Simply Betty Challenges #6...

Good morning, crafty bleeps!  Happy Friday!  Woohoo!  TGIF!  Yepper, Friday is here, so that means another challenge over at the Simply Betty Challenges blog!  This week's challenge is to make Thanksgiving place cards.

I made mine using one of the new Steampunk Gang digis called Gwendolyn.  Be sure to head over to the Simply Betty Stamps Shop and pick up some fun and quirky stamps for yourself!  :O)  I made the tag by printing her out at 50% opacity with the name plopped on top (at 100%) with a drop shadow.  I was going to leave it uncolored so the name on the place card really showed up, but that didn't suit me.  I didn't attack it with the same amount of color I usually do, but it's better with the color...believe me!  I sponged a bit of ink around the edges, matted it, punched the whole and tied it to the super cute pumpkin.  I got the directions for the pumpkin on The Pink Elephant.  I sure hope you like it!   {Sorry for the terrible photos!  I could not for the life of me get a decent picture, but I got lots of crappy ones!}

Be sure to check out the amazing talent of the other members on the DT!  Their links are on my sidebar or you can see them all over at the SBC blog!  Have a great day!

Backed-Up Project Pics

Hello again...two days in a row, people! That's gotta be a record for me. ;o) So, I figured I would add a lot of project pics that I never uploaded when I did them and then maybe I'll stay caught up. I don't think anyone actually stops by, but I'm going to try to stay current anyway.

This is a shaped album with a binding just like a regular book...so I could add plenty of lumpy bumpy embellies to it and have it still close...that I made. It is super sturdy too. I believe this is still for sale in my Etsy shop. I used Yellow Bicycle line Frightful for the papers. I love the way it turned out. I'd like to make more shaped albums, but it was VERY time consuming...worth it though!

The next thing I wanted to show you were the altered candles I made for Christmas gifts. I got this idea from Teresa's blog (T's Scrappin' Spot in my links). I loved hers so much that I had to make my own. I made monogrammed ones for my family and the snowflake one was for a gift exchange at hubby's work (they fought over it!). Everyone loved them, so thanks T!

We tried to save money this year, so I made baskets full of handmade stuff and I included Snowman Soup for all. This was the first time I made it and it's really good! I also made crispy peanut butter balls, peanut brittle, "female" fudge and peanut butter fudge. I made little tags for them all so they knew what the treats were.

My niece is hard to shop for, so we ended up with a gift card for her. The little holders they have at Wal-Mart are cute, but I felt the need to make my own. I made a wallet style holder that turned out really cute. I added a ribbon around the card so it could be easily pulled out of the pocket.

I made a couple of other Christmas cards that I had for sale, but I ended up sending them out to friends. I need to replace those with something else in my shop. :o)

Well, I think that's it for now. I have been working on some cards and ATC's, but I'll load those up later today or tomorrow. Have a creative day!