



Hi everyone, Happy Friday. So begins a super busy week! First some business, the winner of last weeks stamp set is Julie E. Please email me with your address so that I can get your stamps to you. This week I am giving away this fun fall stamp set from Hanna stamps. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post a winner next Friday.
Today, I am sharing something that I have been working on for awhile, this Halloween mini. First, I have to give enormous credit to Kathy Orta from Paper Phenomenon. This is from her paperback album tutorials. Yes, this album is made using paperbags. On the cover of her album, she used a skeleton and I couldn't find one that I liked but I found this super cute spider which worked perfectly. I used hotglue to adhere it. I also used Recollections dimensional stickers in the album especially on the front cover.
The book has tons of real estate for pictures and large pictures too. There are pockets and foldouts - very cool. Here is a pocket along with some dimensional stickers and a journaling tag also from
It really is a paperback album and so there are pullouts from the bag - I put tabs on the end of these to make it easier to pull out.

Today's card is a fun one. The dp is scraps from an SEI paper pack and the scrap that was left included this moon and stars so it was perfect background for this witch that I cut from the Cricut Martha Stewart Cartridge. The fence is an SU Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from Pink by Design.

Today I am sharing a card that I made using the Martha Stewart cartridge - I think it's occasions. I cut the moon and all the layers at 3.0. The witch was cut with black paper and I then covered it with black glitter. The dp is scrap from my SEI Halloween paper pack from last year and was scraps from my Halloween mini album that I hopefully will be showing you guys at the end of the month. The ribbon is from my stash but i think that it came from Taylored Expressions. It's a pretty simple card but Halloween signals the busy season for my - lots of birthdays and the holidays all rolled into one! Have a good day.
Today, I am sharing a project that I will be linking up for a Cricut Blog Challenge to make a project for someone. This project will be given to a colleague for Christmas. This album is from a tutorial from Kathy Orta from Paper Phenomenon and is made of envelopes. The front cover has a welded sentiment using the Gypsy font. The butterfly is from Art Philosophy. I covered the sentiment with red stickles and the butterfly has some pearls from my Viva Decor pen. The binding is a Duck (duct) tape binding.
The paper is from the Blossoms stack from DCWV and here is a pocket with some tags including a fun butterfly tag.

Last week's blog candy winner is Luanne: This week, the blog candy is this Boho Blossoms Retired stamp set from MFT. To win just leave a comment on this post and I will post the winner next week.
Today, I am sharing a layout that I made of our trip to the Pumpkin Patch last year. I finally got around to making a layout. I used retired SU dp and my cricut. I think I used the Robotz cart for the lettering and the pumpking are from Create a Critter. I really did a simple layout but the pictures really were so fun with wonderful colors that I think they told the story. It has been awhile since I posted a layout. I am again so behind! I have only a few short months to get 2011 scrapped! Ugh! I better get to work!
Today's card is for the Cricut Circle Blog Challenge to win a Cricut Imagine. It was a sketch challenge and I used the Mini Monsters Cart for the sentiment and the witch was cut using the Pumpkin Carvings cartridge. The ribbon is from my stash and I have so little of it left. The dp is from WE R Memory Keepers. I did a little bit of doodling to make the images stand out a bit.
Today, I have a card made using a new stamp set that I just got from SU. I think it's called Card cuties or something to that effect. It has cute kids representing the fall and winter holidays. I used this cute little witch girl sitting on a pumpkin and colored her with copics. Her cape and hat have black glitter. I used some more of the scraps sitting on my desk for the background. The dp is SEI from last year. I want to say it's called Spookville.

Today's card is for another Cricut Circle Blogoversary challenge. The challenge was to use the cuttlebug. I made a card using the Just Cards cartridge. My sheep is cuttlebugged with the dots embossing folder. I doodled on the sentiment part. The paper is pumpkin pie, black and marina mist. The dp is from my stash and of course I can't remember the name of it. The ribbon is celery and it's SU. It was from sale-a-bration a few years ago. It' s a simple card but I like how it came out.

This week the Cricut Circle Blog is celebrating its anniversary. The challenge for this card is to use one of the exclusive circle cartridges. For the challenge I used the Pop-UP Neighborhood cart and cut the dog house at 3.75 and the dog was cut at 2.0. I used my white gel pen and black pen for a little bit of doodling because some of the cuts looked a little stark. The dp is from my stash and was exactly the right size I needed. The sentiment is from Pink by Design stamps. I really like how it came out. Thanks for looking. Don't forget I have blog candy listed below!

Hi everyone,