BLOG HOP DAY 1 ---I AM BATTY FOR HALLOWEEN

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE GLITTER QUEENS OCTOBER BLOG HOP - DAY ONE.  I AM SO GLAD YOU FOUND US AND I HOPE YOU FIND SOME INSPIRATION AS YOU HOP ALONG.

BEFORE I SHOW YOU MY CREATIONS, I WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU NEED TO READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM BECAUSE THERE IS BLOG CANDY AVAILABLE!!

I LOVE THE FALL SEASON AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE HALLOWEEN AND THE FUN PART OF IT.  I DO NOT LIKE THE BLOODY, ICKY PART THAT SOME FOCUS ON.  ICK INDEED.

BUT I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE FALL COLORS!!  THE ORANGES, BURNT REDS, GOLDS, ETC.  AWESOME.

MY FIRST PROJECT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS A BAT TREAT CONTAINER.  I LOVE THE OWL PUNCH AND THAT IS WHAT I USED TO CREATE MY BAT HANGING IN THE MOONLIGHT.

ISN'T THIS LITTLE GUY JUST ADORABLE??!!  I USED CRAFT INK SPONGED AROUND HIS BODY AND WINGS AND THE TOP OF THE BOX.  HIS WINGS ARE 2 OF HIS LITTLE VESTS FROM THE OWL PUNCH AND PART OF IT TUCKED BEHIND HIS BODY.

HERE HE IS IN A CLOSEUP SO YOU CAN SEE HIM VERY WELL.  HIS WHITE MOUTH WAS GOING TO BE WITH MY WHITE PEN, BUT IT WAS TRY.  SO I JUST WIGGLED AND CUT A SMALL PIECE OF WHISPER WHITE CARD STOCK AND BLUED IT ON.  HE IS HANGING ONTO THE BRANCH FROM THE BIRD PUNCH, AND I USED THE 1 3/8 CIRCLE PUNCH IN DAFFODIL DELIGHT AND THEN SPONGED CAJUN CRAZE AND TANGERINE TANGO AROUND THE CIRCLE FOR THE MOON.  S-P-O-O-K-Y AND FUN!!

WHY DOES IT SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY INSTEAD OF HAPPY HALLOWEEN??  WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY IN OUR FAMILY COMING UP AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CUTE WAY TO PRESENT A GIFT CARD IN THE BODY OF THE TREAT BOX.  HOWEVER, HAPPY HALLOWEEN DOES COME WITH THIS STAMP SET AS WELL, CALLED WACKY WISHES, A HOSTESS SET YOU CAN PURCHASE WITH YOUR HOSTESS DOLLARS WHEN YOU HOST A WORKSHOP IN YOUR HOME OR YOU ORDER AT LEAST $150 IN PRODUCT FROM ME.  IT IS A NICE SET.

CANDY CORN, CHOCOLATE PIECES LIKE M&Ms, REESES PIECES, OR MINI CHOCOLATE BARS CAN FIT IN THIS CUTE DECORATED BOX.  WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN IT IF IT WERE YOUR GIFT?

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME)   
Judy   

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE.

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY BATTY TREAT BOX.

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GHOSTS, GHOSTIES,,,,BOOOOO

I MADE A SUPER QUICK CARD THIS AFTERNOON AND GOT THE SUPPLIES ALL READY FOR MY CARD CLUB THIS WEEK.  AND....I DISCOVERED A NEW WAY TO USE MY PUNCHES!!  SOOOO AWESOME FOR SOMETHING CREATIVE TO JUST POP INTO MY HEAD WHILE I AM PLAYING WITH MY CARDS.

FIRST, HERE IS THE CARD:

THE BASE OF THE CARD IS BASIC GRAY, THEN A LAYER OF CAJUN CRAZE AND THEN THE DESIGNER PAPER (RETIRED) CALLED FRIGHTFUL SIGHT.  MY GOAL THIS FALL IS TO USE UP ALL MY DESIGNER PAPER BEFORE I PURCHASE NEW!!  I HAVE SO VERY VERY MUCH.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME RETIRED PAPER THAT YOU LOVE, I WOULD BE GLAD TO SHARE SOME WITH YOU!

BACK TO THE CARD...SEE THAT ADORABLE LITTLE GHOST IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT MATCHES THE PAPER AND THE STAMP?  I MADE IT MYSELF!!!  YEP I DID!!  HERE IS HOW I MADE IT:

YOU NEED THE 1 3/4" OVAL PUNCH AND THE WORD WINDOW PUNCH.

 I AM USING CONFETTI WHITE.  THAT IS WHY YOU SEE BITS AND PIECES OF STUFF ON THE CARD STOCK.  FIRST, PUNCH AN OVAL WITH YOUR PUNCH.

 THEN CUT THAT OVAL IN HALF.  YOU WILL MAKE TWO GHOSTS.

MAKE A MARK WITH YOUR FINGERNAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OVAL AT THE WIDEST PART.  USING YOUR WORD WINDOW PUNCH, PUNCH A SMALL SNIP OUT JUST A BIT LEFT OF CENTER.  THEN PUNCH AGAIN A BIT RIGHT OF CENTER.  USE YOUR BLACK MARKER TO MAKE THE EYES AND THAT'S IT!!  ISN'T HE ADORABLE??!!  REMINDS ME OF PACKMAN GHOSTS.

I MADE THE BANNER BY USING MY SQUARE PUNCH AND CUTTING A V IN EACH END.  I USED SMALL GLUE DOTS AND HUMPED IT UP TO LOOK MORE LIKE A BANNER.

THIS IS THE INSIDE, BUT THE 2 OVAL PUNCHED CS IS JUST SITTING THERE FOR YOU TO SEE.  ONLY THE COMPLETED GHOST AND THE BOOOO ARE ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CARD AND VERY EASY TUTORIAL.  IF YOU MAKE SOME GHOSTS FOR YOUR CARDS, I WOULD LOVE A LINK BACK SO I CAN SEE THEM!!

BOOOOO TO ALL Y'ALL.

TWO CHALLENGES, TWO CARDS - FRIDAY MASHUP #20 AND STAMPING ROYALTY #59

HERE IS MY FIRST CARD FROM THE CUTE SUMMER SUITE STAMP SET FOR THE FRIDAY MASHUP CHALLENGE (http://fridaymashup.com/).  I HAD SO HOPED FOR THIS SET TO BE IN THIS CURRENT CATALOG.  MAYBE IT WILL BE IN NEXT YEARS?  ANYWAYS, I USED BUTTONS IN TANGERINE TANGO, MELON MAMBO AND DAFFODIL DELIGHT ON THE BUTTON CARD THAT WAS STAMPED FROM THE SET.  I MADE A TAPE MEASURER WITH YELLOW CARD STOCK AND THE STAMP, AND BROKE DOWN THE FIBERS SO I COULD MAKE IT BE UP AND DOWN ALONG THE CARD BY USING GLUE DOTS UNDERNEATH CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE TAPE.  I PUT A REAL NEEDLE IN THE SPOOL OF THREAD.

I USED TANGERINE TANGO CARD STOCK AND PRINTED PAPER FOR THE CARD ITSELF.  YELLOW SCALLOP OVAL BEHIND THE STAMPED SPOOL.  MELON MAMBE BEHIND THE BUTTON CARD. 

I LOVE BUTTONS!! 

MY STAMPING ROYALTY CHALLENGE (http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.com/) ENTRY IS THE FOLLOWING CARD:

I USED CAJUN CRAZE LAYER ON THE BASE.  ON THE I USED AN UNUSUAL TEXTURED WALL PAPER SAMPLE THAT SEEMS LIKE IT IS BAMBOO OR STRAW.  I LIKED THE TEXTURE AND THE COLORS MATCHED MY CARD.  I STAMPED MY ONE LARGE IMAGE USING MY MARKERS TO COLOR IT WITH OLD OLIVE, GARDEN GREEN, DAFFODIL DELIGHT, AND CAJUN CRAZE.  I LIKE HOW THE DIFFERENT COLORS ALL WENT SO WELL TOGETHER AND GAVE IT A MUCH MORE DECORATIVE FEEL.  I USED 3 BRADS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAMPED IMAGE IN THE ORANGE, GREEN AND YELLOW COLOR.

I FINISHED IT OFF WITH TWO RIBBONS TIED INTO A KNOT AND GLUED ONTO THE WALL PAPER SAMPLE ON THE LEFT.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.

Please leave a comment.  I love to hear from YOU.

Amazing weather and fun cards

I am so sorry that I have not posted any photos of my cards this week.  It seems the doohickey thingy that I put my SDS card into and then plug into my computer as up and walked away all by itself!!  So after taking the photos, I have no way of getting them up onto my blog.

You will just have to take my word for it that I have both made and seen some really sweet cards this week. (that is until I can locate my doohickey and upload the photos.  We had card night this week and the cards were all awesome.  Everyone has their own style of stamping and I for one love to make other's cards because they are usually ideas I would not have on my own.  So it is another way of getting my "repertoire" of cards increased.

I have also been sewing this past week.  At church we are having a sewing class once a week for a month to help us get back into sewing and to learn new techniques, etc.  I am starting with curtains for my bedroom.  I am recycling some cloth that is discontinued swatches from a home decorating store.  I sewed them together like patchwork and am sewing tabs at the top for the rod to slip through.  It is very expensive tapistry-type fabric and will be wonderful in my bedroom when finished. 

I also created a cute little baby outfit out of a onesie.  I put 2 ruffled lengths like a skirt at the bottom of the onsie as well as a ribbon band along the waistline.  then I made a cute ribbon rose for the shoulder.  It is for my new granddaughter Penelope.  She is granddaughter #3 born to son #2 and wife a few weeks ago.  We are going to meet Penelope and see son #2 get two master's degrees mid May in Illinois.  Looking forward to that.

I also recycled some interesting textured wallpaper that looks like bamboo placemats for some cards this past week.  They came out exactly how I wanted them to.  I used the single stamp " Blossom " and some colors I don't use very often - Cajun Craze and Wild Wasabi. Hopefully I can post the photos soon.

Have a great weekend and if your weather is warm and full of springtime, get out and enjoy it.  I sure will here in Texas.

Inky fingers to y'all.