Squirrel Thanksgiving Card

Hello, everyone!  I can't believe Thanksgiving is around the corner.  Can you?  

This past week, the DT over at JoysLife.com has been featuring cards made with her wonderful stamps!  

When Cricut came out with Create A Critter2, I just HAD to have it! I love the images, especially this squirrel! 

He was the first thing I thought of when I saw this stamp.  It's from Joy's It's All Fall Puns set.  If you don't already have it, you can grab your own set here.

 

With all the holidays coming up, I think this says it all.  Our family usually has a large get together.  It's loud and fun!  

This card is 4.25" x 5.5".  I used Bazzill paper as the base.  Both yellow and brown background papers were printed with my Imagine from the Enjoy The Seasons cartridge.  The frame is one of the basic shapes on the Imagine and I filled it with the yellow pattern from Enjoy The Seasons. I added some glitter to both of the acorns to add some flair.

Well, I am the last post of the week for the Design Team.  We'll be taking off next week to be with our families. 

 I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Tag

Hello, everyone! Today, I've got a tag for you  for Joy's Life's Design Team blog. 

 For this project, I decided to put my Cricut and Silhouette aside and just use my Cuttlebug. I got this wonderful die with leaves at my LSS for a steal! Glad I got to use it so soon after purchasing it. 

The fun saying comes from Joy's It's All Fall Puns set.  If you don't have yours yet, you can purchase it here.

I kept this tag simple and like how it came out. These would be easy to mass produce and attach to treat bags, or whatever goodies you come up with.  
 

And don't forget...

 coming this Monday, we'll be hosting a Tags & Bags hop starting at JoysLife.com.  Hope you can join us! 

Give Thanks Pumpkin

Hello!  Today for Joy's Life, I've got a 3D project for you!  For this week's post, I thought I'd make an amigurumi pumpkin and embellish it with one of Joy's wonderful stamps.

As you can see, this saying from Joy's It's All Fall Puns set goes perfect with my pumpkin. 

I love how it adds a special touch to the leaves.  If you don't have this wonderful rubber stamp set, you can get yours here.

 

I learned how to make amigurumi items by watching videos on YouTube.  Here's a link to one of the many helpful videos out there.   It's pretty simple thing to do.

  The leaves were cut with my Silhouette. I inked the  edges and stamped them with Joy's stamps. 

I think if I have time, I'm going to try to make these for my siblings and give them out on Thanksgiving!  

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate any comments you leave!  Hope you have a nice day.

Multi-color Embossing

Hello, everyone!  This week on JoysLife.com we've been creating embossed projects.  If you've been following the DT Blog the past few days, you've seen some really neat ideas!

I thought I'd break out my brayer, embossing folder, and some Kaleidacolor Ink. 

This is a fun stamp and it comes from Joy's It's All Fall Puns set.  I know my in-laws from Missouri will love the saying!  

All of Joy's stamps are available for purchase here.

What you need for this technique is a brayer 

 

 ink pad ( I used Desert Heat for this project) 

  

and embossing folder (I bought this Craft Concepts Lollipop Trees embossing folder at my local stamp store)  

 

  

I loaded up the brayer with ink and applied it to the inside of the folder.  I then added a piece of paper to the folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug.  It's as easy as that! 

Well, that's all I have for today.  Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate any comments you leave!

Have a great day!

It's All Fall Blog Hop Winner!

 

Hope you are all enjoying your Sunday afternoon! I just want to take a few moments to thank all of you who had a chance to participate in the It's All Fall Blog Hop hosted by JoysLife.com.  I appreciate you dropping by and all the nice comments that you leave!

The lucky winner of a set of It's All Fall Puns is Sarah Biswabic who said:

 Sarah, please email your mailing address to Crafty_Kitten@mac.com

I'll have Joy ship out your stamp set right away!

Stay tuned...we're planning another blog hop on October 6th, so everyone will have a chance to win some more goodies!

Leaf Easel Card

Hello, everyone!  It's Patty here for JoysLife.com.

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday.  As you can tell from earlier Design Team posts this week, we're celebrating Fall and the changing/falling leaves that comes with it.   

I've had this adorable pic of one of my nieces taken YEARS ago that was just stuck on my wall.  I decided it needed special treatment. 

 Joy's sentiment from It's All Fall Puns fit perfectly! If you don't already have this great stamp set, you can get yours here.

I used SVG Cuts Carmel Apple Pie set and my Cameo to create this.  The paper is from Recollections Autumn paper pack from last year.  It caught my eye because it uses blue in the pack.  Not a common fall color and I love it!  Even though it's technically a card, I'm going to leave it out on my mantle as a picture frame.


 I'm glad you had time to stop by my blog.  Thanks for leaving comments.  I appreciate it so much!  Have a great day.

Fall Picture Frame

Today, I've got the last JoysLife DT post of the week of home decor ideas.
  I don't know about you, but I've got so many pictures taken over the years that are in boxes or on the computers.  I need to get more of them out on display.  

I decided to make a frame of my beloved, Patches.  I think this is a good way to display this sweet pic of him enjoying the Fall sunshine.

The stamp I used is from Joy's NEWEST stamp set, It's All Fall Puns!  

I just LOVE these stamps!  Lots of possibilities!  

Want a set of your own, you can get it here. 

For this project, I used my beloved Cameo, again.  I used the 3D Beveled frame and combined it with the 3x5 farm frame that I resized to fit.  A little wrestling with the frame and it was assembled.   

I hope you enjoyed today's post and it inspires you to pull out some of those pictures that may be gathering dust.  Have a great day!

It's All Fall Puns Blog Hop starts today!

Welcome, everyone to Joy's Life's It's All Fall Blog Hop! 

  If you came over from Maria, then you are in the right place.  If you happened to stumble across this post and want to start at the beginning, you can do so here.

Joy has released yet another stamp set full of witty and fun sayings!  This time it's Fall and it's the focus of this blog hop! :)

  I thought I'd combine a couple of my hobbies for this blog hop.  I picked up my crochet hook and after a few rough starts trying to remember how to crochet an Amigurumi project,  I made this!

Amigurumi is the combination of Japanese words that mean crocheted or knitted stuffed dolls.

 

I used my Silhouette to cut the box from SVG Cuts Carmel Apple Pie set but made it smaller to fit my pie. The paper is from Imaginisce.  

(Here's a tip:  I didn't have enough paper to make this project since this is an older release, so I used my copier to make me some more!)

 

Want to try to crochet one of these cute pies?  You can buy the pattern here.

I just love this stamp!  It made me laugh when I got it. If you are dying to pick up your own set of these fun stamps, you can do so here!

*** Now how about some Blog Candy??? ***

I'm going to give away a set of It's All Fall Puns to a lucky hopper!  (That way, I can share the fun!)

  You'll have four chances enter the drawing!

1st Comment: Leave me a comment

2nd comment: Leave a 2nd comment  if you are a follower/subscriber of my blog
3rd comment: Leave a 3rd comment if you like or have liked my Facebook page 

4th comment:  Leave a 4th comment if you are a follower of Joy's Design Team Blog

It's up to you how many comments you'd like to leave for your chance to WIN!  

You have until September 22nd to post comments.  The lucky winner will be announced the next day, so be sure to stop by to see if it is you!

*** Your next stop is Lori who has a fantastic  project for you! ***

Here's the entire lineup in case you got lost along the way.

  

Joy: http://joyslife.com
Sarabeth: http://www.chroniclesofsarita.blogspot.com
Maria: http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com
Patty: http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com (You are here)
Lori: http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com
Megan: http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com
Stacey: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Cyndy: http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Amy: http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com
Laura: http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com
Jennie: http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day as you hop along! 

It's All Fall Puns Blog Hop Coming Up!

 Hello, everyone! 

 I just wanted to let you all know that Joy and her Design Team will be hosting another fun blog hop this Saturday!

  This time we'll be featuring her BRAND NEW and SUPER CUTE stamp set, It's All Fall Puns! 

I hope you can join us!  I'll have some blog candy for a lucky hopper!  Have a great day!

New "It's All Fall! Puns" Stamp Set!

Hello, everyone!  Hope you are all doing well! 

  I had to take time out from my housecleaning today to announce Joy's Life's newest stamp set, It's All Fall Puns!

 I was so excited to see this set, since Fall has always been my favorite season!  (This year even more since it's been soooo hot!)  

There are so many uses for these sayings!  Great news...it is shipping on August 9th!  You can place your order here.

Stay tuned because the Design Team will be featuring this set during the September Blog Hop! (I'll give you the exact date when I know it.)  I'm thinking about giving away one of these sets during the hop! ;)

Have a great day!!