SPS November Blog Hop

Happy Saturday bloggers.

I'm so happy you have joined us today for the November Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop. This week's challenge is "foliage".

Here's my take on the challenge. I made these 4 Christmas tags with a wreath (my take on foliage).

Supplies:

Echo Park "Season's Greetings" 6x6 paper pad
stamps and brads

 

click here to see all the supplies

Here's the whole line up.

Missy: www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com
June: http://www.simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com/
Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
Carissa: http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/
Heather: www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com <<<-------  click here for the next stop
Denine www.pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com

Be sure to post your awesome "foliage" creations to the Pumpkin Spice Blog.

Have a great weekend!!

Halloween "Spinner" Cards

Happy Monday everyone. Today is my turn to post on the Pumpkin Spice blog.

I've taken a crack at making those really cute "spinner" cards. They are surprisingly easy to make. And my kids thought they were the coolest thing ever!! Take a look at this video on how I created them.

Supplies:

Inkadinkado Stamps

found here for $4.89

Echo Park "Apothecary Emporium"

all sold out

click here to see some other 6x6 paper pads

This week's challenge at the Pumpkin Spice blog is "pumpkins". Click here to upload your very own pumpkin creations.

SPS October Blog Hop

Happy World Card Making Day from the design team at Shop Pumpkin Spice. You should have arrived here from Saundra's blog. If you are here by happenstance, then start from the beginning at Heather's blog.

Welcome to our October blog hop. This week's challenge is "green and brown". And here's my take on the challenge.

I just love the banners underneath the instagram frame.

Supplies

 

 Echo Park "A Walk in the Park" 6x6 paper pad

 My Mind's Eye "The Sweetest Thing" - Happiness stamps

No off for some more inspiration. Head on over to my fellow designer Marlene's blog. Have a great weekend everyone. 

"Apothecary" Lunch Cards

Today is my day to post at the Pumpkin Spice Blog. This week's challenge is "lunch"...however you'd like to interpret that. Click here to link up your own "lunch" creation.

A long time ago I created some lunch tags to tuck in with my son's lunch. So I thought I would revisit that idea. This time I created some "apothecary" inspired lunch tag. I'm pretty sure my son will think there are hilarious. Note: I don't really serve my child poison...it's just the paper.

Supplies:

Echo Park "Apothecary Emporium" paper

found here

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. Check out all the great new fall and Halloween papers here at the new Ebay store for Pumpkin Spice.

SPS September Blog Hop

Hey everyone! Welcome to this month's Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop. If you want to head to the top of our hop, go to Missy's Blog and see what she's created.

This week's theme for the Pumpkin Spice challenge is "work". You really could go so many directions with this topic! I'm an ER nurse at the city hospital so "work" has many meanings to me. I was cruising through my Cricut cartridges and happened upon these cute cuts for "first aid". I added them to the fry box and filled it with candy. Nothing says "first aid" like a box full of candy!

 

Supplies

 Echo Park "Dots and Stripes" collection

found here for $9.79

 

 

 

 solid color cardstock

found here

Here is the blog hop list in case you get lost!

Missy: www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

June: http://www.simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com/
Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
Carissa: http://happilyeverpapercrafter.blogspot.com/
Heather: www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com
Denine www.pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend everyone! Be sure to enter in the "work" challenge to be eligible for some great prizes. 

"Our Farm Tales" Board Book

Hello everyone! It's my turn to post over at the Pumpkin Spice Blog.

I have such a fun project to share with you today!

If your kids are anything like mine, the moment you start crafting, they want to be a part of the project your making. "Mommy can I help?" "Mommy can I use that paper too?" "Mommy can I sit on your lap?". It's so sweet, but sometimes when mom is in a hurry, I have to get them started on their own project. So when I got some Bo Bunny 6x6 board books in the mail, I knew I wanted to create a book with my kids! They were thrilled with the idea too.

I started by cutting out some white computer paper into 4x4 squares. With my kids advice, I stamped some fun farm scenes using the Penny Black stamps "Mimi's Farm". I assembled each page with some paper and a journaling tag. Then I had my kids "tell me the story" for each page. It was hilarious what the kids came up with!! Now we have a fun book to read that we made together.

 With a black pen I added some detailing to each scene.
Then I wrote their "tales" onto the journaling tag. 

And I colored each picture with some colored pencils.

The initials on each tag is the kid who "wrote" the tale.

 The pig page was written by my daughter. 

"Piggly Squiggs squiggles her tail so hard she rolls over & over. She likes her home. Riding home."

My son asked what the box was below the fence in the chicken picture. I told him it was a water trough. He thought otherwise.

"The chicken likes to jump on the trampoline. The sheep came to jump too."

"Buck the Duck is walking around with no such thing. The chicks are following behind. The rooster says 'Duck-a-doodle-doo'!"

"Purple Milk Cow is picking grass. She likes to stare at people."

"These sheep kept jumping over the fence until every one of them poked their feet.'

Supplies:

 

Penny Black "Mimi's Farm" stamps
found here for $15.00


Bo Bunny 6x6 board book
found here for $2.79


Echo Park "Little Boy" journaling tags
found here for $0.44


Echo Park "Playground" alphabet stickers
currently sold out




random Echo Park papers

Now this has become the "go to" book for my kids at bedtime. They think it's hilarious when I read one of their pages. What a fun project. Definitely going to do this again. 

Have a great week!

SPS August Blog Hop

Hey everyone! Today is the Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop. Head on over to Heather's Blog to follow the hop from the beginning.

As you can tell, this week's theme is "sunshine". How appropriate for summer time.

Here is my take on the challenge...

Supplies

Echo Park "Summer Days" collection

found here

Now head on over to Saundra's Blog to see the sunshine delight she's created!!

Have a great weekend everyone. Hope you get lots of sunshine where you are. 

"Summer Days" Knockoff Card

Happy Monday fellow crafters! It's my turn to post over at the Pumpkin Spice Blog.

Today's card is inspired by a card my SIL got me for Mother's Day. The card is so cute and clever that I knew I had to re-create it.

This is the original store bought card. Isn't it so cute! The little turtle is flying a kite. The kite part is a negative cut and when you open up the card the striped kite reveals itself as a rainbow. Totally adorable.

Here is my knock-off version. I used the Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 1 and 2 to make the bear, kite, and rainbow. The clouds are a metal die cut from white foam. The card base is from Birthday Bash.

Supplies:

 

 

Echo Park "Summer Days" 6x6 paper pad

papers and embellishments found here

Be sure to play along with this week's challenge over at the Pumpkin Spice Blog.