It's Ornament Time

Happy Friday Everyone! If you live in the Phoenix area you could come to the Mesa Stamp show this weekend and meet Melissa in person, I am going to be stopping by on Sunday so lookout Mesa, here I come.

Today is the day to get your ornament prepped and ready to start creating, they are simple to make and everyone enjoys getting a handmade gift. I just love the new Christmas stamps here at The Rubber Cafe isn't this just adorable, Warren and Frosty.

 Using my Grand Calibur die cutting machine from Spellbinders™, I die cut/embossed S4-292 Beaded Circles. I placed by die template over the stamped image then die cut it, it seems to be easier to line things up doing it that way. I colored Warren and frosty using my Copic Markers, then air brushed it, added some cute Candis (little green circles with polka dots), they are made by Craftwork Cards and you can find them right here at The Rubber Cafe.

 The next cute ornament that I have to share is call Deck The Halls, isn't he just adorable poking through the holly wreath? I used the same steps and product for this ornament as I did for Warren and Frosty.

 The only difference is I used the Red polka dot Candi Craftwork Cards for the outside of my Beaded Circle.

 Just look at all the pretty colors in this one package, can you just see yourself having fun creating with these little treasures?

I have given you pictures of the products I used to make is easier for you to see first hand these great images, dies templates and who could forget about the amazing Scrap Happy Glue.

Give Thanks

Fall...I just love all the rich and elegant colors that come with the Fall Season. This weeks challenge was to create a scrapbook layout using Fall stamps to create elegant embellishments. For my 9 x 9 scrapbook layout I used a few wonderfully detailed fall stamps from The Rubber Cafe. I stamped I-984 Pattern Royale (love this stamp for backgrounds) on white card stock using black ink.I stamped and cut out Pumpkin Face Mix-N-Match and colored them with my Copic Markers, added just a little bit of  You're So Fine Diamond Glitter to the leaves to add some sparkle.

Isn't my niece so cute, her and her little pumpkin, the stamps just matched the size of her little pumpkin perfectly.

Yes, I hand cut out each of the Mix-N-Match pumpkins and adhered them to the layout .

Using Jewel Tone foils from Spellbinders™, I die cut this tag from S5-073 Orchard Harvest Tags & Accents, stamped E-575 Give Thanks in the middle of the tag and airbrushed it with Copic markers. Thank you for stopping by my blog post, have a wonderfully creative weekend, Terre

Halloween Frame

Happy Friday to you, I hope you have your Halloween costumes all picked out if you celebrate Halloween. My little one is going to be a Pirate Princess and even her daddy is dressing up, he is a Pirate, this should make some really good scrapbook pages..he he. This weeks challenge was to take some kind of home decor item and turn it into a Halloween creation. So I took an old photo frame I had and started creating.

   You can see the photo frame is pretty basic, nothing really to it at all.

 I started out by laying the frame on white card stock and traced where the photo cut outs would be and trimmed them out.

Let the stamping begin.............I used H-917 You Need To Dust, D-488 You Shake My Bones and CL-002 Trick or Treat. I stamped the images randomly around my white card stock, then using my Copic Markers, I air brushed a grey tint around the frame, to make it look spooky.

I used a few Spellbinders™ die templates S4-279 Graveyard Scene and Shapes, S4-280 Halloween Fence Scene and Shapes and S4-277 Nested Bats.

  I added some orange festive fringe around the frame and adhered my die cut outs to the frame.

I mixed some Scrap Happy Glue and some You're So Fine Terrifically Teal Glitter then carefully brushed it on the die cut pieces, it really looked cool like they kind of glowed in the dark, well that's the look I was going for. Thanks for stopping by my post today.

Halloween Mini Album

Here is a cute Halloween album I created for Want2Scrap™...this is just one of their fabby chipboard albums.

I used Black Acrylic paint from Eco Green Crafts..love this paint, it covers in one coat quick and easy clean up too.

I adhered the pattern paper to the inside cover using Beacon Adhesive Zip Dry, shown here.

Doesn't that Nestabling™ just make this page pop...I just love this bling. The little chip board pieces are from My Minds Eye.

I used some stamps from Waltzingmouse and stamped them directly on my page then topped it off with a small Kimmie Bracket Bling from Want2Scrap™.

Neat little trick once you put your Nestabling™ down there is a sticky band in between each bling, sprinkle a little glitter and add some more sparkle to your page.

Here's a fun page, I added bling to the spider web..all around each piece of the web..just love that sparkle.

Hand trimmed the spiders out of the My Minds Eye pattern paper and this is my favorite page from the album, I wonder why...hmmm could it be all that BLING?

Creating these mini albums are so much fun, you have just the right amount of space to be creative with stamps, chip board pieces and yes BLING.

Having coordinating paper and chip board pieces make creating each page fast and simple, let's not forget to add that BLING, it just makes your page pop.

Here is a close up of the skeleton chip board piece on the front of the album, I took two black rhinestone bling and made his eyes sparkle and pop. Well I hope you have found some helpful tips and go check out all the other amazing albums at Want2Scrap™. Crafty Smiles, Terre

I'm Gourd, How About You?

It's Friday, I'm Gourd how about you? I had several titles for this weeks post but I settled for this one. Today I have an elegant Fallish card to share with you. I used I-952 Gourds and I-986 Roaring 20's Placard stamps from The Rubber Cafe.I die cut Labels Twenty-Two from Spellbinders™ using my Grand Calibur die cutting machine, air brushed with my Copic Markers.

.Here is a close up of my elegant gourds, I used some pattern paper from My Minds Eye and topped it off with some decorative ribbon and Fall decorative straight pins. Thank you for stopping by my blog post  Have a great weekend.

2 Cute 4 Words

Wow, where did this week go? Today I have a 2 Cute 4 Words layout of my little Leahandra when she was only 10 months old, it was her first Halloween. For this layout I used the following products from The Rubber Cafe, Pumpkin Face Mix-N-Match, H-917 You Need To Dust and D-488 You Shake My Bones. I stamped the images all around the outer edge of my 9 x 9 layout. I then took two shades of Grey Copic Markers and air brushed the outer edge to give it that spooky feeling.

I used some chip board letters from Cosmo Cricket and air brushed them red as yellow just didn't look right. To adhere my pieces down I used Scrap Happy Glue.

Well thank you for stopping by my blog post today and I hope you take lots of photos of your little cutie and have fun scrapping them. Until next time...Crafty Smiles.

Quick & Easy Treat Holders

So are you ready for some quick and easy treat holders? I created a couple to share with you today so grab a cup of coffee and sit back and get your creative wheels turning. I started out by stamping several stamps from The Rubber Cafe onto white tissue paper (recycled by the way), I used H-917 You Need To Dust, D-488 You Shake My Bones and CL-002 Trick Or Treat.

Once I stamped all of my Halloween images, just in a random pattern, really no rhyme or reason on how I stamped them, I picked out a green Copic Marker and air brushed the tissue paper green.

After I was finished air brushing, I put some wrapped candy inside the end roll of the toilet paper and taped the stamped tissue paper to secure. Just roll around the end roll and secure. Tie ribbon on the ends to keep the candy inside. Quick & easy and a fun project for your kids to help with for those class parties.

The second quick & easy treat box is really made simple with Spellbinders™ new LF-010 Square Bracket Edge Box die template. Using my Grand Calibur die cutting machine, I cut both the box bottom and box lid at the same time. The box bottom was cut out of white card stock, I stamped the same cute stamps that I used in the first quick & easy treat holder from The Rubber Cafe..

I also used a green Copic Marker and air brushed the bottom of the box.......the lid I used some pattern paper from My Minds eye.

to finish my treat box off, I adhered some orange buttons and put some candy corns inside...yum..yum my favorite. Well I hope that you are inspired to create some quick & easy treat holders just like I have. Crafty Smiles.