{ Happy Halloween ! and M's sketch challenge #3 }

Here is my little monster. He had a Halloween Party yesterday that was so much fun, and he was so cute. A photo from today. It was a beautiful day and he played outside with all the pumpkins.

Here is a little gift I made using this Ghirardelli Box tutorial and The Cutting Cafe' tag that I created for this project.

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Sketch #3 is up, by Miss M. The Cutting Cafe' is sponsoring this challenge. I made this little Christmas card using All About Christmas printable stamp set and a sentiment from Fancy Holiday Season printable stamp set. Have a great night.

{ Mojo Monday 110, Pencil Lines 157 and some cookies }

Happy Wednesday. My headache finally went away (after five days) and I feel better. I wanted to make a card and I discovered Mojo Monday (again). This is my first time playing and it looks like a fun place. Loved the sketch, week 110, and wanted to use some of my (new) stash. I used Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon patterned paper. Sassafras Lass cloud sticker and Prima flower and leaf. Jenni Bowlin ticket is a scrap from a layout I made this weekend.

This card took less than 30 minutes to make, photograph and edit. It all happened tonight. I used my white balance feature on my camera to take the photo. No flash. This is the layout I created with Studio Calico kit. I used Pencil Lines sketch 157. I just love the fun photo that I took of us on my husband's birthday. I added Making Memories embossed metal "Family" plate, Autumn Leaves tree stamp and Elle's Studio tag. I made the flower that I sprayed with Tuscan Sun Shimmerz Spritz and painted with Ultra Marine Shimmerz paint. I finally baked my favorite, seasonal cookies...Cranberry-Pumpkin Cookies. They are delicious! I omitted the Walnuts because I didn't have any, but this is the way I like them. I am getting ready to grab a few of those cookies, curl up on the couch and watch some TV.

{ My Scrapbook Nook November kit, Project 365 - week 41 }

November kit at My Scrapbook Nook is available for purchase. Beautiful Lily Bee Audrey collection. I went to my first crop Saturday night with my sweet friend Leslie. To my surprise, I completed two layouts. I had to add finishing touches when I got home, but here they are. For the second layout I painted Golden Wheat Shimmerz over my dark cardstock and then stamped polka dots with paint. I found this foam stamp by Making Memories that was perfect. It was way up on a shelf, in a box. I kept it out for future use. The buttons came from the October kit.

Project 365 - week 41.

10.5 - Alex playing with my watercolors.

10.6 - playing with play doh at school.10.7 - he likes to sit by the fireplace and tries to open the glass doors. He knows he is not allowed to. For the time being he throws the pumpkin around like a ball. 10.8 - eating birthday cake. 10.9 - at Bob Jones Nature Center in Southlake. 10.10 - playing outside. The cold finally arrived (yesterday). 10.11 - daddy finally put together our Beatles Rock Band. Alex loves to play and sing.

***More photos coming this week so I can catch up.

{ CPS #138 and Shimmerz }

Shimmerz Paints is the sponsoring CPS #138 this week and the design team is making cards all this week, using Shimmerz, of course. I made this card for a sweet friend. I used Crate Paper and large polka dot (by Impression Obsession) embossed cardstock that was left over from another project. I die cut the butterfly from old book paper using my Cuttlebug die. I am taking an online class by Elizabeth Kartchner, Mysteries of Me. I have some old book pages to use up. I sprayed the butterfly with Licorice Shimmerz Spritz and then painted the wings with December Sky Blingsz, Golden Wheat and Bubble Gum Shimmerz. I used my heat gun to set each color before moving to the next. The journaling tag is sprayed with Tuscan Sun, Sea Foam and Licorice Shimmerz Spritz. I wasn't trying to change the color I just wanted to add some shimmer.

**Project 365 week 41 coming up.

{ A tall order - Caardvarks challenge }

The Challenge:

Create a *new* TALL card! Have your entry linked to Caardvarks via Mr. Linky by Midnight, October 30th, PST. The sponsor is Nikki Sivils and you can see the prize here.

My card is 3.5 x 7 inches...perfect size since it fits in a business size envelope. I used scraps of paper from other projects, October Afternoon and Sassafras Lass. The beautiful ribbon is from May Arts and the little brad I picked up at Michael's (I think), it's by The Paper Studio. I used Papertrey Ink stamps to create the stamped background.

My term with Caardvarks is coming to an end and this is my last challenge. I hope you continue to visit Caardvarks for their challenges and inspiration.