~~~ Happy Fall Y'all ~~~

Good morning, Y'all.......Happy Fall !!! The theme this week at My Craft Spot is Fall Leaves and this card has plenty of them !! The tree cut is from Cindy Loo. The scarecrow and pumpkins were made using QuicKuts dies and the leaves were made using punches. They could just as easily have been made using the Cricut. The paper for the leaves had large leaves all over it and I tried to punch the leaves so that they would look right, but it really didn't matter, because I inked each leaf with 3 different Ranger inks....yep, my fingers looked like one big leaf when I was done ! I hope y'all will join us this week for the challenge, I'm sure Kimberly has something yummy to give away!!  
Recipe:
Scarecrow and Pumpkins....QuicKuts Dies
Leaves.....2 Different Punches
Tree.....Cindy Loo
Inks by Ranger.... Tea Dye, Orange Marmalade and Fired Brick
I also painted some watered down Gold Pearl X on the leaves to give them a lil shimmer.
Thanks for taking a peek !!!
Entering this in the challenge this week at Raise The Bar...Fall Leaves is the theme!

~~ LoVe BuG ~~

Good morning Y'all!! Today is my anniversary and I made Dan this card. I have many lil pet names for Dan and "my lil love bug " is one of them!! I probably wont be calling him that today tho, seeing that he totally forgot the date...no card, no gift, nothing but guilt and I plan on laying the guilt on thick !! And I have a few other names for him today too...use your imagination!! I used Create a Critter for the lil bug and phrase. I made my own wobbler, so that lil bug is doing a jig! There is a really good video on Utube, just key in "how to make wobblers, scrap booking" and the video will come up as the 1st selection....It should. Thanks for taking a peek....let me go put the flowers that Dan ran to Walmart and bought while I was swimmin, in some water. I might read the card he hustled out to buy too.....but then again, maybe I wont! He is a day late...and a dollar short!

~~~ With Deepest Sympathy ~~~

Hi Y'all....it seems I am forever needing a sympathy card and this one is for Jean, one of my "swimmin wimmin" Her brother passed away last week and I wanted to let her know I was thinking about her.
I used the Bloom cart for the frame, punched some flowers, a butterfly and the scalloped borders.Lots of inking and popping, using foam dots. I used several embossing folders and I scored the top BG paper, every 1/4 inch. I also scored veins in the leaves with a stylus. I found a small butterfly stamp that I used on the butterfly, it is almost a perfect fit!  Added some Crinkle Ribbon that you can find here .Topped it off with a button, Memory Thread and a cross charm. I hope we never forget this day and how it changed our lives, 10 years ago !! God Bless America !!

~~~ Lady Bug ~~~

Good Morning Y'all !! I needed one more thank you card for one of my sweet online friends and I wanted to use a punch given to me by Tatiana, so I used the lady bug on the Create a Critter cart. I made it into an easel card as well....they are so much fun to make! I used October Afternoon paper, a few Cuttlebug folders and the rick rack punch by EKSucces, along with the tiny lil butterfly/lady bug punch. I used a Stampin UP punch to mount the sentiment on, which is from the Friends and Neighbors stamp set that you can find here. Thanks for taking a peek, I hope you all have a great weekend !!

~~~ Friends are the Best~~~

Good morning to all my blogging friends !! This just happens to be the challenge this week at ! We are making cards, all about our friends ! I needed to make a few thank you cards for some wonderful friends I have, from the Cricut Message Board, so this challenge came at just the right time!!

 Here is the recipe for this card:

The papers for both cards is from the Farm Fresh collection, by October Afternoon. 

Country Life.......Banner

Create a Critter.....Chick

Storybook........Lettering

         Walk in my Garden.....flowers

           EK Success.....Scalloped punch

                                  Sentiment....Friends and Neighbors-Inside and Out Set

                                      Bakers Twine.....http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com

                                     Lifes a Beach...Boat and Round Life Preserver

               Paper Dolls for Everyday...Cloud

Martha Stewart Punch

     Swirls Folder......Cuttlebug

                                              Sentiment.....Friends and Neighbors -Inside and Out Set that can be found here as well as the Bakers Twine

I did lots of inking on both cards, lots of layering and created them with LOTS of love !!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek... I hope y'all join us for the challenge this week!!

And the Winner is.................

Thanks to ALL of you that hopped by my blog last week and left such sweet comments !! I had so much fun creating my projects using the great stamps that Kimberly released !! You can take another look at all the stamps that were released here.

Now for the winner.... Gigi said...These are SO COOL! I just love how the "web" on the projects look! And all the great details you put into these! Absolutely wonderful!

Gigi.....you have just won the spooooktacular Happy Haunting Stamp Set from My Craft Spot !!!!


Congratulations Gigi!!! Just email me all the info I need in order to get this great stamp set mailed to you!!

~~~Stamp Set Reveal ~day 5~~~

Hi Y'all!!! Today is the final day for the stamp set release !! I hope y'all have had as much fun as I have !! For my projects today, I used the Happy Hauntings stamp set...I just love it !! This stamp set, as well as the 3 others, Friends and Neighbors, Happy Fall and  Candy Corn Kisses can all be found here! I think my dark side was showing when I made these projects...I didn't know I had it in me ! lol I used more tulle on these projects as well as some flowers that I made. This was my 1st attempt at making charms too and I had lots of fun creating them!! ( Except for the small jump rings...oh they dealt me fits !! ) I hope you enjoy looking at all my projects as well as those created by the entire DT over at!
Here is the recipe for my projects:
Tombstones, Coffins ,Tree , Card and bat were all created using the happy Hauntings cart.
I purchased the skeletons from the Dollar Tree and I did have to do some surgery on one.
The metal frames are from Tim Holtz, as well as the hanger thingys for the charms.The spider and skeleton charms were purchased at Hobby Lobby, as well as the beads, Lost and Found paper collection by My Minds Eye, the tulle, satin and organza cloth for the flowers and the center bling for the one flower on the small coffin. I also got the lace and black cording from HLtoo. The bling swirls( Recollections) and other charms, (Industrial Chic), were purchased at Michael's. I added brads to the coffin and the small roses, from my stash.
I hope you enjoy my creepy projects......Happy Haunting!!!!
 I am so crazy!!! I forgot to tell y'all that I will be giving away the Happy Hauntings Stamp Set to one lucky girl!!!!

~~~Sneak Peek Stamp Set Party...day 4~~~

Good morning Y'all !!! I hope y'all are enjoying all the great projects that Kimberly and the DT have put together, using all the great new stamps sets, Crinkle Ribbon and Baker's Twine !! My Projects were made using the fun Happy Hauntings stamp set and I had SO much fun !! For the Broom Parking card, I kinda borrowed the All others Toad from some paper I had seen at Joanns! I knew it would be perfect with the stamp I had in mind to use! I used lots of tulle on the cards and banner and that was fun to play with too! I just had to add that funny lil skeleton to the haunted house card, he just makes me chuckle and I will be using him alot more !! Be sure to check out all the other great projects and don't forget to leave some love on each blog for a chace to win some great prizes, that Kimberly is offering all week!!  Stop back by tomorrow and see what I have for you too...I think you will love it !!! Thanks for taking a peek!!!
Recipe for Cards and Banner:
Broom Parking card.... The stamp is from the Happy Hauntings Stamp Set that you can find here!
Witch...Happy Hauntings cartridge
Frog... Paper Doll Dress Up
Moon...Camp Out

Haunted House Card:
The darling stamp is from the same Happy Hauntings stamp set!
Haunted House...Happy Hauntings cart
Skeleton, cat and bats.....Paper Doll Dress Up
Baker's Twine....than can be found here and it comes in some great Halloween colors!

Boo Banner:
The cute Oct 31st stamp is from the Happy Hauntings stamp set that can been found here
Banner Base...I used the Happy Hauntings cart for the base of the banner
BOO....was cut using the Happy Hauntings cart as well. I used the regular as well as the shadow feature and stamped and embossed each letter with a spider web stamp from the dollar bin at Michaels.
Rosette... I made the rosettes using my Martha Stewart score board. You can find many tutorials for these on Youtube.
Baker's Twine....I just love the black and orange color of this twine and you can find that at My Craft Spot ( see the link above )

~~~ For John Allen ~~~

Good morning Y'all !!! Some of you may know that I have only one child, my precious John Allen!! He lost his job due to downsizing, several years ago and he tried to make a go of owning his own business in the Forestry world.  Some months were great but then some months, not a penny in his pocket. It's hard to feel safe and secure with the rollercoatser ride he was on, so he had applied for several jobs in ther last few months. He was offered and accepted a job in Monroe La !!! The best part for me is that he wont be cruising timber in the woods anymore....wooohoooo I always had a horror of him getting snake bit out in the woods alone !! The worst part is that he will be 6 hours away!!! I am one sad puppy. He lived out of state while he went to college at Mississippi State, but that was only 4 hours and many years ago. I'm too old  now for all the fretting I know I will be doing! lol Anyway, I found this beautiful poem on Bluemountain.com and it was perfect!! It conveyed everything that I wanted to say to my sweet son! I wept as I read it.
I kept this card simple and only used Create a Critter for the kite. I used a Spellbinders die for the poem mat and a Martha Stewart punch for the border. I added some gorgeous Crinkle ribbon that you can find here!! Did lots of inking and distressing and stamped the background with some postage stamps from Fiskars.Added some brads and a heart from my stash. Thanks for taking a look..please say a lil prayer for me, cause my heart is aching!! Say a lil prayer for John Allen too, please!!

~~Sneak Peek Stamp Release Blog Hop~~

Hi Y'all!!! The much anticipated release of the new stamps, created by Kimberly, the multi talented artist, has arrived... well almost !!! You will get to enjoy some great projects, all weel long, using all 4 of the new stamps Kimberly created, as well as some new,fun Halloween inspired Crinkle Ribbon and Baker's Twine !!This is just a sneak peek!! For my project today, I used her new Friends & Neighbors-Inside & Out Sentiment Set. This set is so versatile,it can be used for many occasions! Y'all know that we had some bad weather back in April and we have to go to the lake every few weeks to check on things and our wonderful neighbors always watch the fur babies for us, so I made them this lil card set to show my appreciation!! I'm going to tuck a Blockbuster's gift card into the holder and add several packs of popcorn to the box.

Here's the recipe for my project:

Stamping.... Friends and Neighbors- Inside and Out Sentiment Set...http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com

Tags Bags Boxes and More ....Popcorn Box

Wild Card.... Gift Card Holder

Paisley.... Frog ,Mushroom and Flower

Crinkle Ribbon and Bakers Twine...http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com

Be sure to hop on over to the other talented Design Team Member blogs and feast your eyes on their wonderful creations !!!

Ally's Blog... www.rockpapercricut.com

Kate's Blog...http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com

Jenny's Blog...http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com

Kimberly's Blog...http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com