Some Halloween "Littles"

Hello Friends,

Wow, with all the beautiful projects from the ShopPumpkinSpice Design Team gals, I don't feel worthy of posting my little project here. But I had so much fun with Pumpkin making them, I just had to share.

How many of you have toddlers or pre-schooler's and find it difficult to find crafting time?  Well, I DO!! However, I feel very lucky that Pumpkin enjoys playing with paper just like mommy.  So, we decided to make a couple of cards this week.  She LOVES twine and some of the Lime Twist colors work perfect with the Halloween papers from both Echo park and MME.

Here are some pics of a couple of cards we made together. 

She enjoys 'holding' the paper while I cut and the 3 x 3 size is wonderful for her to pick some of the embellishments and 'help' me glue together the small papers.  We only do 'Fronts' so I can put them on a card base or tag later.  Pumpkin also has her own pair of safety scissors, so the scraps are all HERS... She love making 'confetti'. lol (didn't get a picture of that 'project')

She has just been introduced to STAMPING...she 'eeeekkkkkked' in excitement with the 'Happy Halloween'  & 'Trick or Treat' stamp from MPS Spooky-Puns.  (oh my, am I in trouble, Robyn is going to have a new follower)

Well, I though I would share my perfect solution to getting some crafting time into my busy day. Maybe you can use some ideas for your own little ones.  Crafting always seems to help me 'de-stress'

Thanks you so much for taking the time to check out my posting today.  I hope you got a 'smile' out of something you saw or got some inspiration to go do something crafty. 
 

"Be My Valentine Blog Hope" - Day 3 - Easy Peasy Layout - Let the paper do the work!

Welcome to Day 3 of the CSDiva's 1st members "Be My Valentine Blog Hop"!

If you are new to Creative Scrapbooking Diva's, click here to find out all about this fabulous group of ladies and the site we inspire each other at.

"Be My Valentine" blog hop is all about Valentine projects! We will showcase projects - layouts, cards, treat bags, etc - for Valentines. You will visit 14 Diva's blogs with awesome creations and most of them are offering a RAK... Make sure to read instructions of how you will be elligible to win as well as due dates...

If your are coming from Sandy's Scrapbook Blessings blog you are in the right track!! If you find out about the blog hop in my blog, please go HERE to start hoppin!!!

My project today is a super quick layout.  I love paper and so many times I end up not utilizing the cuteness or beauty of the paper itself.  This little 1 pager, literally took 5 minutes and that included the time to fix my ATG.. (hehe)  I am not fond of my handwriting, so I like to hide my journaling as often as possible.

Recipe:
Alphabet Soup Girl "Zoo Cuties" - Base layer - love the little animals
Alphabet Soup Girl "Call Me" - layer and journaling cover
Be Mine "French Rose / Ash" - layer and journaling base
Alphabet Soup Girl Chipboard elements - ladybug, bumble bee, flower

Hope you enjoyed the ease of the project! 

Ok... so you want a Giveaway??? 

How about a Gift Certificate to

http://www.shoppumpkinspice.com/ for $5

this will get you everything I used on this page and lots of extras

Just leave me a comment on this post.  I would love for you to become a follower FRIEND but it is not required.

It has come to my attention I did not post a challenge... silly me!

Ok, I am going to make it easy because there are a lot of challenges to participate in this week. I challenge you to Make something you LOVE! Use whatever colors you LOVE, whatever tools you LOVE, whatever pictures you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE... get the point!!! LOL I just want to see something YOU enjoy making, whether it be cards, layouts, altered items, whatever. It must be for this Challenge though, the point is to make something new!

For the chance to earn a Grand Prize at CSDivas post your creations in this discussion thread: VALENTINES BH - DENINE'S CHALLENGE ENTRIES!!! Due date to upload entries at CSDivas is Thursday Feberuary 17, 2011. Winner will be announced on Tuesday February 22, 2011...

Please come by tomorrow for another project..


Now let's hop to Brandi's BLOG to see her awesome creation!!!
In case you get lost along the way... here is the entire list of DIVA's.  Happy Hopping!!

SANDY - Scrapbook Blessings

DENINE - PumpkinSpice (me)

BRANDI - Creative Happenings

PAM - Dreamers Klub

ANGELA - Tealfully Cuttin Up

MARYANNE - Scrappy Gifts

LORI - A Scrapmoms Musings

KATIE - Katie's Nesting Spot

ANN - Ann's Scraps of Time

BRENDA -.Brenda's Joy

STEPHANIE - The Magic of Ordinary Days

ALECIA - Welcome to Alecia's

CHERYL - Tickled Pink

LUISA - Creative Designs by Luisa


Thanks for hopping in...

Projects for the week

Doodlecharms Week - I love this cartridge. I am using http://www.random.org/ to pick the cartridge of the week.

Ok.. so today is MONDAY.. I will get the project posted a little later today.

Monday will be a card or something that takes less than 15 minutes.

I will be keeping Mondays quick since I know most of us are very busy on Monday's.

I will be making some "Happy Birthday" themed tags.

Wednesday will be a Layout

My layouts are usually 2 pages in 12 x 12 design. I will be using Echo Park "Be Mine" line.

Friday will be a "re-purposed" project

I will be using a 'Frango' box to make something.  I am thinking a crayon holder for Pumpkin.

Hope you can join me.

I would love to have you share your project.