While surfing the Internet this morning, I came upon these cute treat boxes made by Julie Cluff.  They are made using the Petite Purse Bigz die from Stampin'Up.  They were fairly easy to make and took no time at all.  The bat was somewhat more detailed than Frankie.  I used googly eyes on the bat.  Wouldn't these be a cute treat for a teacher to give her students for Halloween?
Enjoy your day!

Haunted House.....

I spent another fun day paper crafting.  I'm really getting into the Halloween mode.  I made this cute haunted house for my grandson James.  He just loves it!  The house is about 7" tall and 9" wide.
There are three openings in the back to hold tea lights.  I used DCWV Halloween paper and inked all seams with black ink. 

The acorn box was a relatively easy project.  I cut the base of the box and lid in craft paper, inked all seams with distress ink, then added K & Company fall patterned paper for the decorative strips on the outside of the box.  It was a very fast project.  It measures about 5" and will hold a ton of treats. 

Both of these projects were svg files from Svgcuts.com.  I just love Mary's projects and most come with a how too tutorial.  She walks you through all the not so easy parts.

I hope you enjoy my new projects.  Until next time, happy crafting!

September already.....

 I can't believe it is September already and our grandchildren are back in school.  The summer seemed to go by much to fast and now we are getting ready for a new season.  Fall is such a fun season of the year especially when the weather turns just a shade cooler than the norm.  There are so many neat projects out there for Fall.  I love this time of year.

I made James this cute three tier box for Halloween.  It is his favorite holiday, he just loves all the decorations.  I used Graphic 45 paper and several svg files from www.Svgcuts.com.  They have the neatest files.

I also made a luminary out of paper and vellum.  I think I will be making more of these to put here and there around the house for Halloween.  It uses one of those little lite candles.  What an easy project.  This file was from creat8ivecutz.com or.scrapchick.com.  

Well, hope you enjoy my projects and get a chance to check out the sites I've mentioned.  If you have a cutting machine and the Sure Cuts Alot program, you too can make these adorable projects plus much, much more.

Entering challenges are very new to me but the cat box stack was too cute not to share.  The  challenge I entered was so fun.  The rules were to make anything using an svg file from any source.  Easy peasy!  Go  to http://creativecuttingchallenge.,blogspot.com to get in on this fantastic challenge.  Happy crafting...

Scrapp 'n Savvy

 I spent a couple days this week at Scrapp'n Savvy taking classes. 

Monday's class was this darling suitcase/beach mini album with Terri.  This is a work in progress as I haven't finished the inside of the suitcase yet. 

We got down right dirty as the outside of the suitcase was painted and then distressed using Tim Holtz distress inks.  It is suppose to look like an old weathered case and after we finished with all the distressing, it actually does look like old leather case that's been hanging out in the attic for years. 

The outside of the case will be decorated with postcards and travel stickers.  The inside will have a shelf with netting, shells and postcards on the left side and an embellished mini album on the right side. 

The project is made using two art canvases and was designed and put together by Terri.  She has done an amazing job with this project and I am so glad I took her class.  The possibilities are endless using this suitcase design.  I love it!  I will post the finished inside when I am totally finished.




 I must confess I am not a huge fan of glimmer mists or any misting product for that matter.  It is just way to messy for my liking.  I surprised myself when I agreed to take this class but am so glad I did.  Stayce DeWid did an excellent job changing my mind about the glimmer mists.

 This event was from 9:00am until 4:00pm.  It was filled with  techniques that I never imagined you could do with mists.  We made a sample book of eleven techniques including plain misting, puddling, positive and negative masking, embossing, color blending, and a faux texture .  My favorite technique is puddling and can't wait to use it on a project. 

We had a great lunch of a mashed potato bar and salad made by Karri and Millie.

After our lunch we made a canvas album using all the techniques we learned in the morning class.  The results were fantastic on this surface.  One of the great advantages to this class was all the paper towels saturated with the glimmer mists that was left after the class. Once dry it is great material to make all those decorative flowers you see everywhere.  I saved all of it and will definitely make some flowers for a scrap page or card.  Until next time........

August Crop

We had thirteen ladies attending our Scraptabulous Crop this month.  Most were brand new to our crop so we were  happy to have them join us.  There was a lot of sharing, chatter  and laughter throughout the event.  A lot of pages, mini albums and cards were made.

Maxine (her other half really) made our lunch for this crop.  The red beans and rice were delicious.  A big thank you to Matt and Maxine for feeding us well.  Kim supplied us with two wonderful cakes.  A lemon cake and an absolutely delicious German Chocolate bundt cake (this cake was gone by the end of the crop).  Thanks so much Kim for keeping us sweet throughout the day.

We had a few visitors to stop by and say hello.  It is always fun to have our friends stop by, maybe next time they can join us.

We have quite a few vendors attending our crops so Casey and I have decided to make up a flyer featuring all the contact information.  We have Thirty-One, Scentsy, Stampin'Up and our very own, on site vendor, Bumble Bee Scraps.  If anyone has something they want to share on our flyer, please let us know. 

Since the 1st Saturday of September falls on Labor Day weekend, there was discussion about changing the date to the 2nd Saturday for September.  We also discussed keeping the attendance down to fifteen people, this is the perfect number for the space provided.  We will keep everyone posted on any changes.

The crop was quite a success and everyone seems to enjoy their time with us.  Kim was the lucky winner of the Archiver's gift card drawing.  She left a happy camper!  

Until next time, have a wonderful week and stay safe!

Scraptabulous Crop-August 2012

Hi Everyone,
It's that time of the month again to get together and play with paper.  We have so many new ladies joining us this Saturday at the Hampton Inn.  There will be fourteen of us sharing our projects and ideas.  I have a lot of card ideas from convention that I will be sharing with all of you also.  Can't wait to see you and spend time with you tomorrow at the crop.  Until then, be safe and enjoy your Friday!

Convention with LNS

Hi all
 It has been a very busy July for me.  Tom and I left for Nebraska early July to spend some time with his Mother.  We had several days together before I headed out to the SU convention in Salt Lake City. 

Convention was just as exciting as I knew it would be.  We roomed at the Radisson across from the Salt Lake Palace convention center.    All the LNS events were held a few floors down from us so we were close to the excitement. 

I am posting the swap cards from the LNS card swap.  This is just one of those swaps, it was a 10 +1 full card swap.  There were six or seven groups, a different stamp set out of the current catalog for every card.  The cards are displayed on my new card tree from Memento Mall, love it!  I won  $25.00 worth of SU product for my card.  I was so pleased, not by the prize but that Sherrill  liked my card!  I used the Cottage Window stamp set.

I had a wonderful time at convention this year and met so many new friends.  I love being a part of the Late Night Stampers, what a great group of very talented ladies.  Hoping next year, SU's 25th Anniversary, you will be able to join us for all the fun and excitement of convention.  Until later......