Happy Hallowe'en and a Layout

Happy Hallowe'en Everyone!

It is actually SNOWING where I live right now...I feel sad for the lil trick-or-treaters who will have to venture out in this cold weather this evening...all in the name of candy!  I celebrated last night with my sister and husband, carving pumpkins and watching our favourite hallowe'en movie, Hocus Pocus!  Such a fantastic tradition!

In honour of remembering warmer days, I have a scrapbook layout from a vacation I took with friends last spring.  I used the Crate Paper Brook collection (LOVE) for my layout.  I know I used a sketch for this layout, but I can't find the picture of it to give credit to the creator!  If you recognize it please let me know so I can give credit!  Hope you enjoy!

Have a happy Hallowe'en!
Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!

Lisa

Happy Hallowe'en (almost)

Hello!

Today is our Hallowe'en celebration at school, and I am dressed to the max in a witchy costume.  Our day includes some art and computer stuff in the morning, followed by a spooky movie, and a dance in the afternoon.  FUN!  Off to celebrate with my students!!  Have a great one!

Witch Lisa

Pumpkins and Spiderwebs

Hello!

I have a Paper Playtime Queenie post today!  This weeks challenge is Pumpkins and Spiderwebs!  I started out making a 12x12 layout, but it turned into more of a home decor wall hanging instead.  Too cute!  Hop on over to the Paper Playtime blog and link your paper project to the Mr. Linky to join the fun!!!

All cuts were made using my Cricut Mini Monsters Cartridge, with the exception of the circle which I cut with my Martha Stewart circle cutter.

 Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!

Lisa

Scapfest Oshawa This Weekend!

I spent my weekend at a local scrapping event, (Scrapfest) shopping and cropping! Wanted to share a few pictures from my time there.


Each table had a pumpkin to decorate for a contest.  This is our tables pumpkin.  We won first place!

Each member of our table received this awesome prize!

This is the second place pumpkin.  Don't they make a cute pair!

These are some of the projects I got done over the weekend.

Hope you had a fun weekend as well!

Lisa

Paper Playtime - Orange is the Main Colour!

Hello!  I have a quick card and video for you today for Paper Playtime's theme of 'Orange is the Main Colour'!!  Hope you enjoy!!

Thanks for watching!!
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Lisa

World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!  I hope you are taking some time today to get crafty, even if it isn't making cards!!!  There are oodles of things going on today in blogland, and these are a few things I am going to check out:

Creations with Christina - Christina is hosting a full day of challenges, giveaways, and videos on her blog!

Canadian Nickle Scrap'n - Canadian Nickle Scrap'n is hosting a spooky blog hop today, with MANY stops along the way.  You can start here!

In honour of World Card Making Day I also thought I would share one of my fave cards I made recently!

  

Hope you have a great World Card Making Day!

Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!

Lisa

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch #61

Hello!

This is my last week of guest designing for Tuesday Morning Sketches.  It has been oodles of fun being a guest designer for this fantabulous blog!!!   Our sketch this week was super fun, and using it combined with a fun image from Sweet n Sassy Stamps, I came up with a super cute card!!

The Sketch

The Card

Hope you all have a fantastic Tuesday!!!!  Thanks again to Tuesday Morning Sketches for allowing me to join their design team for the month!!!

Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!!

Lisa

Homeade Flower Challenge - Tuesday Morning Sketches

Hello!

I am guest designing again this week for Tuesday Morning Sketches, and our challenge this week is to make homemade flowers and use them in a project!   HOW FUN!!!!!  I love this kind of challenge, and have created a quick tutorial for you for the flowers I used on my project.  Be sure to hope over to Tuesday Morning Sketches to see our fabulous giveaway, and participate in the challenge this week!!

People are LOVING the Tim Holtz 3D flower dies, and as such, they seem to be out of stock almost everywhere.  Today I have a super easy way for you to create the same effect with a tool that you probably already have!

The Process

1. Using a scalloped circle punch (mine was 2 1/2 inches),
punch out scalloped circle from whatever paper you want to work with.

 

  

2. Using your paper scissors, make a cut into the scalloped circle,

starting between two of the scallops...

 3.  Continue cutting around the circle until you end up with something
that looks like this!






4. Using a mini-mister or spray bottle, spritz your scalloped circle with
some water to make the paper a bit more pliable.

 5. Begin twirling your paper to form your flower.  I start out with my
paper piercer because the very inside is a bit hard to work with at first.





 6. Once I have the beginning of the flower formed, I continue forming
the flower with my fingers.

 7.  When you are finished, you will end up with something like this!

 8. Again I used my paper piercer, but this time to gently open my flower up a bit.  This is not necessary, however I wanted my flower to be a bit more open.




 9. Using some Scotch Quick Dry glue I adhered the bottom flat piece of my scalloped circle to the base of my flower.

10. And you are done!  Add whatever bling you want to the middle and let your flower dry for a few minutes!







I ended up making three of these little guys for my card.

 After they dried a bit, I spritzed them with some Silver Smooch Spritz to give them a bit more 'something-something' (haha).

My Card

Cardstock: Kraft, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink)

Sentiment: Fillable Frames #5 (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Glitter: Dazzling Diamonds (Stampin' Up!)

Silver Smooch Spritz (Stampin' Up!), 1/8 inch Score Tape, Pearls

Hope you enjoy! 

Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!

Lisa

Autumn Challenge - Paper Playtime

Hello!

This week at Paper Playtime I am acting as the Paper Queen!  We have a fabulous sponsor, Robyn's Fetish.  She has some fantabulous images and digital papers that you won't want to miss!  Our challenge this week is anything Autumn!  So get busy making your Autumn themed paper creations, and then head on over to Paper Playtime blog to link your challenge for your chance to win! 

This week I made a card using some of Robyn's digital papers as well as one of her images.  Hope you enjoy!

Digital Paper: Forever Fall Collection (Robyn's Fetish)
Digital Image: Pumpkin Magic (Robyn's Fetish)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Sentiment: Autumn Foliage Set (Inkadinkado)
Ink: True Black (Papertrey Ink)
Lace, Twine

Hope you enjoy!
Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!

Lisa

Boo! - Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Hello!

This is the second week of my guest design spot at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and I have a super cute project to share!  We are being sponsored by Prairie Fairy Designs, and they have provided the CUTEST image for us to use in our projects.  I made a 12x12 layout with the image, and some fab Hallowe'en papers I have been itching to use!  Hope you enjoy!

The Sketch 

The Layout

Thanks for visiting today!

Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from you!

Lisa