Halloween Hobgoblin

The other day at work I received a treat on my desk with this note attached:

You have been visited by the Halloween

Hobgoblin! Within the next 48 hours you must

pass the Hobgoblin on to six of your friends or

neighbors.  Copy this letter and give them a

little Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween!

What fun!  And for me?  A crafter?  Of course I'm going to pass it on!  I got out my Gypsy and pulled all of the Halloween pictures from Smiley Cards.  This is a cart that was a free download awhile back with a Gypsy promotion.  Many people, including myself, forget about this cart because it is only on the Gypsy.  

I used old Lia Sophia boxes, filled them with candy and wrapped them with some cute paper.  From there, I used some Halloween twine and attached my cuts with a pop dot. 

Each is cut between 2 and 3 inches.  

Don't forget about the great Halloween cuts on Smiley Cards! 

Happy Halloween everyone!

Imaginisce Challenge - Cool card

I made this card for a girlfriend's birthday.  She loves summer and is one of the most fun people I know so I thought she would appreciate the lightheartedness of this card.  Plus, her birthday is right at the beginning of summer and what is better than Popsicles in the summer???   Which is also why this card fits right in to the weekly challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog.  The challenge this week is to make something that defines your, or reminds you of, summer.  Popsicles definitely fit this family! :)  You also had to use some stamps on your project.

I am also entering this into the magazine challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog, which is to make something using Imaginisce products.  The challenge is sponsored by them. 

Here is the card recipe:

Popsicles cut from Smiley Cart at 4.5"
Large craft sticks (used Imaginisce mini glue gun to glue them on the card)
Ribbon
White, blue, and striped cardstock
Peachy Keen 1" face stamps
Imaginisce i-Rock machine and i-Rock stones to embellish the cheeks
"Cool" stamp from My Pink Stamper winter collection

Secret Leprechaun - Day 3!

Today, the little leprechaun will leave my coworker a crazy headband with shamrocks, glitter, and streamers!  (I forgot to take a picture before I wrapped it up - oops!)

This tag is the lucky horseshoe on the Smiley Cards cart.  It is cut at 3".

I wanted to show you this close up picture even though it isn't the best quality.  I don't always like the faces on the cuts so I try to spruce them up.  I added googly eyes and crystal-colored stickles for the cheeks.  Then I used a silver marker to add those cute little dots all over.  That just says "cutesy" all over it! :)

Don't forget to leave some comments this week!  You never know what might happen!

Christmas with a Twist Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome!  Hopefully you arrived from Christine's blog, http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com/.

As you've probably heard by now, the "twist" is to not use traditional Christmas symbols like Santa or snowmen for today's hop.  So I made a two page 12x12 scrapbook layout of our family opening presents last year!   To add some fun, I also used the new Smiley Cards cartridge that was exclusive to the latest Gypsy update.

The first task was to arrange the presents on my Gypsy so that I could get them cut quickly.  Here is a picture of my Gypsy screen.  I used a 12x24 mat so I could cut everything at once.  Note - I only cut the shadow, not the base image, as that would really just have been wasting a layer of paper for this project.

Next, I selected my papers and got them stuck onto the mat in all the correct places.  All the papers were from Kaisercraft's two newest Christmas collections, Be Merry and Tis the Season.

Here's a shot of the cuts after they were completed. 

 I cut the presents at the following sizes:

• Red - 4"
• Brown - 3.5"
• Green stripe - 3.5"
• Candy cane - 3.0"
• Reindeer - 3"

  I used a variety of stickles, ink, googly eyes, and glossy accents to make my presents look unique and shiny.

 

Sadly, I only had one sheet of the Kaisercraft background paper that I wanted to use.  Luckily, I had enough photos in my layout to cover the other half of the 12x12 area.  So I cut my green patterned paper into pieces that would fit my layout:

I used two sheets of a light pattern that I would never use on anything (you know, pieces from that stack you have that you cannot for the life of you figure out why you bought it...) as my base paper to glue everything on to. 

Next, I assembled everything using my ATG gun and Zip Dry two-way glue pens as my adhesives.  A closer view of the presents assembled:

For my journaling on this layout, I used these two wishlists that were in the 6x6 pack of Kaisercraft's Be Merry collection.  A closer view of those:

The final layout again:

I hope you have liked my layout and if you are still with me this far, you deserve a chance at my blog candy!  :)  I am giving away the gingerbread cart!

To be entered for a chance to win all you have to do is leave a comment with what gift you are most looking forward to giving this year and to whom.  Also be sure to leave your email address or Cricut MB name in the comment so I can contact you if you win. Of course, if you would like to become a follower of my blog, I would appreciate it!  I will announce the winner on Monday! 

On to the next blog!  Have fun visiting SeaSwan at http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com/.

Here is a complete list of today's blog hop participants in case you need it:

http://cricutdiaries.blogspot.com

http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com

http://craftyscentiments.blogspot.com

http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com

http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com

http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com - YOU ARE HERE

http://seaswancreations.blogspot.com

http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com

Thanks for visiting!!