Chicken Girl Scarecrow: Autumn Greetings

Happy hump day!  I’m looking forward to the weekend, are you?  Fall is my absolute favorite time of year so to celebrate while I was baking an upside-down pear/apple pie I used Scarecrow Greetings from the September Collection from Chicken Girl.  I printed out two images on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and colored them with Copics.  I used the second image to pop up the hat, pumpkin and the overalls.  If you look closely I even stuck some shredded natural twine under the hat for his hair.  The same twine is twisted together and knotted to make the ribbon across the middle.  The DP is from SEI’s Spooks line.  I love that pattern!!  The top panel is embossed with my A2 Vines folder and then lightly sponged over it with some Palette New Canvas. 

Once I was done, my pie was done too!  After I flipped it over this is what it looked like.  And boy was it yummy!
Thanks for stopping by.  The new Chicken Girl release is on Sunday so be sure to stop back them for a look at all the new images.  Have a great day!

Five Minute Friday: Apple of My Eye

Phew…I finally grabbed 5 minutes in the studio to make this little cutie using the Apple of my Eye digi from the September Collection from Chicken Girl Design.  I printed him on Copic Heavyweight cardstock and then colored him with Copics.  I used the Lacey Squares from Spellbinders to cut him out.  I love these squares!

The strip of paper is from the Kaiser Craft Christmas line, Be Merry.  These KC pads are amazing little 6x6 pads.  They are glittered, flocked, varnished and even have little die cuts!  You can see the sparkle on the green in the paper.

That’s it!  I can’t believe it is October already.  Only 85 days until Christmas!  Eeek!  Have a good weekend!!

Confession: I am a bad blogger.

I'm a bad blogger. I know it! I promise I'll have a card for you for Friday. There's just been SO much stuff going on that I haven't had 5 minutes of stamping time. Here's a brief summary of the last week. We had the furnace serviced before the winter. Furnace gets condemned because it has a big rusty crack in the manifold and would most likely leak carbon monoxide if it were to be turned on. We need a new furnace. Yay. (Can you sense my sarcasm yet?) Then (same day), we realize that the sump pump is going off every 2 hours or so. But it isn't raining. And we're the only ones on the block. Call the water company. They send out a dude who turns off the water at the house and listens with his fancy dancy listening machine and exclaims, "It's rippin'!", meaning that we have a main water pipe that is cracked or broken or has a hole. Now, this is the pipe that runs from the city water by the curb under the front lawn to our house. Yay. (Can you send my sarcasm now??) So we've been praising the sump pump for its ongoing efforts to fight the broken water main pipe and keep all that water out of our house. So far, so good. We've got a backup pump in case this one burns out.

So...4 furnace estimates later we finally have a new furnace. It was installed this morning. The water main is supposed to be replaced on Friday, assuming that Tropical Storm Nicole doesn't completely do us in tomorrow and kill the sump pump. Yeah...fun times here.

On a positive note, CHA deliveries are still rolling in. I just finished uploading a ton of new Zva mini roses, bling and pearls. Yummy stuff! Copic Sketch markers and Various refills are fully stocked and the swatch book is also back in stock.

I've got the upcoming MME paper lines on order already and a few more goodies up my sleeve.

We're working furiously on preparing for the Birthday Bash in October as well as getting ready for the new Chicken Girl release and Mint Motif release (2 new sets). So, it's going to be a busy, busy month! And, don't forget, the design team call for Mint Motif ends on Friday! Get your applications in! Missed my post? Read about it here.

So, forgive me for my bad blogging? It'll all be worth it! *grin*

See you Friday! Thanks for reading!

Reminder: Mint Motif Design Team Call

There's only ONE WEEK left to apply for the Mint Motif design team. Would you like to proudly display this on your blog? If so, read on!

There are 2 spots available, with a term running from November 2010 - April 2011. To apply, please tell us a little about yourself, any other teams you’re on or publications you’ve been in, and e-mail me direct links (no attachments) to your top 4 projects, showing a variety of styles/projects. Please include at least one 3D project or scrapbook page. Also include links to your blog and SCS gallery. You must also have a Facebook account, as you will be required to post on the Mint Motif FB page.

Basic Requirements:

• 4-6 projects a month, depending on whether we release 1 or 2 sets
• 4 projects during non-release months
• Uploading your project to Splitcoast Stampers (SCS) and to the Mint Motif Facebook page.

Basic Benefits:

• Receive all Mint Motif stamps released during your term
• Receive a design team supply box during release months
• Receive an i {heart} papers store discount code for use during your term

Please email your applications with all this information to dt@iheartpapers.com. Deadline to apply is October 1, midnight EST.

Good luck! I can't wait to see your entries!

Five Minute Friday: Pumpkin Candy Holder

Happy Friday! For today’s five minute project, I reached into my great vast bins of alterables and pulled out this frosted votive holder. I wrapped a piece of 1-1/2” celery silk ribbon around it and then die-cut 4 small ovals from from Large Oval Nesties. I scored them with my Scor-Buddy and then stuck them together to make this little pumpkin. The top of the pumpkin is a little scrap of the ribbon twisted and glued down with some i {stick} papers. I filled it with some leftover M&Ms from my DT Challenge project and that was it! It would make a cute little table favor for Thanksgiving or Halloween, don’t you think? And it was a FIVE minute project.

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

IHP DT Challenge: Treats and Tablescapes

Hello! Today is our IHP DT Challenge day and I hope you’ll play along! If you do, be sure to let me a comment here and upload your project tagged with ihp0910 so we can all find it.

Deb challenged us to make either a treat holder type thing and/or a table decoration (place setting, etc.). I did a little of both!

First I went to Target and bought candy. That’s always a good place to start, right? While I was there I saw a little coffin tin and I thought it would make a cute gift. But, I didn’t want to alter it. So, lucky me came home and Googled “coffin template” only to find that Martha had one! DING DING! I resized hers 50% because it was WAY too big for what I wanted. I cut it out of some Spooks paper, filled it with the purchased candy and then wrapped it with some 1-1/2” White Crochet ribbon that I cut, beat up, ripped and generally abused until it looked like mummy gauze.

For the placecard I printed using BN Manson Nights (free font) onto my new Copic X-Press cardstock and then stamped in Palette Noir the graveyard tag from the new OCL set Spooky Tags. I layered that on more paper from Spooks (the black and the silver paper are both from that line).

The finishing touch was adding 2 little spiders to the coffin (also from Spooky Tags).

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I hope you like it too! Please be sure to check out the rest of the team’s projects today:

Carolyn
Cathleen
Deb
Gretchen
Kendra
Loretta
Lori
Lynn
Megan
Tracy

CHA items are still pouring in, almost everyday so be sure to check the new section regularly and/or our Facebook page. Thanks for stopping by today!

Clean & Simple: FTL108

I loved this week’s CAS FTL 108 sketch so I decided to make this little Halloween card.  I used my Big Scalloped Circles Large and my Small Circles Nesties and layered a piece of Spooks paper across.  Then I layered a strip of white scrap and stamped the Boo from Little Boogas and spider from Spooky Tags in Palette Noir.  Then I added nice big orange/black check ribbon and some Orange Stickles to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping in today!  I’ll be back tomorrow with our monthly DT Challenge post.  Don’t forget to check out the new section of the store.  There are lots of umm…NEW things!