Hallow-Boo!

The girls had a WONDERFUL time at HallowBoo yesterday! Savannah was just thrilled to ride the rides and trick-or-treat through Storybook Forest. Arwen loved any opportunity to get out of the stroller and walk! It was also nice that I didn't have to "switch out" too much of Savannah's candy. . .just a few peanut butter cups and other things that were processed in a facility that handles peanuts. She never even noticed! :) They both fell asleep on the ride home and even slept in today! Mommy just LOVED that because she had some extra time to herself! In case you can't read their shirts in the picture, I found these outfits at Walmart and couldn't leave them there. . .they were too cute! The picture on the shirt looks a little like "Bewitched" with the witch on the broom and it says "Witch and Famous". They were adorable! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday, Savannah!

I can't believe that 4 years ago today, my baby was born! It seems as though it was just yesterday that I had her. . .and now I'm weeks away from having my third! Where does the time go? Today I'm going to take Savannah and Arwen to Idlewild Park for "Hallow-Boo"! She just LOVES it at Idlewild and we went to their "Hallow-Boo" last year and she had a blast. They have Storybook Forest, and at Hallow-Boo the kids get to trick or treat through Storybook Forest. She doesn't know that she's going yet, so it will be a huge surprise! I'll have to post some pics later tonight! Happy Birthday, my little Sweet Pea! I love you!

Mojo Monday Week #4

This is for Julee's Mojo Monday Challenge over at Poetic Artistry. I just love these challenges that Julee posts. I didn't get a chance to do last week's, so I REALLY wanted to do this one! I haven't used my Rubber Romance stamps in a while and since I needed a larger image to fit the space on the sketch, I thought I'd use this one. I added some pearl brads I found at my local craft store and the sentiment is from a Studio G clear stamp set. I also used the Sliders Cuttlebug die. Head on over to Julee's blog and try the Mojo Challenge yourself! Thanks for visiting! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Melanie (Rubber Romance), sentiment (Studio G); Ink- Palette in Noir, Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel, VersaMagic in Aegean Blue; Paper- Basic Grey Hang 10 line in Pipeline and Stoked, DCWV dark blue, light blue, chocolate; Accessories- Aquapainter, Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip markers, Cuttlebug Sliders die, scallop circle punch, organdy ribbon, pearl brads (Darice), paper piercer.

Halloween Makeover

This was for yesterday's Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS, Halloween Makeover. . .to use Halloween stamps to make a non-Halloween card. This was fun! Since this stamp from Michael's was sitting on my stamp table, I decided to use it. Right away I thought of the Green Thumb set by Papertrey Ink for the sentiment! I thought the retro color scheme would work well too.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Michael's $1 stamp, sentiment from Green Thumb (Papertrey Ink); Paper- Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava, Whisper White, DCWV chocolate; Ink- Palette in Noir, Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava, Creamy Caramel; Accessories- Making Memories brads, double stitched ribbon in Wild Wasabi, glitter glue, blender pen.

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge: File Folder

This is for Beate's newest Weekend Sketch Challenge. It was to make a file folder card. Believe it or not, I have never made one of these before! I have the Coluzzle File Folder template, but have only ever used it for a file folder scrapbook I made a while ago. It worked perfectly for this challenge. I decided to make a baby announcement since I'll be needed one of those VERY soon! :) I thought the Wild About You stamp set went well with this patterned paper from the DCWV Nana's KIDS Stack. I punched the elephant out with a Jumbo circle punch and attached just the top of it with dimensionals to the inside card so that the elephant would show on the outside and sit in the curve of the file folder.

It also holds the inside card nicely in place until it's pulled out. The inside card is where all the "stats" will go along with a little picture of our newest addition. I'm very excited to see what Beate, Jenn, Laurie, Lori and Sharon have created! Beate also created a tutorial for these! Let's go check out their blogs! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Wild About You, So Many Sayings, Bundle of Joy; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black; Paper- Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Close To Cocoa, DCWV chocolate, Nana's KIDS Stack; Accessories- Jumbo circle punch, Coluzzle File Folder template, 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches, Making Memories brads, Wild Wasabi double stitched ribbon, slit punch, Chocolate Chip marker.

Savannah's Favors

As promised, here are the favors I made for Savannah to take with her to preschool today. They didn't turn out exactly how I envisioned, but I think the kids with love them. In the October (I believe) issue of Papercrafts Magazine, I saw how one of the designers gave out a card for Halloween with a cookie cutter attached, and a play dough recipe on one side and sugar cookie recipe on the other. I thought it was an adorable idea. I decided to take it a step further. I made these 2-5-7-10 boxes and filled them with the dry ingredients to make the play dough. I wanted to put the recipe on the front, which is why I'm not so crazy with how they turned out. I couldn't really "decorate" the front of the box much because the recipe took up too much space. I tried to make it smaller, but I didn't want the parents to have to dig out a magnifying glass to read it! :) The stamps are from a Studio G $1 clear set that I found at Michael's. I thought it was perfect for kids. The colored cupcakes have "glitter frosting". . .don't know if the picture shows that. Hopefully the kids (and their parents) will love these. I tried the recipe beforehand and it DOES work! The original recipe called for double the amount of everything but the Kool Aid mix, but it made a HUGE batch of play dough, and I couldn't fit THAT much of the dry ingredients in the box so I had to cut the recipe in half. Thanks for visiting today! I'll let you know how the kids liked them! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Studio G clear stamp set; Paper- The Paper Company; Ink- VersaMagic in Pink Petunia, Tempting Turquoise, Yo Yo Yellow, Palette in Noir; Accessories- Regal Rose, Yo Yo Yellow, Tempting Turquoise and Barely Banana markers, organdy ribbon, Quickie Glue pen, glitter, hole punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches.

Happy Mail!

I received this WONDERFUL RAK from Shannon at Hoppy Creations! A little while ago, she commented on a card I made and LOVED the ribbon on the card. I sent her some of the ribbon as a surprise, and THIS is what she sent me as a thank you! I couldn't believe it! What an absolute sweetie! The card is just precious, and that ribbon is gorgeous! I LOVE those earth tones! Thank you so much, Shannon! You totally made my day! Check out Shannon's other wonderful creations on her blog!

Sweet Julie

Look at this awesome RAK I got from my sweet, sweet friend Julie at Stampin' With Julie! Is that penguin card not the cutest? As if that wasn't enough, she sent me that CUTE CUTE stamp set! It's by Autumn Leaves and is called Mini Bugs. I just LOVE it. . .and look at all of those ladybugs! :) I was so excited when I opened this package. What a great surprise! Thank you so much Julie! You are the best! I loved this stamp set so much that I HAD to use it yesterday for the Color Challenge on SCS, Mustard Olives. . .to use More Mustard, Old Olive and Bashful Blue. I decided to pull out an old Classy Brass template that I thought would go well with the little ladybugs. I can't even remember the name of this template, and there's no name on the package. The three ladybugs are colored with a More Mustard marker, and the last ladybug is stamped twice--once in black, once in Old Olive and then I cut out the wings and adhered them over the black stamped image. The last touch was the olive velvet ribbon. I didn't want it to cover the sentiment, so I had to use the horizontal slot punch so the ribbon would only go over so far. I think it worked. Well, thanks for stopping by today! I am feverishly working on finishing Savannah's "favors" to take to preschool tomorrow for her birthday. Hopefully I'll be able to share them with you tomorrow! Have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Mini Bugs (Autumn Leaves), Stem Sayings; Ink- Palette in Noir, Old Olive; Paper- DCWV mustard, olive, blue, Whisper White; Accessories- olive velvet ribbon, horizontal slot punch, More Mustard marker, Classy Brass template.

Bye Bye Summer

No, I'm not ready to say goodbye to summer, but that was the Try a New Technique Challenge on SCS yesterday, Bye Bye Summer. . .to make a gel card. I haven't made a gel card in ages, so it was fun to try one out again. This card was really quick too, which was nice. I seem to have less and less time to stamp lately and I don't know why. Maybe because I need to get some other projects done too, so I'm trying to fit everything into the time I DO have. Savannah's 4th birthday is Sunday, but they're celebrating it in preschool on Thursday. I wanted to make some "favors" to send in with her and I haven't even started. Today is the day I hope to do that. Thanks for stopping by today and have a GREAT day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Whale Wishes, Spotted Jumbo wheel; Paper- Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White; Ink- Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi; Accessories- black marker, Night of Navy marker, Making Memories brads, Word Window punch, double stitched ribbon in Wild Wasabi and Blue Bayou, Oval Coluzzle, paper piercer.

Splitcoast Western PA Gathering

On Saturday of this past weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting some Splitcoast friends! Phyllis (HUTstamper) organized the event and we all had a GREAT time. The group consisted of BethanyPaull, chickers089, epiphany, GolfCat69, HUTstamper, inkyfingersinpa, M_A_N_D_Y, Nicely Done, seasonalstamper, Sherialane, s_anthony, Vicky Gould and myself, CharmWarm. It was nice to finally put faces with names. I couldn't stay for the whole day, but I had a blast during the time that I was there. What a wonderful bunch of gals! I'm looking forward to the next time!