Halloween aftermath

HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!!

I just wanted to show off some of the Halloween items I made this year.  I am so glad everyone enjoys them so much and wants to display my wears to their family and friends. 

The are a few of my Halloween Deco Boards. 

No two are ever alike.

Then I made Boo Wall Plaques

Of course my Decorated Frames

So much fun and a lot of hard work.  Now it's time to get ready for Fall, Thanksgiving & Christmas projects.  To tell the truth I've already started. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

So much going on today so this will be a quick post.  Still painting.. carving .. cardmaking!

First up..  look at my craft room!  All that crazy green is covered.  This is flat paint and I’m not keeping it this white color.  Just needed to cover that green. 

What a difference!

Now I start the process all over again but with the real color.  Outline and top to bottom.

Next I got a great pumpkin this year.  It has a cute curly cue stem on the top.  Carved it up and now we have Pumpkin 2012!

Corny huh?

My drill was laying close by so I had to get crazy with that.  Drilled holes so “punky” can see all those cute costumes that will be coming by tonight.  Then spirit took over me and look what happened.

Guess who got the benefit of my supreme pumpkin craving? 

That’s Keifer on the left and Conan on the right.  They loved their pumpkin!

Rocky had to get into the Halloween Spirit also.

He put his costume on. (I helped a little)

Yesterday I had just a little time to make a card for Paper Smoooches, a Thank You card. 

Please be safe and take care of the little ones tonight. 

Happy Haunting.

The boots are made for spookin

Another Halloween card completed!  It’s amazing that this one got completed at all.  I have no idea why this one was so hard for me.  I used MFT #94 sketch. 

Look at it.. it’s great... so why did I have such a time with it?

Maybe it was the color combo I used from The Play Date Café challenge #154.  It’s their 3rd anniversary.  They have a great new look, go check it out.

I thought it’s a great color combo.

Flame – Grape – Mulberry

Great color right?

Man I had the worst time with this card.  I must have stamped 4 or 5 different things to make as the main attraction but nothing set well with me.  I’m content with the card but not over the top with it. 

It’s ok if it doesn't excite you either .. I totally understand.  Maybe I just had an off day.  It was a rough one, I mean the day.  Kid auguring, bad headache and just not feeling that great about myself right now.  Maybe it’s because my baby is moving away in a week.  The 26th see leaves, but that’s for another time.

So here it is.

I do have to say I am VERY happy with the actual picture.  So clear.

Here are some close ups.  I double stamped the boots and socks, embossed them and then popped them up.

I have a Marvy punch of this little tag.  I’ve had it forever.  Don’t we all have some of those items from the beginning that we still go to and use?  I used some of my favorite twine from WeRMemory.  I just made myself laugh.. I have always thought this was black twine but I just read the package and it’s named: blueberry.  LOL. 

Looks black to me.

Two other challenges for this card are:

Ribbon Carousel RCC 73: Halloween Spirit

and

Really Reasonable Ribbon’s Rambling #58: Halloween and Ribbon Theme

I hope my next card goes tons better than this one did for me and I hope all your crafting projects make you happy and satisfied.

Ittibitty Spider

Made another Halloween card for challenges I regularly visit. 
First I used this weeks challenge sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge #128.

Then I used the color theme from  the ColourQ challenge #159   

Simon Says Stamp challenge posted a great Halloween picture as our theme to work off of.  

The week is called Eerie Inspiration.

 More Than Favors: Wacky Wednesday #76 – HALLOWEEN 
and 
Allsorts Challenge blog #176 - To Cute To Spook

On to my Eerie Halloween boo card.  I’m very happy with this one.   

Again I made sure to complete the inside.

WhitchiePoo’s hat

Yes it’s finally done!  I know I can’t believe it either.  I just sat down, took the time and got it done. 

TAAAADAAAA!

This started with a paper mache hat from Michales.  Then I painted it with Martha Stewarts Glitter Texture black paint.   You have to try this paint out.  It is the BOMB!

ModPodge the paper onto the rim.  Picked up some black roses and leaves.  Unleashed my glue gun and went to town.

Sorry for such a dark picture.

Since I am addicted to the idea of rosette I had to make a paper rosette trim.  I don’t know of another way to describe it.  

I also found a very glittery bat that I thought would look cool coming out the top.

One last finishing touch was my black widow spider. 

SO SPOOKY!!!!

Paper Issues has a challenge going on right now and wants craters to enter their Halloween Harvest  projects.  I'm going to post this on their site. It's open until the 20th so get to crafting and enter also.

Mondays Challenge Card

Good Morning all my fellow crafty bloggers.  Just wanted to show off another spooky Halloween card.   Not only are my cards for family and friends that I mail off but heck I’m going to take advantage of the great challenges that are out there.  Where else do you think I get my inspiration? 

First up is the color combo which I used from the ColourQ challenge #158 

Over at Stampin for the Weekend Challenge #19 they want something SPOOKY. 
Do you think it’s a spooky card?  My verdict is still out.  I tried.
Tomorrow my witches hat!  I know I finally got it done.

Eat Drink and be Scary

The first card for Halloween and I have to give the design up to Mojo Monday!  (#262).   As soon as I saw this weeks sketch I knew what I wanted to do. 
I learned how to make rosette about a month ago.. ( yea I’m so behind the times) and now I can’t get enough of them. 

The stamp is one I picked up in the dollar bin.  Isn’t she cute with her little bow.  The big thing going on right now are chevrons.. I love them and it’s one of the reasons I grabbed this new 6x6 pad.  It’s by a company called MME.  This one is called Haunted.  Mikes are caring them, there are a bunch of different themes.  Really nice ones.  Does anyone know what MME is?  I’ve never heard of the until now.

Do you see right under the lace strip.. oh that is a sticker that I got from a pack that Martha Stewart puts out.  12 sheets of adhesive borders.  When I bought it I didn’t even know they were stickers.  I just liked what I thought was the paper that I would cut to the border I wanted.   Way to read the package.  Now you can tell how I shop, like what I see, throw it in the cart.

Anyway that strip under the lace is a ribbon but not really a ribbon.  I know you guys think I’m crazy.. I AM! That’s been determined along time ago.  It came on a ribbon spool and again I thought it was ribbon.  Nope when I got it home it’s like plastic and is sticker like.  Just peel the backing off and put it anywhere.  It’s the greatest.. like a special surprise.   Just Add Ink blog’s has a theme challenge this week #JAI139.  Something new.  I'll be adding this card to their challenge. 

I am really trying to remember or should I say take time to decorate the inside of cards.  It just makes the whole card so complete.  The trick or treat strip is another one from the Martha Stewart booklet. 

So on to the next one.  Also still doing that damn witches hat.  I hope I get it done by the 31st.  LOL.

Toil & Trouble

How’s all the spooky decorating coming along?  The other day while looking for something in my pantry I found way in the back an old jar.  It had a cork top and had some very old pepper corn in it.  I know I wasn’t going to use that pepper corn ever and threw it out.  I was so excited to have this jar.  It was sooooo perfect for something I had been seeing all over blog land. 

You know the jars where eye ball are put in with colored water.  I really had been wanting to make that for a long time to display on my Halloween table. 

I searched and searched for just the right eyeballs but everyone I found looked goofy and real fake.  Just when I thought I wasn’t going to find anything I found little skulls and hands.  Once I put them in the jar and added green food coloring they looked awesome.

I made a label and added skull and cross bones embellishment to the front. 

How about putting a big black spider on the top.

BOO itful Frames

How corny is that title.. not as corny as my latest little project.  I have to give credit to my bestie Shanny for thinking this one up.  She turned me on to these little frames.

$1.00

So I pulled out my little Halloween cuties and went to work.

I know I wanted them peeking out the side and as you can see it was going to say BOO. 

Here’s the out come.  I love them!

What you can’t see is on this little ghost I embossed him with my SU spider web folder. 

This will look great in my Halloween display. 

On to my next project.  Making a Banner for my display table.