Witch Hat shaped card

I knew when I saw this cut at The Cutting Cafe I had to give it a try. I've never made a shaped card like this before. It was so easy and it only took a few minutes.


This is the Witch Hat Shaped Card 2 Template. The "Happy Halloween" is Happy Halloween Background Printable Stamp.

ETA: I'll be giving this set away next week. Leave me a comment for your chance to win. :D

Thanks for looking! :D

P.S. If you're looking for the blog hop, it's the post below.

Priceless

It's that time again! Another Bitten By the Bug blog hop with candy. Regina asked us to use the Priceless cut from Graphically Speaking. I think that cart is my all time favorite. I LOVE it! Anyway, this is what I came up with. The picture isn't the best, but not all of them can be perfect, right?

Anyone recognize that paper? It's Autumn Leaves Mod line from several years ago. This is why I never throw anything away and why I have to have entire room to hold paper. You just never know when you're going to need something.




So, leave me a comment for a chance to win more Technique Tuesday stamps. I seem to have a lot of these, huh? ;) By Friday, I'll use Random.org to choose a winner.

After you leave me a comment, be sure to visit Carla's blog for another chance to win!

Thanks for your comments and thank you Regina for these awesome challenges. :D

Flying Ants

We know when the end of summer/monsoon season is near when the flying ants come out of hiding. I don't know what their exact name is, but we just call them "flying ants". The only live for a day and their only purpose seems to be reproduction. In the morning, they swirl around in a GIANT swarm and then drop to the ground to die. I don't know if they mate in the air or on the ground. They must put off some sort of scent or something that keeps the birds away while they do this. By the end of the afternoon, they're all on the ground starting to die. It's not until the next morning that the birds come to eat them.

This picture is a couple weeks old. I know, it's not scrapbook related or anything. I just think it's interesting.

Trick or Treat

Here's a new layout using some of The Cutting Cafe's digi stamps:





Boo Crew Frame Set
Happy Halloween Huge Circle
Halloween Card Borders - I printed this on a transparency and attached it to the top of the photo with mini staples.
The "2008" is a Technique Tuesday stamp - All Year Long
Paper is new Sassafras Lass Amplify

Thanks for looking!

Crunchies

Trent has a difficult time with some words. He's been in speech therapy since Kindergarten.

Fancy Pants All Fall

6 (Happy Birthday)

For Bitten by the Bug this week, Regina asked us to use the present cut from Pooh and Friends. I also used this great Happy Birthday background stamp from The Cutting Cafe.



The "6" is from Alphalicious.

All cardstock is Prism. By the way, I was asked to be Guest Designer in October for Prism Cardstock. I LOVE their cardstock. If you have never tried it, you must. Besides all the beautiful colors, it also has a subtle texture that you can still stamp perfectly on it.

Halloween Black Squares

Here's another project using stamps from The Cutting Cafe. This is using Halloween Black Squares.

This is also one of the cards we'll be making for my next class.

I know something & blog candy winner

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful comments. Robin was chosen at random for the Technique Tuesday stamps. Yay, Robin!

Now, to answer a few questions about the Graduate layout:

Yes, Liberty went to Petsmart for obedience training. I would have to say she barely passed. ;)
She didn't get to keep the cap, it was just for the picture.
The paper I used was BasicGrey June Bug.

and now here's a layout. I always like to have a picture for my blog posts....

Scenic Route, October Afternoon, Making Memories and I love those chipboard gears from Magistical Memories.

Thanks for visiting!

The Graduate & Blog Hop

It's time for another blog hop for Bitten By the Bug. This week, Regina asked us to use the ribbon Paper Pups cart. The first thing I thought of was when Liberty graduated the Petsmart classes.


All you have to do is just leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win this set of Technique Tuesday stamps:


When you're done, please visit Penny's blog for another chance to win more goodies. I'll choose a random winner by Friday.

Thanks for stopping by. :D

Simply the Cutest Thing Around

CuHere's another cut from The Cutting Cafe. I think that arrow is so cute!

Winner of Cutting Cafe cuts

Random.org chose two winners. They are: Terri and Jaspere. Terri, I'll send you the pumpkin cut and Jaspere, I'll send you the school house cut.

Thanks everyone for all your kind comments.

Here's a layout:


I saved several tags from the school clothes this year.

My Mom is a fames scrapbook werker

I found that sentence on some of Trent's schoolwork. He was writing sentences about his home and his family.

Reading that made my day!

I asked him what made me a famous scrapbooker and he said, "'cuz you're really good!" Ok, everybody say, "awwwwwww....".

The layout below was ripped apart three times before I finally decided to just accept it. I worry and fret over every little detail of every page I do but in actuality, my son doesn't really care. He thinks my pages are awesome (fames) anyway.

Searching for the Perfect Pumpkin

Here's a new cut at The Cutting Cafe. Isn't that little pumpkin cute?

I'm doing a give away for both of these cuts! The School House cut is from my previous entry. Leave me a comment and I'll draw two winners on Sunday. Let me know which cut you'd prefer. :D

Back to School House

I am so excited to announce that I am now designing projects for Regina at The Cutting Cafe. Here is my first item:

The school house, the apple, the pencil and the "Welcome Back to School" title is all from her site. Check out all the great digi stamps she has.

Thanks Regina!

Also, I'm going to be giving away the Back to School House cut on Sunday. If you're interested, all you have to do is leave a comment on my blog. I'll let random.org will pick a winner.

Last week's card

Ooops, I forgot to upload last week's card for Bitten By The Bug.

We were to use the scallop tag from the Celebrations cart.

Girl Power

Flair Fresh & Fabulous

Free Sunday

No work today. Whew! It's nice to have a day off on a weekend.

We watched a couple movies today and now Erik is making hamburgers on the grill. Actually, he's making Juicy Lucys. I think it was a Man vs. Food episode where restaurants were putting cheese inside the burgers.

School started last Thursday. My youngest is now in Kindergarten. :(

Here are some layouts:

October Afternoon Ducks in a Row Katrina's teacher gave us this note the day before school started. I cried just reading it.

BasicGrey June Bug


Crate Orbit

Webster's Magical Wishes

Blog Hop winner

Sorry, I didn't get to this yesterday. I was sick and in bed most of the day.

Random.org chose Lisa as this month's winner! Congratulations Lisa and thanks everyone for stopping by and leaving a comment.

October Afternoon

If you're looking for the blog hop, it's in the post below.

Here are a couple October Afternoon layouts I completed today.

Cherry Hill


Road Map

Another Blog Hop with Candy

It's that time again! Bitten by the Bug is hosting a blog hop. Make sure you hit all the blogs and leave a comment.

Regina asked us to use the couple from the Going Places cart. Since I've been working all week with new Technique Tuesday stamps, they were the first thing I thought of when I saw the challenge she gave us.


New stamps are Oh, Brother!, Friends Forever and My Sister.

Leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win this:

Little Yellow Bicycle journaling cards and BasicGrey brads.

Now, go to Shelly's blog here for another chance to win.