Halloween Cards - Day 3

Hi everybody!

I am back today with a couple more Halloween cards to share. Here is the first...

And here is a close up:

Here is a list of supplies:

• Cardstock: True Black and Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink)
• Pattern Paper: Oct 31 (Fancy Pants)
• Dies: Doily Details Collection and Limitless Layers Collection (Papertrey Ink) 
• Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
• Stamp/sentiment and bats: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)

And how about another card:

And here is a close up:

And here is a list of supplies:

• Cardstock: Plum Pudding, True Black and Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink)
• Pattern Paper: Oct 31 (Fancy Pants)
• Dies: Jar labels 2 and Christmas label (Papertrey Ink) 
• Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
• Stamp/sentiment: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)
• Bling: Prima
• Flower: unknown

I think these cards are pretty simple so I haven't really included any instructions. If you would like some please leave a comment and let me know. As I get more brave and show you things I made that are a little more complicated, I will explain what I did.

Hope you enjoyed these cards and are getting yours ready! It's almost Halloween!

Thanks for stoppying by!

Cara

Halloween Cards - Day 2

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying fall in your neck of the woods. My woods are already getting cold...winter is fast approaching. I always hope the snow will wait until after Halloween so the kiddos can do actual trick or treating. Many years it has been too cold or the roads are too slick. There are all sorts of indoor activities available here but nothing beats knocking on the door and saying "trick or treat!" I grew up in Arizona so weather was never an issue for me...in fact some years, we went home, dumped out our treats and went out for some more! So much fun!

When we had children of our own it was so fun to help dress them up and walk around with them. Some years, even are furry babies had costumes! Now our babies are too old for Halloween so we enjoy all the little ones that come knocking on our door. And of course, there are Halloween cards to be made for friends and family.

Here is the first I am going to share today:

Here's a close up:

And here is a list of supplies:

• Cardstock: Orange Zest and Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink)
• Pattern Paper: Oct 31 (Fancy Pants)
• Dies: Jar labels 2 and Journal Tabs Die Collection (Papertrey Ink)
• Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)
• Stamp/sentiment: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)
• Flowers and bling: Prima
• Button: unknown

And how about one more for today!

Here's a close up:

Here are the supplies for this one:

• Cardstock: Plum Pudding and Avocado (Papertrey Ink)
• Patterned Paper: Oct 31 (Fancy Pants)
• Dies: Doily Details Collection (Papertrey Ink)
• Ink: Black Onyx (VersaFine) and Dusty Concord and Black Soot Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
• Stamp/sentiment: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)
• Bling: Recollections

Well...that's it for today! I have several orders coming so I will probably do a haul video (or two) in the next couple of days. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Cara

Youtube Videos and Halloween Cards

Hello everyone! I am so sorry that I haven't been posting for a few weeks. I have been busy finishing swaps, learning how to work a new Sony Bloggie (love my hubby for getting it for me) and working on halloween cards.

My Youtube channel is AKCaraboo and I have posted 5 videos! (It took forever to figure out how to upload them.)  I have shown some of my swap goodies, done a couple haul videos and a couple project videos. (Please be kind - remember I am a Youtube newbie.) I hope you like them and decide to subscribe to my channel. When I have 100 subscribers I will be doing a little giveaway!

I have also been busy making lots of Halloween cards. I kept them relatively simple since I needed to make so many. I will be showing them to you over the next two weeks.

Here's the first one:

Here's a close up:

And as promised, here is a list of the supplies I used:

• Cardstock: Kraft and Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink)
• Patterned Paper: Oct 31 6 x 6 pad (Fancy Pants)
• Die: Photo Finish Strips Die Collection (Papertrey Ink)
• Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine) and Tea Dye Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
• Sentiment: Witching You a Happy Halloween (Flourishes)
• Buttons: unknown (sorry)

Please let me know if you any questions about any of these products.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the cards and the videos!
Cara

Still swappin'!

Good morning everyone! It is very early in the morning (about 3:45 a.m.) as I type this but I can't sleep so I thought I would get up and get moving. First I want to give you an update to a swap that I showed you a few days ago. The first swap I signed up for was for jounaling tags over on A Lil Scrap of Heaven. I thought it sounded simple and pretty quick to complete. Well, for whatever reason, I had a lot of problems finishing this one up. I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do and I am still not sure mine was all that great. Anyway, even after I was done and I posted pics I wasn't completely happy with the tags and pocket I made. So I changed it up just a little.

I added a flower and attached the largest tag to the back of the pocket instead of the front. (The other two tags are inside the pocket.)

I think it looks better that way. Since I have a tendency to want to over-embellish, I mailed them off so I wouldn't add anything else to the pocket. (Believe me I was tempted!)

I also finished my gothic tags for a swap over on Mini Album Scraps. It really is more of a gothic glamour tag then anything else. I just couldn't seem to channel my inner Goth.

And here is the back.

I think it turned out pretty good. I just realized that I have not been listing the products I use for my projects. Since it is so early and I am losing that initial burst of energy I had - I am not going to start now. (Sorry.) I will add them to future posts. (Cross my heart etc.) If you have questions about any of the products I used on this or past projects please let me know.

One last thing - my wonderful husband, after listening to me ramble on about how I need a new camera to do videos and better posts, ordered a new camera for me. (He's definitely a keeper!) Something which will hopefully be very, very simple. So I am hoping to have videos and better pictures soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cara 

Charms, charms and more charms

Hi there! I have been busy trying to get some swaps done so I haven't done much posting but since I finished my latest charms I thought I would show them off a little! These are for a swap over on Life on the Scrapbeach.

Here it is on the simple tag I made.

The theme was the colors of royalty - dark purple, blue and burgundy. It's hard to tell with my photos but I did mine all in purple. I just couldn't seem to make the three colors work together. Then our very nice host suggested we make charms for all of us who have birthdays in September. Since I have a birthday this month and love to make charms I made them for all the birthday girls in the group.

And here they are on the tag.

I think they turned out pretty cute. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Cara

Journaling Tag Swap

Hello there! Just finished my journaling tags and pocket for a swap over on A Lil Scrap of Heaven. I have never really made anything like this so I wasn't exactly sure of what I was doing. The only thing we really had to do was to make three tags and use fall colors. I made the pocket as a little something extra because my tags seem pretty simple. Here are the tags...

Here is a copy of the pocket I made...again pretty simple...

And here they are put together...

For whatever reason, I had a really hard time with this one. I think I was making it way more complicated then it needed to be. Anyway, hope you like it and have a great night!

Cara

State Fair Fun

Hi there! So yesterday my hubby, daughter and I went to the state fair. It was a little overcast but we had a blast! Between the three of us we ate...corn fritters with honey butter (my fave!), corndogs, cheeseburgers, fries and ice cream! And then we brought home...three kinds of flavored popcorn (huckleberry, jalapeno cheese and caramel almond), kettle corn (a must and another fave), two kinds of beef jerkey, new cute gloves for me and my daughter, honey candy, canned garlic cloves with jalapenos (my hubby's...no kisses for him for a while), a new hoodie for my daughter, a t-shirt to send to her older sister and best of all...BEADS, BEADS and more BEADS!

I was a pretty good girl...there were several bead shops there and they had GORGEOUS beads...but I tried to only buy ones that I either need for an upcoming swap or ones that were not like anything I already had. Pretty though right?

Stay tuned to see what I make with them!  And once again - thanks for stopping by!
Cara