3D Autumn Pumpkin

I decided I wanted to make some sort of 3D project today, so I made this cute little pumpkin from SVG Cuts.  It is part of the Bedtime Stories kit.

I inked up all the pieces with Distress Ink.  The leaves with peeled paint, the stem with vintage photo, and the pumpkin with carved pumpkin.

A Taste of Fall

Since the temperature is basically the lowest it is going to be all week, and it is in the 80's, I thought I would think of future days that will promise to be cooler.  So, here is a taste of autumn, an acorn shaped box.

The box is from SVG Cuts, part of the Acorn Autumn set.  I didn't change the size and the box is about 6 1/4" tall from stem to tip.  I used the Palm Leaves Cuttlebug embossing folder for the top of my acorn.  I inked the edges of the bottom of the acorn with pearlescent rust ink by Tsukineko and the top of the acorn with vintage photo Distress Inks by Tim Holtz.  I then finished it off with a twine bow.

Reindeer

I made my first Christmas card of the season today, and here it is:

The card is a cut file from SVG Cuts.  It is part of the Mistletoe Manor set.  I cut it at 5 1/2" wide, which made it about 4 7/8" tall when folded.  The reindeer is glued to the card base at the bottom and the rest of the head is popped up with foam tape for a little dimension.  I also covered the eye in glossy accents.

The sentiment is stamped on vellum that is placed behind the pre-cut hole in the card.  I used a stamp from the Hello Deer set by Jaded Blossom.  I finished off the front of the card with some red bling.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside as well.  This one is from My Craft Spot, the Joy to the World set, which is no longer available.

Camping Treats

This weekend my husband and I are going camping with some friends.  It will be at a campground, so nothing rustic.  I thought that since we will be going with other people, most of whom have children, it would be fun to make some treats to give the other families.  So, I made little treat boxes in the shape of campers.

The camper boxes are from SVG Cutting Files, and the file is called Camper Box.  I made four since I actually don't know how many we will need for sure.  One family is staying the week with us, others will be there for only a weekend or a couple days.  My husband said four should be a good amount.

I decided one had to look a little like an Airstream trailer, since it is the classic example of a camper.  I used a banner die from My Craft Spot to cut the banner, on which I put my sentiment.

I filled some treat bags with enough fixings to make four s'mores.  I then tied off each bag with baker's twine that coordinated with the colors on the box.

Also inside the box are three types of Hershey's kisses: regular, extra dark, and caramel.  I used some candy stamps to put little camping sentiments and pictures on the bottoms of the candies.

All the stamps, both sentiments and candy ones are from Jaded Blossoms.  The sentiments are from the The Great Outdoors set and the candy stamps are from the Camping Candies set. 

I am entering this in the current challenge at Jaded Blossoms, which is Crafter's Choice. 

My Sheri Crafts: Guest Designer

I was chosen as the guest designer for this weeks's challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  The challenge this time is: 

"Splish Splash"

create a project with an image that features beach, water, swimming, etc.

Here is the card I created:

The card is 5 3/8"x4 1/8," made of white card stock.  I made all my layers at 5 1/2"x4 1/4," so I had to make the card base slightly larger since I like having a border around my images.

The background, sky and waves, are from the "Crocs Rule" Cricut cartridge.  I welded a rectangle to the background in order to make it the correct size.  I also cut a rectangle from the kraft card stock to act as sand.  I added some white gel pen to the waves.  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps, the Beach Bums set.

The palm tree is from the "Pirates and Mermaids" cartridge.  I cut it at 3 1/2."  The girl and the beach ball are svgs from SVG Cutting Files.  The image is called Tween Beach Girl.  I cut her at 2 1/2."  I hid her eyes so that I could use a Peachy Keen face.  This one comes from the Cartoon Bombshell Face Assortment.  I added some white gel pen doodling around the towel and beach ball, then I added some polka dots to her bikini.  I colored in her lips with a shiny pink gel pen, then added some blue to her eyes with a marker.  The girl and the beach ball are adhered with foam tape.

So, that is my beach-themed creation.  I can't wait to see how you are inspired by the theme of "Splish Splash!"

More Halloween Houses

The haunted house that I brought to work has been a HUGE hit!  Everyone loves it.  Customers have been asking where they can get the kit to make it for themselves.  Well, two of my coworkers have asked if I would be willing to make them each a house.  I told them that if they got all the supplies, then I would make them each one on one of my days off.  So, they got all the paper and stuff I needed and I spent all day in my craft room yesterday making two more houses.

Again, both these houses are the "Bewitched Cabin" from the Haunted Forest cut file from SVG Cuts.  One is actually flipped from the other because when I assembled the base the house sits on, I accidentally put it together upside down, so I had to flip one of the houses.  It still worked out quite well though.  All the patterned card stock is from DCWV's "Eek-a-Boo" stack.  The felt bats on the second house are also from DCWV, they are actually a garland that I cut apart.

I did a lot of embossing and inking.  The window frames are embossed with the Forest Branches folder and the arches are embossed with the Distress Stripes folder.  The panels at the bottom of the house are embossed with the Sweet as Honey embossing folder (this one is 5 1/2"x12.")  All of those embossing folders are by Cuttlebug.  The chimney was embossed with the Bricked folder by Sizzix.  I inked all the embossed pieces and the base with white chalk ink.  All the patterned pieces were inked with black soot Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.

I am entering these in the following challenges:

Cardz TV: candy wrapper or holder for Halloween treats (the roof comes off and you can fill it with candy, as my husband is doing with his house)

My Craft Spot: "Trick or Treat"

{PIN}spirational Challenges: anything goes

I Built Two Houses

I built two houses in the last week...paper houses that is.  I created a couple of haunted houses for Halloween.

Both are made from the same cut file from SVG Cuts.  It is also part of the Haunted Forest set, of which I have already made the witch hat box.  I made one initially for my husband to put on display at work.  He likes being able to dress up his desk a bit, so I have started making things for him to put on it and the house is what I made for Halloween.  First, though, I brought it to work to show off a little.  Since I work in a craft store I knew it would be appreciated.  Well, everyone there liked it so much that I had to make one to put on display at my work.

This is the first house I made.  The papers are all from The Bewitched Stack by DCWV.  This was either last year's Halloween stack or from the year before.

I inked the edges of pretty much all the pieces except the solid black ones.  The orange house panels were inked with spiced marmalade, the plaid house panels were inked with black soot, the green polka dot house panels and the green hounds-tooth roof panels were inked with peeled paint, and the purple door, mat, and roof panels were inked with weathered wood.  The embossed window frames were covered with a light grey ink.

I embossed the shutters and window frames with Cuttlebug embossing folders.  The shutters were embossed with the Spider Stew folder and the window frames were embossed with the Distress Stripes folder.

This is the second one I made.  I used this year's Halloween stack by DCWV, it is called the Eek-a-Boo Stack.

I did a lot of embossing and inking on this one as well.  The chimney was embossed with a Sizzix folder called brick, then inked with white ink.

The window frames and arch details were embossed with the Forest Branches Cuttlebug folder, then inked with white ink.  The base was also inked with white ink.  All the patterned paper was inked with black soot Distress Ink.

The roof comes off of both of the houses and you can use them as gift boxes or to hold candy, or you can put in tea lights.  The windows are made of vellum, so the light shines through.