#11 of Halloween Card Series

BOO!

Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #11

This entire card was a Project Card in the Cricut library.

All I did was re-size the entire thing to fit an A2 size card.

Super easy

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Halloween - Flashback

Halloween - Flashback

#1 of CTMH Got Candy Card Series

 Hi, crafters! 

Time for a new mini series of cards 

all using the papers & stickers 

from CTMH Got Candy? pack.

Shop CTMH Got Candy? paper & sticker pack

Card #1

I love the really large sentiment sticker!

Thanks for visiting & commenting

:) Janis

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SHOP CRICUT

#10 of Halloween Card Series

   BOO !

Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #10

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Crafty Catz

TGIF Challenges

Cardz TV

Creative Fingers

My Time to Craft

Simply Create Too

Crafter's Castle

My Time To Craft

Taylor Made Cards 4 U

#9 of Halloween Card Series

   BOO !

Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #9

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

#8 of Halloween Card Series

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Hi, crafters

Today is my hubby's birthday!

Happy birthday, Tom!!!!

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #8

Another favorite of mine in this series.

Frankie is just so cute... 

This was one of the last cards I created in this series, even though I'm posting him fairly early on. I was starting to run out of non-cut pattern paper, and having to use what I had and make it work. So when you start to see cards with multiple background patterns, you'll know it was me using up every scrap piece I could find to fill in the background,

The sentiment on this card was stamped on the back of a purple ticket. I have 2 ticket rolls (purple and sand colored backgrounds) that I use fairly often to hold my sentiments for cards. They are a perfect size, and so cheap to buy. Plus it's one less tool (Big Shot, dies, punches) I have to pull out to frame my sentiments. Sometimes, I'm just lazy like that... wait, I mean CREATIVE like that. hahahahaha

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Aud Sentiment

Crafty Gals Corner

Cute Card Thursday

Stinkin' Inkers

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Paper

Perfect Time to Craft

Paper FunDay

Classic Design

#7 of Halloween Card Series

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Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #7

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

#6 of Halloween Card Series

  BOO !

Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #6

I have to say, this card is one of my favorites because of the shimmer ribbon, spider webs, and cute little happy spider.

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Creative Moments

Stinkin' Inkers

Through the Craftroom Door

Unicorn

Daisy Chain

Angie's Digital Stamps

Perfect Time to Craft

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Paper

Classic Design Team

Halloween - Flashback

Halloween Projects Flashback

#5 of Halloween Card Series

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Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #5

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Paper

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Love to Craft

Simply Create Too

Perfect Time to Craft

#4 of Halloween Card Series

 BOO !

Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #4

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar

A Bit More Time To Craft

A Perfect Time To Craft

Arty Divas

The Crafter's Cafe

Crafts Galore Encore

Daisy Chain

Love To Craft

#3 of Halloween Card Series

BOO !

Hi, crafters

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #3

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Crafty Catz

Creative Fingers

Simple Create Too

Cardz TV

A Perfect Time To Craft

Crafty Hazelnut Pattern Paper

Classic Design Team Ch

#2 of Halloween Card Series

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Hi, crafters

Personal Note:

Tom's surgery was postponed until the end of the month.

Thank you all for your prayers and comments yesterday.

Please continue to pray for him for his new surgery date.

Thank you so much!

I have a bunch of Halloween cards to share with you this month. :) 

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.

Card #2

This is one of my favorites in this series.

Why? It's the green background, I think. Plus the very large "Happy Halloween" stamp. I was going to save it for a later date in October to publish it, but he was too cute not to go ahead and post earlier rather than later. LOL

All of the cards in this series used the

Echo Park, Halloween Magic 6x6 paper pad. 

There is a total of 18 cards - and I still had lots 

of design paper left over from this pad! WOW!

All cards used solid cardstock from stash

Some cards have ribbon from various companies

Cards with sentiments are from various companies such as:

Cardz TV Stamps

Close To My Heart

Simon Says Stamp

I tried to keep everything fairly simple 

and flat for mailing with the exception 

of ribbon and bows now and then. 

I really wanted to add some gems, sequins, and enamel dots, 

but decided to stay with the flat clean & simple approach for these. 

But believe me, the struggle was real to not add some bling!

Happy Halloween!

:) Janis

Challenges:

Critter Crazy

A Bit More Time To Craft

A Perfect Time to Craft

Classic Design Team Challenge

Crafter's Cafe

Crafts Galore

Crafty Animals

Pearly Sparkles

Creative Crafters

The Four Seasons

Two Old Bats

#13 CTMH Layout Series (Together) - Last One in this kit Series

  Hi, everyone!

(please note: this kit is no longer available)

Today is the LAST LAYOUT  in my Close To My Heart (CTMH) scrapbook layout series from a kit I purchased a few years ago. I'm just now getting around to using it. It was designed to have a cover layout, and then 12 more layouts representing the cover of a wall calendar with an additional layout for each month. (My layouts will be used in my scrapbook instead.) I used products in the kit, but on some pages I added a little extra this & that from my stash.  

Top Photo: Sisters Bonnie & Kati

Bottom Photo: Bonnie & Tom at Magnolia Gardens 

(such a beautiful place)

This is the last layout from this particulate CTMH layout kit. I have had a blast creating these easy to assemble layouts. The hardest part was picking out photos to use. I have so many photos left over! I guess I need to make some more layouts. LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting me every day and leaving comments. If you are new here, I'd love you to continue to visit & leave a comment letting me know.

Personal Note:

Please pray for my husband, Tom. He has been poked, prodded, examined, tested, scanned, imagined, etc for the last few months. At first the doctor was convinced it was cancer. But when the biopsy came back A-typical (neither confirming or denying cancer), he is thinking it's probably not. Either way, they are removing the affected non-working area, re-routing some things, and he'll be in the hospital a couple days or 3. When they send off what they remove, we will know for sure if it is or is not Cancer.

 Anyway, today is Tom's 3rd surgery and most complicated one. Hopefully, this will be the last surgery needed to get him healthy, get rid of the pain and uncomfortableness he's been dealing with, and just basically healed and back to himself again. 

I appreciate every prayer spoken for his healing and protection during surgery and afterwards recovering. 

Thank you.

I'll try to get some things scheduled to post to my blog while we are out of town, but if not, I'll be back on here as quickly as I can.

Hugs!

:) Janis

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