Maria's Merry Makings

Friday, October 15, 2021

Dies R Us Challenge October 15, 2021 (Anything Goes!)

Hello, Friends! It's the 15th and time for another Dies R Us Challenge! The theme is Anything Goes! We ask that you use at least one die on your project for the challenge that Dies R Us sells! Please come and join the fun and have a chance to win!

I've made a few Halloween cards and posted them earlier with Halloween just around the corner, but today I have a fall card to share with you! I've been patiently waiting for the dies to go along with this Lawn Fawn set. And, it came in while away on vacation. It was like Christmas coming back home and opening a few stamp sets and dies that I ordered. Now to find the time to create! I know that I'm retired, but with hubby being retired too, I feel I'm not able to create all afternoon like I used to. Hubby gets antsy and wants to be out and about, which I can't blame him at all. Also, our sweet dog, Sheila, went through another unfortunate surgery with cancer again on a mammary gland. So, she needed extra extra attention and care. They think they got it all again and it was a different type of cancer. I just hope and pray she's done with the cancer.

Anyways, you are here to see my card...

I just love the darling scarecrow from Lawn Fawn. I think he made friends with the crows, because they don't appear to be scared at all! For the background I water colored the corn field and sky. All images were colored with copics. I did my best to create a flannel shirt with copics. The buttons on his overalls were made with gold Nuvo drops. I placed die cut corn stalks over the background to create depth. The sentiments and die cut stitched labels are from Lawn Fawn, also. Dots and twine to finish my fall card.

The links for the dies are listed below...

Lawn-Fawn-Happy-Harvest-Stamps

Lawn-Fawn-Happy-Harvest-Dies

Lawn-Fawn-Fancy-Wavy-bannner-dies

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.

It will ship to both the US and Canada. Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different. Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

My teammates have some fabulous inspiration for you today. Sit back, relax, and take a look.... (you can click on their name to go to their personal blogs and get more detailed information about each project)

Design Team

Kathy
Maria—that’s me!
Diane
Laurie

Thanks so much for taking time to visit here today! Have a great day, hugs!!

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Paper Sweeties October 2021-Release Sneak Peeks!

Hi, Friends....It's time for the 4th Quarter Sweet Kit!!!

Take a look at this New Kit...

4th Quarter 2021 Sweet Kit

This kit is full of goodies to make fall and Christmas projects! I LOVE Doodlebug...look at all those Doodlebug items!!! Paper Sweeties seam binding ribbon and a pumpkin template, too!

Sweet Kits Club Subscription - SAVE $5 on each quarterly kit!

And, here's my first card...

For my card, I started with a cream card base and added a background panel using mustard seed and spiced marmalade. Gold color shine spray was applied for interest. Jake is in his fall outfit from the set I'm nuts about you. The pumpkins are from the set Happy Fall Y'all. Doodle-pops(sunflowers and birds) are from the kit. The sentiments from the sets Sweet Mini: Seasons and Sweet Mini: Seasons Add-on. Twine added to the sunflowers to finish the card.

My second card is a fun coffee card using Doodlebug goodies! The sweet coffee mug is a doodle-pop and the sentiments, hearts, and flowers are Doodlebug Chit Chat. The scalloped border Sweet Cuts: Sweet Borders is from Paper Sweeties. And, the ribbon Creamsicle is from Paper Sweeties, also. Gold Nuvo drops were added to the center of the flowers and hearts. And, stitching was done to frame the card with interest.

Stamp & die sets:

Sweet Mini: Seasons

Sweet Mini: Seasons Add-on

Please check out more inspiration from my teammates! And, please welcome

our new design team members...Annie Collins, Linh Van, and Tasha Jorgensen!

Welcome to the team!!!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Annie Collins
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett

Linh Van

Maria Patrick

Tasha Jorgensen

Thank you so much for taking the time to drop by today!

Take care, hugs!

Monday, October 11, 2021

Happy Halloween!

Hi, Friends!

Long time no see here on my blog for posting anything. It's been busy around here. I volunteered to make 70 kits for mission Sunday for next week. Christmas cards will be sent to nursing home residents. I put my time to great use when I went to the craft crop this past weekend by doing a lot of stamping and trimming out images and sentiments for the cards. I'm nearly done, yeah! I'll show you a sneak peek of them later. We had the apple festival here this weekend, too...perfect weather!

I'm here today to show you Halloween cards made for my sisters. I had my dog Sheila in mind and found a darling chihuahua image from LaLa Land. I also used Lawn Fawn images and a cloud stencil from Simon Says to create my cards. The first card did not photograph very well because I added Wink of Stella to the images and dies, but it shows Sheila, my little princess, lol! I'm entering a card over at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge.

For the above card, Sheila is in her mummy costume. She certainly was ready a few weeks ago when she had her bandages on after having had surgery. But, she is back to "normal"! And, she is excited about a new fur addition to the family!

After my last post with my Halloween card with a black cat, I mentioned that we had a black cat at one time. I said I miss Blackie. I guess you have to be careful what you say. My husband said he found a black cat in our yard recently. We believe someone dropped it off. We get strays at times and that is how we got our first cat, Misty. She was black and white like this cat. We think this cat is a male and have an appointment this week to take it to the vet. I asked on FB if it is anyone's cat. We were 50/50 about keeping it. I don't know how old it is, but it is a tiny thing and so very cute and friendly. We still don't have a name for it yet...maybe Boots...but still thinking on it.

Here is the little cutie...

Ok, like I've said before it seems feast or famine for my blog lately. I have a few more posts towards the end of the week with DT assignments. Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by! Have a wonderful week! Hugs!!

Friday, October 1, 2021

Dies R Us Challenge October 1, 2021(Anything Goes!)

Hi, there!

Happy October 1st-

It's breast cancer awareness month! Just a reminder to get those mammograms! I not only have to get mine checked I check my dog, too! And, prayers for all those experiencing breast cancer! I have a good friend who is a 7-year breast cancer survivor. Get the message out and get those mammograms!

And, it's nearly time for Halloween. And, we have another Dies R Us Challenge! My card today is not too spooky. The black cat on my card reminds me of the cat we had several years ago. His name was Blackie. What a wonderful hunter and black beautiful cat he was! He is dearly missed!

Please come and join the fun and have a chance to win a gift Certificate...enjoy creating!

For today's card, I started with a purple card base and paired it with a black panel. I found a scrap of star background paper and added it for the next panel. The checkered frame was cut down to place the cat on top of it. The sentiment is from Paper Sweeties, which was gold embossed. A gold eye was applied for the cat using gold Nuvo drops. The bats are from IO, also. Polka dot ribbon to finish the card. It's not easy to see, but Happy Halloween is spelled out on the cat.

All dies that were used for my card with links are listed below. I hope you create a project using dies and join us for the challenge!

Poppystamps-dies-Happy-Halloween-Cat

Impression-Obsession-Dies-Halloween-Set

Impression-Obsession-Dies-Checkered-Frames

Dies R Us has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.