Home is where... Canvas Class 11/12/11

Hi Everyone,  

Just a quick note tonight to let you know that I have a class coming up at "The Doo" on Saturday November 12, 2011.  

It is "Home is where the heart is" canvas Class.  Lots of techniques involved in this class.  Paper Piecing, Alcohol Ink, Distress Stains, Glossy Accents, Distress Inking, embossing, faux letterpress, resist, and much, much more.  Sample is at the store (37-C Swan Street, Ramsey, NJ).  This canvas would be an awesome Holiday gift.

Call the store to sign up 201-818-7060 .  

Remember:  Space is limited.  :)  

Here is a sneak peek.

Thanks for stopping by!  

DAY 2: Creative Kuts~Black and Orange Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,  

Welcome to Day 2 of the Creative Kuts Black/Orange Blog Hop.  This hop is scheduled for yesterday (Friday) and today (Saturday).  So glad you can join us for this fun "spooktacular" hop.  Be sure to go through each blog in the list below and leave a comment and follow each blog as you will be eligible to win some mega blog candy. 

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with LISA.  If you just came from LINN then you are in the right spot.  At the end of this post you will see where you go next along with a complete list of the blog hop participants..  

For my project I decided to use "Troubles Brewing".  You can find the file by clicking here.  

Instead of taking the file and making it into a layout I wanted to do something a little vintage'y.  I decided on little treat bags.   I used a plain white paper doily and sprayed it down with glimmer mist to give it a little more color with some shimmer.  I placed the dollies on the bottom layer against the bag.  Along the top of the bag is "crepe" paper in black and I used sticky strip to hold the crepe as I ruffled it.  I had some glass glitter on hand and thought it would look so cute along the base of the crepe paper.  To hold the glass glitter securely, I used sticky strip.  (sticky strip:  AKA red line tape)  

(more pictures of each one individually below).  

The General Information:

It's that time of year when the Nights are all spooky and the creatures are known to wander the forests.  So sit for a spell with a nice cup of hot apple cider and check out all the great projects using the Creative Kuts Files which you can find by simply clicking here.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies.  There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.  This grand prize for this hop will be $50 of Creative Kuts files.  Final details will be given when the winner is announced.  

In order to eligible for the grand Prize, you must follow each blog and leave 2 days of comments on each blog.  (there will be 2 different projects for each person on the hop, one for each day)

The hop is a 2 day hop with only 13 blogs to visit so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop line-up twice.  Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops.  

Here are some individual pictures of each treat bag.  These will show some of the finer details. 

The cat is my favorite.  I inked all the edges of the black card stock with a white ink pad and a sponge.  

This title medallion was framed with crepe paper and fits perfectly inside the doily. 

OMG...  this little witch.  I love her.  Look at that sweet face.  How could she cook up something evil.  She is the good witch only brewing up something sweet.  :)

NOW TIME FOR THE BLOG CANDY:

I am offering one lucky winner to receive this "retired" Simply Scrappin Kit from Stampin' Up.  It is a $19.95 value.  All you have to do is follow me by clicking on the right and then leave a comment on each day.  (today and tomorrow).  I will pick a lucky winner on Sunday and post no later than midnight Sunday night.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  You next stop is BONNIE.  Come back again for more great projects.  

Have a WONDERFUL day!  

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Linn- http://www.linnsscrapshack.blogspot.com

Anna- http://stampanna.typepad.com YOU ARE HERE!

Bonnie-http://scrap-n-away.blogspot.com

Eva - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com

Julie -http://juliescreativepieces.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://www.bljgraves.blogspot.com

Maria - http://justgetscraphappy.blogspot.com 

Gina - http://c90designs.blogspot.com/

Fabiola - http://www.mrssassycrafter.com/

Gaby - http://www.thecraftydream.blogspot.com

Cynthia - http://luv2scrap-luv2scrap.blogspot.com

Cheryl - http://creativekuts.blogspot.com

 

DAY 1: Creative Kuts~Black and Orange Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,  

Welcome to Day 1 of the Creative Kuts Black/Orange Blog Hop.  This hop is scheduled for today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday).  So glad you can join us for this fun "spooktacular" hop.  Be sure to go through each blog in the list below and leave a comment and follow each blog as you will be eligible to win some mega blog candy. 

If you just happened to come to this blog, you can start at the beginning with LISA.  If you just came from LINN then you are in the right spot.  At the end of this post you will see where you go next along with a complete list of the blog hop participants..  

For my project I decided to use "Halloween Candy Wrappers".  You can find the file by clicking here.  (more pictures of each one individually below) 

The General Information:

It's that time of year when the Nights are all spooky and the creatures are known to wander the forests.  So sit for a spell with a nice cup of hot apple cider and check out all the great projects using the Creative Kuts Files which you can find by simply clicking here.

We're so excited to be doing this hop and we have a fabulous lineup with some very talented ladies.  There will be lots of fun projects, along with some great blog candy, and a great grand prize for this hop.  This grand prize for this hop will be $50 of Creative Kuts files.  Final details will be given when the winner is announced.  

In order to eligible for the grand Prize, you must follow each blog and leave 2 days of comments on each blog.  (there will be 2 different projects for each person on the hop, one for each day)

The hop is a 2 day hop with only 13 blogs to visit so you will have plenty of time to make it through the whole hop line-up twice.  Check out each blog and see what blog candy you can win at the individual stops.  

Here are some individual pictures of each candy bar wrappers.  These will show some of the finer details. 

I love this cute little bat.  The sweet little wings are just adorable as they wrap to hold the sign.  

Check out the fangs on the dracula.  The "Happy Halloween" was computer generated.  All the edges of the black are ink'ed with white ink pad and a sponge dauber.    

My favorite part of this witch is the boots and the socks.  :)  They are so cute!  I did use a computer generated sentiment, but inked the edges with Wild Honey Distress ink.  

OMG!  I do think this cat is my favorite.  Check out his whiskers.  I cut little strips of black card stock and then wrapped them around a thin dowel.  I used Button Twine to tie the candy in the pumpkin.  

NOW FOR THE BLOG CANDY:

I am offering one lucky winner to receive this "retired" Simply Scrappin Kit from Stampin' Up.  It is a $19.95 value.  All you have to do is follow me by clicking on the right and then leave a comment on each day.  (today and tomorrow).  I will pick a lucky winner on Sunday and post no later than midnight Sunday night.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  You next stop is BONNIE.  Come back again for more great projects.  

Have a fang-tastic day!  

Here is the complete lineup:

Lisa- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Linn- http://www.linnsscrapshack.blogspot.com

Anna- http://stampanna.typepad.com YOU ARE HERE!

Bonnie-http://scrap-n-away.blogspot.com

Eva - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com

Julie -http://juliescreativepieces.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://www.bljgraves.blogspot.com

Gina - http://c90designs.blogspot.com/

Fabiola - http://www.mrssassycrafter.com/

Gaby - http://www.thecraftydream.blogspot.com

Cynthia - http://luv2scrap-luv2scrap.blogspot.com

Cheryl - http://creativekuts.blogspot.com

Week-End Re-cap & Milton

Happy Monday Everyone....  

I know it has been a while since I have posted.  Last week was a crazy, crazy week for me.  Then before I knew it, the weekend was here and then it was time for me to pack and get ready for the week end crop.  We had a blast.  There was lots of laughs.  Let me just say that Scrap-a-doodle doo sure does know how to do it right.  The Theme was "HOllywood" theme and we all got the glamorous treatment, even with a red carpet.  There was even paparazzi taking pictures through out the event.  Not to mention to top it off with a few glasses of wine at the end of the night as a night cap.  

However, this is a new week so lets get it started.

The above file is by Creative Kuts using Miltons Christmas.

The paper I used is Bazzill and We R Memory Keepers Peppermint Twist Collection.  The next time I cut this piece out, I will cut the tree taller to fill the page nicely.

Thank You for stopping by today.  Just for you to know that I am thankful for each of your visits and kind words.  It means so much to me.  

Wishing you all a fabulous Monday!

October KISS KOTM

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a great week-end!  Time flew by, for me anyway..  :)  My week-end re-cap will be in my next post.  So be sure to check back tomorrow.  

This is a sneak peek of the October KISS KOTM at Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo.  It is a Halloween Theme 2 Page Layout.  

For $9.95 you call all the supplies to duplicate this layout.  It includes a color photo of the layout with instructions.  Quantities are Limited!  Contact the store to reserve your kit.   201-818-7060

Fall is in the Air Layout

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to pop in again today and show you what we made Friday Night in the class that I taught at Scrap-a-Doodle Doo.  All the pages came out beautiful.  I personally can't wait to add pages to my layout.  

The pattern paper is from We R memory Keepers "Autumn Splendor" collection. I fell in love those little owls from the first time I saw them.  

Hope you all have a great day! 

Give Thanks

Good Morning Everyone!  

Hope you all had a wonderful week end.  The temps have dropped here and I am loving it.  I love this time of year.  Soups in the crock pots and snuggled on the couch with a good book.  hmmm.  :)  

Today I have a scrapbook page that I created using a file from Creative Kuts.  The file that I used is called "Thanksgiving Blocks".  This file looked like it would have lots of details, but really wasn't.  It went together rather easily. Really happy about that.

What I like the most about the Creative Kuts files is that you can use the pieces by themselves (if you choose).  For instance, If I wanted to just use the turkey/pumpkin I can and put it on a card and then just change up the "give" portion with another word.  Another example would be to use the apples for apple picking or the sunflowers for anything fall related.  The possibilities are endless.  

 

The card stock used is varied from Stampin' Up and Bazzill and the pattern papers came from the new line "Hello Fall" from Little Yellow Bicycle that is now available at Scrap-a-doodle doo.  

Even though my base looks white it actually is a pattern from the "Hello Fall" line called "Ivory Text". I am using the "B" side from this collection the "A" side is called "Autumn Tree".  

Thanks for stopping by today.