Imaginisce meets Cindy Loo in a Thanksgiving Card

Imaginisce card

Cindy Loo squirrel

Close-up

Pop-dots

Dress like a book character

Colten and Colby

"Act Silly Guys"

Pizza oven walls going up

Good Morning,
        Thought I would get this up and started early the boys had wacky-tacky day at school and oh my fun fun. They had to bring in canned goods for the holiday donations.....loaded them up and out the door.  The two little ones are sleeping and me drinking this cup of English breakfast tea to share with you this little card I made yesterday after the chiropractor visit, which btw is sooooo helping my leg.  Last night I had a Copic class to teach and we had so much fun....just talking and relaxing and made the cutest card...which I will share asap.
         The card I made by one night talking on the phone with Bevy.....I colored in the pumpkin....well now I wanted to add to it...in my mind I saw this image and cut the tree with Silhouette SD an adorable tree!! Using Imaginisce papers, Apple Cider pp line. Which I have really really enjoyed this year. I guess you figured that out, lol!! I also thought the Cricut Cindy Loo squirrel was perfect using the Apple Cider line. The cardstock is Bazzill. I used the Cuttlebug with a Sizzix embossing folder using the deboss side. Sewed around the card using my Brother digital sewing machine. The pumpkin is Copic markers. I used TH peeled paint distress ink to add shading to the cute squirrel. The Give Thanks stamp is Stampin'Up perfect size little stamps.
        The boys had "Dress in a book Character day" yesterday so Colten dressed as Cat in the Hat. Which used to Cody's. Colby dressed as the Captain, an outfit that used to be Coltens. They had a super time at school. We put newspaper in the hat every time someone wears it.....well I sent Colten up to the studio to get newspaper and you know what he came down the steps with.........a 1930's magazine YIKES!!! Thanks goodness he asked first. I was making their breakfast so I couldn't do it....or they would have burnt breakfast. LOL!! Daddy ran up there and he too said he was blind because he couldn't find it either...anyway I explained more and we finally had a stuffed hat.
         Our pizza oven is coming along......WOOO HOOOO!! Can't wait. Every Friday night (unless we have something to do) we have FRIDAY NIGHT PIZZA NIGHT!!!! The dough rises all day and everyone helps out......it is just good family fun, not to mention all my older children have left home knowing how to cook just about anything and everything.  That will make a parent proud!! We have been wanting this pizza oven for a really long time and now our dream is coming true.  I will be able to make 100 loaves of bread, etc..... I just can't WAIT!!!!!  I hope everyone has a wonderful inspired weekend!!!! MAKE ART!!! Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop :o)

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Spells and Potions

Hello everyone I made this Spells and Potions books for the challenge over at My Minds Eye create any home decor using either Spider's Web collection or Boo to You collection. I used Spider's Web collection using almost the whole pack but two pages. The children really liked it.
I even printed off some so called spells from Flikr, to be realistic. I have a pretty long list of supplies. See below. Thanks for looking and Have a WONDERFUL Day. Dawn
Products Used:

1. Paper Mache Book
2. My Mind's Eye Spider's Web collection (Haunted Parlor, Halloween Night, Cauldron Bubbles, Witches Lace, Toil and Trouble, Spider's Silk, Spider's Web accessory sheet, and Scaredy cats)
3. Bat die cut from Sizzix yellow die
4. Quickutz frog and Goosebumps embosser
5. Cricut Paper Dolls spider web cut at 7 3/4
6. Cricut Blackletter cut title at 2 1/2 , 2 1/4, and 2.
7. Cricut Storybook cut at four
8. MM black paint, Rusty Pickle buttons, keys, ribbon, Tim Holtz ink weathered wood, and antique linen,moss, computer font calligraphy.
9. Heidi Swapp ghost bird XL
10. Zva foam dots
    

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Basic Grey Challenge Week 5

Hello I created this card using Basic Grey Lime Rickey, and a stamp from the Greeting Farm. The card was created using the sketch at the Basic Grey challenges this week. http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/
They have a fabulous sketch to follow.
The Products Used:
*Basic Grey Lime Rickey pp
*Bazzill orange cardstock
*SU Groovy stamps from 2001
*Greeting Farm Peace girl
*Copic markers
*Ek Success flower punches
*Janome Sewing machine
*Spellbinders Nestibilities
*Judikins

Thanks, have a Wonderful Day, Dawn

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SPRING Nature in Bloom

Hello Everyone I completed this lo for the April Rusty Pickle Challenge http://rustypickle.typepad.com/picklelicious/2009/04/april-sketch-challenge-spring-is-here.html Using the April Sketch and these guidelines.

• use your choice of Rusty Pickle patterned paper
• must use Rusty Pickle Trims on the project
• project must contain 80% of Rusty Pickle product
• One entry per person

I used for the background pp I used RP68 Baby Ivory, the top sheet RP 456 Baby's breath, The blue pp is RP 453 Summer Sky and the matting is RP 135 Aqua Flower. The trim are from Pickle Trims PT02. The chipboard is CB1443 Spring Chicken. I distressed everything, and painted the chipboard with Liquitex Modeling Paste and also put some on the flowers of the green pp. The buttons are RP too. I used hemp to tie the bows behind the buttons. The wings are from a DSR stamp and Nature was printed on the computer. The Spring was cut from Cricut at 1 1/2 from Lyrical Letters, the bird also from LL cut at 1 from cardboard. Bloom cut from LL at 1 1/2. and the sunflower was cut from WIMG at 1 1/2 for the L in Bloom. The silver accent is SU. I also sewed with my sewing machine. Ranger liquid pearls also used. The pic is of Cooper and Dusty March 2009. TFL!!!!

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HAPPY SUMMER ~BBTB~

Hello everyone I had made this for the BBTB contest with Regina.... http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/2009/04/contest-time.html
The contest rules:. You must use at least one cartridge cut and the project must be NEW STUFF with a blog date no earlier then today 4/5/09
2. All previous bbtb winners are welcome to enter.
3. All international crafters are welcome to enter.
I made this Teacher Appreciation gift for my entry. My boys love to give! First I purchased an Ice Breakers Iced Tea w/lemon mint tin. Pulled the label off (easy peasy) The using Cricut with Mini monograms cut the first scallop at 3 and then the second at 2 3/4. The Stamped image is SU from the Wishing You the Best set. Says enjoy. The tiny ribbon is brown gingham. The Top was made from Basic Grey Porcelain at 6x4 1/2 scored using the score it folded and then punched w/MS punch and attached to Wilton food safe bag. The tiny shreds of paper in the bottom. The scallop Happy Summer was printed on my computer using the curlz mt at 28 then punched with the scallop SU punch. The lemons are from LAB cut at three and then cut to look like a wedge. This is my favorite part. The square was cut from George at three and then cut at each corner to make the pinwheel. Queen and Co. brad and yellow gingham ribbon. A very tiny piece of dowel rod. Now just imagine sitting in the sun the wind blowing and drinking a cool glass of iced tea. TFL!!!!

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