Oct 31

"Witch and ghost make merry

on this last of dear October’s days. "

~Author Unknown

 

 

for the Fun Friday Halloween Challenge click Here

 

 

clean up my desk tonight putting away

all my Halloween supplies until next year

couldn't help myself but to make one last card

a few Thanksgiving cards in the works then

on to Christmas

 

Karen

 

 



Happy Harvest

For the Fun Friday Halloween Challenge Click Here

 

 

Hi everyone thank you all so much for your positive thoughts

during Hurricane Sandy

She turned west and did not come as far north as they originally predicted

so here in the Capital region of NY only got some rain and wind

and were spared.

Southern Parts of NY, NJ and PA

were not so luck and Sandy is now creating major snowfalls in the Midwest

Geez I am thinking I should become a weather girl....

 

 

 

This is a cut file from

SVG Cuts

"Crisp Days of Fall"

The leaves are from

Stretch your Imagination

"Happy Harvest"

Cardz TV Stamps

made this for

Diana

DL ART

Thankful Thursday Pumpkin Theme

ends Nov 3rd

and
Docerela Creations
any project use a button and a bow

 

"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking,

 perfect pause

between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. "

~Carol Bishop Hipps

 

For the Fun Friday Halloween Challenge Click Here

 

Hi everyone sorry this is a day late. In case you didn't know Hurricane "Sandy" is about to hit the Eastern Seaboard will impact 60 million people with prolonged power outages. So if you don't hear from me next week that will be why. They are calling it "Frankenstorm".. Spent all day yesterday getting prepared and working for an insurance company does not help the stress level knowing how many people will face devastating loss. For anyone in the path my best tips for things people don't often thing about...fill your gas tank, get some cash,  gas pumps & ATM's don't work when the power is out. Charge your cell phones and laptops and last fill some ziplock bags with water put them in the freezer they will help keep the food cold longer and give you extra water when they melt. 

 

 

Okay now for some Happy News

the winner of the Use Blue Challenge is

Lucky #7 KatieO

katieO's

Katie email me your address and I will get your

prize in the mail to you

 

Top Three

#5 Becky

Becky's Craft place

 

#10 Shelly

My Paper Love

 

#16 Melissa

Created by Sunshine Honeybee

 

 

stay save everyone.

 

Karen

Fun Friday Happy Halloween Challenge

 with less than a week to the big night our theme this week is Halloween

 

Today I am so happy to have a very talented guest designer

Brianna from

Happy Scrapper

Brianna is fairly new to the bloggy world hop on over and show her some bloggy love

you won't be disapointed

she has made a most wonderful Halloween Card for the challenge

 

and I think it is Monsterrific!

 

 

Here is my card

 

 Entered in
Die Cuttin Divas
Shimmer, Glimmer, Gloss

 

this weeks prize

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boo Trick or treat

  For the Use Blue Challenge click  Here

Saw this design on Pinterest as a Christmas card

Krista's Stamp Spot

I did mine as of course a Halloween card

added some Graphic 45 Papers

some stickles, twine and a candy corn button

white paper and 2009 Halloween Tags Stamp Set from

Papertrey Ink

 

one week to Halloween.

Boneyard Boogie

For the Fun Friday Use Blue challenge Click Here

 

Got a chance to stop a Michael's yesterday

got this cute stamp for $1

from Inkadinkado

love these adorable skeletons

pattern papers from

Authentique Enchanted collection

 

hopes it a great crafty week for everyone.

 

Karen

Thank You and Challenge Winner

For the Fun Friday Use Blue Challenge click Here

 

 

Ripe Avocado Papertrey Ink

pattern paper My Mind's Eye

 

the Winner of the Thanksgiving/Fall Colors

is

 #11 Katie A

KD Pie Design

 

 

could not just choose three this week too many wonderful

enteries to choose from

had to go with top five

 

#9 Pamela

Scrap-n-Sew Granny

 

#10 Jayne

Jayne Designs

 

#17 Georgiana

Carson's Creations

 

#27 Nana

My Crafting Channel

 

#28 Bobby

Bits & Pieces

 

hope everyone has a great weekend

Karen

Fun Friday Use Blue Challenge

For Cardz TV Stamp "Fall-o-ween" Challenge click Here


Hi Everyone so looking forward to the weekend

and it is starting with a bang

I have a wonderful guest designer today

Karon from

Karon's Krafty Korner

she has created a beautiful blue card for this weeks challenge
"Use Blue"

blue buttons, ribbon, paper, flowers or bling

any little bit will do

Here's Karon's card

 

Here is my card

paper and senitment from

Papertrey Ink
pattern paper from My Minds Eye 

 

 

 Entered in
DL ART
Thankful Thusday ending Oct 27th
sympathy or get well
and
My Creative Time
Designer challenge

 use these colors minum three flowers and some bling

 

 

This week's prize

 



Cardz TV Stamps Challenge #17 "Fall-o-ween"

 

Today is the beginning of a brand new challenge over at

Cardz TV!

Cardz TV Stamps Design Team Ch#17:

"Fall-o-ween Fun"

Starts: Friday, October 19th 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thursday, October 25th, Noon EST

Details: Create a HALLOWEEN or FALL card, layout, or craft project.

Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps of the winner's choice

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Friday, October 26th @ Cardz TV

Here's my FALL-o-ween project I made 

featuring the brand new stamp set,

"FALL FUN" by
Cardz TV Stamps:

"FALL FUN"  Cardz TV Stamps the cut file is from SVG cuts

Happy Friday!
 

Witch way to the Candy

For the Fun Friday Thanksgiving or Fall colors Click Here

 

 

so loved Melanie's card

The Paper Retreat

 from the Halloween Challenge

that I had to get this svg file

it's called "spooky Halloween collection"

from The Digi Bistro

wow they had so many cute files

The sentiment is from

Cardz TV stamps 

 

 

I made this into a shaped card

I am linking over at

Live Love and Scrap

Sarah is have a link challenge every Sunday for shaped cards.

I adore her youtube videos

I watch them in the morning before work makes the perfect start to my day.

 

"There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been! "

~Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

 

 

 

Harvest

For the Fun Friday Thanksgiving or Fall colors Click Here

 

did a little paper piecing with

the pumpkin from

"Fall Fun"

Cardz TV Stamps

 

pattern paper from My Mind's Eye

Solids from Papertrey ink

 

"How beautifully leaves grow old. 

How full of light and color are their last days."

  ~John Burroughs

 

Boo to You

For the Fun Friday Thanksgiving or Fall colors click here

 

So today I was going to help my husband rake the leaves

when what did my ears hear

RAIN

so he watched foot ball and the Yankees

and I got to play in my scraproom

Love when sometimes mother nature is on your side......

 

 

OMG this card was so easy to make

saw this card on Nana's blog

My Crafting Channel

this spooktacular cut is from

My Scrap Chick

a wonderful place to get svg files

some google eys

twine and a button

 

some stickles on the fangs

sentiment "Boo Hoo"

from

Cardztv Stamps

More Spooky Sayings

 

"Boo to you "

from

Spooky Sayings

 

entered in

Pause Dream Enjoy

Boo

 

 

May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright
Of soft and golden hue
Pierce through the future’s veil and show
What fate now holds for you.
~Author Unknown

 

 

Thank you very much and Challenge winners

For the Fun Friday Thanksgiving or Fall colors click

Here

 

 

The winner of the Halloween challenge

#10 Lisa 



Scrappy Distractions

 

top three

#4 Dewi Lestari

Sunday Morning

 

 #8 Tara

Craftin Desert Divas

 

 #31 Melanie F

The Paper Retreat

 

As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night,
Let loose upon the Earth till it be light...
~Nicholas Gordon

 

 

Fun Friday Thanksgiving or Fall Colors

Super excited today to have Anita from

 Scrappy Happy Mommy

joining me today as a guest designer

hop over and check out her blog

you will be so "Thankful" you did

Anita is from Canada

they have already had their Thanksgiving

ours will be here very soon

My Card

The card shape is from

Stretch you imagination

an oldie but goodie

Sentiment from

Cardz TV Stamps

"Thankful for You"

This Week's prize

Trick or Treat

For the Fun Friday Challenge Click Here

 

 

this french fry box is an svg file

I got from

MY Grafico Digital Arts

pattern papers from

Authentique

Little pumpkin svg file from

SVG Cuts

sentiment from PTI

tag on Kraft card stock from

 The Kraft Jounal

spellbinder die

stampin up scallop punch

the paper in the box to hold the candy is packaging

I reused this to send

Diana at DL Art a birthday gift

and she used it to send a birthday gift back to me...

entered in

The Kraft Journal

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet: Reuse/Recycle 

DL ART

Thankful Thurday Anything goes

open unit 10-31

My Craft Spot

A treat for you

Simon Say Stamps

Dies and or punches

Sunday Funday Linky Party

 

How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

  ~John Burroughs

 

Karen

 

 

 

Autmn Leaves

For the Fun Friday Halloween Challenge click Here

 Elegant Edges and Stretch your Imagination

pattern paper from Basicgrey Indian Summer

I filled in the leaf with glossy accents

sentiment from 

Cardz TV Stamps

"Thankful for you"

entered in 

DL ART 

Thankful Thursday 

At least one leaf and some Bling on your project

"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn."

 ~Elizabeth Lawrence

Thank you very Much and Use ribbon or twine challenge winner

For the Fun Friday Halloween Challege click

Here

 

 

 

Hard to believe but I had run out of thank you cards need to replenish my supply

 

The winner of the Fun Friday use ribbon or twine

is

#22 Veronica

Mommy's Crafty Creations

 

 Veronica please email me your address and I will get your prize in the mail to you

kfranciola @ nycap . rr . com

just take out the spaces

 

Top Three
#1 Diana
DL ART

 

#12 Karen

Kaleidoscopic Sparkles

 

#14 Debbie J

Debbie's Cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Friday "Halloween" Challenge

For the CARDZ TV Buttons' and Boo's Challenge post click Here

this week's Fun Friday's challenge is to link

any halloween card, project or layout.

pattern paper from Authentique

BOO to you stamp from

CARDZ TV Stamps 

Oct 31st

this week's prize

"Bittersweet October. 

The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. "

 ~Carol Bishop Hipps

Cardz TV Buttons & Boo's Challenge

Today is the beginning of a brand new challenge for

Cardz TV Stamps Design Team Ch#16:

"Buttons & Boo's!"

Starts: Friday, Oct. 5th@ 12:00 am EST

Ends: Thurs, Oct. 11th @ Noon EST

Details: Create a card, layout or craft project for Halloween using Buttons! 

Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps of the winner's choice

Winner (chosen by random.org) Announced: Friday, Oct. 12th @ Cardz TV

Yes it's another Haunted House
an svg file from
SVG Cuts 
embossed with 
 Cuttlebug  Skeleton Scroll folder
pattern paper from Authentique
twine from Kraft Outlet 

Sentiment 
Ghostly Greetings !
from
Oct 31st

" When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween."
 
~Author Unknown