Vintage inspired HalloweenTreat Box

Yep! I'm still working on Halloween, both decorating and craftwise. Chances are I'll still be stringing up lights when the first little goblins are ringing the doorbell. I was playing with my new Stampin'Up stamp wheel when I noticed the size was perfect for the side of a cakebox I had cut with my Cricut Expression from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I was so inspired by Regina's challenge on Bitten By The Bug! I used the window and the fit to page feature which was 9". I covered the window with acetate so you could see the treats inside. The stamped images had the same feel as some of the vintage '50's Halloween paper decorations I had unearthed during my trip to the attic. I still have many of the things I had as a little girl. My parents saved EVERYTHING from my childhood. (I was an only child. LOL) In keeping with the vintage feel I limited my color palette and embellishments. I used the scary fence Martha Stewart punch along the bottom and gathered some black tulle on top. The flowers were inspired by DeeDee's tutorial (Happy Fall Y'all) on the Hallmark Ladybug's website. Click HERE for the link. (I wish I had reread it before I attempted them but they turned out okay.) I used brads for the centers and added a tag from a card kit from Dream Designs. None of my ribbon seemed right so I ran some of my stamping practice paper through my crimper and cut it into thin strips and looped them on top. I love the way it turned out.

Kitty in the Moon

I know it's only 2 more days 'til Halloween but I'm still working on cards. This is for my BF in MI (and she'll understand if it's late LOL). It was inspired by some paper mache Halloween decorations we both bought when I was visiting her. She's as much as a nut about decorating as I am and we call each other frequently for moral support during the whole process. (NO, I'm not done, Becky. are you?) Anyway I took some poetic license on the design. I welded circles from my Cricut Accent Essentials cart for the base, added the moon, kitty and bat from Paper Doll Dress Up. These are all popped but I was in such a hurry to get this posted I forgot to take dimension pics. The witch's hat is from Pooh & Friends and I stickled the band. The tiny bats are the off cuts from the Martha Stewart bat border punch and I added a big bow and star buttons from Favorite Findings. In the inside I used both a square and oval punches from Marvy. (Sometimes it's just easier to punch) Also added some drippy goo. The broom is also from PDDU and I heat embossed the handle with Tim Holtz distress power which gave it a cool rough texture. The sentiment is also heat embossed using my prize from SistahKiki's Halloween card contest. (Yea!) Now I better get this baby in the mail!

Witch's Shoe

I'm so excited! With this card post I'm officially up to date. Boy I better start creating or you'll have nothing new to look at for awhile. Hopefully this will encourage me to speed up my production. I'm such a snail when it comes to crafting. LOL I made this card using Cricut design studio and the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge welding a rectangle from Plantin Schoolbook to the witch's shoe for a stocking. The papers are from BoBunny, Debbie Mumm, DCWV, and Provocraft. Because the shoes come is pairs on the cart I used the 12x 24" mat and cardstock to fit them both in. I suppose you could try and move one of the pairs off the mat to cut on a smaller one, but this way I've got another base to decorate. (Let's see if that happens before Halloween. LOL) I used the drippy goo and bat border punches (the little stars were added with another punch) for her sock cuff. You really couldn't see the cutouts because of the striped paper so I stickled some orange paper and put it under the border to make it show up better. The frogs are also from PDDU , the web is a MS punch and the little spiders are brads. This was my first time using my cropadile Big Bite for the giant eyelets which I laced with ribbons. There is a whole lotta pop dotting going on and I was thrilled to find black ones made by EKSuccess. Inside the sentiment was cut directly from cardstock and backed by 4 punched scallop squares. The little feet were sent to me by a cricut mb member who liked my other paper clip cards and had found additional colors. (Isn't that sweet? People are sooooo generous over there.) I couldn't resist adding a passed out froggie and spider hanging upside down. Whew! STINKY FEET.

Fall ATC My First Swap

My dear friend BeeCherryLady from the Cricut message board just loves to share. She's had a great time participating in Swaps on both the Cricut message board and SplitcoastStampers and now she's become a hostess. She's particularly fond of "little things" so ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) were a natural. I decided to participate because it's alot easier to make 10 of something only 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" than a full size card (and she would have been mad at me had I not joined LOL). The theme was "Favorites", as in what is your favorite thing to use as an embellishment on a card. Since I'd just spent a bazillion $$ buying brads at the Scrapbooking Expo that was my choice. I cuttled the background with divine swirls, added autumn leaf brads from M's, ribbon from Adornaments by EKSuccess, and fashioned copper wire strung with a few seed beads into the word "fall". This was so much fun to do!

U R so Tweet!

I made this card for my dear friend Shelly from the Cricut message board for sending me some of the cutest Christmas ribbon. Because she always does such awesome work (be sure to visit her blog!) I really agonized over this. LOL Scouring my cartridges I came across this adorable birdie (cut @ 2") from Stretch Your Imagination and finally it all fell into place. The background paper is Basic Grey, the branch is cut @ 1" from Zooballoo, the "U R" is from Plantin Schoolbook @1 1/2", so is done in alpha beads and "tweet" cut @ 1" is from Animal Kingdom. Nilda sent the little skittle like flower and the musical notes are a brad.

Leafy Branch Thank you

I really love the leafy branch Cuttlebug folder but never used it until I found this paper. It matched so beautifully I had to get it and this is the card I made. I used a premade card from M's and cuttled a piece of cream card stock, cut it in half, and trimmed it to fit the diamond shape. I adhered panels of the patterned paper to each side and made a band to hold it closed. The ribbon slide says "gratitude" but I think the design would be suitable for many occasions by changing it out.

Santa Face

This is the first time I actually made multiples of a card, 10 of them for Nilda's Christmas charity challenge. Once you've decided on a design it's amazing how much quicker things go doing it assembly line style. I welded the Santa Face in shadow with DS. His beard and moustashe are cuttled with divine swirls, and stickle around the outline. The cuff of his hat is flocked and a pompom and little holly sprig from Stretch your Imagination were added. The berries were too tiny to cut so I just used a punch and shined them up a bit with glossy accents. Some google eyes and a pompom nose gave him a whimsical look. All of the layers were pop dotted for dimension. The sentiment is cut from Christmas Cheer with tiny punched holly leaves added for color.

Peace Dove

I love trying new card folds. I found the instructions on SplitcoastStampers and tweaked the measurements slightly to add more to the right side when it was closed. The pretty double sided paper is Life is Beautiful "Starry Night". Just love my new CB die/folder combo. For the sentiment I stretched the scalloped circle from Accent Essentials into an oval and again used some metallic letters from M's. The snowflakes are from Jolee's boutique.

Holly

Another quick but elegant cuttlebug card, this one using the Holly folder. Just a few red adhesive jewels, some gorgeous textured paper (that was already cut to the perfect size-WooHoo!) and a stretchy cord I found in my kitchen desk junk drawer. The peel off is from my friend B-bug from the Cricut message board.

Joy

I love the texture the CB embossing folders give to a card and love it even more that you can make an elegant card as quick as a wink. I used the little fancy frame folder and punched them out with my scalloped square punch. Added a few score lines, some ribbon, and those fantastic metal letters I got at M's.

Let it Snow

One of the reasons I wanted to do this blog is to be able to participate in challenges and easily link my card. This was for a challenge on the Cuttlebug Spot. We were to sand the embossed areas. I never linked this card to the challenge because I wasn't really thrilled how it came out but thought I'd post it here anyway. I used the Snowflake folder and Swiss dots. I love the technique, but I really ended up with too many layers making the card REALLY heavy. Love the Favorite findings little snowman though. The cute ribbon was from Michaels and was packaged to look like an ornament.

Debbie Mumm Christmas Cards

Well friends I'm in the home stretch. I'm finally posting cards made in October. I had no idea I had made so many cards since getting my Cricut but I wanted a record of everything I've done from the beginning. Thank goodness I didn't wait any longer than I did to start this blog! These were a quick bunch I did for a Christmas charity challenge. I used the darling penguins from the Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday stack and they practically made themselves. Just a little extra matting and an embellie or two and they were done.