I'm a Gruesome Twosome!!!

SOMEBODY PINCH ME...I finally made it!!!  I'm a GREUSOME TWOSOME for Haunted House Design!  Although I haven't played as much as I wanted too I did get to play for the Pink on the Brink Challenge and was chosen to be Gruesome enough!

Thanks Barb, I'm a HUGE fan!!!

Hmmm...I should note this is not a Design Team.  It's a Badge I got for entering my card.  But how fun would that be being on this DT!!!!

New DT for SBS

Finally, I can let the "BAT" out of the bag... oh wait I think I just called myself a bat!  It's official, I'm on the Design Team for Simply Betty Challenges...EEK!  I am super excited because I'm a HUGE Betty fan and LOVE gettin crafty with all her designs.  There are a TON of uber talented crafters Betty has found and you won't want to miss checking them all out! 

Make sure you pop over and Follow HERE!  You won't want to miss all the fun challenges, giveaways and the chance to load your crafty project.  And if you LOVE any of the DT's blogs follow them too!  It's all about conquering all the other blogs in Bloggyland to amass the most amount of Follwers sharing the love!

You may have noticed I've decked my Blog out with the latest spooky fasion!  No, I'm not too early...I've already started decorating for Halloween!

Have a great long weekend everyone, I'm off to the mountains:0)

Simply Betty Stamps BLOG HOP x4

Simply Betty Stamps

...is hosting a Blog Hop and I get to play!  For those of you in Bloggyland, you may know of Betty and her LOVE of HALLOWEEN!  Which is why I feel at home.  So get ready for a spooky journey though all the things that go bump in the night.  You may not return...

 OK, I was so excited by all these new Digi's, I just kept going with 4 projects for you.  Make sure you start at the beginning, click HERE.  You don't want to miss a thing and all the spooky creatures lurking!  If you're just creeping in from Nancy's  Spooktackular blog, VELCOME!!!

Meet Tootsie, she's part of  the Punky Teens.  I love Tootsie and her Scary BOO at you.  I added a little purple to her skin to make her a little creepier.  I colour blended my SU Markers to give Tootsie a frightful look.  The "ribbon" is actually from my broken screen door.  IT'S THE MESH!  I know...so crafty!  I have lots of it.  You'll see I used it in all the projects to give it a common theme.

Meet Freddie.  Freddie is apart of the Punky Teens collection and is ready to slice you open.  Or help you with utensils...  I love Freddie and his pumpkin backpack.  I decided for this project I would make a Treat Bag.  These quick bags are great for your kids class or to hand out on Halloween.  I love making these and they are so easy!  Click HERE to learn how:0)

Meet Lizzie, Jude and his Shenanigan Crew.   I have a soft spot for witches so I was drawn to craft with Lizzie.  I love frogs too so this was perfect.  I coloured my SU Halloween Background stamp with 2 markers to get the orange stars and purple cresent moons.  I used the screen mesh again, some embossing, the green puppy poo bags and some Martha Stewart ribbon. 

Meet Peter (LOVE PETER) He's also apart of Jude and his Shenanigan Crew.  I love this little guy and his CUTE BONES!  For Peter I wanted to make him a tag.  I cut out a 4" and 3 3/4" tags from Platin School Books then popped him up on dimensionals.  Again using the SU Halloween Background stamp, I stamped these little candy corns and Stickled them to make them POP!  Then I tied it off with a teeny mesh bow!  HOW CUTE!  

All these Simply Betty Stamps images were coloured with my Stampin Up Markers.  All the sentiments used for all the projects are from Scrappy Moms Stamps, called "Haunting we will Go".  I am on the Design Team for these FUN stamps giving you lots of options for sentiments.  I use them on ALL my DT projects and love them.  I have been DYING to use Haunting we will go and they fit perfectly.  If you are a Canadian Shopper you can grab these fun stamps online at SCRAP HUT!

Now, I'm ready to send you on your way.  But don't get lost!  You want to make it to Suzi's BOO-tiful Blog to see what she has conjured up in her dungeon! 

If you get lost along the way, turn left at the tombstone that reads "RATTLE M. BONES" to get you back on track.

Barb

Cali

Catherine

Debbie

Eulanda

Gloria

Kim

Linda

Lisa

Nancy

Nicole (That's Me)

Suzi

Vicki

Betty

Thanks for creepin by...EEK!

TBD Willy Wonka Challenge

"We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams."

Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

This week TBD are channeling Willy Wonka and making some epic projects for you.  Your challenge this week is to make a bag, box or how about a candy bar wrapper.  The possibilities are endless!  Just make sure to add all that sweet candy or chocolates and the best part is eating after! For you, I made an altered project.  Taking an existing candy box and personalizing it. 

Last week my husband bought me a box of Sweet Georgia Browns from Purdy's Chocolate (Canada's favorite chocolatier), YUM my favorite.  Well that was gone in no time but the box inspired this weeks project and so did the "Golden Ticket".  (I might add that as I write this post I have already broken in and am muching away.)

I knew I wanted a Golden Ticket somewhere in there.  But I had no gold paper, gold wrapping...gold anything.  So I grabbed the empty chocolate box out of my recycle bin, trimmed it, made a Golden Ticket and made it work.  I used my Summer Vacation Cart and cut this "ticket" out at 3".  I wrapped the chocolate box in paper scoring where I needed to wrap and taped.  The gumdrops and candies are cut from my Celebrations cart using DP and solid all cut at 2".  I think they sprinkle around perfectly. 

The Digi makes a perfect Willy Wonka.  This is Timothy from Simply Betty Stamps, Victiorian Beauties.   Then I finished off with my Scrappy Moms Stamps sentiment from Sweet Somethings.  How it fits with this challenge and the Celebrations candies. 

Want to be a Burtonesque Doll???  We are looking for 4 amazing Dolls.  If you'd like to explore the darker side of your craft come join the Dolls.  And you get to play with some fun stuff!  Have fun creating your sweet project!!!

Three Challenges in 1

This is my 2nd post today! 

I was out and about this morning...STALKING you all and found myself inspired.  I have been doing weekly challenge cards for you through my DT stuff.  But these challenges got me excited.  So I ran with them and combined all the challenges together.  Yay, it's been so long since I did a challenge just for moi! 

On Liz's Paper Loft she entered her fabulous coffin into a Halloween Challenge HERE.  OH YA...I got on that.  Then over at Haunted House Design they are having a Pink on the Brink Challenge.  Of course I LOVE Barb and her challenges.  And last but not least Tiddly Inks is hosting a Back to School Challenge!  I ADORE Tiddly Inks:)  If it's in "colour" click on it and you'll link to it!

For the Back to School challenge over at Tiddly Inks I used Back 2 School Emo Digi "Betty" from Simply Betty Stamps.  These new Emo Digi's are simply awesome!

For the Halloween Challenge over at Erin Lee Creative, I used my favorite Making Memories creepy paper.  I made sure I used Betty with her bats and I cut out this chandelier at 3" with my Home Decor cart!  I know...HOW FUN!

Now, for the last challenge over at Haunted House Design it's a colour challenge...PINK!  I blended my pinks with Betty, used pink papers, pink stickles and pink ribbon! 

So there you have it.  My 3 in 1 challenge card!  That was fun!  Thanks for popping in again...if you were stalking me earlier;0)

S.W.A.K???

What is S.W.A.K?

That's what I was wondering when I saw this stamp in Scrappy Moms Amusing Animal stamps.  I even had to ask?  Once I found out, I knew this Frog Prince from the Create a Critter cart would fit with S.W.A.K!  So, what is S.W.A.K... "Sealed with a Kiss" Ahhh!

I made this cute card a couple months ago and am just finally around long enough to get it on my blog.  Nothing creepy about this adorable CAC Frog!  I stickled a little here and there and ran the lily pad through my CB.  This card took 15 min to pop off so if you're in a rush it's perfect.  Here's a little something I do.  I pre-cut some of my Critters so I can have them ready for a quicky... (NOT THAT KIND OF QUICKY) card to give someone in a pinch. 

Pop over to Scrappy Mom's to see this stamp set and thier new releases.  And watch for upcoming sets!  I am using these FUN sets along with my other DT stuff and they go well with anything.  Not just the Cricut carts.  And if you're a CANADIAN Crafter, you can buy Scrappy Mom's stamp sets at SCRAP HUT!

***GIVEAWAY ALERT***

Just an FYI, Gigi's Creative Design is having an AWESOME GIVEAWAY!  She is Giving away an ATG Gun on her Blog.  Click HERE for a chance to win one of these.  I ADORE mey ATG Gun!

Lil Lolita's Sketch Challenge #12

It's a Sketch Challenge this week and the Lil Lolita's are ROCKIN!  I love Sketch Challenges.  And since the Sketch is already there for you, now all you have to do is create!  That's what is so great about a sketch, I banged this card out in no time. 

I'm going to keep this short and sweet...like me.  Oh wait, I've used that line before. I guess it's a keeper!  I colour blended my SU Markers (I don't own Copics) and was dying to use orange and grey.  Yep, you could say Halloween is on my mind.  I stamped, embossed, punched and even used my Cricut.  I cut these bubbles from Graphically Speaking at 2".  The sentiment is a Scrappy Moms Stamps, Sweet Somethings.  And lookie at me, I tied another bow.  Now this may seem easy to most.  But if you've been following my blog then you know each bow for me is a milestone!

Here's your Sketch this week and good luck!

No Card, a DT Call and a Puppy

WHOA... The Dolls are taking a breather this week!  Sorry I'm late posting and no I have not forgotten you all.  My computer went in for service on Saturday and I just got it back.  The computer is fine, so it's the monitor.  For the moment I have it all working! 

The Dolls are taking a week off to recharge our Mojo!  But we will be back next week with a "SWEET" project for you all to play along with!  In the meantime I wanted to let you know Simply Betty Stamps is having a DT Call!  Click HERE for details.  What a great DT this will be! 

***PUPPY TIME***

Since I have no cards for you today I will post a couple of CHAOS pictures.  He is certainly making it hard to play with paper.  He turned 10 weeks yesterday and has been with  our "pack" for just over a week now.  He has settled in well, crate trained, housebroken (providing we don't mess up) and he is starting to sleep through the night.  Chaos can "sit", "stay" and "come" and can do all these tasks with hand commands.  No, he's not super puppy, just a lot of work on our part.  Sorry, I wanted to add some pictures sooner.  But if we are Facebook Friends (HERE) you have already seen some of these these.

Chaos 1st Day home after a play he's ready to nap.

New backyard.

Smelling someone's BBQ...MMMMM!

In the Dog Run modified for Chaos, he can walk through...for now.

Chaos and his Twin... read below.

I took this picture of Chaos this morning with his "twin".  Well not really, this framed photo is "Apollo" taken 10 years ago the day we brought him home.  Both Apollo and Choas are 10 weeks in these pictures.  Although they are not the same pedigree, they are from the same breeder.  I emailed this picture to our friends and family and they were pretty shocked how similar they look.

Thanks for popping in:0)

Scrappy Mom's Blog Hop!

Welcome to the 1st Scrappy Moms Stamps Blog Hop!

If you are just starting the Blog Hop start HERE

These fun sentiments are designed with variuos Cricut cartridges and can be applied to most carts! But for something different I tend to use them with my Digi's and Stamps. I know all the talented Ladies on the Scrappy Moms DT show them off so well with the carts. However, I like to show another way to use these great sentiments.  You should just be arriving from Mari's, she's so FABULOUS!

For my card I used Sweet Somethings stamps.  I use these on a lot of my cards.  They always seem to fit for anything!  I love this Tiddly Inks Gothic Cutie, Pinky!  And this is a cupcake I'd love to have!  As soon as I saw the "HEY CUPCAKE" from Sweet Somethings, I thought instantly of this Digi!  I also printed off the match DP.  I blended my Stampin Up Markers to make Pinky pop!  I made sure to use pink and blacks for my paper and green on her hair just for fun.  I colured the sentiment "Hey Cupcake" with matching green and pink, then punched it out. 

If you have been looking for a diverse stamp set to compilement your next card, layout or project this is it.  The Scrappy Moms Stamps are a perfect addition to your sentiment collection.  Make sure to come back often to see what else I make with these sentiments.  I have some upcoming craftastic projects using Scrappy Moms Stamps.  I can't wait to use "A Haunting we will Go"!

Here's a peek at the new line of stamps sets coming out.    Click HERE to make your purchases.  As an added bonus there will be free international shipping today on all your Scrappy Moms Stamps purchases.

Now get Hopping over to Tammy's to see what she's crafted for you.  Thanks for Hopping by:0)

Lil Lolita's Rose for a Rose Challenge

Everything is coming up roses...isn't that how the saying goes?  This challenge for me wasn't so "rosey" only because I'm not a "flower" kind of crafter.  Although I have been trying.  And I don't have a rose in sight.  I did consider stamping this paper flower black.  But it didn't really fit with 30's Lylah and how I coloured her. 

I went with hues of pinks and coral to get that rose coloured look.  Even though I don't have roses, I used floral DP and these paper flowers and added a little ink to the tips.  The diamond I cut from my Jasmine cart at 5".  Then popped 30's Lylah off that, again sponging on some coral ink.  The ribbon I had in my ribbon box and tied it off.  Oh ya...I tied!  Not very well though.  My sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's Sweet Somthings and I think fits this sweet verion of 30's Lylah.

So, put on your rose coloured glasses, find all your roses and get crafting.  Join the Lil Lolita's this week and have fun with this rosey challenge!