Need a Hug?

I love squirrels.  My yard is full of various feeders that I constantly fill so that I can watch the squirrels come eat and play in my yard.  I'll stand at the kitchen window or sit on the porch waiting and watching.  They're such funny critters and I enjoy the entertainment they provide.  My squirrels have their homes built up in the tops of old oak trees surrounding my house and they'll run from their homes down and through the trees whenever they see me coming with food.

 

And so it should be no surprise that today I have a fun squirrel card to share with you.  This shaped card is from Marjorie Ann Designs and is titled Nuts About You.  Now I admit I changed my card up a bit.  I left out the flower and the little black bird and then added in some "grass".  But that's the beauty of our crafting, the designer sees it one was and we have the ability to create it another.

 

The stamped sentiment on my card is from the Cardz TV Stamps set titled Just Saying.

Zombie Virus Anyone?

 

I saw this wonderful Zombie Panda over at SVG Cutting Files couple weeks back and just had to have him.  I love the way that he was designed in that he can be used for a variety of card themes - Halloween, get well, Valentine's and so on.

 

This time I decided to use him for a quick and easy Halloween card.

 

My stamped sentiment is from the Jaded Blossom stamp set Pick Your Poison. 

 

Now I'm off to enter my card in the following challenge:

 

Hiding in My Craft Room - Any Holiday - Ends October 2nd

 

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes - Ends October 2nd

 

DL Art - September Linky Challenge - Ends September 30th

 

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes - Ends October 5th

SVG Cutting Files - Anything Fall - Ends October 14th

Over the Hill - Reaper Style

Happy Friday everyone.  Today I have a fun over the hill card to share with you.  Needless to say, whoever receives this card will have to have a pretty good sense of humor. 

 

I found this cute little grim reaper cut over at Cuddly Cute Designs.  I've never really used her files before this one and must say it was really easy to put together.

 

The three skeleton tabs/tags/tape I have on the card were created using the recently released Halloween Designer Tapes stamp set by Jaded Blossom.  And then I also decided to add a couple of skittles from the Back to School release at DoubleClick Connections.

Minion Scarf

I decided to try something a little different.  I've made a couple of minion hats but never tried to make a scarf so I sat down the other night and gave it a whirl.

 

Turned out pretty good I think.  I was tempted to try putting a smile on it but was afraid that I'm not yet skilled enough to do so without my yarn showing through on the reverse side.

 

It took a couple of days to get this done but the end result was well worth the time spent.  And now I'll see about making some more.  I'm sure the kids will love these and who knows - I just might have to try branching out and seeing what else I can do.  I'm finally feeling more confident in my ability to crochet after all these years............