Happy Halloween

 

Happy Halloween!!  I'm a huge fan of this fun holiday!  And it is so much more fun to see it through the eyes of my kids!  Here's the project my husband and I worked on all day on Saturday.  Jack insisted on being a "homemade" robot this year.  We had a great time putting this together.  Most of the stuff was from around the house.  The colorful "buttons" on the front actually light up!!  There's a battery pack on the inside of the box!  Also, we stripped the reflectors off of a couple old bikes too.  So here's a costume that will be safe as he walks around in the dark trick or treating!!

 

 

 

The helmet is (obviously) a mesh colander that we embellished with some jumbo brads to look like buttons.  I had some wire from a wreath project from last Christmas and just attached a bike reflector with some hot glue.  Check out the picture of the helmet close-up.  Laying on the floor behind Jack is a little Woody from Toy Story (Joey)!  The whole thing turned out pretty cute, I think!  And he got a ton of compliments at his parade at school!  I think that made him even more excited!

 

Stay tuned for a new card tomorrow.  Today is my dear friend and upline's birthday!  Happy Birthday Niki!! (Must be such a fun birthday to have!!)  I will see her tomorrow, so after that I can post her card.

My first Challenge!

I'm a huge Halloween fan!  And I'm so happy to announce that both of my boys are following in my footsteps!  Everywhere we go they are yelling out "Look at those pumpkins!", "I saw a ghost!", etc!  They love all the decorations!  One of the items on the "to-do" list this week is to get my decorations up!  My hubby thinks it's too early, but he's been outvoted!  Here's a quick little Halloween card!  Super easy and so much fun! I'm submitting this card to the Black Tie Friday Challenge  It's my first time entering a challenge! 

Simple and Frugal

Just a few small bits of DSP make a big statement on this card.  I love the patterns on this Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP from the Holiday Catalog.  I CASED this card from a card my friend Jenny made.  I just changed the dsp and sentiment.  This would also make a quick and easy Christmas card to make in a large quantity, if you needed a bunch.  It wouldn't use too much paper either so it would be very economical.

Happy Hallow-wing!

I actually used ribbon!!  Those of you that know me, know that this is amazing.  I tend to "conserve" my ribbon, and on this card I just went for it!!  Turning over a new leaf?  Probably not, but it's a start! ;)   I love the way the ribbon coordinates with the black DSP from the Patterns pack.  I should've taken a picture from the side to show you the dimension of the card.  The center circle is popped up.  I just used my white gel pen to add the little dots around the edges of the scalloped circled.  And then the cute little image and sentiment is from the Tricky Treats stamps set.