Black Cat Happy Halloween

 Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

It just wouldn't be Halloween ....... If I didn't share a sweet black cat tag.

I started off with a 4-3/4" x 3" Pumpkin Pie base tag.  I used the 'Frightfully Cute' set to stamp my sentiment at the very bottom of my tag.

Next, I added three little panels of the 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' to the front of my tag and framed each of those pieces of DSP with a black panel.

My BEAUTIFUL black cat was punched out with the 'Cat Punch' and I used the 'Layering Circles Dies' to frame out that little CUTIE!!!!

I topped my tag off with some White Ribbon from the 'Flowers For Every Season Pack' and tied it up with a pretty Black Baker's Twine bow.

I did wrap more of the White Ribbon around the very bottom of my tag and tied it up into a PRETTY PRETTY knot.  Just couldn't be HAPPIER with the way this tag turned out.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share some Friends Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Less Trickin' More Treatin'

 Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

I started out with a Black base card that measures 8-1/2" x 5-1/2".  That piece is scored at 4-1/4".

Next, I added a panel of White cardstock that measures 4-7/8" x 3-5/8" to the top of my black base card.

To help me add my 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper'.......I cut a Black cardstock panel that measure 3-1/2" x 4-3/4".  This is going to fit my three panels of 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' perfectly.  My Designer Series Paper measures 2" x 4-3/4", 1-1/2" x 3-1/4" and 1-1/2" x 1-1/2".  I was then able to adhere that completed DSP panel to the front of my card.

Now, I got busy and created my sentiment piece.  I used the 'Frightfully Cute' stamp set to stamp my sentiment onto a White 'Layering Circle' piece.  And I die-cut a 'Black Glitter' scallop circle with the same 'Layering Circles' dies.  I also stamped the witch from that same set and fussy cut her out and added her to the top of my sentiment.

The finishing touch was adding three little stars from the 'Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins'......

And called this card DONE in no time FLAT!!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a Tag Thursday creation to share with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream! 

Tombstone Treat Box

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is '3D/CASE IT TUESDAY'.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project that I found on the internet ....... And I created a CASE of that project to share with you today.  This project was SUPER FUN to create and I want to jump right in and share that project with you now.

Well this little cutie uses one of the new Stampin' UP! 'Tombstone Treat Boxes' and a few pieces of card stock.

I constructed one of the Tombstone Boxes and covered the bottom section with a small 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' panel.

Right above that Designer Series Paper ........ I added my sentiment that was stamped from the 'Little Delights' set ..... And I used the 'Ornate Frames Dies' to crop that sentiment out.

I added a large moon (from the 'Layering Circles Dies') and fussy cut one of the little ghost that was from the 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' ........ And added both of those to the front of my box.

The finishing touch for the front of my box was adding a PRETTY little bow from the 'Black & White Gingham Ribbon'.

Then I got busy filling my little treat box up with some YUMMY candy.

And three "Lindor' candies' fit PERFECTLY inside!

So there you have it friends......

Don't you just LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Wine Down Wednesday card with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Spooky Upgrade

 Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today is Mix-It-UP! Monday, and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ..... But I added a couple additional products to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here's my Spot Light Sunday card from yesterday on the TOP.....

And my Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card for today on the BOTTOM....

The first upgrade I made for my card for today was changing the orientation from a Landscape Style card to a Portrait Style card.

I also changed my base card from a White card to a Black base card.

I did use the same 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' to cover the front of my Black card.  But for this upgraded version ....... I added two different patterns of that DSP.

I used the 'Layering Circle Dies' to crop out both a Pumpkin Pie and Black circle.  And then I added the ghost to the center of each circle ....... And those ghost were cropped out with the 'Festive Finshes Dies'.

The last upgrade I made was stamping my "Spooky!" sentiment three times and cropping those out with my Paper Snips to create a FUN little banner off each ghost circle.

So there you have it friends......

A SUPER FUN and SUPER EASY kind of upgrade.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Spooky Card

 Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2021 Stampin' UP! Mini Catalog.  This card uses several products from that new catalog ........ And I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today..........

To Me.......There's really nothing SPOOKY about this card.

I did stamp my sentiment from the 'Festive and Bright' stamp set onto my White base card in the lower right hand corner.

I added a panel of Black cardstock to the left hand side of my card ........ And added to the top of that cardstock panel the OH SO FUN 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper'.

And then I added my trio of little ghost.  I used the 'Layering Circles Dies' to crop out both a White and Black layering circle ..... And then I used the 'Festive Finishes Dies' to crop out three DARLING little ghost.

And there you have it friends.

I'm just thrilled with the way this card turned out.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

HOPE Card

 Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Paper Pumpkin Saturday ........... And I would like to share with you the project I created using the August 'Hope Box' Paper Pumpkin kit.   Here's that project.......

This alternte card for August only needed ONE additional product.......and that was three little circles of Bermuda Bay cardstock.

I started this card off with one of the "Hope" sentiment die-cut pieces that came with this kit.  Then, I used one of the white cards that came with this kit to crop out a White frame that was die-cut from the 'Hippo and Friends Dies'.

Next, I matted my three little circles to a larger 'Layering Circle' and added the little yellow flower die-cut piece that came with this kit to the center.

I arranged those three flower circles right above my sentiment piece and added a single sequin (that came with this kit) to the center of each flower.

The finishing touch was adding some of the OVER-THE-TOP GORGEOUS ribbon that came with this kit to the top of my card.......

And this card was done in a SUPER JIFFY!!!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spot Light Sunday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Friends Friday Pics

            Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Friends Friday.  On Friday's, I have the honor of spot-lighting some of the fabulous cards and projects that I received from Friends ....... Fellow Demonstrators ........ and Family.  Each of these creations are works of art........and it is with great pleasure that I share with you today some AMAZING projects that three very special friends made for me.

First up for today......is this GORGEOUS card from my sweet friend Terry Olsen.  She sent me this card "Just Because".  It made my heart SMILE BIG!!!!

Next up is a BEAUTIFUL card sent to me from Ashley Carlson.  I purchased a few items from her Country Hive business and she tucked this card into my package.

And my final share for today was created by my OH SO TALENTED daughter Cheryl Sewell.  These were her table gifts for our Scissors in the City Retreat.  She took my larger version of the stacking candy corn box that I share on Tuesday and made a mini candy corn box for our retreat.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a special Paper Pumpkin Saturday creation with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

3-Framed Spooky Houses

 Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Tag Thursday.  Today, I will feature a tag I created and show you how easy it is to use minimal supplies to create a SUPER PRETTY TAG.  Now that you have the details for my Tag Thursday creation for this week ........ Let's jump right in with my tag share for today........

This Halloween tag just makes my day.

I started off with a Pumpkin Pie 2-1/2" x 4-1/4" base tag.

Next, I used the 'Ornate Frames Dies' to crop out three black frames.  On the inside of each frame I cropped out a spooky house from the 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' and dropped it into the center of each black frame.

I did add some of the 'Black & White 1/4" Gingham Ribbon' to each black frame and had that ribbon tucked under the inside of each frame.

My tag was topped off with of the Black and White Baker's Twine in the 'Playful Pets Ribbon Combo' pack.  And took my time fraying the end of that Baker's Twine (SPOOKY NO????).

And there you have it friends......

A SPOOKY ..... But FUN Halloween tag.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share some Friends Friday creations with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Happy Halloween Gift Card Holder

 Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

Today, we are creating a SUPER FUN Halloween gift card holder.  Here's what the outside of the card looks like.......

And here's the FUN little SURPRISE when you open the card.  The inside is decorated with a 4" x 5-1/4" White cardstock panel.  To the bottom of that panel, I added a 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' panel that is 2" x 4".  All I had to do was adhere three sides of that DSP and add it to the White panel.

I started out with a Black base card.  It measures 4-1/4" x 11" and is scored at 5-1/2".

I added a panel of 'Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper' to the top of my Black base card ...... and that piece measures 4" x 5-1/4".

Next, I die-cut a large 'Layering Circle' in Crushed Curry and used my 'Blending Brush' to shade in the outer edges of that circle ..... thus creating the spooky moon for the front of my card.

Then I used a piece of Black cardstock that measurd 4" x 3/4".  I grabbed the 'Frightfully Cute' set and stamped my sentiment with VersaMark ink and sprinkled it with 'White Embossing Powder'.  After I heat set my sentiment ....... I adhered that panel to the front of my moon.

The last step was adding a frightful cat from the 'Cat Punch'.  He was cropped out using 'Black Glitter Paper'.

And that' all it took to create this fun

Halloween Gift Card Holder.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a Tag Thursday creation to share with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!