Halloween Make a Wish

Happy Monday and welcome to this week's

You may have heard the sad news that EAD Designs will

be closing at the end of the month, so our design team is

savoring each week as we wind down our blog hops.

Hopefully, you joined me from

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If not, I invite you to join us from the beginning at the

EAD Designs Blog

I have had so much fun this season creating Halloween cards

and EAD is a BIG reason . . . just LOOK at this guy ! ! !

To create this card, I focused on the fun Stickerz set called

'Halloween Owls'

I just love that star hanging and thought it would be great to

add dimension by adding star gems and tiny rhinestones.

The sparkling stars next to the owl magician are from the

'Hocus Pocus' Stickerz set.

The sentiment is from the 'Birthday Sentiments' Stickerz set.

The final day to place orders is October 21st

so make sure you get your order in quickly!

Remember . . .

It's time to send you on your way to

Liz's Paper Loft

I hope you enjoyed your visit today and

I look forward to seeing you again soon !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs

Embellishments: Hocus Pocus, Halloween Owls & Birthday Sentiments Stickerz 

all by EAD Designs

star gems from White Blossom

Peace & Love

Happy Labor Day to all of my U.S. friends and welcome
back to The Open Window.
It's Monday and that means . . .

We welcome our September Guest Designer

Wendy's blog
Scrappy Day in Paradise
 

and hopefully you came by way of her blog.

If not, I invite you to start at the beginning over on the

EAD Designs blog

because there is a great prize for a lucky visitor!

Last week, I played with retro images from the 'Groovy' Stickerz set by EAD
and thought I would share another CAS card with you.

I embossed the white panel with a heart EF from Sizzix,

and laid it on top of borders cut using a heart border punch from

Martha Stewart.  This card is all about the L.O.V.E.

Here's the groooooovy set I used this week

and just to remind you 

It's time to send you on your way to

Liz's blog Liz's Paper Loft

Thanks for stopping and make sure you leave a

little love before you leave.  I'd love to see

you win this week's prize !

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs, Bazzill

Embellishments: Groovy Stickerz by EAD Designs
gems & pearls by White Blossom & KandCompany

Tools:  Heart EF by Sizzix, Big Shot

Heart to Heart border punch by Martha Stewart

New Release Previews Day One with The Craft's Meow

Welcome back to The Open Window.

Over the next five days, there is SO much to share

with you and I can't wait !

Let's get started with . . . 

Day #1 of 

New Release Previews

from

Each day this week, you will see one or two new sets

revealed and have a chance to win them all!

Before we get to it, I am so excited to welcome our

July Guest Designer at TCM...

Naomi Gong

She is super talented and I am so glad she

will be a part of the new release festivities.

Our first set was designed by my friend

Karen Baker called 'Hope Blooms' . . .

I so enjoy the designs that Karen brings us because

they are full of loveliness, thoughtfulness and simple beauty.

I colored the poppy using Copics.  I let it 'bleed' to lend to a

watercolor effect.  The beautiful papers are from Cosmo Cricket.

I created the borders using one of the new deep edge

punches from Martha Stewart.

Our next release preview . . .

is a stamp set designed by one of our newest illustrators,

Elizabeta Kushner called 'Ladies & Gents' . . .

No matter how hard I tried or whatever angle I came from,

I just couldn't get a good photo of this card.

I thought this was a perfect stamp to do a little paper-piecing, so I grabbed my

6x6 pads from BasicGrey

I thought it was fun to have the panel paper displaying clouds too!

I grabbed the abstract circle stamp from TCM's 'Typically Teen' set

because it makes the perfect sun.

I am nearly out of my pear-shaped gems, but I love using

these as raindrops.

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away a new release set

each day and today, you have a chance to win one of two sets! Make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

In Our Thoughts Project Recipe:

 Patterned Paper:  Tea for Two by Cosmo Cricket
Stamps: Hope Blooms by The Craft's Meow

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento by Tsukineko, Copics 

Tools: Trellis Loop Deep Edge Border Punch 
by Martha Stewart Crafts

Rain or Shine Project Recipe:

 Patterned Paper:  Shine On & Serendipity from BasicGrey
Stamps: Ladies & Gents & Typically Teen 
both by The Craft's Meow

Ink: A Muse Studio

Tuxedo Black Memento by Tsukineko 

Embellishments: gems by White Blossom

Seize the Day !

Happy Monday to one and all ! ! !

It is time for another T-rrific blog hop with my pals over at

If you are hopping already, you should have come from

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If you're just stopping by, I'd love to invite you back to the

EAD Designs Blog

There's always a fun prize for a lucky visitor who leave

a little love on each of the participating blogs.

There are only eleven blogs

and you have all week long . . . EASY !

This week, I decided to mix a couple of sets from the

EAD Stickerz line with this fun set of stamps from Paper Smooches.

The chair & Objet d'art are from 'Vintage Furniture' & the sentiment

is from 'Random Words' by EAD.

The shelf & rug are from the 'Vogue Abode' set by Paper Smooches.

I took my inspiration from the current challenge over at

Here are the sets I used today . . .

and remember . . . 

I can't keep you here any longer.

It's time to send you on your way to my creative teammate

Lauren at Lauren's Creative

Don't forget to leave a little love & YOU just might win !

Project Recipe:

Embellishments: Vintage Furniture & Random Words by EAD Designs
gems by White Blossom

Stamps: Vogue Abode by Paper Smooches