Peace and Joy

I'm sharing a card I made for the Hero Arts Challenge and for Virginia's View Challenge.  Both challenges are about metallics-so it was easy to have one card for both!

I die cut the Memory Box ornaments from some silver paper and added them to SU Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  The white embossed sentiment is from HA.  I really like the way this turned out, and it is an easy card to replicate.  Have you started your Holiday cards yet??

Thanks for stopping by!
-Laura

OCC Day 1

YEAH!!  Today is the first day of Online Card Classes Holiday Card Workshop!  These online classes are so fun.  I learn so much from the great instructors, and I enjoy meeting so many talented crafters.

Today there was so much to choose from....and it's only day one!  I liked all the examples they showed in class, but I decided to CASE Kristina's card.  Surprisingly I had similar products to what she used, so I was able to replicate her card easily. 

I'm still trying to get the hang of using embossing paste.  Some of my dots are very thick and others are pretty see-through!!  But I guess no two snowflakes are alike in real life, so why would it be any different on my card??

Thanks for stopping by!
-Laura

BOO!

I am adding a card to the current CASology challenge, where the cue card is GHOST.  I found these adorable Doodlebug Ghouls and Goodies Doodlepops and 6X6 paper pad and just fell in love with them.  I used the cute ghost sticker on top of a tag made with the My Favorite Things stitched tags die.  I white embossed the sentiment (but I don't think anyone would be scared by this little cutie!!) and added a little black and white twine tied in a bow. 

Easy-peasy and oh so cute!

Thanks for looking!
-Laura

Halloween Game

Happy Halloween!!

Last year right after Halloween, I found this great article on the Basic Grey Blog and knew I wanted to do the same thing for my son's Halloween Party at school.  I had to wait almost a whole year, but I finally did it!!  In the article, Lisa showed us how to make these great 'touch and feel' boxes for Halloween.  Basically, you decorate Kleenex boxes with different Halloween themes, label them with things like monster eyeballs, or mummy toes  and fill them with different food items that are kinda icky to touch.  The kids loved reaching in and feeling the 'gross' stuff inside.  And I loved making the boxes!   Win-win if you ask me :)  

I used the ideas off the basic grey blog to make the Monster, Mummy, Spider and Frankenstein box.  I really wanted five boxes, not just four, so I came up the Witch box and put pickles (complete with bumpy warts) inside for the Witches Nose!!

 Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween!


Here is a picture of my two little ghosts and goblins - or in this case my ninja and mummy!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Laura

Hero Arts Tag

My sweet friend Amy let me borrow some Spectrum Noir markers to see what I think, since I don't have any Copic markers yet.  She lent me two packages, one in yellows and one in browns.  I love this sweet reindeer from Hero Arts, and thought he would be the perfect image to practice coloring with these new markers.  Small enough to not overwhelm, but with some room for shading.  It was fun to play around with the different shades of brown and find just the right ones. 

 

 

I am linking this up to the current Hero Arts Holiday challenge, in the Tag category.

Thanks Amy!!

Hope you are having a great day!  Thanks for stopping by.

-Laura

 

 



Happy Halloween

Hello -
I went crafty shopping with my Mom today at Impress.  I found this cute little skeleton stamp and just had to have him.  I embossed him in white and added a fun sentiment for a quick and easy Halloween card!  What do you think??

 

 



Hope you are having a good day!  Thanks for stopping by.

-Laura

Fall Birthday

Hello - another card to post for today!  I have had a lot of fun crafting this weekend :) 
This card was made using the new Lawn Fawn set - Sweater Weather.  What a great set this is.  The tree is so fun and can be used for any season, not just fall. The little leaves are perfect for creating that 'pile of leaves' look.  It comes with some other leave shapes, a little acorn and an apple!  And the frame is too cute!  I'm sure I will be using this set a lot!

This card is going to one my friends from college.  We are still close, even after 20 plus years!  (Now I feel old)  Happy Birthday Julie!

-Laura