~THE CUTTING CAFE...Who says Spiders have to be Ugly!~

Wow, it's already Hump Day! Where do the hours go anymore. It'll be Halloween before we know it! I hope everyone is hard at work on their Halloween decorations, cards and projects. I'm working on a Halloween swap and thought my friends' daughter would get a kick out of this one. I'm hoping anyways lol 

For this project I was inspired by Lorri's  "Drac In the box" project. I got her tutorial and template and tried to tweak it to make it my own. I took the box template and converted it over so that I could cut it with my Cricut using Make The Cut. 
The handle on the side, I used a brad where it will really spin around like the real Jack In The Box, if only I could've figured out how to make it pop open..lol Instead of using the Dracula that came with the tutorial, I switched it up and used the HUGE SPIDER PRINTABLE STAMP SET from The Cutting Cafe! 
I cut my spiders once again using Make The Cut and my Expression. That's the awesome thing about Regina's stamp sets, is that I can choose to cut by hand or use my cutting machine. I have to say since being with The Cutting Cafe DT, I have been using my Expression and Make the Cut more than I ever have, and am actually having fun with it. I hope you like my project and it inspires you to dust some tools off that you haven't used in awhile and bring them back to life! Thanks for looking!!

 ~SUPPLIES USED~

Huge Spider Printable Stamp Set - The Cutting Cafe 

"Drac In the Box Tutorial/Template" - Confessions of a Stamping Addict

The Halloween Stack (Dotted Paper) - DCWV

Latte Cardstock Stack (Purple Cardstock) - DCWV

Jewels - From Stash

Silver Sequins - From Stash

Stickles - Lavender

Brads - Flower Brad Asst Black - the Paper Studio

Twine - From Stash

Cricut Expression

Make the Cut

Crinkly Paper on inside of box from my dear friends Deborah and Caitlynn--received it in a gift a few years back and new it would come in handy one day so I held on to it. I'm a hoarder, you'll see me on A&E one day lol  

I'm also entering my project in the following challenges -

 One Stitch At A Time -- "Spooky Halloween" Anything Goes
A Spoon Full of Sugar -- Sparkle and Shine 
Incy Wincy Designs -- Sparkly Glitter 
Karber -- Use a digital image (spiders)
Lexi's Creations -- Spooky 
Ooh La La Challenges -- Nothing Floral 
Paper Playtime -- Ribbons, Buttons OR Rhinestones or any other embellie
Cowgirl Up Designs Challenges -- Anything Goes 
The Crafty Pad -- Spooky 
I Did It Creations -- Spooky 
Gingerloft Challenges -- All the Glitters or blings 
Paper Sundaes -- Something from your Stash (Jewels, Sequins, Crimped paper)
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle -- Anything Goes 

~Robyn's Fetish Theme Challenge...Week 2~

It's challenge time over at Robyn's Fetish !!!

So it's time for the next weekly challenge over on the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog.

The challenge for this week is a Theme Challenge - to make a card/paper crafts project with a Halloween theme, using an RF image, 2 patterned papers and NO ribbon!!!

So what are you waiting for??? Take the challenge - all the details are on the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and someone will win 6 digi stamps of their choosing!!!
For more inspiration for this challenge then why not visit my amazingly talented Design Team mates - they are brill and it will be worth your time visiting them!If you need any of the digi's then please visit the store HERE.

The challenge will run from 12:01Am EST on Sat, Oct. 17 to Fri, Oct. 23rd at 12PM EST.

I chose to use the Witches Hat image from Robyns Fetish for this challenge!

~Supplies Used~
DCWV Halloween Stack
DCWV Halloween Glitter Stack
Stampin Up Whisper White Cardstock
Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol
Stickles -- Green, Orange, Yellow, & Gunmetal

Hope ya like and thanks for looking!!
I can't wait to see what you come up with for your challenge!
We'll be watching for ya!

~Robyn's Fetish Second Weekly Challenge~

Welcome to the Second Weekly Challenge on Robyn's Fetish -

we will have a new challenge for you every Saturday and ending on Friday week.

This challenge starts at 12:01AM EST Saturday, Oct. 17th and will continue until 12PM EST, Friday, Oct. 23rd.

So your challenge this week is -A Theme Challenge!

To make a card/paper crafts project using a Halloween image, and use at least 2 different patterned papers and no ribbon!

Please use a Robyn's Fetish image.

You have until 12pm EST on Friday 23th October to enter this challenge - please could you leave us a link to your creation in the comments section on the
Robyns Fetish Challenge blog
to be eligible.

The winner will receive 6 images of their choice from the Robyns Fetish Store

For this challenge I chose to use the Witches Hat Image from Robyn's Fetish.

~Supplies Used~

Robyn's Fetish Witches Hat image

DCWV Halloween Paperstack & Glitter Stack

Stampin' Up! Whisper White Cardstock

Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol

Stickles -- Green, Orange, Yellow, & Gunmetal

New Digi Stamp Site & Challenge

This is afreebie image from Digi-Kitty. It's a new and upcoming Digi Stamp business. Hope that you'll check them out and join in on their challenge!!! They've got some really cute images in their store!!

Wacky Freebie at Robyn's Fetish

WACKY WEDNESDAY FREEBIE AT ROBYNS FETISH DIGITAL STAMPS CHALLENGE BLOG

Wednesday kicked off Wacky Wednesday Freebie at Robyns Fetish Challenge Blog!!! What a cute witch for the Halloween season!!! Hurry and get your freebie before it's gone and be sure to post it on the challenge blog! We would love to see what you do with it, and feel free to use the freebie in future challenges on our blog!!!

Hope to see you there!!!!

I used my Freebie Witch to make a Door Sign for Halloween! I think she'd be cute hanging from the door knob on Halloween night when all the little kiddos are coming for sneaky tricks and tasty treats!!! I also used another of Robyns awesome digi images... "Stop In For A Spell" Word Art!

~Supplies Used~

Robyn's Fetish Digi Images -- Wanda Witch & Stop In For A Spell Word Art

DCWV Halloween Stack

Stampin' Up! Whisper White Cardstock

Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol

Ribbon

Hope ya like!!

Thanks for looking!!

~Happy Halloween...Robyns Fetish Images~

In light of joining the Robyns Fetish Design Team, I wanted to make something using some of her cute digital images! So after going back and forth with many images, since they're all so cute and so many ideas for all of them, I decided on The Haunted House and The Spider n Web. You have got to check out Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps and so much more!!!

With these images, I chose to combine them into one card.

~Supplies Used~

-Robyn Fetish Digi Images -- "The Haunted House" & "Spider & the Web"

-Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol

-Stampin' Up! Whisper White Cardstock

-DCWV Halloween Stack

Hope ya like and thanks for looking!!!

Sewn Together Challenge ~Week 2..9/-9/7~ "Zee Sends a Sweet Delivery"

This weeks challenge over at Sewn Together is to make something using one of Angela's Halloween Images...BUT...you can only use the colors YELLOW, RED, PINK, WHITE, or PURPLE. Wow what a challenge this was!! It really made me think. So below is what I came up with. Be sure to check out Sewn Together every Friday for the Freebie Friday!!! Feel free to use one of the freebie images or purchase one of Angelas many images in her store! All entries are due in by midnight of Sept 7.....winner will receive 5 FREE IMAGES FROM THE SEWN TOGETHER STORE!!!!

We hope to see your entry this week at Sew Many Cards!

So this week I chose to use "Zee the Ghost" I wanted to do something other than a card, so I figured I'd use one of the mailboxes that Target carries off and on.

The mailbox is covered with a Cricut cut pattern that I received from Leann on the Cricut MB. Papers used are from the DCWV Latte Stack and the DCWV The Fall Stack.

Ribbons were bought from Michaels.

Zee was colored with Prismacolor Premiere Pencils and Gamsol.

Colors used were:

White

Scarlet Lake

Yellow Ochre

Lilac

Pink

Zee was printed 3 times and the layered in areas.

Candies in Zees bag are from the Jolee's Boutique line.."Trick or Treat"

Hope you like and thanks for looking!!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs found in the right sidebar and Sew Many Cards blog for all of the challenge entries!! Hope to see your entry there!

Sewn Together Challenge ~Week 1..8/25-8/31~ "Tayla plays Peek A Boo"

Come join us over at Sewn Together! This weeeks challenge is to use one of your favorite images on the Sewn Together site. You can use one of the free images posted or purchase any of the great images she has on her site! The winner will receive three digital images of their choice from the Sewn Together store! The challenge runs from Aug. 25 to Aug. 31. Be sure to have all your entries in by the deadline!!! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!! Be sure to check out all the great entries from our Design Team. Their links are in the right sidebar!
I don't know if I can say this is my favorite image, as I have sooo many that I just love, but as soon as I seen these two images, I knew what I wanted to do. The below digital images are of Tayla the Tiger. Angela has soooo many cute images so be sure to check out Tayla as well as all her other cute characters!!

Card Front....Tayla was colored with Prismacolor Pencils, using the Gamsol technique. She was printed out 3 times and then I cut areas to layer. Taylas witches hat is embellished with 'Yellow' Stickles on the stars and 'Yellow' Ice Stickles on the band of the hat. Papers are from the DCWV Halloween Stack. Photo corners are free hand and then embellished with 'Grape Ice' Ice Stickles. 'Peek A' are some 3 dimensional letters I had laying around that I went over with 'Frosted Lace' Stickles. I used a piece of cord to make the string thats tied around Taylas tail
Inside of Card...Tayla once again was colored using Prismacolor pencils and the Gamsol technique. Layered multiple times to give Tayla a dimensional look of hanging out of the 'Boo'. Papers are also from the DCWV Halloween stack and then inked around the edges with black stamp pad. Pop up feature used on the Boo.

Thanks for looking!!

Did Tayla scare ya?