Simon Says.....BOO!!! Make a Halloween card/project

This weeks challenge is to make a Halloween card or project. I have been BLURFING a lot lately and Halloween projects and cards are ALL over the place!!!! I decided to alter these little Gable Boxes that I got from Taylored Expressions with my cute little House Mouse Halloween Clear set (available at Simon Says Stamp). I filled them with Jelly Beans for my niece's and nephews. There are 3 boxes - I am showing you both sides - front and back.






I really hope to see you all join in on the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog this week! You can win a $25 shopping spree at Simon Says Stamp so you can buy this cute little set for yourself!!! We use random.org so EVERYONE has a fair shot at winning!!!!

This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and I get FIVE DAYS OFF WORK!!!! wheeeeeeeeeeeeee I'm gonna craft till the turkeys come home!!! LMAO Can't wait!!!!!!


ALSO.......over at Paper Craft Planet in the Simon Says Stamp group, we are having a contest until Oct.21 Go check it out HERE for all the details!!! You can win 1 Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamp sets and a Guest Designer spot on our challenge blog!!!! How fabby is that?? So, the challenge is to make ANYTHING BUT A CARD - make it a Christmas gift for someone close to you!!! PLEASE JOIN US!!!!!!! It is a fun group over there, go check it out!!!!

Thanks for hanging out with me - off I go to eat more Jelly Beans!!! LOL
Chris

Squigglefly Colour Challenge on SNR

I was finally able to join a Squigglefly colour challenge over on SNR Card Universe - yahoooo!!!! I'm so proud of myself! The challenge was two-fold : to use shades of yellow and to have something POPPED out of your card.

I made TWO....wheeeee!!!! The first card truly followed the challenge, but I think I might have cheated a bit on the second one!

I used a new Shy Bears image that is available from Squigglefly - they are soooo cute, I am SO in love with them!!!! I should have bought them ALL!!!! I popped out the bear, his hat, some leaves and the apples, and there is DEFINATELY yellow on this card!! LOL I used Crushed Curry paper and ribbon from SU - and a prima flower that matched it perfectly!!! The star paper is from a Heidi Grace Halloween set but it worked!!!!

Here is proof that it REALLY is popped out. I coloured and cut out 2 bears and used SU dimensionals to pop them up! The hat is popped up one level higher with a thicker dimensional I got at the Dollarama!

Here is the second card I made - I didn't pop anything out on dimensionals, but I made some things "dimensional"...LOL..does that count??? The mashed potatoes are Liquid Applique, so they are puffy and sticking up....I added crystal effects to the apples, peas and gravy, as well as the salt & pepper shakers.....that should count too eh?? LOL I really think this card needs a sentiment in the bottom right corner before I send it off - what do you think?

Anyway, thanks for "popping" in to say hi!!!! Have a great week!!!

Chris

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge

This week's challenge is "FOR YOU" - this is an EASY one so I would LOVE to see more people over there joining in!!!! Now that I am on the Design Team, you will be seeing these challenges every Monday - so I hope you will head over there and support our tiny little challenge blog so it can GROW into something big and wonderful!!!!!

Here is my card:

I used Chelsea, a digi image available at the Incy Wincy Designs shop. I shrunk her down so she would fit in the kitchen scene from Alota Rubber Stamps. This is my third try at this card - I was NOT happy with the first 2, so I pulled them apart and ended up with this one! I am happy with it for the most part, although I feel it could be better! I coloured it all with Copics, added Crystal Effects on the clock, jar, pump, bowl and handles to give it some dimension. The picture is really blurry - sorry about that, not sure what happened this time!!!! OY!!!!

I would love it if you could join us over at INCY WINCY DESIGNS CHALLENGE BLOG for this week's challenge!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Chris

Time for some "BRICK" action

For those of you who don't know, Brick is my dog! He is a bit of a wild man, as you will see in these pictures! He was a rescue we got about 6 years ago and he has kept us on our toes since then. He has some "issues" that has caused many a grey hairs, but thankfully he is DANG CUTE cuz that has saved his hide more than a few times!!! LOL Who needs kids when your dog is as needy, if not more?!!??! LOL



I wanted to take a little crafting break and share with you some pictures of our swimming trip last weekend. Brick LOVES to swim, as you can see by the intensity in his face waiting for me to throw the stick. It was COLD this day but he didn't care one bit!!!

Here are a few "LAUNCH" pictures - the lake was deep so there was no "wading" in for him, it was JUMP full bore to get that stick (we had a ball first but he put a hole in it and it sank!) He must have jumped at least 6 feet out!!!

This one cracks me up....he looks like Superman!

Belly flop!!

I'm flying!!!


Our big swimmer!!

Here is a short video we took too. (hopefuly it works!!!)

World Card Making Day

Today is World Card Making Day & we are having a special challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog! We are challenging you to make a card ALL THINGS GIRLIE!!!!

You have seen this card before but it really embraces ALL things girlie - dancing, pink, flowers, pretty dresses......I love this stamp set from Simon Says Stamp - it is called Heather's Dance Ballet Tap Jazz and you can get it HERE!!!

Please enter your GIRLIE cards at the SSS Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the DT have got for you & to see the FABBY prize Heidi is donating for this SPECIAL challenge!!!!!

Enjoy your World Card Making Day & we cannot wait to see what you've created!!!! HAVE FUN!!!!!!

Chris

My 500th post Blog Candy WINNER!!!!

Wow, only 20 entrants for my blog candy!!! I'm kinda sad - but that's ok for you 20!!! Better chance for you to win!!!! NEXT blog candy I hope to have MORE entrants!!!! Anyway, here is the winning # drawn from Random.org:


Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

14
Timestamp: 2009-10-03 02:54:15 UTC



So, the winner of my SURPRISE blog candy package is................. Teresa Ward

Congratulations Teresa!!! Please email me your address & I will get your really FAT prize envie out to you!!! I kept adding to it allllll week, so it is FAT and I HOPE you will love it all!!!!!!

Thanks to all who participated!!!! Come back on Friday for more FREEBIES!!!!
Chris

Fabulous Friday Freebie #10

The winner of WE ARE FAMILY DOLLS, a Simon Says Stamp exclusive set, is ............ ERIN

Congratulations Erin!!! Pleaes email me your address so we can get this stamp set out to you!!!! ENJOY!!!!

This week's FREEBIE prize is JUNGLE EDWIN.

This birthday card is for my nephew who turned 11 a couple weeks ago!! YIKES how time flies!!!!! I remember holding him the day he was born!!! Sigh!!!! This is Jungle Edwin & the Waterfall background from Magnolia. Inside, it says "Hope your birthday is full of adventure" (made on the computer) I coloured it all with my Koh-i-noor pencils and gamsol, and added Crystal Effects to the waterfall.

You can WIN Jungle Edwin!!!!

All you have to do, is become a follower of Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog & enter a card or project in this weeks Simon Says Challenge (which is a colour challenge - red & green). Leave me a comment here with a link to your card so I can easily check & you're good to go!!!!! I would LOVE it if you became a follower of my blog too, but not required! I can't imagine why you wouldn't when I give away free stuff EVERY week!!!! ;-) ;-) (wink wink)


Thanks for playing along!! I'd love to see over 20 participants this week.....can we do it???? Tell all your friends!!!! THANKS!
Chris

A2 Gift Card holders - you gotta check these out!!!

These cute little A2 gift card holders were bought from Taylored Expressions - I had to decorate them, but I bought the card - does that make sense?? Go to Taylor's store and check them out HERE!!!! You'll see what I mean!!!! Sure beats making your own.....I much prefer decorating ones that are already cut out!!!! LOL I bought 10 bright yellow and 10 chocolate brown. I wanted to get some neutral colours for guys and girls, so these are what I came up with:

Chef Edwin



Hanglar & Stanglar girl

LiLi

Cowboy kid

Deer

Sugar Nellie

I have showed you before what they look like open - they are quite neat eh?? They have little slits inside to hold the gift card and a little tab to hold them closed! Well worth the 50 cents each!!!!! I might have to buy some other colours!!!!! I plan to sell these at my craft sale - was thinking $3 or $4...what do you think????

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Chris