Happy Halloween!

Happy October 31st to you!

For some of us here in the United States, it means Halloween has arrived and we will be handing out treats to little trick or treaters.  For others, we will be taking our small ones door to door or perhaps older kids to events to celebrate.  However you celebrate, if you do - have a fun and safe day!!!

Happy Halloween!

I decided in honor of the day, I would create something fun with our Quick Quotes Halloween collection!  It has the best little quotes and riddles included and just makes you smile.  I've added a bit of Gingham ribbon and some Petaloo Dazzlers for fun.

Check out this fun page of Quotes and giggles:

Quick Quotes Supplies:

Halloween Paper Pack

Halloween 500

PowderPuff Chalk Ink:  Purple Passion and Limeade

3/8" Black Gingham Ribbon

Other Supplies:

Pearls by Want2Scrap

Dazzlers (Mummy, Spider and Bat) by Petaloo

Core'dinations Cardstock

Corner Rounder

Fiona's Mirror Frame die by Cheery Lynn Designs

Thanks so much for stopping on over to the blog today to spend a moment!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

Spooky and Kooky

Happy Tuesday to you!

The weather is cooling off and the trees are changing colors here in Minnesota.  It certainly feels like Halloween is just around the corner!  I decided for my project this week at Quick Quotes that I would work a little with our new Halloween line.

Spooky and Kooky

This fun hex and negative space card is a Silhouette cutting file.  I used the titlework from our Halloween 500 sheet in the collection and the sweet little cardstock spider too.

Here are some lollipop treats.  Aren't they fun?!!  I am going to make these for the kids in my sons preschool room.  They contain Tootsie Pop suckers.

Ingredients:

Halloween collection, Quick Quotes

Spiderweb 8x10 Cardstock, Quick Quotes

PowderPuff Chalk Ink:  Mango Mai Tai, Limeade, Midnight Confession

Silhouette

MFT Stamps and Dies, Lollipop Treat Set

Baker's Twine, The Twinery

Silhouette

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Are you inspired by the season changes or weather too?

~ Rhonda

Presenting to you... The Clicut!

Happy Tuesday to you!

I'm so excited to host over on the Imaginisce blog today and celebrate one of our newest tools with you!  I know that you're going to love the Clicut as much as we all do!!!  For my project today I used my Clicut along with our 14x14 iMat and the CutRight Acrylic Ruler.

I was inspired by the last challenge that we had to create a shaped project. My project idea was to create a large hexagon shape as the base for a Halloween sign for our front door or a layout. 

I'll show you how I created the initial step easily with card stock and then some Monster Mash paper.

Step 1:  Mark a 12x12 piece of card stock with a pencil at 6" on two opposite sides. 

Step 2:  Mark the remaining sides 3" in from each edge.  You'll have a total of 6 markings.

Step 3:  Using your CutRight Acrylic Ruler, line up the center marking with the first 3" pencil mark on the adjacent side and trim with the Clicut and the iMat under your project.

Step 4:  Continue trimming the remaining 5 cuts.

Step 5:  You are left with a hexagon shape.

I used this method to cut my second layer of the black pattern paper as well.  I started with a 10x10 piece of paper, marked at 5" on two opposite sides, then 2.5" on the remaining sides.  I used the "B" side of my paper for the bottom part of my sign layer.  The rest of the design came together effortlessly as the die cut and sticker elements in this line are so cute!  

Problem Solver:  The door I wanted to hang the sign on in our home is metal.  

Solution:  I created some Magnets using our magnet daddies and the iTop 2.0 to attach the sign to the door without having to use a door hanger.  Quick and easy!

Using the Clicut is comfortable, it fits nicely in your hand.  I also love how you are able to safely retract the blade and put it back in a safe position.  It's going to be one of your favorite new go-to tools for all of your crafting adventures!

Ingredients:  Clicut, imat 14x14, CutRight Acrylic Ruler, Monster Mash papers, Die Cuts and Canvas Stickers, iTop 2.0, 28mm (2) and 22mm (1) Magnet Daddies, iTop 28mm and 22mm punches, Pogo and Foam Tape by Imaginisce, card stock by Core'dinations, ink by Ranger.  Other:  Sewing Machine and Thread.

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

~ Rhonda

Spotlight on... Snag 'em Stamps!

Monday greetings to you!  

The next two weeks over at Imaginisce we are doing a fun product spotlight feature on our Snag 'em stamps.  I'm super excited to be kicking off this fun event today so here--we--go!

It's always so much fun to play with our stamps.  I thought it would be fun to make a few Halloween cards featuring our Snag 'em stamps from the Monster Mash collection. 

For the square chevron and scalloped shaped cards, I used my Silhouette.  The hexagon shaped card was created with the newly released Spellbinders hexagon die.

I cut a few leaves, layered them and decorated in Sugar Skull's hair, 

then added some Crackle Accents.

On the Hex card I layered a few hexagon shapes and used the sentiment from one of our Sticker Stackers.  I added a witches boot for fun.  She is secured with a wobbler.  (Have I said that she is one of my all time favorite Snag 'em Stamps?  She is so so cute!!!)

The Spooky card I layered the tree die cut under the interior sentiment block so it would peek out from behind my mummy and ghost.  The ghost has fairy glitter on it and my mummy has some frost glimmer on it.  I added some "eyes" to the Spooky sentiment using my i-Rock and hot rocks.

The "Boo!" card layers a Halloween fence behind the chipboard sentiment.  Eddie has a wobbler behind him too, so he wiggles and jiggles when you move or rock the card.

Ingredients:  Monster Mash Pattern Papers, Chipboard, Sticker Stackers and Snag 'em Stamps Sugar Skull, Eddie, Mummy, Ghost and Foam Tape by Imaginisce, i-Rock and Hot Rocks by Imaginisce, Crackle Accents, Silhouette, Spellbinders, Spooky Tree die by Cheery Lynn Designs, Wobbler, Momento Ink, Copics, Trim by Cosmo Cricket, Twine by The Twinery, Glue Gloss and Fairy Dust by Donna Salazar, Smootch Glitz in Frost by Clearsnap, Xyron 5" Creation Station and Mega Runner.

Thanks so much for stopping on over today.  Be sure to visit the Imaginisce blog for more Snag 'em stamps inspiration all week!!!

Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

Hoppin' with Quick Quotes and Xyron!

Happy Friday to you!  Even more exciting...  it's a long weekend too!!!  

This week at Quick Quotes, we are hopping with Xyron to share products and creations!  If you haven't stopped over yet, there's still time!

Here's my project for today.  I'm in absolute LOVE with the all new Halloween collection from Quick Quotes!  Just check out these vibrant colors...  *swoon*!

Embossing using the Creatopia:

I embossed a 12x12 piece of Core'dinations with hearts.

I cut this die shape with my Silhouette and ran through 

the Xyron 5" Creative Station.

A close up for details.

I don't know about you, but I use my Xyron X machine and my 5" Creative Station all the time.  It's particularly wonderful for all of your intricate die cut shapes and chipboard pieces.

If you haven't seen the Xyron Creatopia machine in action, you are missing out!  It does so many cool things from cutting, embossing full 12x12 pages, applies laminate and adhesive.  You can see even more information on all of their products at www.xyron.com.  

Supplies:

Halloween collection, Quick Quotes

PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Purple Passion, Mango Mai Tai and Limeade, Quick Quotes

Xyron Creatopia

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Silhouette

Core'dinations Cardstock and Sanding Buddy

Black Cardstock, Recollections

Bat and Spider, Petaloo

Corner Chomper

Foam Tape, Imaginisce

Other:  Mini Alphas, Pinking Scissors, Thread and Sewing Machine

Thanks so much for stopping on over today!  Be sure you hop on over to Quick Quotes blog and to Xyron today.  The other designer's have some awesome inspiration for you.  

Word has it that there are also yummy prizes to be had!!!

Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

Monster Mash... Imaginisce Style!

We're very excited over at Imaginisce this week to continue to share with you 

our latest release called:  "Monster Mash"!

Here are a few of my favorite images from the collection:

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"Boo! Bam! Pow!" 12x12 layout

This collection is so fun to work with, the colors and adorable characters just spoke to me!   These fun photos were taken of my boys trying on their costumes from last year.  I thought it would be a fun play on the "Boo" to add a few additional phrases. 

The spiderweb style doily and "Pow!" and "Bam!" were cut using my Silhouette. The sentiments that I cut were accented with Crackle Accents and Glossy Accents. A few glam rocks were added using my i-Rock to the tree's eyes and to the "Boo!" sentiment.

The mini tray was a fun little Halloween scene to create for some decor.  The boys absolutely love it and can't wait to put it out!  (I'm pretty sure they really just can't wait for the c-a-n-d-y!!!)

Ingredients:

Monster Mash Collection

i-Rock and glam rocks

Cheery Lynn Designs flourish die

Silhouette

MFT Bumpy Road die

Crackle Accents and Glossy Accents by Ranger

Mini Artists Tray by 7 Gypsies

Thanks so much for stopping on over!  Be sure to visit the Imaginisce blog for even more inspiration and peeks of this fun collection.

Have a super scrappity week!

~ Rhonda

Happy Monday with Moxxie!!!

Happy Monday crafty peeps!

I've got a fun Halloween Mini to share with you that I created with Moxxie's "All Hallow's Eve" line.  I loved working with this collection, it has an eery elegance to it!!!

The Cover...  with a little cheesecloth spiderweb accent.

Don't you love that eyeball?  It's from A. Jillian Vance Designs

and the bubble cap is Epiphany Crafts.

Crackle Accents on the bat.  Wonky Rectangle mats and stamped spider.

This line has an elegant 'Eek' feel to it!  Don't you love it?!!!

Loved the way the black ric-rak complimented these papers too!

The back cover.

This mini was created for the CHA release party in Chicago.  It was super fun to put together!  The spiderweb base album is from EK Success.

Ingredients:

"All Hallow's Eve" collection by Moxxie

Midnight Confessions Chalk Ink by Quick Quotes

d-Stress by Imaginisce

"Eye on Halloween" stamp set by A Jillian Vance Designs

Wonky Rectangle dies by Spellbinders

Round 25 Bubble Cap and Tool by Epiphany Crafts

Crackle Accents by Ranger

Black Tinted Tape by Vintage Street Market 

Bling by Zva Creative (leftovers!)

Spiderweb Album Base by EK Success

Vagabond by Sizzix

Other:  Button, Black Hemp, Cheesecloth, Ric-Rak Black Tulle and Ribbon

Be sure to stop on over to the Moxxie blog too and check them out!!!

Have a super scrappity day!

~ Rhonda

Happy Halloween!

Hope you are having a wonderful Halloween! 

I wanted to share this fun little Halloween card that I created using some of Nikki Sivils "Boo-tiful" collection.  I cut out a few of her fun shapes and used my Epiphany Crafts Shape Studios round 25 bubble caps and charm for the sweet little spider.

Behind the charm is a black rose trim from American Crafts that I've nested him into with some black hemp and a purple safety pin.

I had to pick up the Martha Stewart Halloween edition deep fence punch and I layered some paper behind it.  A little bit of stickles helped finish the border of my sentiment and Mr. Bat's eyes.

Thanks so much for stopping on over, have a super scrappity Halloween!

~ Rhonda

Some Halloween Inspiration!

Greetings!

Last year I was the very lucky recipient of some amazing collections from Nikki Sivils via a lucky comment on her blog!  When we started thinking of Halloween projects at Epiphany Crafts, I knew immediately that I was going to use these 'Boo-tiful' papers!!!

I found that my Shapes Studio Oval 25 tool fit the little ghosts from her 6x6 paper pad perfectly!  I used three of them on here.  See down below for more details, aren't they fun?!!!  The striped paper was so cute, I used it with my new Shapes Studio Star 25 tool! 

You'll see that I found a use for my trusty thrift store find typewriter on here too! A little crinkle ribbon dyed with Maya Mist in Orange was the perfect extra touch.

The black rose trim on here is American Crafts.  I thought Nikki's little purple spider needed to nestle on into the black roses, so I bent the legs just a bit and added some Starry Night stickles.

At first glance, this photo might seem a bit odd to scrap, but it was a milestone for our little one.  This was the very first time he walked up to the door with his brother to say "Trick or Treat!".  I love the little look of swagger that he has in his step as "Woody", and the sheriff badge on his pocket still cracks me up with that bandanna!

pssst!!!  Word has it, you can WIN a Star Shapes Studio 25 tool of your very own, just by leaving a comment over at Epiphany today!  Be sure to stop on over!!!

Thanks for stopping on by today!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

~ Rhonda 

Halloween Fun!

Happy Friday all!

I have another fun project to share with you today!  The Doodlebug Blog challenged us to use their Halloween line, no matter old or new, so of course I had to play along!!!  My kids dressed up last year as their very favorite characters from Toy Story, Buzz and Woody. 

Fortunately, I have the Toy Story Cricut cartridge, and that came in very handy for the titlework here!

I cut the spider webs from Paper Doll Dress Up and of course, I had to add a little spider web action by weaving my thread through the web and under the spider.

A little paper pleating and velvet ribbon under the right photo and Mr. Toad gets a bit of jumparoo flourish for fun as well.  I used my "new-to-me" trusty typewriter to do the journaling, love that thing!!!  All of the products on here are Doodlebug with the exception of a little coredinations for photo matting and a bit of trim and string.  I snuck a little orange "create-a-base" card on here too because I just LOVE them!!!

Thanks for letting me share my "not so spooky" Halloween page with you! 

Have a super scrappity day!!!
~ Rhonda