Alot of Somethins'!!!

Happy TGIFriday to you all! I'm so excited its the weekend--yay! Hubby is taking me to the movies tonight to see "Julie & Julia" cuz' I finally finished the fabulous book (yes, he does love me that much, lol) & to dinner w/o kiddo's--yeehaw! Now I lovee my children but I CANNOT wait until Sept. 7th to get their lil' bums back in school, hee hee---they're driving me & each other CRAZY!! I am ready for some peace & quiet in the house that's for sure! And other than that we have absolutely NO plans for this weekend other than some pool time! After last weekend we're still recovering, LOL!

Anywho, I've got a very long blog post for ya today--so make sure & go all the way to the bottom of this post so you don't miss a thing (maybe some blog candy, hmmm), 'kay?!! A Magnolia-licious Blog Hop & New Victoria Case for SCACD release!

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First is the "Tricks-n-Treats" Magnolia-licious DT Blog Hop!

So today the Magnolia-licious has a very special "Tricks-n-Treats" BLOG HOP for ya today! The Blog Hop starts at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog HERE & then you can hop along to see all the "frightfully fun" projects! But after me you need to hop along to Kerry's blog! The entire DT has made some fun fall cards & treats/favors for the hop today! I used the fabulous new My Mind's Eye "Boo To You" dp & embellies for all of my projects! All of the Magnolia stamps can be found HERE at Magnolia-licious!

First up this fabulously bewitching lil' "Tilda w/ Spider" found HERE at Magnolia-licious of course! I just layered a bunch of the dp to make stripes and added some fun spiderwebs with my Martha Stewart punch & added glitterdots to them for corner adornments! Tilda got some diamond stickles on her apron & diamond glaze on her witchy boots & hat! She's just so "witch-fabulous", LOL--love her! The sentiment is from the new PTI set "2009 Halloween Tags".

Second up is this fun boxy-bag from the Scor-Pal site--you can find the instructions HERE (its called a window box). I altered it by eliminating the top so it was open & did a ribbon handle instead! I used the Dracula-fab "Halloween Edwin" found HERE for the front of my box-bag! The borders were done with a fiskars border punch & I added some stars with glitterdots too. Edwin got some diamond glaze on his shoes & cape for shine as well. I filled the box-bag with pixie stix treats--I lovee to make these! Basically you just take 2 pixie stix & sandwich them in between 2 scalloped circle cut-outs & attach w/ Scor-Tape (which I used on all of my projects along w/ my Scor-Pal). I layered different colors of cardstock all cut out with my Nestabilities (Scalloped & reg. Circles & Pinking Circles) & then attached some more of the PTI's "2009 Halloween Tags" to the centers. Just a fun & quick treat & the kids love 'em!!

Just a side-view of the boxy-bag & the fun lil' tags I added to the side! Those spiders are from another Martha Stewart punch I bought last year ( I get mine at Michaels).


Last but not least I have another candy treat holder from the Scor-Pal site--directions for this are HERE(called Peek-a-Boo Treats box)! I used a Nestability (Labels 3) to cut the center & attached a transparency to the inside--inside is a bag of jellybeans! The front was covered with some more fun dp & a cute lil' spider embelly that came in the My Minds Eye "Boo to You" paper kit HERE!

Now how would you like to win ALL of these fabulous Halloween projects put together by me especially for you, hee hee!

All you have to do is leave a comment on my post today telling me "What your favorite Fall activity is?"!! Got it? You have until August 24th (midnite EST) to leave a comment on this post only!! And if you participate by making your own fun project & uploading to the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog you will have a chance to also win a $10 gift certificate to the Magnolia-licious Store!! How fun!!

Now keep on hopping along cuz' fabulous Kerry is next on this hop!

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Now up is the FUNTABULOUS NEW Release from Victoria Case for SCACD--"Hearts & Hugs Series 2"! That's right ladies, these cutie pies are available right now HERE at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design store exclusively!

Once again Susana's Custom Art & Card Design DT has samples featuring all of the new stamps on their blogs today (links on my sidebar) as well as Victoria Case's DT (find links HERE)! Today I'm showcasing the fabulous "Game Night" stamp--isn't this girly a cutie w/ her lil' buggy friends! I used some of my favorite DCWV "Citrus" dp--so bright & cheery! I colored this image up with Copics to match & added some diamond stickles to her skirt & the butterfly. The cute lil' grasshopper got a coat of diamond glaze (yes these are my 2 most FAVORITE products, lol & Susana keeps me supplied). Those fabulous flowers are Prima Caboodles found HERE--they're so pretty! The layout is this week's Verve Mojo Monday Anniversary sketch--Day 3! Can't wait to get the rest of these cuties inked up! Make sure & get yours so you can play too 'kay!!

Wheww, that was a long one today---LOL--I'm done now & off to run many errands :o) Hope you enjoyed all the projects today! See ya!

hugz,
Suzanne

Game Night!!

Happy, Happy First Monday of January! Ahh, the kids are back in school & hubby is back at work---it was nice having everyone home but its nice having quiet in the house too, LOL! We managed to get all of my Christmas decorations (all 8 trees) down yesterday in one day---hubby helped me big time (love that man). I took the opportunity to deep clean along the way and everything is back to normal (I guess, hee hee)! Hubby is taking down the outside lights for me tomorrow and then it will be all done--isn't he a great hubby?

I have to tell you I LOVE my project that I have to share with you today---the stamps, the colors, just everything, LOL! These awesome gameboard stamps are brand spankin' new from Karen Lockhart and you can purchase them today at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design. The entire collection will be available for sale at 7 am (PST) today and you will LOVE them all!

I really wanted to showcase these gameboards in a special way--so I created these fun "Game Night" invites altering the usual "criss-cross" card into a longer, leaner pocket card. (dimensions for these are 5.75x9"--scored at 3" & 6" and then cut the sides diagonally). These are super-easy to make and mass produce for any event!

This fabulously fun dp is Basic Grey's "Offbeat"--which I think is cool & retro looking! I paired it with SU's baja breeze and pumpkin pie cs. I colored the game pieces with Copics to match too! For the inside info I printed the info directly onto my cream cs and then stamped another NEW Lockhart stamp on the bottom in baja breeze ink--isn't that popcorn stamp cute (I gots lots of ideas for that stamp, bwwahhhhh)?

I also coated the gameboards with Angel Wings Shimmerz so they have a fun shimmer to them too---they're also popped up on dimensionals.

So what's your favorite gameboard of the three? Mine has to be Parcheesi--I love to play that game! Growing up my mom and I always played boardgames or cards in the evening and this was our most favorite game to play. I'm gonna have to look on Ebay for some vintage gameboards that I can hang down in our game room now!

So don't forget to check out the New Collection by Karen Lockhart--here! And visit my other DT sistah Lynn's blog for her project here. We also have new Web Candy up on our "Fans of Karen Lockhart" site on PaperCraft Planet thru Jan.10th to celebrate!! Lots of goodies including a hand-colored and signed *NEW* Karen Lockhart stamp for ya!! Hope to see ya over there!!

See ya tomorrow,

Suzanne