Festive Friday 11/11

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Festive Fridays. If you are new to us, sit back, grab a cup of coffee, relax and enjoy some wonderful Christmas Cards. Yes, I did say Christmas...Festive Fridays will be every other Friday with samples of Christmas cards. This way, you can be making your cards all year long and you will avoid the mad rush when you could be enjoying the Christmas Season. You should have just come from Amanda. If you stumbled upon this post you can go back to Terri and start at the beginning. There is also a complete list of the Festive Friday hop on the left sidebar under the Festive Fridays blinkie in case you get lost along the way.

I want to make a basket of gingerbread cookies for a special friend this year and I thought this card would work very well to send along.  I love to play on words and Merry Cookies (came in a christmas packet) worked for me.  I cut the little gingerbread girl out with my E-craft and used my White gel pen to faux stitch her and red glitter glue for her buttons and bow.  I love making panel cards because there is so much depth to them.


I hope you liked my Festive Friday card and hope to see you back in two weeks for another Christmas card.  November will be our last month of doing this and I can't believe we are almost done, but I know I have a great variety of cards this year to give a way.  Now head on over to Angela and check out what she has for you.

Halloween Wreath at DTC

Good morning friends
Wow, I can't believe how time flies...Halloween is right around the corner and it's time to Decorate to Celebrate Halloween Style.  I just love this new DT I am on because I can make decorations till the ghosts come home...I mean cows come home.  LOL  Speaking of ghosts...yup you guessed it, today's decoration has something to do with ghosts.  For trick or treating we always go back to our old neighborhood and spend the evening with my best friend and her husband.  She always puts out a huge a spread of food and then we take the kiddos trick or treating.  Well her kids have outgrown that stuff and my Austyn has already said this is his last year, but I have Miss Bella to take trick or treating then.  Anyway, after trick or treating we come back to Kim's house and we have hot chocolate and something to eat...usually sloppy joes or loaded potato skins or loaded nachos...and sift through the kiddos bags and like I said, she puts on a huge spread.  This has been a tradition for about 13 years now and we so look forwards to it every year.  So I always make her something for hosting such a great party before and after the trick or treating.

So this is an eraser that came in a pack of 12

different style, from the dollar tree and I created a 

mold of it using my new found LOVE for 

Amazing Moulding Putty (so be on the watch for more molds)

here is what the mold looks like when done.  It sets

up fairly quickly so I can start making my embellishments

within minutes...yeah, love the ease of this.

Then I used my Creative Paperclay ® 

to create my little ghosts.

aren't they cute?

I did paint them with white acrylic paint 

but I forgot to take a picture

Now as you know I am a frugal crafter.  A while back 

I made a wreath using a frisbee that had the center cut

out of it and have been desperately trying to find more

of those buggers with no luck.  We were cleaning out 

the cupboards last week and I had a dozen ice cream

pail lids so hubby gave me the idea to cut the center

out of them and use them as the wreath base...wow,

really, why didn't I think of that...thanks honey!!!

So I traced another circle inside the lid and cut an X

with my exacto knife and then cut the triangle pieces

out...perfect!!!

Then I wrapped ribbon around the lid

and hot glued the ends.

I also added a pop top to the back as the hanger.

I made a bunch of rosettes and recently I saw someone

had a design on the edges so I used my hole punch and

punched every other score mark with it

I added some stick pins to the top

here is my rosette with the little ghost attached with

hot glue and those cute little google eyes.  I did

ink around the edges of the ghost for depth.

I used my SCAL 3 and the

Ecraft to cut the BOO out

I got this file last year from

somewhere and can't remember 

where from, so if you recognize it

please let me know and I will link you!!!

and here is my finished product.  

Isn't this just the cutest ever?

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I will see you back here in 2 weeks.  Now don't forget to make your own decorations for a Halloween Party and link up at Decorate to Celebrate  I can't wait to see what you create!

Paper Secrets 21

Good morning

Wow, can you believe it's October already?  This is crazyness how times has flown by...plus I've been scrapbooking WEEKLY for a challenge over at PaperSecrets.  Each week we are given an assignment for a layout. I really don't care if I win the contest, it's just helping me to do more layouts that I should have done a long time ago (or some new ones in this case). If you participate and follow the guidelines you advance to the next week. We started with 27 and 10 moved on again last week, these ladies are serious about their scrapping.  I can't believe I am still in the running...again, it's not about winning, it's about scrapping and I am so proud of myself.  I will keep updating you as I go along. Who knows, I might not be able to participate one week and then I am out, but until then, I am scrapping my butt off, (they used a different word, but my blog is family friendly...hehehe.  Here is the sketch:

and of course I rotated it.  I never take pictures 

uprightly so it's hard for me to always follow a

sketch perfectly, but rotating works

(in my book anyway)

So then:

Here it is...I had all the paper in my stash and love how

well and quick this came together.  

I used left overs from the pictures after cutting them

down to 2x2 size to make the "picture" circles.

I added the sticker numbers for the date

(I haven't used stickers for ages)  LOVE IT

I cut the jet from the Stand and Salute cart, embossed

it using the stars cuttlebug folder, and faux stitched 

around it after adding the title.  I also used an

American Flag button as an added embellishment

Austyn took most of the photos

and did an amazing job capturing

all the maneuvers.  It was great

being able to cut them down to 2 x 2

This is what we could use and in red is what I did use:

stamped image
embossing folder (Jet with stars cuttlebug folder)
flowers/leaves
bling (red, white and blue stars on ribbon)
fabric/felt
rubons
number(s) (found in an alphabet set) (date on circle photos)
hand or machine stitching (Faux stitched around Jet)
3+ buttons
ribbon/lace (red, white and blue ribbon)

SO I hope I've inspired you to get out there and scrap some pictures...try something different, use something you haven't touched in a while.  JUST HAVE FUN!!!

Peanut Butter Jar repurposed

Good morning friends


Today I wanna show you a quick re-purposing project.  With what I would usually have thrown away, I love to recycle it and make it "new" and useful again.  Hubby loves peanut butter and I bet I own 10 of these empty jars, but they will come in handy someday...like today.  As most of you know, I throw on a dart league.  I've been throwing darts for about 15 years, but just can't seem to get any better...LOL  Leagues started 3 weeks ago and my teammates and I "play" a game within the league night.  If we throw under 30 points per round we have to add a quarter to the "jar".  If one of the teammates throws a hat-trick, 150 points in one round, we all have to contribute 50 cents to the jar.  It can get very costly for me sometimes, especially throwing under 30 points per round.  (told  you I can't get any better), but this is an incentive to try and throw better, I do not wanna contribute to the jar...


Here is the jar I made to collect our winnings:

I cut everything in vinyl...the logo (bar's name, ie Little Coalinga)

and then I cut "Dart$" out of blue vinyl and layered it over the logo.

I added our names also in blue vinyl

I used the my Ecraft and SCAL 3 to cut everything

I just added a blue vinyl circle to the lid and cut 

a slit so we can add our quarters.  These plastic lids 

are super hard and I had my son cut it for me, 

(remember I'm not allowed to play with knives).  

It's not very straight, but quarters still go in it

Now after only 2 weeks of leagues already we have over $15 in that jar, 

and I am NOT the only one contributing  LOL

Now you might ask what we do with the money at the end of the season?  

We use it for the end of season tournament.  Then we kinda play (drink)  for free...

Framed Paper

Good morning


Today I want to show you a quick and easy way to make a frame out of cardstock using a file from  LisaJane.  Since I've become a member of the DT I am loving all the crafty projects I've come up with for her.

The frame measures 6 x 6

I got this using some pretty heavy 

cardstock with my E-Craft

Isn't the detail marvelous?

I added scoretape to 3 sides of the frame

and adhered it the the same colored 

cardstock as my backing

Then I cut a piece of the same cardstock

at 5 x 5.  This will be your frame stand.  

I scored it point to point and added 

scoretape to half of the stand

then adhered it to the backside of the frame.

I colored the flowers and leaves with 

some colored pencils to give it just

the right amount of coloring.

Since I wanted to use this black and white

photo of my kids when they were little

I didn't want the coloring to be overpowering

If you are interested in purchasing this file 

you can head over to her shop and grab it up.

Fall Plate Redo

Good Morning crafters

Today I want to show you how to re-purpose something.  I just love to recycle and reuse things I would normally throw away.  Now, I would not have thrown these away and if I didn't have them on hand, I would have gone to my local thrift store and purchased them...LOL  So we recently sold the Winnebago :(  I'm very sad because she was a long time friend.  We pretty much drove her to death, but she gave us lots of memories so that's a good thing.  Now I don't know if we will be getting another camper or if we are truly gonna start roughing it again (in tents), but either way, we have the entire winter to think about it.  I just know come spring time next year I'm gonna get sad again...
So with that said, we had to clean her out before selling her and I had another "household" in that camper.  Everything from linens to dishes is now trying to find a home inside my home or donated to the local thrift store?  I did send some stuff with the kids that they didn't have, but the majority is trying to find a place in my garage because I just can't seem to part with it.  While I was going through the stuff I came across these plastic like plates that we ate from.  Again, the memories of sitting around the campfire eating dinner...oh I miss camping already.  So as I was packing them into a box I got an idea...I wonder if I can paint them?  I'm sure I can....so I tried it

Here is the plate before and I already had the paint on hand

it did take two coats for the front

and I only did one for the back...because

do you really care what the back looks like?

The I created a word jumble of sort with my SCAL 3

and cut it on vinyl using my E-Craft.  

After weeding it, I used plain contact paper that I got at 

my local Dollar Tree as transfer tape.  This roll has gone a LONG way...

I burnished it really good

and placed it on my plate and burnished it really good again

Added a plate hanger that I also got at the Dollar Tree and

voila...a beautiful wall decor.  I finally made something for myself.

I absolutely love this...this might make a great 

Housewarming gift for someone...

I'm linked this up at Someday Crafts and Allthingsfee  

Some great ideas over there

Paper Secrets 19

Good morning

here's my layout I did for the challenge over at PaperSecrets.  Each week we are given an assignment for a layout. I really don't care if I win the contest, it's just helping me to do more layouts that I should have done a long time ago (or some new ones in this case). If you participate and follow the guidelines you advance to the next week. We started with 27 and 10 moved on again last week, these ladies are serious about their scrapping.  I will keep updating you as I go along. Who knows, I might not be able to participate one week and then I am out, but until then, I am scrapping my butt off, (they used a different word, but my blog is family friendly...hehehe

So now I am a bit intimidated about a lot of white

area on my layouts...I am a firm believer of covering

every little spot...well....

not anymore...I just love how this layout turned out.

First I must say that having little Miss Bella to scrap

is a perfect page in itself, but I am absolutely in love 

with this page.  The only thing I do not like is my 

journaling, but that goes without saying.  

I hate my handwriting.

The only time I used my E-Craft was for cutting the mat. 

What I used for the layout is in red:

raw chipboard (leave raw , paint, ink, etc....your choice)
border punch
flowers/leaves
bling
fabric/felt
rubons
stamped image
hand or machine stitching
glitter/micro beads
ribbon/lace

Now this page inspired another creation and if you tune in tomorrow you just may get to see what I am talking about.  I will have my Festive Friday post in the early morning, but you all may be in for another post sometime tomorrow too.

Lasting Memories #55 Sketch and fall colors

Good morning ... today is another Sunday filled with Lasting Memories. Karen really knows how to challenge me somedays.  This week she gave us a sketch to do and challenged us to use fall colors...now I know I've said I like doing sketches, but with my printer still not having any ink, it's hard for me to just run and print a few pictures, so I have been relying on some very OLD pictures.  I found these 2 in my boxes of pictures...actually this part has been very fun, going through old pictures...at least I am getting some older stuff scrapped.  Anyway, these pictures screamed FALL to me...so here goes.

The football, flower and tag were all cut with my E-Craft and I used my 

peachykeen faces to give the football some pop.  The flower was left over 

from a project I did last week and you can find the tutorial here.

I used my Dymo buddy to punch out the title and 

I hand dyed my ribbon to match the papers.

So I hope I've inspired you to do a layout with this sketch and use some fall colors and head on over to Lasting Memories and enter the challenge...they are so much fun.  If you are new to scrapbooking or lost on how to start, Lasting Memories is a great place to start.  There is so much talent over there and the ladies are so inspirational.  See you next week...

Creative Paperclay Pumpkin and button Embellishments

Good morning friends

Today I want to share a project that was super easy and fun involving some more cookie cutters.  As most of you know, I am also a designer over at Creative Paperclay.  I love working with it for embellishments for my scrapbooking but this time I used the paper clay to make pumpkins for a wreath.

Here are my step by step instructions, kinda picture heavy.

Just roll you paper clay like usual.  The thickness depends 

totally on you and how thick you want you embellishment to be.

Then just cut it out with your cookie cutter.

I picked this one up at Michaels in the 

Halloween section for $.99

I also cut out some circles that I will turn into buttons.

Now let them dry...again, drying time depends on 

the thickness of them.  These dried in about 4 hours.

Then I painted them with standard acrylic paints.

I used a stamp with embossing ink to stamp my button

and then embossed it my black embossing powder

just gives it a really cool effect.  Now you can

make ANY button to your hearts content.

Then I embellished the pumpkin with google eyes,

cardstock nose and mouth cut with my E-Craft 

and some silk leaves just for a more dramatic affect.

Now, what did I do with these cuties?

Now I started with a free frisbee we got at the

sportsman's show at the beginning of summer and

wrapped it with sparkly purple ribbon.

Wreath...

I made some stick pins and added them behind some

silk flowers that I took apart and hot glued to the wreath.

I added some glass tiger eye blobs to the center and

used my new "glitter gelly roll" pen to give accent

to the purple flower petals.  Really sparkly!!!

I hot glued 4 pumpkins around the wreath.

and added some Halloween colored

glass ornaments to more of the same

purple ribbon and hot glued one of

my homemade buttons to the center.

Isn't this just neat?  Well, I think so anyway.  I hope you liked my Creative Paperclay project today and I will see you again in about 2 weeks for another project.  I hope I've inspired you to create your own embellishments using some Creative Paperclay.  You can purchase Creative Paperclay here or you can even get it at Hobby Lobby or Michaels.