Feeling the Halloween spirit!

I'm so thrilled it's Wednesday, we've made it halfway through the week and I had one productive day yesterday!  Always feels good to have one of those, right? 

Last night, after dinner, I was able to get downstairs and get a few things done.  I had Halloween on the brain...again.  So, for the next few days it will be Halloween here on the bloggy!  Today I have a fun little tag.

This was a plain manila tag that I stamped with a Hero Arts spiderweb for a fun background.  Then I added a strip of last years Halloween paper and finished it off with a white garage sale tag (picked up a package of these at Walmart for, I think $1.99) and stamped my sentiment on it.  Now this tag is ready for a layout, a card, a gift bag or a mini book.

That's it for today :)  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow!

Mini Halloween notebook.

Good Tuesday morning!  How are you today?  We're in for a warm day today.  It was pretty cool several days last week so it will be nice to have a warm day today.

Last week when I showed you the thank you cards I made for my cousin, I thought I would make something for her daughter too.  She's in first grade this year and I know how my daughters love little notebooks and notepads so I whipped up a little Halloween themed one just for her!

This is a mini composition notebook I picked up at Walmart for $.77 in the office aisle.  I covered both sides with Halloween paper and distressed the edges.  After adding a bit of  ribbon, I embossed a pumpkin with some orange embossing powder and matted it on black paper.  Just a fun place for her to keep little notes this fall!

So, for dinner last night we had spaghetti squash.  Have you guys had this?  My neighbor Leah LOVES it, my friend Joy LOVES it and various other people have raved about it lately.  Last night was the night and I have to say, it was a big hit at our house!  We will definitely be having it again!  So yummy and SO filling!

Have a fantastic Tuesday and I'll see you back here tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping in today and sharing a few minutes with me.  :)

New hair accessories!

Hello there and happy Monday morning to you all!  Do you like Mondays or are you not a fan?  I enjoy my weekends so much that I would love to have Monday be an extension of the weekend, but I like to look at Monday as a fresh start for the week.  Monday is a choice.  A choice to start your week out on a good foot!

Today's project started a couple of weeks ago when the girls an I were at Michaels.  You know how they have those pre-made Recollections flowers?  Well, I let each of the girls pick out a two pack and I turned them into hair clips.

Excuse the window screens in the background :)

I picked up some hair clips at Sally Beauty Supply (a package of 80 cost $5.49) and covered them in white 1/4" grosgrain ribbon using hot glue.  Then I peeled the protective covering off the sticky back on the flower and hot glued the flower to the hair clip.  The sticky back seemed like it was secured really well to the flower so I didn't worry about taking it off.  We'll see how well they hold up.  My girls are pretty rough on their hair accessories!  The best thing about these was how fast they came together!  All four only took me a total of about five minutes!

I hope you had a great weekend!  We ran around all day Saturday, running errands.  Sunday we spent at home, cleaning closets and doing laundry.  I'm looking forward to a nice normal week this week after such a crazy one last week!  Have a fabulous Monday and I'll see you back here tomorrow!  Thanks for coming by today. 

Using old and new!

Happy Friday!  I am so happy it's the end of the week, how about you?  The other day I won a giveaway over at SCRAPBOOK TREEHOUSE.  If you haven't checked out Mary Jo's blog yet, you should.  She has some great layouts and posted a super cute mini the other day too.  One thing I love about blogging is connecting with people from around the world.  Funny thing about Mary Jo is that we live just across the state from each other :)  Two people who otherwise would have never met, right? 

Anyway, the giveaway was some awesome cardstock Thickers and some Studio Calico stamps.  When my package arrived, Mary Jo had thrown in an extra, a little package of Prima canvas tags!  Wasn't that nice?  I have to say I was really excited about the Thickers, you know I just purchased my first set about a month ago so to have a different font and type was really cool.  I didn't know what to expect with the Studio Calico stamps, I've heard good things about their products, but have never tried any for myself.  Let me tell you, these stamps are great!  Really thick, strong acrylic and the image comes out super clear.  I'll try and get something made soon and post it for you :)

On to my project.  Back in JULY I posted a few different ways I have to break myself out of my funk and the embellishment on this card was one of them.

I pulled the embellishment out of my scrap tray and simply added the Thickers from Mary Jo for my sentiment.

To mimic the stitching on the Thickers, I used my white gel pen and made dashes all around the black cardstock base.

Then I adhered the whole embellishment piece to the card.  So easy!  Thanks Mary Jo :)

Do you have anything fun going on this weekend?  This is our first weekend in over a month that we don't have any plans!  Yeah!!!!!  I know we'll end up doing something, but it will be on our own schedule and that's my FAVORITE kind of weekend :)  I hope you all have a fabulous day and an even more wonderful weekend.  Thanks for coming by today and I'll see later.

Easy thanks.

Good morning friends!  I have a quick post today.  For those of you that have been reading for awhile, you know that my cousin has breast cancer.  I thought I might whip up some thank you cards for her should the need arise.  You never know when you might need a thank you, right?  :)

 (sorry about the bad pics, not sure what was going on here...)

I made my favorite thank yous for Jessica with three different background colors and three different sentiments.  Then I added the ribbon on each one.  I found that punch at Michaels and it's so cool because it embosses it too, so it looks like the ribbon is actually folded.  So cool :)

I packaged them up in a clear box from Papertrey Ink and am going to send these in the mail to her over the weekend.  She just lives about 15 minutes from me, but who doesn't love a little surprise package in the mail?

I'm back in training today.  I'll sure be glad to be back in the office and back to my regular routine on Friday :)  Have a wonderful day today and I'll see you back here tomorrow!

WOYWW

Happy Wednesday!  I'm playing along today with What's on your workdesk Wednesday!  It's been months since I've played along and I'm super excited that I get to today!

So, check out my desk!

Any guesses as to what I'm working on?  :)

For more fabulous workdesks, stop by Julia's blog (the link is at the top of this post).  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll be back tomorrow!

Clothes Pins

Wow, after the awesome weekend had I sure had a crazy Monday!  So glad it's Tuesday :)  I've been extremely busy at work lately and this week I'm in annual training on Wednesday and Thursday so I've got to try and fit most of my work in to just two days this week.  It is really making me grateful for my evenings, that's for sure!

Last week I saw the cutest post over on the October Afternoon blog.  Clothes pins.  The poster was a teacher and she uses clothes pins to transport loose papers back and forth from home to school.  Well, I didn't have anything I needed clothes pins for, but I sure thought they were cute!  :)

I just painted my clothes pins with acrylic paint and then trimmed my Boarding Pass paper to fit.  Done.  Not much easier than that, right?  I'm going to have to hunt around for some loose papers now.  These are way too cute to just sit around.  Any suggestions on what I could use them for?

No plans for my Tuesday afternoon, except to buy stamps and maybe finish up some cards I started over the weekend.  What about you?  I hope you have a terrific Tuesday.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!

A twist on the traditional birthday card.

A happy Monday morning to you all!  Did you have a fabulous weekend?  I have to say that my Sunday went just as I planned.  After handling all my morning business; laundry, dishes, Michael's etc. I headed down to the basement.  I had been planning this all week, if you remember.  I couldn't believe that I was actually down there, before 4:00 PM!  Haha.  I cleaned and organized for about two hours and it felt so good.  I got new stamps indexed in my ROLODEX, I rearranged my desk and got the girls area cleaned up too!  Then I got to create!

This year, instead of making Mike a traditional birthday card, I made him a grateful for you card.  I listed on the front of the card just a few of the reasons why I'm grateful for him and then on the inside a wrote a bunch of mushy stuff, which I'll spare you all from reading ;)

I had this card pictured in my head for quite awhile so it came together really quickly for me.  Love when that happens :)

Did you get to craft this weekend?  Do you find that you have more time to craft in the fall/winter or is it the opposite for you?  I seem to get more done in the cooler weather months because we spend more time inside.  I'm happy and sad about this :) :(  Haha.

Abie starts tennis back up again tonight.  She is thrilled that the doctor gave her the okay last week.  Her bone is completely back to normal now.  It's also Papa John's night for the school so mom is thrilled about that, I don't have to cook!  I hope you have a magnificent Monday my friends!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Time needed!

Good grief, where has this week gone?  I have been trying to keep my head above water all week long, at work and at home and it just hasn't been happening :)  Unfortunately my crafty time is what has been suffering. 

I was able to get downstairs last night and make a get well card for a family member.  It felt SO good to be crafty!  But it was somewhat bittersweet.  I looked around my crafty area and saw so much stuff that needed to be cleaned and organized and more stuff that needed to be used!  Haha!

My get well card is for a manly family member :)  I hope it cheers him up!

This Boarding Pass paper was perfect because he use to work for the railroad!  I was so excited :)  I embossed my sentiment so it would really show up on the patterned paper.  The circle embellishment came from a railroaders time keeping book I picked up at an antique  store several months ago.

What are your plans this weekend?  Mike's birthday is Saturday so we're heading up to the Harley plant for their open house.  Sunday is football, football, football :) for him which means crafting, crafting, crafting for me :)  Maybe I'll be able to catch up!  Have a fantastic Friday and a beautiful weekend!  Thanks for coming by today!

A blog award!

Gotta love a short week, right?  Thursday already my friends!  I can't believe how busy we've been this week, I have so many things I want to get started on, crafty wise, and I just can't seem to get my time management in check.  Ha!

Yesterday I got a blog award from my friend TRACY.  If you haven't been to her blog before, GO NOW!  She is so creative :)  She's been on a Copic kick lately and her coloring is amazing!  Then, there's her mini albums...to...die...for.  The detail she puts into them blows me away!  Oh, and you can't talk about Tracy and not mention her family, she LUUUUUUVS her girls and her hubby more than anything :)  Oh yeah, and she's the funniest little thing ever!  :)  Thanks so much for the award Tracy!  You're the best!

Now along with this award, I have to answer some questions.  Here we go!

Q1)  Name your favorite color

Pink

Q2)  Name your favorite song

Right now...Party Rock Anthem or Pumped up Kicks

Q3)  Name your favorite dessert

Chocolate cake with chocolate icing

Q4)  What wizzes you off at the moment

Seriously, how can anything make you mad when you read the word wizzes?  :)  There's really not a whole lot that makes me mad.  At least not anything I can think of right at the moment.

Q5)  Your favorite pet

That would have to be Murray, our half lab half St. Bernard :)

Q6)  Black or White

Black, it's more sophisticated.  Ha!

Q7)  Your biggest fear

Something happening to Mike

Q8)  Best feature

My winning personality :)

Q9)  Everyday attitude

Have you ever read The Secret?  :)

Q10)  What is perfection

This last weekend was perfection

Q11)  Guilty pleasure

TWO cups of coffee in one day!

Q12)  When you're upset you

Call Mike, or my mom, or my sister

Okay, now I have to pass this along to some crafty friends!  Check out these blogs if you get a chance, these are some amazing and talented ladies!!

STEPH
KATIE
SUE
CHRISTINA
MARY PAT
TAMMY
TABITHA

Well, that's it for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll see you back here tomorrow!  Have a GREAT day today!

Cork

Good morning!  I have a simple card to share today that has a fun little embellishment, cork!  Several months ago I bought some cork sheets from Michelle Wooderson's Etsy shop.  I looked everywhere to try and find them locally, but had no luck.  I have only used the cork sheets once, horrible I know, since I bought them from Michelle.  I'm afraid to use them all up ;) since I can't just run right out and buy some more.

Imagine my excitement when I was at Michael's Sunday and I ran across the cork sheets...ON CLEARANCE!!!!  Now I feel like I can use cork until my heart is content!

This cork slides right through my Cuttlebug with my dies like butter.  Love it!  In fact, I was so excited about the cork, I didn't realize how plain the base of my card looked until I uploaded my pics.  Ha!  We'll just focus on the embellishment for today, okay?  :)

That's it for me on this lovely Wednesday.  We had a busy night last night so I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing evening tonight.  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you tomorrow!

From Summer to Fall.

Hello there! I hope you all enjoyed your three day weekend, here in the U.S.  We had, literally, the BEST weekend EVER.  It was the perfect amount of relaxing, extended family time, outings, friends, barbecuing, sleeping in, weather, just everything.  Believe it or not, I did not craft once  :)  I thought about it and even shopped a bit for it, of course, but didn't make it to the basement at all, except to get the fall decorations out.

I have a couple of photos I want to share with you today.  Just to let you know how funny the weather is here.  On Thursday we were at the pool, with 100+ degree heat...

Friday was more of the same heat.  Then Saturday we had a big cold front move through and now we have the most beautiful fall weather ever!  This was a picture of the girls at breakfast yesterday morning...

Haha!  Abie cracks me up with her hat on!

We are supposed to have beautiful weather all week, lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s!  We have the windows open and it couldn't be more  perfect!  I'm hoping to get a bit of crafting in this week, with the cooler nights we'll be having.  I want to make a fall banner and I have a cute picture frame I saw online I want to re-create.  Do you have any fun fall projects planned?

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a beautiful day today!

Pink and Black!

Yea Friday!!!!!  I'm so excited it's the weekend, but first I have a quick pink and black tag I want to share with you that I made for my cousin.

I LOVE the way this turned out :)  I used my new Papertrey tag die and Gratitude Journal stamp set.  This came together so quick, I might have to do something similar to this for Christmas tags this year!!

Do you have big plans this weekend?  It's a three day weekend here, Labor Day.  We are going to a sort of festival tonight.  Then tomorrow night I'm going to a little party for my cousin and on Sunday we're having some friends over for a barbecue!  Should be a fun weekend!

Thank you so much for coming by my blog.  It really means so much to me to hear from you guys.  Your comments really do keep me going!  Have a fabulous weekend!!!!  :) 

A tiny birthday card but a BIG sentiment!

Morning!  Today I want to share a tiny birthday card with you.  I whipped this up real quick like, my favorite kind of card/craft.  Quick, ya know :)

I trimmed a piece of October Afternoon Boarding Pass to 2 1/4 x 6" (I think it was 6", I would have to re-measure to be sure)  Then I added a piece of my dyed twill!!!!!  Now this twill was from OA's 5 and Dime collection, but check out how closely it matches Boarding Pass!  Not too shabby right?

I finished the card off with a bright red embossed GIGANTIC sentiment from Papertrey and a big Boarding Pass button!  Aaahhh, love :) 

I took the girls to the doctor yesterday for their well checks.  They are well :)  Landry got her shots for Kindergarten next year.  After, we went to the store and bought all the stuff to make ice cream sundaes for dessert.  It was a good night!  I hope you do something fun today or at least laugh A LOT!  Laughing is really, really good, don't you think?  Enjoy your Thursday friends.  Thanks for popping in today!

CFC #17

Good Wednesday morning!  So last night I decided to work on a card for CAS-ual FRIDAYS CHALLENGE!!!!!  The challenge this week was to use stickers :)

Now I don't have a ton of stickers, but I do have a little stash of American Crafts letter stickers and I had, what I thought to be, a GREAT idea to color my stickers in and use them to form a rainbow sentiment.  Well...it was not a great idea.  It was a flop.  Haha!

Enter Plan B:

I used my centering ruler and lots of American Crafts stickers to form my background.  I added some simple red Martha Stewart twine and a few little embellishments along with my sentiment.  Not bad for a Plan B :)

Have a great Wednesday and I'll see you tomorrow!  Thanks for passing through today!