Halloween is tomorrow?!?

Wow, I just can't believe that Halloween is already here.  That means Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas are just around the corner.  I need to get into high gear with my crafting or else LOL!

Yesterday I worked on a few projects.  I have one to show for now.  It is a cute 4.25 x 5.5 card created on orange cardstock.  I used my Cricut CTMH Artbooking cartridge to cut out the owl, the frame and the spider out of black cardstock.  I positioned the frame on my card base and stamped the cut little witch with black exclusive inks stamp pad.

The spider was fun to do.  I stuck on 5 square sparkles then covered the whole front of the body with liquid glass and let it dry.  It makes the spider look shiny and allowed me to move the legs to different positions up and down to look creepier.   When it was dry I used adheisive to stick to the upper corner of the frame.

The owl was the first thing I have wet embossed in quite awhile.  It had been so long in fact I couldn't remember where I put my embossing gun!  After 30 minutes of searching I finally found one (I have two, both misplaced).  I took my VersaMark watermark stamp pad and stamped the owl.  Next came the embossing powder.  After I shook it off, on went the heat gun.  I put a small piece of yellow cardstock behind the owl's eyes then stuck the bitty sparkles in each eye.  I stamped out the broom underneath the frame and stuck the owl to the broom with a piece of 3-D foam tape.

Last but not least I punched holes along each side of the card and sewed sparkly gold thread through giving the card a little pop.  Inside the card I stamped "if the broom fits ride it."  It didn't take too long to actually make the card but it sure took me forever to find my supplies.  Getting organized is one of my big goals.  My scrapbooking pages I'm working on today will come together faster because I already have all my stuff out and ready to go!

Here are the supplies you would need to make the card:

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad Item #Z891

Exclusive Inks Black Stamp Pad Item #Z2105

Liquid Glass Item #Z679

3-D Foam Tape Item #Z1151

Halloween Greetings Holiday Stamp Set Item #D1605

Craft Heater Item #Z555

Ranger Silver Super Fine Embossing Powders Item #Z2067

3L E-Z Dots Adhesive Item #Z3022

Bitty Sparkles Item #Z1263

Goldrush Cardstock Item #1243

Black Cardstock Item #1386

Cricut Artbooking Cartridge Item #Z1906

Roll Top Desk Contest

I'm getting over my allergies and sneezing like crazy still so I haven't created with my Cricut like I had planned on doing.  Instead I'm posting a sweet contest to win a beautiful roll top desk from Stamp N Storage.  It is perfectly set up for crafting!

http://www.stampnstorage.com/rolltopgiveaway_CM/

Enter to win!

Win A New Cricut Explore!

Hello!!  I'm back from my amazing vacation to Florida.  My husband and I had a much needed trip to the land of sun, sand and water.  I'm still getting back on my feet so for now I am going to post a great giveaway being done by theidearoom.net

Click here to enter the contest

She is giving away a brand new Cricut Explore along with a mystery box of goodies!  How about that for an awesome contest?!?!

The Cricut Explore has so many great new features and here are just a few

  

Cuts the widest variety of materials (50+)

Upload and cut your own designs FREE - including SVG files

No cartridges required (but cartridge compatible)

Free and easy software - no paid upgrades required

$100 Value of Images and Projects included

Brand new Cut and Print feature!

Easy to use

Cut and write at the same time

Go on over people and get entered to win :-)

I'll be posting artwork later this week to showcase the Explore and all the neat things you can do with the super sweet CTMH Cricut cartridges.

Have a super day and remember, keep on crafting!

Broncos lost but my creative brain won!

I create, therefore I am

Today was a bit of a challenge.  I had only a few hours of uninterrupted sleep.  So be it, I pushed myself to get into my craft room and get some stuff done!

I used the limited edition stamp set #30yearsofhappy CC1030 on all of my cards that I created today. 

• White Daisy (1385) cardstock base 
• #30yearsofhappy stamp set (CC1030)
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks™ (Z2195) used on base
• ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Marker in Lavender (Z2453) 
• Picture My Life™ Laughing Lola Scrapbooking Program (Z1944) 
• Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799) 
• Teal Sparkles (discontinued)
• Black Exclusive Inks™ (Z2105)
• Flaxen Exclusive Inks™ (Z2642) used under "It's Your Day" stamp

• White Daisy (1385) cardstock base
• #30yearsofhappy stamp set (CC1030)
• Black Exclusvie Inks™ (Z2105)
• Clear Assorted Sparkles (Z1752)
• Sorbet Exclusive Inks™ (Z2164)
• Have a Happy Day stamp set (D1616)
• Picture My Life™ Chalk It Up Scrapbooking Program (Z2018) 

• Desert Sand (1273) cardstock base
• Honey Triangles Washi Tape (Z1931)
• #30yearsofhappy stamp set (CC1030)
• Triangle Studs (Z1928)
• 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
• Black Exclusvie Inks™ (Z2105)
• Cricut® Artiste Collection (Z1790)

• Canary (X5772) cardstock base
• Slate (X5930) cardstock
• #30yearsofhappy stamp set (CC1030)
• Picture My Life™ Chalk It Up Scrapbooking Program (Z2018)
• Teal Shimmer Trim (Z1918)
• Black Exclusvie Inks™ (Z2105)

• Canary (X5772) cardstock base
• Slate (X5930) cardstock
• Sorbet Exclusive Inks™ (Z2164)
• Honey Exclusive Inks™ (X5668)
• #30yearsofhappy stamp set (CC1030)
• Clear Assorted Sparkles (Z1752)
• Gold Shimmer Trim (Z1985)

Visit my website to shop for these great items from Close To My Heart

Enjoyed Montage!

My daughter had her final production of Montage this evening.  I enjoyed the show!  We are so blessed to have such amazing and talented teens, makes my ♡ happy!

With that being said, I didn't finish my projects today.  I do have some great ideas brewing so tomorrow,  while watching football,  I'll be crafting.

Go Broncos!!

September is the beginning of crafting for the holidays.

Where has the year gone??

Summer 2014 has come to an end.  It is that time of year when school is in session.  The kids are back to the grind.  I'm a mom of four amazing kids.  Three are still in public school and my oldest is in his first year of college.  I'm super busy keeping everyone on schedule and trying to balance all that comes with a new school year.

Realizing how quickly time cruises by, I said to myself that September is the perfect time to start on my holiday crafting.  I have a huge extended family and we stick to a budget for gifts as well as decorations for our home.  Why spend a bunch of money on things when you can make these gifts and show your friends and family how much you care?

Close To My Heart has an amazing array of beautiful papers, card sets, Workshops On The Go for scrapbooking and card making, as well as some pretty neat Cricut® cartridges for additional creativity. 

This week I am going to be working with my National Scrapping Month #30yearsofhappy stamps.  This is offered as our September Constant Campaign.

September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our ongoing celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping! Plus, make sure you check out Close To My Heart’s Facebook page and Instagram during September to follow all the ways we’re celebrating #30yearsofhappy for a full 30 days!

Dates: Offer valid September 1, 2014–September 30, 2014.

I will be posting my creative project tomorrow so stay tuned!

Keep on stampin'

~Anna Light~

http://mrsannalight.ctmh.com/

mrsannalight@gmail.com