Winter Wishes gift set is in the house.........

Oh my heck, I love the Winter Wishes gift set by Lifestyle Crafts (formerly QuicKutz)!!! The font is very festive, yet is has a whimsical feel making it a versatile style that will work well on a variety of projects. It's a great size and the format is a plus. It comes two letters per cookie cutter die, and includes numbers and punctuation. The numbers for this one are smaller than the letters, which I love!

My layout is actually cream and black but looks white in the scanned image. Photos are more true to the actual colors. Papers are from the La Creme stack by Die Cuts With a View.



The snowflakes - awesome! - are fabulous and, as you can see on my page, they can be stacked and layered to make even more snowflake designs. In this photo you can see the stickles and bling, and the perfect sized numbers of the font.




Here I've used one of the four pockets/inserts for my journaling tag. I love these pockets!!!


And here are more ways to use the adorable pockets and inserts. See the tiny one? Perfect for tucking a love note into a lunch box, pocket or briefcase. I also used the index tab (trimmed to fit) from the windows and labels set so the insert is easier to pull out of the tiny pocket.

Make a super cute gift enclosure recipe card with a loaf of pumpkin bread, plate of cookies, or tie around a jar of homemade jam. I love my cute little oven mitts stamp.

Need a quick thank you gift for a teacher, mail carrier or manicurist? Tuck a packet of gourmet hot chocolate in the large pocket. I've used the pinecone die for a cute wintery accent on the front of the pocket....

...and a stamped message on the insert tag.

Gift enclosure card - cute little hedgehog stamp on the front and the Winter Wishes font on the insert tag.

Keep watching for more projects from the Winter Wishes release. I'm having a blast working with this set!!

Boo!

First, I apologize for the funky coloring in my scan - it happens when the lumpy parts stitch into the non-lumpy parts so I can't really do anything about that aside from not making lumpy projects, which is not going to happen. I love me some foam tape! LOL And now, on to this week's project.

This week I'm sharing a layout of my simple Halloween pumpkin. I like to do something different with my pumpkin every year, and this time, I decided to paint my pumpkin instead of carving it. I added black vinyl accents and a green wire to the stem, and there you have it. I love it.

I used the Cottage Cutz pumpkin trio and stamp set along with leaves and vine from the pumpkin patch die for my 3D embellishment.

Here I've used the scallop/dot edger and bling accents.

and for a little something extra, I used the bitsy little spider from the Cottage Cutz spooky fence to "hang" from the ribbon. I heat embossed him with clear powder to give him more texture and dimension after I added white to his eyes. He's barely visible in the photo of the whole layout, but he's there. :)

Have you started scrapping your Halloween pics yet? Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

Hear ye, hear ye .... announcement!!

It is my pleasure to share the exciting news that I am now a member of the Queen Kat Designs Royal Court (Design Team) !! I'm excited for this new opportunity to add stamping and coloring to my crafty repertoire, and I'm looking forward to working with the fabulous Queen Kat, Vicki, her Royal Stamping Maids, and her fun designs.

Every Wednesday I'll be posting sample projects, info on sales and specials, events and activities for QKD right here on my blog, so be sure to check weekly for links and fun stuff from Queen Kat Designs online store.

Amelia Earhart

Grace loves learning about women of history. She even chose Laura Ingalls and Amelia Earhart for two of her Halloween costumes. She was so excited when the Amelia Earhart exhibit came to Seattle! She is completely fascinated by the life and death of Amelia Earhart that she has decided when she grows up that she and her bff will search for Amelia and her plane (if they haven't yet been found by then.) :)

For this layout I used one of the banners from the QuicKutz heritage set and the cookie cutter flowers (which I call weeds). In addition, I've used the Spellbinders nesting ovals and scallops and the Sizzix airplane.


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spellbinders nesting scallops and ovals, sizzix airplane

I also made a couple of cards using some older 2x2 shapes, a crown and a fleur de lis. Either of these would be good thank you cards or invitations, or just to say hello.

In case it has somehow escaped you, we are into November already!!! *GASP* I can't believe how fast the year has flown by. If you haven't voted yet, please get out there today and make your voice heard--we have no right to complain if we don't exercise our right to vote!

Thanks for stopping in. Have a crafty week.

Trick or Treat!

We had lots of scarey little beasts and creatures, and some adorable little princesses, at our door last night. First time in years we've had kids trick or treating and it was a lot of fun to see them and hear their squeaky little voices shouting for candy.

As you can see by the post below, I made the Hoffmeister answer the door with his mask and bloody machete. Most kids were so cute about it...the first one, spiderman, was so not sure about it he stood there staring, basically frozen while hubs dropped candy in his bag. LOL But the best was one little guy about 4 who told him, "I wike your mask!" and another who commented, "Oooo! Scawwwey!" LOL