Cricut Cardz Challenge #49!

Mary has another great Cricut Cardz challenge! Create a holiday card using something that begins with the letter "S". How fun!

I created this winter card using SEI's "Winter Song" line. The things I used that started with "s" were stripes, snowflake, sleigh ride sentiment and STICKLES!

Here is a close up of the snowflake cut with my A Child's Year cartridge.

Check out the rest of the design team inspiration and link up your projects here! :)

Blog Candy Winner!

Thanks to everyone who played along with 'trick or treat' giveaway. The winner of the Matilda mini deck was number..

And the winner is..

Noteable Scraps said...

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Trick or Treat *blog candy!*

I *love* this time of year~! Last night was my school's Octoberfest and it's so fun to see all the kids dressed up. I even won 3rd place in the teacher's costume contest! I'm sure you'll see a layout of that soon hehe...

Unfortunately, we live on the outskirts of town so no trick or treaters coming our way. But for stopping by my blog today you could win some...

How about this super cute mini deck?!

Just become a follower (or if you already are - thanks!) and leave a Halloween-y comment ;) Leave another comment with a link back to where you spread the word about my trick or treat for another chance to win! I'll pick the winner Monday morning!

Have a great weekend!

Pear Card

It's a photo inspiration challenge at PCS this week!

I went with the pears - and created this cheeky card.

Link up your project before noon tomorrow for a chance to win some goodies! :)

Wow!

My "honey" layout is featured on the Nikki Sivils blog today!! :) Thanks Julie!

Check out the other great projects! :)

Colorfest!

This fall, my friend Jess and I decided to tackle a new craft fair a few towns down. We didn't know we were going to hit the jackpot! lol. It was so crowded and so fun, we'll make this an annual trip :) I used the latest sketch from Sketch Inspiration.

Here's my page, using the Apple Cider collection from Imaginisce. Love this paper!

And that fall flower is from Tessa's new Autumn Spledor bouquet! A must have.

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend ! :)

Papercraft Star Challenge #18!

It's a "thank you" theme at PaperCraft Star this week! I created this fall arrangement, using a "thanks" stamp from Scrappy Mom Stamps.

In addition to a "thank you" theme, your project needs to include dry embossing, cricut (or other) die cuts, and metal. I created this adorable pumpkin, inspired by Crystal's project posted at Split Coast Stampers.

Here is a quick tutorial on how I made it: [click on any of the photos to view larger]

I cut 8 strips of orange cardstock at 2"x8". Then freehanded the "feather" shape. I only ended up using 6 of them.

Then, I ran each of them through my Cuttlebug "D'vine Swirls" folder for the dry embossing element.

Since they are longer pieces, you need to flip them around and run through twice - as I explained in a previous cuttlebug tutorial here.

Then, I cut a strip of brown cardstock at 2"x12" and ran it through my Cuttlebug "Distressed Stripes" folder.

I decided my stem was too tall so I cut the strip in half down the middle and made it 1"x24". This was perfect!

I rolled it around my finger and adhered with adhesive.

Back to the orange strips, I lightly inked the embossed side with brown to bring out the texture. Then curled by hand, pierced a whole in either side and put a metal brad through.

Wala! I added the stem and a diecut leaf (from Create A Critter cartridge). A sheer brown ribbon brings it all together.

This is the accompanying card (same as I posted earlier this week, different sentiment), using Create a Critter die cuts.

Hope to see your project linked up at PaperCraft Star!! :) Our sponsor this week is one of my favorite online stores - The Scrapbook Cottage! Enter to win by noon on Saturday to be eligible for the voting.