Halloween rewind

The kids had fun looking through the Halloween decorations this morning, so I thought I would share this post from last year...
(obviously, before my new camera)

I wanted a sewing project for craft time today. here it is...


It's a pouch that the kids can put treats in. After halloween, they can choose a few treats and put them in their pouches. After their treats are gone for that day, they are gone!! A lesson for them to learn. Gorging or spreading it out. I'm intrigued to see what outcome this will have over the days of chocolate and too much sugar.

And here are the happy pouch wearers who have a few early treats, thanks for Tia Rosemarie. thanks Mishie!


Rafael sewed his own pouch and Neve chose the colours of thread for hers.

Thanks for looking.
Amanda

Well, the idea did work for a few days. after that, they kinda lost interest in the candy. I finally threw it out, along with the collection of Christmas, Valentine and Easter candies that were deemed, not worthy.

hairy eyeball

I was going to save this one till it was closer to Halloween. But when I saw that I was going to show you my Christmas trees, I thought, heck, let's do early Halloween rather than way too early for Christmas!!
I present... the hairy eyeball!!!! bwahahahahahahaha


This was just too fun. The ring base is from a ring pop. I bought a bunch for bday party, then forgot to give them out. The last time the kids had them, they put them in water to see the colour of the water change! So that's what I did this time. Look ma, no cavities. Like my hand model? :}





have a good one,
Amanda

Frankenstein

In my cruisin' on the web today, i found this on Nap Time Journal
here is our version:


it was perfect for today's crafting session. I love her blog. Great ideas.
Here is Neve's interpretation:

Kinda looks like she has a mustache. I'll have to ask her. I do know that she was pretty consistent in putting warts on all the noses, much to the unhappiness of her brother. I had to make new noses.

Here is a teeny one i made for my nephew's 1st halloween. Too cute. I made a few more with felt for the kids and glued it on cardstock. They can wear them as pins. I don't have a picture at present, They are being treasured at the end of their beds.


Many halloween parties to attend tomorrow between 9 and 1. Hope I can keep up. I'm sure they will be well sugared!

thanks for looking,
Amanda

pumpkin loot holder!

I wanted a sewing project for craft time today. here it is...


It's a pouch that the kids can put treats in. After halloween, they can choose a few treats and put them in their pouches. After their treats are gone for that day, they are gone!! A lesson for them to learn. Gorging or spreading it out. I'm intrigued to see what outcome this will have over the days of chocolate and too much sugar.

And here are the happy pouch wearers who have a few early treats, thanks for Tia Rosemarie. thanks Mishie!


Rafael sewed his own pouch and Neve chose the colours of thread for hers.

Thanks for looking.
Amanda

i haven't forgotten about the boa scarf I made, I just can't get anyone to model it for me yet. Well, Rafael said he would, but I found a way out of it for him! lol

Bonita!

What a great night last night!

Went to a crop at my LSS, Scrapbooks by Design. Group of friends went. We all put out our wares of Quickutz, Nestabilities and Cuttlebug supplies and then created.

I felt so productive. I went with 2 layouts in mind and practically finished the 1st one in an hour, but then went to Starbucks for a tea run. Man, time sucker! Anyhow, here's one of my layouts:


The picture is of my daughter on Halloween. My friend brought this flamenco dress back from Spain this summer. And there are shoes to match!! Love them
I was so excited to find the background paper. The white swirls sold me on it. I had spent the previous night covering and sanding the chipboard swirls. that helped a lot in terms of time.

The title is Quickutz (sorry, don't know which one), the flower is the actual flower that was in her hair that I made of scrapbook supplies on hand. Then added a few jewels for the dot of the i and on the side of the B.

Oh yes, inspiration for this layout came from Christine Drumheller at
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1409898

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

nada

Hi ho.
did you have a great Halloween? It was a beautiful day here. We carved the pumpkin outside in t-shirts! Quite a change from the 0 degree today.

I just took some pictures of a few products I bought recently, but the camera is giving me grief in d/l them.
I'll try again tomorrow.

Here are some pics of my Trick or treater's .... I so need to make a book or scrap page. Who wants to throw some inspiration this way??!!!




See, this is crafting related. I made the flower in her hair. isn't it hilarious?! It's almost bigger than her head!



Thanks for looking!
Amanda

Halloween in a snow storm

Well, not the real snow, thank goodness, or I should say, "I hope not!"
I bought this globe a while back, as my son has a fascination with them.
I used last year's Papertrey halloween set and on the other side a not so spooky house stamp, just coloured to look like halloween.

BIG TIP: do not use fine glitter in a snow globe. It doesn't sink and sticks to the side of the glass. It takes forever for it to settle and kinda ruins the effect.

Anyhow, it is a hit and can be changed for the next occasion. Fun fun.
Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Halloween pictures

After the Halloween celebrations all day, I just couldn't jump into my Christmas mode again.
So here are some pics from today.
My children made quite an entrance into the Parenting Centre today, holding hands and beeing so cute!
There was much excitement on the street and we managed to get this pic before trick or treating.

that's it for today. I'm wiped. I led 2 music sessions at the centre. Haven't done that for over a year and a half now and forgot how much energy it takes!!

Thanks for looking,
Amanda

Flying witch

2 posts in one night! I must be on a roll... I'll take it when I can.

This is from SU "Booglie Eyes". The "eek spider" is from a previous hostes set "Tags so Much"
Both are stamped in black stazon and cloloured with blender pen in More Mustard, really rust, pumpkin pie and basic grey. The paper is creepy crawly. The background of the cardbase is stamped with versa mark watermark ink with a circle from the polkadots and petals set.
I roughed up the edges with sandpaper and edged the pictures with the basic grey ink. The orange corners on the witch was done with orange marker and the mat pack paper piercer as a guide.

Thanks for looking...
Amanda

Oh yes, I coloured the witch's face with pastels, but it didn't take very well. I find the SU cardstock isn't very user friendly with the pastels. Anyone else? Any suggestions?

Clippies anyone?

these were fun to make and I'll be making many, many more to send down to my sister in Nova Scotia.


Stamps are from Su "Batty for You" set stamped in various colours. Adhered to a large paper clip (not those jumbo ones, but bigger than normal) from the dollar store with runner tape. It seems to hold ok. THe front panel is adhered with a pop up dot.



These glassine bags are from Papertrey Ink. You have to be careful when you stamp on them, as it is very slippery. The thin word stamps are a little easier. I'm still experimenting with some of the word stamps from the Paper Trey spooky sweets set.
I used the double rectangle punch to slip the paper clip in. I'm finding more and more uses for this punch.



Note that the pics on the paper clips are sideways so that they are right side up when horizontal. Tied a little ribbon on the smaller loop of the paper clip.

Note: Yes, I know the candy is red and green aka: Christmas colours, but that's all I had in the cupboard. I've been to the grocery store 3 times in the last 2 days. Think I would remember an important thing like Halloween candy. It's practically in every aisle! Can I still claim baby brain a year after giving birth?? lol

Thanks for looking,
Amanda