Create A Critter and the hat was cut from Paper Doll Dress Up. It is actually the hat from the santa cut. I glittered it to give it some bling and I used Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folders for the embossing.

Ahoy Matey!

This week over at Paper Playtime the theme is Ahoy Matey, so this is what I came up with. The ship is cut from PDDU, and the boy is cut from B is for Boy. (I just got that cart and needed an excuse to cut this cute fellow!) The "Ahoy" is from Create a Critter and "Matey" is from George. I cut severall ships out in different colors to get the look here. I hope you all like it! Take Care!

Momo's Spots n' Dots Challenge

This is the card I did for Momo's Spots and Dots challenge. I used PDDU for the girl, Paisley for the strawberry and CAC for the sentiment frame. The strawberry paper is from DCWV The Sweet Stack. For the strawberry suit I just substituted it in place of the pumpkin and used the leaf layer feature for her hat. I also cut an extra doll in green for the legs. Hope you all like it!