Real Witch without Coffee!!!!

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!

How was your Weekend??

Mine was wonderful! Today just so happens

to be My 25th Wedding Anniversary!!

So, my Hubby & I went out and spent some

quality time together over the weekend - 

(Since I have to work today) 😉

We don't do anything fancy for our Anniversary -

We just take a day and spend it together -

We tend to go Shopping together, hang out

grab Breakfast & Dinner while out -

It's just our day to connect without anyone else....

Simple? YES! But I like Simple! It's totally MEEE!

Any who.... I also wanted to share a Super

FUN Home Decor Project I made! EEK! It's soooo CA-UUTE!!!

I Sooooo LOOOVE the way this turned out!! It's ADORABLE!! EEK!

Don't ya think???

Okay.... so I found the Plain Wooden Coffin at Joann's Craft

Store Last year on Clearance - So, this year I went ahead and

spray painted it with Dark Gray Spray paint first -

Then I lightly sprayed it with some Black Spray paint -

I LOVE the effect that came out from doing that -

It was just something I wanted to try - hoping it would give it

a 2 tone look - and I was right! LOL Who Knew? Not Me ---

I figured if it didn't turn out, I would try another coat of gray

over the black... but I didn't have too! tehehehe

Once it was dry (I waited a day or 2) - I found this super

CUTE Saying in the Silhouette Online Store and thought

this would be so fun to place in my coffin -

I LOVE Halloween... But I love Happy, cute things

Not the scary, creepy things... that's NOT ME!

Any way... I measured my Coffin - then found an SVG coffin similar

to mine in my Silhouette Files,  so I placed it on my

designer Mat in the program and then put in

the size I just measured - 

This way I could figure out how to place 

the sentiment in my coffin correctly -

Then I found this adorable sentiment and

  resized it to fit in my coffin - I thought the sentiment was

adorable, but kind of plain on my coffin, so

I found a spider web border in my Silhouette

files and resized it.... placed it where I thought

some webs should go... and I was ready to cut everything

out with some Assorted Matte Vinyl from Craft Vinyl

The saying did not have the Steam coming from

the coffee cup - I added that, because it looked better!

So, the steam came from a Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons

SVG File called (Java a Great Day)

Anyway - I hope you like it - It looks adorable hanging

on my Kitchen wall!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!!

Theresa

Unicorn Smiles --

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

Are you as glad as I am, that it's the WEEKEND????

It seems, Saturday & Sunday doesn't last as

long as it use to --- LOL -- Am I Right?

Not to worry.. this next week I get a nice little

reprieve - We get a 4 day weekend for a Fall Break!

So I can enjoy a little R & R - 😃 Which I plan

to go to a Christmas Card class - Can't wait!

In the mean time -- I thought I would share

this sweet card I made for a wonderful friend of mine

I found this lovely paper collection by We R Memory called (Hello Life)

at my local Tuesday Morning a while back and FINALLY pulled

it out to create something with it - I LOVE the colors in this collection!

I think it's for a wedding? But I'm using it for Birthday Cards!!

My Unicorn Image is from Pink & Main (Magical Unicorns)

and I colored her up with my Zig Real Brush pens & my Clear

Wink of Stella pen (She Shimmers) -- The Sentiment

is from Poppy Stamps (Fairy Greetings) and I stamped it with

some Memento London Fog Ink in my Misti --

The Stitched Rectangle Frame Die & Stitched Circle Die are

from My Favorite Things (Blue Prints #12 & #13)

My Scalloped Stitch Border Die is from My Creative Time

(Fun Stitched Edges)

Other Supplies Used - Brother Scan N Cut (Cut out Unicorn),

Memento Black Tuxedo Ink, Canson Water color Paper, Papertrey

Ink Cardstock, Big Shot

Thanks for Stopping by!

Have a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!

Theresa

May the Bounty....

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!
Are you feeling the Fall Weather yet?
It's actually starting to cool down a little bit -
I can open my doors & windows now and enjoy
that beautiful Fall Brisk air! AHHH... LOVE IT!!

I thought I would share a card I made for the

 Victorine Originals Mood Board Challenge --
It's still going on if you want to play along with us


Here's a card I created using the
Pumpkins on a Vine (2587) Stamp - I heat embossed it,
using some Gold Embossing powder

I also used the Fall Bounties (74448-D) Sentiment Stamp, embossing it
in gold as well - then I used an assortment of
Distress Oxides inks to color up my background
I sprayed my background with some water & used a 
towel to pick up some of the spots - 
Then I Splattered on different Distress Sprays 
in Gold, Copper, & Mustard Seed
(I honestly don't know if you can see them in this photo)

I felt my card needed a little more sparkle (cuz.. Why Not?) 😉
So I Spritzed it with some Sheer Frost Shimmer Spray, then
I let everything dry. After it was completely dry, 
I used a Pierce Chain Rectangle die
for my card front, and wrapped some Jute Twine on an
angle before attaching a bow - Then adhered some Fun Foam
to the backing for added dimension before attaching it to my
Dark Brown card base - I found some tiny matching
sequins in my stash, so I popped those on my card with a 
little bit of glossy accents and called it done! 😁

 Harvest Mood Board - 

 You can follow the Mood Board OR Theme or 
 Use the color combo or use all 3!!! You don't have to use
a stamp from Victorine Originals if you don't have one!


All the rules for this fun challenge are RIGHT HERE!

The Challenge ends Wednesday Oct. 11th

So make sure to join us!

New to Victorine Originals??
Check out the Victorine Originals Store
Victorine Originals Blog
Victorine Originals Facebook Page

You can find me at these links 
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Thanks so much for stopping!

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!

Theresa

Elf Shaker Tree --

Hello & Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I have a quick post to share with you -

I've got my Weekly Holiday card all

ready and I created it by using a piece

I saved from another Holiday project I made

awhile back -- RIGHT HERE

I kept it, thinking I may use it -

and well...today's the day!!! hahaha

I colored up this ADORABLE Elf image from Jaded Blossom

while I was on Vacation in Hawaii over the Summer -

I colored at the beach house we stayed in while I had

some evening down time - I had brought my Zig Real Brush

Water color pens along for the ride and they held up

great on the 5 hour flight there & then back!~

I wanted the Tree shape to have an assortment of

 Holiday words in the center to make the tree shape -

So I pulled out some of the sentiments from the Elf Workshop &

Christmas Signs (both from Jaded Blossom)

I had a few open spots, so I used a few stamps from My Craft Spot 

(which are no longer available)

The Shaker elements inside the tree are from the $1 store!

The Stitched Rectangle Frame is a Blueprints #13 from MFT

The Gold & White DP I found at Tuesday Morning as an

8x8 paper pack - and the Cardstock I used is - Stampin' Up,

Canson Watercolor, Recollections 110lb. White, Clear Acetate -

The Star Gems are from my Stash -

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a FABULOUS DAY!

Theresa

Oriental Trading - Halloween Treat Bags

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!
How was your Weekend?
Mine was Crazy busy... I made
lots & lots of Projects and I
can't wait to share them with all of you!

But, today I wanted to show ya my
Sweet Treat Bags I made using some YUMMY

products I received from Oriental Trading!!

As most of you know... I work at an
Elementary School - I'm the Head Custodian (Rare for a Female)
and I LOVE my job - As of late, they've cut back my hours
which makes keeping the School clean close to IMPOSSIBLE!
One of my wonderful 5th Grade Teacher Friends offered
to help take some of the load off of me by offering her
students up to help take the trash throughout
the building - It teaches her kids Responsibility -

I LOVED the idea of it, so they started doing this
last month for me - The kids are super sweet and
they really like doing it - So, I came up with a 
plan to SURPRISE her class with a Treat every month!

She said I didn't have to do it - But I think the kids
should know that they are appreciated! I may not
do it every month - But will try to surprise them
every now & then - Which comes to today's post!

Treats for the 5th grade class!

I got the Cellophane Halloween Treat Bags , Skulls Chocolate Candy, and
the Halloween Pinata Toy & Candy Assortment - I wanted a little
variety in each of the bags --

Here's a fun assortment that went into a couple of the bags -

I added the pencil, & orange & Black chocolate coins to it

Here's another assortment I wanted to show you - I made sure NOT to buy

any candy that had Peanut butter or peanuts in them - I know she has

1 or 2 kids with those allergies - My favorite part about the 

assortment is the Candy Corn- in their own little bags

and the fun little toys the kids can mess around with --

I also made my own tags! I used the Fall Super 50 Paper Pack
to cut out the Orange tags on my Silhouette Machine!
The bags Do NOT come with ties - Which was okay with me
since I tied each bag up with some Trendy Twine to hold my tags!
I used my Misti to repeat stamp all the images
on the tags with some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
The  stamps are from Your Next Stamp, & My Craft Spot

Here are ALL the bags I made! My friend has 20 students in her class
and I was able to get lots of goodies to share with all of them!!

Thanks for Checking out my Halloween Treat Bags!!
You can find all these Fabulous Products in the Halloween Candy Section,
Scrapbooking & Paper Crafting section & Halloween Bags on the
Oriental Trading web site!


Have a Fabulous Day!!!

Theresa

The review of these products are based strictly on my opinion. Others

may have a different opinion or experience with the products above.

I was provided the samples free of charge by Oriental Trading Co. and I

provided my honest opinion. No other type of compensation was received for this review.

Victorine Originals Mood Board Challenge #12

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!

Today... starts another FUN Challenge over at: 

Victorine Originals

 YAY! I know how you

guys enjoy a good Challenge!

Our Mood Board is HARVEST - 

 You can use the Mood Board or go by the Theme
or Use the color combo or Use all 3!!! You don't have to use
a stamp from Victorine Originals if you don't have one!


All the rules for this fun challenge are RIGHT HERE!

Here's what I created to inspire you --

I wanted to use the pumpkins that were on the Mood board - 
I LOVE Fall as most of you know - so this was easy for me to create --

The Designer Paper I'm using is DCWV
Autumn Leaves Mini Stack
The Banners, Stitched Circle, and Stitched Rectangle
Frame die are all from My Favorite Things --

  I stamped the Pumpkins on a vine (2587) stamp 
with some versamark ink and heat embossed it with
some Copper embossing powder
The sentiment is the small Thinking of You stamp
from Victorine Originals and I heat embossed that as well

I hope you guys can join us --

 I would LOVE to see what you create!

New to Victorine Originals??
Check out the Victorine Originals Store
Victorine Originals Blog
Victorine Originals Facebook Page

You can find me at these links 
Facebook - Pinterest

Thanks so much for stopping!

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!

Theresa

Halloween Witches....

Hello & Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today's my day to take over the blog at:

Victorine Original Stamps

YAY for me... 🙌

I thought I would show you a FUN
Halloween card I made for a crafty friend of mine!

Isn't it just Darling? I thought the witch was so cute! I'm using the
totally adorable Halloween Kids Stamp Set - there are (6) different
images in this set and I LOVE each one of them - I've already
colored them all up so I can place them on some cards --
It even comes with some sweet sentiments - 

Now the card sketch is from My Favorite things - I'm using 
the Blue prints #8 die set and changed up the sketch a 
little to suit my needs - The sentiment is also from
Victorine Originals - it's called Happy Halloween sentiment -
It's a nice long sentiment which fit perfectly on the  long
banner die I used - The fun papers are Doodlebug and
I added some Nuvo Glitter drops, just to give it a touch
of sparkle! I colored my image on some Canson water color
paper and colored her with my Zig Real Brush pens -

New to Victorine Originals??
Check out the Victorine Originals Store
Victorine Originals Blog
Victorine Originals Facebook Page


You can find me at these links 
Facebook - Pinterest

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a FANTASTIC DAY!!

Theresa