In honor of Halloween...

I thought that I'd post another Halloween creation! As I've mentioned before, I just love Halloween! And I'm sure that you'll be sick of it by the time it rolls around if you keep up with my blog :)

Over at SCS the technique this week was to make a mini pizza box. I just had to do it! They are so darn adorable! I'm sure that I will be doing some more of these for Halloween. They are perfect to give out little treats in. And they are super simple to make!!

You take a piece of paper that is 6" x 10" long. Score in 1" on each side of the long side. Turn it 1/4 turn and score at the 1", 5", 6" and 10" marks. You will make cuts on the 1", 5", 6" and 10" marks to the 1" score line. Fold the flaps in and tape and you are done. If my directions are confusing (sometimes I know what I want to say, but my fingers cant type it out right) then click here to take you to the link and the directions.

For my box I used some DP from K&Company and the Trick or Treaters set from TAC. I punched out the different layers of Only Orange and Basic Black with my Marvy Mega & Giga Scallop Circle punches. I hope that you all try it, I'd love to see what you come up with.

This is another little treat holder that I made. It was another quick and simple thing. I've made a few of these and I really don't follow any direction - I just cut and score. But I think that maybe on the Scor-Pal site they might have some direction. They have lot's of projects you've got to check out!!!

The treat holder is made with Basic Black paper. I punched a hole in it with my 1 3/8" circle punch. It will fit over the top of a water bottle.

I stamped the images from my Trick or Treaters and Spooktacular TAC sets. I colored in the images with pencils and gamsol. I added some stickles to the moon and the booglie eyes to the images. I thought they looked cute with some booglie eyes. Thanks to my Mom for the licorice. Her and my dog, Ginger, love that stuff!!

Well - that's all that I have today. If for some reason I don't make it back tomorrow I hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend!!
Hugs,
Joani

Ü Happy Friday Everybody!

Woo Hoo it's Friday! For some reason my internal clock has been telling me most of the week that it's Friday, but I'm glad it's here.


I've been a little busy working on some cards to show you. But for some reason I don't feel like they are just right. I'm thinking that a trip to the scrapbook store is called for. I'm in need of some new paper.


As I've told you all before, I am a lover of Halloween and Fall. So that's why your going to be seeing a lot of Fall cards. I'm almost done with Halloween ~ but my DD came up to me the other day and told me that she likes all her teachers this year. So you know what that means? Yup, I get to make little teacher goodies. Last year she only liked one teacher, so I was off the hook. Looks like I'm going to get busier than I thought!



I made this card to send out for a RAK. I wanted to use only theangelcompany™ products and they don't have any paper, so I thought well what do I have that can be used for Halloween? Then I thought about the Brighten my Day collection. It's got orange colors in it! Ok, not a traditional Halloween card, but I thought that with the black it would look nice.

I used a Basic Black for the base card and layered it with Only Orange and paper from my TAC™ Brighten my Day collection. I sponged black ink around the Only Orange layer. I stamped the images from my Spooktacular set and colored them with my pencils. I sponged Only Orange around the layer and adhered that to the card. The sentiment, also from my Spooktacular set I stamped straight on to the DP. I think that it turned out ok.

I'm sorry for the glare in this picture ~ I tried to fix it and couldn't. This is another stamp from the Spooktacular set. I think that these images are adorable!! And they fit nicely into the scallop circle punches!

I looked back thru some old SCS sketches and found this one SC179 that I thought might look ok for this card.

I stamped my image from the TAC™ Spooktacular set, punched it out with my Mega Scallop Circle punch and sponged Only Orange around the edges and added small black dots to the scallops. I then punched out a piece of Only Orange with my Giga Scallop punch. I lightly sponged black around the edges, then I added the black dot's to the scallops.


The base card was a piece of yellow paper that I had that's not too thick - so all the layers helps. I added a piece of Only Orange and a layer of DP from Heidi Grace. I then took some DP from SU! and layered that on to a piece of Basic Black and added the length of ribbon. The sentiment is from the Spooktacular set also. I stamped that with white ink onto black paper and layered that on to a piece of Only Orange and added that to the bottom right corner. Once the card was complete I added some orange stickles around the moon to give it a glow and I was complete.


This card is a mish mash of all things scrapped. I have a dear friend, who's name I wont mention ~ comes over and goes thru my craft room garbage because I'm bad about throwing things out. I have paper that I'm sure I can still use but toss out. So she goes thru it and punches out squares for her inchies. I've not got into the whole inchie thing ~ they are just too small for me to concentrate on. I tend to over layer, or over do. With inchies you have such a small space, I'm always thinking too big. Anyway, this card is "dedicated" to her ~ because I was good and used my scraps Ü

The base card is Basic Black. I layered it with a piece of Certainly Celery and Orchid Opulence. The DP is from Heidi Grace, Making Memories and Frances Meyer. The image is from A Country Welcome and I purchased that years ago. I think it's still available on their site. I colored the image with my pencils and gamsol. I sponged some Orchid Opulence ink around the edges, layered it and I was complete. This card was actually very fast and easy. I followed another sketch from SCS, which is SC194.

I do have another couple of cards to show you but I am going to wait until tomorrow ~ I don't want to overdose you in one day :)

Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow to show you more!

Hugs,
Joani

Just as I promised ~ here I am!

Good morning everyone! Just as I promised I've got some post's to show you.

But first, I wanted to give you a little peek at what is inside of the Fall Supplement from The Angel Company. Are they just the cutest little guys? If you would like to place an order just send me an e-mail. I'd be happy to take care of that for you!



Yesterday when I sat down I was still in Halloween mode, and I might be for a while longer. So you think that you can handle that? I just love Halloween. I will make "other" things too just so it won't get too boring for you....




Here is the first card that I made yesterday. It was super quick and easy. I had saved this piece of DP from SU! Ghostly Greetings to use on something. I just love the white webby flourish thing. So I used the bats from my TAC set called Spooktacular. I layered it on to a piece of Tangerine Tango and Basic Black, added the sentiment and I was done. Told ya, super quick and easy.









Here's another Halloween card... I got this new SU! set called Tableau of Terror. I don't think that they are terrifying, do you?

The base card is Tangerine Tango. I layered it with a piece of Basic Black and then 3 different stripes of DP from the Ghostly Greetings pack. I stamped the image and used my watercolor crayons to color in the image. I sponged Perfect Plum around the edge of the image panel then I layered it on to a piece of Perfect Plum cs. I then made the photo corners from scrap and adhered those to the panel.


For the sentiment and cute little bat those came from my Best Fiends set. I stamped the sentiment in Perfect Plum, sponged it and layered it on to a scrap piece of Perfect Plum cs and adhered it to the card. The bat is stamped in black directly on to the card.




Ok, now here is a card that has nothing to do with Halloween. I needed to make a card thanking my sister in law for her kindness towards hubby and I for our anniversary. We just celebrated our anniversary and she was very generous to us.


I wanted to make something pretty to thank her so I pulled out my A Beautiful Thing set. I just love this sentiment.


The base card is Rose Red. I layered it with Certainly Celery, So Saffron and a piece of DP from the Bella Rose collection. I used my Fiskars corner punch on it and added a length of Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon to it. Very easy and pretty. I'm sure that she'll like it.


Well ~ that's it for today. If there is something that you like, or something that you would like to see different please leave me a comment. I want to make sure that you all enjoy what you see, that you like to stop by my blog.


Hugs,
Joani

Good Morning!

Good Morning everyone! I hope today finds you all well.

Yesterday was not such a bad day. We drove out to see Betty where she was camping and took her TAC order to her. Not bad, huh? How's that for customer service :)

I wanted to get some crafting done, but the day seemed to slip by. I'm not sure where it went to. I looked at the clock last night and it was 7:00p.m. and thought "we didn't even have supper!" Time just sort of got away from me. I did have time to finish a card I was working on. I wanted to make a card for this weeks sketch challenge 192 over at SCS so I did. I'm in Halloween mode right now.

For the base card I used Basic Black. A must have staple at Halloween ~ and I have plenty of it!
I layered the card with paper from SU!'s Ghostly Greetings collection. I'm so going to get more to keep on hand because I'm sure it will retire.

I stamped the image from SU! Just Fiends set and colored it with my pencils and gamsol then layered it on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black. It looked a little lonely there so I stamped the sentiment from TAC's Spooktacular in white on black paper and layered that on to a piece of Pumpkin Pie I punched out with my scallop punch. I layered it on to the paper with pop dots, I think it looks much better.

Now lot's of you were asking for directions on how to make the tri-fold card that I made. It's very simple.

Take a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of paper. Score it at 2 1/2" and 5 3/4". On the 2 1/2" score line cut the paper down to 3 1/2" and on the 5 3/4" score line cut the paper down to 4 1/4". Cover each front section with DP or stamped cs. To make the belly band just use a piece of cs that is 6 1/2" and decorate the front with different punches or flowers, whatever is desired.

Told ya, very easy!

I think that today I will get some more crafting done - so hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post more to show you.

So far I've only got 4 people to play in my "Birthday Candy" game. Does no one want to play? I will run the game thru the end of the week and draw a winner on September 12th. You don't have to send me a card. Just make a card, post it on your blog and link it back to me. Make sure that you post a message on my blog so I know that you did it. Easy, fun and a chance to win some goodies for yourself.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Hugs,
Joani

A SpookTACular kind of day & gone to the birds!

Howdy everyone! I hope that your week's been going good so far! Yesterday was Doctor appointment day and run around day. Those day's just beat me - especially when it's 90 and humid out. Going in and out of the cool stores to the heat outside ~ it just kicks my rear! So today I figure that I am doing nothing but stay in and craft. The only time that I'm peeking my head outside is when the mail comes.

And speaking of mail..... I placed one of my stamper's group party orders on Tuesday. I figured that Monday was a holiday and TAC was closed, they might be a little behind. Well, I went in last night to check the order and it was shipped on Monday!!! It should be here today ~ that's so super quick! So later on today I'm going to be sorting and putting my packages together. I never would of thought it would be here that quick. I just love getting party orders in. I ooooogle over everyone's stuff and then make a list of what I "have" to get.....

Well - my hubby finally finished one of his projects the other day. He started off late spring with making a bird house. I have a weeping willow tree in the back yard that I hung a bird feeder in. I just love to watch the birds in the yard. So he thought that he'd make a birdhouse to go with the feeder. Then my SIL was tossing out her birdbath - I took it. So now I've got the bird bath and the feeder. So Hubby's been working on the birdhouse for a long time. It's just something that he tinkers around with in his spare moments. And it's funny ~ he started out making this little birdhouse and it got bigger and bigger. I teased him that it was no longer a birdhouse, it was a bird condominium! It's got 10 holes for 10 different compartments in it! It's huge! But I love it, and I love him for making it! So now, within a few feet from one another I've got the feeder, the bird bath and the condo all together.

He's such a joker - I told him to pose for the camera and this is what I got!

He knows that I'm always snapping pictures of everything. And some day I will have them all in an album - I've got to get another one. The one that I have is so full and heavy that you pretty much have to keep it on the table.....

But anyway - each "story" of the house is petitioned off inside. There are 4 "units" on the first floor, four on the second and then there is 2 "attic" units. He used actually roofing shingles on the roof. Then he got out the table saw and cut the little strips to make the "barn doors". This project has literally taken months of a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Of course I always have something for him to do. Like the hillbilly hangers.... He was working on those around the parts to the condo... But now it's done and he's happy.

Now, on to what I created....

A couple of weeks ago SCS had a tutorial on the Joy Fold card. I just never got around to making it until now.

As most of you know I am a lover of Halloween. It is my favorite holiday to decorate and send cards out. There are so many adorable Halloween images out there. No, I don't like the scary, creepy stuff. But I love the cute images, pumpkins and all the cute little kiddies dressed up trick or treating. It's so fun!

This card I made using a Basic Black base. I used the SU! Ghostly Greeting DP along with Pumpkin Pie and Only Orange cs. The images are from TAC's Spooktacular and Trick or Treaters sets. They are adorable!! I colored everything with my pencils and gamsol and I was done.

Today I hope to get some more Halloween or Fall items done ~ but I must first get off the computer to do so :)

I hope that you all have a wonderful day!!! And dont forget!!! I am running "birthday candy" for someone who would like to win a suprise!! See this post for more info!

Hugs,

Joani

Happy Friday & some blog candy.....

Happy Friday everyone! This week's gone by super fast!! Today was my DD's first day back to school. I got a little weepy the other night. I can not believe that she is already a junior in high school. It seems like just yesterday this little girl with pigtail's was crying because she did not want to be left at Kindergarten. Now, she's almost thru with high school. Seriously, where does the time go? I've never really thought of myself as old until now.

Ok, enough of that. Let's get on with business shall we?

Here's another card for the collection of Halloween cards. There is a TAC set of stamps called Spooktacular that I just love!! This card was made using that set.

I stamped the image and colored it in with pencils. I layered it on to a piece of Basic Black and then layered that on to a piece of K&Company orange candy glitter paper. I stamped the sentiment on to Only Orange cs with black ink and then layered that on to a piece of Basic Black and I was done. Super fast & easy. Another thing I think I mentioned the other day, I am adding a piece of white cs inside my cards. Just something about it makes it look a little more finished.


This little project is something that I wanted to show you for a while but really couldn't. This is the first little project I made for my Monday challenge over at Paper Wings. It is a tag book.

The front and back are just coasters that I covered with some DP from TAC's Sands of Time collection. The flowers I stamped are TAC's Gerbena Daisy that I stamped twice and cut out to add to the front of the book.

I punched the holes in it, used eyelets and ribbon to secure it closed.






The way that I folded the paper inside left the openings staggered from top to side. Each "page" has an opening with a tag pull out in it. And each "page" is decorated either with an embellishment or a stamp.

This little book is a perfect way to use all those little tags that come with the paper sets. I never seem to use those up.

Now, if you are interested ~ leave me a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on Friday August 15th thru random number generator and I will send you this little book.

Well ~ I'm off or now to blog hop a bit. I'm waiting for my TAC shipment to come in. It's always fun to rummage thru the box of new goodies!!

Have a great day & weekend if I don't get back here!
And remember ~ time goes by fast.... Take time to tell your loved ones what they mean to you!
Hugs,
Joani

Howdy everyone!

It's been a few days and I'm sorry! I've been busy at putting together my daughter & her friends brag books from their Florida trip. I made 2 brag books for them. I made the mistake of getting the 6 x 6 albums and not the 8 x 8. I find it harder to do the smaller albums. Each were 20 layouts long. Not too bad, but the pictures were 4 x 6 so I had some "creative" cropping to do.

If you scroll down to the bottom you can see it....

I wanted to first say that The Angel Company has another contest going on. This is a good one too! I will leave it at the top of my blog for you all to see and join in on. Nothing to buy, just enter the contest. Hey, you just might win!!

Here is a card that I made the other day. Like I said, I've been a little too busy to show you.



I am in a swap and the theme is multi stamps. You've got to use more than one stamp on a card. Well, this one I used 3. They are all from the same set from the Angel Company called "Pick of the Patch". I don't know about you, but with the kids going back to school it brings autumn memories. Well, at least I am wishing for autumn ~ I'm tired of the heat of summer!

Anyway, the card base is Close to Cocoa layered with Chocolate Chip and a creamy shimmer paper that I don't know where it came from!

I basically stamped all the images on white paper and colored them with my pencils and gamsol. I then layered the image panel on to the creamy shimmer paper and Chocolate Chip. I used my paper peircer around the shimmer panel, added a photo corner with some orange ribbon, added the arrow with the saying and that was it. Even with all the coloring it was a quick card.



And like I said before, ahhhh. Thoughts of autumn. It is my favorite holiday for sure! And halloween, I just love halloween! I love to make cards for it, I love to decorate for it.... Everything about it is just a fun holiday!! So here is the start of my halloween card collection this year.

I stamped the image from TAC's "spooktacular" set and colored it with pencils. It's kinda hard to tell in this picture. I cut around the image and placed it on to a peice of Basic Black that I punched out with my Mega Scallop circle punch. I layered that on to a piece of Punpkin Pie that was punched with my Giga Scallop circle punch and layered that on to a piece of orange cs that I sponged with black ink. All of that was layered on to a piece of Heidi Grace Jeepers Creepers dots paper. I love Heidi Grace!!

I added a photo corner with ribbon and the sentiment panel, added some dots with my gel pens and I was done. 2 down, lots more to go!!


I hope that you all have a wonderful day! I've got some more school shopping to do with a very picky 16 year old girl (who starts school this friday - woo hoo!!) so I might not be around for a couple of days!!

Have a good one!
Hugs ~ Joani