Happy Fall Ya'll...

Okay, show of hands....who here is giddy as a tick on a fat dog that Fall is FINALLY here in the Midwest?   

OH, OH, OH....pick me, pick me!!!  

Yes I am and I had to show the world with my handmade sign.  Well, okay, maybe not the world per se, but for sure, my neighborhood.  Alright, perhaps not the entire neighborhood, but definitely my street! 

I really enjoyed using the Fall Word Shaped Card file from The Cutting Cafe this week as it set the whole project in motion.

A couple months back, I broke down a a wood pallet and by "I" I mean... I said, "Hey honey, let's break down this wood pallet" (that will sit in your garage for months until I figure out what to do with it) and then watched him from a very safe distance as he wielded his power tools and disassembled it for me, all the while, I'm fairly certain, thinking of about 100 things he'd rather be doing!  

Buuuut, now that 'we' had done that, I had a great piece of wood for a little sign.

So yeah! I painted and mod podged and crackled and stained and tinkered and fiddled away.

 

 

I even bent an old wire hanger and then crinkled and twisted some burlap that day.

And after some sanding and gluing and scrunching and such, what to my wondering eyes should appear?

No, no, not a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer...

A wreath! A wreath appeared.  On my door!!  

And I'm so stinking happy!!!

Hugs and Happy Fall Ya'll!!

Lisa xx

All DT projects are posted at The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month. We'd love for you to visit and be sure to leave a comment for Regina. She selects one lucky person to receive 3 FREE files of their choice!

Got Milk-Chocolate?....

What's cute, fun and filled with chocolate? For once, it's not the perfect description of me...Ha!...it's these adorable Plain Milk Cartons from The Cutting Cafe!

And what else did I use from her fabulous store? Well, let's see...

Coffee Cup Holder Set, Acorn Shaped Card, and Pumpkin Shaped Card, 

All DT projects are posted at The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month. We'd love for you to visit and be sure to leave a comment for Regina. She selects one lucky person to receive 3 FREE files of their choice!

I'd also like to say thank you for all the incredibly touching comments that were left on my last post regarding Alzheimer's. I appreciated every single one of them and now I'm so happy you've come back for another visit.

Big big hugs to you and happy crafting!!

Lisa x
also, Coming Soon....

Let me see YOU shake it...

OMG! These are fun!  

It's time again for another Cutting Cafe post and you know I'm tickled pink that it's still all about Halloween.  I can't figure out why I didn't make shaker cards before...these are so addicting. I told myself to pick my favorite one to showcase and well, you see where that got me. I couldn't stop. 

If you're feeling unmotivated then let us help you put the "Boo" back in your booty! 

I promise you, you'll have a blast with this variety.  The entire set you see here comes in the Halloween and Fall Shaker Set.

Comment at The Cutting Cafe Blog on every 7th and 21st of the month and be in the running for 3 free files of your choice AND we have something new. Every Wednesday Regina will be running her new Watch Me Work Wednesday videos.  Here is Episode 1 and it's all about making shaker cards. WOO HOO!

Everything Fun, Cute and Cuttable right here at

The Cutting Cafe

Thanks so much for your visit.

Hugs n' Happy Crafting,

Lisa x

Beware the Witching Hour ....

Hello and welcome back.

Your journey has brought you here...so enter if you DARE!

 ALL the fun is happening over at Sparkle n' Glitter (Fall Theme) and Airless Chambers (Halloween Theme) with tons of inspirational Autumn ideas using images from Rick St. Dennis Etsy store.

Here is my sample offering for the Sparkle And Glitter Fall theme, titled...

Beware The Witching Hour

Have you ever seen those fabulous altered art alarm clocks? I LOVE them; however, I can never seem to find one used, so I thought I'd try my hand at making a paper one!

The entire project was inspired by this fabulous image you may all know as Ichabod.

Here's a pile of silhouette cut pieces that I started with to assemble the clock.

Image on the left shows the beginning of the clock. I actually cut out a pattern for making a circle box and then omitted the lid but instead created a lip for the top of the clock instead.  The picture on the right shows how I altered wooden pegs and bottle caps to make the clock elements.

 

Every bit of this was painted in Gesso to prime for Distress inks for the antique appeal.

The background clock image is free from Far Far Hill.

The top mechanism's that have been distressed with metal embossing powder.

Also, can you see just the little bit of what looks like cobweb cheesecloth hanging over the edge? That's a recycled dryer sheet..works excellent for cobwebs!

Ichabod all situated inside surrounded by a bench for him to rest on, hanging bat by the light of the moon and randomly placed inner workings of gears and cogs.

Now since the traditionally altered clocks are metal and have paper flowers for embellishments, I thought it would be fun to reverse that process.   Since my clock is paper, the flowers needed to be metal so I cut up two soda cans.  Priming them with Gesso and then inking with Adirondack inks, I've got a wonderful fall colored arrangement of lovely flowers that spell out E-E-K!

Side view...

Project completed!

And there you have it...my first ever alarm clock that won't annoy me!! 

Thank you so much for stopping in for a visit.  

And now...

my offering for Airless Chambers (Halloween theme)

Goody-bag o' Horrors!

Using the same pattern for a circle box as I did above for the clock, I sized it much smaller to make a circle goody bag then sized the picket fence to cover the circumference then aged with Vintage Photo DI and accessorized with the incredibly awesome and gruesome digital stamps from Rick St. Dennis.

I've colored up Monster Clown with copics.

Here is his partner is fright, Zombie Clown centering a rosette and a spooky tag with googly eyes.

 See the cobweb stuff again?  More recycled dryer sheets...Love that stuff!

Plus a fun little mummy chocolate bar that I've glued eyes on too.

And that's all for me today, but be sure to stop by all my teammates and check out their makes for Fall and/or Halloween using the groovy images of Rick St. Dennis.

Thank you so much for your visit and your time. I really appreciate you!

Hugs,

Lisa xx