Aargh Matey... Are you after my Treasure

Time to talk like a pirate!

In celebration of this great day of fun, aargh Design Team at

Mountain Plains Crafters needed very little push

to take it to the next level & get crafty with it!

You can see the DT members {who could play along}

creations at Mountain Plains Crafters

Well Shiver Me Timbers... last Halloween I just happened

to dress up as a pirate!

Background Paper - Creative Imaginations Dead Men Tell No Tales

Strip Banners - FabScraps Rustic Fishing

Sunburst Chippie - UmWow Studio

added a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Picket Fence then topped that with

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam in Hay Ride

Clock embelly - Spare Parts

Compass Brad - Oriental Trading Post

U.S. Stamp - Unity Stamp Co.

 Felt "X" - Thickers in Playroom

misc trinkets in bottom left corner

I would like to send a special thanks to Tombow for the Adhesive!
Xtreme & Mono Aqua

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A Gift for Wendy

My friend, Wendy, is a red, black & white FREAK! so I decorated this empty grapefruit jar for her to store some of her scrappy supplies in and also to match her house. Wendy, I hope you like it!

The top:
Products Used: Printed Paper & heart brad-Creative Imagination; black flower-7 Gypsies; red flower-Prima; white flower-Making Memories; Brad in flower & fiber-Basic Grey; Black bling-e.; black swirl-Bo Bunny; ribbon from Hobby Lobby

You're a Classic

Tonight was another productive night for card making for a cause...Operation Write Home. Here's one of my creations:

Another:
The whole bunch. I made 8 of the similar although not identical (maybe a couple are completely the same):
Products Used: Making Memories Metallic Paper in Red & Black; Cuttlebug folder; Classics paper by Creative Imaginations; Black cardstock from CTMH, silver pen from Creative Memories; screw head brad from Oriental Trading Post

These 8 cards count toward the No Paper Buying Challenge. Please see my Aug. 1 post for more details.

Choir & Band

My oldest son sings with the University of Arkansas Children's Choir, this was his second year & he still loves it. This concert was held at a church in Fayetteville:

Products Used: Paper-no idea, it just showed up; Stamp Set-Layers of Color Joyful Noise; Ink-CTMH Cranberry; flower-Petaloo Mulberry Street; Ribbon; black swirl-BoBunny Chunky Charms; Mask-Tim Holta Concerto; Shimmerz Before Dawn& smooch vanilla; button & ribbon-misc.

Again a UACC Choir:

Products: Black Cardstock-CTMH; printed paper-Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph; Flower Embellishment-Prima Marketing Holts Glitter Spray Black; Black Flower-Petaloo-FloraDoodles; Red & Black Ribbons-His & Hers Studio (Hobby Lobby); White Ribbon-CTMH.

Christmas Concert at the Walton Arts Center:

Products Used: Black Cardstock-CTMH; Smooch Spritz-Vanilla; Shimmerz-Before Dawn; Printed Papers-Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph; Pearls-Say it in Pearls by Prima Marketing; Brads-Sasafras cameo; large red flower-Prima Flowers caravan Morrocco Red; Two Red Flowers-Petaloo Mulberry; white flower spritzed & beaded ribbon-misc.

Unscripted Sketches#62

Unscripted Sketches#62 inspired me to use my one Swirlydoo kit that I purchased! I love love love this kit... black/white/red & MUSIC

My card:
The Details:

Papers used: Creative Imaginations Christine Adolph (I looked on her website but couldn't find the name of these papers; Cardstock & Black Ink-CTMH; large Red Flower-Mulberry Street; Black flower-Making Memories; Red Center brad-Creatvie Imagination Marah Johnson; Heart Brad-Creative Imaginations Signature Collection; Black Beads-e.; BACKGROUND: Mask-Tim Holtz idea-ology concerto & Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Burnt Red