Halloween Plaids

The new challenge starts today at
Double D
and being hosted by Team Darlene
and the theme is
'PLAIDS'
and using the mood board below  for inspiration!

Well, to me plaids make me think of flannel shirts, cool autumn nights
and a nice toasty blanket to curl into.

However, I went an entirely different way with my card..lol!

A few years back I made a few fun witches boot cards for Halloween that I had seen on Pinterest early on,
and while looking for a 'plaid' paper to start off with
I found a Halloween one, so right away I thought of making
a witch boot with it!

I used my Cricut Explore to cut it out,( though I made this one a bit
larger then the two I did in previous years),
and  Cricut Design Space using Happy Hauntings cartridge.

I cut the boot 3 times, twice in black card stock
and once in the Halloween plaid.
The other pieces were cut from black glitter paper and orange card stocks.

I used a purple twill ribbon that I had dyed myself.
when a few years back the rage started 
(and is still going strong)with those beautiful
shabby, died twill ribbons, I made several of my own.
I think it is much less messy and easier to just buy them
ready made though!

That about sums it up..pretty easy really as my Cricut Explore
did most of the work for me!

Make sure and head on over to the Double D blog to see  all
the design teams projects.  One thing I love about our teams
is the versatility of the designs from CAS to Shabby Chic
and everything in-between!!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Shopping Our Stash  .... Hey, Ghoulfriend (w)
Crafting by Designs .... Halloween (x)
Crafty Gals Corner .... Be-Fab-BOO-Lous (x)
Crafty Calendar .... Halloween (x)
Bitten By The Bug .... Halloween (w)
Dragonfly Journeys .... Halloween (x)

Fall Birthday

It has been a rough week for this grandma around here.

If you read a previous post you saw that we were

headed out for a little 'mini' vacation to see the colors in

northern Michigan.

We had no sooner arrived then I received a phone call

that my grandson Caiden (15) was seriously injured in an ATV accident

so we had to head right back home.

We spent 11 hours on the road that day.

He is in ICU for the next 7 days with a broken back in 2 places

and was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis.

We then drove there to be with him.

He had a 3 1/2 surgery and now it is just a waiting game to see how he improves.

I have to say though that everyday since Friday has been a progress.

So, I needed something to get my thoughts collected

and what better way then to create.

I made a very CAS fall birthday card using some of the

leftover 'snippets' of the watercolor paper using the Nuance powders and water.

I love how these leaves turned out, such pretty colors.

The leaves were cut with the 'large' Impression Obsession leaf dies 

then popped up along the side.

The background is just simply a scrap of paper

that I embossed with a Happy Birthday Cuttlebug embossing folder.

A piece of orange hemp cord was added.

Like I said very simple but so pretty!

Entering the following challenges:

Impression Obsession .... Fall Birthday (x)
Pixie's Snippets Playground .... Snippets (x)
CAS Watercolor Challenge ...Autumn (x)

The Paper Players .... Leaf (x)

Autumn Girlfriends

This my post on the

Sparkle N Sprinkle blog today!

Hi, Diane with you today to share with you a tutorial of sorts for

my 'Double Z' fold card using the new stamp set

Autumn Girlfriends.

This card is really very easy to do and I will give you simple

directions, but there are great tutorials on youtube for it as well.

You want to start with an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of card stock.

Cut one piece 4 1/4" x 11"

Score this piece (with the 11" piece along the top)

at 2 3/4" and at 5 1/2" (this is the main base of the card)

Cut the next piece 3 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Score this piece (with the 8 1/2" piece along the top)

at 2 1/8" and at 4 1/4".

Fold as I have shown below.

Next you want to cut some pretty paper 'cover' pieces.

For the larger Z part of the card,

cut 1 at 4" x 5 1/4"

and cut 2 pieces at 2 1/2" x 4"

For the smaller part of the Z card,

Cut 1 at 3 1/4" x 4"

and cut 2 pieces at 1 7/8" x 3 1/4"

and 1 piece 3 1/4" x 4"

Using Tear-ific 1/4" Double Sided Tape,

adhere to each z panel as shown

Using the photo below for reference, attach the smaller z panel to the larger z panel

Now we will make leaves for our card using a Mini Mister,

watercolor paper and the colors of Nuance listed below.

Nuance Bright Yellow, Grass Green, Scarlet, and Orange.

Spray your watercolor paper with water, lightly tap on the nuance color,

spray a bit more and repeat until you are happy with the colors

Once dry, cut out the leaves with your desired dies

(I used Impression Obsession small Leaves Dies)

I colored the Autumn Girlfriends image with Copics,

then applying a bit of glue with Nuvo Small glue pen, 

I added Fall Leaves Glitter to the image leaves.

I then attached my 'Nuance" colored leaves.

I stamped the rake and the sentiment with Versamark,

then embossed with Gold Fine Detail embossing powder.

I used Spellbinders Label Four to cut out the sentiment.

I also stamped the basket of leaves and used the same

Fall Leaves glitter as I used above.

I hope you will give one of these double z folds a try as they are really fun

and turn out so beautifully!

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Season of Blessings

A new challenge is up and running at the 

Dies R Us challenge blog and the theme is

'FALL' and/or 'HALLOWEEN'

I started out my card with a black card stock base.

I save all my circle negatives for inking up moons

and that is just what I did for this card.

I used TH Distress Inks wild honey and spiced marmalade.

I placed the moon so my little owl could sit on his branch

right over the moon.

I die cut a tree using

Cheery Lynn Designs Birch Tree

which, by the way is where the little owl came from,

part of the birch tree set.

I cut leaves (lots) using a small leaf from

Impression Obsession Small Leaf Set

and adhered them to the tree here and there.

I added a few pumpkins at the bottom of the tree

using die cuts from

Memory Box Stitched Pumpkins

and

Cheery Lynn Designs Fall Pumpkins.

A few of the same leaves from up above were added around a few pumpkins.

A black cat was die cut  from black metallic paper

with 

Impression Obsession Cat Set dies.

Do you suppose he is eyeing up that little hoot owl?

Once all that was done, I became very brave and stamped

my sentiment right on the card stock with SU Soft Suede ink.

The sentiment is a very old one from Unity,

I love how nice and large it is!

Whew, I didn't mess it up..lol!

I wanted to mention that ALL the papers used

other than the card stocks

were from my scrap bags of papers.

Join in the challenge with us,

there is always a gift certificate to be won by one lucky entrant

and a Top 3 is also picked by the team!

entering the following challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs .... Halloween (x)

Spooky Halloween

Happy Birthday To Me...lol

Yep, today is  my birthday

and I am celebrating by doing what ever I want....

well that is kind of not true as I am headed out of town soon

for a weekend at our lake house....

headed 'north' to see all the pretty Fall color

(ours has just started here...amazing the difference 5 1/2 hours can make)

I did however purchase my own birthday present.

I was outgrowing my present 'storage' of my Copics

and had ordered 2 sets of these from Joanns online as they were 40% off

But then, they had Copics for $3.14 each...WOW...so I ordered 24 pens

only of which 18 have shipped.....

but that meant I needed MORE storage...so I went back to Joann's online

and they no longer have them...but I found them at 

Consumer Crafts for just slightly more....and best yet,

I ordered them on Tuesday and they will be here on Thursday (today)

AND

they have $2 shipping all week...

like I said ...Happy Birthday to me...

and I am sure in awe of the FAST shipping...WOW!!

But, before I leave I had to join in this fun challenge  at

Addicted To Stamps and More 

as what an awesome photo inspiration

that will allow me to use some of my very many and very neglected

Halloween stamps!

I have had 'creators disaster' all week,
so I did this card 3 times and am still not satisfied with it....
I guess I need that little 'mini' vacation!

It is what it is...
I used 2 very old sets of Stampin Up for this card
House of Haunts
and Home is Where The Haunt Is

Well have to run as we have a birthday dinner in Indiana tonight.

Tomorrow (Thursday)..(can you tell I wrote this the day before)..lol
I have to pack and grab us some food to take
and make sure all the animals will be taken of while we are gone

Have a great week/weekend everyone!

Entering the following challenges:
Crafting By Designs .... Add A Sentiment (x)
Make My Monday Challenge.... Photo Inspiration (x)

Sunny Days

There is a new challenge going live today at

The Sisterhood of Crafters.

Our hostess is Terri and she has chosen the theme

'Gingham and Flowers'.

Well, I have to admit, I have a love for both,

making this a super easy challenge for me.

A few years ago I bought a gingham paper pad

from Lilybee Designs called 'double dutch'.

Have to say that pad has been a favorite of mine

but it is close to being gone.

That's where my gingham paper came from,

scraps of it laying on my work table.

The background scene and sentiment are 

from G45 

'Time To Flourish'.

I seem to have a habit of buying their 'stuff'

then hoarding it!

The gingham ribbon was also laying on my work table

just waiting to be used.

The sunflower I made using a Cheery Lynn Designs Sunflower die.

If you like gingham and if you like flowers,

then you might want to pop on over to

The Sisterhood blog and look at all the inspiration my 'sistahs'

have for you...and you just might want to join in the fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs ....ATG (x)
The Flower Challenge ... Florals

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper ...ATG with patterned paper (x)

Step Into The Garden

Happy Tuesday morning to you!

A beautiful 'fall' morning here, it's only about 7:40 and not quite 

light yet, but I was outside feeding the barn cats

and checking on my gardens,

but it is so pretty and peaceful,

the creek is shining but very still, 

and there was a deer grazing across the creek,

just one of those mornings that you are glad to be a part of!

I am going to start showing my cards I made for the

 Tutti Designs store when I have 'free' days on my blog.

This one is using the Garden Arbor die..so pretty!

Being October is a 'PINK" month for cancer awareness,

I decided to go with this card for today.

The dies was cut on a white metallic, shiny paper,

giving it a  nice sheen.

I used a pretty background paper, die cut leaves, pearls to finish.

The sentiment is a JustRite Stamp, I love, love their sentiments!

If you would like to win this entire September release,

go to the Tutti Designs Facebook page

while there is still time and leave a comment there....

Good Luck!

Entering the following challenges:

Love to Scrap .... Go Pink (10/16) (x)

Dragonfly Dreams .... Think Pink (m)

Glitter 'N' Sparkle .... Think Pink (x)

Alphabet Challenge .... 'P' is for PINK (x)

Brown Sugar .... Think Pink (x)