Happy October!

Good Morning! We made it to the weekend  ... WOO HOO! Happy October! I can't believe how quickly this year has flown ... so with that said here are a couple of Halloween cards that I've made to add to my stash!

They're pretty simple, but I love the way that orange and purple look with black in anything Halloween related!

Both of the little spiders have glitter on the tips their legs!

The paper is DCWV from a stack that I had gotten online from Jo-Ann Fabrics a while back.  The Stamp is a dollar bin find from either Michaels or AC Moore. 

Quick and easy enough for anyone to do!

Hope you have a fabulous day!

Happy Crafting!

~Meg

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

I hope the luck of the Irish is with each and everyone one of you today! And as they say, everyone can be Irish for a day!

This has to be one of my favorite holidays of the year! So what better way to start celebrating it, then with some festive cards!

I started out by cutting 2 shamrocks from my Gypsy/Cricut and went from there.  There was no planning, but rather looking at what was in front of me and not put away ha ha and seeing what looked good!

Both cards are the basic A2 size purchased at the local JoAnn Fabrics and then layed on top from there.

I picked up this cute sentiment from the dollar bin, and the bonus? It was half off, so I had paid 50 cents when I purchased it! I used it to create a boarder around the card and trimmed out the patterned paper in the middle with stickles.

This was another dollar bin deal at 50 cents for the pack! I love these kinds of deals!



My favorite part has to be the shamrocks on these cards! They're made with a white core textured paper from The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby! My mom picked up the pack (a 6 x 12 in stack) and on the ride home pulled out some pages for me to try! I ran the shamrock through the cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder and then used my sanding block to further expose the white core.

*Note to my crafty friends! Any time I'm out shopping with friends or my mom if we find something great, paper stacks etc we share! It's a great way to expand your supply without busting the bank! Plus sometimes you end up with stuff you wouldn't normally buy, but end up loving it!

So there they are, 2 quick cards to start you off on this fabulous day!

Happy St. Patty's Day & Happy Crafting!

~Meg



A Simple Thanks

So I find myself making more themed cards then anything when I make them, and thought "I need some more basic, sympathy, just because and thank you" types of cards, so I thought I'd get to it and show a simple and QUICK card that I put together to have on hand!

Please excuse the lighting I'm having issues lately!

This is a simple card using a pre-made card base picked up at Hobby Lobby 5 x 6.5 inches

The Patterned paper is from a fall matstack from DCWV (these fit almost perfectly on top of the pre-made card and only minimal trimming is needed)

The punch is a Fiskers picked up at my local JoAnn Fabrics this week ... and on clearance! I think I snagged this one up for 2.97! I kept the scrap of the punch and used it for the bottom of the card to make it a little more finished!

The pearls are adhesive backed and from the dollar section also at JoAnn Fabrics

The ribbon is a simple satin like ribbon purchased at Michaels. (I keep a lot of this kind of ribbon on hand as it's not too fancy and works well when you don't know what to put with certain patterned paper)

Finally the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper from the Fabulous Phrases set - LOVE that set!

I hope you like my VERY BASIC card! Per usual, I left the inside of the card blank so that anything can be written or stamped in when needed!

Thanks for stopping by & Happy Crafting!

~Meg



My Pink Stamper - Blog Hop Challenge!

Hey everyone! I hope you're enjoying what's left of your weekend, I know I'm trying to!

I had an amazing time last night with family and friends at the Irish dinner at our local legion! My plans were to take tons of pictures as I'm a little behind this year, but our Legion got a new shuffle board video game and we were all hooked! I know, cheezy but we had so much fun!

AnyWoo! Here's my submission for the My Pink Stamper Blog Hop ...

The theme: Something spring

I chose to do this birthday card as I thought the bright colors fit the spring theme! (Plus when I made it this am I realized Gram's birthday is this week so I figured I'd get it done now!)

Cupcake: Cut at 2.5 inches from the Doodlecharms Cartridge (used stickles, chalk, gel pen, smooch mist, alcohol ink and diamond glaze to embellish it)

Patterened Paper: The Paper Studio Bithday Extravaganza mat stack from Hobby Lobby

Solid Cardstock: The Paper Company

Stamp: My Pink Stamper - Fabulous Phrases ( I bent it on the block to make the shape different)

Card: Basic A2 base purchased at local JoAnn Fabrics

Hope you enjoy, and as always,

Happy Crafting!

~Meg