It's All About the Candy

Happy Thursday!! Is this week flying by or what?? I have been looking forward to this day for months...today is the huge yearly book sale at the fairgrounds!! It's a toss-up which I love shopping for more - books or crafty supplies!! Today it's all about the books ;) I'm usually on vacation during this time of the year and miss the sale. This will be the first one I've been to in a few years and I can't wait :)

I have a Halloween treat to share with you today :) The base of the candy bar wrapper is heavyweight cardstock from The Paper Studio. The patterned papers are from Recollections.

The sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Halloween Potions stamp set. It was heat embossed with Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink. It was stamped on a Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 die. The bat, ghost and spider are from My Craft Spot's Halloween Shapes die set. The spiderweb border beneath the ribbon is a My Craft Spot Fancy Edges Halloween die. The ribbon started out white. It was dyed with Dylusions Black Marble spray (it looks a little greenish in the pictures, but it's definitely black!!).

Quick and easy!! I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. My Craft Spot Challenge #153 - Spooky Treats
2. DL.Art - October Linky
3. Decorate to Celebrate - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great day :)

Something Special Just For You

Happy Saturday!! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend!! I've finally decided to embrace fall - I do love fall, I just wasn't ready for summer to end. And I'm so not ready for winter and snow. So, in the spirit of the season, I purchased some pumpkins to decorate around the house and I hope to add more festive touches this weekend :)

I came across a card I did a few years ago - it's called a Box Card - and I loved the look so I wanted to make another one :) My sweet friend Beate put this tutorial together. Unfortunately, she doesn't blog anymore, which is a shame because her projects were amazing. You can find the directions HERE. It looks complicated but it's incredibly easy to create. The double-sided papers are from K&Company. The scalloped die along the sides is a Die-Versions Lacey Dots die.

For the belly band, I used a Memory Box Orbit Circle die. My Craft Spot Tiny Doily Dies were used for the center of the circle. The sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Stamping All Around Spring stamp set. I stamped it on vellum and adhered it to the paper.

Once you remove the belly band, the card expands into a box. How cool is that??!! You can add a gift card inside to make a sweet gift for someone special :)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
2. DL.Art - September Linky

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful weekend :)

Last Day to Enter Giveaway & Happy To Be Alive Tag

Happy Sunday!! I hope you are having a wonderful last weekend of summer (how is that even possible??!!) Today is the last day to enter my Thank You Giveaway!! If you haven't entered to win a set of Memory Box dies, click HERE for all the details!! If you have, thank you so, so much :)

I have a tag to share with you today. The papers are from The Paper Studio's Kirby Teesdale stack. The edges were distressed with a Zutter DIA and then inked with Tim Holtz Walnut Distress Ink. Memory Box Chloe Stems were adorned with gems and tucked behind the paper. The bottom circles are a Memory Box Loopy Rings dies.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. A Memory Box Magic Flourish was cut in vellum and tucked among the blooms. The leaves are from My Craft Spot's Flowers Daisy die set. The sentiment is from My Craft Spot's Music stamp set. It was heat embossed with white embossing powder and then I ran some chalk over it for a chalkboard effect.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. My Craft Spot - Chalk Art (MCS products used: Music Stamp Set, Flowers Daisy Dies)
2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Tag It
3. DL.art - September Linky
4. Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the Die-Versions / Great Impressions Blog Hop!!

There will be lots of inspiration and you will have the chance to win some awesome prizes!!

I will announce the winner of my giveaway on Tuesday!! Thank you again for voting!!

Happy Sunday :)

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Blog Hop!!

Happy Saturday!! Welcome to the My Craft Spot Blog Hop, celebrating Kimberly's new release!! All of the new stamps and dies are now available for purchase HERE!! Each stop on this hop is also giving away a $10 gift certificate to My Craft Spot!!

You should have arrived here from Heather of House Built of Cards!! If you've just stumbled upon my blog, head on over to My Craft Spot to start at the beginning...you won't want to miss a single stop :)

I have two projects to share with you today:

The papers for this card are from The Paper Studio. The edges were distressed with a Zutter DIA. The flowers were made with My Craft Spot Daisy dies. They were cut in a mixture of patterned papers, burlap and vellum.

The beautiful sentiment is from the Fall Leaves stamp set. It was heat embossed with ultrafine black embossing powder. The stitched border along the bottom is a Fancy Edges - Halloween die.

The awesome wheelbarrow and the apples are from the Fall Wheelbarrow die set.

 For my next card, I used papers from Echo Park's Chillingsworth Manor.

The drippy goo border is a Fancy Edges - Halloween die. The sentiment is from the Halloween Potions stamp set.

All three of the bottles are from the Halloween Shapes die set. The one on the left was cut with vellum, the one in the middle covered with Glossy Accents and the one on the right was heat embossed with the matching stamp from the Halloween Potions stamp set. The square was cut out with a die from Halloween Shapes. All three sentiments are from the Halloween Potions stamp set. Witch Hazel was stamped on a Tiny Tags die. The witch hat and the skull are from the Halloween Shapes die set.

Okay, are you ready to see the entire new release?!

Halloween Potions

Fall Leaves

Banner Sentiments - Fall 

Chalkboard Sentiments - Fall

Batty For You

Fancy Edges - Halloween

Fall Border

Fall Wheelbarrow 

Halloween Shapes

Aren't they fabulous??!! All of the stamps and dies are available now in the My Craft Spot Store!!

What's a blog hop without BLOG CANDY?! Kimberly is generously giving away a $10 gift certificate to My Craft Spot!! To be eligible to win, simply leave me a comment on this post!! (I will select and announce the winner on Monday morning.)

Thanks so much for celebrating with us!! And in case you need it, here's the blog hop order in its entirety:

Kimberly
Gwen
Saundra
Heather
Lisa (Guest Designer)  < YOU ARE HERE
Ally
Kate
Karen

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party - Day 5!!

Welcome to the My Craft Spot Stamp Release party!! I'm so excited to be guest designing this week!! Each day this week we will be sharing projects to showcase five new stamp sets and four new metal die sets!! Kimberly will have a giveaway every day this week, so be sure to leave a comment at My Craft Spot to be eligible for the daily prize. You'll also be treated to some amazing inspiration from the design team!! The party will end with a blog hop celebration on Saturday, where the full release is revealed and prizes will be given at each stop. Kimberly's new stamps and dies will also be available for purchase beginning that day :)

Today we are featuring the new Batty For You stamp set and it is fabulous!! Throughout the week we will also be incorporating the four new metal die sets into our projects as well.

The background of this card was created with Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks. The edges were inked with Black Soot.

Going Batty is from the Batty For You stamp set. The bat is a Halloween Shapes die. The bats along the top are a Fancy Edges - Halloween die.

The pumpkins and faces are from the Fall Wheelbarrow die set.

Be sure to head on over to My Craft Spot to see the amazing projects the DT has created - I guarantee you will be inspired!! And don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win some of Kimberly's fabulous Hocus Pocus Crinkle Ribbon:

I'll see you tomorrow for the Blog Hop!! Thanks so much for stopping by :)

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party - Day 4!!

Welcome to the My Craft Spot Stamp Release party!! I'm so excited to be guest designing this week!! Each day this week we will be sharing projects to showcase five new stamp sets and four new metal die sets!! Kimberly will have a giveaway every day this week, so be sure to leave a comment at My Craft Spot to be eligible for the daily prize. You'll also be treated to some amazing inspiration from the design team!! The party will end with a blog hop celebration on Saturday, where the full release is revealed and prizes will be given at each stop. Kimberly's new stamps and dies will also be available for purchase beginning that day :)

Today we are featuring the new Chalkboard Sentiments - Fall stamp set and it is fabulous!! Throughout the week we will also be incorporating the four new metal die sets into our projects as well.

For this card, the papers are from My Mind's Eye. The bat and tombstone are from the Halloween Shapes die set. The Happy Halloween along the side is a Fancy Edges - Halloween die and it was cut once in regular paper and once in black for a shadow effect.

The sentiment was stamped on black cardstock and then heat embossed with Snow White embossing powder. A piece of chalk was then lightly rubbed over it for a chalkboard effect.

Be sure to head on over to My Craft Spot to see the amazing projects the DT has created - I guarantee you will be inspired!! And don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to My Craft Spot:

I'll see you tomorrow for Day 5!! Thanks so much for stopping by :)

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party - Day 3!!

** This is the second of three posts. For the Decorate to Celebrate Fall post, click HERE. **

Welcome to the My Craft Spot Stamp Release party!! I'm so excited to be guest designing this week!! Each day this week we will be sharing projects to showcase five new stamp sets and four new metal die sets!! Kimberly will have a giveaway every day this week, so be sure to leave a comment at My Craft Spot to be eligible for the daily prize. You'll also be treated to some amazing inspiration from the design team!! The party will end with a blog hop celebration on Saturday, where the full release is revealed and prizes will be given at each stop. Kimberly's new stamps and dies will also be available for purchase beginning that day :)

Today we are featuring the new Banner Sentiments - Fall stamp set and it is fabulous!! Throughout the week we will also be incorporating the four new metal die sets into our projects as well.

I used three sentiments from Banner Sentiments - Fall for this card. The papers are from My Mind's Eye. The ribbon is from my stash.

The spider and web are from Halloween Shapes die set. The banner tags are from the Ribbon Banners Straight die set.

The black cat is also from the Halloween Shapes die set, as is the...

...skull. All of the dies were popped up with foam tape. I have another card to share with you.

I had this idea to create a mummy and then I remembered the Spellbinders Mix'd Media Playtime set...I used the girl from the set and wrapped her with ribbon. I inked it in spots with TH Pumice Stone distress ink (couldn't have a pristine white mummy ;) and added the googly eyes :) The papers are from Recollections. The bat is from the Halloween Shapes die set. The banner is a Ribbon Banners Straight die, and the edges were inked with TH Pumice Stone Distress ink. The dotted boarder above the banner is from the Fancy Edges - Halloween die set.

Be sure to head on over to My Craft Spot to see the amazing projects the DT has created - I guarantee you will be inspired!! And don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win some of Kimberly's fabulous Jute String (10 yards of these four colors):

I'll see you tomorrow for Day 4!! Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Decorate to Celebrate #83 - Fall or Birthday

This is my first post of three...please scroll up for Day 3 of the My Craft Spot Sneak Peeks and the first Scrapy Land Challenge

Happy Wednesday!! It's a busy day on my blog today...this is the first of three posts :) It's time for a new challenge at Decorate to Celebrate. For Challenge #84, we are asking you to create decorations for Fall or Birthdays!! Let's celebrate everything wonderful about falling leaves, crisp evenings, autumn harvest or birthdays with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more :)

For my fall project, I collected twigs from around the yard to make a decorative candle holder. You could use a glass candle holder but I used a can that held crab meat. I painted it black and then adhered the twigs with hot glue. The ribbon is from my stash. The tags are layers of Tiny Doilies dies from My Craft Spot. Fall is from an old K Andrew Designs stamp.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - September Linky 

Now it's your turn...head on over to Decorate to Celebrate to see the projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Fall or Birthday project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party - Day 2!!

Welcome to the My Craft Spot Stamp Release party!! I'm so excited to be guest designing for this release!! Each day this week we will be sharing projects to showcase five new stamp sets and four new metal die sets!! Kimberly will have a giveaway every day this week, so be sure to leave a comment at My Craft Spot to be eligible for the daily prize. You'll also be treated to some amazing inspiration from the design team!! The party will end with a blog hop celebration on Saturday, where the full release is revealed and prizes will be given at each stop. Kimberly's new stamps and dies will also be available for purchase beginning that day :)

Today we are featuring the new Fall Leaves stamp set and it is fabulous!! Throughout the week we will also be incorporating the four new metal die sets into our projects as well.

For this card, the patterned papers are from Prima and the solid cardstock is from Tim Holtz. The edges were distressed with a Zutter DIA.

The awesome sentiment is from the Fall Leaves stamp set. Isn't is fabulous??!! It was embossed with dark green embossing powder. The edges were inked with TH Peeled Paint Distress Ink.

The pumpkins and awesome wheelbarrow are from the Fall Wheelbarrow die set. The wheelbarrow was popped up with foam tape for dimension.

The fall leaves and acorn border are from the Fall Border die set. The leaves were sanded to give a bit of texture. Every other leaf was popped up with foam tape.

Be sure to head on over to My Craft Spot to see the amazing projects the DT has created - I guarantee you will be inspired!! And don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to My Craft Spot:

Also, I had some requests for the template I used for yesterday's coffin treat box. I found the template here:

Coffin Box Top
Coffin Box Bottom
Coffin Box Instructions

It printed out pretty large so I resized it for a smaller version.

I'll see you tomorrow for Day 3!! Thanks so much for stopping by :)