Just One More

Halloween may be over but I am still in the mood to scrap Halloween layouts. I just can't seem to get enough of the Something Wicked kit! There are still a few left. I highly advise you to add this awesome kit to your stash! Here is a layout of my youngest as little red riding hood. I can now say that I am officially done with my 2010 Halloween pictures and I can start on the 2011 ones.

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween filled with an abundance of sweet treats for your little ones!

Happy creating!
-Diana

Gettin' Some Inspiration!

Hey all!

I hope you had a great Halloween! This year I made the trip down to my Mamala's house and we spent a laaaaazy day around the house and then handed out candy to the kidlets. Can I just say for a second though, that it's just ridiculous how many uncostumed teenagers came begging for candy. One guy was even talking on his cell phone! UGH! But we also got quite a few ADORABLE little ones with great costumes and that totally made up for it.

So now that Halloween's officially over, I'm on to Thanksgiving. I LOVE this time of year and all the warm and cozy smells and foods and all the family and candles burning and the smell after it rains. YUM. So I'm in a totally nesting mode. I spent four days cleaning out my studio and purged a TON of stuff! I am exhausted from it, but it just feels so much better to have things all nice and tidy again, and I've got a three foot tall stack of paper and several big boxes full of crafty stuff to show for it. And now that my space is clean, my mind is cleared to gear up for new projects.

I've got my Mini Madness class coming up to prepare for and I can't wait! The projects are looking awesome, and I can't wait to get my hands on my Hudson Valley kit (hurry, only 11 left!!) to finish them all up!!

But now is also the time of year that I get into planning mode for the year to come. I start to think of all those things I want to do and being collecting new products and ideas and there's nothing I love more than surfing around the web to find inspiration. 

So I thought I'd share a little bit with you:

The Official Color Palette

I think this is going to have to become a framed piece on my entry table.

Salt Tags. SO EASY and what a great way to make gift tags or ornaments!!

Seriously ADORABLE idea for party favor!!

If I start now, I could probably get about three of these done in time for Christmas!! ;)

Clever. I want to put a hundred of these on my table for thanksgiving.

So simple and sweet. Perfect for a long centerpiece.

Love the thriftyness of these projects. And perfectly vintage, too.

Well, that's all for today. I hope you got a little inspiration to get you going on all of those Fall projects you've been wanting to do. I know I can't wait to get back home and get mine knocked out!

Oh, and in case you haven't registered for my Mini Madness class yet, there's still time! Class doesn't start till next Monday, but I've been busy getting all those posts ready to go. I'm finishing up a few projects now, and will post a sneak of the projects for you to see on my blog on Friday! LOTS of projects and inspiration to be had and I hope to see you there!

Happy Scrappin'!

xoxo

Britt

BOO!!

Did "eye" scare you??!
:)
Just wanted to wish you a very happy Halloween!

I made both this tag and card with scraps of paper and a sticker from the Study Hall kit and characters from the "Too Cute to Spook" line from Bella Blvd.

Have a great day!!

Be safe!

And don't eat all your candy at once!

:)

gretchen

Gettin' Sketchy with Gretchen's sketch!

I've known my friend Gretchen for quite some time, and one of the (many) things she's wonderful at is creating a great design, so I was so excited for her to create our sketch this week for our challenge! 

I used the great "Something Wicked" kit for this layout and it just fell together. 

Please make sure to join in on our sketch challenge!

Lift Challenges are ALWAYS so inspiring!

Hello everyone!

It's been such an honored to be joining you all this month as a Guest Designer! Thank you for all the sweet comments and support you have shown me! :)

I wanted to share with you all this fun challenge that Noel put up for us to do.

She picked this FABULOUS layout by Erin Stewart for us to all lift. Perfect for this "Something Wicked" kit...and isn't this baby just tooooo cute?

Here is what I was inspired to create from Erin's layout.

I LOVE how it turned out!

Making this title was a bit of a challenge, but fun too!

Thank you all so much again for having me join the fun here with the blog and MB for the month. I enjoyed it very much, and plan on sticking around. I love all the friendly people on the boards.

xx

K

Tricks or Treats This Way

This week I have a Halloween layout to share using the "Something Wicked" kit and a great sketch by Gretchen on the challenge blog. We got the girls some super cute Halloween pajamas this year and I just can't resist a pajama photo shoot especially when they are cooperating so well! The ribbon and bow on the left of the photo is actually a piece of cheesecloth that I cut up and distressed with black ink.

 

I dug into my Halloween kit from last year too and cut up a mini Jenni Bowlin bingo card. The leaf punch is by Martha Stewart. 

Also, please check out the tips and techniques blog this week for all the details on these cute footprint ghosts I made with the girls and a spooky frame to complete the look.

See you next week!
Jill

Down the Rabbit Hole

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's only 5 more days until our little ghosts and goblins get to wonder the streets in search for candy. Today I am going to share with you how I interpreted the sketch for this week's sketch challenge.

I kept the basic design of the sketch but instead of keeping my pictures in a row on the bottom, I bunched mine on the right side. The stars in the sketch are the flowers and circles in my layout. What I love about sketches, is that you can interpret them how every you like. For me, my layouts hardly ever look exactly like the sketch. I have a habit of throwing a little curve in my design to fit my style.

So don't worry about whether or not you are following the sketch exactly. Let your creativity flow and see what happens. Now stop hesitating and come join us in the sketch challenge.

Happy creating!
-Diana