Who's ready for Halloween

Muuuwaaaaaahhhh!

I am so ready for fall and Halloween!

I saw these photos and would give them credit but I don't know 

who's they are, all I know is this SCREAMS fall!

So love this!

Then this house......

spooky, but soooo cool!

This photo is my 3 tier try that 

I've got all decorated for Halloween....

This week is go week for getting all the Halloween

decor out and up....

Do you like to celebrate Halloween or just fall?

Harvest Meadow

Harvest Meadows is back with some very realistic looking background paper.  I love the wood grain on this paper.   It's called "In good taste"

I used some kraft wrapping paper and tore it to fit the center of the

card.  I stamped the flowers in the middle and used a blender pen to add the yellow Crushed Curry ink to the center of the flowers. 

The saying was stamped on crumb cake cardstock and 

attached to the card with some mini brads 

Pretty basic easy card to re create!

Wood Bead Pumpkin Wreath

Fall is here and that means getting all the fall decor out for the next few months.

This pumpkin wreath is a great edition to your decor.

It can be put up first of Sept and be used clear

through to Thanksgiving. 

You can see how big this wreath is by the size of my 

door which is a 36" door.

If you choose to make one, think about

making a few different bows to go with

each holiday themed or colored. 

To make this project you can buy the pumpkin wire

frame at either Hobby Lobby or Dollar Tree,

The wood beads are a size 16mm.

Start by using wire clippers to clip the wire away

from the frame.  Once you do that you can begin 

using the jute ( also Dollar Tree) and wrap it around

the wired frame.  I only had to use the glue gun at the beginning

and the end to secure it.

Once the jute is secure, start with the middle wire

and add the beads til you reach the top.  Once

at the top push the wire into the jute and hot glue it in place.

The jute is thick enough to push the wire into and hold it in place.

The project will take 90 of the 16mm wood beads.

When all your beads are secure you can either make a bow

or buy one. If you like to change out seasons then just tie your bow 

to the wire frame, that way when you change the bows you can just untie the one in place already and add a new one. 

You can see in this photo below where I cut the wire to add the wood beads.  

Happy Fall Crafting!

Fall diy

Hello fall!

Who's ready for an easy fall diy?

These little wood bead tassles are the cutest little

adornments for any of your pumpkins around the house.

The kits come with the beads, pumpkin charm and jute

and once you receive them a video for you to follow to make

them and the tassel.

You can add them anywhere and if you have a longer wood bead garland like in the photo you can scatter them around too.

Great way to add a little natural element to your fall decor.

You can pick one or more up 

Tassel bead kit  HERE

Gorgeous Leaves

Hello!

First day of fall!  

I love this season best of all~

If you haven't yet seen this paper you should check it out.

It has really great textures in every piece.

This one happens to be the hexigon shape.

There's not much you have to add to these type of cards

with these backgrounds as your canvas.

I stamped some leaves and pumpkins and cut them

out to arrange around the salutation in the center.

This is certainly an easy card. 

The ink colors I used are Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Sahara Sand.

I lightly shaded around the pumpkins in the Sahara Sand color

which was easy to do too.

Give this a try! I know you will find it super easy!

Delicate Dahlia

The beautiful Delicate Dahlia stamp set is back coupled

with the "In Good Taste"  dsp paper.

Both equally gorgeous and makes for creating this card

very easy.

The paper gives a look of spackled paper, it has a white

background with some night of navy ink within it.

To create this card start by stamping the dahlia flower

in the top corner and lower corner.

Stamping the smaller flower on a separate piece

of paper, cut it out and pop it up.

Stamp and cut out leaves and glue them down around

the flowers. 

Add your salutation and there you've got a quick card to make!

This stamp set Delicate Dahlia is FREE with any

order of $100.00 or more. 

#15601

Halloween Decor

Hello!

Let the Halloween decorating fun begin!

It's all over social media,  everyone's starting to decorate

early for Halloween.

And while I am a HUGE fan of Halloween, it doesn't 

usually go up until at least October 1st over here.

But in light of the early birds I thought I would share a few of my

past ideas for decor around the house. 

First up is the above photo of my current fireplace,

I cut my self a bunch of black bats from card stock and 

attached them to the stone as if they were flying right

out of the firebox area.

You could do this on a mirror or window area too, 

even a wall.

I added the pumpkins and some crows and gauze from the dollar tree

to complete the look. 

Here's another fun and effective creepy way to decorate,

get some paper rats and tape them going up your stairs!

Add a pumpkin for a little color.

This is our stairwell going up stairs. 

This is my 3/4 bath that really has no room to decorate,

yet this is the guest bathroom on the main floor so I definately

wanted it to have some Halloween touches in it.

I really love to utilize the gauze at the dollar tree for decor,

it comes in beige, gray and black.  This is the beige and all I did

was pin it at the top of the molding and let it drape down. 

I added a few plastic spiders and a few of those paper rats and some cute decor to the window area.  

This has to be the easiest and not so scary decor for

your table.  I used a black serving plate and put my green

wreath from the door on it and added the pumpkin with a candle

inside of it and a large spider on top.

If you don't have one of these fake carved pumpkins a real one will work!

This photo is of my mantle at my prior home,

I miss it there!

I love my shiplap I put in that's for sure!

I cut a few larger bats for this space and used some white pumpkins

and a couple of banner garland from Target.

When it becomes fall I use those fake battery operated candles 

all over the house for different holidays.

  You can see them all over

in the picture.  They come where you can time them now to go off and on.   I found mine at Target. 

How about using the gauze in the center of your table and 

add some glass tea light candles to the center?

You could even add a few of those plastic black spiders. 

This is another area of my previous home where I decorated 

the drawers with some halloween decorations.

Most of these decor it glass pieces I have picked up through the

years. 

And last but not least you can't forget the outside

for Halloween!

I bought those green light bulbs and used an old lamp

to put it in the center of a bedroom in our home.

The idea was to use a room that you could see from the street.

Once you pick the room put the green lights in that room

then cut and add some more black bats in there.

I hope you've gotten some fun ideas to start off your halloween

decor in your home!

Muuuuwaaaaahhhhh!

Gorgeous Leaves

Hello fall!

It's going to come blowing into the PNW here starting friday,

we will be back to some rain and gray skies, something we have

dodged most of the summer.  

This card is made with the new Gorgeous Leaves stamp set which

are the plastic clings.

This textures in this set is what makes it.  Look at the wood bark stamp.

It doesn't take much to create a gorgeous card with these type

of realistic stamps.

I decided to move away from the fall traditional 

colors and try something a little more subtle.

The leaves are stamped in Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake

and Old Olive.  The "keep calm" stamp is from a past

Paper Pumpkin which I always try to incorporate for you.

You know I say,  use what you have!  So, if you don't have

this one take a peek at another stamp you could incorporate!

How do you like these colors together?

Happy Fall!

Gorgeous Leaves

HERE

                                         

Harvest Meadow

Harvest season is here!

I am embracing all the fall going on over here.

The weather is changing and that means lots of rain in the forecast.

This background paper looks like I used some puddy paste and painted it over the cardstock,  but no!  its like a 3d paper.

It's so realistic don't you think?

Using Night of Navy ink pad I stamped the images

directly on top of the paper.  Super easy.

I cut a small piece of crumb cake card stock, 

stamped across it and glued it down. 

The background paper is called 

"in good taste"

that's where the blue and white paper is from 

In Good Taste HERE

The stamp set is called Harvest Meadow

Peaceful Place

Happy weekend!

I found these little football wood signs at the dollar tree and decided

to give them a do'over.

I took the helmet out of the center and covered the orange buffalo plaid with our new winter stampin up! dsp called "peaceful place"

The images are all very stunning.  White and silver throughout

with trees and snow and gorgeous 

I measured the paper to fit inside,

glued it down.  The peaceful place

paper has a sheet of the log cabins.

I just cut one out and popped it up in the frame to 

make it stand out.

I added the little banner at the top as well as the ribbon. 

These would look cute sitting out on your counters or shelves.

Also if you have a 3-tier tray they would fit perfectly on one of them. \

So festive and fun!

This is the Peaceful Place dsp

you can view it HERE

                                        

Fall Decor

Hello Fall!

It's slipping into cool nights and changes in the leaves.

That means it time to get out the fall decor!

These white pumpkins we made at my creative classes

about 2 years ago.

I went out to my dahlia garden and cut a few stems

and also some other stems from my other flowers and plants in my

garden to make this fall arrangements. 

Take a walk in your yard and see what you have to use in your 

arrangements.

I cut some russian lavendar, lambs ear, some white phlox,

and dahlia's for my bouquet. 

I love how it turned out!

Now just add some white pumpkins!

Fall is possibly my absolute favorite time of year,

the crisp air, the changing of the colors and of course

the decorating!

How do you decorate for fall or do you?