Cutter's Creek Echo Park Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cutters Creek Design Team  Echo Park Paper Blog Hop! If you just came from Lori's blog you are on the right track! If you just stopped by my blog, you can begin the hop at the CCDT blog here. Here is what I made for you today (Sorry this picture isn't better, I had trouble photographing the full project).

For  my blog hop project I made a home decor project, a Happy Halloween sign. To make the sign I started with 3 pieces of chipboard cut to 5" X 7" and covered them with papers cut to size from the  12" X 12" Apothecary Collection Kit. You could easily size this down to a 6" X 6" square and use the 6" X 6" paper pack as well to make this. The next big decision was how to decorate them. For the top and middle layer I used cuts from the Happy Hauntings cartridge, for the bottom layer I used a cut from the Imagine Enjoy the Seasons cartridge and tons of ASI Kool Tak between all the layers of the cuts to provide dimension and depth to the project.

For my top panel I cut the word Spooky at 2" from white and black card stock from my stash. The background paper is of course Echo Park . I used the Graveyard cut from the Happy Hauntings cartridge and cut it and all the layers at 4". I cut the headstone layer from some light gray paper and misted it with some Slate and Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Mist. I also sprayed the fence with some of the Slate Glimmer Mist. I layered everything with pop dots. For the grass layer I mixed some Ultra Fine Flower Soft in Sage and Pine and adhered it with the flower soft glue. The orange piece for the gate sign is part of the cut. However the Beware that cut just wasn't working for me so I grabbed this Haunted sticker from the paper kit. The small pendant banner is also from the Apothecary Collection Kit.

 For my middle panel, I cut the Happy Halloween from the Happy Hauntings cartridge at 2". Both layers are cut from patterned paper from the Apothecary kit. I sprayed the bottom layer with the Slate  Glimmer Mist and sprayed the orange layer with some Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Mist. My spider webs were cut from the October 31 mini cartridge at 3" from some Silver POW Glitter Paper. The spider goes with the witches hat on the Happy Hauntings cartridge and was cut from the Charcoal Pow Glitter Paper. Again, I pop dotted between the Happy Halloween layers as well as pop dotted it to my sign for lots of dimension. The black and white lace looking border is also a sticker from the paper kit.

For the bottom layer I printed the haunted house from the Cricut Imagine Enjoy the Season's cartridge using the layers function. I pop dotted all the layers for tons of dimension. I added the Sage and Pine Ultra Fine flower soft to the grassy area under the house and adhered it with the flower soft glue. Finally I bound the individual panels together with my Bind-it-All and some black Bind-it-All wires.

What is a blog hop without some blog candy??? SO I have some blog candy. Want to see?

 To get you in the mood for Halloween I have one of the 6" X 6" Apothecary Echo Park Paper pads and two adorable Studio G clear Halloween stamps. For a chance to win the blog candy please leave me a comment with a way for me to get a hold of you. You do not have to be a follower to enter but I love comments and followers and would love it if you decide to follow my blog. You have until Noon on Monday, September 26th to get enter for the blog candy giveaway. I will use Random.org to select a winner by 9:00 pm PST Monday night and post the winner. You will have two weeks to contact me to claim your candy.  Your next stop along the hop is Mindy. I hope you are enjoying our hop. If you get lost here is a list to find your way:

Cutters Creek Blog (Chris)

Mandie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Deanna's Blog (that's me)

Mindy's Blog

Laura's Blog

Melissa's Blog

Kim's Blog

Wish Upon a Star Challenge

The challenge this week at Paper Cutz Challenge Blog is to make a card using stars and any colors or theme we wanted. I decided to play along and this is what I came up with. I used some white card stock for my card base and scored and folded it to a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I then cut a black mat 4" X 5 1/4" and another white mat 3 3/4" X 5. This second white mat I spritzed with Tatter Rose and Pearls glimmer mist to add some sparkle and shine and just a hint of color. I used the Rock Princess cartridge and cut my stars at 3 1/4". I used the POW! Glitter Card Stock for the layers of my card  and black for the base layer. I adhered the stars to my card front with some foam squares. My sentiment is from The Greeting Farm and went perfect with the card. I added some bright pink rhinestones to each end of the sentiment. I am happy how this turned out. Thanks for visiting.

Celebrate the Season

So I strayed away from our Flower Soft theme this post but I have been wanting to make a card with this wonderful POW! Glitter Paper so I opted to do a Christmas card. It is never too early to get started on those cards.

I started with a 5" X 10" piece of white card stock scored and folded to make a 5" X 5" square card. I used my Scor Pal to score lines in my card front at 1/2" and 1/4". Next I cut another piece of white card stock 3 3/4" X 3 3/4" and liberally sprayed it with some of my Dazziling Diamonds Glimmer Mist and let it dry. I then embossed this square with my Snowflake Embossing Folder and my Cuttlebug and adhered it to my card. I then used two colors of the Pacific and Silver POW Glitter Paper. This paper cuts beautifully with my Cricut. I cut my snowflake using the Winter Lace Mini Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/2". I added the snowflake to my card front with some foam tape and stamped my sentiment. I wish the photo showed off the sparkle of this paper better. If you haven't tried this glitter paper I urge you to give it a try.