Cloth pumpkin

 

 Hello everyone!!!  I wanted to pop in real quick to share with you the pumpkin I made.  I actually gave it away last night.  It wasn't my own idea, as usual.  I read about it on this blog and just loved it and knew I had to make one. 

I don't kow how many of you have heard of the Halloween tradition of "booing" your neighbors.  After 3 years of living in the same neighborhood we finaly got boo'd.  I was actually very excited and planned on making some homemade sugar cookie pumpkins to hand out.  After going to the website to print out some directions to go with my treat I realized that homemade may not be the best treat.

Instead I packaged up some candy and put this cute pumpkin with it.  Just for some more festive goodness.

I made this pumpking with muslin.  I stamped it with some pumpkin and leave stamps using all sorts of browns, reds, and greens, and a little bit of yellow.The ribbon is Harvest Gold grosgrain ribbon.  The leaves I bought at the $1 section at Target.  The twirlies are flower wire I bought at Wal-Mart for $1.  A fun, easy, adorable, inexpensive decoration for you and/or family and friends.I did plan on keeping this one but after getting boo'd I thought it would be neat to give it away.  Besides, we found out we will be moving sometime next year so anything I can get rid of now is less I have to have shipped to my new address.  I just wish I knew where that was.  Hopefully next month we will have some options.  Sometimes military life can be so frustrating  :)Have a great rest of the week.  I do have some pictures from our church Halloween party so I might post a couple tomorrow but other than that I think I will see you after Halloween.  So, I hope you have some fun parties in your future.  Have a safe and happy Halloween.Thanks for stopping by!!!

Knock, knock

Hey guys!!! It is Wednesday. The weekend is almost here. I hope you are all having a great week. I cannot wait until the weekend. We have a wonderful Saturday planned. If you haven't guessed my family is a baseball family. From April to October we have baseball on the TV as much as there is baseball on the TV.

Last year we had the privilege of watching the Anaheim Angels play the New York Yankees (my husbands favorite team). It was awesome and I loved going back to the stadium and seeing all the changes they had done to the stadium since I had been there.

On Saturday my family and my sister and her family will be going to another baseball game. This time we are taking our boys to go watch the game as well. I sure hope that they can behave for the entire game. I am a little concerned about that. They have been to a few minor league games but that is nothing. Saturday we will be going to the Los Angeles Dodgers game they will be playing the Anaheim Angels.

I have not been to the Dodgers stadium since I was in elementary school probably. It has been a LONG time. The funny thing is, my sister and her family are Dodgers fans. My husband is rooting for the Dodgers because they now have Joe Torre and Don Mattingly as coaches. My boys are following their dad's lead so they are going to watch the Dodgers play. Me, well, I am still a Angels fan at heart. Everyone will be wearing their Dodgers gear and I will be the lonely ol' Angels fan in the group. Pray that the Angels win so I don't look like an idiot hehehe.

So today I have an different kind of project for you. My sister and I took a quick trip to Michael's on Saturday while we were visiting because I had a coupon. I found these door knob hangers in the dollar section and thought they would be fun to alter.

When I sat down at my desk last night to create I was trying to figure out what to do. I didn't feel up to doing another card so I got to looking around and saw these hangers.

I grabbed some PP that I haven't played with and have had forever and got to work. I thought it would be cute to do something a little funny. I just love how it turned out and I can see making a lot more of these.

Deets:

stamps: PTI boxes, bags & tags

ink: PTI sweet blush

paper: $1 paper at Target, PTI sweet blush

Prima flowers, Queen & Co. brad, Michael's and wal-mart ribbon, Oriental Trading Post clip, and self-adhesive pearls. I typed the saying in Microsoft Word and printed it on printer paper.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Mother's Day

Happy Monday all!!! I had a very productive weekend. Lots to do and lots got done. We actually do our grocery shopping as a family and we managed to sneak that in on Saturday so one less thing that needs to get done sometime this week. I feel so good about getting so much done that I was kinda glad to have a day to relax yesterday.

I tend not to like lazy days. Those kinda days really make me lazy, I veg and watch TV and do NOTHING!!! For some reason those kinds of days give me a headache. It didn't help that yesterday was also a very emotional day for me. I tend to sway away from change and there was a lot of change at church yesterday. It is not that I am unhappy with the change. Well, I am in a way, one of the families that my husband and I work closely with are being transferred and their last day was yesterday. But with this move brings new experiences and I am sure new joys and friendships.

Okay so we all know that Mother's Day is coming up. I thought I had a LOT more time than this to be quite frank. But I made it easy on myself. My hubby wanted to send him mom flowers at work so I didn't really have to do anything for her but make a card. I couldn't just make a card though. I saw something I had to try on a blog I visit. The blog is called Pickled Paper Designs and Amy Sheffer is the one that authors it. I saw a post that she did for Verve stamps and just loved this idea. My mother-in-law reads, granted I don't know how much in the recent days, so I decided to try this out with her. I plan to make this bookmark into a card. I will share that with you tomorrow.

With this bookmark I started out with a square coaster that I cut into a 2 1/2" X 4" rectangle. I used tombo multi glue to cover the coaster with some PP I got at Target.

What is kinda hard to see is that I took my Life stamp set from PTI and stamped some flowers on the vellum cardstock in lavender moon and lemon tart.

I first used stark yellow button on this bookmark but just didn't really like it. I planned to start from scratch to make one I liked better. I am banking on the fact that yellow is her favorite color but didn't want to use JUST yellow so I paired it with purple (yeah, I like purple so much I have to find an excuse to put it on every project).

Instead of starting over to make some new I just changed the buttons. These buttons are making memories "chloe's closet" buttons I got at Michael's and are cream in color but work so well with this rest of the look.

deets:
stamps: PTI life, Autumn leaves pretty poppies
ink: PTI lavender moon, lemon tart, palette black
paper: PTI lavender moon, vellum, Target $1 spot PP
prima flower colored with a copic marker, joann's flower brad, self-adhesive pearl, Queen & Co. yellow brads, making memories "chloe's closet" buttons, jewelry thread, lavender moon ribbon from PTI.

I hope she likes it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

2 challenges in one

*Second post of the day*

Holy Moly!!! I actually did it. I am so happy with myself. My mojo must love to have to be backed up against a wall. Not only did I make a card with 2 challenges in one card but I made TWO cards using two different challenges per card. I am so excited to show you the first one.
This card was made using one of Lauren's sketches for a design team call for her Saturday Challenges. She is starting up something new. A different kind of challenge every Saturday and if you want to officially participate then go to her blog and find out all the details.

The other challenge is the Whiff of Joy challenge. The challenge there was to use black, white and one accent color. This one had me stuck for a while. Are you serious? Just one accent color? Have you looked at these stamps? There is just so much to color and I LOVE them. The only thing I could think of to do is to use one color and color some of the picture. I am very happy with how this turned out.

Okay, here are the deets:
stamps: Whiff of Joy, PTI polka dot basics
ink: Palette black, Staz-on jet black, PTI plum pudding
paper: PTI SS white, Quickutz black, $1 target pp
copics, clear glitter pen, prima flowers, Michael's self-adhesive pearls

Alrighty, tomorrow I will show you the other card I made today using 2 different challenges again. I love it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Color Throwdown #36

Happy Friday everyone!!! WoooHooo, we have made it to the weekend!!! How exciting is that? Nothing special here. The week is winding down and I have had a bunch of time to relax but no desire to craft. I know, I know, how bad is that? This is why. The desert winds have began. We are expecting gusts upwards of 60 mph. Yeah, gotta love it. With that comes my allergies. I usually don't take anything. I hate taking anything. I have migraines I and try my hardest not to take anything for them as well. But sometimes I just can't do it anymore and force myself to take some Tylenol or Excedrin just to be able to function again. Well, I decided to try some new allergy medicine because the other wasn't working. I had a bad allergy attack last week so I took something, yeah, I just fell asleep instead. This passed weekend I tried a "trial" size of another brand. That one puts me to sleep too, it helped, but ever since I have been fighting with myself not to fall asleep.
But on to the color challenge. Cambria directed me to a blog called "Color Throwdown". Cambria is a co-owner of a stamp company, "Our Craft Lounge", they are awesome. Marianne from "I Like Markers" is their illustrator. Marianne is an awesome artists and I am so glad I got the chance to meet her and the other owners of Our Craft Lounge.
The challenge was to use 3 colors on your card. The 3 colors are turquoise, orange and pink (Our Craft Lounge's company colors).
This was a really hard one for me because those are so not the colors I am comfortable using. So if you have a pair of sunglasses handy you might want to pull them out.
I am very happy with this card though. It is so not my usual style but I had fun using these wonderful colors. I tell you though, it really was a challenge for me.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Thanks for stopping by!!!
Missy!!!
Deets:
paper: PTI stampers select white, berry sorbet, summer sunrise, and PP is from $1 spot at Target
stamps: PTI polka dot basics, Our Craft Lounge (peanut birthday)
ink: PTI aqua mist, Palette black
ribbon and brad: $1 spot at Target
fiskars treading water border punch

Whiff of Joy Challenege #22/Niece's birthdayAmy R.'s sketch challenge

Happy Monday!!! (that is quite the title, right?)

I had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday we went to my sister's to have a birthday party for my niece (She will be 13 tomorrow) Happy Birthday JoAnna!!! And my brother-in-laws birthday (He will be 3? on Friday) Happy Birthday Aaron!!!

It was so much fun. Can you guess what we did? OMGosh!!! I think the last time I did what we did on Saturday for their birthday's I was still a teenager (and I am not even close to that anymore). I actually got into a pair of skates. I was so excited and nervous at the same time. But after a few trips around the rink I was pretty much back to where I was when I stopped skating. I seriously did not take those skates off again until we left. My husband thought I was crazy. Maybe I am hehehe.

I tell you what though. My bum is a little sore. Can you believe after many, many trips on the skating rink I didn't fall? That is until I was watching my oldest son playing skee ball. Yep, just standing there watching him play and bam, right on my hiney. I still have no idea what made me fall. Nothing what so ever. There is absolutely no reason I should have ended up on the floor. That is the most frustrating part.

I have to brag too. My boys have NEVER been on skates before, NEVER, and they are 5 and 3. Both of them put skates on and my youngest did okay but didn't want to have them on for long. My oldest, he did awesome. Refused to let me help him and he actually went around the rink by himself once. He did great. He never gave up, kept trying and eventually got it. Well, he isn't a pro by any means but I know if we get the chance to go skating again he will do it.

This is the card I made for my niece for her birthday. I love how it turned out. But as you noticed it also has two other purposes. I just love Whiff of Joy stamps. They truly are so relaxing and therapeutic to color. I colored her again with my prismacolor pencils. If I had the copic markers to color her I would but I also love the look that a pencil gives her as well. So the Whiff of Joy challenge is to use green. Do you think I have enough green?

Deets:

paper: PTI sweet blush, spring moss, stampers select white, and PP is from JoAnn's

ink: PTI spring moss, palette black, PTI sprig rain for the sky

stamps: PTI my punny valentine (sentiment), silent night (flourish on the card base)

copic markers for the grass

prismacolor pencils to color in the angel

jewelry thread for the "ribbon"

Prima flowers and a $1 spot target find brad.

I also used Amy R.'s Friday sketch for this card. I had to turn the sketch to fit the image I wanted to use but I hope she doesn't mind. It made the card so lovely and the colors I used, I think, makes the card so soft and sweet. My niece seemed to like it too.

Now, I also said it was my brother-in-laws birthday too. I made him a card as well and I will be sharing that card with you tomorrow. Until then, have a great Monday!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Baby basket

Hi all!!! I hope you had a great weekend. It was another relaxing weekend here. Great time with the family just hanging out and getting things done. I love those kind of weekends.

I am starting to stress though. This Sunday I have to teach the little primary kids, well, the older ones too. You would think this is a walk in the park for me seeing as I have been teaching most of their mothers for quite a while now. But I think it is the teachers in the primary that I am nervous about having in there. Crazy, huh? I am just not comfortable speaking in front of a group and I keep getting callings that require it. So strange. But I think that is part of Heavenly Father's plan. Get you out of your comfort zone so you can learn and grow, right?

Anywho. One of the ladies I worked with in Relief Society, a neighbor and a friend (Hi Michelle!!! :D )is expecting a baby next month. Her third, and after two girls she is having a boy. How exciting is that?

Because of my "mommy brain" I missed her baby shower so I was determined to make up something REALLY cute for her. Now, you all should know by now how much I LOVE the work that Lauren does on her blog and her templates. I remember on her blog that she took the basket template from Papertrey Ink and made a bigger basket by putting two together. What a great idea right? Well, that is what I did for my friend.

It took me a while to figure things out and it was pretty frustrating at time. I just had to set it aside and then go back to it when I was able to really concentrate. This is only because instead of using one color I had to use two. But the good news is now that I got it figured out it will be easy to recreate.

I also had to make a card to match. That took me a while too because I was having a hard time trying to find a button with holes large enough to put the ribbon through. I just love how it turned out though and hope she is as happy with it as I am.

basket deets:

cardstock: PTI aqua mist, SU! kraft

ribbon: PTI aqua mist

eyelets: SU! jumbo

button and flower: making memories chloe's closet

ink:PTI aqua mist, SU! Creamy caramel

extras:mini brads (my stash) and mini flower is from Prima

card deets:

cardstock: PTI aqua mist, SU! kraft, Target (Marcella K)

ribbon:PTI aqua mist

stamp:PTI my punny valentine and guide lines

button and flower: making memories chloe's closet

ink: PTI aqua mist and SU! creamy caramel

extra: self-adhesive pearls from Michael's

Okay, I don't think I missed anything important. If you have any questions please feel free to email or comment.

As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

P.S. Sorry, I am using my desktop again since it was already up and running this morning. If you want to check out Lauren's blog or PTI then the links are on the left. Lauren is My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence. You can find PTI by first heading to Nichole Heady's blog, {capture the moment}.

Lauren's Versatility Box

Happy Monday all!!! I am going to be optimistic that this is going to a wonderful Monday and plan to make it that way hehehe. *Crossing fingers*

I do want to inform you guys that this is going to be a very busy week for me personally. Nothing bad just lots of appointments and such. I still plan on getting projects posted here everyday. I have plenty to show and more I want to do. I am a crafting machine (hehehe) now that I have my stuff in the living room and can craft and be a part of the family at the same time. I so love it. I will be showing a card I made using Lauren's Saturday sketch. I know, I am obsessed. Anyway, I have also been realizing I have used a lot of PTI stamps lately. So, in the next week or so you will be seeing projects from me using all my other stamps. I have them, gotta get my money's worth, right? hehehe

Today, as promised, I have a box that Lauren Meader demoed on her blog last Monday here. Lauren put a lovely $1 planter from Target in hers. I decided to put a tin full of flowers and made it kinda a thank you gift for someone.

Deets: paper: PTI sweet blush, dark chocolate, and Joann's PP; stamps: PTI polka dot basics, paper tray and floral frenzy; ink: PTI ripe avocado, sweet blush, raspberry fizz, spring rain, palette ink black and cat's eye chalk ink dark brown; ribbon: blue Michael's; flowers: wal-mart and prima; brad: Target $1 spot.

I think that is it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

P.S. So sorry for the not-so-great photos. I should have taken them the other day when we had sun but now it is all cloudy and not a drop of sunlight in sight. I took these in my bathroom hoping the lighting would be a little better. No such luck. The lighting in my whole house is not the greatest (we are using the "greener" lightbulbs to help the environment).

A basket

Wooohooo!!! IT'S FRIDAY!!! Happy Friday to you all. Got any plans? Nothing special here. After a long busy weekend last weekend I think we are going to stick close to home and recharge our batteries. You just gotta have those sometimes, right?

For today I have something else I am pretty proud of. It is a basket. Yep, thanks to Lauren Meader and her timeless templates and Papertrey Ink for putting them on the market you can now make your own paper basket. And it is just the cutest basket I have seen. I love mine.

Now, this project was not as easy as the other templates I have used of hers. I had to check several times to see just exactly how to put the basket together correctly. But now that I got it figured out I am sure I shouldn't have any problems getting it together again.

Here are the deets: paper: PTI aqua mist and brown from my sisters stash; stamps: PTI believe; ink: SU! Creamy caramel; flowers: walmart and primas; brad: target $1 spot; ribbon: PTI aqua mist; button: stash from walmart; and the "buckle thingie" is from a stash I got from my sister a LONG time ago. It was cut out of brown cardstock using a cuddlebug die.

I have another great project from Lauren on Monday so please come back then and check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Missy