THE WITCH---A BITTEN BY THE BUG 2 CHALLENGE

what a nice image we have this week for the challenge. you will find it in the happy hauntings cartridge but as you might know already, if you do not own that cart, you can use any other that has a similar image.
come on!!! and have fun with us.
this project will be perfect for this halloween and many more to come.

i made a home decor/wall art project. it is so darn cute you are going to love it.

The Witch

6" x 9"

misses witch here was cut at 3"
and can you believe i do not have black glitter?
i was so upset because i wanted to cover her gown and cape with glitter (and did not want to go to the store), so i added some sparkles with a silver glitter pen i own.

i added some dimension as you can observe here.
(it looked like too flat on the frame without the foam tape).

these pretty papers were cut as follows to cover the 6 x 9" chipboard frame:
from the top: 3- 2 x 3"
center: 2- 1 x 3" in each side and the middle one is 4 x 3" (where the witch is)
and then 3 more pieces 2 x 3" for the bottom part.

added some rhinestones, some bats border, the crop-a-dile made the holes for the purple brads and black wire was used as the hanger. of course i inked every piece and added some ribbon to the wire.
below is the complete project:

please join us if you have time.
click HERE to see what my dear teammates have made with this image from happy hauntings and to add your project.
Remember these challenges, at Bitten by the Bug, run for two weeks.

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NOTES: since i did not have no other entries on my mr. V challenge but one who followed the requirements, the fabulous BRICKED EMBOSSING FOLDER will go to
jayne designs from the UK. YAY!!!

CONGRATULATIONS JAYNE!!! 

(jayne the rules are you have three days to claim your prize or it will be forfeited. you can find my email by my profile).

YIKES!---A BITTEN BY THE BUG CHALLENGE

as a newbie for this

 

http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/

Bitten by the Bug team,
i was very surprised they gave me the opportunity to host this weeks challenge. i had to pick an image for the challenge and i chose the vulture from life's a party, page #28. i hope you like the image and if you do not have this cartridge you know you can use another "cute" bird as long as is as handsome as this one, lol.

Yikes!

3.5" x 5.5"

so handsome, he even lost an eye in a battle.

life's a party is another wonderful cricut catridge. you can find this awesome vulture on page@28 of the handbook and it is image #8 on the overlay. i cut him at 2.50" high.

you know i have been onto layering for thickness. i cut several layers and glue them together for thickness. i hope you can see it better on these two pictures. the bat is from another punch and glossy accents was added for details.

the card base is from from the same cart: image #18 on the overlay. the black frame around the embossed red cardstock i made it inserting a smaller layer inside the original, do i make sense? i hope i do :P

the grayish marbled base was a gray cardstock i inked to make it look like a marbled tombstone :-) the RIP is from happy hauntings (image #30 of the overlay) and the bottom flourish is the negative from the card layer. i tweak things around and not everything is "by the book".

the nice brick embossing is from a tim holtz embossing folder called "bricked". look at the details. it is a must have!
*****i will have one embossing bricked folder for a lucky winner who participates in this challenge. you have to let me know you entered the challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2. i will go and look at it and next monday i will  post the person who won. you have 3 days to claim your prize.*****
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now, i will show you the completed card.

------you can always click on the pictures for a greater view------

 the inside was stamped with a my pink stamper stamp set called spooky puns. it is a set from last year. i purchased it this year so they still have it. you can click here to see what other stamps are in this set.

thank you so much for stopping by and i appreciate you participating in this week challenge.

you can click here to read about the BBTB challenge rules.

see you later!

MY PINK STAMPER PINK-A-LICIOUS BLOG HOP

hello my friends and a big welcome to the new visitors.

WELCOME to my scraphut!!!

at home they call me Agnes but i am flowerdisco in real life, lol

i am a new empty nested mom. my son is a freshman at Boston University and i am figuring out yet this bittersweet freedom that comes with it. it is too early yet to tell. i will let you know.

 i am one of My Pink Stamper designers and this is my third term with Robyn. Yay!

and this hop is for entertainment purposes only as we always try to use My Pink Stamper new releases for you to get to know her products. JUST HAVE FUN! then, at the end of this hop, i invite you to stop back at My Pink Stamper's site and join us in the challenge and see what else she has planned to surprise us all. :)

i enjoyed making this project so very-very much. this time i was inspired by this crafter lovely card: http://corgi-creations.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-cant-stop-cutting-things.html.-----AND i graciously give credit due where credit is due--as you can see/read :)

this is my version of it and i hope i have made your stop here worthwhile.

our theme for this hop is back to school and 3D but since i am a bit of a troubled woman...hee-hee

i will present you now...

School days-School Days

11" x 7.75"
(click on pictures to zoom in)

it a school of witchcraft, lol

think Hogwarts and think Halloween and think troubled woman

(wink-wink) 

 it is for young witches and no wizards are allowed.

 the base is just a rectangle where i welded a triangle for the top. i scored at 3.25" and 7.5".

i am not giving you all details because you are hopping, so do not dismay my friends, lol
if you want to know more, just shoot me an email.

the school days- school days is the awesome set-newer release-- from My Pink stamper called "school days"...hehe, hence the name of my project. :p

do you love my door as much as i do? so much fun!. it is actually an armoire...hehe and the sunflowers are just fabulous, just perfect for this time of the year.

 kitty-kitty, here.

 and the fence is a paper punch.
they are lovely windows but i have to add something else to them :(

the tree was added at the end and was inked with a few different colors here and there.

again, i hope i made your hop worth the stop.

enjoy!

PSSSSS!!!!!----i have a small giveaway for a lucky commentator, but you have to come back and claim it.

 :P, do not forget to go back to My Pink Stamper and do not miss any stops because you never know who will be haunting you next, lol.

have a great weekend and do not forget to take a minute in remembrance of 911.

---BLOG HOP ORDER---

Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Chelle (Paper Krate)

 Shelley

Alex (You Had Me At Craft)

Angela (Simple Creations)

Renee (RockinRenee)

Cristi

 June

 Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

 Julie (readysetstamp)

Roberta

Edna (Create With Expression)

Sharon

 Courtney (Court's Crafts)

 Missy

 Tracy (CraftJunkieToo)

Helen

Kassidy

 Agnes (Flowerdisco)

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

 Andrea

Karlee

Maria

MY PINK STAMPER PINK-A-LICIOUS BLOG HOP

welcome to the hut...the scraphut that is:

i am flowerdisco and i hope i make your stop here worth it.

this hop is to showcase the new clear stamps releases from

My Pink Stamper 

aka Robyn aka MPS
and Robyn's challenge for this hop is

"Getting to know to our designers: Show your Style".

 

anyhow, this is my third term as one of My Pink Stamper designers and i am so very pleased with her and all her products.

in addition  
Robyn (My Pink Stamper)
and   
Maria(our team leader, from Believe Dream Create with Maria)
are such a delight to work with, and such a good friendship and bond has developed among us all us (designers included). ;p

at the end of the hop you MUST go back to My Pink Stamper and see what else she has in store for you.

NOW i have to warn you: i really do not know what my style is (eclectic, perhaps?) but, i do know i really like to have fun when working on my projects and sometimes i delight on details and sometimes love to be very picky and fuzzy ;p... i do love color and do like distressing....making things look older. then, other days, i like to work on clean and simple projects. i do not scrapbook much but love making cards and working on different paper crafting projects. my project for today is an example of the later,
and in certain way it also reflects some of my style.
i really-really fell in love with this halloween stamp set. it is from this new release.
My Pink Stamper called it:
Spook-alicious. 
i used it on my project along with the Font-abulous one---which is another new release---you gotta love this font---so cute!!!

this is my project for the challenge

****WICKED****

door hanger/wall art
11.25" by 7"
(photo heavy post)

(i stamped each letter on white cardstock using orange ink and cut each letter by hand).the title frame/mat was cut three times on gray and one time on black for thickness.

the spiders are from "spook-alicious".
some were stickled (glitter gun) and others were glittered with a marker.

the frame/mat for the title and and the spooky tree from the happy hauntings cricut cart.

the "treats" word is also from "spook-alicious".
 the purple with the tombs, the ghost and a little frog on the left (not shown on this pic) are from my supplies.

the custom parade is from my latest acquisition
"Autumn Celebrations".
this cricut cart is another must have.
i am very pleased with all the variety of images that we celebrate in the fall.

well, this project showed you the kind of what i do best with my "style":  
I try my best to have fun.
i hope you enjoy it as much as i did making it.
and
thanks so very much for stopping by and joining us on this 

"My Pink Stamper Pinkalicious Blog Hop"

 it sure does make our days sunnier
---:) 

if you desire to see more or purchase any on these stamps, you can click 

HERE

ti find out how.

NOTE: i have a small giveaway and i will select a winner next week. please, make sure you come back to find out and then you will have 5 days to contact me claiming your prize.

NOW,
the next stop on this hop is:

Chelle (Paper Krate)

and below is the line up in case you need it.

my teammates have worked harder than me to share their styles with you---they are much much better than me.....make sure you do not miss any stops, :)

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you start the hop at:

 Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Andrea

Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

Agnes (Flowerdisco)----ME HERE

Chelle (Paper Krate)

Alex (You Had Me At Craft)

June

Angela (Simple Creations)

Missy

Courtney (Court's Crafts)

Renee (RockinRenee)

Cristi

Roberta

Edna (Create With Expression)

Sharon

Helen

Julie (readysetstamp)

Kassidy

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

Shelley

Tracy (CraftJunkieToo)

Maria

Have a great weekend!

DRAMA QUEEN

 hello my dear friends

i have been on a new mission that is going to take me a while. i know i have been busy lately---so much i have been beside myself--;p

but...thinking i will have plenty of free time when my son is gone for college and  i feel the need to address some issues.

my mission is to become a follower of my followers. 

i was doing that in the beginning of my blogging but since blogging requires a lot of time, and i am always in pain too, i had to put that to the side and concentrate in the design teams i was on.  

NOW that i am foreseeing some free time in my future, i believe is the right time for it.  i will be getting to your blogs very slowly but i promise, i will get there.

tonight we are going to an award ceremony dinner in honor of my son and i had some issues with it because we have to pay for our meals, and that never happened before, lol. well, my son was calling me a

"DRAMA QUEEN"

last night, hehe...

i tell you, that i just have to complain about everything. the older i get the more i complain--hehe. i wasn't like that when younger, lol. i could care less....but i promised my son not to mention a thing about it tonight. i promised to behave--wink-wink ;p.... and i will.

so anyway...i started making this card today with the

"spring holiday cards" seasonal cart that i used to make the box for the pink-a-licious hop. i really like this cart.  it is very easy to work with and you just have to elaborate if you want and if not, they projects still look nice no matter what. but, it was not coming out they way i planned it and started B***** and complaining. hehe which reminded me of what i was called last night....

Drama Queen

5.5" tall

in the beginning i was shooting to use it for a "cupcake queen" sentiment i have from mps latest releases. i even used the "hide contour" on my gypsy to hide the phrase "queen of my heart" that this image has. hehe but the cutout heart was bothering me, and the glitter was not sticking well, grrr and then the "drama queen" came out again and right there and then i decided to change the whole perspective and this is what i got--lol.

the pretty ribbon i found in my stash and i believe is from debbie mumm and it was fraying on the ends so i took my lighter i still keep from when i used to smoke :( and heated up the edges and no more fraying. i learned this trick from momo.

did i say already the stamp is from robyn's clear stamps and this set is called "pink-a-licious" yes...just like our monthly blog hops--cool :) and you can find it here if you wish. 

and here is something nifty--;p. i did this before with another project. this backing stand is from "happy hauntings" and it is so very handy. sorry about the glitter you see on the back...i told you i was having problems with it. :(

this is another view of the stand.

the patterned papers i bought at j's on clearance like for 97 cents and they are from heidi grace. another yummy deal!

they are 24 double sided---8x8-- beautiful cardstock and it cuts so smooth on 4.

and look at this envelope flap....it is to die for. love it. i used some "my mind's eye" paper i have like forever in my stash. the color and patterned worked perfect, imho.

well, this is for now! i hope you enjoyed my project for today.

thanks for stopping by and thanks for the love and support.

love you all!

*_*

SPOOKY

Hello friends, followers and visitors.

My name is Agnes aka flowerdisco from

http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

As some of you might know I am one of Sassy's designers and I want to share with you a card I made for  

Halloween.

(I am so very happy to be here but still a bit shy among so many other talented designers).

Below is the card I made to share with you.

Spooky

This card is a 5 X 7 inch tall.

I used the Happy Hauntings cricut cartridge for the front phrase and a Martha Stewart punch for the fence. The Spooky sign was cut at 4.86"W by 2.08" H.

The black base cardstock is from American Crafts and the patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Scary Sparkles Halloween.

This is the inside TEMPLATE from an old book I have.

  and this is a visual of how I adhered it to the inside.

(EDITED TO ADD THIS COLLAGE OF BETTER PHOTOS THAN YESTERDAY)

 The hand was cut at 1.70"W by 3.66"H. I cut this hand twice. One as seen on the handbook and the other is a mirror image so I could add the floss between them to adhere it to the oval opening.

The technique I believe is called Pop-Up Twirl card.

This is how everything looks on my Gypsy screen.

This another view of the finished card.

I am so very proud I did not give up on this card because I started making it yesterday after what I had in mind did turned out as planned. It was one of those days where I dropped everything and everything hurt too.

Did I mention the photos were taking in the evening and they do not do justice to the real piece when looking at it in real life.

I really hope you enjoy my project. It is not a new technique but I never made one like this before.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I made for Sassy's design team AND another Thank You to Sheila for allowing me to share my work in her blog.

Hugs!

BOO EASEL CARD FOR MADE BY MOMO TUESDAY CHALLENGE

Thanks to Momo!!!

for the easy to follow directions on the cards she demoed in her first class on the Ustream Monday night.

This is momo's blog below in case you want to visit her:

http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

I made my first Easel Card yesterday to enter it in Momo's Tuesday Challenges. This week theme ""is to use Black and White, and then you can pick 1 other color of your choice"". 

I chose red as my complimentary color.

My first Easel Card

4.25 inch

 you can also find videos on you tube to make this card and on many other blogs too, just google "easel card'.

My ghost and my Boo! phrase are from Happy Hauntings. The ghost was cut at 3.75 inch and the phrase and its shadow at one inch. I used foam tape for dimension on the ghost. The bats on the red background are stamped. The nice checker board paper is from Me & My Big Ideas. I digged out the R.I.P. from a K&CO die cuts Halloween bag and I traced the letters with a red glitter marker because they were orange in color. I did not need orange but red. :)

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the tombstones border and add a strip of white AC cs behind it to make stand out better. The half moon is a circle altered into a crescent moon. I also adhered one of my eyes next to the phrase to keep watching you, lmbo.

This easel card is not hard at all to make, actually is really easy.

try it and let me see what you come up with.

Thanks for Visiting!

Love you all. 

GRUESOME

Sooooo, I got Happy Hauntings at ACM on Monday!

Oh man...this cart is super! I am loving it. The font is awesome too and all the 3D images absolutely gorgeous.

This is a card I made with it just to try it.

Gruesome

5.5 inch square

 The witch's hat on the horse is a dollar clear stamp. I thought I better start using them a bit, lol.

The horse was cut at approximately 4 inches tall and the phrase at 1.50". The layers are very easy to work with and as I said before I love the font too.

The bats border is a Martha Stewart's punch from last year and the cute pumpkin face is another dollar clear stamp.

I think this cart is a must. 

I also have the Oct 31st but haven't used it yet :)

Take care and I see you soon.