A Party and a Prize!

The Outlawz challenge group is celebrating having 1000 members with a party. And there's a great prize up for grabs - a $25 gift certificate to Paper Temptress and a large assortment. I *love* paper and can always use some new ribbon so this sounds like a great prize to me!

So, head on over to the Outlawz site and join if you're not already a member. Then, help spread the word and get your entries in for this great prize!
Lisa

Freakishly Fun!

Today's DSB card is actually a project. A milk box carton, to be exact. I was inspired to make one of these after seeing the adorable Halloween treat box that Kerry made.

Here's the side view so you can see all the cute papers that I used. :)

This little creature is from the September release, Cute Halloween Collection. The sentiment and bat are part of this month's freebie. I took advantage of the great "Buy 3, get 2 free" deal over at Crafty Chaos Designs to buy these fun "Eye of Newt" digital papers.

I am entering this project into two challenges: the monthly challenge over at Jillian Vance Designs' Freaky Fridays challenge and the "Happy Fall Y'All!" challenge over at Love to Crop! (I'm assuming fall colors includes Halloween colors.)

Kerry has a tutorial for the milk carton box on her blog. However, it is in centimeters and my Scor-Pal doesn't have metric measurements. So, come back on Friday for my Fab Friday post with inch measurements and a few tips I picked up while making today's project. (I loved making this so much that I plan on making a bunch more to sell at the upcoming Hatton craft show!)

Happy Stamping!
Lisa

The Big 13

Today's the big day in our house. My youngest daughter turns 13 on Sunday and she's having her birthday celebration with friends tonight (dinner out and a sleepover). While bloghopping the other day, I ran across this great inspiration her birthday card: Teenage Birthday. (Coincidentally, Terri was one of my team mates on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday design team.) My daughter is also into the Goth look. Must be the preteen/teen thing, probably thanks in part to the "Twilight" series.

I really liked the papers she used, so I checked out the Crafty Chaos Designs website. I fell in love with so many of the papers! I wound up buying "Halloween Bride" for Ali's card. I knew I wanted to use this cute Pinky image from Tiddly Winks and thought these papers were a good fit for the image - girly yet Goth. Here's the finished card:

Supplies: Halloween Bride digital paper (Crafty Chaos Designs), Pinky (Tiddly Inks), Labels 4 Nestabilities, Palette Noir ink, sponge, Copics, black and pink cardstock scraps, ribbon, black brads, Cricut with Winter Woodland cartridge.

Isn't she sweet? (In a Wednesday Addams kind of way! lol!)

Go check out Crafty Chaos Designs! I'm not sure how long the sale runs for, but right now if you buy 3 items, you get 2 items free! Just be sure to use the code "CCDbonus" during checkout. See site for details.
Lisa

DSB Sunday - New Images!

Sally-Ann has released a new set of images today, entitled Cute Nativity.

And now for today's card:

Supplies: Cute Nativity (DSB), kraft cardstock (TAC), twine, Copic markers, chalk (sky background), circle punches (CM), star punch, paper scraps, sentiment (computer generated).

Lisa

Fab Friday: World Cardmaking Day Contest

Wow, check out the prize package over at PaperCrafts World Card Making Day contest page!

They're looking for cards in five different categories:

a. Birthday

b. Christmas/Season's Greetings

c. Hello/Thinking of You

d. Love

e. Thank You

Cards must be postmarked by October 10th, so you've got plenty of time to enter! Get stamping! :)

Lisa

The Office

I hope you had a relaxing Labor Day! Ironically, one of the things I did on my day out of the office was to participate in the Kraftin' Kimmie "Let's Go to the Office!" challenge. :) We had to use a paper clip or other office supply in our project. (I used a spiral shaped paper clip.)

I love, love, love this KK Bird Fairy stamp! It doesn't show up in the picture, but I used glitter on her wings. She came out so nice and sparkly! Her little bird friend is just the cutest, isn't he?

See you tomorrow evening for a Fab Friday post!
Lisa

A Flurry of DSB Cards

Wow, how did it get to be September already?! If you're looking for new DigiStamp Boutique images, like my "DSB Sunday" cards, they're going to be a little late... :)  Sally-Ann is hard at work and promised to get us some new images soon. In the meantime, here is this week's flurry of cards. (Well, OK, maybe 3 is not a flurry. But it's still a lot in one day!)

First up is this cute new Henry image, part of the August Offer of the Month - Zoe and Henry Christmas collection. I love that polka-dot paper behind Henry. It's "Jingle Bells" from the Holly Jolly collection by My Minds Eye. I love their papers!

 

Next up is this friendly and frosty fellow from the July release Snow Peeps. I love using non-traditional colors on my holiday cards. This dp is from a great Creative Memories "Additions" kit, Cheerful Winter, which I bought it from my friend and CM consultant, Jill. (Just in case you're looking for a CM consultant of your own!) The layout is based on Sketch TECC57 from the Taylored Expressions Sketch Book.

Last, but certainly not least, is this adorable Poppy image, Ice Skating Poppy. I used more My Mind's Eye paper and another sketch, this one from the Mojo Monday 2009 Sketch Book (Week 74).

Have a great week!
Lisa