CLARA'S CHRISTMAS EVE KIT

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL SVGCUTS FANS!

Look at the new kit!

Yes, it is Christmas time for us!  Yay!!

Look at this gorgeous NUTCRACKER!

YES, he is made out of paper!  I promise!

BALLET SHOES are so adorable!  So many possibilities!

And look at those two cards!  How cute are they!

And, as always, Mary designs the perfect layout!

We can always use a new layout, am I right!

Well, of course I am!

This set is just to die for!  Just superb in every way!

SPOOKY CUTIES HALLOWEEN TRAIN

As you can see, the Spooky Cuties Devil has turned on the cuties

and captured them!  Along the way, he and his spider brigade are

rounding up his arch enemy, the skeletons!

Oh, my, what will the cuties do?  Hanging on for dear life

to the front of the train is the spooky cutie skeleton hiding!

Can he be the hero and save all his friends before the Devil

reaches his destiny and destroys them? 

 

   

 

                         

 

                         

 

 

What will become of the cuties!

 

I used the SPOOKY CUTIES KIT & SANTAS TRAIN KIT

from http://www.svgcuts.com/

 

Thanks for dropping by!

And make sure you drop by

http://anythingbutacard.com/

I entered my train and you can enter, you guessed it,

any thing but a card!  How cool is that!

Drop by and check out the sponsor and take a look at

the design team projects!  Awesome!  And look at the

wonderful entries!  Great ideas shared!

Have a spooktacular halloween!!

Hugs, Debra

 

 

 





CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS KIT

 

 

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT KIT

You'll be rockin' around the Christmas tree as you decorate

with these beautiful handmade ornaments designed by Mary.

 

Two intricate snowflake ornaments are perfect for the tree!

And can also be used to embellish a gift bag or box!

The partridge in the birdcage is adorable!  Come spring,

look at all the possibilities of other creations!

The tree is just the cutest!  It also has an extra file

if you want to turn it into a box to hold treats!

And last, but surely not least, the spindle ornament!

A twist on the vintage ornaments from the past. This

detailed and complicated looking ornament is wonderful,

but guess what, it goes together pretty quick and is

so easy to make!  You have to try these!  They are just

what you need, if nothing else, for your holiday crafting.

Have fun and .............take some time to rock!

 

Rocking around the Christmas Tree at the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see Ev'ry couple tries to stop

Rocking around the Christmas Tree Let the Christmas Spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling

You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear voices singing
"Let's be jolly; Deck the halls with boughs of holly"

 

Rocking around the Christmas Tree Have a happy holiday
Everyone's dancing merrily In a new old fashioned way

Rocking around the Christmas Tree Let the Christmas Spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling

You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear voices singing
"Let's be jolly; Deck the halls with boughs of holly"

Rocking around the Christmas Tree Have a happy holiday
Everyone's dancing merrily In a new old fashioned way


HAPPY THANKS KIT

 

GIVE THANKS WITH HAPPY THANKS

 

Get in the Thanksgiving holiday spirit with this wonderful new kit

creating these cute projects to give as gifts or decorate your table or home!

The CORNUCOPIA is 6" long!  Make a CARD for a loved one.   Check out that

PILGRIM HAT, it's a box!  And Isn't the TURKEY the cutest!  Fill with candy!

And last, the HOUSE is a place card holder which holds an electronic LED

tealight.  So cute.  Check it out:   http://www.svgcuts.com/
  Be creative as  Brigit did at Brigits Scraps.  She turned it into

a Christmas ornament!  Check it out here: 

http://www.brigitsscraps.com/2012/10/christmas-candy-house-ornament.html

Thanksgiving Magic

by Rowena Bastin Bennett

Thanksgiving Day I like to see
Our cook perform her witchery.
She turns a pumpkin into pie
As easily as you or I
Can wave a hand or wink an eye.
She takes leftover bread and muffin
And changes them to turkey stuffin’.
She changes cranberries to sauce
And meats to stews and stews to broths;
And when she mixes gingerbread
It turns into a man instead
With frosting collar ’round his throat
And raisin buttons down his coat.
Oh, some like magic made by wands,
And some read magic out of books,
And some like fairy spells and charms But I like magic made by cooks!



DOOR SKELETON

DEAD ZONE SKELETON

Enter if you dare!

Does anybody remember those skeletons that would move at their joints?

Well, I do!  And I loved them when I was a kid!

I used the skeleton body from SPOOKY SILHOUETTES COLLECTION

and a pumkin for the head from MIDNIGHT JAMBOREE KIT
from http://svgcuts.com/ to make

my version of a jointed skeleton!

He's 36" tall x 24" wide posed this way!  He is posable and has

a permanent home, for now, on my front door!

Here's a closeup of his face and a few bones!

 

When I broke apart the skeleton in ECAL program, I made sure

I stacked all the pieces on top of each other, keeping my eye

on the largest piece.  As I enlarged, I made sure the largest

piece fit into the boundary of the cutting mat, leaving room

knowing I will be making another larger layer of the bones,

plus a shadow piece. 

I used Tim Holtz inks for all my inking.

The Dead Zone sign is actually a styrofoam sign from the

Dollar Store and was grey in color.  I used my Tim Holtz inks,

 Salty Ocean Blue, Festive Berries Red and white, to get the look

I wanted. I was surprised how well the styrofoam took to the ink.

Mr. Skeleton has been entered in Challenge #3 over at

http://anythingbutacard.com/

They have a wonderful bunch on their design team!

And give us all a chance to win fantastic prizes!

Three's a charm, they say,

Unity Stamp Co. http://tinyurl.com/9dl6awq,

is sponsoring this time around!  Awesome!

 

 

 

 

 

ADVENT CALENDAR TREES KIT

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree,

Much pleasure thou can'st give me!

And to you and your family!

What a beautiful kit Mary created!

Look at all the wonderful things you can do with these

amazing trees!  What fun you can have with your family!

Fill with candy or small gifts for all to enjoy!

Or maybe create a whole different theme!

Hmmmm, thinking here!  What can I make!!

Drop back by, you just never know!!

Speaking of creating from a Christmas kit for a different theme,  here's a
HALLOWEEN STAR
 I made using the 3D Star from Spirits of Christmas Past!

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

"Ghostess with the Mostess" design challenge!

TRICK OR TREAT

I love this ghost!!!

Tamara at http://happylifecraftywife.com/

is having a

Fa-BOO-Lous Halloween Inspiration week!

Ghostess with the Mostess design challenge!

I was inspired to turned the svg into a plush ghost!  It's 19"tall and 14"wide

 

One of the sponsors helping out is Michelle from

  http://www.designsoncloud9.com/

who graciously donated the really cute freebie ghost svg! 

I enlarged the main body part full size to fit in my 12 x 12 mat and

the other pieces to match. I then used those pieces as a pattern and laid down

on double layers of plush white felt.   (You need two pieces of each pattern).   

Put a few pins to hold down the pattern, sew around the edge, leaving a small

opening for turning, then cut all around the edges leaving 1/8 inch.  Plush felt

will turn easy, so I did not have to clip any seams on the curves, but if you

make this and use a different type of material such as muslin, you will want to

leave a 1/4 inch seam allowance when you trim and you will have to clip

into the seams around the curves to get a nice clean edge.  Use fiberfil

to stuff and sew the opening closed.  I hot glued everything together, makes it

very sturdy.  You can sew it together, if you prefer.  Make sure you decorate the

head however you want before you stuff and close up.

I hand blanket stitched my eyes on.  The cheeks are made out of Homespun

fabric.  I used a disappearing ink marker and drew around the pattern circle

onto a square piece of Homespun.  I then stitched on top of that line. Use

a small stitch.  It's okay if it puffs up the fabric in the middle. You want that.

Cut any excess fabric down to about 1 inch all around the circle, then start

pulling the threads to fray.  Pull till you reach your stitched circle.  Eventually,

you will have four corners weaved together, just use a needle or pin to break these

apart and spread out.  Once you have every thread frayed, trim all around to 1/2"

from the circle.  Easy peasy!!!  Now it's going to be puffy in the middle from

sewing, that's what you want!  Attach to cheek with a running stitch on top of

sewing stitch.  Just before you get to end, stuff lightly!  And, there you

have it!  Puffy cheeks!  Who doesn't love puffy cheeks!!

Add your embellishments, a mouth, whatever you want!  My mouth is

actually a button covered with black velvet!  Yes, they still have covered

buttons!!!  Okay, I may be showing my age with my supplies on hand!!

The candy is made of paper, of course!  Those are wiggly eyes on the

yellow candy!!  And the ticket "Treats" is an svg from Party on Elm Street Kit

from, you guessed it, http://svgcuts.com/

Thanks for floating in!  Have a Boo-tee-ful Day!!!

 

SPOOKY CUTIES SKELETON STUFFED BABY

A stuffed baby for my daughter!  Even though she's 21,

she still loves her stuffed babies!

 



Witch Hat from Gimme A Candy Box Kit!

 

I love this kit!  Quick and easy!

Here's my version of the Witch Hat Box

From Gimme A Candy Box Kit!

 

 

The spider paper and the circle is digital paper

called  "Haunted Full Collection"

by Carina Gardner from Jessica Sprague's site. Click below!

http://tinyurl.com/9m6k7kh

 

After I glued the two pieces for the brim of the hat using just

plain black cardstock, I spritzed water to moisten the fibers then

scratched the surface edges to rough it up and make it curl.  Once

it dried, I inked with brown and black inks giving an aged look.

The picture really doesn't show well, but it looks pretty cool!

The witch is in the Haunted Paper Collection.  I just printed it out,

used a paper punch, and backed it with a rosette.  Looks kind of

like a bottle cap, don't ya think!!

Well, thanks for dropping in, now be a good witch and fly away!!!