ME4Y Misting technique challenge.

My very first card using the technique of Misting.

Now I will show you the steps I used to make this.

First thing I did was pick the punch I was going to use

to make my stencil with.

This is one of Martha Stewarts punch around the page

punches. I really love this punch as it has many functions.

This is what it looked like when I got it all 

punched out. Then I placed it on my card and

used my Perfect Pearls Mists. The color is called Forever Violet.

To me it looks more like a rose color. Pretty non the less.

I used my Spellbinders perfect swirls die to embellish the front.

I used used a piece of yard sale ribbon down the side that has some gold

trim. And the final little touch, was a white silk flower. I really do love it.

Happy Scrappin.

Made Especially For You: 3D Halloween Coffin

Made Especially For You: 3D Halloween Coffin

ME4Y 3 leaves challenge

This weeks challenge is all about leaves. It seems so appropriate

since fall has raised it head and things are cooling down.

So, this card was a fun one for me. 

I was so excited to have received my new Die for the

back ground of this card from Spellbinders called the Card Maker

If you don't have it, do get it. It is awesome.

Is used a precut doily and my Spellbinders Maple leaf die

for the center. Martha Stewart always seems to find away onto

my cards. LOL This is her fancy butterfly punch. For the scrolls I

used my Cricut cart called Picturesque. And to finish it off my

sentiment also came from a Cricut cart called Beyond Birthdays.

If you haven't already become a follower take this opportunity

to. I am giving away a great blog candy when I reach 100 followers.

Hope you will join us for this weeks LEAF challenge.

Happy Scrappin

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut have teamed up to share with you all sorts of spooktacular monster-themed projects to help get your crafty gears turning for all those upcoming Halloween projects!

If you've come from Sharon's blog ,http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com you're in the right place! If you just came across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, pleasevisit Ashley at Made Especially For You.

For my project, I created this spooky castle for  my Count Drakula.

Spooky huh:)

I printed my Halloween saying from my printer then cut it out with my circle cutter and

placed it on an orange background with some stamped bats on the back ground. For the 

scene,  I love Count Dracula standing at the gate. Count is a Digi from Bugaboo.

I'm sure happy that you stopped by and be sure to become a follower

and I'll head your way. Happy Monster Hopping.

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Your next stop is Lori's blog http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com.  Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

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Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Sharon - http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com

Lori - http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com

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Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

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Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Diana - http://craftypeepdb.blogspot.com

Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Kim - http://littleredshood.blogspot.com
Annette - http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!

ME4Y Gatefold Card

Welcome to another ME4Y challenge card. This week

we are making Gatefolded cards. I had never made one of

these before but I will again. I love them. 

For this card I used a 5 1/2 X 7 1/2. The standard A2 card

just wasn't big enough to use my Butterfly. The card stock

 I used was from my Citris collection with the matching striped

paper. I added some black swirly bling for that touch of POP.

As you can see, I cut my gate 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 from the same

Citris bundle in Blue then turned a coordinating striped blue

sideways. Layered that with a paper doily. My butterfly

is from Sizzix Butterfly die. After cutting it I ran it through

my Dotted Swiss embossing folder.

 I used silk flower for the center of the Butterfly 

and place a bow to hid the stem.

The sentiment was cut with a Martha Stewart flower

punch, centered with a scalloped edged circle with

"sending Smiles" as the sentiment.

I like to add a little something on the inside of my card

to bring it all together. In this case it's more bling.

Final look of my card for this challenge.

As always I hope you will join us for this weeks Gatefolded card challenge.

I'll be looking for you :)

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ME4Y 3 Balloon challenge

I love making fun challenges like this. I dug out 3 of my

Cricut Carts and away I went. Here is what I came up with.

For my background I dug this our of my scrap basket. Love that thing.

The side was made using my Martha Stewart Punch around the page.

I saw here use this on HSN yesterday and didn't know that you could make 

border strips with it. Learn something again.. The Bike was made using my

Stretch Your Imagination cart and my Celebrations cart for the balloons and

sentiment. I added pearls to the balloons and some trendy twine for the strings.

I truly don't use my Cricut enough. 

Hope you will join us on this fabulous challenge at

Made Especially For You.

Happy Craftin 

ME4Y Sktech challenge

This is our sketch week. I really enjoy doing these types of challenges and

our Sponsor this week for DIGI's is Bugaboo. Love their images. So for 

my sketch this week, I chose a fall them. September is the time when our leaves

begin to fall so here is my card.

I love this little gal popping out of the leaf bag. I used all scrap papers for

this one. My scrap bag of paper is slowly going down.  The scallop behind my photo

is a Sizzix die and I used two leaf brads to hold my sentiment on. 

I hope you will join us this week for another sketch challenge. We love

seeing your take on our sketches.