Happy Grandparent's Day Card - Brown

I made this cute Grandparent's day card tonight also. It fits into 2 challenges.

Freshly Brewed Challenges - Brown

Mojo Monday - Sketch 156

I used a 2 different brown papers that I have in my stash and a brown paper bag. I also used black ribbon and a black pen, as well as a picture of my baby girl (Jayden) and our puppy (Sweetums).

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Bear Birthday Card

This card fits into 2 different challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - #36 Sketch & Colors

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #37 Birthday

To make this card I used melon, yellow, and blue card stock. I cut the shapes out with Create A Critter (the scallops were done with my scallop scissors). Thanks so much for stoppin' by and have a great night!

Name that monkey!

Theres a great contest goin on over at Some Odd Girl!

Here's how it works.. go to the link above and pick out a name you think best suits the new monkey and you could win some great prizes!

Got Candy? Card

Today I made this cute, yet simple halloween card.

I am entering this card into these challenges:

Cardz TV - Halloween

Charisma Cardz Challenges! - Try something new

Cooking It Up With Katie - 3 papers, something clear & inspired by a song

How fits into the challenges:

Cardz TV - Halloween... Its a halloween card :)

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Try something new... This was my first attempt at a shaker box (the big candy) and making my own little candies (the 3 pink candies)

Cooking It Up With Katie - 3 papers, something clear & inspired by a song... I used 3 different papers (black, light orange, pumpkin orange), I used clear plastic over my big candy shaker box, and it is inspired by I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow.

How I made It:

To make the large main candy (the big black one with glitter) I cut the image with my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot, then I put some glitter (black, orange and white) in the center of the candy. I then covered the black candy with some clear plastic wrapper (which I have been saving for no reason what so ever lol) and glued around the edges of the circular area and held the plastic down. I tied some thin orange ribbon around the area where it would be twisted if it were normal candy and thats about it. I was going for a "shaker box" effect with this.. not too bad for my first time (sadly the glitter doesn't move quite how I'd like, it kinda sticks to the plastic stuff). The little pink candies down the top right side I made with an actual candy wrapper.. I rolled up a little ball of paper and then put it in the wrapper, then I twisted the wrapper around the paper. It was also my first time trying to make little candies.. also not too bad :). I distressed the background with black ink. I free hand cut the "Got Candy?" tag out of some orange paper I got in a pack of scrap paper. I distressed the tag with orange ink around the edges and free handed "Got Candy?". The little bag was cut with Create A Critter in two different shades of orange and I free handed the pumpkin face with an orange Zig marker.

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My very 1st paper bag album!

I made my first paper bag album and I must say I think it turned out very well for a first timer! It has a lot of different inserts (pull outs) and I had a pretty hard time being able to show all of the book with just pics but I think I did it. One of the inserts is actually a little booklet in itself! I tried to caption with the pics what you're seeing.. hopefully I did a good job of that. If you have any questions about it let me know.. Id be happy to answer them.

It's halloween themed and fits into a few different challenges.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - What'eva"

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Anything goes

Creative Belli Blog - Old Stamps

Crafty Creations Challenges - Transporation

Simon Says Chllenge - Holiday Fun

Paper Pretties - Brads or Eyelets

To make this album I used:

black, purple, lime green, neon orange & pumpkin orange card stock (covering bags and die cuts)

8 paper lunch bags (main album body)

terrifically tacky tape (for adhering bags)

atg gun (for adhering bags)

zig glue (to adhere die cuts to pages)

Sure cuts a lot (to make the witch on the broom)

cricut cartridges: wild card, happily ever after, and lifes a beach (all other die cuts)

orange zig marker (coloring in the pumpkin's face)

black ink pad (to distress most of the pages)

black & orange ribbon (for tags and inserts)

chipboard (cover)

orange, green, white & purple tempera paint (to paint the chipboard cover)

2 different pumpkin stamps, 1 mummy stamp, 1 scaredy cat stamp

google eyes

and probably more I'm forgetting.

How it fits into the above challenges:

it is what ever (what'eva")

it is anything goes (anything goes)

I used 2 pumpkin stamps that are over a year old (old stamps)

on 2 different inserts in the book there is a witch flying on her broom (transportation)

halloween themed (holiday fun)

there is a brad holding the spiderweb on the 2nd page on so that it can spin (brads or eyelets)

Anyway Im really happy with this book.. Pretty amazed I did such a decent job on my first try!

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Best Wishes Butterfly Card

Just finished up a card! It fits into a few different challenges...

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Ribbon & Flower

Aud Sentiments - Best Wishes

Card Creations with C - Bling & Ribbon

Pear Tree Designs - Animals

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch #58

Flutter By Wednesday's - pink angel, fairy or butterfly

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Recipe (flower & lace)

I made the butterfly from the Happily Ever After Cricut cartridge using 2 different shades of pink paper (all of this paper came in a scrap pack.. not sure who makes it). I got the lace-like pink flower ribbon at Michaels. The pink paper flower (came in a scrapbook set can't remember where) at the bottom is held on by a rhinestone brad (from the eyelet outlet). I used glitter glue (from Craft Warehouse) to put a little glitter on the flower at the bottom on the butterfly and around the edges of the main pink rectangle. I wrote the "Best Wishes" hand free with scribbles (from Joann's). I think it turned out pretty decent.. very simple :).

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playing catch up!

I havent posted in awhile.. not quite sure why.. I've been home. lol. I have been working on my first paper bag album and it's almost finished I still need to find some chipboard for the cover.. not quite sure where to find it.. Michaels didn't have any. So that's been taking up a lot of my time.. I'll get some pics up when it's finished.

Yesterday Adam bought me an ATG gun!! YESssssssssssss! lol.. I used it a lil last night and so far I have no complaints.. other than how hard it was to open.. Adam had to do it for me lol.

Still waiting for Create A Critter to come.. hopefully it'll be here today I CANNOT wait to open that baby up and start making some cute lil animals! Also still waiting to hear back about Jayden's halloween costume from Walgreens.. gee.

We went garage selling on umm Saturday. Got some pretty cool stuff. (Im currenly working on refinishing a coffee table for a living room and that got me into wanting to find stuff and restore it or refinish it.) We found 2 different rocking horses (that we'll use for a photo shoot with Jayden) one was $4 and the other $2 (the $2 one we found being sold online for $125!!) still not gonna sale it. We also go a tiny desk (Jayden sized) for $3 and its SOOOOO cute but im gonna sand 'er down and restain it, or possibly paint it to match her room and dresser! No scrapbook stuff anywhere so thats about all we found. But we did pretty good!

Also, we bought our plane tickets home for Sept 16-21.. its gonna be so great to see Mai (she's my 2nd cousin but is more like a sister and is def my BFF!! she was also my maid of honor.. she lives in Ohio)! This will be the first time she has seen Jayden in person (she came and visited when I was pregnant but couldnt stay for the birth). Shes really excited too.

When we get home.. we shoot a wedding on Sept 25 and then head up to Yellowstone NP again (Adams gonna be working up there and its also for my b-day) and this will be both my and Jayden's 2nd trip to Yellowstone but this time we're gonna be camping.. which will be her first time camping! :D

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Well as always... thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!! :D

I WON!!!

Great news today.. I found out I won the Hannah Montana Cartridge from the Birthday Bash Challenge with Crafting With Cristina! How wonderful is that?! My 1st win!

I also bought the Create A Critter cart off of ebay today (it's technically my birthday gift from my husband but he had me get it cuz i have the time to find the better deals lol). I accidentally bid on two different ones.. and won them both (Adam won't be happy about that lol!).. I got one for $23 and the other for $27.48. Both great deals but Im thinkin Adams gonna tell me to sell it on ebay again lol.

Also, yesterday I got Jayden's halloween costume in the mail (I ordered it online thru Walgreens.com).. I was a little bit upset when I opened the box.. I ordered her the lil' stinker skunk costume in 6-12mos... and they sent me Woody from Toy Story in size 12-18mo... seriously? Wrong size, wrong costume.. not good. To top it off.. the skunk costume was like $40 and the Woody one is only $19.99... I DONT THINK SO! So I called em up yesterday and they said they're gonna take care of it. Im waiting for a call from the "special shipping" people.. no call yet but they better make it soon.

Adam comes home tomorrow so that'll be good.. Jayden has missed him.. she loves her daddy and gets tired of only seeing me day after day.. thats about all the news here.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

-Jamie

All Scrapbook Steals September Candy!

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