BEWARE--- A BITTEN BY THE BUG 2 CHALLENGE

 hello 

i hope you all had a great weekend.

this week at the Bitten by the Bug 2 we have a sponsor:

The Stamping Boutique

click here for the link if you want to check them out.

i tried my best with this project and my apologies to those who have mastered the art which i just mutilated with my inexpertise.

Beware

4x6"

(photo heavy) 
:(

 this was my first try but i decided to add some grass or something 

below the fence.

i used a MS punch and border to add these details.

much better here right? :)

i then added a frame, but the wrong one. :( for this challenge i had to use a frame from "happy hauntings", ooops! --sorry heather.

and the beware sentiment is from My Pink Stamper latest release
"spook-alicious".

here is my scarecrow in all its glory, :)

now, if i tried, you can too.
go ahead and participate in the challenge.
you can see now you do not have to be a pro. just have to be brave and try something new. and then publish it for the wide world to see, hehe

notes... i do not own any fancy markers and all i had was a crayola watercolors set and that is what i used to color this image. i also used watercolor paper i had in my stash.

click on this logo above and it will take you to the site so you can participate in the challenge and have fun with us too.

and...if you leave me a link to your project i will then select one for a little surprise from me to you.

thanks for stopping by.

love you all!

A THANKSGIVING PLACEMAT

  

Hello my friends

Today is Tuesday and that means another cuttlebug challenge at 

The Cuttlebug Spot 

Here is the challenge for this week:

as posted by Nilda

At the dinner table

"Good morning. Well last week we invited you to dinner, so this week we will sit at the table. We have some great project from the Design Team for  place settings, napkin holders, and center pieces that  have been given that special touch with embossing.  I'm sure you will find something to use at your table.  Share your ideas with us and enter to win  a gift certificate to The Craft Barn."

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My take for the challenge was a placemat and a napkin holder.

I had many ideas for this placemat but due to my worries about my test I couldn't bring them to the table ;) in a better setting. I could.'t even get the purple on the placemat purple but it kept coming out blue. So when I came back home from the tests, I decided give it another shot at the photos and on these ones at least you can see purple a bit more. hehehe

My Thanksgiving Placemat

I used the same scarecrow from the invites, the same punched leaves and the same patterned paper I used for the prior project. I wanted the placemat be an extension of my invites.

If you click on the photo you get a bigger view and can see I embossed the leaves with my TEXTILE cuttlebug folder I am in love with.

These leaves and the napkin holder were embossed as well.

 I hope you enjoy it!

It is much decent in real life, lol

On another note, I have to see my neurosurgeon on friday and I am hoping by then he has the results of my brain MRI's.

You see? they discovered I have a brain aneurysm like 8-10 years ago and now I am having blindness episodes for about two years now. I check my aneurysm every two years because it has not moved or grown as of 2008 and these blindness episodes are not from my eyes or my heart. I had already an ultrasound on my neck to make sure they were not blockages despite the fact that my arteries and veins are very open. When I had my open heart surgery three years ago it was because my mitral valve was regurgitating and needed to be repaired or replaced and, Thank to God they were able to repair it and to this day it continues to function well.

Anyhow, I always get a bit scared about the tests and I have been a bit of a mess, lol. I was in that MRI tunnel yesterday for over an hour,   :( but,  NO PITY please,.......I AM ALIVE AND SO FAR NO TERMINAL ILLNESSES, but thank you for reading because I needed to vent. :)

Now, have fun submitting your project to 

The Cuttlebug Spot 

for a chance to win a gift certificate to get some goodies.

See you tomorrow!

and we have a winner for the Dia de los Muertos, yay!!!

Congratulations to

"scrappingfrog"

I have another pendant to give away, so stay tuned :)

Love you all

AUTUMN LAYOUT/PRE-MADE PAGE/WALL ART

  I am planning to frame it and hang it on the wall.

(You can always click on the photos for a larger view)

I took two 8-1/2" x 11" DCWV purple textured cardstock and glue them together. The designer paper I believe is from MME. The scarecrow, pumpkin, journaling mat and flourishes are from M's Recollection brand. The oak leaves are punched from a Marvy Uchida small punch and some are popped with foam dots and the blue ones are flocked too as well as the band on the scarecrow which I also added a blue rhinestone. Oh God, I needed to take a breath there, lol. The Autumn word is from one of my Cricut cartridges but I do not remember if I welded it or I cut it like that ( I had in in a drawer for a while, sorry).
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like it.

ETA: The designer paper is from Prima: The First Blush Collection, not from MME like I first thought.