Happy Halloween!

Good morning friends! Happy Halloween to you all! My kids are so happy to finally have this day arrive!! We'll be partying at school, then off to Trick or Treat at Daddy's work! My kids love trick or treating at my husband's office! Hallways lined with open doors, and large bowls of candy...it's awesome!

Today is the first Groumet Rubber Stamps Blog Hop! We're doing a Trick or Treat hop--treats included!! Each Design Team member will be giving away some "treat" on their blog today! So, be sure to stop by all the other blogs! The list of blogs will be at the bottom of the post!

I used a couple fun Stick Chick images--this is the Hallow's Eve image! I used some spooky Basic Grey paper, a bit of black tulle, a little felt pennent, a beautiful purple button...and of course some purple stickles glitter! The Hallow's Eve sentiment is from the Lizzie Anne "Hallow's Eve" stamp set.

This image is the Trick or Treat Stick Chick stamp, isn't she fun!? I paired her with black, gray and purple...perfect for a spooky candy filled night! She has also been glitified...with Black Stickles! The Trick or Treat image is part of another image from the Lizzie Anne line of stamps at GRS, called Trick or Treat.

I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop! Be sure to leave a comment here before November 2nd. I'll announce the winner of some great treats on Thursday November 3rd. Have a fun safe night...Happy Halloween!!

Here is the list of the other Design Team members that you'll want to stop by....everyone has some fun blog candy to give away!!

Kendra

Meridith

Tricia

Kelli

Deb

Joy

Taylor

Joslyn

Pam

Rose Ann

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great one and I'll be back tomorrow with some Christmas Card fun...wow!!!

Merry Christmas!

Good afternoon!! I'm a bit later in posting today--and I'm posting "live"! My baby has been sick and as most of you know when your 11 month old baby is sick, everything else has to wait!! I'm glad to be getting this posted before too long!!


Today is a preview day of the new Diners Club stamps from Gourmet Rubber Stamps! You can take a peek at the whole set, Seasons Greetings, over on the GRS blog! I am really to get going on some fun Christmas projects...I LOVE this season!! I've got lists of Christmas gift ideas, projects I want to make around the house...and I'm trying my best to hold off on the Christmas music...but I'm not sure how long I'll be able to last!!


I love this little ornament image! I colored it in with copics then paper pieced the inside circle with some yummy green polka dot paper. My fun festive paper is from my new Holly Jolly Christmas pad from Echo Park! I LOVE new paper! I grabbed a couple new Christmas stacks from Ellen's store last week! (I LOVE that she is close enough that I can choose local pick up and go see her!! I LOVE her!!)


I'm also excited about participating in a new card drive! The kids in my after school card class really look forward to who we will be sending cards to! This session we'll be joining Jennifer McGuire again and contributing to Cards that Care. We'll be making Christmas cards to send to some elderly folks in nursing homes! How fun is that!? Thanks so much Jennifer for giving us a way to spread holiday cheer!!


So, take a peek at the new Diner's Club stamps over on the GRS blog, check out the other DT girls that are listed on the left sidebar--they ALWAYS do such great work!! Have a great one and stay tuned....more new stamps and fun coming up!!


Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreicate it!!

Happy....

Hey there friends!! We are all so excited for this weekend!! No school, grandma and grandpa arrived last night, daddy comes home today (after being gone for 13 days!!) we are going to have a great weekend!!

I'm hosting the weekly recipe sketch over on the GRS blog today...take a peekie and play along! Here is the card that I made to go along with the sketch!!

I am finding these little stick chicks quite a funny little halloween bit...they make me laugh!!

I hope you get a chance to play along with us!!
Have a great one...happy fall....where ever you are!!

boo!

Good morning friends! Happy day..today is my daughter's last soccer game! Now, yes, we've enjoyed the season, she's done great and really loved every second...but it will be so nice to have a small break from running around!! You know what I mean, right!?

I had an idea that was brewing in my mind...and this is kind of what it turned into! I used some designer paper from SU, punched them into squares and attached them to a card front--then sent that card front through my big shot with my top note die, and I got this lovely black and white quilted note!
I used some SU dies for my letters, and cut them out of black cardstock. I've rediscovered my love for this great MS glitter...it's chunky and soft, like tinsel! I used SU heat and stick powder to get my glitter adhered...and then attached my letters with dimensional adhesive!

Working on my stuffs for card class this week! We're going with an "owl" theme this week...and I'm so excited!! Oh, the fun, the fun!! Stay tuned....

Thanks so much for stopping by! Take care and see you soon!

Tick or Treat!

Good morning and happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend! We had a great relaxing one! With Dad being out of town, we just kicked it and stayed close to home and it was great! We've been having some beautiful weather...I LOVE the slight chill in the air, it makes my heart so happy!

This card was one we made at the card class last week. The kids thought the skull was really cool--and even better that it was green!;)
The images are both from the Lizzie Anne line of stamps over at Gourment Rubber Stamps! The skull is here, and the sentiment is part of this stamp!

Good luck this week--hope you have a wonderful one! Take care and see you soon!!

Love

Hey friends! Happy Friday! Can you belive we're already to mid October!? Wow, how time flies! We're having a geat time watching the leaves changing--every time we are in the car, my daughter starts naming the colors of the leaves on the trees we are passing. I've been listening to, "green, red, oragne, purple..." it's so much fun!

I've got another little something to share today--inspired by the Sweet Sunday Sketch this week.
This great little love bulb is from Pape Smooches. I paired it with some delicious Cosmo Cricket paper...yum!!

Thanks for stopping by friends! I'm working on fun projects to share for my card class...I'll have some fun to share next week! Have a great weekend and see you soon!!

Happy Halloween

Good morning friends! I love, love, love these little pumpkins! I've been having so much fun with this image! Can you look at them with out smiling?!! This will be one of the cards we make today in our after school card class! This one is my daughter's favorite...

Thanks a bunch for stopping by! Take care and see you tomorrow!!

Sweet Sunday Sketch!

Good morning friends! I hope you are doing well! I had a super produtive Monday--don't you love that!? I am all ready for my first card making/paper crafting class at the elementary this year! The session will last 6 weeks, so you'll be seeing what I've come up with for my class of k-5 grade kids! I'm really excited for this session!

So, one of the cards we will be making is using this SUPER cute pumpkin...this isn't the card we'll be doing, but I had to make several cards with these pumpkins today...because I LOVE them! I am loving this great sketch from Karen Giron!! It was the Sweet Sunday Sketch #138...and I love the diagonal lines! It's been a while since I work on a diaganol!
I used some fun American Crafts Halloween paper--that brings SUCH great combinations of colors--to the spooky Halloween season! I love the bit of auqa--yum! I colored the pumpkins, from the Halloweenies set, with copics, added some twine and then (because I LOVE this sentiment found in the Sugar Rush set, thanks Kim!!), added a little "Hey Sugar!" This little number will find it's way to the mail box soon...and make my friend smile!!

I've got some fun cards to share--I get so excietd before teaching a class!! My daughter, who will be attending the class as a 1st grader, came home and with great excitement said, "oh my, my friends are going to LOVe these cards!" It always makes me happy to teach classes...love the magic when hands meet stamps meet ink!!

Have a great one! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Hey Sugar!

Hey there friends! Happy Monday morning to you! I have to say a thanks to those of you that are here today! This momma has been in full time momma work this week---and some things have to give when we are really hopping!! I was thankful for time to relax and unwind this weekend--and I have a little something to share!

I've loved this acorn image from Paper Smooches for as long as it has been around! I'm sad to admit that I'm just finally getting to play with it...it is so perfect! It, like all of Kim's images, is a prefect amount fun! I made a couple different projects with it and they make me happy!! It can be found in the Falling for You stamp set.
I went looking for "autumn-like" paper and pulled out this great stack from Basic Grey--yum-o-rama! I love the muted colors, the browns, oranges, blues...it's just a great combination of colors!! And paired up with a smashing acorn--it's happiness on paper! I pulled the sentiment from the Sugar Rush stamp set...which is a perfect sentiment for me! I have been known to call most people I come in contact 'Sugar'....and I'm always calling my girls 'Sugar'...I LOVE it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today friends! I'm back into blogging this week...thanks for being patient and understanding when Mommy duty trumps everything else!! Have a great one...and see you tomorrow!

I've been working...

Hey friends! Hope you had a great weekend! We sure did!! It was uplifting, encouraging and made me want to be a better me! We listened to a total of 8 hours (my husband listened to 10!) of council and direction from our church leaders! And I have to say, the weekend flew by! I've got my list of things I want to be better at--and not being a drill sargent for my kids is on my list!

We've been in-between effective reminders of what my kids are expected to accomplish in a day. With all the "fun" that goes on in our house everyday, my kids know that they need to contribute to the well being our home. None of them enjoy playing in a mess, not having clean clothes in their closet/drawers, or not having anything to eat their breakfast on or with! So, they know that have to lend a helping hand in making our home function smoothly! So, enter the scene our new chore chart! I'd seen a few ideas that I liked--and didn't want to spend much $ on the project. I saw a chart that I really liked here, but knew that I could make it with out having to leave my house for anything!
So here is what I did! I took an old white/magnet board and put it to work! I made frames and my kids names with my Silhouette. I wanted everyone to have their "own" look, while putting everyone on the same board. My son is pumped that his font is "star jedi", my little Lucy's is "banana split", and Ruby's is "playful". They all picked their colors and fonts and then I put my trusty Silhouette to work!

Not all of the magnets--or responsibilites need to be done every day, so I left a space on the left hand side for us to keep the responsibilites that aren't currently being done--like taking the garbage out and such.

For the magnets, I used my trusty clip art and placed them on slides in Powerpoint. I love powerpoint for the fact that I can put the pictures anywhere--where in word i can only put them on "lines"...just a little FYI. So, we got all the clip art pictures and then printed them up. I used a 1 1/4" circle punch to cut them all out and then attached them with Mod Podge to a clear-flat pebble. I didn't have quite enough pebbles at my house, so that is the one thing that had to be purchased.

After the Mod Podge dried, I used my hot glue gun to attach a heavy duty magnet to each pebble!

Everyone is REALLY excited about this new way for seeing what they need to do. My 3 year old even is really pumped about getting her jobs done! So, here's to a little work and a lot of fun!!

I've got some paper fun to share tomorrow...see you then! Thanks for stopping by!!