Halloween Shaker Easel Card

Hi Everyone...welcome to the weekend. Today I wanted to inspire you with this Halloween Shaker card I created using CottageCutz Dies from the Scrapping Cottage. I love creating shaker cards...so much fun. I wish I could show you better in the photo how the black glitter shakes around in the frame, pictures just don't do it justice.

You can see bits and pieces here in there that haven't fallen down yet, but you still just don't get the whole effect.

Want to know all the great dies I used for this card, here is the complete list.

Haunted House Border

Lamp Post With Sign ( yellow border interior of card)

Witch Castle Door ( Bats)

Have a great crafty rest of the weekend...

Hugs, Lori

Sunflower Days

Have you gotten your Fall card entered in The Beary Scrap Challenge yet?  If not you better get on the stick.  It' that time of the year to create fall creations and the best part is you might just win a $20 shopping spree with your entry.  Be sure to link yours up here , we'd love to see your work.

This weeks card was created using Authentiques Blissful Collection. Colors a little to bright for Fall colors...just ink your paper up with some Distress Ink and you'll be good to go. 

The handmade sunflower was made using Spellbinders dies, McGill tools and pad, McGill punch, glue and some patience.  Granted it took a little while to do, but really it's so stunning you only need one to set your card off, so what's a little time, right?  Oh and remember if it can fit in an envelope...it ain't a card, LOL. 

Hugs,
Lori

Happy Heartfelt Wednesday everybody.   Today I'm continuing to showcase the new Christmas Cheer Collection.  This cards features the Holiday Dove, isn't it just beautiful. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design teams creations...it's always worth the time for all the inspiration it will give you.

Hugs,

Kaiser and Heartfelt Creations

Good Morning Everyone.  I hope you all had a great crafty weekend.  Today I wanted to share a layout I did using the new December 25th collection and Heartfelt Stamps.  The combo worked great together.  All of the poinsettias are from Heartfelt and they really provided that extra little detail that I needed. 

Aren't the new Kasier sparklets just yummy in the center of the large flower...I adore them.  Talk about bling...they've got it.

See ya on Wednesday with a Heartfelt Day.

Hugs,

Ushering in the Season...FALL

We have a new challenge over at Beary Scrap and you're going to love it....HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!  I adore the season of fall, it's my favorite.  To me it's like everything is getting ready to go to sleep for the winter.  The colors are so deep and rich and hearty...love, love, love.  Can't you just smell the crisp air, the apples baking in the oven with a sprinkle of sugar and see the leaves starting to fall to the ground.  How could that not give you warm fuzzies all over. 

I used the new Authentique 6 x 6 paper pads (Glowing and Blissful) for this card.  I inked it up with a bit of distress ink to give a bit more aged look and to blend with the Fall colors I was reaching for.  That's the nice thing about distress ink...if your paper isn't quite what you want it to be in color or tone...ink that thing up.

This card also qualifies for the following challenges:

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge

Cheery Lynn Die Challenge

Hugs,

Happy Day

Today is hump day of the week and I hope all of you have a HAPPY DAY!  I created this card with Scrapping Cottages Airplane with Banner Die and My Little Shoe Box Papers.  Having a little boy in the house you know I had to make two airplanes...one for my card and one for the card he made beside me during scrap time.  What precious times. 

Remember to have a Happy Day and I'll see you soon.

Hugs,

Anything Goes Card, Cheery Lynn Challenge

I wanted to share this card I created for Cheery Lynn Designs current challenge...create anything using one of their dies...how easy is that.  Fingers crossed.....

Hugs,

Christmas Already?

The temperature is starting to drop outside, stores ares stocking fall decorations and Christmas is right around the corner.  The month over at KaiserCraft we are featuring our new holiday lines, December 25th and Silly Season.  This is a layout I did of my mother and I using the Dec 25th collection.

This is my favorite of theirs for the season as I just adore the traditional feel and the antique vibe...just up my alley. I also had to add one handmade flowers, of course.  This one was a bit different...I'm in to exploring all kinds of various handmade flowers right now if you couldn't tell. 

Don't you just love the rich colors from this line....it's just down right yummy.
Have a great weekend and I'll see you next week.

Hugs 

Girly Card? Not

This week over at Beary Scraps our sketch challenge continues.  The design team wanted to take a twist with the sketch this week and wanted to make non-girly cards.  For me this really was a challenge when it came right down to it...I adore pearls and handmade flowers...so what the heck. 

Here is my impression of a non-girly card...I still had to add some bling and a handmade flower, but tried to make it not quite so feminine.

 

Hugs,

How Many Dies Can You Use?

Scrapping Cottage has just released their Halloween collection and it's adorable.  I started making this mini book and planned for it to be just a couple of dies, but the more I did, the more I wanted to do.  I ended up using eight dies by the time it was over and had such a blast.  Below are all the pictures of the interior pages and a couple close up, plus a recipe with all the dies used. 

The paper is from My Little ShoeBox and it was the perfect match for the Halloween die....so stinkin cute. 

Lantern Tree

Gothic Frame with Witch

Spooky Iron Shelf

Trick or Treat Puppy

Frog Mini

Broom Mini

Lamp Post w/Sign

Viking Ride (border on cover)

Hugs,