Friday, October 29, 2010

Almost Halloween

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Last weekend at the crop I hosted, I worked on some fun little Halloween treats to give to a few of my friends at work. I think they turned out pretty cute!!

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I have had these cute buckets for a year or two. I am pretty sure I picked them up at the Target Dollar Spot.

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I broke out some of my new PaperTrey Ink goodies (yes, I use products other than CTMH once in a while!) to make the tags—Tiny Treats: Valentines stamp set, and Mat Stack 1 die. PTI’s dies are to die for—LOL!! But seriously, they are the best dies I have ever used. Now I want them all!!!!!

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Each bucket held a couple of Halloween pencils (Michaels), a Halloween band-aid (Michaels), a test tube (PTI) filled with skull & bones candy (Target), a cello bag (clearbags.com) filled with orange, green & purple M&Ms (Michaels), a sheet of monster stickers (Learning Palace), and……………..

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a coffin (Michaels) filled with these cuties…………………….

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Nutter Butter ghosts and…………….

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Oreo mummies!!!! Aren’t these just adorable!!!! I have seen both of these cookie ideas several places on the internet and decided I had to try them out this year. I think they were a hit!

Have a safe & happy Halloween!!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

October Rewind

On the eve of my second year of blogging, I thought it would be fun to revisit some of my favorite projects posted in Octobers past. I have seen this done on other blogs and I thought it was a fun idea! So without further ado:

October 2009—Happy Haunting card

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October 2008—Boo! box with a *surprise* inside

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Monday, October 11, 2010

A Cute Halloween Banner

One of my favorite websites is Two Peas in a Bucket. It is a great scrapbooking message board and gallery. I always find tons of inspiration there. I was looking through Halloween projects the other day and found this AWESOME banner (and since I don't have any new Halloween projects of my own to post, I thought I would share this one)....

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It was made by this gal: Lori. Check out her blog--it is great! She has tons of fun project ideas and some great photography tips!!

On another note…..I have changed the date of the All-Day Crop and Grace Album Workshop to Saturday, October 23rd. Please register soon, as spaces are limited!!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

More Christmas Goodness

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Here is another little gem I made for my Quality Swap Group. I learned how to make this cute gift card holder from my CTMH sister, Amanda Moore, at our team retreat in August.

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I used the October Stamp of the Month again, and the Mistletoe Creative Basics paper. Bitty Sparkles and Mocha Opaques add the finishing touches.

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The small flap inside is a pocket to hold a gift card.

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For the first one of these I made I used the new Magnifique paper pack, and it is GORGEOUS!!! I will share it later on—I don’t have it embellished yet, but plan to use it for a birthday gift. This little project is so versatile & great for any occasion!

Friday, October 1, 2010

October Stamp of the Month

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Are you ready to start thinking about Christmas yet? I find it hard to focus on it until after Halloween most years. However, Christmas and papercrafting are ALWAYS a good combination. And the new CTMH Christmas line, Mistletoe, is too gorgeous to ignore!

I had fun with this paper set for my quality swap group. When I completed this card, I wasn’t sure I was happy with it. It seemed too plain. However, I have learned over the years to walk away from a project I am not happy with for a few hours and come back to it later, and I often find I actually like it as is. Once again, this proved true. When I came back and looked at this card the following day, it had a vintage (50s?) look to it to me. This snowman from the October SOTM is just too cute!!

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You can also see used on this card the new Licorice Opaques (pearls) Z1335, the decorative brad is form the Mistletoe Level 2 embellishment pack Z1330 (which is GORGEOUS!), and the colored Sparkles Z1326. The sentiment is from the set Father Christmas D1449.