Spider Boo!

Hello everyone! It's fall break around here but it is going way to fast for me! I have been having a lot of fun doing all kinds of different things! I even got to visit a friend for a few days! And she helped me spend money - lol! Soon it will be back to work so I will enjoy these last few days! Nick went mountain biking and camping with friends. We even let him drive himself out to the camping spot! Yikes! But I know he is having fun and making memories! Two more bike races and then it will be over until the snow melts. I sure do enjoy these times!

Today's card was one I did for a recent swap I participated in. Super easy and so fun!

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Adhere a piece of Old Olive to card base
• Adhere a piece of Happy Haunting designer paper to a piece of Basic Black card stock
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Adhere a spider web doily to card
• Punch a circle from Crushed Curry card stock using the 2" circle punch and sponge the edges with Crushed Curry ink then adhere to center of spider web
• Cut the "boo!" from black glimmer paper using the Boo to You framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the spider from Howl-o-Ween Treat stamp set onto a piece of Very Vanilla using Momento ink and cut out using the Boo to You framelits then adhere to card with a dimensional

Have you signed up for the upcoming Create with Connie and Mary October mini edition? We have some awesome projects for the upcoming holidays! You won't want to miss these great creations! But the only way to see them is to subscribe! Here is a snippet of what will be showcased:

OCTOBER 2015 MINI SESSION 

* Includes FIVE step-by-step tutorials for projects...THREE card sets, each with 4 cards and TWO 3D items...perfect for your club or stamp camp!

* All FIVE projects are available once the mini collection opens so you immediately have all projects (and tutorials)

* Plus BONUS cards done by Connie and Mary throughout the month!

*Mini session is available beginning on Oct. 11th

Sets used for this collection:

• Holly Jolly Greetings
• Vintage Leaves
• Your Presents
• Happy Scenes
• Thankful Forest Friends
• BONUS:  Reason for the Season

Don't miss out! Sign up at Create with Connie and Mary! I hope to see you all there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat; Paper- Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Basic Black, Happy Haunting designer paper, black glimmer paper; Ink- Momento ink, Crushed Curry; Accessories- Boo to You framelits, 2" circle punch, spider web doilies, sponge, dimensionals

Trick or Treat!

Hello everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! I seemed to drag yesterday but I was still able to get through it. Fall break is coming. Hang on!! Lol! I am hoping that I can get myself focused before then. I have things that I need to get finished so I can enjoy my time away!

Today's card was one that I did for a recent swap I was in. 

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Adhere a piece of Basic Black to the card base
• On a piece of Very Vanilla stamp the greeting from Howl-o-Ween Treat stamp set using Momento ink
• Adhere a piece of Happy Haunting designer paper to the bottom part of the panel
• Adhere a strip of Happy Haunting designer washi tape along the bottom of the panel
• Sponge panel with Crumb Cake ink
• Adhere panel to a piece of Tangelo Twist card stock then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Adhere a strip of black glimmer paper to the card
• Stamp the pumpkin image onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock using Tangelo Twist ink and cut out using the Boo to You framelits
• Adhere pumpkin to card with dimensionals
• Add a black star sequin from the Metallic sequins assortment to the pumpkin

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat; Paper- Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Tangelo Twist, Very Vanilla, black glimmer paper, Happy Haunting designer paper; Ink- Crumb Cake, Momento ink, Tangelo Twist; Accessories- Happy Haunting designer washi tape, Boo to You framelits, Metallic sequins assortment, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC Saturday Blog Hop: Halloween Treat/Favor

Hello everyone and welcome to another fun Saturday blog hop! The Create with Connie and Mary designers are showing you all some fun little treat projects for Halloween! I am your stop after the fabulous Debbie Henderson!

I found a great tutorial from Becky Roberts that showed how to make these fun little file folder treat holders! It's the perfect size to hold a little chocolate! I didn't have any candy to put in it. We try not to have any candy around the house as I tend to eat it all - yikes! So this one is empty but I look forward to finding a special treat to put inside!

• Cut a piece of Happy Haunting designer paper at 3" x 5" then score at 2 1/4" x 2 1/2"
• Use the Envelope Punch Board and the paper trimmer to create the file folder tabs on each side of the paper
• Cut a spider web doily into fourths and adhere to the front of the treat holder
• Wrap a piece of Very Vanilla thick baker's twine around the holder and tie a bow
• Stamp the spider image from Howl-o-Ween Treat stamp set using Basic Black archival ink onto a piece of Very Vanilla and cut out using the Boo to You framelits
• Stamp the greeting from And Many More stamp set onto a strip of Very Vanilla using Basic Black archival ink and flag one end then adhere to back of spider and adhere to treat holder

Super easy and a fun treat to give anyone! I might think about doing this for my students! Time to send you on to see what the fabulous Connie Babbert has created! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat, And Many More; Paper- Very Vanilla, Happy Haunting designer paper; Ink- Basic Black archival ink; Accessories- spider web doilies, Boo to You framelits, Envelope Punch Board, Very Vanilla thick baker's twine, dimensionals

Happy Howl-o-Ween!

Good morning everyone! Are you all ready for another week? Ready or not, here it comes! Two more full weeks of school and then it's a short week for us because our fall break will start! Woohoo! I can hang on till then, right? I am so ready for our fall break! We had a great weekend of high school bike racing! Two more weeks and we will have another! I love those weekends! We even went for a ride last night! The evenings are a little cooler and that makes riding more enjoyable! It is supposed to rain the next couple of days so we will see how much riding we can do. I am ready for the cooler fall temperatures!

Today's card was one I did with our shoebox group this month. I needed something pretty quick and easy.

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Stamp the dots from the Perpetual Calendar stamp set onto the card base a few times using Basic Black archival ink
• Punch a circle from Crushed Curry using the 2" circle punch and sponge the edges using Crushed Curry ink
• Adhere the circle to the center of a spider web doily and adhere the doily to the card
• Stamp the owl image from Howl-o-Ween Treat onto Very Vanilla card stock using Blackberry Bliss ink and cut out using the Boo To You framelits
• Adhere owl to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from And Many More onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flag the end then adhere to card 

Don't forget that the Create with Connie and Mary September mini session has started! We are featuring some great projects for the upcoming holidays! You can still sign up to see all the wonderful ideas! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat, And Many More, Perpetual Calendar; Paper- Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla; Ink- Basic Black archival ink, Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry; Accessories- 2" circle punch, Boo to You framelits, spider web doilies, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC Saturday Blog Hop: Halloween Card - Howl-o-Ween Treat

It's another Saturday blog hop with the Create with Connie and Mary designers! This week are continuing the theme of Halloween! I am your stop after the fabulous Debbie Henderson! 

Did I tell you how much I love Halloween? Lol! When I saw this set, Howl-o-Ween Treat with the coordinating framelits, I knew I would be having some fun! And how fabulous are these spider web doilies??!! My card turned out kind of busy but I still liked it! And I hope you do, too!

• Card base is Rich Razzleberry
• On another slightly smaller piece of Rich Razzleberry, adhere a strip of the Happy Haunting designer washi tape then adhere to card base
• Adhere a piece of Crushed curry to a piece of Basic Black and then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Adhere a spider web doily to the Crushed Curry card stock
• Stamp the owl image from Howl-o-Ween Treat stamp set onto a piece of Very Vanilla using Basic Black archival ink and cut out using the Boo to You framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from And Many More stamp set onto a strip of Very Vanilla using Basic Black archival ink
• Flag both ends of the strip and adhere to card
• Punch two small stars from silver glimmer paper using the star punch from the itty bitty accents punch pack and adhere to card
• Punch the larger star from silver glimmer paper using the medium star punch and adhere to card with dimensionals

The September mini edition starts tomorrow! The designers have put together some great projects that use the fabulous new products from the new Holiday mini catalog! You won't want to miss this! Here is just a little snippet of what you can expect:

Time to send you on to see what awesomeness Connie Babbert has to show you! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!

 Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat, And Many More; Ink- Basic Black archival ink; Paper- Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, silver glimmer paper; Accessories- Happy Haunting designer washi tape, Boo to You framelits, Medium star punch, itty bitty accents punch pack, spider web doilies, dimensionals

Boo! From the Owl

Good morning, Friends! Boy it feels like it has been quite a while since I posted!! Yes, I do the regular Saturday posts but I haven't done anything else for quite some time. I have been stamping but it has been for some other projects that are coming up. And school has been kicking my butt!! Wow! I can't believe that this will be week number 5! And we haven't had any breaks yet. Thank goodness for Labor Day! And not to mention that we have been very busy with bike races and practices. I haven't been able to make a family meal since school started! We are all running in different directions! It's crazy! But Nick did great in his first high school race! He started out in 28th place and finished 10th out of 71 Sophomores! So proud! He sure is moving slow this morning!

Today's card was one that I did for a recent swap I was in. I just love this set and coordinating framelits! They make for a fun and easy card!

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Adhere a piece of Happy Haunting designer paper to another piece of Very Vanilla card stock
• Adhere a strip of Happy Haunting designer washi tape to the bottom of the panel
• Adhere panel to card
• Cut a circle from Crushed Curry card stock using the circles framelits and sponge the edges with Crushed Curry ink then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the owl image from Howl-o-Ween Treat onto a piece of Very Vanilla using Basic Black archival ink and cut out using the Boo to You framelits then adhere him to the card with dimensionals
• Cut the "boo!" from black glitter paper using the Boo to You framelits and adhere to card
• Add three rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat; Paper- Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Happy Haunting designer paper, black glitter paper; Ink- Crushed Curry, Basic Black archival ink; Accessories- Circles framelits, Boo to You framelits, Happy Haunting designer washi tape, sponge, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start! I wasn't quite ready to go back to work this week. But here we are! Nick's bike races will be starting up this weekend so I will be busy with that, too! Should be fun, though!

Today's card was inspired by last week's sketch from the Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge. I got some new goodies from the upcoming Holiday mini and tried them out. I love this set, Howl-o-Ween Treat with the coordinating framelits, Boo to You! I only got this one card done but I am hoping to find time (and energy) to make a few more!

• Card base is Tangelo Twist
• Run another piece of Tangelo Twist through the Big Shot using the Lucky Stars embossing folder then adhere to card base
• Flag the end of a strip of Happy Haunting designer paper and adhere to card
• Cut a square from Very Vanilla and adhere to card
• Cut a circle from Very Vanilla and run through the Big Shot using the Lucky Stars embossing folder then adhere to card
• Stamp the greeting from And Many More stamp set onto a strip of Basic Black using VersaMark ink and emboss with white emboss powder then adhere to card
• Stamp the hat image from Howl-o-Ween Treat stamp set onto Very Vanilla using Blackberry Bliss ink and cut out (I cut this out by hand) then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add a few rhinestones to stars

Before I sign off I want to remind you all of the upcoming Create with Connie and Mary mini edition! It starts tomorrow! But the only way to see the fabulous projects is to be a subscriber! Find out more by visiting the Create with Connie and Mary site! Here is a little teaser!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Howl-o-Ween Treat, And Many More; Paper- Very Vanilla, Tangelo Twist, Basic Black, Happy Haunting designer paper; Ink- VersaMark, Blackberry Bliss; Accessories- Lucky Stars embossing folder, white emboss powder, rhinestones, dimensionals