Eat, Drink and Be Scary!

Hello, and welcome to my Friday post! Today I am sharing a card I made with the Kitty stamp from the Artful INKables set "Halloween Hauntings". I found a Champagne bottle card template online and changed it a little to resemble a wicked potion bottle. On Mr. Kitty, I used a green glitter pen for the eyes, and a pink glitter pen for the nose and ears. It gives him a little wicked sparkle.

Enjoy!

Secret Sister Mojo Card Kit

That's a mouthful! lol I am the host of the Secret Sister Mojo Card Kit swap over at inspireswapchat.com Basically it is a swap where you get an assigned Secret Sister and you send her a card kit with a few pieces of paper, a card base, ribbon and some embellishments oh and at least 2 stamped images. It's to inspire, challenge and to jump start your Secret Sisters Mojo. My swap is for 3 months and on the third month you reveal who you are. Since I'm the host, an awesome lady offered to take my name so I could play too. Let me just say I got the best Secret Sister evah!! lol I got my kit and finally had some time to put something together.

Enjoy!

Now for something a little different..

In addition to paper crafts I sew too! I have been sewing since Home Economics in 8th grade, so roughly 25 years! lol I go through periods where I will sew a lot and then not at all. I don't do zippers! I like the easier sewing projects. I mostly enjoy crafty sewing, like quilts, pillows, purses etc. Like most of us with kids at home I don't have my own craft room, so when I sew I have to go get the sewing stuff from it's place in the garage and then set it all up at the kitchen table, then take it all back to the garage before dinner. You see my problem. lol I manage to keep my paper crafting right around the computer table area, so you can see where my priorities are. lol

What I wanted to share today was something I made last week, for a friend who just had a baby. It's called a "Taggie Blanket." It's a cute little blanket with ribbon loops sewn into the seam. My son still loves his, although he looks unhappy holding the girly one I made. lol He is actually saying cheese and looking away from the camera, across the street at the neighbor kids running around. Probably thinking I hope they don't see me over here. lol

For the taggie blankets I make I use snuggle flannel, satin and grosgrain ribbon so there are different textures. All machine washable which for children is a must. The size of this blanket is roughly 18x20. I googled taggie blankets and found a lot of tutorials out there. Most of the ones I found for sale were generally a little smaller then the one I made and with a lot less ribbons on the sides. I made mine without a pattern, I just kind of guessed. If you have ever sewn homemade pillows then it's much the same way just add in the loops when you sew up the seams.

Happy Crafting!

It's "Think Ink" Challenge Time!

It's time for another "Think INK" challenge over at the Artful INKables Blog! This time the 2 week challenge is a recipe challenge.

The Recipe: 1)You must use layers. 2)Use different ribbons. 3)Use scallops of some kind.

I decided with the holiday around the corner it would be a good idea to get a jump on things, so I made this combo Christmas tree ornament/gift card holder. I used my scallop rectangle nestabilities and my scallop circle paper punches. For my image I used the present stamp from the new AI stamp set "Treats and Tails."

Make sure to head over to the Artful INKables Blog and put in an entry, you will have a chance to win some free stamps!!

Artful INKables Blog Hop

Welcome to the AI Blog Hop! Can you believe the Holidays are just around the corner! I love this time of year, it's such a creative time for crafting things.

Artful INKables is releasing 2 stamp sets today, a Halloween set and a Christmas set. Today, I'm showing you a card, I made using the Christmas stamp set "Holiday Treats and Tails." This stamp set has 11 really cute stamps, and is the perfect stamp set to use for your Christmas cards!

If you didn't come here from Emily's blog, then you will want to start at the AI Blog so you don't miss anything along the way. Be sure to follow us all the way to the end and leave a comment on each Blog for a chance to win some free AI stamps!

I hope you are enjoying the hop so far! Your next stop on the Hop is Julie Ranae's Blog.

Happy Stamping!

"you mean the world to me"

Hello! Today I want to share with you a card I made using the Artful INKables set "Fun and Friendly". I used "My Minds Eye" paper and some graph paper I snagged from my daughter. I colored the earth with my water color pencils and cut it out and used some pop dots to make it pop up. The twill is from the fabric notion side of Joann's. Enjoy!

A Witchy Boo!

I wanted to share this simple card with you. I punched a hole out of copy paper and used it as a reverse mask for the moon. I sponged with sunflower and raw sienna ink, my friend Pat called it a perfect harvest moon. The witch is from inadinkado and the Boo is from TAC. I used my glitter pen and colored in some of the witches trailings. I made these for my monthly card club. After I took this picture I ended up adding a sheer black ribbon at the top, with the knot to the left.
Enjoy!

Think Ink Challenge!

It's time for another Think Ink challenge over at the Artful INKables Blog! This 2 week challenge is to create a box or a bag. I used the instructions for the 2,5,7,10 favor bag from the SCS resources page. I made this favor bag with my son in mind, filling it with lizards I got from the dollar tree. Make sure to check out the challenge and link your creation back to the AI Blog for a chance to win some free stamps. You don't have to use AI stamps but if you do it will double your chances of winning.

Boo!

Hello! Isn't this little girl so Adams family? To me she appears to be playing yo-yo with a spider! I made this card for my 5 a month card swap, hosted by my friend Deb on inspireswapchat.com.

It's hard to photograph, but I used Spica glitter pens for her socks and on the spider. I cut her head out and popped it up to give her some dimension. I cut the words out with my cuttlebug hippie chick dies.
Enjoy!

Muchas Gracias

Hi! Today I want to share another card I made with the Artful INKables set "South of the Border". I did the masking technique with the cactus stamp on this card, to make the cactus taller. When I was little my great grandmother had a gorgeous backyard, filled with fruit trees, vegetables, flowers of every kind and cacti. My favorite was her 15 foot cactus! It bloomed and grew for years and then sadly froze one winter and died. Their was just something so impressive about the massive cacti, it was both beautiful and scary all at once.

Also, today is Think Ink Tuesday! Hooray! You know what that means, a new challenge is staring today over at the Artful INkables Blog. The challenge is always different, and their will be a prize! So go check it out. You can check back this Friday for my challenge piece.

Recipe Card

Hello! I thought I would share a recipe with you today! Whenever I make this soup for my stamping friends there is never leftovers! They lick the crock pot clean! lol Well not really but it is all gone! I love recipe cards and this 6x6 size is perfect for recipe books. I find my 6x6 books at Michael's and they have refill pages too!

I used the new Artful INKables set "South of the Border" for this card. I just love this armadillo guy he is so sweet and his Mexican hat just cracks me up! I really love this set, so many possibilities!

True Friends

When I saw this stamp from the Artful INKables Fun and Friendly set I instantly thought of the Beach! My Hubby and I share a love for the Beach and hope to move there some day. I think this card could easily be given to a guy. I used a little abalone button to tie to the ribbon and some copper brads.

Artful INKables Challenge

I made these cards for the "Think Ink Tuesday" challenge for Artful INKables. The challenge for this Tuesday is a color challenge. You are use the colors black, white and red on your card or project. I made two different cards both using the "Fun and Friendly" stamp set from Artful INKables.

The challenge is for 2 weeks so make sure you join in and link your creation back to the AI Blog by September 1st. They are going to have drawing from all who participate for a grab bag of stamps!

Simple Fall Card

I made this card for an ongoing swap I am in over at ISC (inspire swap chat). If you want to meet some wonderful crafty women, join a few swaps and do some chatting then ISC is the place to be. The swap I am in is a 5 cards a month swap hosted by my friend Deb. I love this kind of swap because you don't have to participate every month and when you do it's for only 5 cards! This month was "Fall Fun". I was trying really hard to do something other than pumpkins, lol and I came across this leaf template I used about 4 years ago for some Bunco invites. I thought it would be perfect for a fall card. The paper is from the DCWV fall stack that I picked up last year. The leaf template is a medium sized maple leaf paper punch that I had punched out and then enlarged on my copy machine to the desired size for my card. Great idea right? Really you could do the same thing with any of your punches!

Que Pasa?

Here is a card I made with the Gecko from the "south of the border" stamp set from Artful INKables. This stamp set has so many cute stamps and they are so fun to color in! If you haven't had a chance to check out the store head on over and look around they have some great stamps, and an awesome gallery with great ideas.



I also wanted to let you all know that over at the AI Blog we are starting to do challenges on every other Tuesday. We are calling it "Think Ink Tuesday". The challenges will change so it will be a different kind of challenge every time. This first challenge starts today and it is to make a card or project using red, white and black. Make sure to link your creation back to the AI blog because I saw there will be a prize for one lucky person!

Artful INKables Blog Hop!

Welcome to the AI Blog Hop! If you haven't come here from Julie Ranae's blog, then you will want to start at the AI Blog so you don't miss anything along the way, and be sure to follow us all the way to the end for a chance to win some free stamps!

Today, I'm showing you a card and travel sewing kit I made using the new set from AI called "Fun and Friendly". The Fun and Friendly stamp set has 9 really cute stamps. It is the perfect stamp set for making cards for your girlfriends!

I hope you are enjoying the hop so far! This is my first time being involved with a Hop and it has been a blast! Your next stop on the Hop is Deb Young's Blog .

Exciting News!!

Coming this Saturday, Artful INKables is having a Blog Hop, in celebration of their 3 new stamp sets for August. If you visit the AI blog during the next few days, you will get to see some sneak peeks of the new stamps.

The Blog Hop starts Saturday morning, August 15th, at the Artful INKables Blog! Make sure to leave comments on all the blogs you hop through and of course, there are prizes at the end!

So, I hope you will join in on the fun and hop with us this Saturday. I know you are going to just love the new stamp sets!

TAC Owls

I got this really cute set of owl stamps from my friend Claudia who sells TAC stamps. If you haven't looked at what TAC has to offer visit here.

For this card, I used some Cloud 9 Paper and colored the owls in with watercolor pencils. I used the masking technique with the owls because, I wanted them to appear to be huddled together. On the inside I stamped "from OWL of us!"

Simple Bird Card

This card was so easy to make and looks great in person, but does not photograph well! I love all the cuttlebug embossing folders there are so many of them! Some of them like this one named "Bird Call" really stands on its own. I went with the monochromatic look, and really you could do this card in any color you like. I used my Pepples Inc. pearlescent chalk on the bird, which gives him just the right amount of shimmer.

Miss You

Isn't this little guy just the cutest! I followed the sketch from Amy R's Friday sketches, unfortunately it is from last Friday, so if you go there today you will find a new sketch for you to try! I have her link on my side bar she has the coolest blog, and I love her Friday sketch challenges. My cute turtle guy is from whipper snapper and my sentiment is from studio G clear stamps.