Twisted Halloween

It's so good to be back in my craft room for a short while.  I made a bunch of these "twisted greeting cards" for Halloween and just love how they turned out.  They were so much fun to make using all the embellishments I have in my stash.  The card is made starting with a half sheet of cardstock (4 1/4 x 11) that is cut lengthwise.  From there you fold the card diagonally from one corner to the other.  By doing this you create a  pocket for lots of fun embellishments. The card is then folded in half and is ready to decorate.  I used lots of scraps, stickers, die cuts and things cut from my Silhouette.  The house, bats, witch and witch legs were all cut from my Silhouette.  I popped up lots of the embellishments for added fun.

Have a fun week!

Ooga Booga!

On occasion I enjoy getting unique cards and crafts from Aimee Asher online.  I found these cute candy bar wrappers to use for my Halloween trick-or-treaters.  We had 22 kids last year so there aren't many to do.  If we have more than that....well, they will just get theirs naked!  So, I printed these and then just taped them together and crimped the ends.  I added hair to the top.  The eyes and noses are popped out with dimensionals so they REALLY are pretty cute!!!

Today my sweet little Kaila turned our house into a snowy mess.  She got a hold of a toilet paper roll that was FULL FULL FULL.  We have the kind that you just slip the tissue onto so they are perfect for little devil dogs to remove and carry off to all parts of the house!  Bill was here.  I was here.  It was quiet.  We were on our computers in different rooms.  OMG...you can't imagine the fun she was having!  She is really into tearing things up into a million pieces.  She LOVES that!  It's her newest hobby!  Well, my floors were white, white white!!!  We were both on our hands and knees trying to clean up the mess that she made in the matter of just a few minutes!  No kidding!  What a mess!  So now we keep the doors to bathrooms closed!

There is a link at the bottom of my blog for a wonderful craft store I have discovered that has really good deals on paper crafting supplies and all crafts for that matter.  They run sales where everything is 30% off occasionally!  They have a very good assortment of everything.  It's my new favorite place to shop!!!

Have a better day than me!!!

Best witches

October is flying past me!  This is a card I made with some leftover fabric from Kaila's Halloween costume!  She will be the most adorable witch on Halloween!!!  When I get pictures, I will post them.  So this was some of the fabric that I just tied together with ribbon for the witch dress.  The boots and hat are Spellbinders diecuts with added bling.  I got the idea from Pinterest although mine is quite different from what I recall seeing there.

I have lots of other Halloween cards to post but wanted to wait until I mailed them out before posting.  Lots of my friends also follow my blog.  Wouldn't want to spoil it for them!

Have a great day!

Just found out my "Witch Boot" is a SCS "favorite" of the week!  Thanks so much!

Spooky tree

Another Halloween card to share today made with diecuts.  The ghost was cut with my Silhouette and the tree and bat are diecuts by Sizzix and Cheery Lynn.  

Kaila is doing well after her surgery.  She was one sad looking puppy when we picked her up.  By mid-morning the next day, she was back to her happy self.  We have to keep her from jumping for 7 days!  That's quite a challenge but we have managed to put big things on all the furniture so she can't get up.  It's working so far although she has still attempted to get around them a few times.  I will be so glad when this is over!!!

We got a little snow this morning and are hoping and expecting to get more tonight.  We are loving the change of seasons here in Colorado.  We took a ride to the mountains last week and the leaves were really beautiful.  

Have a great weekend!

Witch Boot

I made this a few weeks ago and never got it posted.  The boot is actually several pieces that I cut on my Silhouette machine.  I laced up the front tab using some orange seam tape type ribbon.  I cut a separate full boot for the back of the card so it will open up and also stand up on it's own.  The black at the bottom of the boot is actually a velvet dotted swiss type cardstock which is not real visible in the photo but it does add a lot to the character of the boot.

Today my Kaila is at the vet all day getting fixed.  It's a hard day for Mom!  She had to fast since 7 pm last night so she was not real happy when she didn't get her "good morning" treats this morning.  I also decided I would fast too and go get my cholesterol checked this morning - can't bear to eat in front of my hungry puppy!!!   My doctor took me off Crestor a few months ago and of course my cholesterol shot up through the roof.  So now I have been on slow release Niacin.  I am anxious to see the results.  There are now links to Diabetes for women using the statin drugs so he wanted me off of them.  High cholesterol runs in my family so I am doomed even if I eat a healthy diet.  

Have a great day!

For you

Today I made a card to put with one of the pumpkins I crafted several posts ago.  My husband's grandmother will be 100 years old next year and I try to send her little things now and then.  They are always big hits at her retirement home!  So this was made with several dies.  I honestly don't recall the company for the pumpkin die since I cut it several weeks ago.  I do not have time to categorize everything by company name so please forgive me for that!  The stamp is by Just Rite and that die is Spellbinders (I do have some memory left!!!)  I added a few fall leaves inside the card cut from Tim Holtz die set called Autumn Gatherings.

Hope you have a great week!  We may get some snow this weekend so I'm pretty excited about that!  And my hubby will be home to blow it off the driveway so that makes it even better!!!

Happy Haunting

It's October and I'm back with a card after quite a long break.  I've had company this past week so it left no time for working in my craft room.  We did lots of day trips (and saw SNOW in September!) and Kaila was SO SO good in her car seat!  She has learned to LOVE car trips and jumps in the car every chance she gets and hops in her car seat.  Unfortunately she will probably not enjoy her car trip to the vet this week when she has her little female surgery.  But, it has to be done and I am pretty nervous about it even though I know it's a minor surgery.

So...here is a card I whipped up this morning.  It's all die cuts from Spellbinders or things I cut with my Silhouette.   The sentiment is quite old and I think it is from Papertrey Ink. I popped up several of the die cuts for added dimension.

Hope you have a great week.  I HOPE to get back to crafting on a more regular basis now!  We'll see how that goes!