Moonlight NON Halloween Cards!

Happy FRIDAY all!!!  WOO HOO!!!  The weekend is here, the weekend is here!!!  Everybody's working for the weekend....  well except for me cuz I don't consider what I do as work....sure there are business details that I have to take care of, but for the most part, my "J.O.B" is F.U.N!!!!

I am just excited for the weekend to be here because I have been going NON stop for the past several weeks.  Mind you, the last 2 weekends were spent doing FUN things with my business and my friends, but the days in between the weekends have been spent away from home as well.

My SIL has been fighting stage 4 Leiomyosarcoma cancer for the past 4 years and she is now losing her battle.  SO I have been spending the night 2-3 nights out of the week to give my MIL a MUCH needed break in the evenings, overnight and first thing in the morning.    Between my being out of town and my hubby being out of town AND my spending 2-3 nights during the week at my In-Laws, I have not seen much of my hubby and I am honestly going through some serious snugging by the fire while watching movies withdrawals!  LOL

 So, I thought while I was sitting here in my pajamas, soaking in the smell of laundry going and dinner cooking that I would share the cards that my card class will be making this month using Moonlight.  As with Dakota, I thought it would be fun to try something OTHER than Halloween cards with this paper...since my Scrapbook Group Pages are NOTHING BUT HALLOWEEN!!

If I do say so myself, I was PRETTY DARN TICKLED with the way these cards turned out!!  I hope that my card class is just as tickled to create them and send them out to their friends and family!!  I always worry about my cards or scrapbook pages not being cute enough for my group girls!

My club card kit included a Moonlight Paper Packet, Black Tulle, Black & Grey Sparkles and the Haunted Assortment.  Stamp sets that I used are Pun Fun, Bountiful Season, Trinity Alpha, Words of Comfort and 4 My Friend.  

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!!

I hope that this has inspired you to take a 2nd look at the papers that are themed and turn them into cards/scrapbook pages that are something completely different!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!!

Jen

  

Another Card using Moonlight!

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!  I am sitting outside on my deck, overlooking the lake and soaking in the GORGEOUS Saturday morning weather.  I plan on spending as much time as I can OUTSIDE this weekend!!!  It is hard to believe that we are already at the beginning of SEPTEMBER!!!  OH MY GOODNESS where did the SUMMER go??  This time of year is always bittersweet for me.  I LOVE the Fall and the cooling temps, BUT I DISLIKE the COLD in the winter and I have a feeling that we are in for a long, cold, miserable winter.  THANK GOODNESS I have paper crafting to keep me busy...otherwise I think I would go CRAZY!

WHEW....I am done ranting now!  LOL  ONTO the card...

I am SO STINKING excited to share this card with you all.  NOT because it is the CUTEST card I have EVER created, BUT because this was my FIRST Creativity in Motion TEAM swap!!!  We had 8, yes 8 girls on my team that participated in the first month's swap!  And let me tell you, they are some STINKING TALENTED girls!!  I am SO blessed to have such a great group of girls on my team!!!!!

I will share my card first, then I will share EVERYONE'S swaps over the next couple of days....

SO when we were swapping our creations, as my card was passed around, everyone mentioned how HEAVY it was!  LOL  Yeah, I guess I got a bit carried away with the layers of paper!  There are 6 layers of paper, then the sprial thingy on the top plus the cardstock circle and flower on the top of that.  OH not to mention the layer of Tulle....I guess I just could not help myself.  Each layer complimented the other and I don't think it would have turned out at cute with out each of the complimenting colors!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest creation!!  

I hope that this has inspired you to add a few extra layers to your card patterns!  HAHA  Might not want to mail it though...might cost you a small fortune! 

One more thing....If you are thinking about joining Close to my Heart, I would LOVE to have you on my team!!!  In August alone, we welcomed 6 new girls to Creativity in Motion and I tell you what, we are REALLY setting things in motion and moving forward!!  Join us on this AMAZING ride!!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!!!

Jen

Moonlight Puzzle Piece Card

Happy Thursday All!!!  I am finally getting around to "playing" with the AWESOME new Artiste Cricut Cartridge and am LOVING all the new features and functions that this cartridge has!!!  One of the SUPER COOL features on this cartridge is the Puzzle pieces.  There are several different ways to cut out these pieces...

For my card, I used the square that cuts out 4 puzzle pieces.  There is another square that cuts out MORE pieces, a rectangle that cuts out puzzle pieces AND a super cute border with puzzle pieces.  These could be used for cutting photos, used to piece backgrounds OR just have random puzzle pieces adhered to your pages or cards.

My card is a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2.  I cut one 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square 4 piece puzzle from the owl print and the same size square 4 piece puzzle from the dark Smokey Plum pattern.  This will actually make 2 cards when cut out and pieced together as you use 2 puzzle pieces per pattern per card.  Clear as mud?  LOL

The "sweet" little cupcake is from the stamp set "Pun Fun".  I stamped the image on my Colonial White card stock first, then stamped on 2 different patterned papers to create the cupcake paper and topping.  To finish it off, I added a little Liquid Applique and sprinkled a bit of Prisma Glitter then heated just till the Liquid Applique popped up, but NOT so the glitter dulls.  

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!  

I hope this has inspired you to check out the new Artiste Cartridge from Close to my Heart!!  It has opened up SO many creative possibilities for me...just think of what YOU can do with it!!!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!!

Jen