Would You Ever Guess Wednesday

Hello Crafty Blends

Today is the Fabulous

at My Cricut Craft Room.  

For today's WYEGW project and post
we, the DT Members, were challenged
with using Create a Critter 1 or 2
but not being able to use an animal cut.

I used a few of the Halloween images from pages 53, 54, 55, & 56
on Create a Critter 2 cartridge along with some
other supplies in my stash.
AND . . . .
this is my first project EVER
using fun Action Wobbles!!!

I started with my kraft accordion file card and began making
cuts to fit on each of the 4 panels.

The papers I used for all of my cuts are from the
BoBunny - Apple Cider stack
DCWV - Rockstar stack
and
Simple Stories - Harvest Lane

I also covered each panel with a cream colored card stock,
then inked the edges with Color Box - Stucco
and TH Distress ink in Vintage Photo.

For the first panel, I used the cute pumpkin on page 54, cut at 3", and placed him
on an action wobble.
I also used a white gel pen, a border strip of black cats,
and a rub on sentiment from my stash.

For my second panel, I used the spider and web from page 53, cut at 2",
a border strip of cute spiders that matched, 

purple glitter glue, 

orange/melon colored pearls for the eyes, 

and a rub on sentiment.

For my third panel, I used the cauldron on page 56, cut at 3", a cute
3D witch sticker, a border strip of crossbones, and a rub on sentiment .

For my fourth and final panel, I used the treat bag
and candy from page 55, cut at 2 1/2",
and placed the bag on an action wobble.
I also used some fun 3-D candy stickers, 

Liquid Pears for the face on the bag, and a border strip of candy corn.
The I ♥ CANDY sentiment
is also a 3-D sticker.

I tied a small piece of ribbon to the top of each tag panel in
the same black and orange diamond pattern ribbon
that I purchased from a friend in the Scrapbook Deals on FB.
Thanks Haidee!

No be sure to pop
over to the
My Cricut Craft Room
blog to be in awe
of all the wonderful
DT creations for today
using the
CAC1 and
CAC2
Cricut Cartridges!

 

Remember 

to 

Keep Crafting, 

Because 

♫ ♫ ♫ CRAFTING  ~ ROCKS ♫ ♫ ♫

 \m/-_-\m/ 

:O) 

Jessica

Halloween Spooktacular Banners Hop

Welcome to DAY 2

of the

Halloween Spooktacular Banners 

for Special Needs Kids 

Blog Hop 

If you missed Day 1,

Please start -HERE-

Welcome to the annual
Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop
for Special Needs Children!

I am delighted to join with more than 3 dozen other women
who have each made at least one Halloween-themed banner
that will be donated to hang in the room of a
medically-fragile child at Pediatric Specialty Care in Pennsylvania.

Our Hop Hostess (Ellen CardMonkey Jarvis) works at
PSC’s Bucks County site as Admissions Coordinator.

The Banner Hop starts there, so please be sure to circle back to the beginning
to see all of the terrific banners that
have been made for these very special children.

Ellen shared this information with us about Pediatric Specialty Care:
“PSC is a very special place where children stay either long- or short-term, typically after hospitalization.  Most are dependent on ventilators and other technology to survive. Some have been born too early or with genetic diseases or birth injuries.  Other children suffer injuries later in life that require constant care later, including brain injuries from trauma or loss of oxygen (from choking, suffocation or drowning) and spinal cord injuries.
These children and their families -- and PSC’s staff -- will be thrilled to receive the Halloween banners, to help brighten the season when their friends and siblings will be out trick-or-treating.”

Here is the banner I am sending to a child at PSC:

All of the wonderful little Halloween Children/Characters

were cut using the Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge.

The Backgrounds behind each character

were cut from the Cricut Lacy Labels Cartridge.

The panels/pennants for each character on the banner

were also cut from Cricut Lacy Labels Cartridge.

Some added details
were added to the backgrounds
using my Big Shot and the following embossing folders:
Darice - Argyle
Cuttlebug - Textile
Sizzix (Tim Holtz) - Burlap
Sizzix (Tim Holtz) -Swirls

Each of the white panels has some stamped sentiments and images on them.
All the stamping was from the
Crafty Secrets Clear  Art Stamps - Halloween Fun

 I then added some Twinery Twine through
the eyelets and tied a few strands to dangle between each panel.
TwineryTwine used:
Charcoal and Tangerine

I also added small bows using my
3 Girl JAM Mistletoe Crinkle Ribbon
(Huge Sale @ 3 Girl JAM this weekend through Monday)

This Hop is two days (Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2),
and on each day you will see different banners.
Be sure to visit on both days to see the truly inspirational work of these generous bloggers,
and leave some love (comments) on as many sites
as you can – because if you do, you can up your chances
to win some
Spooktacular blog candy, including from these sponsors:

Madge's Scrappin' Lounge is donating a $25 gift certificate to her store at http://madgesscrappinlounge.storenvy.com/

Lisa Peters - $15 shopping spree to her adorable paper piecing store at
Scrapping With Lisa Designs at www.scrappingwithlisadesigns.com

Lucy Kelleher - Independent Consultant for Close to My Heart is donating a $10 Gift Certificate which you can use towards any Close to My Heart products!
( http://lucyk.ctmh.com/).
To enter to win, you will need to leave a comment on her blog (http://love2createitall.com/) and become a follower of her blog.
For an additional entry, "Like" her Facebook page
at: https://www.facebook.com/LucyK.CTMH.

Debi Weidleman - Independent Consultant for Stampin' Up is also donating a $10 Gift Certificate which you can use towards any Stampin' Up
products - http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/debiweid/.


Erica's Craft Room is donating two Cricut cartridges (!!!) -- Pretty Pennants and Mini Books.  Please visit and say thank you to Erica at http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/.

Patricia Dunbar for her kind offer of a $25 gift certificate to her store at
Paper Temptress www.papertemptress.com


To qualify, all you have to do is
leave at least one comment on our
Hostess’s site (www.cardmonkeyspaperjungle)
to name which banner spoke  to you – ghostly or not!
What made it appealing to you?
Leave additional comments on as many banner makers’ sites as
you’d like for extra chances to win!

Prize winners will be announced on Monday, September 3
on the CardMonkey site, where there will be
a round-up of all of the Spooktacular banners for 2012.

Please move on your way to the next stop, which is:
Lori A ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Thank you again for visiting!

Here is the Day 2 Lineup:

1. Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
2. Sandie Dunne - http://sandieshores.blogspot.com/
3. Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
4. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.blogspot.com/
5. Dena ~ http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
6. Yvette ~ http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
7. Jamie ~ http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/
8. Nancie ~ http://alittlepieceofmebynancie.blogspot.com/
9. Beth ~ http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com/
10. Erica ~ http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
11. Jearise ~ http://lorbyworld.blogspot.com
12. Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
13. Lisa T.- http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com
14. Robin ~ http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/  you should have arrived from here
15. Jessica S ~ http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com    you are HERE
16. Lori A ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/  go here NEXT
17. Jenny D. ~ http://www.yogimemories.blogspot.com/
18. Linda Simpson - http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com
19. Beckie ~ http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com
20. Scrappin Madge: http://www.thescrappinlounge.com
21. Jennifer R ~ http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
22. Debbie T ~ http://debbiescrafttime.blogspot.co.uk/ 
23.  Tami McD ~ http://tamboscreations.blgspot.com

 DONT' FORGET
Tomorrow, September 3rd

Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

will be posting a "Round-Up"
of all of the banners, from both days of the Hop.

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica

Letter of the Day - "H"

Welcome to 

Monday's
Letter of the Day

 Today I get to share with you how

I created a Halloween  Theme treat bag,  using

the Holiday Cakes Cricut cartridge 

and some suggestions from Heather to make a 

Haunted House and use some  

Hexagons and Harvest Orange Crinkle Ribbon.

Shwoo...I think I covered the H's pretty well, don't you???  LOL

Thanks for the ideas Heather Lynn!!!

This was super fun to play around with and create!

I started with a simple brown paper lunch bag.  I then grabbed my Unity Hexagon 

background stamp from  the June 2012 Kit of the Month {sweet summer love}

and inked it all over the bag using TH Distress Ink - Black Soot.

I grabbed some American Craft - Damask Specialty card stock to begin

making some fun Halloween Cuts from the Holiday Cakes cartridge.

I have to be Honest and tell you that I was not pleased with How

a few cuts (set at 2") turned out using this paper.  

The intricate details (swirls and small negative spaces) were 

jamming up my blade after starting.    

After struggling several times, I changed the original size of my 

Haunted House up to 4"

and switched a few of my paper choices around for the 2" cuts.

All was not lost!!!

The solid black and solid orange card stock for the pumpkins

on the top are from the AC-Damask papers. 

All of the white card stock you see in this project

is by Recollections and used as a Base Shadow and Plain Shadow 

to emphasize the images made with the darker papers.

The pumpkins were cut at 2" then I applied a coat (using a small paint brush) 

of orange Studio G-glitter glue over top.

The papers for the Haunted House

are from the Cloud 9 Designs Harvest Holiday stack.

The Haunted House was cut at 4".  

After laying down a strip of Martha Stewart Decorative Tape, 

I used 3D foam squares to raise the House away from the bag.

The yellow card stock for the moon is Core'dinations - Sunflower Yellow.

I also stamped and cut a few of the Hexagons out of the matching papers

to be raised with 3D foam and 

applied randomly around the bag 

for extra dimension.

I used the Lacy Labels Cricut Cartridge to create a fold over flap at 

the top of my treat bag. 

I cut the layers at 6" and then used 

my ScorPal to score down the middle of each layer.

(Card stocks used were orange AC Damask and Yellow Core'dinations)

I adhered them together using my GluGlider Pro.

 Before adhering the pumpkins and sentiment,

I added a strip of coordinating Cloud 9 Papers

to the flap of the bag (after it was rolled several times) 

to hide the portion of brown paper bag

that peeked out a bit 

behind the flap when it was closed shut.

I added some 3M Adhesive Velcro to the bag and flap for a closure.

To apply a handle for my bag, I decided

to use two small eyelets by making memories at each end.  

This allowed me to feed some fabulous

Harvest Orange 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon

through and tie a nice bow on one side.

 I also strung some Twinery Twine - Charcoal through as well.

I twirled the twine around the Orange ribbon 

so neither would be Hidden 

and both would compliment each other well.

 Here is the close up of the finished flap.

 I also decided to "tassle" more of the Charcoal Twinery Twine

so it could lay above the chimney of the Haunted House

and appear almost like smoke coming out.

I sure hope I thought to share all of the details about my project, 

and would welcome any questions if I have left anything out!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Make sure you stop back over to

see the other wonderful

projects the DT created!!

Keep Crafting 

:O) 

Jessica

Happy Halloween :O)

Well, I am realizing how sad I am going to be that Halloween will be over today.  I have really found out that I like it more than I thought. I am still not sick of seeing Halloween creations, nor am I tired of making them.  I really think I am going to miss making them.  That is, unless I secretly make them during any spare time that I might find...LOL!  Trick or Treat tonight with the kids should be fun.  Can't wait to take some pictures and maybe finish a few layouts, too.

This next card is no exception.  It kept me smiling through the entire creation process.  And I am able to hit a few challenge blogs with it, too.

Happy Halloween to all of my wonderful Blends, new and old.

INGREDIENTS:

Recollections Olive Green Card Stock

K&Company embossed dp (pale yellow)

other papers from stash

Pumpkin cut from Create A Critter at 3"

Frame behind pumpkin cut from Lacy Labels at 4"

Peachy Keen Stamp - PK493

Sentiment stamped with Rubber Stamp

Studio G and Darice Ink

Studio G glitter glue (for leaves on pumpkin)

Fall colored rhinestones

Ribbon from stash

White and Black gel pens

 Challenges that I wish to enter with this creation:

1. C.R.A.F.T Challenge ~ #126 Colour Savannah
2. Outlawz ~ Wednesday Sketch SC1026
3. Create Me Pink ~ #2 Halloween/Pumpkin (+ glitter)
4. The Paper Variety ~ Cute or Spooky Halloween
5. Penny's Paper Crafty ~ #65 Halloween
6. Scrapbookaholic by Abby ~ Dilo en Espanol #3 Use Glitter or Bling
7. Peachy Keen Challenges ~ Creepy Cute
8. Creative Craft Challenges ~ Fancy Edges
9. Paper Playtime ~ #59 AG (past or present)
10. More Than Favors ~ #57 AG

:O) Jessica