PDE #43: Candy-licious!

Happy Friday! Don't you just love Fridays? 
Today is the start of a brand new challenge at
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!

Ch# 43: CANDY!

Make a CANDY-licious project.
Starts: Friday, October 26th 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, November 1st, Noon EST

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Thursday, November 1st late afternoon

Our Sponsor this challenge is



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Prize: 1 Stamp Set of the Winner's Choice

Here is my CANDY-licious project...

Every year, since she went away to college, I send my daughter and her friends a Halloween box filled with Halloween candy. I made this card with one of her friends in mind to put inside the box with their candy.

My card base was cut out of the Sentimentals cricut cartridge at 5" and then I cut out the white layer at 4.75" to make a layer for the base. My candies came from the Mini Monsters cricut cart. The lollipops were cut out at 2" and the small candies were cut out at 1".  I added some glitter to each candy to give it that "sugary" effect.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

Please make sure you stop over at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges to see what my lovely DT sisters came up with for the challenge, as well as entering it yourself.

I would love to see what you create!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Enter your project below!
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I am also linking up my card for the following challenge:
Die Cuttin Divas -- #88 Shimmer, glimmer and gloss

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Sentimentals & Mini Monsters

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Card Stock: Green (Recollections), White & Black (Georgia Pacific), Orange (Bazzill), Purple (my scraps)

Stamp: Halloween Puns (Joy's Life)

Ink: Black Staz On

Punch: Modern Label (SU!)

Misc.: Ribbon (Offray), Dimensionals and Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU!), Bling (Me and My Big Ideas)

Wart's Up?

Happy Wednesday!

Before I get onto this week's project, I would like to announce the winner for my prize on the Joy's Life Halloween Blog Hop.

I had Random.org pick the winner from all the comments and the winner is comment #14:

Marilyn's Cricut Crafts said...

Love how this looks! I need to find that Martha Stewart punch!

Congrats Marilyn's Cricut Crafts!

Please email me with your shipping address by Oct.31, 2012 so I can get your prize out to you.



This week, the Joy's Life DT has been having fun creating projects that use embossing in some way.

I decided to make this fun Halloween card:

It's a toad wearing a witch hat!! How fun!!

I cut my toad/frog out of the Mini Monsters cricut cartridge at 2.5".

The hat is from the same cartridge but cut out at 3.5"

I ran my purple background layer through my cuttlebug with the Spots and Dots embossing folder.

I love using my cuttlebug to emboss!

What is more fun than a frog wearing a witch hat???

Why this sentiment from the Halloween Puns stamp set from Joy's Life of course!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

Don't forget to check out the Joy's Life DT Blog for daily inspiration :)

To see all of Joy's wonderful products, click HERE

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team*

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Mini Monsters

Cuttlebug: Spots & Dots

Card Stock: Orange (Bazzill), Pear Pizzazz & Old Olive (SU!), Purple (Recollections), White & Black (Georgia Pacific)

Stamp: Halloween Puns (Joy's Life)

Ink: Jet Black (Archival Ink)

Punches: Word Window and Modern Label (SU!)

Misc.: Orange Peel Stickles, Ribbon (Offray), Dimensionals (SU!)

Sweets for the Sweet

Hi everybody!

Happy Wednesday!

This week, the Joy's Life DT has been focusing on projects that show you ways to wrap up those Halloween Treats.

I decided to make this cute little box from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 cricut cartridge

and fill it with orange yogurt covered pretzels. YUM!

 

I cut the box out at 6.5" For my pumpkin, I used Mini Monsters cricut cartridge and cut him out at 2.5". I attached my pumpkin using an action wobble to make it more fun :)

For my sentiment, I used the Sweets For The Sweet stamp from the Halloween Puns by Joy's Life set.

After it was stamped, I punched it out using my Modern Label punch from SU and attached it to the box with some foam adhesive to give it a little more dimension and then I placed some orange gems on each side.

I simply tied some black tulle into a bow at the top to help keep my box closed.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

Don't forget to check out the Joy's Life DT Blog for daily inspiration :)

To see all of Joy's wonderful products, click HERE

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team*

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridges: Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 and Mini Monsters

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive (SU!), White and Black (Georgia Pacific)

Patterned Paper: Me & My Big Ideas

Stamp: Halloween Puns (Joy's Life)

Ink: Black StazOn

Punch: Modern Label (SU!)

Misc.: Black Tulle (Celebrate It), Bling (Me & My Big Ideas), White Gel Pen (Marvy), Action Wobble



Trendy Twine Challenge #2

Happy Thursday! Today I wanted to share a project that I made for the Trendy Twine challenge that is going on right now. The challenge is to create a project with a pumpkin or jack-0-lantern and include some twine on your project. Here is what I created for the challenge:



I decided to make a goody bag filled with candy corn. Yum! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Cartridge: Mini Monsters
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific). Black (Recollections)
Stamps: Studio G
Ink: Pumpkin Pie (SU!) & Black Staz-On
Misc: Nestabilities Labels Four, White Signo Gel Pen, Lime Green Stickles, Black Diamond Stickles, Trendy Twine Orange Licorice

Cricut 360 Spooky Halloween Blog Hop

Hi there! Welcome to Stacey's Creative Corner and the Cricut 360 Spooky Halloween Blog Hop! I'm so glad that you decided to hop along with us! If you have come from Barb's Blog aka Bug Bites then you are in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Spooky Halloween Blog Hop, start at the beginning at Cricut 360.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration and collect the key words to reveal this weeks challenge. There will be prizes along the way at some of the DT members' blogs, AND a grand prize from Cricut 360, a Freshly Picked Cricut cartridge. How fun is that?

Just link up your project over at Cricut 360 for a chance to win the grand prize!

Ok, onto my project. For my project, I decided to make a door sign to hang out on Halloween! This is my first time making a door sign and I am really pleased with how it came out.

Here is a picture of the door sign:

and a closeup of some of the detail:

Cute huh? This is how I made it. I took took pieces of 8.5" by 11" pieces of chipboard and glued them together to make it really sturdy. Then I started decorating the front. I took a piece of white card stock and attached it to the chipboard and sprayed it with some Raven glimmer mist. I cute my witch's hat out of Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge at 6.25". Once I had my hat cut out, I free hand cut a shape to resemble a witch's head peeking up from the bottom of the sign. Her eyes are hand drawn. Not my best but it gets the point across haha! For my Spider, I cut him out of Doodlecharms at 3". I added some googly eyes and some doodling for a little interest. My "Boo" was cut out of Don Juan At 2.5". After I had everything cut out and attached to the front of the sign, I added some eyelets and threaded my ribbon through for the hanger. I then flipped it over and added some Black Crepe Streamers, to give it the look of some ruffled ribbon. It was so simple to make but I absolutely love it!

What's a Halloween Blog Hop without a little candy? I am offering the following to one random follower of my blog:

All you have to do to win my candy is:

1. Be a follower of my blog
&
2. Leave me a comment on this post and be sure you leave a way for me to contact you.

I will pick my winner using Random.org on the morning of October 21. That's one week to comment here for a chance at my blog candy. Good Luck!

Oh and in case you missed it, my Keyword is: Spider

Now it is time for you to go see Sonya at Sonya's Paper Trail and see her spooky project! Don't forget to link up your creation at cricut 360 for your chance to win the Freshly Picked Cricut Cartridge!

I look forward to seeing what you create! Have a great spooky crafty day!

Supplies:
Cricut Cartridges: Mini Monsters, DoodleCharms & Don Juan
Cardstock: Recollections
Ribbon: Walmart Dollar Ribbon
Misc.: Black Crepe Streamers, Corner Rounder (EK Success), Googly Eyes, Raven Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), White Signo Gel Pen, Buttons, Hemp Cord.

Note Pad Holder

Happy Friday! Are you all ready for the weekend? Friday marks the beginning of a new challenge over at Flaunt It Fridays. For this week's challenge we are flaunting the skull from the Mini Monsters cartridge on page 65. If you would like to enter our challenge please make a NON-Halloween project and we challenge you to make something different from what you made last week, for example if you made a card last week make a layout, altered item, etc. this week.

Here is what I came up with:





I found these cute little mini memo pads in a pack of 5 from the dollar store, so I decided to make a little mini notepad cover for this week's challenge. They are so simple to make. I cut my cardstock to 10.5" by 3.75" and scored at 5 1/8" and 5 3/8". Attched the notbook onto the inside back cover with some sticky strip and decorated the front. Easy Peasy! I haven't quite figured out what I will be using it for yet. I have thought about a food journal, a password keeper, or dare I say it.....a record of my crafty spending. Yikes! I am trying to get better this year and only buy what I need versus every cute thing I see. haha! Yeah right! Wish me luck on that! :)

I hope you liked my project and I am looking forward to seeing what you create for this week's challenge. So, head on over to Flaunt It Friday's and let us see what you come up with. Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Mini Monsters (skull cut out at 2.5")
Cardstock--Melon Mambo (SU!), Black (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)
Border Punch--Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)
Misc.--iRock, Offray ribbon, white signo gel pen, 3.5" by 5" notepad from dollar store.