Candy Apples at the Fair #FM220

Good Friday morning, thanks for stopping by.  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and am playing around with Lisa's new challenge for us this week.  Its all about "The Fair".  Who doesn't remember going to the Fair when you were a kid.  Well maybe you still do love going!  I haven't been to one in several years, but besides the fun rides, visiting with friends and the cotton candy, one of the things I remember was getting a candy apple.  Think of what your memories are of the fair, grab those supplies and come play along.  We can't wait to see what you create as always!

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge this week:

• Create a project "inspired by the State Fair".
• Create a project using "Punches".
• or Mash it Up and create a project "inspired by the Fair using your punches".

 

My background is created with a piece of white paper embossed in the woodgrain folder and sponged with baked brown sugar ink.  I cut it into two pieces and added a layer of plaid gingham garden DSP and burlap behind it.  My candy apple is created with one 1-3/8" circle and I cut just a small portion off the botton.  I also cut one more in baked brown sugar and used my snips to cut some swirls like caramel coming off the top.  The stick for the apple is actually a pop cycle stick.  I always make sure I have some laying around!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ baked brown sugar, pear pizzazz, whisper white

Ink ~ island indigo, baked brown sugar

Stamp set ~ teeny tiny wishes

DSP ~ gingham garden

Misc. ~ woodgrain embossing folder, regal candy dots, wooden pop cycle stick, burlap, 1-3/8" circle punch, snips

 

Now that you've seen my "fair" project, leave some "love" and head on over to see what the other designers have created!

Silly Monster Eyes!!!

Good morning!  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration and we are sharing projects created for "kids".   Click the link, head on over and see what the other designers created too!

 

So I wanted to create something funny for my kids birthday card.  I used the circle card framelit set and cut one out in rich razzleberry with each side having a layer that I embossed with the little dots folder.  I layered some circles with pool party and very vanilla for the eyes. 

 

On the inside I stamped "Make a Wish" with the perfect pennants stamp set.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ rich razzleberry, very vanilla, pool party, basic gray, crisp cantaloupe

Ink ~ rich razzleberry

Stamp set ~ perfect pennants

Misc. ~ circle framelit set, circle card framelit, tiny dotted embossing folder, small oval punch for tongue

A Little Owl "Pin"spiration!!!

 

So today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, we have a really fun project idea going on.  We are to pick a project from Pinterest that inspires us and recreate it to make it our own.  WOW!  Can I just say this was hard.  I have so many things that inspire me, so can you image how hard it was to narrow it down. I came across the card that I had pinned a while back, created by StampZone.  One of the things I liked about this card, was how cute but simple it was and that she had used the owl punch in a cute fun way, like he was poking out of the tree.  I wanted to recreate this card, but put my own twist on it for a kids birthday card. 

 I did change a few things from the sample above.  I used a circle shape in the tree instead of a heart.  Instead of the banner across the corner, I create a bunch of balloons.

 

And here is my final recreation of my "pin"spiration card.  One of the things I really enjoyed was breaking out my owl punch and putting it back to work.  I fogot how fun it was to use.  I had my owl peaking out of the tree a little more cause he is holding on to the bunch of balloons.

 

 

On the inside, I created a second bunch of balloons and placed them in the corner to leave room for my birthday greeting.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ early espresso, whisper white, melon mambo, Bermuda bay, crushed curry, soft suede, basic black

Ink ~ Bermuda bay

Punches ~ owl, 3/4" circle punch

Misc. ~ white bakers twine, woodgrain folder,

Stamp set ~ morning meadow

A Cute Whittle Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page

 

Good morning!  Thanks for joining me here with Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration today!  April is the month that brings us those showers, but this year its the month that brings us "Easter".  As we all celebrate in our own different ways, one thing is sure, its the time we get together as a family and celebrate our blessings.  For my family its a traditional family Easter dinner, followed by a huge egg hunt for the kids and adults.  What the adults too!?!  Yep!  The adults on the other hand don't play for chocolate (of course that would be fine by me!!), nope we play for $money$...cha-ching!!  Here is how it goes:  every adult who wants to play pays $5 to join in.  All the money is put in a pot.  One lucky egg will have a golden ticket inside.  Now here is the fun part...the KIDS go and hide the eggs for us.  They have so much fun doing this, cause as a normal tradition, they don't get to do this.  After all the eggs have been hidden, the adults race, oh YES, race.  We push and shove and run to go find those eggs!  I mean, the lucky winner can win anywhere from about $50-$100!  I don't know about you but, I will run around like a crazy Easter Bunny hunting eggs for that kind of cash!!  The one to find the egg with the golden ticket, whens the loot!! Winner$ Winner$ Chicken Dinner!!

So in keeping with the Easter fun, my project is a 8"x8" scrapbook page.  I will use this page to highlight the winner of our adult egg hunt!

 

So my page is pretty simple with some DSP layers.  I punched and added a border strip in crushed curry and coastal cabana.  I also added a fun piece of chevron ribbon and topped it with one of the new in color buttons.  The main focal point of course is the cute little bunny!

The bunny is put together using a few simple standard punches.  Med. oval punch for ears and feet, 3/4" circle for the hands, 1" circle for the nose, large oval for the body, word window cut in half for the eyes, 1/2" circle for the bottom circle on feet and the little circle from the itty bitty punch set for the other circles on the feet.

I hope you have enjoyed my whittle Easter bunny page.  Don't forget to leave some "love" before heading over to the main Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration page to see all the other wonderful Easter projects!

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, coastal cabana, crushed curry, smoky slate

Ink ~ smoky slate

Stamp Set ~ Geometrical

DSP ~ Eastern Elegance

Misc. ~ crushed curry chevron ribbon, in color boutique buttons, dazzling diamonds, crystal affects