Halloween...

 Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is Halloween.  I loved this bit of humor from DRS Designs, our sponsor!  They have so many fun stamps for all the holidays!

Come share your Halloween projects over at Cut It Up; remember to include a die cut!  

Material List:

DRS Designs Sentiment:  Priceless Halloween Greeting

Glitter Cardstock

Digital Cardstock Polkadoodles

Adhesives: Fabri-Tac; ATG

Cricut Design Space: Designed, Printed and Cut from CDS

Cricut Design Space Offset Feature

Cuts from Design Space: Tag; Witch Hat with modifications from Wispy Willow; Bow from Emma Jewell; Witch from Kim Byers; Bats from Gan SVG by Emylia

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

This card is off to the following challenges:  

Crafty Calendar:  Halloween

Taylormade Cards4U:  Fall/Halloween

Country View:  Halloween or Harvest

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  I was inspired by the bats and color combo of black, purple, green and orange.  I also incorporated the stitching on Frankenstein and little circles on the spider cookies.  

The Four Seasons:  Fall

This is Halloween:  Gothic or Halloween
Crafty Friends:  Use more than one die

Crafting Happiness:  Halloween

Pearly Sparkles:  Autumn and /or Halloween
Dragonfly Dreams:  Halloween/Autumn

Unicorn Challenge:  Spooky and/or Cute

Try It On Tuesday:  Halloween

Creative Knockouts:  Halloween

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

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Feeling Distressed!

It's time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is: Distressed.  

We are sponsored this month by the very talented Morgan Fitzsimons from Morgan's Artworld.  

Material List: 

Digi:  Morgan's Artworld Fairy and Baby Dragon  

Copic Markers

CTMH Ink

Brown Cardstock

Flower Ribbon Offray

CTMH Paper (retired)

Gems

Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner, E-6000

Cricut Design Space:  Print and Cut 

Cricut Access:  Oval; Sentiment Font: Cult Std +Offset Print and Cut

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

My card is off to the following challenges: 

The Fairy and The Unicorn:  AG Fantasy 

Morgan's ArtWorld:  AG

 Dream Valley:  Gems or Pearls

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a CD, USB or Digi

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG

A Gem of a Challenge:  AG 

Allsorts:  Add a sentiment

Inkspirational:  Word Prompt ~ Imagine

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Twisted Thursday for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Fall: The Rich Bold Colors

 As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Celebrate!  We will share different optional themes every month for you to celebrate!

We are continuing through September with this theme: CELEBRATE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR Favorite Season.  We'd like to hear your ideas at Path of Positivity.  Come share them with us!    

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive!  The theme is always optional.  

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My favorite season is definitely fall!  I love fall: the cooler temps, the crisp air, harvest, Thanksgiving, the colors, the animals scurrying about, etc.  

In this post I want to celebrate fall through my little Grand-girl's eyes!  I highlighted my photo using rich fall colors and bold imagery from Kate Hadfield!

Material List:

Photo taken by Katrina (me)

All Digital Imagery from Kate Hadfield 

Indian Summer

Bits and Pieces 3

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Scrapping for Fun:  Autumn

The Four Seasons:  Fall

Classic Design:  AG

Jan's Digi Stamps:  AG

Polkadoodles: AG

Crafter's Cafe:  Use Some Pink

A Place to Start:  AG w/optional twist:  Circles and Squares

WWODT: AG

The Outlawz Festive Fridays:  AG

Be sure to come over to 

 and see 

what the team 

thinks about our optional twist!  

You can also find 

more information 

about entering 

the challenge!  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.  

Thank You!!

  

Over at Cut It Up, we do love our sponsors and we are excited to share some cards we recently mailed to them.  We all chose sponsors from the past year and created cards for them using their unique designs!  

I was pleased to have the opportunity to share our appreciation with two of our wonderful sponsors: Pink & Main and STAMPlorations.  Each of these sponsors is such a joy and always inspires me to create something beautiful!

I'll start with this card I sent to Pink & Main!  This stamp, Tall Flowers,  is gorgeous and large!  Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, thinking of you, and thank you's!  This particular set comes with 3 large, beautiful stamps!  There is also a matching die available.  These dies cut perfectly!

Next, I'm sharing this country style card with a beautiful digital stamp Zinnia Row from Stamplorations!  I adore all the Row stamps; they are perfect for cards and borders on pages!  The "Thankful" is cut from the Sentiment Die:  STAMP-lorations  Thankful Every Day Phrase Die.  The die is perfect for all your fall/Thanksgiving projects!  

Be sure to visit Cut It Up and see all the wonderful cards from the team and celebrate our many sponsors!

Again, a huge thank you to all our sponsors this year!  We are excited to work with the amazing and talented people behind the beautiful papers, cuts, and digis!  It is truly our pleasure!

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Sweet Autumn Kitty Book

I love fall/Halloween papers and images!  They are just so much fun for crafting and this scene from Conie Fong is no exception;  I think it's adorable!  I've decided to create a mini scrapbook for my grand-girl for her Halloween adventures!  She can add photos, colorings, candy wrappers, etc!  There are some colorful pages as well as some blank white pages for her creations.

You can learn more about Conie and her art on her Etsy Site or Facebook.  There is also a challenge site for Conie Fong images:  Conie Fong FaceBook Challenge.  Everyone is invited to join and play along using Conie Fong images!

Wondering how I put this together?  Come join me in the video below:

Material List:

Digi: Sweet Autumn Kitty by Conie Fong Paper: CTMH (Retired)

Lots of bits and pieces of paper on the inside from Stash

Copic Markers CTMH Ink

10 mm Bronze Brads ~ Dress My Craft Twine from Stash Adhesives: Fabri-Tac; ATG Tape Runner, Double score tape Cricut Access: Sentiment from Heather Roberts; Free shape circle; Offset Feature Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

Sending this off to the following challenges:

This is Halloween:  Gothic and/or Halloween

Crafting Happiness:  Halloween

Double Trouble:  Thing 1: Use 3 or more colors from Pic (Purple, orange, yellow, green)

Twisted Sister:  Include a Pumpkin

Double Dare:  Enter Jan's Digi Stamps

 

Simon Says Stamp:  Fall Mood Board

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

A Gem of a Challenge:  AG

Colour Crazy:  AG hand coloured

A Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

A Place to Start:  AG option Circles and Squares

Passion for Markers: AG colored with markers

Shopping Our Stash:  Frightfully Delightful!  

Try It on Tuesday: Autumn

Unicorn Challenge:  Spooky and/or Cute

The Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes:  Inspired by pumpkins, witch, cat, and the word Title~October!

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Fall Camping Card

 I'm always intrigued by the challenges over at FarmQuest Challenge!  This time the challenge is to use a tent, camper/trailer, campfire, and/or firepit!  I chose the tent in the middle of the woods!  Such a perfect fall challenge!  

Check out the video below for all the info!

Need help manipulating paper in Cricut Design Space to make a card like this?  Check out this video for lots of tips and tricks!  

Material List:

Digital Paper:  Into the Wild from Vectoria Designs  

 Cardstock Topiary Green and Terra Cotta from CTMH (retired colors)

White and Brown Cardstock from Stash

 Eyelets

CTMH Ink

Copic Markers

Adhesives:  Fabri Tac, ATG Tape Runner

Cricut Design Space

Cricut Standard Mat
Cricut Blade

Cricut Access: Free shapes; 
Cricut Maker

I'm sending this card off to the following challenges:

FarmQuest Challenge: Tent, camper, campfire, or firepit

Allsorts: AG with option of Monochromatic

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: AG

TTCRD: AG

Alphabet: N is for Nature

Aud Sentiments: Halloween/Fall + A Sentiment

The Outlawz Festive Friday: Variety of themes; I chose Fall

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BIG

 Our new challenge over at Cut It Up is BIG.  I decided to go with this BIG flower from Oddball Arts!  

Come share your ideas about our BIG theme over at Cut It Up; remember to include a die cut!  

Interested in seeing how I put this together; check out the video below! 

Material List:

Oddball Art Newsprint Flower

Newspaper Grunge Shutterstock

CTMH Ink  Canary (color retired)

Ranger Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers and Vintage Photo

Adhesives: Fabri-Tac, Distress Collage Medium, Sticky Dot

Strip from CTMH paper (Retired)

Bo Bunny Double Dot Gems

Cricut Design Space: Designed, Printed and Cut from CDS

Cricut Design Space Offset Feature

Cuts from Design Space: Flourish Frame from Graphically Speaking

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Blade

Cricut Maker

This art journaling layout is off to the following challenges:  

Mixed Media Lovers:  Use flowers

We Love 2 Create:  AG Mixed Media

Classic Design:  AG

Sweet Stampers:  Add a Sentiment

Creative Knockouts:  AG

Krafty Chicks:  Stamp Act Use a Stamp/Digi

When you visit the Cut It Up blog, have fun viewing the DT projects and check out the rules and prize info.  Then be sure to share your project with us ~ don't forget the die cut to have a chance to win a prize from our amazing sponsors. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.    

Index Card Art Journal/Diary

Today I have the privilege of acting as Guest DT over at Creative Artiste Challenge Blog!  The challenge theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes!  

Well, this was perfect for me since I had recently acquired these lovely vintage papers from Vectoria Designs and wanted to incorporate them into a 3-D type piece.  

I chose this Index Card Art Journal/Diary project after running across an idea like this for writers.  A writer shared she loved having access to index cards as one option for writing instead of books; she found it less intimidating for quick writings and such.  It got me thinking how fun it would be for ART journaling!  I could go grab an index card and just go from there.  Then all the cards could be housed in this box!

I have cut some cards from scrap pieces of mixed media papers and cardstocks for my box. 

In the video, I refer to a project I made before using this box cut/pattern.  Details can be found HERE.  Very different look!

Check out the video below for a tutorial on this little vintage box!  

   Material List:

My Scrap Chick Organizer Box

Book Lover Paper Pack Vectoria Designs

CTMH Ink

Cereal Boxes

Leftover paper/cardstock for cards in box

Black Solid Cardstock and Blue Paper from Stash

Black Marker

Metal Title Plate from CTMH (retired)

Laces and Kitchen String from Stash

Adhesives: Fabri-Tac; Double Score Tape

I'm sharing this box with the following challenges:

Arty Divas: AG

613 Avenue Create: AG

We Love 2 Create: AG Mixed Media

Challenge Up Your Life: Upcycling

A Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

WWODT: AG

Pammie's Inky Pinkies: AG

Ally's Angels: AG

Crafts Galore Encore: AG

Crafty Friends: Use more than one die cut.

Creative Crafters: AG

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Gift Tags at TT

  It's time for a new challenge over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and the optional twist is: Gift Tags.  We are sponsored this month by Morgan's Artworld.  

Interested in how I put this together?  Check out the video below to get some ideas!  

Material List 

Digi:  Morgan's Artworld Flower Butterfly Border Greyscale 

Kraft Cardstock from Stash Copic Markers Pitt Pen CTMH Ink Gold Faux Stitched Gros Grain Ribbon Lace from Stash Red Beads from Stash Bo Bunny Double Dot Gems Adhesives: Fabri Tac, Double Score Tape, Fishing Line Cricut Design Space: Print and Cut Cricut Access: Tag Cut Cricut Standard Mat Cricut Maker

My gift tag is off to the following challenges: 

Tic Tac Toe:  Board Below

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using USB, CD, or Digi (digital image)

Creatalicious:  AG opt for a Friend

Morgan's ArtWorld:  AG

Colour Crazy:  AG hand coloured

Creative Fingers:  AG

Make My Monday:  Autumn Flora/Fauna

Let's Craft and Create:  AG + usel colors of Fall (I used red, yellow, orange, and brown)

 Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Twisted Thursday for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel. 

Fall Textures

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are challenging you to Celebrate!  We will share different optional themes every month for you to celebrate!

We are continuing through September with this theme: CELEBRATE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR Favorite Season.  We'd like to hear your ideas at Path of Positivity.  Come share them with us!    

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive!  The theme is always optional.  

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My favorite season is definitely fall!  I love fall: the cooler temps, the crisp air, harvest, Thanksgiving, the colors, the animals scurrying about, etc.  

In this post I want to celebrate the textures!  I enjoy texture.  I'm that person who has to touch everything; seems I process through touch.  The fall textures are amazing to me.  Denim, burlap, cork, sweaters,,,, it all works for me and I'm more than happy to incorporate it into crafting.  

This piece is really nothing more than a miniature "bulletin board" featuring a favorite picture/photo from a few years ago.  I used my favorite color combo: blue and brown with some wonderful fall textures including wood (the button).  

Material List:

Photo taken by Katrina (me)

Cork board

Burlap

Denim from Old Pair of Jeans

Bit of Lace

Wood Button

Ravels from Old Jeans

Washi Tap

Thumb Tacks

Flowers from stash

Fabri-Tac Adhesive

 Sharing with these challenges:  

Krafty Chicks:  AG

Love to Craft:  AG

Mix It Up:  AG

A Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

A Place to Start:  AG with option Circles and Squares (circles tacks and button; squares corkboard and denim piece)

Dream Valley:  Fav Colors - Blue and Brown Combo!

Jan's Digi Stamps:  AG

Use Your Stuff:  Fall or Autumn

Be sure to come over to 

 and see 

what the team 

thinks about our optional twist!  

You can also find 

more information 

about entering 

the challenge!  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.  

Fall Leaves

   Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Paper à la Mode and the theme is Fall/Autumn Leaves!  Come join us!  We love all mediums...just NO CARDS!  This fun bag is for my son!

Wondering how I put this all together?  Join me in the video below!

Material List:

SheepSki Digi: Vlad "n" Mia

Cardstock from Melody Stack DCWV (most likely retired)

Copic Markers

Green Cardstock

Ranger Vintage Photo Ink

CTMH Ink

Brown Gros Grain Ribbon

Brown Satin Ribbon

Wood button

Adhesives: Fabri Tac, Double Score Tape, E-6000

Cricut Design Space: Print and Cut

Cricut Access: CTMH Artiste; Plantin SchoolBook

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

My bag and tag are off to the following challenges:

Digi Choosday:  AG

Shopping Our Stash:  Leaf Me Alone

TTCRD:  AG

Inspiration Station:  Inspired by the colors (oranges/browns), pumpkins, field, wood button, bows, fall 

The Paper Shelter:  Buttons and/or Bows

Fab 'n' Funky:  Autumn Colors

The Male Room:  Song Title "De Bat" (Fly in Me Face) by Carly Simon ~ Interesting little tune about someone meeting a bat and describing it in sort of tropical/Bahamian style of music!  ;)

Double "D":  Things that FALL (Acorns, leaves...hopefully NOT bats!  hahaha)

"PIN"spirational:  I was inspired by the leaves!

Be sure to visit

 The Outlawz Paper a la Mode for all the details about the challenge and to check out all fun inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.