Altered Halloween Treat Lunch Bag

Made this for the weekly challenge over at My Sheri Crafts...this week is Halloween...I chose to alter a simple paper lunch bag to fill with goodies to give those special kids in our lives...complete supplies and instructions to follow

Lunch Bag Makeover/ Trick or Treat Bags

Supplies

1 standard paper lunch bag

(2) strips of 5" x 9 1/2" patterned paper, orange

(2) strips of 2 1/2 x 9 1/2" yellow paper or cs

(2) 3 1/2 x 9 1/2" striped patterned paper

scraps in orange and brown for pumpkins

2 kinds of ribbon or fibre approx 16" in length ea

Adhesive

Cuttlebug and Cricut

Instructions

Score all the paper pieces at 2 1/8 and 7 1/4", fold

Put sticky strip on all pieces and carefully attach to paper bag, starting at the bottom, keeping edges even and folds lined up...your overlap will fall at sides of bag

Attach the ribbons at the seams of the papers

Cut out two pumpkins with your cricut and the blackouts out of the brown

Emboss using your cuttlebug, use pop dots between the layers of the pumkins

Attach to front of bag

Cut out letters Trick or Treat and attach to top front of bag

Fill with goodies to give your favorite little goblins

Stitching

Stitching is the theme this week at My Sheri Crafts...I really wanted to create something with my sewing machine but it just wasn't coming together like I wanted...so plan B...backstitching a vine...I'm pleased with the results...the sentiment is a stamp I got from My Sheri...love them...you get 5 or 6 in a pack, all different greetings intertwined with an image...sooo coooool.

Stitching Card

Supplies

9 x 6 1/4" card base in dk brown

5 x 5" piece of patterned paper

4 x 4 1/2" piece of co-ordinating paper, patterned but more solid

scraps of each paper for flowers

raffia

thank you stamp

brown pearl gems for flower centers

brown cat eye ink

brown embroidery floss

piercer

pop dots

adhesive of choice

Instructions

Score and fold card base

Cut a shield shape from the first pattern piece...big enough that the shield will cover the height of the card...I used 5 1/2". then trimmed to fit on card

Trim the second paper to fit underneath the first, ink all edges

On the plainer paper, lightly draw with a pencil, a vine design that extends up and over from the bottom right corner

Pierce the design evenly with a sewing needle or paper piercer

Back stitch with brown embroidery floss

Cut out 4 flowers at 1 1/2" and 6 flowers at 1"...curl the edges of half of them with a small needle, wrapping the petal around

Attach them to a flat flower, ink the edges

Attach the papers to the card base...arrange flowers on the stitched vine

Stamp your greeting, and cut it out, pop it up and attach some raffia for a stem

Hope...Think Pink...Breast Cancer Awareness

Made this card for the weekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts...Think Pink...Instructions and supplies to follow

Hope (Think Pink)

Supplies

9 x 6 1/4" pink card base

4 1/2 x 3 1/2" pink patterned paper from Basic Greys Eva collection

4 1/2 x 2 1/4" second patterned piece

4 1/2 x 1" white strip, and a 4 1/2 x 2 1/2" as well

4 1/2 x 3/4" pink strip, and a 4 1/2 x 2 1/4" as well

(2) 4" pieces of pink ribbon, and a 4 1/2" piece

Instructions

Score and fold the card base

Adhere the larger patterned piece even with the top of the card

Adhere the smaller patterened piece even with the bottom of the card

Center the smaller pink strip on the smaller white strip and center over the two patterns already on card

Punch the top and bottom edges of both the larger pink and white strips and adhere together

Stamp with the word Hope

Adhere to top portion of card

Fix your two smaller ribbons in the iconic fold for breast cancer...attach with glue dots to each side of your sentiment

Adhere the other strip of ribbon on the pink strip

And so the Christmas cards begin...

I am knee deep in Christmas papers and lovin it...I only started making cards just prior to last Christmas, and my stamp and cart collection has grown since then, so it is exciting to be making Christmas cards for everyone...this one I designed my self...the door, swag and lamp posts are all from Christmas/Noel cart and the bird is from Winter Woodland. the branches are from the Martha Stewart Punch...quite possibly my favorite punch...tfl!!!

A Little Pick-Up for You!!!

Its all about men this week at My Sheri Crafts...so head on over there and post your masculine projects...mine is a card of encouragement...all the cuts are from the Just Because Cards cartridge...papers are DCWV recycled stack.

Autumn Card

Autumn is the weekly challenge theme this week at My Sheri Crafts...love the colors this time of year produces...so warm and inviting...I made a card...I've had the paper in my stash forever...can't resist fall colored paper (can't resist paper period...lol)...tried a few spritzes of Lindy's Starburst sprays on the orangy paper...the Autumn Maple Crimson color...still experimenting with this product...athe stamp is Inkadinkadoo, and the sentiment is from SYI

BLOG CANDY WINNER!!!!!!

And the winner is.........(drum roll please......) GLENDA BOYD!!!!!!! Congratulations Glenda...if you would like to email me at scrappingcat@yahoo.ca with your snail mail addy, I will ship your cover out to you!!!

Thinking of You

This weeks challenge at My Sheri Craft was "Thinking of You"...and I had gotten these really great stamps from My Sheri by Inkadinkadoo...I couldn't wait to use them...this was the perfect opportunity. Papers are Basic Grey "Eva" collection...instructions and supplies listed at the top under "Thinking of You"

Labor Day Invite

Made this invitation for the My Sheri Crafts weekly challenge...and this weeks theme is "Labour Day" What a fun way to end a great summer, to have a barbecue!!! Made this festive invitation with Basic Grey papers and several cuts from my cricut...instructions and supplies will be posted later this week

Baby Banners

Made these for the weekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts..."Babies" is the theme this week...these banners are for a friend who just became a gramma of twins...at the top of my blog is a page titled "Baby Banners" with all the instructions and supplies to create this project.

Miss You

Made this card for the weekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts...this weeks theme was "Missing You". The papers are all DCWV La Creme Stack...which is so luxurious and beautiful...I, like the other design team members, have a hard time actually using this paper...its sooo beautiful. But I made myself cut some up and make this card...you can find the instructions near the top of my blog by clicking on the link "Miss You" There is also a complete list of supplies I used. Be sure to post your missing you projects at My Sheri this week...enter 2 projects and have your name entered to win a cricut E cover!

Blog Candy!!!

I am pleased to offer a Cricut cover to one lucky person...check out the photo...the cover winner will be drawn by random.org on Sept 15, 2010 and the winner will be announced right here!!! The cover is fit for the Expression Machine and is chocolate and cream in color...completely hand washable and will protect your machine from dust and sunlight. In the event that the drawn name has the original Cricut or the Create, I will gladly supply one (color based on availability) for that size machine.

To have your name entered in the draw, please choose one of the following between Aug 15 and Sept 15th:

Become a follower of my blog and My Sheri Crafts, and leave at least 2 comments on each site each week for 4 weeks
OR
Submit a project to at least two weeks of the next four, to the My Sheri Crafts Weekly Challenge
OR
Subscribe to My Sheri Crafts Newsletter...(in the company name field...please put "Jammies")

BONUS BONUS BONUS...if you make a purchase from the My Sheri Crafts webstore, and use my coupon code 1489 to get 10% off...you will get an additional entry in the draw!!!

To aid us in matching up emails and names to screen names and user names on your blogs...please try to let us know both with every entry, so there is no confusion...thanks

Sounds pretty simple...doesn't it??? The weekly challenges are so much fun and so many talented people already submit their wonderful creations each week...good luck to all who participate!!!

NOTE: you will only receive one entry for the above mentioned...if you do all three, you still only get one entry...you can receive the bonus entry only with a purchase...just to clarify

If you have any questions, please direct them to me via scrappingcat@yahoo.ca with "blog candy" in the subject line.

Munchy Crunchy Cookie Mix

Made this for the weekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts...this weeks challenge is "Food & Kitchen" projects...came up with this for a impromptu birthday gift for a friend...

List of supplies and instructions can be found at the top of the page, titled Munchy Crunchy Cookie Mix

MY SHERI CRAFTS CHALLENGE #17

Saturday, August 7, 2010

MY SHERI CRAFTS CHALLENGE #17

It's almost that time!? You know...the one where we push those youngsters out the door and "Back to School"! This might be a bittersweet time for some of you not quite ready for your little ones to go to school, but mine are all in high school so I'm ready! lol We hope everyone has had a great summer vacation and the kids are looking forward to the new school year. This is a great chance to get them excited about school and start them off with a great card or school related project! Our design team has done some wonderful projects for you this week and Peachy has even put together a great instructional video on her pencil holder. Be sure to check it out HERE.

Here is my addition for "Back to School" , which totally is inspired by my college aged kids...hope you like it. Bonus is I got to use my newest cart, Forever Young, which I've been eyeing for some time. Papers used here are from Basic Grey's Two Scoops Line, which I got from My Sheri...the sticker letters are also from that pack, and if you'll notice the scalloped circle...well I used the cover page from the paper pack...you know...the one that displays all the papers inside...yeah...that one...lol and cut it up...

Please...if you have a school related project...feel free to hop over to My Sheri and post it so we can all admire your creativity!!!

You Gotta Have Friends...

This weeks theme at My Sheri Crafts...is "Friendship", so I made this 2 page layout of my group of scrapbooking friends out on a shopping excursion for the day. The friends border was designed in SCAL and you can find the file here on my blog in the box.net If you have a friends project you want to share, feel free to post it here

Flying!!!

Dd and I went flying last night with a friend of hers who has his pilots licence...so much fun...just wanted to share some of the cool pics I got of the area where we live

Tennessee Vacation Album

Made this mini chipboard album for the weekly challenge over at My Sheri Crafts...this weeks theme is "Vacations", and who doesn't love a vacation??? Anyhow, this is for friends (who I hope are not seeing this right now...) who we are travelling with in October to Tennessee...I'm planning on filling the book with pics of the 6 of us enjoying our trip together...and giving it as a Christmas present. I designed the title and all inside words with SCAL and you can find the file here on my blog, in the box.net Just scroll down till you find the folder titled Tennessee Words and Title...feel free to use it...the album I got from My Sheri, and is a Basic Grey 5 1/4" chipboard album. Papers are K & Company and complete instructions for assembly can be found here.

If you have a vacation project you would like to share, click here, scroll down to the linky and post your creation...we promise to ooooooh and aaaaaaaah over it :)