Strawberry Treat Holders

Strawberries & Basket - so cute they look good enough to eat!  Well actually the strawberry is a candy holder!  I made these from using a strawberry & basket svg cut file, the Sure Cuts A Lot program, and my Cricut. Scallop oval punches are Stampin Up.  Friends stamp was a cheap find at Michael's.
Filled with conversation hearts for a Valentine treat. :)

Bee Mine....

I have a class once of week for elementary students.  My goal is to teach them to be creative and have fun making gifts to share with family and friends.  Here is our latest project.  Lollipop holder with a Stampin Up Scallop Square.

Valentine's Day Treat

For Christmas I purchased the Sure Cuts A Lot program for my Cricut.  The Craftedge blog has some wonderful svg files. One of them being this cute Valentine's Day Mailbox.  You can make them any size you like.  I sized them down to 6 inches because it fit my SweetTart candy perfectly.

http://www.craftedge.com/purchase/purchase.php?rfid=2072843&ref=0adfe1a0d2cc2c8f10bc5b46d377d9da

Christmas Reindeer

I'm running late on Christmas cards this year.  But surfing the web I found an easy cute card on Dawn's website.  I changed mine a bit.  I used the Stampin Up Owl Punch & eyes, snowflake stamp & brad, along with mitten ribbon.  I also bought red glitter buttons (they sparkle and look like candy) for his nose.  Happy Holidays to all! :)

http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/2010/11/-reindeer-christmas-card-.html

Halloween Card Potions - Soot, Bleach, & Cricut cartridges OH MY!

Two new cards for Halloween.  I'm really feeling the erie, tingly feeling you get when you know that special time of year is right around the corner.  Who doesn't like a good ghost story or how the hair stands on the back of your neck when your out after dark during a full moon!  Scary :)  To add to the excitement I went with the feeling of Halloween from the past but with modern techniques.


Card Recipe - gold, blue metallic paper, sizzix machine for the dot look on the gold paper, bleach for the white star dots, Cricut cartridge Pumpkin Carving for the owl, and the moon is Martha Stewart Halloween sticker collection, and black beads for the owls eyes.

Whooo's there?

Card Recipe - Soot stamping, Martha Stewart stickers (bird & tombstone), bone is a Martha Stewart punch, grass and hand made with the Cricut cartridge Pumpkin Carving.

Don't stay out late after dark, especially near a cemetery!

Halloween Bookmarks

Part of a Swap-bot challenge. Ghosts in the graveyard and mad scientist eyeballs in a jar. Add one scary book and a full moon, you're all set! :)




Did you see that?  The ghostly picture changes oooo spooky!



Fun with Halloween stickers!

I have found the coolest, scariest stickers at Michael's - hologram portrait stickers! Ok well they aren't that scary but they sure make you do a double take. :)  

Spooky Colored Soot Stamping!

Ooo I'm really enjoy getting ready for Fall. I've been dying to try Soot Stamping and thought it would fun to try this Halloween. Card ingredients - Purple card stock, glossy paper brayered with orange ink then sooted, orange paper w/Sizzix swirl texture plate, Cricut cartridge Pumpkin Carving, velvet 3D cat sticker from Michael's. Wanna try sooting? Check out -

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/colored_soot_stamping/



October - Halloween Swap

I recently joined Swap-Bot.  They have every kind of swap you can imagine.  Well I found a few that had to do with Halloween and I couldn't wait to jump in!  Here is a recent creation that one of my fellow swapper's is going to receive.  The idea actually came from an outside border of a sticker and turned into a spooky room with old wall paper peeling due to a fire.  I stamped the tree on transparency paper, and red fiber handmade paper behind it for the spooky fire look with gold shimmer paper for a sunset feel.  Then I used Martha Stewart clear sticker chair with her paper to match.  And walla One spooky mansion - I dare you to ring the doorbell!

Thank You's Taking Flight

A recent fundraiser prompted me to make Thank You cards for the teacher volunteers that helped out.  I could have bought some but what's the fun in that? LOL  To make them extra sweet I added little chocolate nuggets.  I found little library pouch style envelopes at the dollar store and used my new butterfly punch, n' stamps from Stampin Up.  I had a hard time making the body and antenna's so I tied jewelry necklace string/twine which made it quick and easy. :)



If you look close you can see the white twine tied around once makes a cute 3D embelishment!