Up for a Challenge???

I have a great challenge site for you!!  There is
a new challenge every month over at the site
Scrap It Girl....and she has absolutely ROCKIN'
prize packs too! 

This month's challenge....Tick Tock We Wanna
See a Clock!  Just make a card, LO, home dec
project, whatever.....and link up over at the Scrap
It Girl site....easy peasy! 

Kimberly has a lot of ideas from the DT....and
here is my inspiration LO:

This LO was made using the WRMK Antique
Chic collection....oooo do I love this one!

So pop on over to the challenge site and take a
peek....you can find it HERE.

Keep the Holiday Simple

Trying to keep stress at a minimum this year! 
So these cards are quick, easy, and still super
cute!  Love Echo Park....this is the Season's
Greetings line from last year.....still one of my
faves!  Playing with the new EP Christmas
"This and That" today....we'll see what goodies
I come up with there!

As for the pic:

And a close up:

The holly is a Tim Holtz stamp....I edged
the holly in Black Soot Ink to make it pop
a bit.  I'm not good at walking away from a
more "plain" card....but this is about quick
but cute!  So there ya go!....lol.

Have you started your holiday crafting?

REALLY WORTH THE WAIT!!----A CONTEST!!

Ok, all my faithful blog followers.....hang in there!  Pardon
my "dust" so to speak....which actually is sadly caused by
a computer that has been *cough* cough*  sick....lol.  And
I am now back "on line" but have discovered they (my techie
fix it dudes) have some how managed to disable my ability
to post pics....my photo program is totally disabled!!! UGH!! 

Sooooooo......I am proposing a little contest in the meantime
....sans photos.....lol!!  I am hoping to be back within a week
or so....maybe sooner.....and I have SO many fun projects to
post!  I've been working with WRMK, BoBunny, LYB,
Carte Bella, and Echo Park to name a few....and can't
wait to post these awesome projects!  So while you are ever
so patiently waiting.....here is my contest idea....

I have already planned on a HUGE MEGA giveaway of
blog candy once I reach 200 followers.....and here I am...
just NINE people away!!  So my "THANKS FOR
YOUR PATIENCE" contest is born!  If you recommend my
blog to someone.....and leave a comment on this post with their
name, and then that person leaves a comment AND becomes
a new follower....I will then draw a winner from that list of names
for some rockin' blog candy....and both the current follower and
the new follower will win!!!  AND then if I've made that ever so close
200.....watch for an AMAZING giveaway.....of Sizzix dies,
stickles, embellishments, ribbons/twine.....all kinds of yummy
goodies! 

So again.....thanks for hanging in there with me.....and can't wait
to start posting again!!  Most of all....can't wait to share some
amazing blog candy with my awesome followers!! 

Cutter's Creek Holiday Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Cutter's Creek Design Team Holiday Blog Hop!  

We want you to hop along with us, for a chance at some awesome

Blog Candy....check out the Cutter's Creek Blog to see the goodies!

You hopefully came here from LORI'S BLOG, and of course, you

should start at the Cutter's Creek Design Team Blog HERE.  

The objective for our Blog Hop this weekend is to provide some

inspiration to help you get your holiday crafting underway!  Our

Design Team has come up with some fabulous projects and we have

a little bit of everything, from cards to gift ideas, and home decor items.

So we invite you to hop along with us and get your creative juices flowing!

But first, my little home dec/gift item:

Now....I will apologize right now everyone!  My computer has

caught itself a NASTY virus, and because of that....the VERY

un-techie me is trying desperately to post this on my son's 

computer....using his unfamiliar photo editing software....as we 

can clearly see....lol.  I will try tweak this pic tomorrow (AGAIN)

but for now....I want to go ahead and get this posted!  So excuse

my messy desk, and the so-so pic!  Please come back and take 

a second peek later today!!  ETA:  Ok....a BIT better of a pic....
my son's editing software isn't the greatest....but remember to
click on the pic for a bit of a larger version....it's sure better than 
the first one anywho!.....lol.  

And I've added a close up, so you can see the sparkle of the
Glitter Dust.....see info about it below...

 

For my project, I started with an unfinished shadow box frame,

painted it with Adirondack dauber paint (Watermelon and

Pitch Black)--love these....super easy way to paint wooden 

projects!  The papers and stickers and tag come from the

Echo Park Season's Greetings Collection, the sparkly red

letters and numbers are AC Dear Lizzy collection, the die

cut on the top was from Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two 

and embellished with matching silver Nestabling from

Want2Scrap, the red tinsel is Tim Holtz Tinsel Twine

and the flower in the upper right corner is from the

Cutter's Creek Brand Gardenia Collection (Red/Black).

Another fun item I finally played with on this project....

Glitter Dust!  This stuff is awesome!  Just a light spray,

and it coats your paper/flowers, whatever, in a fine 

glitter....dries instantly, and gives a soft shimmer....it's

gorgeous!  Used it on the flower and on the paper 

behind the word "santa" and behind the "2001".  

So thanks for putting up with my sad little pic....but 

would love to see a comment anyway--let me know

what ya think!!  And I willtry to get a little better pic

up after I get some playtime with this new software!

....lol!!  I'm a kinda slow learner!....lol.  

Now don't forget.....next stop:  FRAN'S BLOG and her

absolutely gorgeous project--hope you enjoy hopping along

with us this weekend....and remember to leave a comment

on every blog for you chance to win!

And just in case:   

Here is the complete blog hop line up if you get lost along the way:

Cutters Creek Blog (Chris) - http://www.cutterscreekdesignteam.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://kreativekim.blogspot.com/
Pebbles - http://sheissocrafty.blogspot.com/

Tee - http://tee-myspot.blogspot.com/

Mindy - http://www.scrappyandpiggy.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.ourmadhouseof4.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://www.scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/

Fran - http://scallopsandswirls.blogspot.com/
Deanna - http://deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Patterned Paper Playtime....

Mixing it up with different patterns of paper in
a collection is an easy way to add interest to
any project....love that!  So when Just Rite
listed this as their challenge.....I was all over it!

So my entry for JustRite Friday Challenge #083
"Three's Company"....using three different
patterned papers on your card/project:

I used the MME Lost and Found collection,
and actually used 4 different papers...the black
stripe, the polka dot, the pink that the frames
are stamped on has a soft swirl pattern, and the
pink piece under the black ribbon that has a
frame pattern to it....I thought it was a good
mimic of the frames.  The stamps (the black
part on each frame, and the sentiment) and
the die that cut the little frames/windows are
from the Becca Feeken September Amazing
Grace club kit from JustRite.

The finishing touches:
punch:  Martha Stewart
ribbon: may arts organza
bling: stash and Queen & Co
twine: twinery
charm: Tim Holtz
button:  stash
ink: Black Soot Distress Ink

May Arts September "Ink It" Challenge Entry

It's time to get inky!!!  My favorite thing to do!
I need to say a HUGE thank you to May Arts,
and to Helmar....they sent us the ribbons and
the adhesive to attach all the embellishments!

This is my entry into the May Arts September
"Ink It" Challenge!

The pic is small...but it's because this thing is huge!
It's over three feet in length and a foot and a half
high!....later I have a collage pic too....remember,
click on the pic to make it bigger!

As for the challenge, we were given our choice of
4 ribbons to dye, ink, whatever, and I chose the
ribbons in the pic here....(I didn't have any
leftover of the twill ribbon....just a snippet of
the stuff I had already dyed orange!):

And to ink them up, I used:

And to paint all the wood, I used black and
purple paint from Making Memories, and inked
all the papers are inked with Black Soot Distress
Ink.  The gorgeous papers and chipboard?  By
Graphic 45....their Happy Haunting collection.
The yummy black and orange twine is from
Trendy Twine (Orange Licorice) and last but
not least....the skeleton stamp is from The Rubber Cafe.

Here is a close up of the skeleton banner:

And the treat favor holder boxes:

You can see all those gorgeous dyed May
Arts ribbons....I must say....those suede leaves
are AWESOME!!!  I use the Glimmer Mist,
and then stamped with Memento Black Tuxedo
(the sentiment is from Stamps of Life).

And a close up of the center part with the witches
hat (the mesh ribbon was dyed with the Tiger Lily
and layered as well as the flowers and more suede
leaves)...

And this center piece is a four sided cube.....
so here is a collage of all the pieces and parts,
so you can see it all:

Remember, you can click on any of the photos
for a closer look!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and if you get a chance,
would love for you to drop by the May Arts blog
and leave a comment for me.....the link is:

http://www.mayarts.com/blog/ink-it-craft-challenge-entries-and-a-giveaway/

and you will also get the chance to win some ribbon!!!

As always....remember to take the time for some inky fun today! 

Well.....here again, my blog is not feeling the love!....lol.

It sure will be the next few days.....lots of projects to post!

And here is the first.....a sweet We R Memory Keepers
home dec project using their new Black Widow collection:

I am loving the new collections!  Have got a LO
scrapped and home dec frames made with the
new Antique Chic collection....will be posting
those soon!

Thanks for stopping by today.....and remember
to take time for some crafting every day!