Wicked Halloween Card

What a crazy weekend!  It was so hot here yesterday and then last night we had to put the heat on it was so cold!  Today it is nasty and cold as well, and now they are calling for 88 degrees for tomorrow!!  I guess it is better than out West where they are having SNOW!!!  I made these cute cards over the weekend for Halloween.

I used SU's Pumpkin Pie CS for my base card and first layer.   I embossed it and
used the dies from Free as a Bird for my panel of Crumb Cake.

I used Basic Black for the Wicked die and Botanical Gardens dies for the leaves cut in Chocolate Brown and Old Olive.  I am in love with my Vagabond 2.  Makes cutting so easy quick.  I also added some cute spiders and speckled some dots on the panel.

For my inside sentiment, I used one of my favorite stamps from the $1 bin of Michael's which I purchased years ago.  I stamped it on Old Olive and added some washi tape on the side.  This card came together so quick.  I love it!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Hershey Bar Treat Holder

When I was looking through youtube for some ideas for the Halloween/Advent Calendar, I came across this cute - VIDEO!  I thought it was just perfect for some Halloween goodies that I wanted to make.  It came together so quick and easy.  It is also a good way to use up some 6"x6" DSP that you have hanging around.

Just score your DSP paper at 1/2" and 3 1/4".  Fold and put tear and tape on the small fold side and on one bottom and seal.  I used my crimper than on the bottom seal.  Then I used my 1/4" circle punch and punched a hole through both ends.

Take 21" of ribbon and put around your Hershey Bar.  Holding it tight insert it into the treat holder, pull the ribbon through the front and back hole and tie a bow at the end securing it in place,

I used my new Vagabond 2 die machine to cut out the Wicked die and spider.  I could not believe how quick and easy it worked!  I am in love with that machine!!

Well, another project done!!  I went to Michael's today and got some goodies to put in the mini-boxes of the Halloween/Advent Calendar.  I can hardly wait till I see Jennifer's face!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Halloween/Advent Calendar

Hope everyone is having a good week!  Anyone that gets a SU catalog has seen the Advent Calendar Project in their new catalog.  Evey year I like to put together an advent calendar for the kids.  Last year, I made this one - Christmas Tree Advent Calendar.  I fell in love with this year's calendar.  It is very sturdy and the cute boxes are a nice size - 2" x 2".  I started looking on youtube and found several calendars completed and many ideas on how to decorate and use them.  One blogger gave me a great idea.  She decorated her for Halloween!  And then decorated the other side for Christmas so you can use it for 2 different holidays!!  Since Jennifer's birthday falls on Halloween, I thought this would be perfect to make.  The project contains many die cuts and accents and the numbers for each mini-boxes which are geared toward Christmas.

The die cuts for the mini-boxes are a little less than approximately 2 x 2".  So I decided to cut my Halloween DSP in that size and use my 1" circle to make the half circle punch.  They fit perfectly.

I then decided to place my squares out in a pattern for each mini-box.

From there I proceeded to glue them on the front of the mini-cubes.

The project comes with numbers 1-25 since it is for Christmas.  To make it for Halloween, I needed to start with the number 7-31 as there is only 25 boxes.  I found some cute numbers just the right size on Amazon.  On day 31, I also added a little Happy Birthday tag.  To finish it off, I decorated the boxes with some Halloween goodies.

Now, all I have to do is find some goodies to fill up the mini-cubes.  I put in some mini M&M's I had leftover from the coffin boxes which I'm sure will make Jennifer happy.  After her birthday is over, I will take it back and decorate it for Christmas.  It also comes in a nice storage box as well.  I finished up another Halloween project which I will post later this week.  I have to keep up the progress and try and get everything done so I'm not running behind this year. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Halloween Coffin Treat Boxes

When the new SU Holiday catalog came out, I was excited to see some great holiday projects.  The first thing to catch my eye was the cute Halloween Coffin Treat Boxes.  I knew they would be perfect for the Wellness Center.  Since I make a lot of different types of treats for my daughter to take, I always look for something that comes together quick.  You get 12 of these treat boxes in a bundle and they are already die cut.  So far I have managed to put 24 of them together.

And so the project began!!  First thing I did was glue them all together.  I was very pleased with the quality of the paper and all the score lines were already done for me.  They actually came together pretty quick.

After gluing them together, the next step was using the Wicked Die.  I split the colors between Pumpkin Pie and Gorgeous Grape.  They all die cut so well which made the project a lot easier.

I didn't want to overdo the decorating as I had so many to make, so I just glued down some sparkly ribbon and then added the wicked die cut on top of it and topped it off with a cute little spider with some googly eyes that I found in Michael's.  I asked Jennifer what she thought I should put in the box for goodies and she said M&M's.  So, I got the snack size M&M's and they fit perfectly.  I think she is hoping for any leftovers!  These cute boxes can hold so many different thing.

Here is the first tray ready to go - and it isn't even October!!!  Just for the record, I have had a big shot for many years and I love it.  Unfortunately, my shoulders and hands do not, so I have treated myself and just ordered a Vagabond 2.  Amazon delivered it today - just in time to die cut more goodies!  I can hardly wait to just hold my fingers to use it.

I submited this post to CardzTV Challenge #98 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Wiggle Worm Bookmark

I have a quick post for today.  On Patty Bennett's blog I saw this adorable - video - making a Wiggle Worm birthday gift tag and knew I wanted to make it for Jennifer.  I thought I would make it into a bookmark.  I fell in love with this stamp set and this is the first time I had time to play with it.  I definitely have plans for it in the future.

The only thing I did different was cut a piece of the DSP for the back to cover everything up and computer printed the sentiment Happy Reading instead of Happy Birthday.  I was going to laminate it but was afraid doing so would smash my window too much.  I am going to experiment and see what happens for future bookmarks.  Jennifer loves bookmarks and needs several of them for school now as well as home.  My friend Denise - Doggone Stamping With D - made a tag and put it on a card which turned out adorable as well. These come together so quick and easy - have fun with it!!  Have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Halloween Card

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Jennifer and my daughter came up for Grandparent's Day and we had a wonderful time.  Jennifer and I spent some time crafting and I made my first Halloween card of the season.  Hard to believe Halloween will be here soon and she will be 6 years old!!  I saw this card on Pinterest and decided to CASE it changing up a few things.

My base card was in Crumb Cake - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".   My first layer was in Early Expresso - 5" x 3 3/4" and my next layer was in Very Vanilla - 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".  I adhered them on an angle,

I used SU's stamp set Spooky Sweets along with the bat/moon punch.  I love this set and punch.  I just punched some bats, a moon and stars out and popped them up over the card with dimensionals along with the sentiment cut out with a tag die from Spellbinders.

For my inside sentiment, I used an old stamp I got from the $ bin at Michaels.  I even decided to stamp the outside of the envelope.

Jennifer likes my little - Gingerbread house - that I have on my shelf made with SU's Sweet Home stamps and dies and asked if she could make one - but a Halloween one!  I thought what a great idea, why didn't I think of that??  We didn't have much time left, but I think it turned out pretty cute.  She's getting pretty good in the craft room.

I took a picture of my flowers on the front yard by the lamp post before the frost comes! They look so pretty.  I will miss them.

Now, I will have to get out the rest of my Halloween stamps and make some more cards.  I'm trying to get ahead of my stamping.  We will see what happens!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Stitching Cards

Here are some more stitching cards that I made.  I am definitely hooked on these.  For these I used dies from the Market Place called postcard.  I cut two of them out to make my card - approx. 5 1/2" x 4" and scored about 1/4" on one of the die cuts and glued it to the other to make a card.  I love the shape of the die.  I made one on Gorgeous Grape and the other in a green piece of CS I had laying around.  I was trying to match it with the green thread I had used.

I then cut Very Vanilla CS  5 1/4" x 3 1/4" to die cut my stitching patterns.  I did the heart first and then the hello die over the heart.  This was the first time I did two dies on the same CS.  You have to be careful so the holes do not punch each other out.  I think it worked out pretty good.  For my stitching, I used the back stitch.

I stitched the heart first and then the hello.  I used a solid color thread for the heart but wanted to try a variegated purpe color for the hello.  I then backed it with foam so it would stand out and glued it to the base card with a few sequins.

For the inside sentiment, I used SU's Blended Seasons and the Bordering Blooms on the bottom in the Gorgeous Grape ink.

I repeated the same process for the green card using green thread for the heart and yellow for the hello.

I used SU's Lemon Lime Twist ink for the stamping.  If you are interesting in doing this type of card, check out Jennifer McGuire on Youtube.  She has several videos out there as well as some other crafters.  I am definitely hooked on doing this.  I already have a few more that I am working on. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Hershey's Kisses Watermelon Slices

Hope everyone is having a nice long weekend!  We woke up to heavy rain today, but later in the day the sun came out.  Crazy weather.  If you follow my blog, you know that I love all the neat Hershey's Kisses projects that Brenda Quintana makes.  This one was no exception!  I made some for our picnic that got rained out.  We ended up having it indoors.  Check out her video - Watermelon Slices.  The best thing was that I had all the punches she used.  Here are the little tents for the kisses.

Then I used my punches to make the watermelon slices.  In her video she scores them separately, but I glued them together and then scored them.  I had better luck that way.

Here are some of the little seeds I had punched.  Yes, they are tiny!!

I tried gluing them on, but decided there must be a better way.  I then remember this glue sponge I had just ordered.  I don't remember where I saw this, but it works great!  For these little pieces, I used my tweezers and just tapped them on the sponge and they stuck on the CS great! 

I did one side at a time and then the other.  With the glue sponge it went really fast.

Here is the final product!

Next I put the Hershey's  Kisses inside.  Of course, I had to taste them to make sure they weren't stale!! I think they turned out so cute!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy