See You Soon....

The only Black Friday shopping I did this year was Queen and Co. One of their Black Friday specials was this suitcase shaker card kit.

I did a few things different from Queen and Co.'s for this kit. The reason I made the changes was to keep the card as thin as possible for mailing to Japan. AND to see if my kid actually looks at the cards I send him or not.

Everything on the card except for the shaker elements is a part of the kit. I did take a little off the original sentiment which should read: "Hope to see you soon!"

Happy Thanksgiving

It is almost turkey time again. I'm not cooking this year, kind of silly to cook for just 2 of us so we will be going out for dinner.

My October Spellbinder's Glimmer KOM was perfect for this card.

The pumpkin and leaves are from my Glimmer kit, it is really hard to see but the pumpkin and leaves have been hot foiled then cut out with my Gemini Jr. The sunflower bling is from Queen and Co., other bling is from my stash as is the Washi tape (also has foil accents) and I used my Cricut and their Art Nouverau Cartridge and Foil Quill for the sentiment.

I will be entering this card into these challenges:

A to Z Scrapbooking - Store Closing

Bitten By The Bug II - Fall Anything Goes

Happy Halloween

Halloween used to be my favorite holiday. Not since we moved to Arizona, we don't get any trick or treaters but I can still make cards for family and friends.

I choose a #Queen and Co. kut which made these super easy. 

To create the semtiment I used my #Cricut, #Foil Quill and #Cricut's Baby Steps cartridge.

I am entering these cards into these Challenges:
Bitten By The Bug II - Anything Goes
A to Z Scrapbooking-store-closing/

Connie Can Crop Challenge # 60 - Use Your Stash

Time for a brand new challenge over at Connie Can Crop. This month's theme is, Use Your Stash.

 

This months sponsor is BugabooStamps.

 

 

I dug deep into my stash to follow the theme all month, this is my first Use Your Stash project.

 



 



The papers are from Boxer Scrapbooking (?) I think that was the name of the company, I have had these papers since the 2011 Great Lakes Mega Meet.

The pearls are from Queen and Co., I got them at the 2012 Great Lakes Mega Meet.

The stamps are from DoCrafts, I think that I received them in 2014 or was it 2013?

BTW, the little bit of a crooked sentiment panel on the paw print card is, "artistic license", that's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Please come and join us at Connie Can Crop and Use Your Stash!!
 

Upcycled Bottle

Blog Quick Quotes is having an upcycle challenge this month. I had this empty bottle to play with and had a lot of fun playing with it.

 

Acrylic paint doesn't stick real well to glass on it's own so I asked my BFF Renee who is a decorative painter, designer, etc. over at Plum Purdy  (she owns it too) how to get around that and she told me that I needed to first put a coat of paint adhesion medium on the bottle. She very kindly sent me a bottle from her inventory.

 

After sponging the medium on, I made puddles of purple, cream, blue and sunflower paints and sponged them on in a bit of a mish mash. When that coat dried I went over it again with the blue and cream then again with the purple and cream paints.

 

When the paint was dry I added a layer of Mod Podge then added some bling from Zva Creative, flowers from Queen and Co. and a bow using ribbon from my stash.

 

The flowers were cut using Cricut's Mother's Day cartridge, I hot glued them to floral wire and added some leaves I cut using one of my punches.

 

I am entering this project into this challenges:

 

Blog Quick Quotes Challenge #64.

Jo's Scrap Shack #144 - Anything Goes.

 

HIMCR #211- Super Scraps Saturday

HIMCR #211 - Super Scraps Saturday 

The sponsor is HIMCR!

 

We will have two winners!

 

The giveaway is A Robot Party Cricut Cartridge or A Space Party Cricut Cartridge!

Winner's choice!

 

 

I used up a few more scraps on this, the card base and layers are all made from scraps. I used my wavy blade in my paper trimmer to trim them to the correct size.

The ribbon and twine are also scraps. I added some gold Stickles to the center of my Queen and Co. flowers, Queen and Co. beads to the ribbon and a stick pin from my stash.

I cut the envelope with my brand new Envelope Punch Board from WRMK that I won from: Daisies Girl I can't believe how easy the board is to use, it only takes a couple of minutes to whip up a custom envelope.

 

Love is in the Air

When I first choose this Printable I really didn't know what I was going to do with it but I think that it's super cute so I wanted to work with it. Love is in the Air Cocoa Envelope

 

 

A few days after getting the file I received a package from my kids in Tokyo which contained several packages of Japanese crafting/origami papers, stickers and chocolates filled with cognac and apple brandy. This beautiful print was perfect for the Printable and a Valentine card was made.

 

 

I love the Eiffel Tower stamps on this print as well as the vintage postcard look. I did downsize the cocoa envelope a little to fit on the card. The swirl bling is from Zva Creative and the hearts are from Queen and Co., I added a piece of twine to the fold and the card was done. The Love is in the Air cocoa envelope can also hold a gift card, book of love coupons, etc.