Boo to you

Boo!

Did I scare you? Sorry.

So are you ready? You know for the trick-or-treaters.

Do you decorate your house or apartment? Or do you dress up?
We always decorate Halloween is DHs fave holiday. His birthday is tomorrow and he always says its like having 2 days for his birthday.

DH tries to dress up and have it match the theme he used to decorate. I'm not as into the holiday as he is well with the exception of the candy. ;)

Do you have kids or dogs you dress up? DH says I'm not allowed. Plus since they don't dress up any other time of the year our dogs don't really seem to like when I try to do it on Halloween.

Paper: Basic Grey Eeire tombstone/eer-1907

Ink: Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Cirles, CM Circle Patterns, Oval Patterns, Swirl Starburst Shapemaker

Stamps: TAC Label Lingo

Paper: TAC White Cardstock

Ink: Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Edge Trimmer

Well I hope you have a howling good time tonight. And get some yumm-o candy.

Happy Halloween!
M.E.

Button Card

Hi!

Couldn't help but make this sweet little card for the HYCCT1225B Ta Ta Toe challenge. You see we
were to use this board like in Tic Tac Toe to design our card.

It was a really fun way to do a challenge.

I went with

• Pink
• Buttons
• Patterned Paper

Stamps: Can You Digi It? Button Card, SU! Sew Suite

Paper: My Mind's Eye Kraft fun day Everyday Fun "Good Measure"

Ink: CTMH Chocolate

Accessories: Martha Stewart Pink White Twine

This fun button card is from Can You Digi It? It can be found HERE. My MIL was really nice and cut the doily out for me from her Lifestyle Crafts Silhouette Cameo. I think it's a Dear Lizzy design.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Hello

Hello, is it me you're looking for?
'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying I love you

Stamps: TAC Trendy Greetings

Ink: Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Martha Stewart Floral Lace Border Punch

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Not a quitter

Hi!

I love chocolate even if its not good for my waistline. ;)

I stamped the image all over the card in a the Noir Black you can kind of making it out in the lighter
brighter sections of the card. And then I stamped the sentiment and placed it in the center. I hope you like it.

Stamps: Stampendous Chocolate Quitter, A Muse Chocolate Assortment  
Ink: Palette Noir Black, CTMH Chocolate 

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Just buzzing by

Hi!

Just buzzin' along today with a card that was created for HYCCT. I do really enjoy being able to create cards for this great cause. It's the least I can do. And I know it probably means a lot to the recipients. Just this year I was helping care for my mom in her struggle with Cervical Cancer. Taking her to Chemo Therapy and Radiation. Neither of which can be fun. That's why I'm glad I can create something fun for the patients going through this. 

Plus this was a fun challenge. We were to use five words in the sentiment.

I do have to admit that I included a sixth word inside the card. Which is "hi" which is sort of
peeking through the card. But I don't think you can see it because it's cut in black and the hexagon next to it is also cut out of black card stock.

Stamps: SU Just Buzzin' By

Ink: Palette Noir Black, COPIC W2 Warm Grey No.2, Tombow, Bic Mark-it Lemon Bliss

Accessories: Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl, Spellbinders Nestabilitie Hexagons

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

CYDI? Challenge #21 – Giving Thanks

Hi!

First, let me announce that I did make it onto the Can You Digi It Design Team.
Second, this week Can You Digi It has a fun challenge all about Autumn.

Here is the awesome inspiration board for this challenge.

Isn't it gorgeous!?!

And now for my project:

Stamps: CYDI Betty Edwards Feast, TAC Trendy Greetings

Ink: CTMH Chocolate

Accessories: CM Custom Cutting System Oval Patterns, Croptoberfest Leaf Maker, Laundry Line Flirty "Fun Lovin" Trim, CTMH Burlap Ribbon, Martha Stewart Crafts Piped Nylon - 3/8" Brick ribbon

My lovely turkey can be found HERE.  I used Paint.net to color it in. I had tried to color it with by Bic Mark-its and Sharpies and it just didn't look quite right.

You should definitely see the other DT girls made some fantastic projects. Please check them out HERE.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

One of a kind

Hi!

Today's card was created for HYCCT. I really love being able to create cards for this great cause.

It was a fun challenge. We were to use the letters to help create our card by using an element for each letter.

These are the ones that I used.
H = Hexagons
Y = You Are One of a Kind (sentiment)
C = Chocolate ink (stamped sentiment in)
C = Chevrons
T = Ticket (die cut) and (bakers) Twine

What do you think of it? What elements would you use for to spell out the letters?

Stamps: SU One of a Kind

Paper: My Mind's Eye Kraft funday Happy Days "Super Star" Paper

Ink: Palette Noir Black, CTMH White Daisy, Chocolate

Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilitie Hexagons, Sizzix Framelits Tickets, SU Ticket Corner Small, Martha Stewart Blue White Bakers Twine, Regency Baker's Twine

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Vintage Santa

Hi!

I created this card for an only Santa cards swap. I posted the first card last week and this is my 2nd card for the swap.

I just love this Vintage Santa stamp. He looks so jolly and reminds me of my Great-grandma King. She was the great matriarch of our family and raised not only 4 children (one of which was my Grandma) but after my Grandma needed to be sent to a home. She even raised my father and 2 of his sisters.

She was also a poet. I don't remember if she was ever published but she did write some wonderful poems.  She had the kindest heart and had so many great stories.

I hope I take after her. I loved writing poetry when I was younger and I love to be creative.

Oh and don't forget that I have blog candy available.

Stamps: TAC Vintage Santa

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Evergreen

Ink: CTMH Chocolate

Accessories: Martha Stewart Crafts Piped Nylon - 3/8" Brick

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Stamping Across Multiple Surfaces

Hi!



Did you know that stamping a continuous image over multiple surfaces is easy. Check out these tips and tricks for spanning your image across several surfaces for more creative freedom and fun!

That looked like so much fun. I can't wait to give it a try.

If you'd like to give it a try you can contact me or if you're more a DIY kind of gal or guy you can purchase the tools here at my CTMH shop.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Happy birthday

Hi!

Today's card is simple but I think it's kind of elegant. And it is very Pretty in Pink.
Do you remember that movie?

I loved how Molly Ringwald's character, Andie Walsh, was so unique and creative. And how her friend Duckie Dale, played by Jon Cryer,
stood by her side.

Stamps: Hero Arts Starburst Lace, Stampendous Retro Happy Birthday  
Ink: SU! Pixie Pink 

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Merry Christmas

Hi!

I know it's not even Halloween yet and here I am posting a Christmas card. I promise I'll make some other cards too.

But I just wanted to share this cool card I created for a card swap on SCS. The card swap is all about Santa Claus. I signed up for 2 spots. So there's one more Santa card coming. But I thought this one was super cute and made for a creative card. Also part of the swap is to use use 2 layers and 1 embellishment.

I used this fun red twill ribbon I found in my ribbon stash. I thought it was super cool.

The red I used for Santa and his hat is an awesome color but a pain to use. It's one of the few ColorBox inks that I have and it's SUPER juicy. I mean I've had this for at least 2 years and it's still all juicy and so I have to wait what seems like FOREVER for it to dry before I do anything around it. 

Stamps: SU! Jolly Bingo Bits, TAC Vintage Santa

Paper: Heidi Grace Designs Jolly & Bright, My Mind's Eye On The Bright Side, MME Christmas

Ink: SU! Old Olive, ColorBox Scarlet, CTMH Barn Red

Accessories: CM Circle Shapemaker, Spellbinders Shapeabilties Nested Pennants

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Hello Kitty

Hi!

I don't know about you but for me it's all about Hello Kitty.

She's got the style and personality. Plus she comes with the best accessories.

I created her for one of the HYCCT Challenges. Specifically "Show me what Your made of" ,
not literally of course. Just in terms of what your style is or what makes you most happy.
For me that what have to be

• Ms. Kitty here. 
• pendants 
• and of course the color PINK

I'm a girly girl at heart and my inner child controls a lot of what I do craft wise. The only other thing I would probably say is my favorite medium to color with is my Sharpies or Bic Mark-its and when I get a chance to my Copics of course.

Ms. Kitty used nothing but my scraps and I did get to use Sharpies on my sentiment here.

Ink: Sharpies  
Accessories: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Pennants, Sizzix Hello Kitty w/ Flower 

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Take Three

Hi!

I created this card for one of the HYCCT challenges. Specifically HYCCT1206: 3 dies/punches and a sentiment.

I had a lot of fun with this challenge for a couple of reasons:

• got to CASE one of my own cards
• was able to use some of my NEW Martha Stewart punches along with two other punches
• and was able to create these for such a wonderful cause

Stamps: SU! Take Three

Ink: Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Martha Stewart Pink White Twine, EK Success Whale of a Punch - Butterfly, CM Meadow Micro Maker, Martha Stewart 3-in-1 butterfly, Monarch butterfly

I hope God has been kind to your family and Cancer hasn't touched it. But if it has I hope your family member has been blessed to be in remission. Please show your thankfulness and support by creating some cards for HYCCT.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Pink presents

Hi!

I created this shape card for one of the HYCCT challenges. The challenge
was to create a Ship Shape card. Well really just a shape card. 

I couldn't help myself. You've got to remember to Save the Tatas.

The materials used for this card are all from my personal stash of scraps, buttons, and flowers. Which sadly means I can't recall who actually created these pieces. Although I do think the DSP might be from SU!

Inside I stamped "Nothing tickles me pink like presents", which is a stamp set from TAC. Which sadly means the only reliable options for finding it is possibly EBay.

Accessories: Offray Simply Grosgrain 

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Adding Color to Your Crafts

Hi!

Let's discover how to spruce up your designs with these new color families, card stocks, and kit-exclusive papers. Adding color to your crafts is simple, easy, and beautiful!

If you are interested by what you saw. Please feel free to contact me by posting a comment or email me at cr8iveme_at_gmail.com. Or if you are more of a DIY type please visit my CTMH shop.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Allegro Grandioso

Hi!

 I love making scenes with my stamps. I think it's one of my most favorite things to do. And I love my Unity stamps and Martha Stewart punches.

I created this card for a couple of challenges:

• Unity Opportunity Challenge: Things in the Air
• HYCCT1213: Hope is the Thing
• CPS Reader Ideas: Featuring your favorite CPS Sketch. I used sketch 210.

Part of the challenge from Unity Stamps is to not use any other stamps but theirs. And for
the HYCCT1213 challenge you are to reference this poem:
Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
and sings the tune without the words
and never stops at all.

I used the Martha Stewart punch for the "thing with feathers"  in the poem and also for my Things in the Air for the Unity challenge. I also drew some birds flying off in the distance using my Sharpie.

Sadly Card Positioning Systems is retiring the blog. I love that blog. I've used quite a lot of their sketches in the past. So I couldn't let them leave without creating a good-bye card. 

Stamps: Unity Stamp Company Tiny Trinity

Paper: Good Day Subshine Head in the Clouds Paper, SU! Berry Bouquet, ANW Crestwood Black Linen

Ink: CTMH Chocolate, Bic Mark-its Lime Sorbet, Key Lime, Honey Brown, Sharpie

Accessories: Martha Stewart Dove punch, Bazzill Basics Black Dashed

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Happy Halloween

Hi!

I created today's card for the Hope You Can Cling To which was The Monster Mash. 

This is such a great cause to send cards to Cancer patients and their families. Being part of
a family with a history of cancer on both my folks side and my DH's family too. I consider
this doing my part to help support others in the situation that my family's been in as early as this
past Spring. Thank Our Father my mom is in remission for Cervical Cancer.

I'm also entering this card into a couple of other challenges

• I (heart) 2 stamps - Sketches for You to Try - October
• DRS Designs Rubber Stamps: Challenge #46 - Witches

Stamps: Hero Arts October, Bat Background, Bombshell Stamps Pirates Life, Holiday Accessories

Paper: Basic Grey Eerie Tombstone/eer-1907, Coredinations Foundations Smooth Texture Orange, The Paper Loft Scary Bats

Ink: Palette Noir Black, Sharpies, Bic Markits Sunset Orange, Honey Brown

Accessories: SU! Framelits Bitty Banners

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Running errands

Hi!

No real post today. I'm out running errands. Like this:

Yep. I was able to send off almost 200 cards to OWH. Don't forget to thank a hero.

Now, of course I didn't make all of these in the last couple of days although it feels like I did remake quite a lot of them. You see, they all had to be labeled with Operation Write Home on the back some of which were hand written and others I went into Paint.net and typed up a label. I am waiting for a stamp from  OWH to come in soon.

Also the darker colored cards needed white cardstock inserts. I hope to send more soon.

This box had about 30 Christmas cards which couldn't wait to be sent. You see unlike us who can wait to make or even buy(which I haven't done in over 7 years) your Christmas cards, our heroes are busy defending and protecting to run out to the local Hallmark (or whatever they have in the country they are in). Plus the other cards are a good variety of cards for the heroes to send back home.

I also ran a couple of other errands plus it RAINED. I know if you don't live in the Austin, TX area you might not realize just how exciting that is for us. But trust me it's almost but not quite as infrequent as snow is over here. The last time I think we had snow was like 7 years ago. And trust me I understand what snow is and how much fun it can be since I've visited Utah. As for rain just last year we had all kinds of crazy wildfires some as far as just 15 miles away from my home. Of course, the year before we were flooded in my neighborhood and couldn't leave cause we live on the top of the hill and both exits out of our section were flooded. So rain is awesome and scary at the same time.

Hope you are having a great TGIF.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Be known

Hi!

I hope you are having a wonderful week. I know it's only Tuesday but that seems to be when DH's week starts to get worse. So I hope you aren't as stressed at work.

I created this card for my local scrapbook groups monthly card swap. This month's theme was to use a "Quote". This stamp has been in my collection for a while but had yet to be inked. Can you imagine?

For the edges I used my sponge and just sort of swirled the color into the cardstock. I don't know if that makes sense. I didn't add any embellishments as I kinda like the CAS style. Well, with the exception of the clean part. ;) The card stock is from my collection given to me by my dear MIL. She gave me so much card stock, I don't know if I'll ever run out.

Oh and don't forget that I still have blog candy available. So please feel free to sign up for it and let your friends know too.

Stamps: TAC Happy Trails, Stamp A Mania Dakota

Paper: ColorMates Deep Terra-Cotta

Ink: CTMH Chocolate

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

It's a Halloween Party in a Kit!

Hi!

Can you believe it's already October?

Are you throwing a party? Well this video will definitely give you some tips and tricks to help get the party started.

Your ghosts and goblins will love a themed party with jack-o-lantern party bags, spider web cupcake liners, a “Boo” banner, plus more spooky fun this Halloween. Our Workshops on the Go^® Spellbound Cricut^® Kit makes it easy!

You can pick up the goodies to make your party a blast at my shop.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

World Card Making Day Hop

Hi!

Happy World Card Making Day!!!! I hope you are ready for an awesome blog hop. Also please feel free to check out my blog candy giveaway. Hopefully you are feeling inspired to celebrate and make cards and also send them off to Operation Write Home, if you are in the USA, or a similar organization if you are out of the US.

The troops do so much for us the least we can do is to send them some of the cards we create.

Although, we may not be ready to think about Christmas. Right now is the time to think about shipping our homemade Christmas cards to the troops.

The blog hop participants were given 2 challenges:

1. make a wintry card (holiday themed secular/religious, or other OWH-themes with a winter feel)
2. use a sketch

This is the great sketch I found over at the OWH site

Stamps: CTMH Perfect Fit - Holidays Holiday, Bethlehem(retired)

Paper: CTMH Pear & Partridge Paper Packet

Ink: CTMH Chocolate

Accessories: Spellbinders Scalloped Circle

To continue on the hop please click this image below:


Happy Crafting,
M.E.

The best things

Hi!

I created today's card during VSN on SCS.

I love VSN I wish I'd had a chance to play more. Well maybe I can play more
this month as over on SCS they're doing Hope You Can Cling To.

It's in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And remember ladies
if we don't take care of ourselves no one else will. We've got to protect the tatas.

We don't have a history of Breast Cancer on my side of the family although we do have
a history of Cervical Cancer on my mom's. Plus my dad's side of the family has Brain Cancer and my DH's side has a history of Prostate Cancer. So at least there's a bright side to us not being able to conceive as our child will hopefully come from a better medical family history.

I do hope to be able to share with you some of the cards that I get to create for HYCCT, but until
then this is the final card from VSN on SCS.

I hope you like it.

 

Stamps: SU Life Shared

Paper: Jillibean Soup Coconut Lime Soup Coordinating Paper,Good Day Sunshine by Deena Rutter

Ink: Copics, SU, CTMH Chocolate, Sharpies, Bic Markits

Accessories: Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Pennants

This weekend I'll be participating in a blog hop for World Card Making Day. So I hope to see
you back here then. Also I will probably post about some blog candy later this week. So stay tuned.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Miss you

Hi!

Yesterday was my nephew David Anthony's 16th Birthday. Although we couldn't be
with him and since my SIL and niece's numbers are blocked by my step-brother, his dad,
I was able to get a hold of him. So we called to wish him a Happy Birthday from my
iPhone.

He's such a good kid. I really miss him A LOT. And I can't believe
he's already 16. Wow time sure does fly.

I remember when he was born. He was early and so he had to go into the NICU. But
boy if you looked at him now you would never think it. He's SOOOOO tall. My step-brother
and his ex-wife my SIL are really tall. And so is his sister my niece.

I'm not that way at all. I'm the one in our family pics with mom and step-dad that doesn't look like she's supposed to be there at all. I'm the palest person in my immediate family. You'd think what is that lady doing in that family's pic. But yep. That's my family.

I'll have to see if I can find a picture with us all together. Which would probably be really old since either I'm almost never there when my family takes a picture together or my step-bro isn't there since he moved to New Mexico. 

At least in DH's family there are enough different people that when we take a BIG family pic we all look like we belong. Plus, it's kind of cool to stand out in DH's family pics as he's the baby of 6 and EVERYONE except for us has kiddos. 

Stamps: SU Pedaling Past, TAC Trendy Greetings

Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle Traveler Little Bicycles

Ink: CTMH Chocolate, CM Pen

Accessories: Colorbox Metal Accents

I created this card during VSN on SCS but I think it really does reflect
my nephew. He loves cars but I think he wouldn't mind a bike either. I know
he loved to ride his bike all over when he lived with his grandparents, my folks. 

 Please let me know what you think.

Also I'm thinking of doing some BLOG CANDY. What do you think?

It's been a while since I've offered any up and I've been organizing my office. I hope to be able to share some pictures with you soon of how it looks. However, I'm waiting on DH to finish with his garage before I can even start on my office. Well, we sort of started we have everything that's going in it already it's just not in there yet. We've got to move some book cases out of my office and into DH's garage, and then build furniture for my office.

I've already had a few people ask if I teach classes. Which I'm dieing to do but since our house isn't that big I'd really like to get my office done first. So I have some room in there and perhaps we can use the kitchen and living room too. If my class gets that big. ;)

Happy Crafting,
M.E. 

Two-tone look

Hi!

Have you tried the two-tone look? This video will help you discover how to create a terrific two-tone look with the base and shade stamping technique. Which will give your images more life and layers and watch them pop off the page!

If you are interested in practicing this technique we can practice at a one-on-one class or a home gathering at your home or in my studio. We could even do a Skype class if you are interested. If you would like to practice on your own with some Close to my Heart stamps of your choice. You can shop for them at cr8iveme.ctmh.com

Happy Crafting,
M.E.