Attention Target Shoppers & Giveaway

Next time you're at Target check out the American Crafts Halloween goodies available for crafting and creating spook-tacular party decor! With some of the papers and stickers from the line, I created this yummy card and chocolate almond gift set. 

Would you like to win some of this collection? I have the following three items up for grabs for commenting on this post. You have until Sunday, midnight, to leave your comment. One winner will receive all three items...a Halloween Party Hat kit, a set of Star Stickers, and a Happy Halloween banner kit.

Eek! These are fun, don't you think? Good luck in the drawing and hope you have a fabulous fall weekend! :)

Published

This past spring I had my first scrapbook page published in Creating Keepsakes and it was so excited to go to Barnes and Noble and see it on the shelf! There he is, page 70, our big fluffy cat Latte! We joke that he needs an agent now! ;) 

I created this page with the new Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm collection from American Crafts. I think the  papers work perfectly with all the colorful magazine covers in the background of the photo. I also included one of the same cat Silhouette cuts from the published page.

Well, summer CHA is right around the corner and I've seen a lot of awesome new collections I can't wait to show you...later this week! It'll be a lot of fun creating projects for you with all these new goodies! :)

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Oreo

Last weekend I made a pit stop at Archivers and purchased some Lucky Charm papers from the latest Dear Lizzy collection.  I combined these whimsical and colorful papers with a new arrow die set from My Favorite Things resulting in this scrapbook page of our kitty Oreo. 

This guy is a handful! He's so active and playful! He's currently in my office trying to get me to play fetch with one of his favorite mice! If I don't throw that mouse soon, he'll start to chew on my scrapbook supplies! Not good! A few of my latest paper craft projects have fallen victim to Oreo! I've always had lazy mellow cats in the past so this is a new beast for me! Do any of you have a rambunctious cat?

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Heart Sing

Hi! I created a card this morning. I love the spontaneity of a non-planned post/craft share...the freedom to just sit down and create with no assignment in mind. I think I do some of my best work that way. 

I created this card with some American Crafts Dear Lizzy papers. I love the color palette and this phrase. I threw in a few wood hearts from Freckled Fawn and used some thin metal heart dies from My Favorite Things. What do you think? Like? 

I hope you have a great day and can find some time to do a little playing too! :) 

Dearest Friend

Hi!

Yesterday's leap day Doodlebug blog hop was a great big success all because of you! I really enjoyed reading all of your comments and hopping along together! Thank you! :) Remember, you have until the end of tomorrow, Friday, March 2nd to complete the hop and possibly win one of five brand new Hello Spring collections! If you would like to participate, click here for details.

Today I have a card to share with you. If you've been checking my blog recently, you have probably noticed I've been doing a bunch of projects for the sake of playing around. This is another one.

I've been trying to step out of my comfort zone and try some fun things like this washi tape and stitch work.

Additionally, I'm attempting to use all of my left over scraps and accents. I recently donated most of my stash and don't want it to pile up again! All these layered pieces are from a little drawer I use for leftover bits and pieces after I complete a project.

To create this washi tape design, I simply applied a single piece of tape to the left hand side of my card. Then I used my ruler to create diagonal lines that lined up with the washi tape. The last step was to add more washi tape by lining them up with my diagonal lines. I hope I'm explaining that in a way that makes sense! :)

The washi tape is from Two Peas in a Bucket, the 'play' tag is an  Emma's Shoppe die cut from Crate Paper, the ticket stub and 'Tt' tag was purchased on Etsy. You can find a lot of fun paper craft accents on Etsy! The craft tag is Martha Stewart, the die cut I used for the pennants is from Papertrey ink and the rub-ons, old American Crafts. Buttons are stash items.

I hope you enjoy my card and have a terrific day!

Kathy :)

Yum

Hello!

How is your week going so far?

I can't seem to motivate myself to do anything other than scrapbook our vacation photos! We had such a lovely time in Charleston, but it was way too short! I'm thinking if I scrap our pictures, I can extend the fun just a little while longer! :)

Anyway, to say I'm a huge fan of ice cream is an enormous understatement! I LOVE the stuff! I can eat it when its cold outside, when I'm under the weather and I can eat some after a big dinner when I'm stuffed! Anytime is the perfect time for ice cream in my book! And being on vacation is a fabulous time to indulge in a lot of my favorite treat!

For this page I used the new, colorful, and oh so fun 'Happy Days' line from Echo Park.

Almost everything on my page is from the Happy Days line with the exception of these very cool Thickers letter stickers from American Crafts. I also threw in a bit of twine, a button and a couple of epoxy stickers I had in my stash.

A bit of stitchery went into this page, not so much as my most recent pages, but enough to make me happy! :)

Hope my page makes you happy! Perhaps a little ice cream is in order? :) Kathy

A Beautiful Day

And I'm going to be as happy as a bird with a french fry! :) The caffeine hasn't kicked in yet so I'm feeling a bit tired at the moment, but I'm determined to make it a great day, get a lot done and enjoy this fabulous spring weather we're having! How about you? What's on your agenda for this lovely Thursday?

How about a crafty share? Here's a card I made from one of my favorite lines of paper right now.

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The paper I used for this card is 'Letterbox' from American Crafts. The fabric covered Thickers alphabets and the tree stickers are also American crafts. All these items are available for sale at Two Peas in a Bucket.

I'm going to keep my post short today so I can go work on some other fun things including another Digital Doodles stamp. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies

Card Stock:  Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Letter Stickers:  American Crafts

Tree Accents:  American Crafts

Sewing Thread:  Coats

Happy Wednesday!

Its mid-week and time for another crafty blog share. When I closed on Monday, I promised I would share my Valentine page with you. My darling husband had brought home roses and mini cupcakes last Friday evening and left me a little Valentine message in Sunday's paper. He's a real keeper! I took photos since my flowers and cupcakes will not last long and created this page.

Guess what? I posted this page on Two Peas in a Bucket yesterday and it was picked for the featured project of the day! Woot woot! There's nothing like seeing your work recognized! And it's so cool that all the wonderful things my honey did made this the special page it is!

My next share is a baby card I made last weekend.

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I'm amazed at the number of cards I've made using just a few pieces of patterned paper from the Letterbox line by American Crafts. The adorable little clothesline accent on my card is from American Crafts' newest Dear Lizzy collection. I love it!

Now I'd like tos share a  book with you that I picked up on Monday called 'The Lovely Bones.' I read the first paragraph and was hooked.

The first paraghraph reads, "My name was Salmon; like the fish, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In newspaper photos of missing girls from the seventies, most looked like me: white girls with mousy brown hair. This was before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons or in the daily mail. It was still back when people believed things like that didn't happen."

So that's a wrap for my Wednesday post! I've got a lot of crafting to do since a whole bunch of new digital kits came out at Two Peas in a Bucket yesterday and I'm going to make a lot of fun projects with them and will share them with you Friday! Probably some next Monday too!

Supplies:

Sweet Nothings

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Scalloped Edge and Text-Making Memories, Raspberry-K & Company

Border Punches:  Fiskars

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Rub-Ons:  Making Memories

Chipboard Hearts:  Heidi Swapp

Baby Girl

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Rub-On:  American Crafts

Dimensional Sticker:  American Crafts

Buttons:  Oriental Trading Company

Corner Rounder:  Ek Success

Craft String:  Michael's

Baby it's Cold Outside!

Is it cold outside or what? Even Florida is experiencing below normal temperatures. Here in North Carolina we've been below normal for days and there's no end in sight. It only got a couple degrees above freezing today! Where are you and how cold is it there? Well, cold weather means indoor activities like scrapbooking! Here's a page I finished last night. I think I posted my baking adventures with Audrey a couple weeks ago. Well, here's the page. Great memories!

I also had a chance to make this simple Valentine card last night. I really like my Silhouette! The die cuts you can make are so fun! If you are thinking of a die cutter, I highly recommend the Silhouette!

So what do you like to do when the weather is a bit frightening outside? Have you been making Valentine cards or crafts? I'll have to go blog visiting and see what's going on your way. If you're reading this, leave me a comment with your blog address so I can go check it out!

Supplies

Holiday Baking

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants & Making Memories

Chipboard Alphas:  American Crafts

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Corner Rounder:  EK Success

Holly Accents:  Martha Stewart

P.S. I Love You

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics and Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper:  Cloud 9 Design and Scenic Route

Chipboard Heart:  Heidi Swapp

Conversation Heart:  Recollections for Michael's

Floral Rhinestone:  Hero Arts

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

December Daily - Day Twenty

Wow, just a few more days left before Santa Claus comes to town! Christopher is so excited and my husband and I are trying to find ways to keep him occupied so he doesn't get too restless waiting for the big day! :) We'll be baking this week and decorating the gingerbread house. Oh what fun!

Do you have all your to-do items checked off your list? Did you forget to send someone a gift? We got this lovely tower of fruit and treats in the mail and it's such a great gift! There are chocolate covered dried cherries, truffles, mixed nuts, two of the most gorgeous apples and six equally beautiful pears! I bet The Fruit Company could send a last minute gift for you if you need one!

My crafty share tonight is this fun round glass ornament. If you have a copy of the December issue of Simply Handmade, you will find it there along with two more of my projects! I filled a plain round glass ornament with all kinds of goodies like white pompom balls, felt snowflakes from American crafts and a couple ghost snowflakes from Heidi Swapp. The finishing touches are the delicate sheer white ribbon and a simple rub-on sentiment.

That's my post for this evening...sweet and simple. Hope you all are enjoying these last few days until Christmas and can stop by for a visit tomorrow. :) Kathy

Get Out of Town!

It's that time of year again when school is out for the summer so we take off and have some fun! And time flies when you're having fun, right? Perhaps documenting some of your travels while you're away will help create more lasting memories? I like to carry a journal with me so I can write about some of the things we see or special moments we have and I love to bring one of those mini staplers with me so I can staple receipts and little mementos right onto the pages of my book.

At http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/ you can find journals for your vacation or maybe you know of a couple about to embark on their honeymoon? What a great gift the above set would make! Well, enjoy the summer and happy trails!