scary!

I haven't made a card in a while with all the scrapping I've been doing, so I whipped one out today. I used the oh so fun HSH Halloween Additions set from There She Goes. I seriously can't get enough of this one! This glass of eyeballs makes me chuckle every time I look at it.

I tried to not use any pattern paper and just stamp but the pretty paper won out in the end and of course it's Pink Paislee's Twilight collection. I promise I'll try and make something without it very, very soon!

~ supplies ~
stamps ~ TSG HSH Halloween Additions
Ink ~ Palette Noir Black, PTI fresh snow
Paper ~ Kraft, black, twilight (pink paislee)
Accessories ~ Mary scalloped ovals, su scalloped edge, PTI twine, rhinestones

EIO Tuesday

Holy cow! Is it Tuesday again??!! I can't believe I haven't posted anything for a week...and I was doing so well. That won't happen again this week. I spent the entire weekend away with my girl friends and got 9 pages done while I there. I know it doesn't seem like much, but as slow as I work...it was!

This week I've used the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love collection. It's such a fun line to work with and it was perfect for these birthday pictures of my daughter. I used the collection pack along with both sets of chipboard , my scalloped punch (which I apparently use on everything!) and a Kraft background (which I also can't stop using :>)

I hope it's a great day for all of you and I will be back tomorrow (as soon as I can get all these pages photographed) to share what I got done over the weekend!

EIO Tuesday + Free Thickers!

Good Morning! Today I have 4 Embellish-Online projects to share with you. Every Tuesday I'll feature products from the EIO store. This week it's Twilight from Pink Paislee and of course American Crafts Thickers. If you've been following my blog for any amount of time,you may have realized that I use Thickers on EVERY thing! I love them. There are so many different fonts and textures and they are so easy to use.

In honor of my LOVE for Thickers Barb is having a special~ Buy 3 packs of American Crafts Thickers get 1 pack free. This special is good from Oct. 6th ~ Oct. 13. There are no codes this time. Simply order 3 of your favorite sets of Thickers and in the comments section of the order process put which one you would like for free. For the icing on the cake.....free shipping on orders over $50 before any discounts. There is a code for that one 4SP9HD. Then check out Christine's blog next Wednesday for a new special!

supplies ~
Paper ~ Kraft, Twilight (Pink Paislee)
Stamps ~ There She Goes Spooktacular Silhouttes
Ink ~ Palette Noir Black
Accessories ~ Basic Grey Buttons, American Crafts Thickers, scalloped edge punch, Twilight embellies.

up to my eyeballs & a sketch challenge!

These stamps just keep getting better and better I tell ya! I finally decided to do a challenge today on SCS. The newest one was Sketch Challenge 248 and it was perfect for these little stamps in the HSH Halloween Additions set from There She Goes. I seriously can not get enough of the eyeball sentiment! It cracks me up every time I look at it. And I had to hop on over to the EIO store and pick up some more Twilight paper because I didn't have enough left for the scrapbook pages I wanted to use it for. I haven't done that with a paper line for ages, but this is definitley my favorite Halloween paper of ALL time!

This is another one of those cards that took me all day! It totally doesn't look like it should but I apparently have commitment problems. I get the card the way I like it, move things around on it for hours and finally glue it down in the original format after looking at it the WHOLE day! Seriously.

Cardstock ~ Kraft, Pink Paislee Twilight
Stamps ~ There She Goes HSH Halloween Additions
Ink ~ Palette Noir Black
Accessories ~ SU scallop edge punck, PTI twine, Copics, Imaginesce Brads

butterfly happiness

I am falling more and more in love with these stamps each time use them! This one is TSG's Butterfly Happiness and I can't wait to scrapbook with it. The butterflies are gorgeous (the whole set is!) and I can see many embellishment possibilities with it.

supplies ~ cardstock ~ kiwi kiss, whisper white
ink ~ palette noir,
ribbon ~ su kiwi/vanilla silk
tools ~ paper piercer, scalloped punch, paper distresser

HSH Halloween Additions Blog hop!

Hello and welcome to the HSH Halloween Additions Blog Hop. If you are joining me from Jodi's blog then welcome! If not hop on back to the TSG blog and get started. Leave a comment on each Trendsetter's blog and head back to the TSG blog for a chance to win one of these fabulous sets!

Today we are showcasing the new HSH Halloween additions stamp set. I chose to use one of the images as a focal point rather than in a scene. That's the beautiful thing about this set! There are so many options for it I couldn't even begin to list them all!

For my card I had to cut into my brand new Twilight collection by Pink Paislee. It may be my favorite Halloween collection yet! I paired it with some Kraft cardstock (I know BIG surprise), black glitter brads, some twine and the use of several punches.

I hope you enjoyed my card! The next stop on the HSH Halloween Additions hop is Maki!

ps....thanks so, so much for all the nice comments yesterday! Each and every one made me smile!

September EIO Blog Hop~ Tricks and Treats

Welcome to the EIO Blog hop! Hop along to each DT members blog to learn some stamping and scrapping tip and tricks. If you are coming from Dani's blog than you are in the right place. If not start back at Christine's blog and start hopping!


You will have 2 chances to be entered in a random drawing for a super fun prize package! Here's what you do....

1~ Copy and Paste a blurb and our cute blog hop banner about this Trick or Treat Blog Hop on your blog and leave us a direct link to your blog post with your name in Mr. Linky.

2~ Play along with us, create a project and leave your name & direct link with Mr. Linky HERE .




My scrapbooking tip is to keep it simple! I have had these birthday pictures for almost 3 years. I finally decided to get them scrapped! In the past I would pick papers and embellishments for each different layout. Now I grab something that corrdinates and I go with it for the whole event. For this 6 year old boy birthday I cut into my Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend collection and went to town. I made it even more simple by using a Got Sketch scrapbooking sketch for one of the layouts (the Crazy For Legos layout). It took me one night and I was able to scrap the whole birthday. I think the hardest part was thinking up the titles that fast! Cosmo Cricket makes this so easy with the collections they put together. I love that there are stickers and cardstock strips and journaling spots all included in one collection. It really does make it super easy to scrap with.

Thanks for stopping by! Next up is KIM!