Exploring Cricut ~ Happy Halloween ~

Welcome to another fun bi-weekly challenge at
Exploring Cricut! 

 

The challenge this week....

 

***  HAPPY HALLOWEEN  ***

Create a card, layout or paper craft for Halloween with your favorite Cricut cuts (at least 2 CUTS...)

I used Teddy Bear Parade and
George for my project this week...

I started out with a 5.5 x 4.25 black card stock base.  I followed up with a slightly smaller Kraft layer and a bit of burlap from my stash.  I cut little Miss Witch from Teddy Bear Parade at 4.5 inches.  I added dimensional glaze to the buckle on her hat before sprinkling it with glitter.  The moon (from George) is 2.5 inches.  After assembling all pieces, I added each to the card base with dimensional foam.  Super easy and cute! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Cartridges - Teddy Bear Parade, George
Papers - Bazzill, The Paper Studio, Geogia Pacific
Misc. - Burlap, Dimensional Foam, Glaze, Glitter
 

Exploring Cricut Happy Halloween Challenge!

Welcome to another fun challenge at Exploring Cricut! 

This time we want to see Halloween projects!

For complete challenge deets and to see the fun prize pack you could win hop over to the Exploring Cricut site. 

So here's my project for the week using Simply Charmed and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I plan on stuffing it with some stick candy and/or Pixie Sticks...

Cricut Cuts

Tags, Bags, Boxes and More - pg. 112 - Window - 8.75 inches
Simply Charmed - Bat - pg. 59 - Layer 1, Layer 2 - 2 inch
Simply Charmed - Boo - pg. 58 - Word - 1 1/2 inch

Card Recipe
Paper - Close to My Heart - Moonlight; Card Stock - Bazzill (Cream, Yellow & Pink)  & CTMH (black)
Misc. - Ribbon - Offray; White Gel Pen - Signo

CDS October Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Clear Dollar Stamps Monthly Blog Hop! If you arrived here from the lovely Cassie's blog you are in the right place! If not hop over to Clear Dollar Stamps' Blog for a complete list. 

Are you excited? I know I am! Here are the deets...

THEME: "TRICK OR TREAT"

 

PRIZES: One lucky winner will receive a $25 Clearly Digital Stamps gift certificate for digital images!

WINNERS: A winner will be randomly chosen from comments received on a DT member's blog. The winner will be announced on the CDS blog Thursday, October 25th.

And here is my creation... sour cream candy containers... perfect goodies for those little goblins...

Cut your paper 5.5 x 4.25 inches. Apply ScorTape to one of the short ends (4.25) along with one 5.5 inch side and attach the short sides together creating a cylinder. Use the paper crimper to attach the longer 5.5 inch sides. Fill with candy and add ScorTape to open side. Attach and crimp end on diagonal to create a "sour cream" container. Decorate as desired. For my project I selected coordinating images and sentiments from the Fall Treats set along with different ribbons. Thanks for looking!

 

Now you will visit the lovely Linda's blog! Don't forget to leave some love along the way for your chance to win!

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings...

 

Card Recipe

 

Stamps / Images - Clear Dollar Stamps Digis - Fall Treats
CS / Paper - Neenah
Ink / Markers - N/A
Accents / Tools - Fiskars Scallop Punch; Creative Memories 1 1/2 inch circle punch; Ribbon Offray & Studio G; Fiskars Paper Crimper; ScorTape

 

Challenges

 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C159 - Orange/Black/Purple

 

SR146 ~ Boo From the Crew ~

Good morning!  Had a few moments last night to attend a card class and hang out with old friends!  I just LOVE those kind of evenings!  Today I plan on getting a few household chores done and **wink, wink** sneak in some crafty!  :-)

But in the meantime, I want to share a fun sketch I found at Stampin' Royalty.   A while back my friend and Close to My Heart enabler, Emily, hosted a card class featuring a cute Halloween set.  One of the phrases is "no bones about it."  With all these big dogs around, I thought that sentiment might prove to be useful!  So with some new CTMH papers and stamp set plus this sketch I went to work.  My card doesn't have anything to do with St. Bernards but I'm sure someone will like it!  So here's the sketch...

And my interpretation...

I distressed and inked the DP edges. If you look closely, you will see a torn area on the bottom.

 ** That was on purpose...  ** Instead of pennants, I opted to use a Martha Stewart punch (Drippy Goo) and a bit of measuring tape twill from my stash to come up with some fun and funky trim. I stamped the trick or treater image on paper twice and hand cut one image to add with dimensional foam. The sentiment was embossed on black card stock.

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for the Clear Dollar Stamps Monthly Blog Hop. I have two posts for Exploring Cricut this week for my Cricut fans as well. Pop in Monday and Friday for those. Tuesday, Our Daily Bread Designs will reveal their weekly challenge. Come by for my interpretation and details!

 

Whew! Sounds like a busy week! :-)

 

 Thanks for stopping in and hope you have a wonderful day!

Lori

Card Recipe

Stamps - Close to My Heart - Creepy Creatures

Ink - Versamark; Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot

Paper - Moonlight Paper Pack

Embossing Powder - American Crafts Zing - Brown Sugar

Misc. - Twill Ribbon & Martha Stewart Crafts Drippy Goo Paper Punch

Challenges

Stampin' Royalty - SR146
Simon Says Stamp - Joy's Eerie Inspiration

Monster Mash Blog Hop with Especially Yours Blog

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut!

 

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut have teamed up to share with you all sorts of spooktacular monster-themed projects to help get your crafty gears turning for all those upcoming Halloween projects!

If you've come from

Pam's blog, you're in the right place!

If you just came across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Ashley at Made Especially For You.

 

For my project, I created a candy corn monster card.  The project cuts are 4.25 inches, using the card feature and adding layers.  For interest, I included some fun pearl adhesive jewelry and bows on her shoes. I used a black pen to add faux stitching as well...

Card Recipe

Cartridge - Mini Monsters (cuts at 4.25 inches)
Paper - Bazzill & Georgia Pacific
Pearls - Recollections
Pen - Copic Multiliner
Baker's Twine - Jillibean Soup

 

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki


$15 Gift Certificate

Saturated Canary

$15 Gift Certificate

 

Memory Works

$10 Gift Certificate

The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday October 16th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is Robin's blog.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

Diane - http://happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com


Ian - http://anewbiecrafter.blogspot.com

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Sharon - http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com

Lori - http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com

Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com


Georgiana - http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Emily - http://emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Diana - http://craftypeepdb.blogspot.com

Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com


Kim - http://littleredshood.blogspot.com


Annette - http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com


Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!

Exploring Cricut ~ Daily Post ~ Trick or Treat!

Welcome to another GLORIOUS Friday! 

 

I have this particular one off so you may just see me dance a jig!  :-)  So while you are attempting to get that goofy visual image out of your head you might want to glance at my Exploring Cricut treat bucket project this week...

The treat bucket may be found on Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I cut each at 6.5 inches. Mr. Mummy got an extra layer of distressed white crepe paper. I added a bit of adhesive spray to get it to stick! The fun faces (cut at 2 inches) are from my Pumpkin Carving cart that I always seem to forget about! Super fun and super easy! I think I see a Frankenstein in my future... Thanks for stopping by!

Lori

Carts

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More

Pumpkin Carving

Supplies

Paper - Bazzill

Misc. - White Crepe Paper; Brown & Black Satin Ribbon

MOJO162

It's that time again! Mojo Monday is back and I am proverbially late in participating... (lol) What else would I expect? The sketch this week was pretty tough. I really wanted to create a round card. I have had this Fluffles image for at least a year. I love Fluffles! Please don't tell my St. Bernards. They would NOT understand my love of cats! So to satisfy this deep need I colored one! (And I even used my Cricut and Gypsy again! Are you proud of me? (wink, wink) Enjoy!

Lori

Card Recipe

Card Stock - Bazzill - Yellow, Black and White
Card Stock - Image - Gina K. Pure Luxury
Designer Paper - Adornit - Spider Webs
Stamp - Image - Stampendous Cling - Fluffles Broomstick
Stamp - Sentiment - Studio G - Series 34
Ink - Memento - Tuxedo Black (image and sentiment)
Ink - Coloring - Copics (colors below)
Cricut Cartridges - George, Mini Monograms
Embossing - Provocraft Cuttlebug Folder
Die Cuts - Nestabilities - Standard Circles Large, Petite Scalloped Circles Large
Plaid - Paper Tearing Ruler - Water
Ribbon - Offray - Purple 5/8 inch satin



Copic Colors

Fluffles - C0, C1, C2, C5, C7
Cheeks - R22
Frog - YG23, YG25
Broomstick - E35, Y17, YR15
Hat - V01, V04, V09, V15
Background - BG0000, B41

Boo!

I don't do Halloween! But many people do! Interestingly enough, Halloween is the number two seller for decorations and home decor. At my home we choose to celebrate the harvest season. I love the colors that you see this time of year. A friend who does celebrate Halloween asked me to create a spooky card for a gathering she is hosting. Hopefully this will fit the bill!

Here's hoping you have a wonderful week!

Lori



Card Recipe

Finished Design 5 1/4 by 5 inches

Card stock - Bazzill
Ink - Sentiment - Memento - Tuxedo Black
Ink - Background - Close to My Heart - Moonstruck, Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue
Ink - Moon - Close to My Heart - Sunflower, Autumn Terracotta
Die Cut - Provocraft - Cricut Lite - Celebrate with Flourish
Stamp - Sentiment - Studio G

Directions -

1. Cut mask (circle) for moon. Place negative on white card stock (circle cut out) and
color.
2. Place cut out of moon over colored moon to protect the image and color remainder of
card stock with blue inks as desired.
3. Adhere desired die cut (4 inch cut in this case) and stamp sentiment.

Sea Salt Technique

Today's post is a little something different. I recently saw a piece in a magazine about creating your own paper designs with salt. I decided to try this technique with a Halloween card. The photo does not show it off. The yellow color is a lovely mottled look. I tried it with black and that REALLY popped! Here is how you do it!

1. Saturate a piece of glossy card stock with ink (for this I used Memento Dew Drops in Canteloupe

2. Spritz the paper with a couple of light mists of water. I used a Mini Mister by Ranger Inks

3. Lightly cover paper with coarse sea salt (I used Morton's)

4. Let paper dry overnight.

5. Brush salt (now colored) off paper and design away! Thanks for looking!

Halloween Treat Bag

I am all about simple... After working 9 hour days and commuting 2 1/2 hours I NEED simple projects! This one fits the bill. The image is from the Studio G collection. I bought these stamps in a set for $1. Can't beat that! The package is the purse from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More set at 5 inches. The embellishment is from the Accent Essentials cartridge at 3 inches.... stamp, cut, glue and go! I added a cute piece of ribbon for the handle! Voila! Simple and quick... If only laundry would go so quickly!

Witchy Moon Halloween Card

This card is a hodgepodge of items.

Moon and Witch's Sign - Cricut George - Cuttlebug Folder Swirls
Witch - Cricut A Child's Year
Haunted House and Tree - Cricut Paper Dolls
Fence and Pumpkins - Martha Stewart Paper Edgers

Hope you enjoy!

Cleaning out creative cobwebs...

I don't do Halloween... literally... but I had to try my hand at creating a spooky card. After seeing the fun images on the new A Child's Year cartridge, I decided to try my hand at creating something spooktacular! It may not be all that but I think it turned out nicely. The background is embossed with the Cuttlebug Cobweb image and the sentiment was stamped on white cardstock. I cut a second image of the girl in order to attach the pumpkin. The ribbon was from a long forgotten stash. Maybe this won't be my last Halloween card... Mummies, spiders and pumpkins, oh my!