OOOO, Halloween Treat Boxes

Good Day Y'all,

Oh, gosh today I am so excited to share with y'all super easy treat boxes for your little ghouls & goblins. (I also will posting a tutorial here later. Okay.)

First, I want to invite you over to International Art & Soul for our Halloween Challenge #69, just click on the link and you will be there in seconds. The team came up with some really cute projects for this Halloween Challenge, you will be inspired for sure.

For my project I was inspired by a Cauldron Treat Box I saw on Youtube, her yt channel name is - The Scrappy Bookworm1. So I wanted to give it a try, I really liked hers but I didn't want to copy her exactly and wanted to do my own thing, so I tried and I tried and I tried, LOL, until I finally got what I wanted. You will see below the two cauldron's I created both are really different. After I finished those, I just couldn't help myself, LOL,  I started thinking this little treat box would look so cute with little ghosts and pumpkins on placed on the box.  So below I will show all the Treat Boxes I came up with so far. LOL  I hope you enjoy and get a chance to create some and join us over at
IAAS - Challenge #69 - Halloween.

For the Cauldron Treat Box I used the Recollections Stamp & Die Set - Halloween. I used Googlie eyes from the Dollar Tree and the little pumpkin I fussy cut from a scrap paper in my stash. The little smoke inside the Cauldron is actully Stetchly Spider WEB stuff you get at the store. I cut a piece off and used my Tim Holtz inks for color it green.  

The Cauldron and Pumpkin are created from a circle die - Elizabeth Crafts Stitched Circles Die. The Pumpkin is super easy peasy, used an old green tag from stash I cut for the stem, the nose is a little wonky, (lol) and the mouth is from a scalloped punch, I tied a little burlap string to give it a little more interesting look. The paper is Holographic paper that I bought years ago from Create and Craft. 

This Cauldron I created with 1 inch,  1 1/4 inch, and 5/8 inch punches. Googlie eyes, and Black Glitter paper I had in stash from HL. 

 The little ghosts took me a bit cause I had to draw them by hand and I am not a good at drawing. My skills are more like stick people. (LOL)  But once I had this image I made a template. :D 

I used my Create and Craft glitter paper I bought years ago, added a paper bow I had in my stash with a purple gem, googlie eyes are from Dollar Tree and the mouth is a 1/4 of a scallop punch. I added the word BOO from a embellie swap I did last year and the spider is die cut from Recollections.

The bottom one is the same but just a bit different. 

Below are Challenges I entered:

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

Tales from the Craft Room - Challenge #9 - Halloween

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - Challenge #126 No Cards Allowed

Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog - Challenge October #10

Cut it Up: Challenge 184 - Tags, Bags, and Boxes

Thanks for joining me today. Hope you all join us for some fun. 

Monochromatic in Winter

Hi everyone,

Hope you all are doing well. Today I am sharing a cute little card I created for our Challenge at International Art & Soul themed - #63 Monochromatic. I thought it turned out pretty cute.

I used my blue gelato's for the background to get a nice monochromatic look to the night sky. I used Inky Antics Polar Bear Pals stamp set. For the stars I used an old Stamp'n Up stamp from my stash.
After the gelato background dried I then, stamped and heat embossed my bears in black embossing powder. I painted in moon with antique linen distress paint to give it a night moon look. I used versa mark to stamp my stars around and used heat n stick powder then added my glitter. I also used Fran-tage by Stampendous, using the Shabby blue (I love Fran-tage) to give it an little glimmer of falling snow around the bears.  For my bears I painted them in with white paint and then added white flock on top of them. I didn't place a sentiment on the front as I am not sure if it's going to be a Christmas card or just a thinking of you card. Either way I think it came out nice. Wish you could touch the bears cause they are so furry. lol
I hope you all like the card.

This photo shows the white flock on the bears a little better. 

Challenges entered:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge #110 - AG
A Perfect Time to Stamp for July #7, 2019 - AG
A Bit More Time To Craft: Challenge #96 AG
Get Creative Challenges: Ch. #82 - AG w/opt Twist Monochromatic

Thank you all for stopping by and please hop on over to the challenge to view what my teamies have created, as well as all the wonderful entries. Our Challenge at International Art & Soul themed - #63 Monochromatic.

Keep On Crafting!

Deb~ 😊

Christmas in July with International Art & Soul

Good Day All,

I am a bit late with my post, I apologize. Today I am sharing my Christmas in July card I created for the new Challenge at International Art & Soul Challenge #62.  I love Christmas in July even though I am totally not ready for Christmas, but it's kind of fun to start creating our Christmas cards and getting into the spirit. However, I know this is the only month I will think of it and then I will turn towards the next crafting project and forget about my Christmas cards until it's too late. lol 

For my card I created a  little easel card it measures 4 1/8 x 5 1/2. I used white cardstock as my base, then used burgundy cardstock as a  mat and placed Heartfelt Creations Snow Kissed Collection dp on top. After I had everything placed I looked through my stash and found a super cute stamp & die set by Art Impressions (Hampton Art) it has these cute snowmen w/snowflakes and dies to cut them out. 

Once I  cut out my snowman and snowflakes I added glitter to the snowflakes stamped in a light blue, and added glitter to the snowman body and around his clothes. I also added a bit of glitter to the branches and snow mounds. 

 Easel card standing up. 

For this card I am entering the following challenges: 

jingle belles: Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (below is the card showing what to do to get 3 in a row - I did a snowman, glitter and stamping.)

 

Crafty Calendar Challenge - July Challenge/ Christmas in July

Crafty Cardmakers: #237 Dies or Punches 

I hope you can join in the fun Christmas in July Challenge just click on the link  - International Art & Soul Ch. #62 Christmas in July. I know you will be inspired by our design team and others who have joined in the fun. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Crafty Day.

Deb ~

It's A Pool Party

Hi all,

I hope you all are having a crafty great day. OMG! So much has been going on the last few months. We were preparing for my youngest daughter to graduate this year from HS, which happened in May, we had family in town, birthdays, and other graduations to attend to as well. Since school had ended for summer it has all calmed down and being summer it is time to relax, enjoy the sun and maybe a dip or two in the pool. lol
With that being said, today I share with you a card I created for the New Challenge "Pool Party" over at International Art & Soul.

This little card turned out so cute and fun. lol  For this card I used some super old stamps from Stampin' Up. Beach Babies and On the Beach. Boy I've had these in my stash for a loooonnng while, LOL, along with My Mind's Eye "Hootenanny" paper pad. This is also an oldie but goodie. lol

For this card I cut out a cloud shape used as a mask to go around the using Momento Blue Sky ink, I then stamped the sun and a few little waves under the sky and colored in. I stamped a few waves on a separate paper along with the beach ball, boy and girl. Fussy cut the waves & added foam tape to the back of them. I placed them among the other waves and added the boy & girl. I also added the balloon I fussy cut from the pattern paper and placed a bit of foam tape on the back to give a 3D look. Fussy cut out the little sentiment and adhered with foam tape to the top right corner. (I love foam tape, hahahahaaa)

I hope you join us for this fun Pool Party Challenge. Don't forget you can enter anything a card, canvas, scrapbook layout, or whatever type of project you desire just stick to the theme. okay.

Come on over and check out what the Design Team Members made. 

Challenges I entered:

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Cards for Teens or Anything Goes 4 Kids

Crafty Catz: #465 Challenge - Anything Goes with a twist - Birthdays

World Wide Open Design Team Monthly Challage #05 - Anything Goes 

Love To Craft Challenge Blog: LTCCB#35 - June Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge for June #6 - Anything Goes

Have a Great One,

~Deb 😉

A Heartfelt Father's Day Card

Hey there everyone,

I hope you are doing well. As for me it's been quit busy. My daughter had a baby girl in April and we named her Guinevere. So now I have 3 granddaughters and 4 daughters. lol  The only boys in the family are the son in laws and my hubby and 1 male dog.

So speaking of the males in our family today I have a new card to share with you "Happy Father's Day" especially since Father's Day is next weekend. I created for the new challenge over at International Art & Soul blog Challenge #35 - Sentiment As A Main Focus. I hope you get to join us for the new challenge and Thank you all for joining in and playing along.

Supplies used:
Paper - Heartfelt Creations - Woodsy Wonderful paper collection
Inks - Walnut Stain TH Inks
Accessories - Liquid Pearls Rose Gold

Challenges Joined:
Paru's Card Making Challenges: June 2018 Challenge - Masculine
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: 1st June Classic Design Team Challenge #26
Always Fun Challenges: Challenge 62 "For Male/Dad"
Artistic Inspirations: Challenge 202 "Anything Goes/optional Father's Day
Crafty Cardmakers: #213 For Man/Boy

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you are inspired to join us for this great challenge and show us your project. International Art & Soul blog Challenge #35 - Sentiment As A Main Focus

Have a great crafty day!

Wishing You Comfort Sympathy Card

Hey Everyone,

Hope you all are good. I have missed blogging. I have been busy with family and other crafty stuff. 😁
But I have set some new goals this year and will be blogging more. I also will be sharing some of my past crafting items that I can't wait for you to see. 😍 I hope you tune in to check them out.

Today I am sharing a beautiful sympathy card I created using some items from my stash. We are having an Awesome Challenge over at International Art & Soul, Challenge #26 TEXTURE.
Join this fun challenge sharing your project using any type of Texture you want.

I love using Texture in my cards. I think it really adds a unique look and feel to any project even scrapbook pages.
My favorite techniques to do is to paint chipboard and play with flower soft. Here is my card using some burlap under my chipboard pieces I painted with Distress paint and added some beautiful flower soft.
The little sentiment is a cut apart I fussy cut from Photo Play's "Thinking of You" paper collection and the wooden paper behind it is from Sn@p 6x6 paper pad.

This inside of the card I used a sticker as my sentiment. This paper collection comes with sentiment stickers, which is awesome, especially if you don't have any sympathy stamps. 

Supplies:

Paper: These supplies you can find here, clink on the Link -  Photo Play - Thinking Of You; Sn@p Basics 6x6 - wood & notebook

Ink: Distress Paint - Mowed Lawn

Accessories: Flower Soft, Chipboard vines from BlueFern ; piece of burlap

Challenges entered:

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: Challenge #76 - AG

Simply PaperCraft: Challenge #54 - AG

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - AG

Crafter's Castle: Challenge #2 - AG - Favorite Distress Ink Technique

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: Challenge #61 - AG

A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge: Challenge #02 - AG

Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: Challenge #22 - AG

I hope you all get to join in the fun challenge and stop by to check out what my other teamies created using other types of textures on their projects. Be ready to get INSPIRED. 😉

To enter click on the link - International Art & Soul - Challenge #26 - Texture

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs,