Tricks and Treats Blog Hop!

Here is a crafty way to kick off your Halloween celebrations this weekend!  The girls over at Blog Hops with Heart put together some sweet treats for you to browse, so grab your loot bag and start hopping!

This project was a bit over two years in the making...I just never had a chance to see it through until now.  I'm rather glad though since I now have some sparkly white glitter paper and the new Adventure Fundamentals to use...

I used a great 3D box shape from the now retired Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  I used my Cricut Explore machine to create triangular panels for each side, then resized them all to create some different heights.  I loved being able to bling these up a bit with sequins and black shimmer ribbon.

I just LOVE playing with paper and bling!!!!  

Thanks so much for popping in today to check out our projects!  Now hop on over to Becca's blog to see what treats she has up her sleeve!

Here's the whole line up for our hop (can you tell I'm watching baseball??? GO CUBS!):

Amie (Me!)

Becca

Wendy

Katy 

Stephanie 

Enjoy!!!!!!

Planner bundles or pages!!!

New Thin Cuts!!!

Only in October!

An Autumn Themed Throwback!

Remember these cards from a couple of years ago when I first learned the Triple Stamp Technique? 

They are the perfect throwback to introduce you to my final Autumn workshop card...

I love the simple elegance of the black and white with a pop of fall color!   Would you believe I used the Pathfinding Workshop on the Go Scrapbooking Kit to create this card?  So versatile!

I used a very special Hostess ONLY My Acrylix set called Thanksgiving Wreath from Close to My Heart for the sentiment on this one.   I adore the flowing, swirly font.  You can only earn this stamp set as a hostess, but there is more than one way of doing that!  Did you know you can chose Hostess Rewards with any order starting at $150 if you contact me to place your order?  YEP!  I can also set up an online gathering link for you to share with your crafty friends so you can order the products you love AND earn free ones in the process.   You can even join my Rewards Club to earn $25 in free products as well with your monthly purchase!  Click HERE to read more about my easy-peasy Rewards Club and join today to start earning your FREE Close to My Heart products!

Family is Forever

#30yearsofhappy is Free in September!

Halloween Tool Box Treats with Artiste!

WHeW!!!!  I finished them!  All 25 treat boxes are filled and sealed for my daughter's 4th grade class party on Thursday.  Time to kick back and....create some things for my next craft show, lol!  ;)

Anyhow, I had picked up some of the Close to My Heart Spellbound papers for a steal on my website when it appeared in the "While Supplies Last" section.  Have you ever checked out the great deals there?  You sure should!  Click HERE to take a peek!  Right now, there is a 2" scallop punch for just $5!!!!  I used it to make the tag on this adorable, adhesive-free tool box!

One of my favorite crafty blogs, Creating with Color by Cassandra, recently showed some adorable creations using googly eyes...and I absolutely loved the idea!  I decided to use them on my tags in a slightly different way.  The stamp I used is from MCT, and those white circles are leftovers from some projects I was cutting...I love finding a use for everything!  ;)

Now, I know these painstakingly crafted designs will be torn apart by the 4th graders, so I kept it super simple, lol!  You could say I kept them totally clean and simple for CAS-ual Fridays new challenge to make a gift box with a tag!  ;)

Like I mentioned, these boxes require absolutely NO adhesive to put together!  SCORE!  No, really!  You just have to find the score marks and fold away!  ;)

Unfortunately there is no food allowed in the treat boxes for school, so I found some erasers and trinkets to fill them with instead of candy.

I am linking this Halloween themed project up over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog.  Thanks for peeking in today, and hope you all have a safe Halloween! 

A Witch Hat Sucker Tree with Liquid Glass to the Rescue!

Hi everyone!  Hope you had a productive weekend!  I did, and I didn't, lol.  Kids' school projects DID...my projects DIDN'T!  Oh well! 

This is one of the projects that my daughter asked me to assist with...actually, she complimented my craftiness by coming to me for her group, so goodness knows I was not saying NO!  ;)

This is a statistics project for a carnival--sounds more like fun than school!  Love it!  Anyhow...they wanted to do a pumpkin shaped foam, but since they don't actually MAKE that, I suggested this instead, and they LOVED the idea!

WHY, you ask, is there a bottle of my Close to My Heart Liquid Glass sitting in the pic?  Well, because when my hot glue gun decided to take a day off from working (grrrrr) I grabbed the only other thing that was guaranteed to hold the brim on this hat!  And it worked like a charm!  :)

The odds are NOT in the game-players' favor for this one, but the sign sure is CUTE!!!  A little help from my trusty Cricut, and a sign was tossed together lickity-split!  We used the Kate's ABC's Cricut Cartridge for the lettering.  My girlie was gluing the "u" from sucker together with my Bonding Memories pen when I took the pic...

Do I really need to convince you of the wonders of Liquid Glass any longer?  It that can't make your kids' school projects easier, then I am not sure what can!  ;)  Thanks for popping in to see me today and have a blessed, sparkly day! 

Heart 2 Heart Color Dare!!! Huh?

Happy Labor Day from Team Sunset!

I had a bit of an identity crisis going on last week when making my project for the new Heart 2 Heart Challenge today.  You see, I am a member of both the Color My Heart Color Dare Design Team AND the Heart 2 Heart Challenges Design Team.  The first challenge this month at Heart 2 Heart is a Color Dare!  Are you still with me?  ;)  I kept asking myself, "wait, what challenge am I working on?"

It all finally worked out in the end, and this post is taking all my concentration to get it linked up just right, lol.  The colors for the first challenge of September over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges are Sunset, Barn Red, Gypsy, and Cashmere.  (Take a deep breath, it will be OK!)

My gut reaction to the color combination was "Fall."  but that bit of Gypsy pulled me over to "Halloween."  Here is the card I was able to make the color combo work with...

I even have a lesson for you!  Bonus!  See the web at the top right?  You can see it looks a bit "foggy" in the inside in the picture below because I used my powder pouch on the paper before I stamped the ink.  Powder pouches are great for keeping embossing powder contained and not spreading due to static.  However, I changed plans midstream (yeah, it happens) and decided to sprinkle Prisma Glitter on the pigment inked webs instead of embossing them white.  That led to a little problem...I couldn't safely clear the powder residue from the black paper!  It would have been easy to wipe it off if the webs were solid, embossed lines, but in this case, it would have just taken the glitter right off.  Lesson learned!

I easily colored the CTMH Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon with my Sunset Alcohol Ink Marker to match the colors...

The background pattern is created with all four challenge colors and my favorite chevron stamp on the In the Background My Acrylix from Close to My Heart.  This large stamp is soooo easy to line up using our clear blocks!

Here is another awesome, yet amazingly easy trick I learned...using a black sharpie to change the wood color on this round badge from the Babycakes Assortment!  The wood color just didn't fit with my color theme, so I made it black!  :)

The inside of the card was super-easy to accent with the spider web stamp from the retired Spellbound Workshop on the Go from Close to My Heart.  I am sorry to say I used this set for all the Halloween themed images on this card...

I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges with this challenging color combination.  You have ALL month to play with us!

Don't link up to the Color Dare with this one, lol!  If you want to play with us over at the Color My Heart Color Dare, then check out the colors for this week HERE!  ;)

Encore, Encore!

You guessed it!  Another triple stamping technique card is on the way.  Listen, these are so crazy-easy and fun that I am surprised I didn't end up with more!  ;)

This one is a fun Halloween card.

Sorry if spiders aren't your thing, (#Bethiehatesspiders), but my spidey sense told me these webs were meant to be used for this technique, so I had to listen!  I used the awesome Spellbound My Acrylix stamps, Black Ink Pad, and Sunset/White Daisy CS for this one--that's it!  How much more fun and easy can it possibly get?  Hope you like this one as much as I do.  Just one left to show you this week!  What will it be?  Tune in Friday to find out!

In case you missed my earlier posts, HERE is the Youtube Tutorial by Dawn where I learned to make these cards.