Fang-tastic Treat Box

I can't belive that September is half-way through and now Halloween is just around the corner. I was never a big Halloween fan growing up - The idea of dressing up in costumes always felt more like a challenge to me than fun, however now that we have a young child Halloween comes with a whole new view. The idea of dressing up, myself, still causes my blood pressure to go up, but Matthew seems to really enjoy Halloween and dressing up in costumes.

Well since Halloween is right around the corner I thought I would try out a new project. I recently saw a post on Kim Score's blog (http://www.paperpunchaddiction/) where she posted this really cute little punch art bat - I just had to try it out. So here is my creation:

I recently bought the candy wrapper die and have been dying to use it - No pun intended. With a young child, and many Birthday Parties, valentines day parties, and Christmas parties in my future I thought it would be a wise investment. The treat box is made from the Candy wrapper die with one end folded in and closed up. The other end was squeezed together like a milk carton and closed with some Pear Pizzazz ribbon. This fabulously cute bat is created with the new Owl punch from Stampin up as well as the 1/2" cirlce punch and the large oval punch. - See Kim's website for full details. I then used one of the sentiments from the Fangtastic set - It just seemed to fit the occassion.

Go Batty and Enjoy !!

A place for Birthdays and Special Occasions

So....I'm really bad at remembering birthdays and such. I always think " Oh so and so's birthday is next week" and then the week comes and goes and I have missed getting the card in the mail. So my goal is to be sure to remember the birthdays, and special days, of all of the people who are near and dear to me. So to help me I created this:

I found several Office Max brand rolodex for on Clearance for $2.00. Needless to say I cleared them out of the last 6 they had. I have made several for other people, including a Christmas Gift for my Mom this past year - but I finally put one to use for my own good.

The bird and the leaves are punched with the Stampin' Up! two-step bird punch. The flower is from the SU 5-petal punch and the flower center is a an old pearl brad that I had lying around. The paper is made by Chatter Box - Not sure where I got it from. It was super easy to cut out the paper - I used my Big shot and the Address card Sizzix die. Perfect fit ! The monthly tabs are punched and layered with the 1" and 1 1/4" Circle punches from SU. I hand wrote the months for a more homemade touch.

Let's hope my new system works.

I Love my Mummy....and my Mummy loves me

Our doorsteps will soon be crawling with Monsters of all shapes, sizes, colors, and sorts. Halloween is just around the corner and I thought this week I would focus on Holloween themed projects.

I would like to present to you Mummalena...You met her cousin Franken a couple of weeks ago.

The inspiration for this mummy card came directly from Dannie Graves - she is the genius behind this layout. I did make a few changes such as addding the ribbon bow, and changed the ink color for the distressing. I tried to think of some other changes but her layout was just too easy, too cute, and too perfect just the way it was. The only thing I might try next time is googlie eyes - those would be fun peeking out from the bandages.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 3/8th circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, 3/4 circle punch, white signo gel pen, ribbon, stampin sponges.

Ink: Close to Cocoa Classic

Halloween Treats

Isn't this little spider just so cute. I saw someone do one of these little spider treats and just had to try one myself. The scallop peppermint patty is such a popular favor it is great that it can easily transform into a Halloween spider. I wish I could give credit to who I cased it from, but unfortunately I don't remember where I saw it.....

Supplies Used: basic black cardstock, kiwi kiss cardstock, whisper white cardstock, tangerine tango cardstock, photo corner punch, scallop punch, 1/4" punch, stampin write marker

I hope you enjoy him....

Have you met your neighbors? - Meet the Steins

Have you met the Stein's yet? This is Franken and his sweetheart Francis Stein.

Halloween is just around the corner and every year I dread it....I have never much of a Halloween person and now that we have Matthew I feel that I must participate like a good mother should. How can I deprive my child of all those teeth rotting, sugar induced treats?

Well I was searching for ideas and designs to give to the other children at Matthew's day care and I stumbled across Frankie.......Well Frankie needed a Francis to make his life complete. Aren't they cute......so easy to make too.

Items Used: Sizzix Big Shot, Top Note die, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Green Galore cs, Lovely Lilac cs, Basic Black cs, Whisper White cs, Green Galore classic ink, Lovely lilac classic ink, White signo gel pen, black stampin write marker, Regal Rose ribbon.

If you notice Francis has a flat head and Frankie doesn't - Francis is an actualy card, where Frankie is a card front (single layer). Frankie is cut from a 5.5x4.25 piece of cardstock. Francis is cut from a 4.25x11 piece of cardstock folded in 1/2. The crease of the cardstock is placed below the cutting lines of the die to ensure that the paper is not cut all the way through.

I hope you enjoy the Steins - as much as I make making them....