Moving...

I've decided to start all over...I've been feeling a bit boxed in here for several reasons, but I just can't let this blog go quite yet so I am going to leave up, but I also have some new digs!

http://landersoncraftydesigns.wordpress.com/

I hope you guys will take the time to follow me over on the new spot. ;)

Thanks a bunch,

Lauren

I {heart} CAS-ual Fridays

So the challenge over on the CAS-ual Fridays blog is to make a card using hearts. I'm kind of in between these days w/ my Halloween things and my Christmas things. Some days it's Halloween, some days it's Christmas, and some days (like today lol!) it's both (see my post below.) ;) When I saw the challenge for this week I immediately thought of my Gingerbread Lane stamps and dies set...

...there's a boy and a girl and hearts and...it's just adorable. I love it.

Here are some more angles and the inside. ;)

I had fun w/ this one too, hope you guys like as well. ;)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate, Scarlet Jewel, Raspberry Fizz, and Berry Sorbet

DP: PTI Fine Linen patterned pack

Stamps: PTI Gngerbread Lane

Inks: PTI Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, and Enchanted Evening

Dies: PTI Gingerbread Lane

Other: Foam Tape

Ink It Pink #15: Fall or Halloween ;)

I (of course) love the challenge going on over on the Ink It Pink Challenge Blog. Fall or Halloween? Count me in! LOL! Unfortunately I only have two Pink By Design stamp sets and one is Christmas. (I will have to try and remedy this situation soon! ;) And the other is the Mad Scientist set...but I thought some of these stamps could double for Halloween. ;) Here is my take on the challenge...

I made a pillow box to put in the goody bags for the kids for our annual Halloween party. I made the little amoeba blob into a cute little monster by adding one of the faces that come w/ the set to him. Isn't he adorable? ;) I almost (but not quite lol!) like having just the two stamp sets. It forces me to think outside the box w/ them.

Hope you like it, I had lots of fun w/ it!

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft, PTI True Black, DCWV Neutral

DP: Recollections Haunted Estate stack

Stamps: Pink By Design Mad Scientist and PTI Spooky Sweets

Inks: Tsukineko Eggplant, Wheat, and Spanish Olive, PTI True Black

Dies: PTI Mat Stack #4, Limitless Layers Ovals, and Essential Pillow Box

Inspired By...#44 :)

I'm getting this in under the wire... :) Ain't that always the way. ;) I loved the inspiration photo over on the Inspired By...Challenge Blog. It's Halloween-y, my favorite. :) Here is my take...

I added a little pop of orange. I felt it needed it. ;)

Here is another angle and the inside.

I'm pretty proud of myself for remembering to dress up the inside of the card too! ;)

I had fun making this card, I hope you enjoy it too. ;)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI True Black, Vintage Cream, and Fine Linen

Stamps: PTI Mr. Bones, Happy Harlequin, and Happy Days

Inks: PTI Fine Linen, True Black, and Orange Zest

Dies: PTI Happy Days, Hello Sunshine, and Heart-2-Heart #6

Other: Foam Tape, Martha Stewart Deep Edge Punch Spooky Fence, Recollections Midnight Magic Die Cut Stack

The Inside Edition ;)

Hello all. This weeks Make It Monday #86 is hosted by Ashley Cannon Newell (LOVE HER!) She has challenged us to dress up the inside of our cards as well as the outside. I've been thinking about this for some time now. I get so caught up on the outside of the card, I forget that people read what's on the INSIDE. Duh, right. Total goofball moment. So I am taking this challenge and I am going to run with it! From now on I am going to do a little dressing on the inside of my cards as well. (At least I am going to try to! Lol!) Here is my take...(the left side is the front of the card and the right side is what's on the inside.)

I usually forget about journaling cards...I don't know why...I guess I tend to make my own, but how awesome does this work to have one on the inside of a card?! I'm such a nut. I'm sure crafters have probably been doing this for ages now. ;)

I've been loving this trend I'm seeing of just a bit of patterned paper poking out of one side or the other of a card so I have decided to try it here. I'm also still loving the negative die cut trend. ;)

Hope you like it. I had fun making it and it was so simple! I'm thinking maybe some mass production for Christmas. ;)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. ;)

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft

DP: The Christmas and Winter Stack (2011) DCWV

Stamps: PTI Happiest of Holidays, Happy Harlequin, and Snow Globe (for the inside green stars)

Inks: PTI Scarlet Jewel, True Black, and New Leaf

Dies: PTI Mat Stack #4

Other: Foam Tape

World Card Making Day Cards :)

I had limited time on Saturday in which to make my cards so I couldn't post them until today. But rest assured, they were ALL made on Saturday! :) I rarely get an opportunity to just craft all day, so that is what I did. ;) Little bit was off spending time with NaNa, and DH was at work, sooooo, this is the result... :)

This one took awhile...I was debating which pattened paper to use, then I was deciding how many diamonds to glitter, then I was glittering them up...and I was loving every minute! :) It actually turned out pretty cute. 

With this one I was still working with last week's Make It Monday technique: Glitter Tabs. I really like this technique. Just the right amount of sparkle and vintage look. ;)

Here are several more...I was on a Christmas card kick for some reason. ;) And I just really wanted to use my PTI Santa Stationary stamps! :)

Hope you enjoy them. I had a blast on Saturday just paper crafting all by my lonesome. ;)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

I used a ton of stuff on all these cards so if you see something you are curious about, just leave a comment and I will get back to you about the product. ;)

A Pink CASE Study Christmas

I was looking at the CASE Study blog last night and the muse's card and all of a sudden I got the idea for this card. I had to wait until today to be able to make it (gotta wait til the little one is napping) and so it evolved a bit. ;) But I still like it. ;) Here it is...

I'm still waiting for Papertrey Ink's suppliers to fix the Pure Poppy and Raspberry Fizz problem so that I can order those inks, but it led me to this color combo so I can't be too perturbed. ;) I also used Dawn McVey's embossing and glitter technique for the popped up snowflakes.

Here are a few more angles and the biggest card is the muse's card from which I came up with my idea. :)

I had fun with this card too. ;) Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. 

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Berry Sorbet, Vintage Cream, and Fine Linen

Stamps: PTI Snowflake Medley and Happiest Holidays

Inks: PTI Berry Sorbet, Fine Linen, Scarlet Jewel, and True Black

Dies: PTI Snowflake Medley and Half & Half

Other: Foam Tape, WOW Glitter by American Crafts, Clear embossing powder, heat tool

Black White and Plum: Yum ;)

I LOVE the color challenge over on The Play Date Cafe this week! There are just sooooooooo many possibilities for these colors! I chose Halloween, but I'm also thinking of doing a Christmas and Thinking of You card with these colors as well! :) Here is my take...

Isn't that color combo fun?! I was inspired by Arielle of Snappy Stappin' w/ Arielle's style. I adore it! She is super amazing!

Here are a few more angles and the Color Story is in the bottom right. ;)

I had tons of fun making this card, so I hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. ;)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and White

DP: PTI Royal Velvet and Smokey Shadow pattern packs

Stamps: PTI Spooky Sweets

Ink: PTI True Black

Dies: PTI Spider Web Trio

Other: Foam Tape, EK Success corner rounder, Bella Blvd Washi Tape

Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #85

Hello again! :) I finally got to play along with Make It Monday this week! :) It was Dawn McVey's turn and she challenged us to use Glitter Tabs. How fun! Here is my take...

This was my first attempt so I have some parts that are lighter than others, but I really like this technique. It adds just the right amount of pizzazz to your cards. ;)

Here are a few more angles and close ups...

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. ;)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Scarlet Jewel and Rustic Cream

DP: PTI Scarlet Jewel and New Leaf pattern packs

Stamps: PTI Happiest of Holidays and Snow Globe

Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel and New Leaf

Dies: PTI Half &Half

Other: EK Success corner rounder, clear embossing powder, Embossing ink pad, Studio G rhinestones, heat tool, Crafty Sparkles Sparkling Silver glitter, ribbon from my stash

Ah, Freshly Made, There You Are ;)

It's been a long time since I've played along with Freshly Made Sketches. I've been a bit busy these last couple of weeks and haven't done but a few challenges... anyhoo, here is my take on this weeks sketch (which you can find HERE.)

Still making a few Halloween cards. ;)

I love that WOW Glitter from American crafts. It works beautifully when you want to glitter up a die cut, and that brown is gorgeous IRL. ;)

Here is a close up, and another angle...

Hope you like it. I had fun with this one! I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate and Rustic Cream

DP: Fall and Night Stack from Recollections

Stamps: PTI Spooky Sweets

Inks: PTI True Black and Orange Zest

Dies: PTI Spooky Sweets, Heart Border, and Doily

Other: Foam Tape, WOW Glitter by American Crafts Chocolate

CASE Study #110

Hello. I have played along with CASE Study again this week. ;) I love this challenge site, it's one of my favorites. :) I'm almost at the end of my Halloween card making, but not the end of the crafting in general. I still have a few more Halloween projects I want to finish up before our party and I still need a few more cards...

Here is my card for this weeks CASE Study challenge...

I don't have the larger Mat Stacks to coordinate with the ones I already have (yet,lol) so I improvised a little and cut the black one in half so it would shadow the top and bottom. ;)

Here are a few more angles and the muse's card (in the top right corner.)

Have I mentioned that I LOVE this new Night and Fall stack by Recollections? It's got really awesome fall colors! :)

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Vintage Cream

DP: Night and Fall Stack by Recollections

Stamps: PTI Spooky Sweets

Ink: PTI True Black

Dies: Mat Stack #4

Other: Foam Tape, Studio G Black Pearls

A Retro/CASology ;)

I've been combining challenges lately and I normally don't do that on a regular basis...hmmm. ;) Guess I've just been inspired by more than one thing at a time lately, lol. ;)

I've decided to combine the CASology Challenge #11

 with the Retro Sketches#29 Challenge.

Here is my card...

I've always loved it when people use the negatives from their die cuts to make something else. I think it's a great way to use as much of your paper as possible. ;) I also love the white on white...I forget about it sometimes, but it's a really wonderful effect. ;)

Here are some more angles and the sketch is in the bottom left corner. ;)

Hope you like it. I enjoyed making it. :) I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Stamper's Select White

Stamps: PTI Happy Haunting

Ink: PTI True Black

Dies: PTI Happy Haunting, Double Ended Banners

Other: Foam Tape

Another CASE Study Halloween :)

I think I'm a little obsessed with Halloween. ;) I can't help it, I love it! :) LOL! I decided to play along with the CASE Study challenge and the muse's card gave me a cute (scary?) idea for a skeleton card.

I interpreted the scalloped bordered on the muse's card as drips. I like how it looks as though the pattern is dripping away...

Here are some more angles and the muse's card (in the bottom right corner.)

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Rustic Cream

DP: Recollections Haunted Estate stack

Stamps: PTI Mr. Bones

Ink: PTI Scarlet Jewel

Dies: PTI Mr. Bones

Other: Foam Tape, Martha Stewart Drippy Goo edge punch

A CAS-ual "Less Is More" Fridays (On A Monday hehe!)

The challenge over on "Less is More" this week is to use and oval. The challenge over on CAS-ual Fridays is to used Black and White + One...so I thought I could combine the two. ;) Two birds with one stone and all that...but really the two together inspired me to make this card, which was fun, and I think it came out rather cute. Or scary, depending if you like spiders or not. Lol!

I LOVE the little glitter black on black spider web at the top. It's just enough without being too much...you know what I mean? ;)

Here are a few more angles...

Hope you like it, it was fun to make and came together so easily! It could be fun to make a set with different images in the oval...hmmm... ;)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI True Black

DP: Recollections Boo Who? stack and Colorbok Black Glitter

Stamps: PTI Tremendous Treats: Halloween and Mr. Bones (for the sentiment)

Ink: PTI New Leaf and Archival Brilliance Platinum Planet

Dies: PTI Spiderweb Trio and Limitless Layers Oval

 

The Play Date Cafe #149

Whew, it's been awhile since I've played along over on the Play Date Cafe blog. I love the colors this week, and when I saw this new Recollections Fall and Night stack at Michael's I thought I could use the cute-sy Halloween paper for a cute little Halloween card. Normally I am a scary Halloween person, but I LOVE the colors in this stack and they are a close match to the colors for this weeks challenge...so I went for it. And I just adore this card. :)

Isn't that paper fun?!

I used the PTI Heart Border die to create the scalloped edging. I've seen it done before and wanted to try it out. ;)

Here are a few more angles, and the color pallet. 

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI Rustic Cream and True Black, Recollections Light Purple

DP: Recollections Fall and Night stack

Stamps: PTI Tremendous Treats: Halloween

Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow

Dies: PTI Heart Border

What?! Not A Halloween Card?!

LOL! I've been working on Halloween stuff pretty intensely these last few weeks. But I got some happy mail the other day courtesy of Jay Gee's Nook (I was a randomly drawn winner! Woohoo!) and I had to play with my new stamps! :) It is a super cute Owl set from Jane's Doodles. Thank you so much Jay Gee! :)

I used this weeks Retro Sketch and I need to get my rearend in gear because the challenge closes soon! :) Haha! Here is my take...

I just love that owl don't you? The owl and the heart are actually separate stamps. I just thought it would look cuter with the heart in there to go with the sentiment. :)

Here is a close up and a different angle.

This card just kind of fell together with these adorable stamps! :)

Hope you enjoy it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI New Leaf, Orange Zest, Vintage Cream, and Dark Chocolate

DP: The Mod Stack from DCWV

Stamps: Your A Hoot! Jane's Doodles

Inks:PTI Dark Chocolate and Scarlet Jewel

Dies: Spellbinders Circles Nestabilities, PTI Double Ended Banner

Other: EK Success corner rounder, Paper Studio Woodgrain embossing folder, and foam tape

A CASE Study Halloween :)

I know, I know...I've been quiet for awhile. Busy w/ family stuff. But good family stuff. We are doing some remodeling of the house so I will get pics up as soon as it is all done. :)

I had a little time so I decided to join in with the CASE Study Challenge this week. As most of you know I have been having trouble uploading pics (blogger wanting me to pay for more storage...what's up with that?!) Anyhoo, so you will have to follow the link to the challenge blog to see the Muse's card we are CASEing this week. :)

Here is my interpretation of the card. 

I know it's a shocker, I turned it into a Halloween card. LOL! :)

And a side shot...

This card was really fun to make! I love Mr. Bones (duh!) and I have been using Fabulous Frames A LOT lately. :)

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: PTI True Black, Vintage Cream, and Simply Chartreuse

DP: PTI Royal Velvet Patterned Pack

Stamps: PTI Mr. Bones, Fabulous Frames, Happy Hexagons and Happy Days

Inks: PTI Royal Velvet, True Black, Simply Chartreuse,and  Orange Zest

Dies: PTI Fabulous Frames and Mr. Bones

Banner For My Momma :)

I made this banner for my mom as well. (If you read the previous post you know that all of her decorations for ALL the holidays are still back at her old house with my brother. :) I think she liked it just a bit...lol... :)

I cut the banner shapers with my Cricut and the B is for Boy Lite cartridge. It was super fun to make! :)

Here are some close ups of each panel. If you notice my pics looking a bit different it's because I am now using Photobucket to upload them. I have reached my limit in Google and if I erase them they get taken off the blog (archives you know?) so I had to find another free way to share my photos....we will see how long this one lasts... :)

I hope you enjoy it. I really had a lot of fun making this banner! :)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock:Recollections Kraft, Black, DCWV Orange, Green, and Blue

DP: PTI Smokey Shadow Pattern Pack, Orange Zest Pattern Pack, K&Company various stacks

Stamps: PTI Mr. Bones, Happy Hauntings, and Tremendous Treats: Halloween

Inks: PTI True Black, Orange Zest, Simply Charteuse, Smokey Shadow

Dies: PTI Mr.Bones, Limitless Layers Ovals, Mat Stack #4, Tag Sale #5

Other: Ribbon from Target, Foam Tape, Cricut Expression, B is For Boy Lite Cartridge

Halloween Decor #2

Woo Hoo I figured it out! Now I just need to figure out how to make the pics smaller... ;)

ETA: Sorry I didn't share details of this earlier...I was trying to figure out how to get my pics on here without having to buy extra storage from Google or anywhere else...some of us are on a budget and doesn't Google make a TON of money on advertising? Why do we have to pay for extra storage?! Kind of made me mad at the time...anyhoo...

I actually made these blocks for my Mom. she saw them is a magazine and wanted some for her apartment. (All of her decor is back in Austin still...) The mag said to use foam blocks, but I thought the foam would be too light and I couldn't find any wooden blocks at our local Michael's (we were in a hurry because Zachary was getting antsy) and so I happened upon some plastic photo cubes. They weren't too expensive, they were light enough not to hurt if they fell on your foot ;) and they were solid so if Zac got a hold of them they wouldn't be crushed to bits. :)

I used Modge Podge for the glue and sealer. I have actually never worked with Modge Podge before, and now I think I'm addicted! :)

Hope you like them. I had a ton of fun making them. :) I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you  wish. :)

Supply List:
DP: DCWV Bewitched stack and other various Stacks, Recollections Seasonal stacks, K&Company Halloween stacks, Cloud 9 Seasonal stack
Cardstock: Recollections Black
Other: Cricut Expression and Happy Hauntings Cartridge for the Letters, google eyes, Studio G bling, Modge Podge

Halloween Decor #1 :)

I've been working on some projects for the house and for our annual Halloween party. Then I saw on Nichole Heady's blog  that they were doing a Halloween Inspirational Event with Mr. Bones!

 How cute is that?!

So here are a couple of things I've been working on...

 These are some little toilet paper roll candy boxes I made. :) Super easy!

 They are going to go in the treat bags for the little ones at the Halloween Party.

 These are just two of many...I am making them all different. It's more fun that way. ;) But if it comes to crunch time it's really easy to whip out a bunch of the same. :)

Hope you like them. ;) I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.


And hopefully I will be back with more...I just need to figure out how to get extra storage space for my photos because I can no longer upload them here unless I pay ;( Sad day. If anyone has any ideas for free ways to get my photos to show up here let me know. I tried Flickr and Photobucket but Blogger refuses to recognize the URL's. If I can't get this remedied soon I won't be able to post anymore without deleting my archives...what are your suggestions and/or thoughts on this subject? :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Black, Purple, Acid Green, Orange, and Cream

DP: Cloud 9

Stamps: PTI Sweet Treats II

Ink: PTI Royal Velvet and True Black

Dies: Spiderweb Trio, Happy Days, Limitless Layers Circles, Mr. Bones, Sweet Treats II

Other: Glue dots, Hot Glue Gun, and toilet paper rolls

Make It Monday #80

It's time for me to get into my Make It Monday #80 Making Garland card! I actually made this card a few days ago, but I'm just now getting the time to post. ;) I may do a second take...I was looking through the other entries and getting inspired! :) But for now here is the original card I decided to make...

 I just love Mr. Bones. ;)

 This is a super CAS card. I was a little weary of trying to make a garland this way so that it has movement. Usually I just glue in all down so it only looks like a garland, but it doesn't actually move. ;)

I'm not sure how I feel about the placement...like I said I think I will try a second time with some dancing Mr. Bones... ;) We will see if time will allow today. :)

Hope you like it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Black and Cream, PTI Vintage Cream

DP: DCWV Bewitched Stack

Stamps: PTI Mr.Bones

Inks: PTI True Black, Royal Velvet, Simply Chartreuse, and Orange Zest

Dies: Mr. Bones, Happy Days

Other: Glue Dots, Twine from The Twinery, Green Staples from Making Memories

CASE Study #106

ETA: I am also linking this up with PTI's Mr's Bones' Spook Out! :)

It's the last week of the anniversary celebrations over at the CASE Study Challenge. The last hurrah is to CASE yourself. ;) I have plenty of cards that I have wanted to re-do, but I was looking through my archives and found a card I really liked and thought "Hey, I can make a cool Halloween card from this!" :) If you've been around you know I LOVE Halloween (I don't think I can say it enough! LOL!)
So here is the original card...

 And you can find the original post HERE.

And the new one. :)

 I forgot about my Martha Stewart Deep Edge Spiderweb punch until now...I also forgot how much I love it! :)

 Isn't Little Ghosty cute? PTI is pretty much AMAZING! :) I love the new Happy Hauntings set. The ghost and all the different faces you can make for him are just too adorable...or spooky...or frightening....or whatever you want! :)

Hope you enjoy it. I really had fun looking at all my past cards and also lots of inspiration to fix re-make them. ;)

I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft, Cream, and Black. DCWV Ghosts and Goblins Glitter.

DP: K&Company, Recollections: Midnight Magic

Stamps: PTI Happy Hauntings

Ink: PTI True Black

Dies: PTI Mat Stack #4, Double Ended Banners, and Happy Hauntings

Other: Ribbon from JoAnn's, Martha Stewart Deep Edge Spiderweb punch, Foam Tape

CR84FN...Long Time No See :)

It's been awhile since I've linked up with the CR84FN Color Challenge and I thought it was about time I got back to it. :)

 I just love these soft relaxing colors, don't you? :)

Here is my take...

 I know I added just the tiniest of red with that little heart, but it felt like it needed it. ;)

 I LOVE my new We Go Together stamps from PTI. The sentiments are awesome! ;)

Just a bit of dimension for the oval.

I hope you enjoy it. I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish. :)

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections Kraft and Light Blue

DP: DCWV Linen Closet Stack, Recollections Bold Basics 8.5x11 Stack

Stamps: PTI We Go Together, Heart 2 Heart #6

Inks: PTI Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening, and Scarlet Jewel

Dies: PTI Wine Bottle Tag, Half & Half, Limitless Layers Ovals

Other: Foam Tape, EK Success corner rounder