....

So about 6 months or so ago I decided I would learn to crochet... now mind you my grandmother had tried to teach me many years ago, and well I was a miserable failure. But in the day and age of youtube... I have succeded. I made a few blankets, some flowers,and a tiny wee baby hat at prayer shawl group at church.. Then one magical day at Barnes and Nobel I found the book Creepy Cute Crochet, by Christen Haden.... and knew that the little guys in the book would be next.. and since Jim bought me the book, I told him he'd get the first guy, a ninja!

Here he is being very ninja like hiding among my fall pumpkins and gourds.


And here he is blending in with my laptop.... very ninja like, right? I can't get over how stinking cute this guy is.. and that I made it?




And with so many more choices in the book look forward to more super cute amigurumi creatures in the future!

Simple Christmas Cards!

For October's second Serendipity Challenge we are keeping things simple!

I chose stamp from the new Christmas stamps and kept it to three colors. I had the urge to add glitter and had to keep myself in check, simple!

Supplies:
* Tree Flourish Large (1234G)
* Simple Merry Christmas Small (1035D)
* Red card base finished size 4" x 4"
* White Cardstock 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
* Ink Green and Red
* Green Ric Rak

Directions:
~ Stamp the tree towards the top side of the white square in green. Stamp Merry Christmas at the bottom using red.
~ Attach white square to red front. Tie the ric rak around the top of the card, and you are finished!

Now check out the other awesome projects here:

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog



And as always check out Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

Elk county and a surprise...

so it seems like every year Jac and I make the trek to Elk County with my parents to see the Elk now they are huge and beautiful animals but I always have an ulterior motive.... BEARS! Yes I think I may have been the last person in Pennsylvania to not see a black bear! This year I finally fixed that with not one, not two, but three bears together!

Here we have the biggest Elk of the trip.... just hanging out by the side of the road eating.. it was also the rut season so we got to hear lots of bugling which is super cool!


Jac at the Elk Center in the discovery room!

Although the turkey fan looks great at as a headdress, that's not where turkeys wear theirs....



And last but never least... the bears.. okay so I got super excited and didn't get any great pictures, but that little black blob to the left of the house, baby bear I swear it...

Meet

Rockelle



So my mother and her cohorts at work have a weird sense of humor. When someone has surgery or some such thing they make a party out of it. In this case someone is having their gallbladder out becuase of stones... so hence the stone theme! My mom asked for a cute pet rock with sticky up hair and a bow! And this is what I came up with. Of course at work today she will certainly pass this cutie off as her own!

Hobby Time!

Challenge: Create a card based on your other hobby or the hobby of someone else!
Using the sketch below!


So I chose hunting which is very popular in my neck of the woods, especially at this time of year!



Since the finished card is small 4" x 4 1/4" I decided that I would only use a portion of the stamp I chose. I just love how that turned out, gives a whole new look the large stamp it started out as!

Supplies:
Buck stamp (116L) Serendipity Stamps
Card Blank (finished size 4" x 4 1/4")
Patterned Paper
Ribbon
Brown Ink
Sponge

Directions:
*Ink edges of pattered paper, and adhere ribbon around middle.
*Stamp part of buck image on small square and mat with brown cardstock. Lightly ink over the image as well as the edges.
*Adhere image to center of card. Adhere patterned paper to card front!

Sweet and simple on this one, but it still looks finished and polished to me!

Now check out the other awesome projects here:

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog



And as always check out Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

Words of Encouragement

Serendipity's second challenge for the month was to use a stamp that offered encouragement! Mary wanted us all to use different stamps, and make sure that the sentiment was the highlight! So with this in mind I decided to keep the card simple so the saying stood out!

And here you have it!

Supplies:

Live Each Season Stamp (1003E)
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Black Ink
A range of ink colors from a dark to a light... I used two lighter yellows and two lighter greens and a darker green.
Sponge
Black Pen
Black flower brads
Black velvet trim (mine is doodlebug)

Directions:

* Begin by inking a 4x4 square of white cardstock all over with yellow using a sponge. Then using the darkest green ink the lower left corner. Ink a stripe across the middle with the lightest green. Then using the other yellow and green blend the middle out to the corners. You can also go back and add other colors and keep blending till you are happy with the results.

* Stamp the sentiment in the middle with black. Using your black pen make lines 1/4" in on each side. Where the lines cross add the flower brads.

* Make a card base out of black cardstock a quarter inch bigger than the white square. Adhere your square to the middle and add trim around the edges. I mitered the corners for a finished look.

Now on to the other great projects this month, check them all out here:

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog



And as always check out Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

Fall Fun!

This month my task was to create a card based on the sketch below, using the new Autumn/Fall stamps from Serendipity!



So I took the sketch just like it was and whipped up this card! Isn't the Autumn stamp adorable!

Supplies:
~ Autumn Serendipity Stamp (1223H)
~ Brown ink
~ Fall Patterned Paper
~ Coordinating cardstocks
~ Colored pencils
~ felt leaves
~ velvet or felt ribbon

Directions:
1. Cut patterned paper to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Cut brown strip to 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" and adhere in center of patterned paper. Cut off white cardstock to 3"x 4 1/2", cover with felt leaves and trim of excess leaves, adhere to top center of brown strip.

2. Stamp image in brown, color with colored pencils and cut out! Using pop dots adhere over top of leaves. Add ribbon to edge. Super simple!

But I couldn't be done there not when that adorable spider was still calling out my name! So I created this one as well. Enjoy!

Cute and glittery too!

Now hop on and check out the other awesome projects! I'm sure you'll be inspired.

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog



And as always check the new contest at Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!