Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween friends!

In our house, no school lunch on a holiday is complete without something fun made by Mom :)  I found a cute idea for Pumpkin Poo (I know, sounds more gross than cute, right?) on Pinterest and knew I had to include it in my boys' lunch. 

The little poem reads:

I started to carve a pumpkin

With my carving knife and scoop

But the pumpkin got scared

He took a little poo!

It looked so cute and funny

Just like a tasty treat

So I'm sharing it with you

Because you are so sweet!

Happy Halloween!

All of my boys LOVE cheese balls, so I used those instead of candy for the poo.  I'm sure their teachers will appreciate that too :)

Thank you to my fellow Stampin' friend Charlotte for posting your cute picture of your Halloween treat bag.  It gave me the inspiration for this!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Basic Black

Other Supplies Used:  Owl Punch, Top Note Die, Perfect Polka Dots Folder, 4x6 Cellophane Bags, Googlies

Here's a few other things that will be in their lunch box today.  Spider crackers and an Orange Scream yogurt drink.



Wishing you all a spooky, safe, fun-filled Halloween!

Happy Stamping!

Tag, you're it!

It's Anything BUT a Card week over at Hand Stamped Sentiments...it's all about gift tags!  This is perfect because I have a holiday bazaar coming up this weekend and I need a few more gift tags to add to my collection of goodies  :)

After I got the kiddos home from swimming and off to bed, I headed down to my "woman cave" (as my son Hunter calls it) and pulled out my Two Tags die and made two cute tags.

I don't know about you, but the No Peeking set has got to be one of my favorite Christmas sets!  All of the little critters are so cute and cheerful!  And it's so much fun to use the Stampin' Write Markers with them.

Supplies Used:

Reindeer Tag

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler Festival of Prints DSP Stack

Ink ~ Soft Suede, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade

Stamp Sets ~ No Peeking, Make a Mitten

Other Supplies ~ Two Tags Die, Basic Rhinestones (colored with red Sharpie), Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon

Supplies Used:

Penguin Tag

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Whisper White

Ink ~ Basic Black, Island Indigo, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade

Stamp Sets ~ Distressed Dots, No Peeking

Other Supplies ~ Two Tags Die, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch

Off to bed I must go!  4:30 is going to come awfully early and we've got another BUSY, fun-filled Halloween day ahead of us!  Looking forward to my hubby coming home for the day to join us for the festivities <3

Happy Stamping!

Sketchy Monday

Whew...what a Monday!  I started on this card early this morning before the rest of the house woke up and my work day started.  I've just now finished it because my day totally got away from me!  Work was just plain CRAZY today.  The end of the year rush has hit and patients are wanting surgeries done before their deductible starts over again.  I lost track of how many authorizations I processed today!  Hoping tomorrow is a little less crazy and I can get caught back up.  I'm feeling a little guilty for not putting in some extra hours tonight...but not too guilty!  The kiddos are in bed and my hubby is still away on his hunting trip so I have nothing but me and my little rubber {stamping} room to help me unwind.  And on a really good note, I had some people take advantage of the awesome 15% off sale today.  All of the great promotions offered this month helped me to have biggest month yet in sales.  Hooray!!!

The Paper Players have a fun sketch this week, so I decided to give it a shot.  I found a beautiful color combo over at Color Me Beautiful!  This is the first time I've visited their challenge blog, but you can bet I'll be back.  Love these colors! 

 

As soon as I saw these colors, I new the Quint-Essential Flower would be perfect.  Here's how I put it to work:

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple

Stamp Set ~ Quint-Essential Flower

Ink ~ Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Chocolate Chip, Summer Starfruit

Other Supplies ~ Finishing Touches Edgelits, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, 2 3/8" & 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punches, 1" and 3/4" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls

These colors are just so warm and inviting...perfect for fall!  Think I'll go create another project using them :)

Happy Stamping!

Missing Mojo

What a fun weekend it has been so far!  Last night I participated in a fun Holiday Open House, hosted by my BFF Erica.  It was so much fun to hang out with such a great group of ladies and just be Bree for the night...Every mommy needs a break every once in a while ;)  And tonight I participated in a local Bridal Fair.  Fun, fun, FUN!  Met some great brides-to-be, shared some fun ideas and {hopefully} recruited a few new club members.  A special thank you to my awesome parents for helping me out with the kiddos two nights in a row!  My hubby is on a 10 day hunting trip, so I'm living the single mommy life more so than usual.  Thank goodness for helping hands :) 

The past couple of weeks have been filled with working on display items for the Bridal Fair and my crafting mojo is pretty much tapped out.  But, I challenged my good friend Katie over at Sweet N Spiffy to another challenge combo yesterday, so I stuck with it and came up a card that, well...I'm not totally thrilled with. But we all have days like this, right?

For our challenge combo, I chose The Friday Mashup with the idea of one last Halloween card, Fab Friday for a great sketch and ColourQ for some fun color inspiration. 

Here's a look a what came up with...

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink ~ Basic Black Stampin'Write Marker

Stamp Set ~ Toxic Treats

Other Supplies ~ Chevron Embossing Folder, Typeset Alphabet Bigz, Window Frames Collection, Bitty Bat Punch, Dazzling Details

I just feel like something is missing or....I don't know.  Maybe my mojo will be back after a good nights sleep :)

Happy Stamping!



Framed Ornaments

I needed a bit of a break from my Bridal Fair and Holiday Bazaar projects, so I decided to find a couple of fun challenges this morning.  After a little bit of searching, I was inspired by the CAS sketch over at Pals Paper Arts.  I also found a fun little challenge going on over at The Paper Players...to create a CAS project featuring frames.  The perfect idea struck me and I got to work!



I recently earned two free stamp sets for reaching my Stampin' Start goals...yay!!!  Papaya Collage was one of the sets I got and I finally had the chance to ink it up this morning.  Love it!  I did a little bit of fussy cutting around the outer edge of the frame, cut the center out and popped it up with some dimensionals to create a bit a shadow box effect.  Fun!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Real Red, Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP

Ink ~ Early Espresso

Stamp Set ~ Greetings of the Season, Papaya Collage

Other Supplies ~ Finishing Touches Edgelits, Merry Minis Punch Pack, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals

I love, love, love this DSP...so beautiful!  It was fun to create each little ornament with this paper.

Ok, time to get back to my other projects!  The Bridal Fair is Saturday and I still have few more things to get done...time is running short!

Happy Stamping!