Halloween Cards for the grandbabies :-)

Hello crafting friends. I would like to share with you the Halloween cards I made for my Sassy Princess Emma and my Little Rascal Derek :-)

Emma is 4 years old and is all about Minnie and the Disney Princesses. So with that in mind I made this card for her.  Oh yeah, she loves the colour purple :-)

 My little guy is 17 months old and doesn't really have a favourite colour yet, but he does love his teddy bears, so I made this card for him.  After all, who doesn't love the Care Bears? :-)

Halloween has come and gone for 2018, but I still have a last card to share with you tomorrow.

I feel like time is flying by faster and faster the older I get. So, with this in mind, maybe I should skip Thanksgiving decorating and go straight to Christmas :-)  It'll be here before you know it!

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween.

Till tomorrow,

hugs,

When Witches go Riding ...

... and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers,

'Tis near Halloween!

Hello crafting friends. Just thought I would share this little saying which is one of my favourites to put on the inside of Halloween cards :-) Take a look ...  

This 5" x 5" card is made using the Halloween Bubbly Girls from Yvonne Creations. The spooky landscape for the girls is an image from Google as is the inside of my card, with my favourite saying :-).  I stamped a couple of witches onto the background to emphasize the "riding witches" :-)



The next card, which measures 6.5" x 5",  uses the background from Yvonne Creations as well as the Bubbly Girls.  I decided to use the same background for both the front and the inside of the card.
The sentiment is from a very old Halloween stamp set, unfortunately I have no info on it.
Both the black and orange card stocks are from GinaK. The background images were printed onto Neenah Bright White card stock.  The Bubbly Girls were printed onto HP glossy photo paper.
I have a tip for you - the Cricut Explore has the darnest time reading the registration lines on glossy photo paper.  Turn the light in your room off, or close your drapes. It works perfectly every time so long as there is no other light reflecting off the photo paper. It took me a while to figure this one out :-)
 

Here is a close up of these cuties. I used pop dots to put in between each layer to add dimension to the card.
I think that these ladies are ready to get their Halloween party started! What do you all think? :-)

I have a few more Halloween cards to share with you, but I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I can only share them after Halloween :-), so be sure to come back and visit.

Till then,
Crafty hugs

Kiss the Girl :-)

Hello crafting friends.

It's my turn, today, to share a project using one of the many great svg files from

 Simply Crafty SVGs.

My little granddaughter is turning 4 in a couple of weeks and everything right now is about Ariel. She loves the Little Mermaid and even asked mommy for a Little Mermaid party. To go with this theme, I chose to work with the Dragon Castle SVG. Now you might be thinking that there are no dragons in the Little Mermaid and you're right, but that's the great thing about working with SVG's, you can personalize them any way you want.

This is what you get when you purchase this file. Everything that is in the castle as well as the fearsome dragon. This SVG file also comes with a bonus in the form of a Dragon Card.

Now let me show you what I did.

Yes, it is Prince Eric's castle :-) on their wedding day. I used the print and cut feature on the cricut to do all my image cuts. This box card measures 8" by 5.75", but remember it folds flat for mailing, so finding an envelope to accommodate it is not a problem. I made it on the larger side so that I could include all the characters I wanted.

 And ... Surprise! When you open the doors, you find the Happy Birthday greeting.

Isn't is fun?

I used a brick embossing folder for the walls and added small metal gems to the doors for door knobs. On this side, you have Ariel, Eric, Sebastian, Scuttle and Flounder.

On this side you have the goofy Max.  I also tore a small edge of sandy coloured cardstock and added it to the bottom of the castle to represent a small layer of sand. I cut a few pieces of beach grass and scattered them around. The doors (front and moat) were stamped with a background wood stamp.

On each side I continued with the "layer of sand" and beach grass.

On the back you have this fun shaped panel where you can write your personal message.

Although it may look complicated, this is a very easy card to put together. Besides if you feel a little lost, all you need to do is look at one of Sandy's video tutorials and you'll be on your way to completing your project without any problems. Sandy has an instructional video on all her files,  so help is always just a click away :-)

I hope you've enjoyed your visit today.  If you're looking for some beautiful cards, boxes or 3D decor items, please visit Simply Crafty SVGs. There you will find loads of wonderful files available for purchase and a few freebies too :-) While you there, take a few minutes to visit the blog and meet the rest of our wonderfully talented design team.  For your convenience, I have listed all the important links below:

Store

Blog

Facebook Page

Instagram YouTube Channel

Pinterest

Twitter

Till next time

Happy Crafting :-)

Tropical Christmas Greetings

Hello crafting friends and welcome back to

The Merry Christmas Challenge

Challenge #10 ~ Anything Christmas Goes

Optional Theme this week ~ Tropical

When I came upon this cute image, I knew I would have to save it because I would use him some day.  Well, today is the day :-)
Having grown up in Durban, South Africa, I spent my Christmases for many, many years on the beach.  We would get up early, open our presents and then head off to the beach where we met up with family and friends for brunch. And yes, I do think that a White Christmas is lovely ... on a postcard! :-)
 Well, enough about me, let me show you my tropical Christmas card.

Isn't he the happiest Santa ever? I don't blame him one bit ... I would be smiling like that too if I were heading to the ocean for some surfing :-)

Now let me tell you what I used to put this card together.

Card base is 6.5" x 5.0" - Recollections.
White, and Teal card stock - GinaK.
Memento Ink - Summer Sky - to sponge the sky
Memento Ink - Teal Zeal - to sponge the sea
Sand patterned paper - scraps drawer

Santa - .png - Google
Palm Tree - .png - Google
These were uploaded into the Design Space program and cut with a Cricut Explore.

I used the following dies to add to scene.
Small Beach Grass - io Dies
Sea Gulls - io Dies
Crab - Cottage Cutz
Puffy Clouds - Memory Box

Stamped greeting - Winter Cheer - Cardz TV

Now it's your turn to join in the fun.  Don't forget to visit our blog for more inspiration from the Tinsel Team.  Looking forward to seeing your festive creations.

Till next time,

Crafty hugs,

January Calendar

January Calendar

Hello crafting friends. Welcome to this week's challenge at PDE!

Challenge #202 ~ Bundle Up!

I have a calendar page to share with you today. This is the one of the  January calendar pages. 

Unfortunately, I don't really have details to share with you about this calendar page layout. All the papers were from my scraps drawer and I don't keep info on scraps. 

I hope you've enjoyed your visit today.  Come play along with us and make a project to link to our challenge.  Please take a few minutes and visit our blog to see what my DT teamies came up with for your inspiration.  You have till noon, EST on 12 December 2017 to link your project.

Till next time,

Happy Crafting

It's a Christmas Birthday

Hello everyone. How fun would it be to have your birthday on Christmas Day? Well, this is a question that is always met with mixed feelings. Some feel that it would be absolutely a joyous occasion to share your birthday with Jesus, while others feel that they would miss out on celebrating their birthday because the main focus at this time of the year is Christmas.  I can see both arguments have merit - for me it would be wonderful to share a birthday with Jesus, but I must admit I like my March birthday.  It's a little celebration at a different time of year so you don't go so long without celebrating. Having said this though, my birthday often falls during the Easter weekend!  In fact, I was born on Good Friday :-)

Well, that's enough about me! Now onto our challenge for this week, hosted by the Crafty Belles.

Challenge # 151~  Anything Goes

Our wonderful sponsor this week is:

Sparkle N Sprinkle

Prize: $15 Gift Certificate

Here is the card I made for my friend, using the gorgeous pre-coloured image called Christmas Candles from Sparkle 'n Sprinkle.

I used Cricut Design Space to print the image on glossy photo paper, and then to cut it.  I printed the image twice and fussy cut the rose of the second image.  I adhered foam dots to it for dimension.

This is a 5.5" x 5.5" card from Recollections.

Red cardtock is from GinaK.

On the inside I computer printed the sentiment which translates to:

Happy Birthday

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year!

I added a little holly with berries stamp and coloured it with copic markers, to give it a little extra interest on the inside.

Thank you for stopping by today. Now it's your turn to make a project, and link it to our challenge #151 for your chance to win our wonderful sponsored prize. You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 5 December 2017, to link your project to the Crafty Gals Corner blog.  And while you there, take a look at what my DT teamies made for your inspiration this week.

Till next time,

Happy Crafting!

So Thankful for You!

Hello crafting friends. I'm here today with the new challenge from Crafty Girls Corner, hosted by the Crafty Belles team.

Challenge # 149 ~  Thankful

Our wonderful and very generous sponsors this week are:

All Dressed Up

Prize: 2 Digital Images

Rick St. Dennis

Prize: 2 Digital Images

Here is my DT project for this challenge.

I used this sweet little scarecrow image called It's All About Balance by

Rick St. Dennis.  I flipped it and cut it using the Silhouette.

List of supplies used to make my card:

5.5" x 5.5" card base - GinaK cardstock

White cardstock - Bazzill Linen Paper for stitching

White cardstock - GinaK for stamping

White cardstock - Copic X-Press for printing image

Image - It's All About Balance by Rick St. Dennis

Copic markers to colour image & small leaves

Faber Castell Polychromos to colour stitched leaves

Cricut Design Studio to flip, print and cut image

Silhouette to cut the little leaves

Stamp from Lawn Fawn - Forest Feast

I'm so glad you stopped by today. Now it's your turn to make a "Thankful" project, and link it to our challenge #149 for your chance to win one of the prizes from our  wonderful sponsors. You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 21 November 2017, to link your project to the Crafty Gals Corner blog.  And while you there, take a look at what my DT teamies made for your inspiration this week.

Till next time,

Happy Crafting!

1st Day of Senior Year at University

It's been a tradition that I started many years ago to give my kids a back to school card at the beginning of every school year. That continues even when they go to college.  Both my son and his girlfriend are Seniors at their respective universities this year, so I made a card for each of them.

This is the card I made for my son. I love this little book worm!
The card is a Silhouette design #45956.
The words were weld and cut using my Cricut Explore.

And here is the card I made for my son's girlfriend. I had to add some pink to it :-) 

The card is a Silhouette file - design #87105.

I tweaked the beige backing of the books from the same file as I used for my son's card and added it to this one. It made the books pop more :-)  The words were welded and cut using my Cricut Explore.

I wish them both loads of success this Senior Year and pray that God guides them as to what comes next so that they are able to kick start their careers.

I will share my last back to school card with you tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by.

1st Day of Pre-K3

Hello bloggie friends. I have a card to share with you today that I made for my little granddaugher Emma.

To make this card, I used a couple of Silhouette designs, School House #64923 and Greeting #63435.  Since she loves Minnie and Daisy, I imported these royalty free images from Google into my Cricut Design Space and print 'n cut them. I used foam tape on the back of each to make them pop up.

I printed all the cuts on glassy photo paper so it would be sharp and bright.

My little Emma love her card, so mission accomplished!

And I'm happy to say that although she only started last week, due to Hurricane Harvey's visit, she is loving it!

I would like to play along at the following challenges:
Createful Hearts - Anything Goes
Let's Craft and Create - Anything Goes - Option Child's Play
D.L.ART - Back to School

I have a few more back to school cards to share with you in the next few days.
Till then,

Happy Fall!

Art Deco Masculine Birthday!

Happy Friday crafting friends!

It's time for challenge #6 hosted by The Mailbox Smiles team at Cardz TV.

As always, our challenge is Anything Goes.

Prize ~ A stamp set from Cardz TV.

Crafty Ingredients:

Card base - Recollections - 6.5" x 5" - white

Red and black cardstocks - GinaK

Tattered Lace Dies - Art Deco Card

Vintage Car - Cricut # M37EB8

Gems from stash

For my stamped greetings, I used the "Good Times" stamp set from Cardz TV.  It's my go to stamp set for birthday cards because of it's great variety of birthday messages and I love the font too!

 You can view and/or purchase this and other Cardz TV stamp sets HERE.

Remember, that you could win a fabulous stamp set just by playing along with us! Our challenges run for two weeks, so you have till noon, EST on 27 July, 2017 to link your project to the Cardz TV blog.  Remember, for more inspiration, please visit the blog and take a look at the beautiful projects my very talented DT sisters made for you.  Can't wait to see all your beautiful creations!

Till next time,

Merry & Bright at Crafty Gals Corner

Hello crafting friends. Hope you're all doing well!
Time for a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner!

Challenge #124 ~ 2+ Patterned Papers!

Our sponsors this week are:

Star Stampz

Prize: 3 Digital Images

Morgan's Art World

Prize: 3 Digital Images

For my DT card today, I used a digi called Cup of Cocoa by Star Stampz, and made this card for Christmas. I enjoy watching my Christmas cards stash grow :-)

Crafty Ingredients:
Card base - Recollections card/envelope pack - 5.5" x 5.5"
Green and white card stocks - Bazzill
Image printed on X-press It card stock and coloured using Copic Markers
DP's & ribbon - all from my scraps 
Tag and tag shadow cut using Cricut Design Space
Stamped greeting - Cardz TV stamps - Tiny Tidings
Stamped sentiment - Great Impressions - Fancy Merry & Bright

Thank you so much for stopping by today.   Now it's your turn to make a project, using 2 or more patterned papers,  and come  play along with us.   You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 30 May 2017, to link your project to the Crafty Gals Corner blog.

Till next time, happy crafting!
Hugs,