Sugar Bowl sketch

Quick post today....hubby just left for an entire week Up North & I have GOBS to do!! But I wanted to share this card I just finished.....



I *heart* Fluffles & just yesterday dug out all my Xmas stamps with the devious little furball. I colored him with Prismas.....& used the sketch from this week's Sugar Bowl challenge. The papers are SU's Riding Hood Red (yes, again!!) & Basic Grey's Figgy. The option for the challenge was to use zig zags somewhere on your card.....so I used my Martha Stewart Zig Zag border punch. Added lots of glitter.....some clear embossing on the ornaments....& made my own Dew Drops since I didn't have the right color. When I need to customize....I use the clear baubles from Michael's .....HUGE bag for a couple of bucks.....punch CS with my 1/4" hole punch....& glue it on. In this case I used Stickles to glue them for some added sparkle!





Hopefully you can see all the sparkle & shiny ornaments in this picture.....but it's that dreaded red color again....we just don't get along!!




My sparkly faux Dew Drops.....


OK, I'm off to bake some banana bread before the boys get home .....& I have GOT to take down my Halloween stuff, lol!!! I always figure it's fall-ish.....& it IS still fall, right?? But my kids see Christmas lights & decorations in our neighborhood, & think we are way behind. I may as well leave all my Xmas stuff up next year....that way I will be ahead :)

Witchy Fluffles

Clearly I am done with summer, at least as far as crafting, because all I seem to be capable of making lately are fall & Halloween cards!! Can't help it....I just love the colors....& all the fun images.....like this one!!



I just adore Fluffles....I think I have all of them, lol. I colored this cutie with my Prismas & gamsol & used lots of oval Nesties to cut it out. The papers are SU's Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Green Galore & the pattern papers are Doodlebug. I bought them a couple of years ago & these were my last little schnibblies. I'm sure they are long discontinued, & the wonderful scrap store I bought them at closed earlier this year. I will miss them.....**sniff*..... I used my Martha punches....the web border, the web corner (under the flowers), & last year's bat. I added Harvest Orange Glimmer Mist to everything. At first I just sprayed the image, but then the background papers looked too white so I just spritzed them too! Can't have too much Glimmer Mist in my opinion!




A close up of the impish Fluffles...





A pic of the inside....nothing special....just used the same papers, Nesties & I stitched the edges.


And lastly, for your enjoyment, a picture of a little visitor we had on our patio door.......




It was really hard to get a good picture because of the glare of the door. He was actually more green. We usually get a lot of walking sticks during the summer, but this was the first one I saw this year. We usually get tree toads clinging to our door too, but I haven't seen any of those this year. It's been a crazy summer as far as the weather goes, so maybe that has something to do with the lack of critter visits!

Thanks for all the congrats yesterday regarding my dt position for 7 Kids College Fund! Tab has an amazing store & I'm so completely honored that she asked me!! I've been walking around with a silly grin on my face ever since, lol!!

Enjoy the rest of your week!! We have our Open House at school tonight, when we meet the teachers, drop off supplies & get pictures taken. School starts next Tuesday. I am so ready & despite what they say, I'm pretty sure my kids are too!!

Double fisted coffee drinker....

Maybe that's what I need to stay awake....a cup of coffee in each hand!!



How cute is this Changito?? I hadn't seen this image before, but I went to my LSS the other day in search of the BG Porcelain pack (they STILL don't have it....grrrr....) & found this cutie staring at me from the shelf. I have a credit with this store due to some items I sold at their rummage this past winter....so I didn't even feel guilty buying it. And I *still* have a credit.....I'm being pretty stingy with it & only buy one or two things each time I go. But I had to have this guy.....what a perfect Father's Day card!! He's colored with Copics.....I clear embossed the coffee cups. .....used my Nesties & 3 different papers from My Mind's Eye. Lots of flowers (*masculine* flowers, of course) & leaves....some SU Chocolate Chip ribbon & some twine on top of that. I shredded the heck out of the twine with my scissors to get the ragged look. Tada.....a "manly" card, lol!




Here's a close up of Mr. Changito .....so very manly with his bunny slippers!!




Here's the inside....kind of boring but I wanted to keep it simple .....like most men....lol....



And for your viewing pleasure......a couple of pictures from my front garden.....






That's it. That's all I've got. Tulips. My hyacinth.....pretty much gone. My crabapple isn't even blooming....it blooms when it feels like it, which seems to be every few years. Funny story....my mom has a crabapple in her front yard. It, too, was sporadic in its blooming. The first year it didn't bloom, my dad took a baseball bat to the trunk. Yep, he beat the heck out of it. The next year it bloomed. Could have been a coincidence....or maybe we discovered the secret to getting them to flower....you beat the blooms out of it, lol!!!

Scaredy cat

Oh, how I love Fluffles!! I about died when I saw the new Halloween & Christmas images ~~ but I just couldn't afford to buy them all. Tammi to the rescue!!! She sent me all kinds of images recently, & this was one of them.

This card is a 5.5" square ~~ my favorite size lately. It's so much easier for me to balance everything with a square card. I recently invested in the Enveloper, so I'm finally able to make envelo-boxes to go with my cards. I use a lot of layers & embellishments, & the boxes are 1/4" thick so nothing gets mooshed.

Anyway ~~ I colored the image with my Prismas & gamsol, making a purplish "glow" around him. Because he's trick-or-treating. At night. Of course. I did a lot of distressing to the papers, which really stresses me out. I hate the feel of using that tool, & I hate the sound it makes. But I do it, usually because I can't cut straight so everything comes out crooked, lol. The bat paper behind the image is from the Debbie Mumm Harvest & Holiday pack, the striped paper.....ummm.....I've used almost my whole sheet so I don't know who made it. All that's left is the name of the paper, Cat Stripes, but that probably won't do you much good. I used my Martha bat punch for the 3 bats in the corner ~~ punched out of Bazzill Bling cardstock. They still needed a little something, though, so I outlined them with my Sakura glitter pen for a subtle shimmer. I added Stickles to the pumpkin, clear glaze to the candy, added some brads & some ribbon......& I love how it turned out!!


I also decorated the inside with some of the same paper, a spider web (also a Martha punch) & some faux stitching. Because I have yet to break down & purchase a machine. I'm very afraid of sewing machines. I guess *I'm* the scaredy cat!!!!