Last Halloween Post

Just wanted to share the rest of my Halloween projects for this year, before November starts! These were all made for challenges at 2Peas. I love, love, love this card that I made:

I used Pink Paislee patterned paper & alpha, Hambly overlay, Cosmo Cricket alpha & the super cute spider stickers are really old Marcella by K&Company. They're on springs!!

Next up is a card I made using my favorite Halloween collection- Spook Alley from Making Memories. 

This tag uses some really old Martha Stewart papers & Studio G & Inkadinkadoo stamps.

The pumpkin is paper pieced. Love using this technique!

The last tag is double sided & also uses Spook Alley & some Hambly.

& that's it for Halloween stuff..hope everyone has a happy & safe Halloween!

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ETA: This is my 10th post this month; not too bad...my goal for November is going to be 20!

Halloween Minicards- Set #2

Today's set of minicards uses the same supplies (DCWV paper & Studio G stamps & inks) but the images are more "spooky". :)

I have one last set to share tomorrow, then a couple more last minute Halloween projects during this last week of October!

P.S. I finally got my copy of Creative, Inc. in the mail today! So excited to start reading it! :)

Halloween Minicards

Another quick post today to show you a set of 4 Halloween minicards I made. I used DCWV paper & Studio G stamps & inks for these. They are so easy to make! Cutting out the images probably takes the longest, but you could always use a circle punch instead of detail cutting. These would make really cute tags or you could include them in goodie bags if you're having a party or handing out candy to trick-or-treaters!

I'll be back tomorrow with another set!

Halloween Shrine

Just a quick post today to show you a quick & easy Halloween project. I bought the wooden box at AC Moore & painted it black. To decorate the outside I used some Martha Stewart tape, stars punched from Making Memories paper..

Target $1 paper & I think the RIP sticker is from K & Company.

The only photo I have of the front is blurry for some reason- sorry! (I sent this to a swap partner.)

For the inside I used a tombstone from Michael's (same as the ones I used for the haunted house; this one was left over & needed a home!), some moss, a skeleton hand from some skeleton garland from Dollar Tree & the moon and bat are attached with foam squares.

Quick & easy right?

Cinnamon Sparrow

I realized I haven't posted a lot of pictures of Cinnamon recently, so since Halloween is coming up, here's some pictures from last year. He was Jack Sparrow.

I love the look on his face! I can't believe how much he's grown in a year!

I also loved how he closed his eyes, as if being a pirate was such hard work..

Yeah, the hat didn't stay on very long...he hates having anything on his head. We didn't do anything crazy for Halloween last year. Took Cinnamon & Natalia (Jose's younger sister) trick-or-treating & then came home & watched some scary movies. This year we got invited to a couple of Halloween parties but Jose doesn't want to go so we'll probably do the same thing as last year, except Cinnamon will be a lobster! I got the costume on clearance last year & tried to put it on him to see if it fit, but he thought it was a new toy (one of his favorite toys is his lobster!) so that didn't work out very well. We'll try this year & if that doesn't work, then I'll just take one of the {black}cats with me & be a witch. :) 

Anyone have any good plans or costume ideas for Halloween?

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Haunted House

Remember when I wrote I was really stressed out about work & how awesome Jose was about it? Well the other day I came home after an especially stressful day & Jose told me I shouldn't be working there anymore if I'm so unhappy. I don't normally quit a job unless I have another one ready, but it's been really bad. I don't want to bore you with the details, but I felt like I was being treated unfairly by the new manager & that he was being lazy & passing off his work to everyone else & taking the credit. Talking to the district manager didn't help because they've been friends for a while. Jose & I decided that with him working full time, we'll be ok even if I don't find a new job in the next couple of months, but I'm sure I will since everyone will be hiring for Christmas. Actually my plan is to apply to Joann's (since I shop there all the time- might as well be working at a place I love! Too bad there's no Michael's nearby!) & if I don't get hired, I'll apply for unemployment & then I'll have some more time to look for a job. It's amazing how happy I feel now that I'm not working at that horrible job anymore! Stress definitely isn't healthy!!
   Ok, back to the crafts...I'm going to share with you my favorite Halloween project ever- complete with step-by-step photos!

 I made this Haunted House last year for a swap partner on Craftster. I had so much fun making this; it was really hard to send it away! The first thing I did was make up a template- I borrowed the basic shape from a sticker sheet I got at the Dollar Tree & just drew out a template on a piece of cardboard, changing a couple of things until I was happy with the look.

Then I traced my template twice onto a piece of  foam (I guess that's what it's called?) & for the sides, top & bottom of the house I just cut out different sizes of rectangles (can't remember the measurements!). I used super glue to glue it all together & let it dry. Here's a really blurry picture of one of the bottom corners of the house.

Oh, I forgot the mention, I decided that I would put string lights inside the house, so I had to cut a little "mousehole" in the back so the light could be plugged into an outlet.

Next came the fun part- glitter! I used Martha Stewart's Onyx glitter. I smeared glue in small sections at a time to make sure there was enough glitter (& not too much mess!) and so that the glue didn't dry.

I left the top off of the house while doing this part so it was easier to hold it steady. Here's the house all glittered up!

Love how sparkly it looks! Once it was dry, I put in the (purple!) string lights 

 and glued on the roof, which was cut from a suede type paper- not sure of the technical name for this; I bought it at Joann's along with the foam board!

The final step was to glue the whole thing down to a piece of black poster board and add the cemetery in front & some moss in between the tombstones.

And here's a final look at my finished haunted house:

Unfortunately I couldn't get any good shots with the string lights on. Hope you enjoyed my first "tutorial"! If anyone has any questions please ask & I'll do my best to answer. Also, if any of you makes a haunted house this year, I'd love to see it so link it up here!

Halloweens' Past Minibook

Can you believe it's October already? I have no idea where this year went...I feel like it was just June last week..well maybe it's a good thing- the faster October goes, the faster I'll be done with my class (I'm taking a Pharmacy Certified Tech class at the county college) & the faster I'll be able to get a new job! Work has been really stressful lately & I've been getting a lot less hours, which adds to the stress since I've been trying to pay off my school loan & start saving for a house.
With all the extra time off, I've been scrapbooking a lot; trying to get better.( I usually put the pictures on my Flickr, so if I don't post here, that doesn't mean I haven't been busy crafting!) I've got lots of Halloween projects to share with you this month & probably some non-Halloween ones, as there's a couple birthdays this month that require some handmade cards!
To start off October, here's some pictures of my favorite recent project, Halloweens' Past minibook. You can see all 30 at my Flickr.

For the pages I used mostly Pink Paislee, with some Hambly thrown in. Supplies used on each page are listed in my Flickr. I'd love to know what you all think so please let me know! :)