Fall is in the air ... and on my projects too!

Fall is here - well it is at my house anyway. :) I've used the super adorable Cottage Cutz pumpkin patch, crow, and loopy edger on my layout of Gracie's cousin, Regan, at the pumpkin patch last year.



There are tons of pieces to the pumpkin patch shape but what a fun one to put together. I love that the letters for the sign come on the die so there is no guessing if they'll fit, they're perfect!



I love the crow and cut his bandana to match the accent paper. He is popped with foam tape on a Spellbinders oval background.



I used a tiny piece of the loopy edger to make the vine on the pumpkin and combined the leaves and pumpkins from the pumpkin patch shape to make my date tag.



For this halloween card I used the pumpkin patch die in a different way to show its versatility. Everything is popped with foam tape cuz foam tape is one of my favorite things in the whole world and I love it. :)

I wrote the letters on the sign with a marker and for the RIP letters, I used the P, I, and K. I cut an extra P and placed it over the K to make the R. The tombstone is actually part of the beach chairs die. The inside cut out from the back of the chair made the perfect headstone! The bat and pumpkin I had in my stash from a pack of Halloween Favorite Findings I've had forever.



To make the trailing vines along the bottom of the keep out sign I used the stem and leaves from the sunflowers on the pumpkin patch die, and I added stickles because stickles are cool on pretty much anything and everything! :) The drippy goo along the bottom is a Martha Stewart border punch.

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Honey, I'm home!

How was your Labor Day weekend? Did you go out on the town, visit friends, or party...or did you have company over? Maybe you relaxed at home and enjoyed the quiet and solitude? We had what seemed like a houseful, though it was just son Christopher and his two munchkins, Courtney and Logan. Those two really know how to make us feel like grandparents, let me tell ya! We were both worn out the day they got here! LOL They are really good kids, just very busy and don't sit still for more than 5 minutes, so quiet time or projects are pretty much unheard of with these two. They left today and boy are we pooped! Needless to say, I didn't get much done while they were here so I have just a layout to share today. Thanks for looking!

I love this paper line by Bella Blvd. - It's called "Honey, I'm Home". LOL I thought it was perfect for another of the pictures of Mila's birdhouse, and the cute little chick-a-dees that were enjoying the corn muffin crumbs we put out on the patio. :)

Dies I used are Quickutz 2x2 house (KS0960) and the suburban houses border (cc-bdr 038). Other dies include the BossKut key and Spellbinders nesting ovals.

Here is just a portion of the houses border, spiffed up with buttons and ribbon.

And here is the "house key" for Mr. & Mrs. Chick-a-dee. :) The cute phrases are part of the Honey, I'm Home paper collection and the little house is QK KS0960. Key is BossKut (I love this die!) and the ovals are Spellbinders.

More fun with Cottage Cutz summer shapes

This is the ice cream cone mini from the Cottage Cutz summer release. Simple circles and ribbon make for a quick 'just catching up" card.

I added bling for sprinkles....looks almost good enough to eat, doesn't it.

Fun play on words here with the lawn mower. LOL I love punny phrases!


Another of my favorite shapes is this rooster. So cute in pattern papers! And the loopy edger just seemed like the perfect accent for the loopy chicken. LOL

More summer fun

I hate to see summer end, but I can still relive the fun through the pics of the girls' visit. Grace and Mila enjoyed cooling off in the sprinkler. Next to Mila, Grace looks huge! LOL In all fairness, Grace is 9 and Mila is 6 -- plus Mila is pretty small for her age. For this layout I used the Fly a Kite paper collection by October Afternoon.

The cute little bird accent is the 2x2 size (it also comes in 4x4) from the QK Birds and Bees release. I also used just a little piece of one of the branches for his perch and the Cottage Cutz Summer Sun for the background.


I don't think I have ever cut from a full sized sheet of paper to make a card. Other than for the base, of course. There are always plenty of leftovers when I finish a layout and it's so economical to use them for card making.

For this card I used a larger QK bird (Rev 0143), Spellbinders nesting ovals, and for my sentiment, the QK speech bubble.

How about a few more cards...

As you can see, I was rather busy with the cards this week! I've had such fun with the Cottage Cutz dies. They just work so well on cards. This girly card was so much fun. I love pink {in case you didn't already know that!} and bling, and the adorable convertible had to be in pink! Isn't it the cutest. :)



I've combined three of the Summer #2 Release dies for this card. The summer sun is awesome. I've added ink and stickles for dimension and foam tape for extra pop. Love this. The adirondack chair is from the beach chairs die, and the sand is actually the water from the otter die. I love using shapes for pieces other than their intended use and the water is perfect for the sand!



I love stickles. :)


I have to admit I'm not a lover of teddy bears {I know, there must be something wrong with me :P} but this guy is super cute and he is sad my friend is in the hospital. I hope he'll cheer her up.

I couldn't resist this adorable little face. The stamp and die sets are some of my favorites.