Be Mine!

This is the card I made for the Simply Betty Challenge blog's Challenge numero uno! This week has been extremely hard. But I am so grateful to be able to create a card and take my mind off of things for a while. How could you not love coloring these cuties from Simply Betty Stamps.

Tag It with Trail Makers!

Hi everyone! The latest challenge at Trail Makers was so fitting for this time of year! I actually have two goodies to share. The first is a cute mug I made, this is what some people at work will be receiving this year. It is super simple to make. And doesn't thePaper Trail's December kit look stunning! Score a 12x 8 3/4 paper at every inch and glue down the left over tab. The handle was just folded in half and freestyled :) I filled the mug with yummy snickers and added a simple chipboard tag.




My second project was a set of tags. The best part was I could make them with leftover paper, and embellishments! LOVE that! I always try to make homemade tags that look slightly different for each family or event we go to. That way on Christmas day it is easy to know which gift we can tear into! These tags are going to be for my husbands family, so simple and beautiful!

Holiday Planner with TrailMaker's December Kit!

This week's challenge here at TrailMakers is to put a stamp on it! This challenge was very exciting to me and I decided to make a project that will help my holidays be nice and organized! But before I share my project I would like to share how I like to work with stamps! I generally used Copics with all of my stamps. All of my paper is from the December kit "Christmas Town" at The Paper Trail. This kit is made up of Lily Bee Design's Christmas Town line and is beautiful!

Depending on the stamp I usually like to start with my skin or lighter colors. Nothing stinks more than working with them last and smearing the hair color across the forehead.

Then with this one I worked on the outfit or details. Keep in mind where there would be natural shadows behind hair or behind the list in this case. I used 3 different reds starting with my darkest in the shadowed areas and working to the lightest. To me this lets me blend and make things just right.

Then I worked on her hair, curly hair is usually a lot of work but I think it looks great! Below I had already used 2 browns starting dark and going lighter.

My last step was adding some depth to the list. I used the lightest grey I had and tried to pick out areas that looked like they would have a shadow. A colorless blender works wonders in lightening the color and making it look like shadow.

From here, you could make a card, a scrapbook page, a gift tag, really whatever you feel like! I used mine to make a new Holiday Planner for this year.

Inside pocket for receipts.

Back cover, will have a calendar page but since this week we moved into our new house, the printer is still out of commission!

Isn't that paper just drool worthy?!?!?! It's gorgeous! Don't forget to share your stamping with us at TrailMakers!

~Calie

Name those KITTENZ!

HI everyone, No Kenny K card to share this week as Team A is flaunting thier fabulous-ness!But I just had to come and tell
you all about a very cool Contest starting today over on Donna's blog..
It will run till the 21st.
Kenny K's is releasing some new images in a few weeks Kittenz.
The contest is :NAME THOSE KITTENZ
You can find all the details on Donna's blog, Here is a Sneak peek.

OK now the Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge this week is
DON'T BE SQUARE
And the A team has some amazing inspiration! So be sure to hop on over and check them out.
Thanks for stopping by.

Non Halloween Layout with Halloween paper :)

When I first saw this challenge I was very nervous! I love Halloween papers but I have never used them for a non Halloween project! So as I flipped though my pictures I noticed that Even Halloween paper come in beautiful colors! On my page I used paper from Echo Parks Happy Halloween, and Summertime lines, and paper from Scribble Scrabbles Jeepers Creepers line as well as The Simply Stylish Collection. I used the lime green felt circle ribbon by Creative Imaginations! Don't be shy join us for this challenge at TrailMakers! You might even suprise yourself!

Cupid's Helper

Now I know it's Halloween time and I'm posting about Cupid?!?! No I haven't lost my mind it's my take on Simply Betty's 9th day of Halloween! It's all about LoVe potion no. 9! This was one of those challenges where it all just fell into place! I knew I wanted to make a drink, and remembered seeing on of these hanging drink mix holders on Splitcoast Stampers! I think this would be a fun thing to have for each adult in your trick-or-treat party. I know I'll be taking one! And don't you think Devil Rio would be the perfect helper for cupid - Drink it or else! :)

The paper is from Scribble Scrabble and DCWV. And of course Devil Rio is available at Simply Betty Stamps but hurry, she's will only be available until October 31st!

Pumpkin Treats

At TiddlyInks Challenges this week the challenge was to create treat bags or boxes. I decided to pull together some of my favorite little pumpkin digis, to create some sweet treats for my cousins!

Pumpkin London treat toppers for my sassy big girls by Simply Betty Stamps!

Sweet little pumpkins from Tiddly Inks for my littlest munchkins!

And handsome Hallow Pumpkin digi from The Greeting Farm for my big boys!

Hopefully your Halloween is full of lots of treat and a few tricks along the way!