Easy Like Sunday Morning

What's easy, you might be asking? Printing out adorable free Halloween goodies!

Like these candy corn cupcake toppers from Yellow Mums. Each Friday she puts up wonderful (and free!) printables. It's the first site I visit on Friday mornings.

Picture from Yellow Mums.

I can't wait to make some Halloween cupcakes and use these as toppers. You could also make ties for Halloween goodie bags, adorable mini garland, or stickers. Lots of options. Lots of fun!

See something you like? Print it. Share it. Email it. But please, link back here when you do.

Saturday Afternoon Swag

I adore these printable wrapping papers and downloadable desktop wallpapers (with monthly calendars) from Mae, an Australian fabric decal group. See the beauty for yourself here.







See something you like? Print it. Share it. Email it. But please, link back here when you do.

Get Your Halloween Freebies!

Happy Friday! (I think those may be two of the best words in the English language.) You all remember my friend Lauren, right? ("Hi, Lauren!")

She just opened a new stationery shop, Pinwheel Press. She also created the new attempting creative title image for this web site. She's a very talented graphic artist. And other than the fact she's an Alabama fan, she's pretty awesome all the way 'round. (Plus, she has the most adorable dog.)

That's Murphy. He's the best.

To add to that awesomeness, she is giving away free printables of some of my most favorite things she's ever done: the Halloween tags!! They don't have to cupcake flags. You could use them for just about anything. In fact, if you do use them, send me some pictures of what you did. I'd love to share!

Go get 'em here. And tell her Kimberly sent you!

See something you like? Print it. Share it. Email it. But please, link back here when you do.

Cupcake Carnival: Cupcake Party Invite

Have you signed up for the Icing Designs Giveaway yet??? Do so now! Click here.

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So did seeing the Cupcake Party pics spur thoughts of "I'm so doing that, too!"??



Just in case it did, here's a free printable invitation you can use for your party!

You can click on the picture or download it from Sribd here.

And if you throw a cupcake soirée, please, let me know! I'd love to see what you all do.




♥ Kimberly

See something you like? Print it. Share it. Email it. But please, link back here when you do.

Glidden Giveaway

Have you been flirting with the idea of breaking out a paint brush and painting something? Now you can flirt for free!

With a brush attached to the lid and enough paint to cover 3 square feet, Glidden ready-to-go paint testers make it easy to get going on your next paint project. And they're now giving you the chance to paint with the Get Color Give Color giveaway. Starting June 1, log on to Glidden.com for your chance to get 2 free testers for yourself and give 2 free testers to a friend. June 1 – 7 while supplies last.

I am loving the Fresh Pineapple color for some new nightstands I just bought.

Get These Toppers!

If you saw the green cupcakes yesterday, I told you I had a special download coming today. And here it is!

For this larger flag, the clover is a 2-inch circle, and the scalloped outer circle is 2-and-1/2-inches.


And here's what I have available for you... They are one-inch clovers, so I used a 1 1/2-inch circle punch to cut it out and a 1 7/8-inch scalloped circle punch for the background.

Download the clovers here. And if you use them for anything, e-mail me a link. I can't wait to see!!

Download here.

Check out what Jessa over at Holiday Haven did with this printout. Click here.

I'm joining these blog parties today...
Show Off Your Stuff at Fireflies and Jellybeans
Under $100 at Beyond the Picket Fence
Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple
Strut Your Stuff St. Patrick's Day at Somewhat Simple
Get Your Craft on Thursday at Life as Lori

Printable St. Patrick's Freebies

As promised - bag toppers and poems for everyone!! You can print and use as often as you'd like. I made the shamrock pendants and share that here.

Here's what I did with them.

Print the bag toppers, and cut them with scissors or straight-edge cutter.


Print the poems, and cut them apart. I used decorative scissors to make it look better - or obvious that I wasn't using a straight-edge cutter. :)


Pierce two holes and slide the pendant through at the bottom of the poem.


Fold the bag topper in half and glue or staple to the bag.


If you use the topper, send me a comment or an e-mail. I'd love to share with others your great ideas!

So, here you go...

This is the poem page. You can download it here or by clicking on the image below.

And the bag topper. Download it here or click on the image.

The inspiration came from Amy over at Living Locurto. She's an amazing designer. I'm just pretending (and have learned my lesson).

Please e-mail me at attemptingcreative at hotmail dot com if you have any questions. Or just leave me a comment. Have fun!

Blog parties I'm joining today... (see their buttons on the right sidebar)
Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog
Strut Your Stuff St. Patrick's Day Week at Somewhat Simple
Toot Your Horn Tuesday at A Silly Little Sparrow
Lucky Linky Tuesday at Lucky Star Lane
Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family
DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land

Free Flapjacks

Tomorrow only, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) is celebrating their fifth National Pancake Day by offering a free short stack to... everyone!

In exchange for the free grub, IHOP asks you to make a contribution to Children's Miracle Network or a local charity of your choice.

Their fundraising goal: $1.75 million!

Go grab a stack. And you know, give a little.

Psst... you can even receive a celebrity wake-up call so you don't miss out on the giving and getting!

I (Word) Searched My Whole Life For You

Discovery Education lets you make your very own Word Search, Cross Word, Cryptograms, and other fun word games for free!

Creative idea for Valentine's: Type in words that mean something to you and your hunny bunny, print out on pretty (pink) paper, and let him get to searching. If he finds them all, he gets a special valentine!

DIY Valentine's Day Brownie Bags

Can I tell you I am so far behind in reading blogs and catching up with what you all are doing I might never dig out??? I guess that's what this weekend is for. So pardon my lack of commenting. I haven't been a very good blogger buddy lately! I will do better. Promise - ♥ Kimberly :)

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I am so in ♥ with these V-day goodie bags from one of my favorite creative blogs, Twig & Thistle. (Actually, let me rephrase that. She's an amazing, knock-your-socks off graphic designer who I may or may not have a massive blogger crush on.) And guess what? You can print these and use them for your Valentine's Day treats. For free!



See the great posts here and here.

Then download the bags and print them - here and here.

Free Valentine's Fun

Taking another quick break from Foodie February (did you see how I totally cheated on those buckeyes in yesterday's post?)... for some FREE Valentine's Fun!

Click on over to Current for some great activity sheets, bookmarks, lollipop ideas, and candy bar wrappers!

I ♥ free. Don't you?

Don't miss the lollipop valentines and the lollipop bugs. They're so adorable and so great for kids! Just print them, cut them out, insert lollipops, and away you go!

Great Giveaway

In honor of the plethora of Valentine's Day postings you've already seen (and the many more to come), I found this piece of art from Red Letter Words and wanted to share. Despite not having a "beloved," I love the sentiment of this piece and know many of you will love it for your beloved as well.


And good news... Traci at Beneath My Heart is sponsoring an amazing giveaway! You can get one of these amazing pieces of art! Click here to find out how.

This is my absolute favorite - His Eye is on the Sparrow Brown with Blue Bird. So beautiful and so very dear to my heart.

Go enter, won't ya?

Pretty Patterns

Maybe I'd have better luck carving if I had great patterns. I normally just go after a pumpkin with a carving knife and hope something like a face comes out in the end. The Pumpkin Lady has some great patterns, and if you look at the bottom of each theme page, you'll likely find a free one. I like free! Below are the patterns Toothy and Trick or Treat. Look for them on her page.

Know of some other great pattern sites? Let me know.

(From PumpkinLady.com)