Halloween Costume

My hubby and I dressed as characters from the Grease movie for our annual Halloween party. 

I was a Pink Lady

 

and he was a T-Bird

For his costume, I used repositional Con-Tact paper to put the lettering and logo on his leather jacket.  The "T" was cut from Cricut Base Camp cartridge, the "BIRDS" was cut using the Cricut Sans Serif cartridge and the bird was cut from Cricut A Child's Year cartridge.

After the party, I removed the Con-Tact paper.  It did remove a little colour from the leather jacket, but nothing too noticeable.  He'll be able to continue to wear the jacket.

Here is the Design Studio cut file if you're interested.

Thanks for looking.

Witching Hour Clock

I decided to alter a clock for Halloween. (If you haven’t guessed already, Halloween is one of my favourite holidays.)

Here’s the clock:

Here's a close up of the bottom of the clock with a little less glare:

Supplies Used:
Battery Operated Wall Clock
Cricut Expression
Cricut Celebrate With Flourish Cartridge (witches)
Cricut Chic and Scary Cartridge (web)
Cricut Accent Essentials Cartridge (circle)
Cricut Ashlyn’s Alphabet Cartridge (“witching hour”)
Martha Stewart fine glitter
Halloween Confetti (ghost)
Recollection Pumpkin Stickers
Hot fix Gems
Xyron
Vinyl
Paper from K&Company and solid cardstock from my stash

Thanks for looking

Halloween Fridge

I’m decorating my home in preparation for a Halloween party we’re throwing.  I decided that my bar fridge needed something, so here is what I came up with:

I think the finger prints on the fridge that show up in the picture add to the spook factor I  (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it). 

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Happy Hauntings Cartridge
White Con-Tact Paper

Thanks for looking.

Blog Hop Winner

Thank you to everyone who visited during the So...What's New?" Blog Hop especially those that took the time to comment.  I really love reading what you have to say.

On to the winner, there were 34 candy pumpkins in the jar pictured in my post on October 8, 2011 and only one person guess the right amount - CONGRATULATIONS  Blingdazzler!

Please contact me (click on my profile picture and then hit the email button) with your address so I can send your Cuttlebug folder out to you.

Cat Halloween Card

This is a layout I created for the Cricut Circle Blog’s Blogiversary Sketch Challenge.  The challenge was with to create a project using at least 2 Cricut Cuts based on the sketch to the right.

Here’s my entry.

In the top right corner is a plastic spider that I covered in glue and then sprinkled with glitter.

The cat cut was run through my Xyron and then sprinkled with flocking powder.  The pink nose was hand cut and I added the whiskers next to the nose.  The eyes are a dollar store flower jewel petals, coloured green and black with a Sharpie.

The purple pumpkin was stamped with the sentiment and covered with UTEE.  After it was heated, the stamped sentiment was difficult to read, so I went over it with a black sharpie.

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression

Cricut Chic and Scary Cartridge (cat and pumpkin)

Plastic Spider

Martha Stewart fine glitter

Black half beads

Xyron

Recollections Flocking Powder

White hair from an old Halloween wig (cat whiskers)

Plastic flower jewel

Black and Green Sharpie Marker

Studio G Stamp and Versafine Ink Pad in Onyx

Suze Weinberg Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel

Recollections Ribbon

Paper from K&Company and solid cardstock from my stash

Thanks for looking.

Man’s Best Friend Layout

This is a layout I created for the Cricut Circle Blog’s Blogiversary Recipe Challenge.  The challenge was with Cricut machines to create a project using the following “recipe”: 1) A Title; 2) At least 2 Cricut Cuts, and 3) At least 3 buttons.

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Graphically Speaking Cartridge (title)
Cricut Accent Essentials Cartridge (frame)
Cricut Wall Decor and More Cartridge (film strip)
Cricut Paper Pups Cartridge (bones)
Cricut Paper Dolls for Everyday Cartridge (hydrant)
Black buttons
Paper:  Martha Stewart Travel Multimedia Pad, DCWV The Shimmer Stack, DCWV the Blossom Song Stack, GCD Studio Paris Nights, and some from my stash
Copic Markers (inked the Cricut cuts)

As well as, I am submitting this as my entry for the third challenge for the inaugural Cricut Circle’s Canadian Online Swarm which challenge was to create a pet or animal scrapbook layout using texture, lumps/bumps and  at least one Cricut cut.

This was a hard layout to do because we had to put our dog down in June due to her failing health and scrapping with pictures of her brought out a lot of emotion.

Halloween Tealight Holders: "So...What's New?"--Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome back for the second day of the "So...What's New?" Blog Hop.  Again, if you arrived here from My Mind's Dust Bunnies, you are heading in the right direction.  If not, then you will need to go to the  TX Scrapper Mom blog and start the hop there.

Sticking with Halloween, my project is a set of altered tealight holders:

I found these candle holders at Michael's on clearance at three for $1 (can't beat that) and thought they'd be perfect for Halloween.  I used Con-Tact brand paper rather than vinyl for this project because of its price and because I like the marble print on the paper.  

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Chic and Scary Cartridge
Orange Glass Votive Holders
Black Marble Con-Tact Paper

I'd love for you to comment and let me know what you think of my tealight holders.

Also, I am offering a prize from my blog for the hop, but  you will have to read my post from yesterday (So...What's New?"--Blog Hop Day 1) to find out how to win and what prize is that I am giving away.

The next stop on the hop is the My Craft and Chat Cafe blog.

Halloween Card: "So...What's New?"--Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the first day of the "So...What's New?" Blog Hop.   If you arrived here from My Craft and Chat Cafe, you are heading in the right direction.   If not, then you will need to go there to start the hop.  I will be offering a prize from my blog, but you will have to read to the end to find out how to win and what the prize is that I am giving away.

 My project is a Halloween card.  Here's the front of the card:

I embossed the pumpkin cut and background cream paper using the Cuttlebug embossing folders. The sentiment was stamped, sprinkled with silver embossing powder and heated to melt it.  

Now onto the inside of the card:

To make the "pop-up" feature, I had welded tabs to the bottom on the boo cut to attach it to the bottom half of the card. Then, a piece from some plastic packaging was used to connect the boo cut to the ghost cuts.  Finally, a scrap piece of transparency was used to attached the ghost to the the top half of the card. 

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Design Studio
Cricut Paper Dolls Dress Up cartridge (moon cut)
Cricut Chic and Scary Cartridge (pumpkin cuts)
Cricut Happy Hauntings Cartridge (ghost cuts)
Cricut Holiday Cakes Cartridge (boo cuts)
Cricut Hello Kitty Font Cartridge (tabs for boo cut)
Cuttlebug Skeleton Scroll and Distressed Stripes Embossing Folders
Craftsmart Rubber Stamps and Embossing Pad and Stampendous Embossing Powder
Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Spider Web Edge Punch
Memento Dye Ink in London Fog (ink the embossing on the cream card stock)
Copic Markers (to outline on the Cricut cuts slightly)
White Gel Pen (dots on the boo cut)
Ric-Rac and Grosgrain Ribbon from Celebrate It
Self-adhesive foam mounts
Purple, Green, Yellow, Purple Orange Recollection Card Stock
Cream Card Stock from my stash

Well, I hope you enjoyed my card enough to leave me a comment about it. To enter the giveaway for the prize of your very own Cuttlebug Skeleton Scroll Embossing Folder on my blog, just leave a comment on this post with a guess as to how many candy pumpkins are in the jar beside the card in the above photos. Only one guess per person allowed. Closest guess without going over wins. If more than one person has the right answer, I'll randomly draw from the correct answers. Your comment must be posted before10am CST on Monday, October 10th, 2011 to be eligible. Be sure to check back on Tuesday to see if you've won.

The next stop on the hop is the My Mind's Dust Bunnies blog.

Monochromatic (Brown) Halloween Card

This is a card I created for the Cricut Circle Blog’s Blogiversary Monochromatic Color Challenge.  The challenge was to create a project of your choice using a monochromatic color scheme at least 2 different Cricut cuts.

I stamped the dress with part of an Inkadinkadoo stamp and clear embossed it to add some texture.  I also clear embossed the boots to make them look shiny like leather.

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Wrap It Up Cartridge (witch cut)
Cricut Accent Essentials Cartridge (Circle cut for sentiment)
Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Embossing Folders
Studio G Clear Stamp (sentiment)
Inkadinkadoo Snowflakes Clear Stamp (pattern on dress)
Embossing Pad and Stampendous Embossing Powder
Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Spider Web Edge and Corner Punches
Martha Stewart Glitter in Smokey Quartz
Stampcraft Dye Ink in Coffee (ink the Cuttlebug embossing)
Ribbon flower from my stash
Copic Markers (to outline on the Cricut cuts and color the ribbon flower)
Brown Tulle from Michaels
Self-adhesive foam mounts
Cardstock from my stash

I really love the way this card turned out.  What do you think?

3D Haunted House

The fourth challenge for the inaugural Cricut Circle’s Canadian Online Swarm was to create a 3D haunted house embellished with Cricut cuts, stamps, etc .  It could be a luminary, a gift bag, a lunch bag, a treat bag, an ornament, or part of a Halloween village.

I decided to make the haunted house box from the Cricut Wrap it Up Cartridge (love this cartridge) and here it is:

 

The purple roof was embossed with the Cuttlebug Mesh Embossing Folder while the grey portion of the house was embossed with Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder and inked with Memento Dye Ink in London Fog.

Any suggestions as to what I should put in it?

Thanksgiving Themed Card

The second challenge for the inaugural Cricut Circle’s Canadian Online Swarm was an autumn or Thanksgiving themed card with the following three criteria:

1. use at least 3 “holes” anywhere: punch, torn, square, round, large or small

2. use vellum/plastic/transparency

3. Use a Cricut cut, your choice of image.

In addition, the Cricut Circle Blog’s Weekly Challenge #42: World Card-Making Day Challenge!  is to create a card that  includes at least 2 Cricut Cuts.  So, I decided to make one card for both challenges.  Here it is:

The “holes” are the negative cuts of the maple leaves from the Cricut Wild Card Cartridge.  The sentiment is cut from the Cricut Holiday Cake Cartridge in vinyl and adhered to a piece of transparency The tag is cut from Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cartridge.  The Turkey is cut from Cricut Animal Kingdom Cartridge, but I replaced the feathers with a “half” rosette made with a 1.75 inch by 9 inch strip of paper fan folded.    The turkey body was embossed with one of the Cuttlebug Animal Print Embossing Set folders.

Patterned cardstock Paper is from a set I bought at Costco and I have no idea who makes it.  Gold ribbon was from the Dollar store, while the Ric-Rac and Grosgrain Ribbon are from Celebrate It.

Thanks for looking.  I’d love to hear your comments.

In Memory Of Summer Layout

I have a confession to make.  Scrapbook layouts scare me.  Those large pages of blank paper are intimidating.  That’s why I mainly stick to cards.

Well, you can just imagine the panic that hit me when I saw the first challenge for the inaugural Cricut Circle’s Canadian Online Swarm was a scrapbook layout “in memory of summer, RIP” with the following  three criteria:

1. flowers, butterflies or bugs, at least one Cricut cut

2. stitching (your choice how: hand, machine, rub-ons, stamped or doodled)

3. a favourite quote.

After I stopped hyperventilating, I came up the following (my very first scrapbook layout using the Cricut):

I almost never get pictures of me with my daughters (I’m usually always behind the camera), but I searched the shots from our vacation this summer and found a couple of me and my daughters to use  for a double 12X12 layout.  (Yes, yes , I know you are looking at the pictures and wondering how in the world I could be the mother of two teenagers  when I look so young --- ok, clearly the hyperventilating has caused me to  become delusional, so at this point I suggest you just humour me and agree that I look young).

The flowers cuts are from the Cricut Pagoda cartridge, the stitching is machine stitched and the quote at the bottom right hand corner is from one of my favourite songs by Canadian singer Bryan Adams , Summer of  Sixty-Nine.  It was printed using MS Word and reads:

Oh when I look back now

That summer seemed to last forever

And if I had the choice

Ya - I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

Paper is from the  DCWV – The Black Current Stack along with  cream cardstock and black paper from my stock.  Title was printed on a transparccy and is a part of a cut on a circle on the Cricut Accent Essential Cartrige.Bling embellishments are from Prima Marketing Inc.  – Say it in Crystals.

I love to hear what you all think of my first Cricut layout,