Happy Halloween!

Hi everyone!

 I just waned to come on and wish you all a very happy Halloween! 

We had a great time with our Halloween Bash! It was great fun!!

I wanted to share a bit of it with you all. 

It started off on a bad note, when we woke the ground had been sprinkled with a dusting of snow! But the sun came out, melted it away and dried it all up! Which was awesome since we have a campout. The weather was fair a little windy but not too bad and the temp stayed above 35 degrees I believe the lowest it got was 37 we were lucky! One year we had snow and frost ended up retreating to the house about 5 am chilly!! lol And last year well it was cold and rainy but we braved it and stayed out sleeping beneath a large canopy tent! 

Every year seems to have its quarks, but we wouldn't change the memories for the world! This year the theme was Medieval Time now mind you everyone is very creative and some decided that if the costume had a sword it fit others believed they time travelled and that is how they arrived to be in this time! lol 

Anywhich way it is all in good fun and we all had a great time! Many costumes were hand mand a few were put together from store bought items. I had plenty of pics and vid but can not include it all due to requests of a few to stay out of the posts so pretty much all the work of decorations will not be able to be shown, there are a few that will be though. 

I am also going to post to My YT channel as well! A total of three videos on YT!!!! :0)

I do not know about you and yours, but when we have parties there is always at least one picture of food! lol

A few guests arriving...usually they are late this year they all came 2 hours early!! Yep, so we just rolled with it! lol

I know you all have been curious...yep here I am with Hubby!

This is one of two of our photo op spots!  every year we try to have at least one themed photo spot. We were lucky there was a hanging! lol I wanted to get some night shots but it didn't work out the entire outside was set with strobes it looked pretty cool! flashing creepy tombs and electronic creatures that are sound activated...oooh creepy!

Many like to pose and position the skeleton, some were a little well no matter trying to keep it all ages friendly, so I decided not to post lol Myself included! lol 

Some came as characters from books. Which I thought ws awesome!

The good fryer sharing some wisdom and lending a hand! lol
My family cracks me up!

A shot of Steve from Minecraft guys and a bit of the festival area! and of course the time machine that brought the time travellers lol yep mom had to park there! oh well!  hahaha

The great wise wizard (dad) at the fire, he was eager to start the stories and roast! The best part that everyone looks forward to!

Here is a creepy guy I made. Old clothes a mask some wood, pvc pipe and made his hands from wire and clay.  The ranger looks like she is ready to shoot and Copper her pup is watching! lol

Here is the crazy reaper, we call him charlie! This is part of the quest area! Everyone pics a quest and they have to complete the obstacle course to claim their reward! I had enough prizes for all. It was a blast! I just wish I had pics from it but seeing as I was running the quests it was hard to get them.

 this is part of the graveyard, full of bones tombs, groundbreakers, spider webs, coffin, and strobes as well as some motion sensitive props.

Finally the highlight of the night, the Fire! yep, we are just getting started so some are off grabbing the wood from the pile others are changing out of their costumes, and some getting warm drinks and setting up the food to roast! 

Nothing beats stories around a fire! yep ever seat was filled and so were the benches and some sat on the grass! 

We stayed up really late and woke early to a large southern breakfast and danish, everyone left before lunch, and we broke it all down by supper! 

Why is it always easier to break down then set up? lol

We still have a few decorations but most of it outdoors is gone, we don't have any trick or treaters here and it is sad,That is one thing I miss from our old place! We used to have loads of kids! oh well!

Hope you all Have a Frightfully Happy Halloween!

Cute mini inspired by a friend on YT

I have seen these minis in the past and I have made a few but I have gifted them all away...So when I saw a friend making these I was motivated to get back into making them! They are quick and easy to make!

If you need a quick gift and have little time these babies are the answer! lol I made two of these In one night just a few hours most of which I was picking out the paper and embellies.

I already gifted them away but I was able to get my daughter to lend me hers so I could take pics for you all! I used scrap papers all DCWV I believe and colored Cheshire and Alice bean with my spectrum noir markers!

The stickers were from my stash I have had them awhile so not sure of the company. I crochet so I made a flower with a river pebble in gren for the closure with velcro and the ribbon is from walmart.

I made all the tags with various studio g basic gray stamps and miscellaneous stickers. Die cuts are from my cricut carts. I used my distress inks to add some depth.

My daughter loves it ad I hope you all do too!

The front

one side open

The opposite side open

Some of the tags

The back

Simple quick and sweet, this mini can hold a good amount of pics and journal spots. great for a event!

Happy Crafting!

Congrats!!

Hi everyone!

I hope you all are having a great Monday! I usually do not like mondays but this one is an exception!!
As you all know I have been hosting a challenge here on the blog and I had eleven entries and I am super excited to say that three of them went as far as to go the whole nine yards and do all the requirements to get a total of 14 entries each! Thank you ladies for that!

I want to say thank you to all my subbies and followers for joining in the fun and subbing and reading and watching all my crazy posts and videos! You all mean so much to me and I appreciate each and every one of you!

I made a Youtube video announcing the winners! I had two winners One for just commenting and one for going all out! So please check that out and winners please contact me with your email and what digi (S) you would like for your prize!

I am also releasing the November digi's today so they will be available to pic from as well! Please check the retiring section also all those listed there will be pulled off and no longer available on the 30th of this month!!!! so if you want them run and grab them while you still can!

Happy Crafting!

Material and lace flowers

It has been a long time since I have made flowers like these. I used to make these for hair clips for my daughter when she was little...That was quite awhile ago. lol 

I used up the scraps from making the pin cushion for my sister, a few posts back. I cut it into strips and did a running stitch then I layered gathered lace on top and hot glued it together with a button and some bling. 

I got three flowers from a tiny bit of scraps, I think that is awesome. Now I have three new flowers to add to my stash, for future projects.

I used a different button on each one but other than that they are exactly the same. Hope you like them!

This button is more star like I love the added detail it gives.

This button has almost a animal print (scaly ridges) along the edge.

last but not least this one is just a raised rolled edge, simple and sweet.

Hope you liked them! Thanks for stopping by! Happy crafting.

Challenge Giveaway closes today!

Hi every one I just wanted to let you know that the challenge giveaway closes today! Be sure to enter before time runs out!

Today and Tomorrow I will be away from the crafty community because of my huge Halloween party! So excited I have lots going on and I will be back with the winner/s and hopefully back in the craft room blaring to go in a few days!

I also will be working on getting up Novembers new digi's! I am so excited to share them with you all!

I also am hoping to have a few projects cued up to release to keep the creative flow going on my blogs.

As requested, I am going to try to get some footage of the party if not I will have pics to post! I hope you all have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

My first tea cup Pin cushion

I made this for my sisters Birthday! 

I was trying to figure out what to get her and she didn't want anything so I thought well, she is making the kids Halloween costumes for my party so Maybe a pin cushion would be nice.

I have always had trouble with store bought ones! when I would go to insert the pin when I was sewing it would tip over or the pin wouldn't go in and it would slow me down...I'm a mom on a mission Like many of you my day is filled and I have little me time to go slow I can sew very quick I have pretty steady hands and my machine could hold its own in Nascar..lol So when the pin cushion is crappy it slows me down.

I had a cup sitting around that does not get used so I figured it would be prefect it is heavy and very sturdy. I made a firm cushion and glued it inside the cup them added some black lace, tear drop trim, some gold trim and burgundy satin ribbon with bling around the top rim of the cup. The bottom I added the gold trim with bling.

My sister loves utilitarian items so I thought this to be the perfect gift and I kept it simple so there is no worry that the decorations will get in the way or pop off.

I hope you all like it! I had a great time making it.

My sister loved it! Thanks for stopping by!

Date night mini using 3 digi's!

I wanted to make a special little mini for a small event like a one night outing! Like date night! lol Anyway this is what I came up with!

I used white card stock from recollections and paper from my scrap stash. (trying to use it up) I hand wrote the title and added a little bling. I wanted to keep it flat so I can tuck it away if I wanted. The first image is Dancing elegance! I love her little fan. i colored her up with my spectrum noir markers.

here I just added some scrap papers and die cut the flower from sizzix set stamp and die, made a belly band from paper stip and tucked in to ticket journal spots that  inked with vintage photo distress ink.

I added more scrap papers and my digi ready for the mall and shopping bag. I colored both with spectrum noir. I added some ticket stubs and a receipt I can fill out later.

This is just like the second page above just reversed the page sides! ;0)

Here I added scrap papers and my digi Does this make me look fat? lol Love her! I tossed in a couple ticket stubs and ticket journal spot! She was colored with spectrum markers also.

And this is the back I left plain so it will lay flat. I wrapped lace around the binding to finish it off!

If you are intersted in the colors used or my digi's head over to wicked designs by brenda

have a great day!

Quick card share

Hello everyone! I just wanted to share a card  I put together to send off in a package. It is already on its way so I figured it was ok to put it up! 

I used some scrap papers from my stash, a true living card base some houndstooth ribbon from a friend on YT Thanks hun! I also used stamps from studio g and embossed the skull image on the front with black embossing powder. 

On the inside I used a sentiment from studio g and my bottle digi I made and hand drew on the swirly design releasing from the bottle. I colored the bottle with my spectrum noir markers.

I think it turned out pretty cute! Hope you all have a great day! Thnaks for stopping by!

Halloween Card featuring Frank n Couple my new digi set!

I love this cute couple! they were a blast to draw up and color! It was pretty easy I based them off my hubby and I. Well, not the high hair...well in the 80's i had high hair! but not a beehive lol! This is definetly our style though, even our colors!

I made this card for my hubby. I new he would like it and I hope you all do too!

I used David Tutera sparkly card base in red. I used my sizzix ticket die to cut out my digi. I colored them up using my spectrum noir markers and added some stickles to the red on their clothes.
I stamped the sentiment in memento tuxedo black ink, (only one from them I have) ;0(  The stamp is fiskars- friends forever quotes set. I also used some rhinestones, lace and ribbon from my stash, the key and heart lock are cricut cuts i had laying around I needed to use up and thought they went well.

If you are interested in the colors I used please check out my digi blog shop!

Hope you all like it! Have a happy crafty day!

Last Digi Release for October! November in the works...

Hi everyone I just wanted to let you know thta the last release of digi's for october is up! I hope you all like them. Six new digi's all girls...I am working on some boys also! I just wanted to get these out since I had them done!

I am working on Novemebr and December and if you have any in mind that you would like please contact me. I will add it in when I have it completed and will announce it's release so be sure to follow my digi blog to know when it is ready!

Time is coming to a close to be entered in my challenge here on this blog the 26th! And Monthly challenge on my digi blog closes the 29th! I hope you join in all of them! Great prizes!

Winners, will be announced on the blog so be sure to follow both blogs to be updated on the winners you don't want to miss out on your winnings!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Happy crafting!

Halloween card Featuring Devious Debbie!

I wanted to make a trick or treat card for a bit now, but I wasn't sure which digi to use but when I was looking through them all Debbie stood out! I was like yep she is the one! lol

She has just the right amount of sass! (what's a good trick if I don't like the treat...) lol yes I think she is thinking that! just perfect for the card I wanted to make.

I used a white card base and layered up some scrap papers (from a recent mini album), a doily I cut from the paper collection DCWV Heirloom and Tattered time (used both stacks) Two banners are from left over scrap papers also, I stamped trick or treat one the white one with memento tuxedo black ink.
I added 3 flat back pearls in orange and a sweet little pumpkin (cricut cut).

Devious Debbie is darling I think, I colored her in pumpkin colors if I had to title this card I think I would call it "Devious Debbie Does Pumpkin all grown up!" lol anyways here it is!

If you would like to purchase her or any other digi's, or even like to know the colors I used please check out  http://wickeddesignsbybrenda.blogspot.com/

Have a great day!

Fall tag featuring you're so sweet digi

This is the second Tag I have ever made. So please be kind, The first was for a friends challenge on YouTube. I think it turned out pretty cute.

I had a good time making it, and it is a plus because I used up some scraps to do it! I cut a piece of orange cardstock for the tag, some chevron halloween paper to lay on top and I used my martha punch on the sides, a purple flower die cut I had laying around some nylon leaves and orange flower from my stash a brown button some trims a brown pompom and cream crochet one.

I took my white gel pen and did some faux stitching on the die cut and the tag base, I also hand wrote happy fall.

My digi you're so cute, looks so cute! I colored her up with my spectrum Noir markers and popped her up on dimensionals.  Over all I think it turned out pretty darn good. lol but you be the judge let me know what you think!

If you are interested in the colors I used or purchasing this digi or any of the others please visit http://wickeddesignsbybrenda.blogspot.com/

Happy crafting!

Digi Release!

Today there is an extra special digi release over at Wicked Designs be sure to check it out!

Today is my sons birthday! Woo hoo Happy Birthday To my sweet, awesome, and loving young man! Today he turns 17! We will be celebrating in a large way, so all will be kept simple and sweet!

 Run over and check them out! Extra special, today brand new items will be added (a new section). I am so stinking excited to bring this release to you all!

Remember our monthly challenge would love to have your participate!
Have a wonderful day!

Mini album times four

Yes, you heard me right times four! I made four of these all the same but the insert bases were a slight different each of the other three were shades of brown! I had a wonderful time creating these they were a blast!

If you have been waiting to see what I had done with all those cricut cuts from an earlier post, well wait no longer here is what I did with them!


All of them are decorated pretty much trhe same on the cover some leaves and a pumpkin emebelly I put together a bit of ribbon each is a different color! And black lace to keep it closed!

A close up of the mini!

 There are a bunch of pics so I will let them speak for themselves, if you have any questions message me or leave a comment below! I also have a video on YT of this!

Hope you all like it! let me know what you think! 

If you are looking for a chance to win Digi's please check out the challenge sections here and my digi blog I have two challenges going on for a short time! Hope you all join in! Happy Crafting!