Halloween Cards

I haven't posted in soooo long!  It's been a little busy here but now that the kids are back in school I'm looking forward to going back into my craft room and crafting.

In the mean time, here are some Halloween cards I made last year for my kids.

I LOVE this felt ghost (Making Memories).  He's so cute!  My son still loves this card and likes to walk around the house with it.  I actually had to fix one of his eyes this week from all the wear and tear.

On this card, the stamp is so adorable (Inkadinkado).  I paper pieced these guys and added a Making Memories bat.

I'm hoping to make some new Halloween cards next week.

Have a great weekend everyone!

More Jar Tags

Some more tags today (check out yesterday's post for all the details). These pink ones here are my favourite. I like the cute strawberries that I cut out of October Afternoon paper with the red twine. I also cut a piece of doily to add to the jar, I like the look of that.

Well, that's all for now. We are having awesome weather these days, so if I don't post for a while don't worry, I'm just enjoying summer.

Thanks for your comments. They are so appreciated :)

Maryse

Jar Tags

Wow! It's been a while. The kids are keeping me busy this summer, so I've had a hard time finding time to craft. Thankfully, my 4 year old is obsessed with my cuttlebug and helped me cut all these jars, lids and tags you're about to see.

These tags are for my grandmother who, every summer, makes us some yummy strawberry jam. She jars other things too and likes to give them to her friends, so I thought these would be cute for her to use. I've been meaning to make these for a while now and since I'll be seeing her next week, my son and I got to work.

I took 2 pictures of these ones to show you that some of the jars also have acetate on top to make them look like real glass. I coloured the strawberries (very old stamp) with copics, cut them out and adhered them to the kraft jar. All other stamps and dies are PTI. They are coming out with a new set of these this month and I'll be the first in line to buy them!

I mostly used pattern paper for these jar except for the one underneath on the left that says Home Made. That one is made with stamps that come with that set. I coloured the fabric lid part with copics. The silver lids are cut out of metallic silver cardstock that I then stamp. I find that this makes them look more realistic than trying to colour them silver/grey.

I actually have a few more tags that I need to finish up tonight and will share them with you tomorrow.

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by.

Maryse

Young Love!

My 4 year old son is in love with a little girl in his class. They are best friends and are so cute together. This week is the last week of school, so I made a card for her using this adorable stamp by CTMH (Baby Love). This image reminds me of them, so sweet. The sentiment is from HA (Essential Messages). I'm not crazy about all the pink but my son insisted that that was her favourite colour so it had to have a lot of pink.

Inside he made me write "I love you Anabelle! Call me" and I wrote our phone number. Hopefully they will be able to see each other a few times this summer.

Thanks for looking!

Maryse

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to my fantastic husband! He is such an amazing father to our two little ones. We are so lucky.

I made the Best Dad ribbon with paper and stickers. The world sticker (Jolee's) is the same I used for my Dad's card which I posted last week. I like the way it turned out and more importantly my husband loved it!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Maryse

Father's day card

Here is the card I made for my Dad. The world embellishment is from the same Jolee's Boutique pack as the apple worm and pencil embellies on my cards yesterday. I used my Hero Arts woodgrain stamp (love it for masculine cards) for my background paper and HA Clear Cute Uppercase letters to spell DAD. The dies and argyle stamp are PTI.

I was woken up this morning by my 4 year old asking "Is it ok if I throw up in the toilet?" I scream "YES" (was there any other answer to that question). He did make it in time but he has been throwing up ever since, poor thing. That's the kind of day we are having. Hope yours is a little nicer.

Maryse

4 cards!!!!

Yep, that's right, I have 4 cards for you today. There are only 2 more weeks of school left, so that means, time to get some thank you teacher cards ready (or in our case, they go to French school, so merci cards - ha!).

Don't you just love the apple with the worm? So cute! They are from Jolee's Boutique (as is the pencil on the third card). The paper is Crate Paper School Spirit 6x6 pad. I love the colours of this collection.

This last one is for my daughter, the last lunch bag card of the year.

Well, it's hotter than the sun here! I hope it cools off a little. I hate saying that after a long winter but really it was tooooo hot today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Maryse