Decorate your Envelopes Halloweeeeeeeen Style

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!!

So we had some friends over a few weekends ago and the kids carved pumpkins. It was FUN! And I got some shots that I want to give the parents so I decided to decorate these envelopes from the FTLOA store. Norma has SO many cool colors you should check them out here and all sorts of sizes, too. These over sized ones are great for photos. This pp is MME Mischievous from the store here. Grab it while you can!!!!

{Click on the images to make them larger and if you click on the photos, you can see a slide show of all the photos in this post. COOL, huh???}

I used an older Stampin' Up! Stamp on here where you build your own pumpkins. I use this set EVERY year during Halloween. I looove a good stamp set like that.

And the tag on the front is interactive. I loooove stamping right on my patterned paper like

I did here.

I wrapped the photos with some ribbon to keep them all together.

Gel-a-tins Blog Hop

Welcome to Gel-a-tins first ever blog hop!!!

You are in for a great hop with some aWESomE prizes. AND

make sure you check out the new website, too.

Each of us has posted a few of our favorite Gel-a-tions projects for you, too.

Gel-a-tins is back and better than ever. Make sure you check out the fun new stamp sets that Bonnie has been creating.

First up, here is the order:

1. gel-a-tins blog (all of the blog links are there if you get lost)

2. Ellen (you are here now)

3. Karin

4. Cassie

5. Jessica

6. Cherie

7. Natalie

8. Gladys

9. Sharm

10. Angela

Make sure you leave a comment at every blog for a chance to win these GorGEoUS stamp sets.

Winners will be chosen at random from all the comments on July 11th. Also make sure you become Gel-a-tins Follower so you have the chance of winning the GRAND PRIZE!!!

Butterfly Love

Peace on Earth:

Admission is Free:

Here are some of my fave projects with Gel-a-tins stamps!!!!

I love to use pigment ink and this AC charcoal is one of my new faves.

And of course stamping on layouts!!! :):):):):)

April Showers

April Showers Bring may Flowers....right??? So I will be thankful for the rain we are getting today. LOL! I can't complain, the breeze we had flowing through the house last night was amazing! And 80 degrees :):):) ... if only for a short moment ;) ;) ;)

So how is your week looking? time moves so quickly. I have some goooood news! I had a few cards picked up for the recent Cricut Magazine calls! Wahoo! I am so glad that I am using it more and more and it is such a great tool to have in your arsenal of scrappy supplies.

You know what else every scrapper should have???? AN I-ROCK! Back in the beginning of the month, I won an i-rock over at the Imaginisce blog!!! Not sure if you have even been over there (I am sure you have) but they are beyond generous with their give-a-ways so check it out. In celebration of my winnings, I wanted to post a fun little project I made with some Imaginisce goodies.

It is a fun little gift card holder and perfect for Spring. I love these crayon boxes. They are so great for all your paper crafting needs.

Some stamping on Core'dinations...

More Stamping... and I cut the layers for the flower & the butterfly with some Spellbinders dies and then embossed it.

And can you see the rubons on the clothespin?

Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge

Did you know the Cuttlebug Challenge blog is know known as Passionately Artistic? AND there is a huge linking party going on so make sure you check out the deets here. We are going to be featuring all kinds of projects now! Isn't that exciting!!!??? Cricut, Cuttlebug, Home Decor, layouts, cards, etc., etc.....

So check out my sidebar for some upcoming details on what Passtionately Artistic has in store for you.

AND don't forget to check out Everything Etsy and their HUGE give-a-ways this week!

Here is my card for this week's challenge...I was inspired by the orange of this time of year. The core'dinations Gemstone cardstock is embossed with my Cuttlebug.


Stamps are Unity. I used the backside of the gemstone to stamp and then layered with some black magic. Have you seen Queen & Co. Rox yet??? They are so fun!!!!!!!

And here is another card for fun....I stamped on the Tag {Unity Stamp} with stazon. I loooove these bread tags from Nikki Sylvis!!! I got mine at For the Luv of Art :) Some more Core on here too ;) I wanted this card to look like a present and don't these little guys look like they are gonna smooch? so cute.

Have a GREAT week!

It is Vacation Time!

It is Friday and we are off for vacation so I will be seeing you next week. Please Please have a save and Happy Fourth of July weekend!!!

I was lucky enough to play with some of the Traveling Stamps over at FTLOA. If you haven't joined over there yet you should! They do a lot of fun stuff like this. Norma designed these specifically for us...aren't they cuuuute? You can do a lot with these...

Here are the cards I created with the stamps. I also used Core'dinations Cardstock {Black Magic on the butterfly and Vintage for the Mauve color and Core Essentials is the white}. I love to stamp on Core'dinations. Even though it is textured, you can still stamp on it.




I used Spellbinders dies for the scallops...the circles fit perfectly!






Have a Great Weekend!

myStampBOX Just add Sweets Blog Hop

Welcome to the Welcome to the Just Add Sweets Blog Hop with myStamp BOX today!

If you have just happened upon my blog today, you may want to head to the start of the blog hop today, the myStamp BOX blog.

Here is our Just Add Sweets Blog Hop schedule just in case you missed anyone: -

Tracey Taylor

Tina McDonald

Virginie delbecq

Marci Knecht

Allison Cope

Cherie Nymeyer

Gudrun Loennecken

-Liz Jacob

Ellen Sosnoski ----> you are here! ;)

Kim Sonksen

Nathalie Kalbach

Jolene Johnston - Elisa Kammerdiener

The design team's challenge was to take the theme of our blog hop and apply the colours of white, pink and orange to their creations. For participating in the blog hop by leaving a comment on each and every participating myStamp BOX designer's blog, you have a chance to win a set of brand new stamps sets being released this month! So leave a comment on all the blog posts and then return to the mSB blog and tell us what you favourite project was along the way for a chance to win! Have fun! Please hop along to the next designer........ Kim to check out her sweet work!

I absolutely love hot chocolate and coffee and ANYTHING warm during this cold, cold weather we have here in Northeast PA so I wanted to create a sweet treat around different ways I can carry my hot cocoa to and from work and running around. You and find these alterable mugs at your local craft store and use your paper from your stash and OF COURSE, your mSB stamps! and you know how I love to alter these coffee coozies, LOL! They are THE perfect gift and they are FREE! I know my scrubster will love carrying his coffee around in this on Valentines Day ;)

I used the Symbols set {these are so cute and fun!} and Colorful Companions and Straightforward Sets {see bottom of post for those images}

to stamp these butterflies, just mix some paint and modgepodge, cover your stamp lightly with the mixture, stamp and then add glitter!

here is a close up of another butterfly I made. My super talented scrapbooking guru whom I am always inspired by, Susan Stringfellow, had this challenge to mix paint and modgepodge so I gave it a whirl...

Here are the images of the stamp sets I used