"Fall Cuties"

Hello Whimsical crafters. It is time for another Whimsical Challenge. This week the challenge is to create a card/project and include an animal on it, must be fall themed. Here is my card:

The cute little squirrel is from Create A Critter. I used Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment from Peachy Keen to stamp his face. The barrel is from Doodle Charms, and the pumpkin and squash is from Freshly picked. The crow is an SVG cut from SVG.com. I used little chipboard pieces for the leaves. The were in a pack that my friend Joni sent me. Thanks Joni:) Of course the ribbon is Shabby Crinkle Ribbon from The Prairie Bird Boutique.

I have also created this card using Tanners Simply Everything Stamp Set Volume 1. The sentiments says Has Anyone told you That you are wonderful?! The stamp is from Stampin' Up and is retired. I used my Stampin' Up markers to color it and then added some stickles. All of the cardstock is Stampin' Up. The edges are distressed with SU Perfect Plum classic ink. 

This week we have two sponsors. Our first is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. Patsy will be giving one random winner a bundle of her beautiful hand died Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. Our second sponsor is Tanner from Mr. Cricut Crazy. One random winner will get to chose a stamp set from his stamp line.Thank you to our sponsors.

If you have been over at the Whimsical Wednesday Blog then you already have read that this is the last challenge for this term. Next week starts a brand new term with new challenges. I will also be making an exciting announcement..I can't wait to finally share it with you all! In order to have everything in once place, and to keep things organized, this will be the new home of the Whimsical Wednesday Challenges. They will still be every week on Wednesday, with most of the same amazing designers. To keep things easy for you all I will have a link to our current challenges on the side bar, so you will have to do is click it and viola you will be at the current challenge.

I am so happy, honored, excited, overjoyed, to announce that I have been chosen to join Cindy's new design team. Can you tell I am excited!??? Cindy is opening a new digital stamp shop, and will be having challenges every Monday with amazing designers showcasing her stamps. I am beyond excited for Cindy...it has been a long process and it is finally here. Many of you have seen some of her images already and they are amazing. Wait till you see all of the new ones she has designed, and now you will be able to get them too.  The first challenge will be on Monday November 7, and her shop is opening up any day now. So mark your calendars and be sure to join us at Cindy's blog.

We have so many fun things coming and can't wait to share them all with you, and for you all to join is in the new journey. I hope that all my awesome followers will help spread the word about the upcoming events.

Now hop on over to the Whimsical Wednesdays blog to see what fall cuties the oh so talented Whimsical Designers have created. We can't wait for you to link up and see your fall creations:)

Thank you all for your support and for stopping by. I hope that you enjoyed my project for today. Enjoy the rest of the week.

"Halloween Has Creeped Into Our Homes"

Hello Whimsical Crafters. It is time for a brand new Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! This week we our challenge is to create some Halloween or Fall  Home Decor. Here is what I created:

I decided to use one of Cindy's digital stamps called Pumpkin Patch Kitty, and frame it. So adorable! Wait till you see what she has been up to..get ready to see some of the cutest digis ever..it won't be long till you can get your very own:). The frame is from the dollar spot at Micheals. I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, and added some buttons and a bow. I colored the image with my prisma colored pencils, and added some stickles to the stars and the carved out parts of the pumpkin. That sweet sentiment "2 Cute To Spook" is from Tanners Halloween Town Stamp set.

I wanted to add that our Guest Designer Kate had sent over her entire project in addition to her sneak peek, and I once I saw her frame, I just knew that is what I wanted to do with Cindy's digi's. I just adore them...and my little one can not get enough of them. I have to be printing them out all the time so she can color them. The other day I got around to printing them all out 4 times each and binding them together with my cinch to make a color book for her. I know that this is Halloween decor, but is going to be a permanent fixture in my little Emily's room. Thanks for providing hours of uniterupted coloring for my little one Cin:), and to Kate for the fab idea!

This week we had the honor of using Tanner's, Mr. Cricut Crazy, Stamps. I also made a little treat bag and used a sentiment from his brand new Halloween stamp set:

I cut the bag from Once Upon A Princess, using the DCWV Ghost and Goblins paper Stack. The witch and the moon are from the Celebrate With Flourish Lite Cartridge. For the moon I used my creative inspiration paints to add some highlights, and then applied UTEE to make it shiny. The Shabby Crinkle Ribbon is from my sweet friend Patsy! The Happy Halloween Sentiment is also from Tanner's Halloween Town stamp set.

This week our sweet sponsor Patsy, from the Prairie Bird Boutique , is giving one random winner, who enters this weeks challenge, one bundle of her Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. 


Our second sponsor is the fabulous Tanner, from Mr. Cricut Crazy,
will  be giving one random winner who enters this weeks challenge their choice of one his stamps sets.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Please be sure to hop on over the the Whimsical Wednesday blog to see what the talented designers have brewed up for your inspiration. Thank you for stopping by today, and I hope you will join us this week!

Our Whimsical DT sister, Melanie, is having a week of giveaways over at her blog. Prizes include Cricut cartridge, Creative Charms embellishments, The Digi Bistro gift certificate, and more. So be sure to check it out too. Link to her blog is the sidebar.

We Have Winners!

If you are looking for this week's "No Tricks, Just Treats" Whimsical Wednesday Challenge click Here.

Hello Whimsical Crafters. I hope your weekend is off to a great start. It is a beautiful fall day here in NY.  Thank you all for participating in my Halloween week. I had fun sharing my projects with you, and it was nice to make some new crafty friends. All of the comments and the e-mails (from people who could not comment) names were combined and put into a bag for drawing for each of the days. Here is a list of the winners. Please contact me through the contact tab at the top of my blog so I can get your information and get your crafty stuff out to you.

Day One: Jolly Bingo Bits Stamp Set, Stampin' Up Treat Bags, and Tinsel String: Lisa said...
Stephanie! What a great idea - Halloween party - and with no calories -- yippie!! Your treat bags and matching cards are just adorable! I am a new follower and looking forward to stopping back to see more posts!!! Thanks for the party and the chance at great candy!!!
Have a scrap-happy day
Lisa G
http://lisa-scrappingspot.blogspot.com/

Day Two: Three bottles of glimmer mist, and 6 jars of creative inspiration paint: The winner was Diane (e-mail) Diane said (copied and pasted from e-mail): been trying to comment on the halloween week post for today but they keep dissapearing. I would have never thunk to use blocks for a project like that. What a great idea looks like you spent so much time. Cant wait too see the rest of the week.

Day Three: Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut Cartridge.The Archiving Angel said...Such a sweet layout. I really enjoyed you sharing that coloring technique. Your coloring by the way, is terrific.
Crafty best,
Sonia

Day Four: Two winners

1.Peachy Keen In Stitches 11/8 Stamp Set :Wendy (aka Roo) said...What a super fun idea!!! I love smores, so would love to get this;) Your little recipe card is just too cute!!!
Puppy Hugs,

2.Trade Fish Designs Got Leaves? Stamp Set:Mumsie said...Love the jar with the ghosts. I have never seen ghost peeps before! Now I am going to have to go looking for them.

Day Five: Vintage Twine from My Craft Spot: DonnaMundinger said...Love, love LOVE your project! That paper is one of my very FAVES! love that vintage twine, too. Fabulous, hon. xxD

Grand Prize Winner of Scrap'N Tote: This is a comment left from just day five, but met the requirements by leaving a comment each day of the Halloween week, and being a follower. Jessica said...Once again, amazing! I love the fussy cutting and dimension. How awesome that the stamp worked over the gritty texture! Love it! That homemade flower...do tell how you made that, please!
:O)
Jessica

Congrats to all the winners! I hope you enjoy your new crafty items. Thanks again for all your support!

"No Tricks Just Treats"

Hello Whimsical Crafters. Thank you to all who joined me for my Halloween week, and the Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. I am going to announce the winner of the blog hop at the end of this post, and on Friday or Saturday I will announce the winners from the Halloween week. Our Whimsical Challenge for this week is to create a bag, box, or any way to package up Halloween Treats.  Here is my treat container:

I used the milk carton from Regina's Halloween-Fall Milk Carton Template.  The files are available in WPC, PDF, and SVG so you do not have to have a cutting machine to use them. You can use your printer:) I chose the Witch Hat Milk Carton. I put clear craft plastic by Grafix behind the hat, so the candy does not fall out. I used Shabby Crinkle Ribbon, Little Boo, from the Prairie Bird Boutique, for the bow. The tag is cut from Elegant Edges, attached with Halloween Bakers Twine from Trendy Twine, and the witch is from Mini Monsters. I stamped the Witch's face using Monster Mash Face Assortment from PKS. The sentiment is from Happy Hauntings Stamp set from My Craft Spot. 

For this treat sack I just used the Celebrate It bags from my local craft store. I cut the Witches hat from Mini Monsters, and the frames from Elegant Edges. I glittered the shadow of the hat, and the stars, and added stickles to the brim. I used Tinsel String from The Praire Bird Boutique, and tied the tag that I printed from the Halloween Treat Just For You file from The Cutting Cafe.

Our first is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. One random winner will get to chose a bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon. Our second sponsor is Regina from The Cutting Cafe.One random winner will get to chose three files from her store. Thank you to our sponsors for their generous donations.

Winner Winners Winner!
The random winner for putting my Halloween Week Badge on their blog is:
Kelly S from Kelly's Crafty Life-$25.00 Stampin' Up Certificate
Random Blog Hop winner:
Dawn from Simply Dawn- Stampin' Up Score Board and Pack of Cardstock

To see what the amazing Whimsical Designers have created hop on over to the Whimsical Wednesday Blog. As always, thank you for stopping by and for all your crafty support.  

Whimsical Wednesday Halloween Blog Hop

Hello crafters! Welcome to the Halloween Blog Hop. Don't go away you are in the right place. I just changed my blogger name, and my blog look. With the exciting things that will be coming shortly, it will all tie in together. The name goes perfectly with my Whimsical Wednesday Challenges. Thanks to Madeline for doing another amazing job. I just love you girl! Okay now onto the hop, you should have arrived here from the Whimsical Wednesday Blog. If you just stopped in to say hi hop on over there and start from the beginning. You won't want to miss any of the details, or the fabulous projects that the Whimsical Designers have created!

I made some super simple Halloween Home Decor Candles for my mantle. I love the way they came out! For this project it is as simple as picking out some fun patterned paper, wrapping it around the candle (I used double sided sticky tape to adhere the paper), and embellishing as much or as little as you want. For my patterned paper I used the new Recollections Midnight Magic Collection. The gooey punch is Martha Stewart, and the bat and pumpkins are EK Success. I used Shabby Crinkle Ribbon from the Prairie Bird Boutique for two of the candles. For the other one I just added some trim I had in my stash. Those fun stamps are from PSA Essentials. I had a lot of fun using them. I love the ease of switching different stamps, and inks to use with the stamper. Here are some close ups:

Now onto our fabulous sponsors for the blog hop, and what they donated for blog candy. In order to be eligible for the blog candy you must visit everyone in the hop and leave them a comment. Once you have finished swing back over to Whimsical Wednesday and leave a comment that you have finished.

1. Trendy Twine: http://trendytwine.bigcartel.com/ Original Sample Pack
2. Trade Fish Designs: http://tradefishdesigns.com
/index.php?route=product/quickshopper Rest In Peace Stamp Set
3. Prairie Bird Boutique: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieBirdBoutique one bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon-you get to chose the bundle.

The grand prize for the hop is from PSA Essentials. It is a stamp package valued at $75.00 and includes the stamper body piece, a peal and stick stamp set, one customized stamp and an orange/black inker. 

Photos of all the fabulous prizes are on the WW blog.:)Thank you to all our sponsors for the great blog candy!

For my blog candy I am giving away the new Stampin' Up score board, and one 81/2X11 pack of cardstock (you chose the colors). 

This scoreboard is awesome and has a lot of features and extras that others scoreboards don't have. It is a must have for any paper crafter. Just leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog to be put into the random drawing:) Thank you for stopping by and hopping along. I hope you have enjoyed your stop here and got some Halloween inspiration. Don't forget to check out my Halloween week. You still have time to leave comments. Your next stop is the amazing Whimsical Designer Chloe.

 

Halloween Week: Day Five

I have a new blog and a new blog name. I thought it only fitting to change my name to Whimsical Designs since my challenges are Whimsical Wednesdays. I have some exciting things coming very soon and  I really wanted a fresh new look. Madeline has rocked it once again. I love my new look and it came out just how I envisioned it! Madeline is still putting some finishing touches to my sidebar, so you may still see a few changes here and there:)

Good morning crafting friends. I hope you have enjoyed the Halloween week. I know that there is a lot of issues with blogger, and many of you have e-mailed me letting me know that you can't comment. On any days that you e-mailed me you will be added to the drawing for that day, and if it was everyday then you will be added into the drawing for the grand prize as well. I am going to have to write all the names down and put them in a bag. So with that being said, I am going to leave this opened until Tuesday night at midnight with the hopes that blogger will improve, or if not you can e-mail me with your comment. Please put in the subject line what day your comment is for. All the winners will then be announced next Friday. It is going to take me time to get it all sorted. The reason this post is even going up late is because I hit publish, and instead of publishing it deleted. Okay, now onto my project. I could not let the week go by without using my favorite paper line of all time..Halloween In Wonderland by Graphic 45:

If you are not familiar with this paper line, it is one of those that is so beautiful all by itself, that you don't need to add lots of embellishments. For the card I layered solid cardstock from Stampin' Up and patterned paper from the collection. I fussy cut Alice off of one of the pages and pop dotted her. The little Halloween sign is one of the cut outs. I used the Happy Haunting Stamp Set from My Craft Spot for the sentiment, and then distressed the paper with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Ink. I made the flower and put a little pearl in the center, sprinkled it with Diamond Dust, and finished it off by spraying my Tattered Angels, Huckleberry. I tied Vintage Twine around the bottom, also from My Craft Spot. I cut the little treat box the Yummy Cartridge, and the pumpkin from Gypsy Wanderings. I used Perfect Pearls on the pumkin, and stamped Hocus Pocus on the inside, also from the Happy Haunting Stamp Set from My Craft Spot.  The pumpkin is tied onto the box with the vintage twine.

I can't say enough good things about the quality of these stamps. I had first stamped the sentiment and then covered it with perfect pearls. It then became very hard to see the sentiment so I stamped right over where I had first stamped it and it still is perfect. Perfect pearls is gritty too, I never expected to be able to stamp over it:)
My sponsor for today is Kimberly from My Craft Spot:

She has donated a package of the vintage twine: Thank you KIM!:)

All you need to do is: leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. You will have until this Tuesday night at midnight to leave a comment under all the post from this week. All winners will be announced on Friday, October 14. For those of you who stop by everyday and leave a comment under each post for the week you will be entered into a random drawing and receive a Scrap' n Tote:

Tonight at 7:00pm EST is our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. The Whimsical designers have crafted up some wicked fun Halloween projects for you! We have a nice lineup of sponsors, and I am sure there will be some blog candy along the way.

Thank you for stopping by today. See all tonight:)

Halloween Party: Day Four

Good morning! Welcome to day four of my Halloween week. If you have not gotten a chance to comment on all of the post make sure you do so for the chance to win the Grand Prize, a Scrap n' Tote. Here is my ghostly recipe:

I love this recipe and think it makes such a cute Halloween treat to give someone. Here is the instructions for the jar recipe:

Layer all ingredients in a 1 quart jar:  One package of crushed graham crackers (once it is all crushed it is about 2/3 cup), layer the ghost peeps standing up in a circle depending on how wide your jar is it will be around 6 or 7 ghost. Now you will have a center in the middle of the ghost, pour your 1 1/2 cups of M&Ms, top it off with 1/3 cup brown sugar.

Here is the directions for your accompanying recipe card:

Spooky Ghost S’mores

Directions:  Pour contents into a bowl. Cut the ghost into small bits and add back to the mixture. In a bowl melt 1/2cup plus 2 tbsp of butter, then add 1 tsp of Vanilla. Add to the dry mixture and mix well. Pour and pat down in 8x8 baking pan Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Cool, cut into bars, and serve. If you need a little chill you can omit the vanilla, bake and then serve warm over ice cream, or use a blender to mix with ice cream to make a blizzard!

Once I finished adding the ingredients into the jar I topped it with some Halloween fabric, and then tied some raffia to hold it in place. I used K&Company Ghostly Greetings for the patterned paper...I love this stack,it is  my favorite this year. The ghost was cut from Paper Doll Dress Up, and I added a Peachy Keen face from Basic Paper Dolls Assortment-PK570 the little ghost is from the Nikkity Knack Cat Gang-PK-630. 

For today my first sponsor is Peachy Keen Stamps and they are donating their new In Stitches 11/8 Faces-PK-487:

My second sponsor for today is Trade Fish Designs.  I used their super spooky Halloween set, Rest In Peace, in yesterdays post. Here is a perfect set for the Fall/Thanksgiving season:

All you need to do is:leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. You will have until this Sunday night at midnight to leave a comment under all the post from this week. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 12. For those of you who stop by everyday and leave a comment under each post for the week you will be entered into a random drawing and receive a Scrap' n Tote:

Tomorrow night at 7:00pm EST is our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. The Whimsical designers have crafted up some wicked fun inspiration for you. We have a nice lineup of sponsors, and I am sure there will be some blog candy along the way.

Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow is my last project for the Halloween week, so don't forget to stop by. Now go whip yourself up some Halloween S'mores;)

Halloween Party: Day Three

Hello crafting friends. Today is our Whimsical Wednesday Challenge and day three of Halloween of my Halloween celebration. Today the Whimsical Wizards have created a Halloween themed LO, and have included some kind of technique and a tutorial. Your challenge is to create a Halloween themed LO and pick one of the wizards techniques to include on your page. You must include who's technique you used in your post, and a link to their. Here is my LO for this week:

This was suppose to be a two page 12X12 LO but I ran out of ink, so made a one pager. I have a really hard time creating a LO when I don't have the pictures in front of me. My sweet friend Cindy designed those pumpkins specially for me. I told her exactly what I wanted and the next day I had them. So super cute right. Thank you Cindy:) She calls them Silly Friends Pumpkin Patch. She created them so you can have them grouped together or individually like I have on this LO. Those stamps are from Trade Fish Designs, and are called Rest In Peace. They were the perfect finishing touch to the page. I used Shabby Crinkle Ribbon, from the Prairie Bird Boutique, to tie bows on the picture mats. Now for my tutorial. I get a lot of question about coloring so I thought I would do a quick and super simple coloring technique using colored pencils (any coloring pencils will do) and ordorless mineral spirits (you can use baby oil if you don't have mineral spirits). First you start by outlining your image.

I don't outline my entire image at once I do a little portion like above. Then I take my mineral spirits and put some on my blending stumps, the ones I use are called Blending Tortillons. You can find them at your local craft store:

Then you will take your blending stump and work from the outside of the image (where you outlined) towards the inside of the image from where you have outlined. This pulls the color causing it to get lighter and lighter.   If you are pleased with the outcome you can continue outlining the rest of your image and repeat the above step. Here is a close up of the pumpkin:

You can see the darker and lighter areas. I tend to go over areas more than once, and will add more color in areas where I want the image to be darker. This technique is a very easy way to get shading on your images, specially if you are just starting to color. I hope you will give it a try. If you have any questions just leave me a comment. Here is a close up of the pumpkin cuties:

Once I was done coloring them I added some chalk to the cheeks and crackle accents to the leaves.

This week's sponsor is Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique. One random winner will get to chose one of her Shabby Crinkle Ribbon Bundles. Be sure to hop on over to Whimsical Wednesday to see what the talented team has for you this week. 

For today my blog candy for the Halloween Party is this cricut cartridge:

All you need to do is:leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. You will have until this Sunday night at midnight to leave a comment under all the post from this week. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 12. For those of you who stop by everyday and leave a comment under each post for the week you will be entered into a random drawing and receive a Scrap' n Tote:

This Friday night at 7pm EST is our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. The Whimsical designers have crafted up some wicked fun inspiration for you. We have a nice lineup of sponsors, and I am sure there will be some blog candy along the way.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my little project, and tutorial.

Halloween Party: Day Two

Hello and welcome back. Today I am going to share with you a Halloween Home Decor project. I used wooden blocks, they measure 2x2, that I got from Micheals.

I did my best photographing these, sorry that it is hard to see the details. If you click on the photo it will enlarge. Here is what the blocks  looked like before I did anything with them:

I started out by spraying them with Haunted Shadows Glimmer Mist and then distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Black Soot ink:

If you don't have glimmer mist you could always use paint. I waited for them to dry a bit and then heat set them all for good measures. To adhere the green paper down I used Mod Podge, and once that was dry I painted them with Tim Hotz Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. I used my Silhouette for all the cuts. I created the font from my computer, and all of the other cuts are from SVG.com. I used the Elmhurst Hollow, and Hazels Wicked Witch Crafts SVG Kit's for all the rest of the cuts.

I painted the bat and spiders eyes red, with my Creative Inspiration paint. I used green stickles for the cats eyes, and tied a bow around his neck with twine from Trendy Twine. The white stuff that I put on all the blocks is called White Spider Web, and you can get it at your local craft store. I had a really hard time using that stuff, and almost threw the entire project out of the window. I could of used a little wine when it was finally all done:) 

Here is the giveaway for today:

One random winner will win Three bottles of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and six jars of Creative Inspiration Paints.

One random winner will receive all three of the giveaways today. All you need to do is:
leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. You will have until this Sunday night at midnight to leave a comment under all the post from this week. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 12. For those of you who stop by everyday and leave a comment under each post for the week you will be entered into a random drawing and receive a Scrap' n Tote:

This Friday night at 7pm EST is our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. After you finish up here hop on over to this post to find out more information and for a chance to win the Flower Shop Cricut Cartridge. We also have two fun challenges opened.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my little project for today.

Halloween Party: Day One

Hello crafting friends. Welcome to day one of my Halloween week. This is my favorite time of year. I love everything about it: the cooler weather, changing leaves, pumpkin coffee YUM, apple and pumpkin picking, and great opportunities to take some fun family photos. This week I will have a Halloween project for you everyday and some fun blog candy. I hope that you have fun visiting and get some ideas that you can use. For today I have decorated some little treat bags, and created some matching cards:

 Here are the cards:

For all of the little images I used Stampin' Up "Batty For You" stamp set, and stamped them using SU Classic Ink. The images are stamped on a 1 3/8 circle punch, and then layered on a 1 3/4 circle punch and then a 2 3/8 scallop punch. They could have been stamped on smaller punches, but I accidentally ordered the wrong sizes! It still worked out fine though. I pop dotted each layer, and also used a pop dot to adhere them to the cards, and the cellophane bags. I did some heat embossing on the spider card using SU white embossing powder, and added some twine to tie it shut. I used some bling bling tinsel string on the Frankie card, and added a few candi embellishments. For the pumpkin card I used my Martha Stewart edge punch (don't know the name) and added some ric rak. I kept them super simple, but think I dressed them  up just enough. Here are the treat bags:

The cellophane bags are from SU and measure 1x8. I put skittles in mine, but they would also be great for M&M's, Gum Balls, Reese's Pieces..you get the point. All of the solid card stock is from SU and the patterned paper is from last years K&Company "Halloween" stack. Here is a close up of the tops of the bags:

I tied a bow on each one of the bags with bling bling tinsel string from the Prairie Bird Boutique., I had a lot of fun making this little set of cards and treat bags! Every year we always put aside special treats for certain friends and family, I will use these to give to my next door neighbors kids.

I wanted to giveaway similar items that I used on my project today. Since Halloween will be practically over by the time I announce all the winners and get everything out, I chose items for the Winter Holiday Season. The first is "Jolly Bingo Bits" stamp set from SU. Here is a picture of the images. I could not take an actual picture of the set because then you would not be able to see the images, so this is from the SU site:

This set coordinates with a Bingo Card Stamp, but works great with circle punches too. The second give away is the little cellophane bags:

And the third is "Dear Santa" bling tinsel string:

One random winner will receive all three of the giveaways today. All you need to do is:
leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. You will have until this Sunday night at midnight to leave a comment under all the post from this week. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 12. For those of you who stop by everyday and leave a comment under each post for the week you will be entered into a random drawing and receive a Scrap' n Tote:

This Friday night at 7pm EST is our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. After you finish up here hop on over to this post to find out more information and for a chance to win the Flower Shop Cricut Cartridge. We also have two fun challenges opened.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my little project.

"Just A Little Note"

Hello crafting friends. I hope you all had a great weekend. Today I wanted to share three little note cards I made to have on hand when I need a little thank you, or just a simple hello card. They are all 3X3, and I used two retired Stampin' Up sets for all the images.

I used Stampin' Up (SU) Cardstock for all my cards. Distressed the edges with SU Classic ink, and colored the images with my SU write marker. I added some stickles, a little twine, jute, and some buttons. The little sentiments are from the current SU set called Tiny tags. For the card in the middle I stamped the sentiment and punched it out on the coordinating punch, Jewelery Tag. To dress them up a little bit more I added some stickles, twine, jute, and buttons. Here is a close up:

Tomorrow starts my Halloween week. I hope you will join me for some fun Halloween ideas, and lots of blog candy! On Friday night we are having our Halloween Whimsical Wednesday blog hop. I know the designers have crafted up some great projects for you! We have a great bunch of sponsors and our grand prize is a super fun package from PSA Essentials.

You can pick up my Halloween Party badge and place it on your side bar. Come back here and leave a comment under this post to be entered into the random drawing for $25.00 of Stampin' Up' products. 

Looking for a challenge or two? Whimsical Wednesday
has a "Fall Colors" and an "Anything Goes" challenge opened up.

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great day, and see you back here tomorrow.