Happy Halloween

Kait had surgery on her ears today. Her left ear drum appears to be too thin and that maybe what is causing some of her hearing loss on the left side. Anyway, I haven't stamped in a couple of days but I didn't want to slack off either. Hope everyone has a safe, fun Halloween. :)

Here's a family pic taken at the apple orchard a couple of weekends ago. :)
*You can go here and eat all the apples you want, right off the tree, for FREE! It was so fun and yummy to taste tons of different kinds of fresh apples.

Flowers in Fall

I love these tulips from Kim Hughes. They are really fun and so easy to paper piece with. Paper piecing is my favorite technique and I do it all the time. The card layout was also copied from a card Kim Hughes did in Papercrafts magazine many issues ago. :) Did you know I am a super fan of Kim Hughes??? ;)

The paper is all from Paper Garden from CTMH. This paper is BEAUTIFUL and works for lots of different cards and layouts. It is a must have in my opinion.

A different shape

There was a challenge for SCS people to make a card that wasn't a standard card shape. I like to play along with these challenges but don't always post there. Anyway, here is my circle card that I made. :)

Stitching!

Close to My Heart released several collections of embroidery floss that coordinate with our colors. I have had so much fun playing with them! They are the perfect way to add something special to your art. :)

Here's a card I recently made using the floss with the coordinating card stock color-



Simple and yet so fun!

Boo banner

I saw a picture of a felted wool BOO banner on twitter. It was so cute and very easy to copy. However, I know myself well enough to say that if I had gone to Ben Franklin and bought the felted wool to copy this, it never would have been made. I would have brought it home, maybe cut out the circles and ghosts and then lost interest. So I decided to make my BOO banner out of card stock.

The letters are traced from chipboard letters (from Close to My Heart) onto black card stock. The white paper is textured card stock (also from Close to My Heart) so it would still look a little like fabric. I stitched around the edges and made french knots for the eyes with black embroidery floss. The ribbon is from the Autumn Terracotta ribbon round (retiring soon so get yours asap).

Simpler. Easier. Faster. ;)

*This is a close up of the ghost. I just drew the ghost myself. No specific pattern...

To all those mommies who have 7 year olds that love them

I went to make some cards today and found this message on my desk pad...



It says, "Your a evil mommy Love, Lauren"
Lauren was very proud of this little joke and laughed her evil laugh when I asked her about it.
Hope this brought a little smile to your face. :D

For a friend :)

I have a friend in CO who has been having a rough time lately. This is for her. :)



*I love Perfect Day (from Close To My Heart)! It is so fun and bright.