Halloween is almost here...

so I thought I would share a layout that I did for Pink Paislee using the new Hocus Pocus collection and some Artisan Elements. This is such a fun line. You really can't go wrong with Halloween colors. I just LOVE it!!!

I did this layout about my daughter, who dressed up as a hobo last Halloween. I had a lot of fun decorating the Artisan Elements frames as jack-o'-lanterns for the Os in my title.

For this, I inked the frames, let them dry, added buttons for the eyes and hand cut a mouth for each out of cardstock. I then used a craft knife to cut a slit at the top of the frame and ran some hemp cord through the hole to make the stalk.

I also make a little spider using the Artisan Elements Swirls for the legs and buttons for the body.


Make sure to check out the Pink Paislee blog to see what the rest of the design team has been up to this month using the Hocus Pocus collection. There are some really awesome Halloween and non-Halloween themed projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hugs!!!

a little Ribbon Candy

Happy Monday everyone! I am dropping by today to share some fun news. I am the November guest designer at Cupcards To Go, and today we are having a sneak peek blog hop of the new November 'Ribbon Candy' Card Kit!

Here is a little sneak peek of one of the cards I made using the November kit. Hope you like it!


Next, you need to hop on over to Cassonda Tadlock's blog to see what she and the rest of the Cupcards gals have in store for you. Be sure to leave a comment here and at the rest of the design team's blogs for a chance to win a fun prize! (Oh, and if you didn't start at the Cupcards to Go blog, make sure to stop by and leave a comment there too. ;) )

The November Cupcards to Go kits go on sale Monday, November 1st at 6pm PT/9pm ET. So, be sure to mark that on your calendars so you can get your hands on this wonderful kit!

Thanks so much for stopping by. See you again soon! ;)

More Ally Scraps projects

Hey everyone! :) How was your weekend? I had a busy, but fun one. David, the kids, and I spent most of the weekend in downtown Mobile at BayFest, a 3 day music festival. We saw lots of bands: Shinedown, Papa Roach, Godsmack, Skillet, Sick Puppies, 5 Finger Death Punch, and Rehab. They were all awesome! There were so many more acts there that we weren't able to catch, but we were very happy with our choices. We all had a great time!

I wanted to come by today to share my last September Guest Designer project for Ally Scraps. I've really had so much fun working with the products from this store. (Thanks so much, Cathy and Dana, for having me!!!) I did a little birdhouse card set using lots of October Afternoon and Maya road products. I was very happy with the way they turned out. :)






You can find step-by-step instructions for both cards and a list of products used at the Ally Scraps blog here.

Hope you all have a great rest of the week. Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

life is good

Well it is... for the most part. ;) I have a couple more projects to share that I did as the September guest designer for Ally Scraps.

First off is a mini album using the picket fence mini by Maya Road and Echo Park paper and cardstock stickers. Don't you just love the shape?! As in my usual fashion, I had fun with the cover while keeping the inside design simple and sweet.

You can find instructions and product links for this mini album at the Ally Scraps blog here.

Next is a card that I forgot to post last week. (Oops! I really am a terrible blogger. Sorry about that.) I used some of the Maya Road pennant chipboard shapes for the base of the flower and lots of Echo Park and October Afternoon paper and cardstock stickers too.


You can find instructions and product links for this card at the Ally Scraps blog here.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Hugs! :)

Color Combos Galore #161

Hey everyone! Just thought I would come by and share the card I made for this week's color combo and challenge over at Color Combos Galore. I just love the photo this week's color combo was inspired by, but I have to say this one was a little bit tough for me. It took a lot of digging, but I eventually found some papers and embellishments to work with. The more neutral colors initially scared me, but I ended up really liking what I came up with.

CCG#161:



The designer's challenge with week was to use handwriting. And while I didn't actually do any handwriting myself, I thought the patterned paper had a doodled kind of look to it that sort of went along with the idea of the challenge.


One of my favorite things about doing these challenges is that it forces me to go through my ever-growing stash of scrapping supplies, and I get to use things that I may have forgotten about (like the Fontwerks patterned paper) and mix them with some of my favorite/newer things to use (like the Basic Grey chipboard alpha).

I hope you get a chance to play along this week, and if you do, make sure to post it in the Color Combos Galore Gallery so that we can all see.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hugs! :)