Trick or Treat

It’s almost the witching hour and the theme for my card exchange group for October is Halloween or Thanksgiving.

Even though I have quite a few cutesy gobbler images, I wanted a scarier Halloween cut, something that said spooky. I scoured my Gypsy and mycutsearch.com (I think that’s what the new name is) and I decided on the Pumpkin Carving cartridge.

I had to cut the image 3 times so it's a very thick cut:

1.      Black cut image

2.      Yellow cut image hiding windows

3.      K & Co with just the outline

The rectangle was inked while still in the metal die for depth and the zig zag was inked after it was cut.
I found the “Trick or Treat” poem online and used Microsoft Word to print it using A Lolita Scorned font from dafont.com.

Thanks for looking!!

Cricut cart: Pumpkin Carving Seasonal “spooky house” cut twice. Yellow layer is with hidden windows.

Metal Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities (largest) Reverse Wonky Rectangles; Quickutz Zig Zag Edges

Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink around edges of paper

Paper: Black & yellow Recollections paper for Cricut cut; K & Company Tim Coffey Designer pad (behind the Cricut cut and with the Reverse Wonky Rectangles; Recollections Simply Autumn pack (left with Zig Zag Edges and right (red leaf) base; craft colored Recollections paper for card base.

Baby, You're a Star

It's been a thing for me to make birthday buttons for my friends on their birthdays.

The friend I had in mind for this is a little bit country so I made her a sheriff badge birthday button. I used the Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge for the crown and saying. The star came from Quickutz Nesting Stars (I think I used the second to largest.) I blinged out the crown with large rhinestones and used some skittles I dyed to match the crown. I also used Stickles to outline the entire star. I picked up the wand brad in my travels a while ago.


Entered in Challenge #111 ~ A Star for Astronomy Day 

I'm very excited to be showcased in my very first challenge. Thank you ladies at Die Cutting Divas for making me smile!