BLD Fall Showcase...

Hey Everyone! Long time no blog huh?  Well things are starting to slow down a bit for me and my family since the big move!  Today I wanted to share with you some adorable digis available from BY LORI DESIGNS! 

These cuties definately get me in the mood for Halloween!  How bout you?  Check out the BY LORI DESIGNS BLOG to see more goodness from the talented design team.  Also there is a challenge going on right now.  To get in on the action click HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Stay tuned, there might be some blog candy coming your way!!!

Tootsie-Pop Pumpkin!!!

Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! I don't have a card to share today, about 3 weeks ago our basement flooded and all of my craft stuff has been put into totes until we get new carpet etc...the good thing is that none of my craft stuff was ruined...the bad part is I need all new furinture in my office and I cant do much crafting without a desk. I did manage to save my markers, some stamps and paper from being packed away so I have been able to do some colouring. I'll be way ahead of the game once things are back in order!!!

Anyway so I thought I'd post a little crafty project that my daughter and I did on Halloween day. I saw it on some talk show and we thought we'd give it a whirl. It was super easy and surprisingly fast. All you need is a pumpkin, a whole bunch of suckers and a drill (oh and maybe an extra set of little hands to help assemble!)

I purchased a very large bag of the 'mini' tootsie-pops and used a drillbit a little larger than the stick so they would fit into the pumpkin easily.

I drilled a bunch of holes until my wrist started to buckle (yes, its hard work drilling hundreds of holes into pumpkins, lol, I'm only used to crafty tools)...anyway I scattered them all over the pumpkin and let my daughter fill in all the holes. I repeated this until all the suckers were gone!

It kept her busy for quite a while!And we were both very happy with the finished product! Makes a great centrepiece. We got many comments on the Tootsie-Pop Pumpkin, all the kids thought it was very cool and they liked that they got to choose their own sucker! It think this will be a new Halloween tradition!
Anyway, I'm hoping to get some cards up soon enough. Lucky for some on-line purchases coming in the mail I'll have some new paper to play with...I just might be able to 'McGuyver' a card out of the few things I've scrounged together. Stay tuned!

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Trick or Treat.....

Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a great weekend! Today I've got a CA-UTE image to show you! Meet Mummy Marvin from By LORi Designs!! I'm slowly getting ready for Halloween. My kids are pumped and have their costumes all picked out and ready to go. I've been refraining from picking up halloween treats that tempt me everywhere I go! I did cave to the little mini 'classic chicklets'...I figured its gum not candy so thats ok!...right...lol!

Anyway, my card featuring Mummy Marvin was put together with some left over scraps of very old Basic Grey papers. I kept it clean and simple and added some linen thread for some added texture. The trick or treat sentiment is from Me & My Big Ideas - woven labels. Marvin was coloured with my copics: E000,00,11,35,50,51,53,55,R20,B91,95,97,YR 12,18

Today is 'Tuesday's with By Lori Designs' so don't forget to hop over the the By LORi Designs Blog to check out some FABULOUS creations from our desigers!

Enjoy your week! Thanks for stopping by!

A cute little Boo...

Happy Fall y'all!!! I can't believe summer is over, the kids are back in school and the leaves are already turning! Waaaaaaaahhhhh! I love fall but I'm NOT ready for Winter to come! Lets get through Halloween first, but its hard when the stores are already stocking shelves full of Christmas stuff! Eeck!

Anyway, I'm slowly starting to get back into my crafty cave now that I have a 'bit' more time on my hands...today I'm showing you an adorable littte 'Boo' from By LORi Designs!!! How cute is he? This reminds me of the movie E.T. (not a huge fan, it totally scared me as a child)...but when they dressed him up as a ghost for Halloween and had him waddle around I thought it was too cute. This little ghost is part of a set called 'Peek & Boo' and can be found HERE along with many more adorable NEW images to play with!

Here's a close up of my colouring to show you how you can create the 'pleating' effect in the sheet. I used copics C0,1,3, and a bit of 5,for the deep shadows, and blended it out quite a bit with C00.
I'm entering this into the current MOJO MONDAY Sketch Challenge! Click here to see the sketch and play along! Also Papertake Weekly has an 'Anything Goes' Challenge! I'm playing along with that too!

Well, I'll be visiting with lots of family this weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving! To all my Canadian peeps, I'm wishing you happy and safe Thanksgiving! I know one thing I'm thankful for....YOU! Thanks for stopping by today!

Krista

Check this out.....

Happy Saturday everyone! Today I wanted to share with you the brand new release over at By LORi Designs! A whole new crew of incredibly cute halloween images!!!! Check them out:

I haven't made a card with one yet but I plan to get my hands inky this weekend and play! It has been nothing but RAIN RAIN RAIN all week here and it doesn't look like its going to let up any time soon so I'm bookin' it to my craft room! All of these cute little halloween cuties can be found HERE!

Also wanted to share with you some school time cuties! There's tons of cute little back to school images available to purchase HERE! Perfect for Teacher thank you cards etc...

For my card I used School Time Lucy and School Time Landon Puddle Jumpers! You can find them HERE!!!

Well things are starting to get back to normal around here with school back in session! That means I'll be able to dedicate more time to my hobby! YAY!!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I hope its sunny where ever you are!

Halloween Princess!

Today I'm posting one of my favorite Halloween cards featuring Princess Chloe from Claudia & Co. Stamps. She is one of the latest Puddle Jumpers created by Lori Boyd and I looove her!!! I totally had the exact same little pumpkin treat holder when I was little. I would cram all the candy possible into that little round bucket...lol!!!

I added some of my own treats to Chloe's pumpkin bucket, and covered it with lots of glitter!!! I've been holding off on buying our candy this year so I don't dig in and have to buy more the night before...anyone else have that problem?...lol...

Make sure to come back and party with us for our 1st preview of the Winter Party Release on Friday!

Have a great night, thanks for stopping by and I hope all of your little 'trick or treaters' have a fun and safe halloween!

Howdy Partner!!

Today I'm posting a card featuring the adorable Cowboy McCoy from Claudia & Co Stamps. This is one of the latest Puddle Jumpers created by the sweet and talented

Lori Boyd!

I decided to colour him up to resemble 'Woody' from Toy Story. My son looooooved these movies and has all the characters. He's outgrown them now but won't give up the toys nor will I let him...lol!!! They'll go in a tote and have fun in the attic til someone else can use them!
I knew I had some left over Disney paper from scrapbooking so I dug around and found some that went perfectly! The little treat bag that he's holding in my card is actually a freebie download for all customers who purchase Cowboy McCoy and Princess Chloe. You get 3 free little digi treat bags to mix and match with each stamp!

Don't forget we still have a great challenge going on and there's lots of time to play! Click HERE for all the details!

I'll be posting another card with the adorable Princess Chloe in a while and make sure you come back on the 29th. Thats when we start previews for our huge Winter Party release! Is it ever gonna be a party!!!!!!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

Challenge #5 at C&Co!

Our theme for this month's challenge at Claudia & Company Stamps is:

The Color ORANGE, BUTTONS AND RIBBON!

I used Mr. Smiles for my card!

I coloured up Mr. Smiles using my copic markers and used lots bright fun colours to match the dp by Bo Bunny. I raided my ribbon jar and found a few that matched and the buttons I had in my stash. With Halloween a few weeks away, I think this is the perfect challenge!

Claudia and Co. Challenges are set monthly. We will post a new challenge each month on the 2nd Friday of every month.

We only have 1 rule....Use ONLY Claudia and Company Stamps!

We can't wait to see what you create!! Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Its Challenge Time...

At Baby Bud Designs!!!!

Today is very exciting as it marks our very first Challenge! It also falls on our Friday Freebie so everyone should be able to play along! Here are the details:

The challenge begins today (September 24th, 2010) and will close on October 20th at Midnight EST. So that means you have a whole month to play along!!!

The theme for our first challenge is

FALL/HALLOWEEN!

You can make up any card or project using fall colours, halloween cuties etc, as long as it falls in one of the two categories!

You can enter as many times as you like!

We would love to see you use a Baby Bud Design Image for your projects, feel free to grab the freebie today from the Baby Bud Blog!

One random winner will be selected to win 2 digi images of their choice from the Etsy Store!

The winner will be announced on Thursday October 21, 2010!

Here's my creation for the challenge:

I used the newly released Autumn, the Friday Freebie Fairy Orlagh, and Lady Baby Bug! Aren't they the cutest little trick or treaters on the block? Love those costumes! I used the new Bo Bunny halloween paper, my copics, lots of Star Dust Stickles and my MS border punch!

Be sure to play along, we'd love to see your creations! And, you have a whole month to play!!!!

Check out the adorable Fall/Halloween creations the Lady Buds have made for you!

Have a sweet day! Thanks for stopping by!

A brand new Baby Bud!!!

Today Baby Bud Designs is releasing a brand new image for Fall!

Meet Autumn!

She's all dressed up all ready to go trick-or-treating!!!

Here's my card I did with Autumn!

Be sure to check out the ETSY SHOP, she is available to purchase there along with the rest of her friends.

Check out what some of the other Lady Buds created with Autumn! SOOOO CUTE!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

A recipe challenge for you...

Today brings another challenge at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps! And this week is my turn! I whipped up a fun little RECIPE for you!

SCALLOPS, BUTTONS & BLING...oh my! (sorry I couldn't resist!)

This is Witchypoo! I just adore her! She was alot of fun to colour up too. I used my scalloped square nestie to mat her on & the base of my paper and the the purple cardstock is loaded with lots of glitter (there's my bling - it looks way better IRL!). I added some stickles to the skulls and of course I had to add a few buttons! Easy as that!


So be sure to play along with us this week. Just by entering, you could win your very own WichyPoo to play with! How fun! Check out the Krafty Girls samples!

Hope to see you tomorrow for the big spooktacular Hop!!!

Spooky sneek peek #2!

Welcome to day 2 of sneek peeks at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps!

Are you in the mood for Halloween yet? This should get you at least thinking about it anyway!

Meet Tommy Treats! I love how his bag is overflowing but he's still asking for more. Oh, those were the days of trick or treating. The best part was at the end when my brother and I would see who's pillowcase was the heaviest! Yes I said pillowcase...I think one year it looked like little Tommy's there, just brimming with treats!

I hope you're liking the peeks so far! I'll be back tomorrow with another one and a new Kraftin Kimmie Challenge and then on Sunday be sure to check in for the big blog hop! Always lots of fun and lots of prizes to be won!

Thanks for stopping by!

One spooky release...

Yes, its that time again....another round of 'sneek peeks' for the new August release at

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

This is one spooky release! It will get you all geared up for Halloween, or really want to make you fill your face with candy and chocolate....lol!

Anyway, today I'm introducing you to Halloween Miles & Maisy!

Aren't they fantastic? They're all dressed up ready to attend their little mouse halloween party! This release also comes with a whole bunch of fun halloween sentiments including this 'bite me' one that made me lol! I thought it went well with this image 'cause it looks like Miles is extremely offended by something or someone, or maybe he's trying to protect his beautiful Maisy? Hmmm, can you tell I'm reading the Twilight series? I'm on book #3 (Eclipse) and am looovin it. Anyway....I hope you like the card!

Make sure you swing by tomorrow, I'll have another peek for ya! And be sure to check out the rest of the Krafty Girls peeks too!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

2nd Chance for Blog Candy!

Hi there, a few weeks back I had posted some blog candy for the Humble Pie's Sweetie Pie Stamps blog hop. The winner I chose, 'SELENA', hasn't claimed the prize yet, so....I will be picking another winner and will post it tomorrow if I don't hear from her by tonight. Its such a cute little halloween card kit, I would hate for Halloween to pass by with this little bundle sitting on my desk waiting to be used!! Not to mention it getting packed away in a box during our move! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if your name has been picked. I will be choosing at random a comment from the original blog hop. Good luck! Also be sure take a look at the new Humble Pie Stamps Blog, and check out the ever so talented 'Bakers'!!! Have a great day!