Sweet Gothic Kids Halloween

Hi All. I'm here with a quick reminder that the latest Halloween line for Simply Betty Stamps is now for sale. These cuties are the sassy Sweet Gothic Kids: Halloween Line. 

Don't forget that there is a Halloween Card Challenge currently going on at the Simply Betty Challenge page. The prize is an awesome one so I suggest you get those cards in. Remember that you do not need an SBS image to play along but if you have them, then why not use them. You'll get extra brownie points if you do :)

Ill be playing with the Ribbon Carousel Challenge- Get Edgy.

Thanks for stopping by. See you soon with another super sneak peek.

New Beginnings with Crafty Sprouts and Skelington Betty

Happy Saturday Scrappy Friends! I'm here today with an Extra Special Post. In my last post I mentioned goodbyes and new beginnings would be happening for the next few days. Today is double post of new beginnings for 2 of my favorite gals. 

First and foremost, I'm very happy to have been asked by my sweet friend Erika to join her in this new adventure of hers. I couldn't be any happier to fully support her in this because I truly believe that is what friendship is all about. Plus she truly believes that there is so much to offer in this big community of ours that there is no need for little green monsters to run around in our head. And I do to! So Thanks!!! Erika for being you and for inspiring me and the rest of your "Crafty" girls :) 

Welcome to Day 5 of Sneak Peeks. Today I'm previewing MONSTER KISSES. These are the cutest little monster sentiments that can be used with different projects.

As you can see, I have a Halloween card for you today. I paired up this cute sentiment with this uber cute new Skelington Betty image. Now this image is also a sneak peek to a new line coming to Simply Betty Stamps. Isn't she the cutest??? I mean she's just "Too Cute to Be Scary" hehehe.

*** Ok do you want a chance to win MONSTER KISSES or

any set of your choice from CRAFTY SPROUTS? ***

Make sure to leave a comment here and a comment at Erika's blog for your chance to win. Also if you missed the first 4 previews, make sure to pop over to Crafty Sprouts to check out the awesome projects from my DT sisters and from Ms.Crafty Sprouts herself ;). You will have until Sunday night to get in your comments for your chance to win your own set. However, the Crafty Sprouts Shop is already open for business so don't delay. :)

But wait there's more, Lol! Want to get Skelington Betty as a freebie? Keep on reading..................Skellington Betty (a mini me of my other fave gal) as I said is a special sneak peek of a new line to come. The release date is TBD but you can get her now as a freebie with any purchase of $20.00 in product not counting shipping (no discounts applied) or more. This deal will last until Monday night and then she'll be put back into the vault. Now when you pop over to SBS Shop, you will not see her in the store. However, after your transaction is done your freebie will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Also, it would be awesome if you Like the SBS FB Page (hint, hint) more chances to win her and others will be popping up soon.

I used Jen's Deconstructing Sketch #14 for my LO.  I will be playing with Ribbon Carousel- Get Edgy, Charisma Cardz Challenges - Distressing, Creative Accents Challenges - Use Your Stash.

I hope you liked my card. And if you like this sneak peek I will be back with another one for you ;) Ok so hop on over to Crafty Sprouts and Simply Betty Stamps and Buy Buy Buy!

Toot Toot Thursday with a Stamp SALE

Happy Thursday! I'm happy that you stopped by my little blog today. The next few postings will be about saying Goodbye and saying Hello to new beginnings. More on that later. For my first new beginning: Today I'm being featured over at Simply Betty Stamps.  A new feature called Toot Toot Thursday has begun where one of the SBS gals will be showcased as well as one of the older Simply Betty stamps. I am lucky #1. WooHoo!!!

OK lets get started. Today I'm featuring two of the Sweet Gothic Kids from the Birthday Line. I decided to turn these Birthday images into Halloween/Bday Halloween images. I chose to do this because my birthday is 2 weeks before Halloween and ever since I can remember I've always had my birthday associated with the holiday. When I was a kid, I wanted my birthday to be on the 31st. I always thought it would be a lot more fun and sound cool (lol) if I could say, "Yup my birthday is on Halloween." However, I grew up and realized that was never going to be :( but it seemed like that memo didn't get to everyone. All my friends still like to give me Halloween related gifts. I even received an Orange Halloween cake on my 21st bday instead of a regular birthday cake. lol. So after that I gave in and accepted the fact that even though my birthday isn't on the 31st, most people wont care and will prefer to buy me a black and orange cake as oppose to a Tacky pink frilly one, Lol! :)

My project for you today is a Box Card. It features of my fave SGK gals, Wednesday. Don't you just love how sassy she looks. I sure do. To make one of these, you can find the tutorial Here.

Materials used: I used my Prismacolor Pencils to color my images, last years K&Co Halloween Paper line and, of course, Simply Betty Stamps :)

The Card Box looks like a card from the front but once opened, it opens up into a small box where you can have a card and a small treat (of your choosing) in there. These are simple and cute to make. I do recommend you try it out the first time with a scratch cs just so you get the feel for it.

For the moment, I only have my card in there, therefore the card box isn't bulky. If you choose to add several items, note that it will be bulky so make sure that when you create the belly band, you do not make it snug. If you do so, you will not be able to slide it over the card box and have close it up.

Here's my birthday/Halloween card. It features my other fave SGK gal, Tilly. I just love coloring non traditional hair colors on my images. As some of you may know, I've been hoping to one day take the plunge and have my hair (or at least my tips died pink, purple or teal) I may one day be courageous to do it but so far it hasn't happen - Just call me chicken. Lol.
I used the Pink Ink Sketch #3 for my card LO. Im also submitting to Make It Colorful - Colour with Pink and A Spoonful of Sugar - Happy Birthday.

OK so in honor of today's Toot Toot Thursday Tilly, Wednesday and the rest of the SGK Birthday kids are on SALE. They have been slashed down to $4.00. Talk about WOW!!! This is definitely the time to stock up on them. It's like 2 for 1. Now, please note that this special promotion is in honor of my post and will last until next Wednesday night, right before the new Toot Toot Thursday post.  So hop on over to the Simply Betty Shop and pick up a few of these sassy characters.

** Also, don't forget that the new SGK Halloween line (the first of the few different Halloween lines to come) was released on Tuesday. To see the previews, click on the links below.

Day 1: Pumpkin Carvin Alex, Punki' Judy, Rag Doll Sally 

Day 2: Vampiress Tilly, Witchy Wednesday and Franken-Scott 

Click HERE to go directly to the shop to buy some of the new Halloween cuties. Also, Betty released them in Digi format for a few days only. Make sure to buy them before they are stored back in the vault.

Thanks for being here with me today!

You Make Me Smile...

Happy Weekend!! I hope you are all enjoying yourselves. Today is a quickie post... I wanted to share a happy card that will be going to a special friend. I used this retired Anya cutie from The Greeting Farm. Her smile is just too cute and quite contagious so I'm hoping it will bring a smile to the recipient.

I will be playing with My Craft Spot - You Make Me Smile.

Thanks for stopping by!

SBS Scrap Project - #3 There's a Pocket in my...

Welcome back to another Scrap Challenge at Simply Betty Stamps. This weeks theme is: There's a Pocket in my..." We are asking to see all your wonderful creations and include a pocket somewhere on there. Easy peezy right. In order to play along, you Do Not need to use a Simply Betty image but if you have them then why not flaunt them. And if you don't own any, you can always play along to try to win a few or hop on over to the SBS Shop to buy a stamp or two. Remember though, the one exception to this weeks challenge is that it Can Not be a card.  

For my project I created a Holiday Dvd holder. Sorry i know some of may be freaking out, thinking noooo stop the holiday projects. We still have some moths to go. Lol. But its around the corner and we will be hearing those sleigh bells soon :) But fear not, this is my last week celebrating Christmas in Summer. Soon enough, ummmm perhaps next week (lol) another Holiday will be celebrated ;)

The concept of this is a modern technological version of a Holiday Newsletter. I know that now a days snail mail is becoming obsolete: the newsletters have become emails and pictures have become picture discs. So I thought that this could be a combination of a Holiday Family Newsletter with pictures and videos and you can still contribute to the economy by using the post office services :)  Ok so as you can see, the disc would go on the right side and on the left you can add a personal note or anything else of your choosing.

Since my project is Holiday I wanted to use one of the saucy Sweet Gothic Kids from the new Christmas line. I used Tilly. I just love her. She looks so spunky and a bit of a tease. lol.   I used the awesome Deconstructed Sketch #13 for my cover. I will also be playing with Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Christmas in August. Fussy and Fancy Friday - Christmas.

We would love to see you play with us this week. Its soooo easy you just cant say no. Click Here to go directly to the challenge blog to link up and to check out the amazing creations done by my dt sisters.

Also, there was a glitch on the facebook fan page and it was wiped out so please hop on over to the new SBS FB Fan Page and like it. When Betty hits 500 likes she will be giving away a free digi and who knows, she may have some other giveaways as well :)

Thanks for stopping by/commenting. Happy Friday!!

Black Sheep love and a SALE

Happy Wednesday Scrappy Friends! I hope you are out there enjoying your Summer. About 2 weeks ago, I joked with my Getting Cricky DT sisters that I felt like the black sheep of the group - lol - (you can read more on that HERE).   Since then I wanted to create a CAS card that expressed my feelings:  Regardless of how bleak the situation may be or how you may feel or be perceived, You Are Loved! So it doesn't matter if you feel like the black sheep of the group, in your family, amongst your friends remember that us black sheep tend to be special ;) and we are loved. That is my message for you today! :) 

I used the Amazing You set (benefiting Doorways for Women and Families) from KAndrew Designs for my sentiment. I used the Winter Frolic cart for the sheep. I kept it CAS but I added flock to my little black sheep to make him more special :) I also filled the heart with micro beads so it can be a shaker card and I used all scraps (love that part!). Two of my DT Sisters Erika (Shaker Card) and Becky (Scraps) are currently having these mini challenges on their personal blogs so make sure you head over to check them out. Im also playing with Fantabulous Cricut - Lets be Friends.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You to You, Some Winners and Announcements

Hello Scrappy Friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today's card is a Thank You card in honor of all of you that pop by to say Hi and to all of you that hopped along the butterfly trail this weekend. I also want to say a HUGE Thank You to all my new friends/followers. Thank you all for your sweet comments and hopefully one day ill make the leap towards pink hair :)

I will be playing with:

Anyone for Anya- Paper Challenge.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Shaped Cards.

Some Odd Girl - Thank You Challenge.

For my card, I heat embossed a Thank You stamp onto the background cs. I know that it isnt really noticiable because the gold blends into the brown but I love it because its one of those that say Thank you in different languages and it looks like a collage. I used Cheeky Mate from The Greeting Farm for my image and for my sentiment I used the Food for Thought Set (benefiting the Storefront Shelter) from KAndrew Designs.

Speaking of Kristal and her fabby stamps... she has announced the release of 3 New Stamp Sets coming in August. Two of the 3 sets are mix and match and you know how much I love those. The sets have a lot of great words and sentiments (not to mention beautiful font) so you'll be able to use them not only for their intended purpose but on various other projects. The 3rd set is a Sympathy set with a gorgeous font and can be used for several situations. All 3 sets are now available for pre-order at Kristal's shop, KAndrew Designs.

I apologize for the size of my picture but I couldn't make it much larger without it being distorted. To check out a larger image, check out the links for the individual posts found at Getting Cricky.

Winged Things: benefiting the E. Glaser Pediatrics Aids Foundation

Coffee and Tea for You and Me:  benefiting Wayside House for Women

Sympathetic Sayings: benefiting Camp Good Days and Special Times

Remember that every time you purchase one of Kristal's stamps sets, not only will you be getting an amazing product but you will also be helping her and her beautiful boys as well as the charities she's benefiting. So make sure you buy a set or two. 

I also have 2 winners to announce from some previous posts. CONGRATS to:

Operation Owl Hop: Stefeni My Idea Box

Gothic Wednesday featured Here and There: Carri A Busy Bee

Please get in touch with me by Sunday 8/7/11

Thanks for stopping by/commenting! Enjoy the rest of your day.