Bits and Pieces 3

I have a goal to use up all of the scraps that I have, but I just seem to make more! With that in mind I have set myself a 'Bits and Pieces' challenge to try to use up all the scraps created when making a project. You can see my first 2 posts here and here.

I recently made some love cupcakes to take to work for my fellow co-workers and used my Silhouette to cut out all of the hearts for the toppers that I needed.

I was left with two 8 x 11.5 sheets of heart negatives, I paired this with a sheet of my favourite Crate Paper floral - Emma's Shop, Fabrics and managed to come up with 6 cards that came together really easily.

This is the card I made that created the 'scraps'

It came together whilst playing around with some embellishments on my desk, I really like it, I should have photographed it against a darker background so you could see the edge scallops better. The die cut sentiment is by My Minds Eye.

The following cards were all made using the heart die cut and floral paper scraps. I also used my new Wplus9 basic banners stamp set and die for the sentiment

Shhh, you didn't see the wonky stamping, Ok?

I added some touches of glitter paper, washi tape and some simple embellishments and had fun with it, I am also pleased that I have filled up my stash of birthday cards!

Now, if only I could bring myself to throw away the pieces smaller that 4x4 inches I would really make a dent in the pile!

Have a great weekend.
Ang.

PS - You can also see how I created this wreath using scraps no larger than 3x3.

Moxie Fab Thank You Blog Hop

If you are a papercrafter, there is no doubt that you will have heard of the wonderful Cath Edvalson, Trends Editor at Paper Crafts Magazine. Sadly, Cath has announced that she will be leaving Paper Crafts for pastures new. To thank Cath for all her hard work and inspiration, some lovely ladies have put together a *ginormous* blog hop as a way for paper crafters around the world to share their thanks and love for Cath by producing a card, either to send to Cath or to celebrate all things Moxie Fab, you can see the blog hop post here.

I have been an avid reader of the Moxie Fab World blog for a long time and will be sad to not share the wonderful prompts and inspiration each week. Here is my card

I decided to work with my current favourite stamping set (Fresh Cut Florals, Wplus9) and I love how it turned out, I based it on my love of blue delft porcelain. I don't have too many good luck sentiments but I love the 'have a lovely day' sentiment which can be used for so many different occasions and I thought it was just perfect for this card.

I have had the perforated paper for a few years, and I like how it added texture to the background, whilst still being flat and easy for posting. I raised some of the flowers on foam pads for interest and kept the rest of the card very clean and simple. Now to pop it in the post so it can wing it's way to Cath via the lovely Teri Anderson.

If you have just stopped by on your way around the hop, you may have come from the lovely;

Latisha Yoast

up next on your whistle stop tour is the ever so talented;

Danielle Flanders

you can use the inlinkz list below to see all of the (nearly 300!) blog hop participants. Thank you so much for stopping by and if you would like to make a card to share with Cath, why not add one to this post.

Thank you Cath for 8 1/2 years of inspiration and encouragement for crafters eveywhere! Wishing you lots of luck, sunshine and rainbows!
Ang x

Our Moxie Fab Thanks to You, Cath!

1.	Moxie Fab World	96.	Anieszka Malyszek	191.	Jimmi Mayo
2.	Keren Baker	97.	Kate from i {heart} papers	192.	Julie Overby
3.	Jennifer Ingle	98.	Cindy Lawrence	193.	Eva Dobilas
4.	Debby Hughes	99.	Lori Tecler	194.	Ren-Yi Lo
5.	Virginia Lu	100.	Penny Ward	195.	Jessica Shelton-Buffa
6.	Nina Yang	101.	Leigh Penner	196.	DoBea Alberts
7.	Karolyn Loncon	102.	Christina MacLaren	197.	Nicole Rixon
8.	Lori Barnett	103.	Heidi Van Laar	198.	Debbie Corbari
9.	Kim Hughes / Paper Smooches	104.	Giovana Smith	199.	Lawn Fawn / Kelly Marie Alvarez
10.	Becky Oehlers	105.	Katrina Hunt	200.	Leigh Ann Baird
11.	Donna Mikasa	106.	Kathi Rerek	201.	Betsy Veldman
12.	JJ Bolton	107.	Glenda J. Wyatt	202.	Natasha Kara
13.	Jocelyn Olson	108.	Heather Campbell	203.	Wanda Cullen
14.	Daniela Dobson	109.	Ardyth Percy-Robb	204.	Shemaine Smith
15.	Amy Wanford	110.	Erica Hettwer	205.	Lydia Fiedler
16.	Sylvia Blum	111.	Danielle Walls	206.	Jenn Shurkus
17.	AJ Otto	112.	Fresh Squeezed Stamps	207.	Leslie Hanna
18.	Taheerah Atchia	113.	Lynn Mangan	208.	Lenny Sacr�as
19.	Laura Williams	114.	Kim Kesti	209.	Chunyuan Wu
20.	Kimberly Crawford	115.	Kelly Booth	210.	Berenice Rendon
21.	Vera Yates	116.	Stephanie Severin	211.	Brenda Weaver
22.	Jaclyn Miller	117.	Michelle Lupton	212.	Sabrina Alery
23.	Amber Kroening	118.	Angelica Suarez	213.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
24.	Lindsay Amrhein	119.	Sarah Martina Parker	214.	Lyndal Higgins
25.	Miriam Prantner	120.	Ashley Nguyen Newell	215.	Pattie Goldman
26.	Irit Shalom	121.	Jessica Witty	216.	Jenny Martin
27.	Anabelle O'Malley	122.	Jennifer Rzasa	217.	Michelle Bala
28.	Michele Gross	123.	Jennifer Priest	218.	Julie Smith
29.	Teri Anderson	124.	Angie Tieman	219.	Linda Auclair
30.	Alice Wertz	125.	Bev Gerard	220.	Tyra Babington
31.	Pamela Ho	126.	Asty Purbasari	221.	Darnell J Knauss
32.	Elena Roussakis	127.	Megan Hoeppner	222.	Jennifer Jackson
33.	Lorena Canto	128.	Pia Overgaard	223.	Amy Sheffer
34.	Tara Cardwell	129.	Nina Brackett	224.	Piali Biswas
35.	Joscelyne Cutchens	130.	Linda Lucas	225.	Lori Hairston
36.	Ashley Harris	131.	Judy Rozema	226.	Charlene Bopp
37.	Annette Allen	132.	Lynn Mercurio	227.	Deanna Woodland
38.	Jessi Fogan	133.	Erin Thiem	228.	Ceal Pritchett
39.	Lindsey M-P	134.	Carolyn Gimpel King	229.	Vanessa Menhorn
40.	Christine Dring	135.	Smitha Katti	230.	P. Kelly Smith
41.	Tasnim Ahmed	136.	Susan Liles	231.	Therese Calvird
42.	Alicia Thelin	137.	Lisa Arana	232.	Rachel Izakowicz
43.	Ashley Marcu	138.	Kalyn Kepner	233.	Frances Byrne
44.	Kryssi Ng / Mama Elephant	139.	Rachel Kleinman	234.	Holly Shepard
45.	Katie Gehring	140.	Wendy Price	235.	Geri Greening
46.	Angi Barrs	141.	Kim Dellow	236.	Gretchen Belknap (same as #186)
47.	Tracey McNeely	142.	Melissa Elsner	237.	Shirley Bampton
48.	Jen del Muro	143.	Laura Pryor	238.	Julia Stainton
49.	Sarah J. Moerman	144.	Ivanka Lentle	239.	Diana Slaughter
50.	Laurie Willison	145.	Ashlee Townsend	240.	Kim Heggins
51.	Cristina Kowalczyk	146.	Michelle Liimatainen	241.	Melissa Phillips
52.	Iwona Palamountain	147.	Juliana Michaels	242.	Jennifer McGuire
53.	Shanna Vineyard	148.	Ilina Crouse	243.	Beth Matson
54.	Tiffany Johnson	149.	Suzanne Bier	244.	Kanan Pandya
55.	Laura O'Donnell	150.	Sherry Wright	245.	Chrissy Larson
56.	Lisa Adametz	151.	Barb Housner	246.	Kristi Schurr
57.	Laura Bassen	152.	Kim Makortoff	247.	Tammy Hobbs
58.	Ryann Salamon	153.	Stephanie Washburn	248.	Windy Robinson
59.	Clare Buswell	154.	Alyssa Scritchfield	249.	Wida Miller
60.	Gayatri Murali	155.	Niki G	250.	Erum Tasneem
61.	Laurel Seabrook	156.	Colleen Dietrich	251.	Barb Murphy
62.	Christine Traversa	157.	Sharyn Tormanen	252.	SRM Stickers
63.	Melania Deasy	158.	Karin �kesdotter	253.	Judy Marino
64.	Michelle Williams	159.	Erin Taylor	254.	Noelle McAdams
65.	Jamie Gracz / Avery Elle	160.	Jen Carter	255.	Katie Brooks
66.	Lin Brandyberry	161.	Cristina N��ez (Yainea)	256.	Unity Stamp Company
67.	Michelle Woerner	162.	Susie Wittwer	257.	Cheryl Valadez
68.	Kim Howard	163.	Becky Olsen	258.	Jennie Harper
69.	Amanda Coleman	164.	Lori Craig	259.	Latisha Yoast
70.	Dana Warren	165.	Tessa Wise	260.	Ang Mansfield
71.	Kelly Griglione	166.	Courtney Kelley	261.	Danielle Flanders
72.	Taylor Usry	167.	Maureen Merritt	262.	Niki Meiners
73.	Emily Branch	168.	Alice Golden	263.	Shelly Kurth
74.	Amy Tsuruta	169.	Chrissie Tobas	264.	Els Brigé
75.	Rae Barthel	170.	Stasia Sloma	265.	Jane Beljo
76.	Erin Schreiner	171.	Heather Hoffman	266.	Stacy Croninger
77.	Stacey Schafer	172.	Annette Witherspoon	267.	Susie Moore
78.	Sarah Gough	173.	Tarynne Wise	268.	Gaby Creates
79.	Joni Andaya	174.	Amy Kolling	269.	Sylvia Nelson
80.	Lalo	175.	Chari Moss	270.	Lucy Abrams
81.	Maria Fischer	176.	Carol Wilson	271.	Lee Murphy
82.	Laurie Schmidlin	177.	Shelly Greybeck	272.	Britta Swiderski
83.	Yvonne Yam	178.	Maureen Plut	273.	Michele Kovack
84.	Tifany DeGough	179.	Bree Tetz	274.	Valerie Stangle
85.	Deirdre Horgan	180.	Meredith MacRitchie	275.	Nancy Krueger
86.	Cheiron Brandon	181.	Dawn Turley	276.	Heather Doran
87.	Beverley Brown	182.	Marisa Gunn	277.	Isha Gupta
88.	Tenia Nelson	183.	Simone Naoum	278.	N@ Ali
89.	Jamie Greene	184.	Stephanie Muzzulin	279.	Dawn Schuster
90.	Veronica Zalis	185.	Richard Breaks	280.	Ginny Henriquez
91.	Jennifer Scull	186.	Gretchen Belknap	281.	Joyce Mehrberg
92.	Lizzie Sanchez	187.	Libby Hickson	282.	Cathy Andronicou
93.	Glitz Design	188.	Hannelie Bester	283.	Rebecca Fellows
94.	Lea Lawson	189.	Julie Campbell	284.	Cornelia (fun stamping) Wenokor
95.	Heather Nichols	190.	Lisa Henke	285.	Anita Recksiedler

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Halloween Treat Bags

Since I have started working in an office there are lots of opportunities to make sweet treats for my colleagues. I started with these bags this Valentines Day and had a last minute idea to make Halloween treat bags, it started out as fun, but by 2.30am I was definitely flagging!

 I die cut the pumpkins and the gravestones using my silhouette (I started out writing RIP on the stones but chose to go with a more cheerier 'Boo!') but together it just wasn't enough and I was running out of time. I had to pop to the local supermarket and lo and behold I found a set of 50 witches for 99p, originally they make up a game much like an Easter egg hunt, but you have to find the witch with orange stars on her dress, when dressed up together with the other two die cuts they made a 'bewitching' *groan* label.

I used Wilton clear party bags, filled them with various sweeties and tied them with some tinsel or curling ribbon. The wraps around the centre were from the same supermarket as the witches and were meant to make paper chains. I wish I had picked up more because I made a lot more bags than originally planned!

Here they are ready to go in my basket. I wish I had used a more halloweeny fabric though.

 I needed a quick way to adhere so many labels together and it had to be quick drying glue, my hot glue gun wasn't the greatest idea so I went with my Tiny Attacher, it didn't detract from the total look, besides, I don't think the recipients were looking that closely ;)

I overfilled one bag for my friend's little boy and took a bit more time with his tag, I backed the pumpkin with black card stock, die cut and glittered his name, used the 'fancy' witch from the pack of witches and finished her off with some oogly googly eyes.

I was so pleased to hear that it brightened so many people's day, however I think I may have to put a bit more planning into it if I am going to make some for Christmas!

Hope you had a fun, safe Halloween,
Ang