Monday, September 30, 2013

WITCH YOU WERE HERE! & Challenge winner

A day late and a dollar short as my mom would say
should have posted this yesterday but the day just got away from me
this is the next card in my Haunted House Series
 
 
this is a svg file from
design paper from
My Mind's Eye
Wicked Merchant Malvado
Martha Stewart scary fence punch
black crinkle ribbon and a button
sentiment from
 
 
The winner of September 20th Linky party is
 


 
Sarah please email me your address to
kfranciola@ nycap . rr . com
just take out the spaces
 
Hope everyone has a great crafty week....
 
Karen
 


Friday, September 27, 2013

Fun Friday Linky Party and Boo to You!

Third in my Haunted House Series

House and fence  from
Haunted Hemlock
Boo to You from
"Spooky Sayings
embossed with Cuttlebug  - Skeleton Scroll
some twine and a button
 
Fun Friday Linky Party
any Card, Project, or Layout
one entry per person please
winner will received
8 skeins of crinkle ribbon
colors will vary depending on availability
 
 
 
 
 


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Have a fang-tastic night

For the Fun Friday Linky Party Click
 
Here is the second in my Haunted House series
house and bat both from create a critter2
Clouds from Lil' Inker Designs
pattern paper from Authentique
Got the idea for this card right after I did the first card
Sentiment from All Around Halloween
from
some twine and a skittle from
 
Have a great night
 
Karen
 


Sunday, September 22, 2013

Oct 31 and Fun Friday Linky Party winner


This is the first in this years Haunted House Series
The is from Create a Critter2 page 55
embossed with tiny mosiacs
background paper from Authentique
Clouds from
Martha Stewart French Scroll corner punch
a few bats and Lots of stickles
 
Sentiment from
"Oct 31"]
 
 
 
The winner of the Fun Friday September 13th Linky Party
is 
 
17. Jessie L. 
 
Jessie please email me your address
kfranciola@ nycap . rr . com
No spaces
 
 
 


Friday, September 20, 2013

Fun Friday Linky Party

 Fun Friday Linky Party
any Card, Project, or Layout
one entry per person please
winner will received
8 skeins of crinkle ribbon
colors will vary depending on availability
 


Cardz TV Go-to Galz Challenge #36 "Colors of Fall"

"Colors of Fall"
Create a card, layout of project using Fall colors only: red, orange, gold, brown, and even purple
The winner will be picked by random.org from the challenge entries.
The prize for the challenge will be a set of CTV stamps.
My mom and dad move to Florida over 25 years ago
but my moms still says the one thing she miss is fall in NY
the colors of the leaves the warm sun combined with a crisp breeze
and yes the leaves are starting to turn noticed it driving home from work
here it my tribute to mother nature
used Stampin Up Autumn Accents Bigz Die and
the Wonderfall Stamp Set
on embossed mat with Distress Stripes
some crinkle ribbon two buttons a little twine
and a sentiment from
"Thankful for You"
Hop on over and see all the beautiful
fall projects!
and for anyone like my mom missing the fall foliage

 Karen

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Monster Mash and Winner September 6th Linky Party

For the Anything Goes Fun Friday Linky Party Click
 
Create a Critter2
Elegant Edges
action Wobble
Google eyes
a Skittle from
Monster Mash
from
 
The Winner of the September 6th Fun Friday Linky Party
Please email me your address to
kfranciola @ nycap . rr . com
no spaces
3. Guild Master Crystal 
 


Friday, September 13, 2013

Fun Friday Linky Party & Mr Bones

 
so thrilled that I had this bear in the
got to link it to
this little guy is from Create a Critter 2 cut at three inches
pattern paper and bottom edge piece from My Mind's Eye
Sentiment from
"Oct 31st"
 
 and
"Spooky Sayings"
 both from
 
and for the Fun Friday Linky Party
any Card, Project, or Layout
one entry per person please
winner will received
8 skeins of crinkle ribbon
colors will vary depending on availability
 
 

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Creepy

For the Fun Friday Linky Party Click
 okay so I am a little obsessed with spiders, webs and stickles on
all these Halloween cards.
I really wasn't sure if pre-cutting all the images would work or not
but I am SO happy with the results seems having the cuts and the sentiments
ready to go the cards are coming together fairly easily
the pile is going down YEAH!
sentiment from
"More Spooky Sayings"
CARDZ TV Stamps


 

Monday, September 9, 2013

Witches Brew

For the Fun Friday Linky Party Click
still working my way through the pile of Halloween cuts
really happy with the way things are coming out
Create a Critter#
papers from Graphic 45
Sentiment from
 "Oct 31st"
lots of stickles
love the way the spider came out

 
 
 Entered in
 
and
THANKFUL THURSDAY SEPTEMBER LINKY CHALLENGE
 
Have a great night!
 
Karen
 


Sunday, September 8, 2013

Mouse in My House and Linky Party winner.

 
Here is the little mouse
Emma
don't you just love her new little hat!
Sure makes her and her grandma smile!
 
The winner of the August 30th  Fun Friday Linky Party
 
21. AJ 
AJ's Creative Energy
please email me your address to
kfranciola@ ny cap . rr. com
no spaces
 
The most beautiful day in upstate New York
can feel fall is on it's was a little crispness in the air
but sunny and blue skies
bought some mums to put in the front of the house
and an offset umbrella 50% off for next summer
a wonderful day
 
Karen
 
 


Saturday, September 7, 2013

Ghostly Greetings

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Love this little ghost from Create a Critter 2
goes perfectly with the sentiment from
"Oct 31st"
some papers from my stash
some stickles, a crinkle ribbon bow and a button
 
Have a great night
Karen


Friday, September 6, 2013

Fun Friday Linky Party

Hi Everyone hope you're have a great start to the weekend....
I got home to find my scheduled post stuck in blogger La La Land
so sorry it's late
 any card, project, or layout
one entry per person
for a chance to win
8 skeins of crinkle ribbon
colors will vary depending on availability
 


CARDZ TV GO-TO-GALZ CHALLENGE #35 CELEBRATE THE HARVEST

GO-TO-GALZ Challenge #35 Celebrate the Harvest.
Make a card, layout or project that celebrates the summers harvest.
The winner will be picked by random.org from the challenge entries.
The challenge prize will be a set of CTV stamps.
I grew up next to a dairy farm there was a field of corn
on the side of our house grew all summer long
we played hide and seek, ran between the rows
lots of found memories of that corn field
Thanks Mr. Olsen for planting it!
My little corn field treat box 
 Acorn Autumn SVG Kit
from www.svgcuts.com along with the pumpkins
this is the front  
the crow is from
Happy Hauntings cut at 3/4" real dial size page 66
cut one out of yellow-orange one out of black
I cut the feet and beak of the black one and glued together
this is the back
cut this out of  Core'dinations Ebony & Ivory White wash
pattern paper My Mind's Eye Bloom and Grow
some Tim Holtz distressed inks
and the sentiment from
"Fall Fun"
this set is so versatile
perfect for this time of year
through Halloween right into Thanksgiving
Hope you will join us at CARZ TV


 
 
Karen
 


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Trick or Treat

Still have a big pile of Halloween supplies but have manage to get another card made
the base shape is from
 Stampin Up
 
 
                          Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies and scallop circle punch
and the design is from the Holiday Happiness catalog I saw on page 4 I  wish I could give credit to the designer but there wasn't any information given
The papers are are from
Authentique Enchanted I got at AC Moore last year
Ghost, tag  and sentiment  are from www.papertreyink.com
just love this happy little guy
 
 

Monday, September 2, 2013

Jeepers Creepers

Wow that was the fastest three days ever
so sad summer is over
 
Now I have to admit this project went together rather quickly
 all of the pieces except the
sentiment were leftovers from last year
the french fry box is an svg file I got
at
 
 
the skeleton is from
 Shapeabilities Graveyard Scenes and Shapes Die Templates
Spellbinders S4-161 Nestabilities 6-Piece Labels OneConcentric Die Template 
for the base
Stampin UP Curly Label punch 
the bat is from
the sentiment is from
"More Spooky Sayings"
 
Still lots of pieces in my pile
process it totally opposite from how I normally would
put a card together but so far so good....
 
"Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child
will be going back to school the next day. 
It would have been called Independence Day,
but that name was already taken. "
~Bill Dodds


Sunday, September 1, 2013

Witch way to the Candy and Linky Party Winner

Had a great day whole family over for a cook out
baby Emma's first time at Grandma's house
I think she had a good time I showed her my craft room and cricut
I can hardly wait for the day I can make something with her...
and from my pile of Halloween supplies my first card
Create a Critter 2
pattern papers from my scrap bin
some, stickles, twine and a button
in the center of the pinwheel a Terra Cotta Glitter Skittle from
Carri at  
Sentiment from
Spooky Sayings
 
Now for the winner of the August 23rd Linky Party
4. JennyH 
Jenny email your address to kfranciola @ nycap  .rr .com
(no spaces)
 
Hope everyone has enjoys the rest of this holiday weekend
Karen