The Day After gift set

Happy Happy New Year's Eve blogland. How the heck has everyone's holiday been going? Here on the home front, I am starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Finally!!! I have a set I made for Christmas and wanted to share. Have you ever wondered where Santa goes after his long season? Well this is where I believe he goes. To the south pole, kicking back on the beach and watching some good 'ol football....ENJOY!!!!

 

Here's the set with the lights on...

I decided the sandcastle really needs a colored light to match the other ones. So I will be adding one of those ...this is a late Christmas gift...

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This set comes from different kits from SVG CUTS .... can I say, O EM GGGGG...I am in heaven. I love love this place. These kits take all of the guessing and measuring out of creating a new creation. A huge time saver. And I can't wait to get to play with more.

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3D Sandcastle--Wet and Wild kit

Shadowbox Frame--Santa's Helpful Elves kit

Palm Tree--Toil & Trouble kit (apothecary jar tall)

 

the little white doohickey on the palm tree is what the light looks like that changes colors...I put one at the bottom of the south pole sign to up light it and one on the frame just above santa sitting on the beach. The sandcastle has a string of lights that I inserted into the box of it. The lid is the perfect size to house the battery box. Picture is posted below of opened lid with battery...

 

And this is what Santa does the day after...lol...here I stuck a t.v. set on a barbar pole, added some foil for rabbit ears...ha ha!! Hey, he's on an island...

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DEETS:

Santa's Helpful Elves Kit--Shadowbox Frame

Beach Bum3 kit--palm trees hibiscus (center part)

Santa's North Pole Workshop kit--santa's clothesline--barbar pole

Rocking Round the Christmas Tree kit--t.v. set

Moonlight Garden Party--ferns

 

Wet and Wild kit--3d Sandcastle

Comets Candy Land kit-- candy canes

Rockin Round the Christmas Tree--popcorn

 

South Pole sign up-lit...Santa needs to find his way to his castle in the dark...right!!! lol..

 

side view...I used one of those round mini tree toppers and glued the stars on to that to give it dimension.....the top also pulls off and it's a candy jar...some personal (CHOCOLATE) stash....

Toil & Trouble kit--apothecary jar tall

Beach Bum3 kit--palm trees

Comets Candy Land kit--stars

 

I am really sorry for the pic...but here's the battery box and the light string just goes down inside...I picked this up at Big Lots for around 8 bucks...not bad...

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Well that's the last post for the year...I hope you have enjoyed it. I wish each and everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year....may it be better than the year before.....hugs from a very cold Charm City...

 

Pop up Birthday Card Fiesta Style

Happy Tuesday blogland....I have been buy working on Halloween and now I'm going into Christmas mode....but I did make this card and I wanted to share...... Even if the voices aren't real...lol...pop up birthday card for my Mother's birthday some weeks back. I told ya I was coming back to play...I have missed my creative side playing with paper it's not even funny...

 

The inspiration for this card came from my mother and aunts going to lunch to get some margaritas....and margaritas they got....lol.

 

I would like to enter this into PaperTake Weekly Challenge--Anything Goes.....ENJOY!!!!!

 

 

this is the front of the card....I dug out my Inky Antics stamp sets (worldly women #1 and #2) along with See D's Mexican Fiesta set. Inkadinkadoo for the greetings...paper from Fancy Pants Celebrate line...colored everything in with distress inks....

 

 

this is the inside...the women pop up along with the pieces in front of them....I can soo see my mother and aunts hootin and hollering it up...lol...

 

side view of the pop up...this is where I slid the money card...so it's all one....to make the pop up, I just cut slits into the paper to create it...practice on printer paper first...I learned the hard way...Ha Ha!!!

 

 

 

this is the back view...all I need to do is sign and date it....She loved it. And so did my aunts...

 

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Well that's all I have for today....I hope you have a sunny day...Hugs from Charm City..

 

 

Scor-Pal Challenge #9 Fall/Halloween

Happy Saturday blog land..today I'm sharing another Halloween candy box/drawer I made for the challenge over at Scor Pal this month...I used the lovely Kate's house template and stepped it up a notch....Enjoy!!!

Have you ever wondered what trick or treat means..well I was wanting to make something different, as I always do, and thought about those 3 little words...trick or treat...and I set out to make my version...

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The pic above is the little house scene with a treater walking up to a house for candy and says those 3 magical words...trick or treat...and he actually got a trick instead of a treat...

Closer view

Left side view

Right side view

Back view

Right side

Left side

Did ya think when you pulled the roof off it would be this??? One would think the candys inside here...lol...just trying to have a little fun...

And then pull the drawer open to find the treats...

Here's the view with the roof pulled up and the drawer opened.....

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I am also entering this for the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges #257

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Art with Heart Challenge

I'll be back tomorrow to add all the deets if any one is interested....hugs from a very soggy Charm City...

Haunted Rubiks Cube Candy Box

Good morning blog land...today I have a quick post for the challenge over at Scor Pal. I came across a picture on the net and thought to myself, wow, how cool would that be to put Halloween candy in...so I set out to make it and this is what I came up with..... Enjoy!!!

Here is the front view...there's 3 drawers that pull out for candy...

Side view...

Here's my inspiration...I used my scor pal to create the 3 drawers and glued them together...I was going to make them so they swiveled but decided since this was paper and chipboard to just glue them together....

I used Happy Hauntings for the die cuts from my Cricut and MS border punches...

Back view

Side view

The loot...lol...

Top view....I decided to keep it simple...and if you know me this is really hard...but I really wanted the Rubik's Cube to shine instead of stuff...so to speak....

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Deets

3 pcs 10x10 black stock for frames

3 pcs 9 3/4x 93/4 for drawers...

Score at 2 and 8 on all sheets....

Fold the smaller sheets into a drawer

The bigger into a box but folding in the ends for the drawers to slide in...I keep this extra stock to help build layers instead of just making a sleeve that fits over the drawer...did that make sense? ...I also added chipboard to all sides and bottoms...this really feels like an over sized Rubiks cube...   *************

So this is all I have for now...I hope you all have a sunny day....hugs from a sunny Charm City....

Scor-Pal @ BBTB2 Challenges

Hello blogland...how the heck is everyone doing? Things here on the coast is pretty crazy...as they have been...but I have been playing and would like to share these candy bags I made for halloween..candy bags with a Halloween card all in one...

they are for...

scor-pal ..more than one score...anything but a card...theme is fun storage ideas...but not a gift bag or box...I guess I need to read better...lol...but I had fun playing....

BBTB2 celebrating Cricuit...any cut you'ld like...

Enjoy!!!!

 Here's all four...I still need to make a few more before Halloween....I used my big E with the Happy Hauntings cart...and some stamps...

To make the bag I used 2 pcs of 12x12 scored at 3" on three sides and folded to make a 3 sided box..then slide the 2 pcs together to make the bag....glue and embellish....this makes it 9x6x3 deep...

 Grave 3-6" pg 65

Hand frame10..15"...pg 47...cut multiple times and pop dotted each layer...

Grass grave3...12"...pg 65

Tim Holtz scratches rubber stamp

Distress inks

Multiple border punches

 Here's the answer to the joke...just slide in and out...

Just closer view of bottom...

 Witch 5"...pg 34

Border punches

Tree stamp

Distress inks

Little card pulled out

Dracula 5"...pg 28

Coffin 5"... Pg 58

Supplies as above

 Card pulled out

 Side view

Ghosts 5" 2 1/2" 1 1/2" 1" ...pg 37

Card pulled out...

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Well that's what I have for today...it feels so good to play...If you get a chance stop by and see what the teams have made for these challenges...there is a lot of inspiration...hugs from a sunny Charm City...

It's twins balloon gift boxes

Happy Thursday blog land...today just a quick post to share a couple of Balloon Gift Boxes I made for a baby shower --are totally deconstruct able--and turns into a decorative memory box and the lantern turns into a hanging decoration.... ENJOY!!!!

 

Mommy to be is having twin girls and the theme is Minni ....So I came up with these little doo-hickeys...lol...a Balloon gift box...the presents are inside of the box...

 

sorry for the pics...I didn't have much time to take some before they left for the party....I used my Big E with the Mickey and Friends cart for all of the cuts...

 

 

just a closer view of the boxes..the dowels just lift out and remove from lantern...I added a hanger at the top part of the lantern so it could be hung for decorations....or it can be left as one and sit on a table or shelf....

 

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Well Peeps, it's Thursday and I have a lot on my agenda today...I hope that everyone has a wonderful day filled with alot of sunshine....Hugs from Charm City....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Witch Kraft @ SSS Challenge

Happy Saturday blog land.... it's another pretty day outside...sunny and getting warmer...

Today I would like to share a project I made for Simon Says Stamp Challenge....the challenge is witch Kraft...anything from witches to Kraft paper and everything in between....

I loved playing with this...but at this point I'm just happy to play with anything...lol...I love halloween and I lOVE to make things for it...and this is what I came up with for our candy dish for the table....it's a milk carton made out of cardstock...I used my big E to cut out the carton....and just decorated it with rubber stamps--border punches and jewels..I used distress inks to color everything in and then did a light layer of vintage photo over top to age them...I also added the paper drinking straw to kind of mimic drinking milk ...like when we were kids...lol....I kept this simple but do like how it turned out...what do you think?

Well I hope you've enjoyed my little project...I had a lot of fun with this challenge...get a chance, stop over at SSS challenge and gander through all of their goodness the team has put together...it's to die for!!!!

Hugs from a sunny Charm City...

Such Yumminess

It's Thursday and such a beauty it is...Sun is shining and flowers are still bloomin...

I'm still looking for some places to hang out and play. Any suggestions?

As I'm sitting here in my playroom I noticed my little section of goodness... The Halloween goodies ...lol....I dug them out so they are front and center...oh how I love me some Halloween ...what about you? Do you love making things for Halloween?

Well I'm off to think of a new project to put together..stop in and say "HI".....I hope everyone has a sunny day...hugs from a very pretty Charm City...

Happy Happy Wednesday my Friends

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. There had been so much going on here in our little piece of the world. Has anyone else's life been just one crazy day after another? That's the way it's been in the Turnbaugh household. School just started back up this week so I'm hoping to get back onto a schedule. And with that said, I'm just itching to play with paper...and other things...lol...

I need your help though. Your help in sharing challenge sites...I would like to get my feet wet then looking to start designing for a team or two again...I miss it..this is who I am and what I do..lol....and really miss playing creating and hanging out with all of you here....so could ya help an old girl out? Lol!!!

Thanks in advance and I hope to be playing with everyone soon....hugs from a very sunny Charm City....