MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT....

so is your little trick or treater ready for tomorrow..I know my little one is....and since it gets dark early, we are hitting the streets (he he he) early...like at 6:30...early out EARLY IN...

anyHOO, here is yet another Christmas Card using the following CUTTING CAFE SETS:
BULBS FOR THE TREE
ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS
This card kind of has a babyish look to it....I think...have a great Friday...hugs

BBTB BUG HOP WINNER.........CHRISTMAS WISHES.....

MY WINNER of 6 CUTTING CAFE FILES is:

jan farnworth said...

wonderful projects.

CONGRATS JAN on winning 6 sets from THE CUTTING CAFE....okay on to my CHRISTMAS PROJECT:

I am on a roll and I am loving it....I just released 3 more sets over at The Cutting Cafe....and this card uses 1 new set and 1 older set...The bulb is from the new set called BULBS FOR THE TREE....check it out here. Normally I send out store bought Christmas Cards...because I just have way to many people to send cards out to....SO...if I keep on this roll, I might just be able to send out half and half...YIPEEEEEEEEEEE....Anyways, I used some old but oh so yummy My Minds Eye paper on this card and lots of LIQUID PEARLS...love that stuff..the CHRISTMAS WISHES sentiment is from a set called FANCY HOLIDAY SEASON...

365 CHALLENGE....WINTER BUTTERFLIES...MY GD PROJECT

IF YOUR LOOKING FOR THE BBTB HOP CLICK HERE.....

Hello everyone.......Here is my take on one of the challenges from 365 CARDS...here is the sketch we had to base our card on....check out the other ladies projects...super awesome...AND...here is my take..I used some fun new IMAGINISCE Christmas paper along with some new BASIC GREY Christmas paper....the HAPPY HOLIDAYS background is from the Cutting Cafe as well as the SNOWFLAKE AND BUTTERFLY...the Christmas swirl on the left side is Basic Grey...Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting me...HUGS

Next up is my part 2 of the CHRISTMAS TREE I decorated..you can find that here....here is what I did with the negatives from the TREE ORNAMENTS...I used the stationery box from the cafe site and the all about christmas set....fun and quick project

2 SKETCHES....MITTEN PROJECT..PART TWO OF GD PROJECT

Hello yall.....today I have the second part of my GUEST DESIGNER project up over at HALLMARK LADYBUGS...here is just a sneak peek.....You can click here to see the rest of the project.If your looking for the BBTB HOP INFOR...CLICK HERE

Have ya been to 2 SKETCHES this week....those fabulous ladies over there KAZAN AND LAURA have THE CUTTING CAFE as their sponsors this week and OMG OMG OMG...their design team rocks big time....you can see all of the amazing projects here...I decided to try my hand at KAZAN'S sketch myself...I started out sticking to the sketch to a T...and then I went off course...sorry ladies...but here it is anyways...I used the MITTEN SHAPED CARD from the Cafe site and some yummy Doodlebug glitter paper as well as some Cosmo Cricket Christmas paper..love that stuff...The warm winter wishes is from the Christmas Circle set 2 over at the Cutting Cafe..

BLOG HOPPING..GUEST DESIGNER AND MORE

Hello everyone...I have loads to share today....

First up, I wanted to thank Sandi Kelly for featuring me over at her FRIDAY MORNING CLUTCH....Every Friday Sandi interviews a different person.....it is an awesome site and I was so very honored to have been interviewed last week....you can check that out here....Thanks again Sandi you're the best and thank you again to all of you that left me a comment...I truly appreciate all the kind words...Make sure you all visit her site each Friday to see who will be lucky to be interviewed next...

Next up, I am very excited to announce that I am the Guest Designer this week over at HALLMARK LADYBUGS....which is the blog for HALLMARK SCRAPBOOK....Here is a sneak peek at my project featured over there....Go check it out....Lastly but surely not least, it is the BBTB'S monthly BUG BLOG HOP and we are surely hopping...with a few girls giving out some BLOG CANDY and you know we all love CANDY....any type really....(smile)....

The challenge this week was to use the tag from the STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION cartridge...Another of my favorite cartridges...I didn't do a huge project featuring this cut because I really needed to finish up this little Halloween project for a close relative...so I just made a little tag on the box...but hey, the challenge this week was not only to use the tag, but to use it in a FALL OR HALLOWEEN type project...so I think I'm good....I used the CUPCAKE box from THE CUTTING CAFE for this box....and the HAPPY HALLOWEEN circle and sentiment is from the HUGE HAPPY HALLOWEEN CIRCLE SET..............SO what kind of candy can ya win from me....well you can choose any 6 sets from THE CUTTING CAFE....yes that is ANY 6 sets..
I will choose 1 random winner this Wednesday night...Now I am going to send you to the way FABULOUS and oh so lovely CAROLE LOWE BEATH...I have known Carole now for gosh at least 1 or 2 years...I am so happy to be able to call her my true friend....Click here to see what she has waiting for you....

HERE IS THE LIST OF ALL OF THE LADIES THAT ARE IN THE HOP...IN THIS ORDER...

REGINA
CAROLE
DEEDEE
SHELLY
SHARON
MARINA
HEATHER BINNIE
DONNA MUNDINGER
MICHELE KOVACK

CHRISTMAS ALREADY...A FEW PIC'S

Gosh Christmas cards already...what happened to Thanksgiving...I couldn't help myself in creating two little projects using some new releases over at The Cutting Cafe...This first card uses the set called CHRISTMAS LONG PHRASES....I love this set...and I am sure I will be using it a lot...great for adding a little border here and there on projects...The red paper is from Imaginisce's new Christmas line...My next card is from a new set called CHRISTMAS ALL AROUND....I had first intended on making this card really masculine, but it kind of got a little girlie but hubby will still like it and I am sure he will MEET ME UNDER THE MISTLETOE...Next is a few pictures of our last week trip to Apple Hill to buy some apples and apple pie, plus pick our own pumpkins:And last but not least is a few pictures from my daughters HUGE birthday sleep over..the picture with all of the girls is missing 4 girls..one couldn't spend the night and 3 others...well let's just say that you can't have too many girls in one house...there is bound to be DRAMA...so they left...anyhoo she had a ball....not sure if I would ever let her have another with 9 girls sleeping over...YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...stay tune for pic's of her PINK, BLACK, PURPLE one...will get some pic's soon..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU......365 CARDS UPDATE

UPDATED POST...365 cards is having a challenge using half circles...so here is my take.....

We all know and love that HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU song.....this card features one of the many new Cutting Cafe sets that were just released...I released several Christmas ones, with many more to come...so I will be doing a few Christmas projects shortly...Anyways like I mentioned, we all know the HAPPY BIRTHDAY song..this printable stamp set called HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU..is a really cute little set...there are blank spaces for you to fill in the birthday persons name and their AGE....plus it comes with a cupcake to use as is or paper piece together.....

Next is just a fun little Christmas box that I made using the SQUARE BOX WITH DIVIDER template over at the Cutting Cafe...I so want to this year make a bunch of cute little boxes that all match my Christmas tree...anyHOO, the clear Christmas poem comes from a new online business that my sister Rene will hopefully be opening soon....She will have a bunch of poems on clear paper as well as other sentiments...I will keep ya posted on that....have a great day...hugs

NOT ALL MONSTERS ARE UGLY.....

I couldn't resist using this title for my take on the new challenge over at the BBTB....the challenge was to use the MONSTER from the PAPER DOLLS CARTRIDGE...this cartridge has so many fun, cute cuts on it....If you don't have it, you can pick yours up at HALLMARK SCRAPBOOK....that is where I get ALL of my cartridges...I decided to make my MONSTER out of pink glittered paper...then I added some fun flowers to it....the huge circle HAPPY HALLOWEEN is from a CUTTING CAFE set...you can view that here....

CUPCAKE WRAPPERS AND MORE HALLOWEEN PROJECTS

I guess you all are about done with me and all these CUPCAKES...but what can I say..I love cupcakes..so much that I am thinking about taking a Wilton class on cakes...WHOOOOOOOO SEEMS LIKE FUN...anyhoo, I finally had a minute to finish a new set over at The Cutting Cafe called CUPCAKE WRAPPERS...and boy did I go crazy....here are 3 that I made from the new sets...There are 3 new sets....the full set of CUPCAKES WRAPPERS...which comes with 7 sentiment wrappers and then there is a new set of just ASSORTED HOLIDAY SENTIMENT WRAPPERS...and finally a new HALLOWEEN TOPPER/TAG set....which can be customized....

I decided to do a HALLOWEEN theme, I used my shears to give this Halloween one a spooky kind of look and topped it off with a HALLOWEEN TOPPER.The next is just another fun cupcake wrapper....no sentiment on this one, but I did punch out some 1 inch circles and applied to the top...I wish I would have had some of those design scissors for making cutting pretty shapes....the sentiment (OH SO SWEET) IS FROM THE SWEET STUFF PRINTABLE STAMP SETNext is just one that shows that HEY CUPCAKES are not just for GIRLS...(middle one)
NOW THERE IS IS A CATCH BEHIND ALL OF THESE CUPCAKES...they are actually made of pancakes mix....I was making some pancakes for myself and couldn't wait to use the wrappers....so I just filled the muffin cups with mix and they came out PERFECT..my son totally loved them....talk about a quick way to make a cupcake......

Next up is a little project I did for scrapnfonts...they have this amazing set called lil pumpkins...it is way cute....the little container came from my son's new ipod player....perfect container for adding some goodies to...