.: October 2017

2017 Pumpkin Carving! Halloween Fun.

Every year I pick one of the pumpkin carvings from the Cricut Cartridge to use for Halloween. This year I decided on this creepy hand

Actually to back up just a bit I wasn't going to bother carving a pumpkin this year. I'm super busy and working 6 days a week extended hours every day. We don't really get a lot of kids anywhere from 1 to I think 7 kids at the most. We live outside of the subdivision so the kids don't bother walking all the way down the street for a few houses.

Last night my Husband said we should still decorate and carve the pumpkin even if it is for one kid that may be disappointed if the arrived and we had nothing for them. So I agreed and carved this pumpkin up.

My first two kids arrived and the one little guy was soooo excited when he saw the pumpkin and ask me if I carved it!!!
Well..... I'm over the moon and so glad I'm shelling out this year!

..and so far 5 kids have knocked on the door!! woot woot :D !!!

So here's the stencil, cut with the Cricut pumpkin carvings!

I use a sharpie marker and trace around it.

Carved out the negative space and then use a scrubbie to remove any excess marker.

And were ready for Oct 31st!!!

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Happy Halloween!!!!

Happy Halloween!

Wishing you a creepy Halloween! Sharing some cupcakes from a few years back!. love these toppers!

I made these for my co-workers....

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Naughty List -- High Hopes Stamps

Happy Happy Saturday!

Still creating away this time I'm using High Hopes ...

Elvin Eldar found here!

Naughty List found here!

The card base was created using a score board, it gives a nice 3D dimension

and folds nicely to put in the mail.

The trees are snow covered using a little acrylic paint, this sweet little elf

was coloured with Copic Markers and the snowy hills were embossed and hand cut!

Santa and the reindeer are die cut images and I also made them snowy too!

Remember Santa's watching and he knows when your good!

I hope you'd like to join us in our Christmas/Winter Challenge, you can find all the details HERE.

My sweet friends -- High Hopes Stamps!

Hi there and Happy Friday!

I'm just about done making my Christmas Cards for the season!!

Today I'm creating with the following High Hopes Stamps!

Made with Little Drummer Boy and Friends found here!

Joy Sentiment found here!

I added rustic wood grain paper to the background, and coloured up these little cuties!

The Joy sentiment is also from High Hopes and I stamped that in a rustic red ink from Tim Holtz. Stars were added with some acrylic paint and gold Stickles for the finishing touch!

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Have a great weekend :)

This months challenge is called "Christmas/ Winter Fun" over on the High Hopes Blog. I hope you'll play along and join us!

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Candy Cane Wishes!

Hi there and happy Saturday!

Iv been playing around with the following High Hopes Stamps!!! ....

Teddy Gift found here!

Candy Cane Wishes

A little bit of Copic Colouring, fussy cutting and embossed cream coloured snowy hills. The trees are lightly dusted with white acrylic paint and a fun pine cone pattern paper was used on the background.

I hope you'd like to join us in our Christmas/Winter Challenge, you can find all the details HERE.

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Pink Christmas -- High Hopes Stamps

I've always love a pink Christmas so I created a little card

using some soft colours (Including pink!)

Today's creation is made with...

Harp Angel Found here!

Twinkle all the way found here!

I coloured up this little sweetie using Copic Markers and added an embossed frame,

and pink card stock. A soft cloud background was created using Copic, silver Stickles,

added twine and my fave sentiment too!

This months challenge is called "Christmas/ Winter Fun" over on the High Hopes Blog. I hope you'll play along and join us!

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Christmas Love -- High Hopes Stamps

Hi there and Happy Saturday!

Today's creation is made with ...

High Hopes All Hearts found here!

Winter Owl found here!

A little tag for Christmas all ready to go under the tree. I used a die cut for the tag shape. You

can always hand cut a tag if a die is not available.

The tree is also hand cut and I added a few branches and white acrylic paint for a

snowy look to this Winter scene.

Pine, pine cones and a textured brackground were all used here!

This owl was coloured with Copic markers and I also used some candy cane twine :)

I hope you'd like to join us in our Christmas/Winter Challenge, you can find all the details HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas!

Hello, thanks for peeking in today! I'm creating with High Hopes ...

Made with Polar Sleigh found here!

Dashing through the snow found here!

This sweet scene was coloured with Copic markers, cut triangles for

some pine trees and lots of red and green. The trees are snowy thanks to acrylic paint, embossed papers for the snowy hills and a super cute sentiment is the perfect added touch!

This months challenge is called "Christmas/ Winter Fun" over on the High Hopes Blog. I hope you'll play along and join us!

Cutting Pad replacement --Sizzix

I wanted to share my well used die cut machine. I use this machine almost

every day, bring it to crops and Scrapfest,

and i'm proud of it

I have to tell you at one of the last events my machine was laughed at because of

the well worn gunky cutting pads, and shims.

I told the ladies that I would have this machine forever and their response was really???

Okay , so I was craft shamed (boo!)...

time for some new cutting pads!

So ... I had hubby cut some plexiglass (and yes those are his taped up glasses in the picture above lol!) in two different sizes. Perfect for replacement cutting pads. One set for the magnetic platform and the other longer pads for the extended platform.

There's a special cutter specifically for cutting plexi, makes things so much easier!

Yes, I could have just ordered a new set of pads but we already had the plexi leftover so there was no cost which works for me!

They work like a charm and so much easier to use with

the magnetic platform versus the curved

cutting pads I've been using!

My die cut machine has a makeover and feels like a brand new machine!

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All hearts -- High Hopes Stamps

Hi there and Happy Saturday!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Today I'm using the following High Hopes Stamps ....

Winter Horse Ride found here!

All Hearts found here!

I used a side step card and added Poinsettias, pine cones, pine, and stitches. Added cream colour acrylic paint, gold Stickles and Copic Markers on this creation!

This card is all ready for Christmas!

This months challenge is called "Christmas/ Winter Fun" over on the High Hopes Blog. I hope you'll play along and join us!

Merry Christmas

Hi there and happy Friday!

I've been creating with a few High Hopes Stamps ...

Christmas Baby Girl found here!

Twinkle all the way found here!

The image was coloured with Copic Markers, Added poinsettias, gems, stitches, greenery and pine cones too. The die cuts I picked up at One Crazy Stamper and they are available here!. I looooove these die cuts they are a 2017 Christmas essential in my craft bag for sure!

Play along with this month's Christmas/Winter Fun challenge for a chance to win 2 unmounted High Hopes Stamps of your choice. For any supplies that you might need or want, check out Lora's OCS store.