Twist and pop card

I made this card for a challenge on Koala T Crafts FB page. It's a fun group if you're interested. Jen Evers (Koala T. Crafts) has a video here if you are interested in what makes it twist and pop. It may need some embellishments on the front.

The front is a Tim Holtz Sizzix die. The sentiment and the coffee cup on the inside are from Unity Stamps. I've really been enjoying them lately. I left the spot on the right open for writing or another sentiment stamp.

I created a Cricut file for the mechanism piece that makes the twist. Here is the link.

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/47994189

They are fun to make and I may try to whip up one or two more before Christmas.

Autumn at FCCB - #289

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #289-Autumn
Make a project with an autumn theme.

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Here is my project:

I used gold and orange vinyl on a deep red charger for my project today. It's from the Intricate Seasonal Art image set. The bow is made from some ribbon I had in my stash. It looks better in person. You can see the red woven into the gold more. 

Flourishes at BBTB2

It's a week full of flourishes at Bitten by the Bug 2. My card is quick and simple, it's been a crazy week. This is for a friend who is coming back to work after her sister passed away this week.

The patterned paper is cut from the Tie the Knot image set. I welded a sentiment from Cake Basics and a flourish from Wall Decor and More to get the sentiment.

I will be taking a bit of a break from BBTB2. I will participate occasionally for the next few weeks, but it's a crazy time at school and I am having a hard time keeping up with everything. Hopefully I'll be back full time fairly soon.

Football at BBTB2

I got to choose the challenge this week at BBTB2 and I picked "football" (whatever that means to you). For some people it will be American football, for others it may mean soccer. 
Things have still been crazy here with the aftermath of hurricane Matthew and the end of the first quarter of school so I made a quick card for my project.

I chose images from Sports Mania for the front of the card and Phrases for the card base. I did some slicing to create the dark brown piece to match the front of the card. It's embossed with a Tim Holtz textured impression folder. The paper is not all Recollections for a change. There is some Bazzill thrown in the mix this time.

Come join us with a "your idea of fooball" project.

It's Halloween at BBTB2

DT sister, Laurie, chose Halloween for the theme this week at BBTB2. I love making things for Halloween but it has been a crazy couple of weeks and I didn't get this done till the last minute (again). It still turned out pretty cute.

I used images from the Creepy Critters, Gothic Graveyard and Mother's Day Bouquet image sets. It's an odd combination, but they still worked well for what I wanted. The ghost is attached to the coffin top with a piece of acetate. The leaves worked nicely to hide the bottom that was glued on. Mr. Ghost is double sided and grinning at you from either direction. I think I may put this on my desk at work with some Halloween treats inside.

Have a great week and join us for some spooky fun!

Alaska - Skagway

It's been a while since I did an Alaska post. School has been really busy this year and it has fallen by the wayside. Since we are out for 2 more days, thank you hurricane Matthew (sarcasm), I decided to take a few minutes and do at least one more (if the internet cooperates). 

It was interesting to look out the window the morning we arrived in Skagway and see this.

It was fun to start reading them after getting over the surprise. They are scattered on the mountainside all the way to town. Some people had addendums to their originals several years later.

The walkway to town

Information signs

We all kind of did our own things that day. Marty, Val, Fran and I made our way to town mid morning and walked around for a while. 

Snow

The snow is very deceptive, it was really warm that day. It was actually the warmest day of the trip. It was 80+ degrees and the kids who were working in town were very vocal about it. Most of the stores don't have air conditioning because it's not needed most of the time. They made the kids wear long pants to work anyway and they were not happy about it. I don't blame them, it would have been miserable when you're not used it!

Map

Salmon hatchery

We met some very knowledgeable young men (ages 9-12 ish) on the way to town and they filled us in on the large round metal thing in the middle of the water. They informed us that it was a salmon hatchery that wasn't being used because there happened to be an over abundance of fish and they needed it.

Lots of driftwood

Marty and Fran in downtown

All types of buildings

Harbor

Beautiful views

  

Shopping and totem poles

Close to the mountain

Shadows

Movie Night at BBTB2

Well, I didn't work ahead this week and almost didn't get this done at all. Thank you hurricane Matthew! I just got internet back this afternoon and put a super quick project together. It will go to a recently retired co-worker who is doing film reviews on FB. I will probably add a bit to it, but the basic piece will not change.

This is from the Word Collage image set. I cut it from Oracal 651 and placed it on the canvas I had coated with Mod Podge. It went together really quickly. 

I hope everyone affected by the hurricane is getting back to normal. Join us with your movie themed project.