Spooky Halloween Decor

Are you ready for Halloween?

My kids have had their costumes for over a month, and can hardly wait to wear them. I still don't have the treats to hand out, I usually wait until the last minute because they tend to disappear before Halloween in my house. I have no idea why that keeps happening, I even hide them in my craft room. It's truly baffling.

I made this SPOOKY coaster decor to put on my mantle. (The back says WINTER, but I'll post that pic another time).  I love Halloween paper crafts, but people don't usually give out Halloween cards, so this covered coaster decor fulfilled my craft cravings nicely. And I get to use it year after year.

Here are the close-ups:

Wanna hear something really spooky? When I finished making this and was cleaning up, I found 5 candy wrappers...mini Halloween candy wrappers. Reece's Pieces and Candy Corn. I don't remember eating them, and I haven't bought the Halloween candy yet.  Cue scary music....

Recipe:

All Product CTMH.

Pattern Papers: Abundance and Enchanted

Cardstock: Pansy Purple, Autumn Terracotta, Goldrush, Garden Green, Cocoa, Black

Chipboard

Inks: Black, Cocoa, Autumn Terracotta

Stamps: D1442 Thriller, C1323 Who Loves You, D1311 October Word Puzzle

Z291 Hinges

Chocolate Waxy Flax

Black Embroidery Floss

Liquid Glass

Glue Dots

Other tools:

Cricut Cartridges: Storybook, Stretch Your Imagination, Basic Shapes

ATG tape runner

Chipboard coasters cut at 4" with Cricut Deep Cut Blade

I am entering my project in the following challenges this week:
Heart 2 Heart - Halloween or pumpkins
OCC- color challenge
Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween
Dutch dare - Halloween or color challenge
CRAFT - spooky
Fab n' Funky - things that go bump in the night
Corrosive - Halloween or orange and black
Fabulously Artsy - Halloween linky party

I was inspired by this coaster decor piece from fellow CTMH consultant Jennifer Smith.  Isn't this fabulous? Check out her blog Stampin Stampede.







Thanks for visiting my blog,
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Lorrinda



October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Do you know anyone who has NOT been affected by breast cancer in some way? October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Hug your mother, your aunt, your sister, your daughter, your friends. Tell them how much you love them, and remind them to check the "girls" regularly, and to get regular mammograms if they're eligible. Here's a cute way to remind them:

The cute little bees were stamped first, then layered with pink vellum cutouts popped up with 3D foam dots.
I am entering this card in the One Layer Wednesday challenge hosted by Jennifer Styles this week. The challenge is to make a one layer card using the birds and the bees or the flowers and the trees. I think my  boo bees fit the criteria, don't you? Check out the challenge...it's fun to make simple cards once in a while, and more challenging than it looks.
I am also entering this card in the Splitcoast Stampers "Hope You Can Cling To" card drive campaign, for challenges HYCCT10(inspired by something on your walk), HYCCT14(use ribbon), and HYCCT17(popped up elements). For more info, check out Splitcoast Stampers HERE.

Thanks for visiting my blog,
Lorrinda

Recipe:
All product CTMH
Card base: White Daisy cardstock
Stamps: W2017 Bee Mine (bees), D1311 Oct Word Puzzle (Boo), D1402 Togetherness (border), D1013 Playful caps alphabet, C1079 Playful lowercase alphabet.
Inks: Z2105 Black, Z2106 Blush
ribbon scrap
white mini brad

P3 Challenge 10-1-10

October1, time for a new challenge at Paper Cubed!
This month, the challenge is to make a 3D project using acetate. Anything goes (except for cards), so get out your acetate and create something fabulous, and share it with us. You have the whole month to play along, and you could win yourself a prize!


For me, October means Halloween, and Halloween means CANDY!

So, here's what I made:

Here's the 3D tour:

BACK

SIDE:

And here's one of the acetate candy cartons close up:

To make this Halloween treat holder, I used an adorable template from Lauren Meador called Milk Made, which you can get HERE.  I modified it a bit, because I wanted the sides to be bigger, and I used 2 stuck back to back to make it hold 4 cartons.  The acetate I used is just overhead transparency sheets, which I put together with glue dots. The glue dots are visible on the seams, but when they are full of candy you don't notice them. The spooky trees were cut with my Cricut and Stretch Your Imagination cartridge, the circle tags using Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The cool fence border is a Martha Stewart punch. I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four for the title label and some of the tombstones. Rounded tombstones were cut freehand. Other details are sponged backgrounds for the tag stamps and threaded buttons. 

The only difficulty I had making this project is resisting the urge to eat most of the candy (I may have had 4 Reece's peanut butter cups and a handful of the Reece's Pieces, but I can't confirm or deny it since I was distracted by the mess on my table).  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out, now I have to decide if I want to keep this or give it away!

You must check out what the fabulously talented P3 Design Team has created this month! Go on over to Paper Cubed and check them all out, and do go to their blogs and leave them some love! These ladies are so creative, and I get so much inspiration from them.  Once you get all inspired, please join us at Paper cubed this month, and create something using acetate! Upload your project and play along! This challenge is open all month!

Recipe:
CTMH products:
      Inks in White Daisy, Black, Pansy Purple and Goldrush
      Cardstock in Black, Pansy Purple
      Stamps D1442 Thriller and D1311 October Word Puzzle
      Black buttons
      Black hemp
      Mini glue dots
      Liquid Glass
Solid black cardstock from SU
Acetate overhead transparency sheets from office supply store
Martha Stewart fence border punch
Inkadinkado Stamps 98302 Cats and Bats, 98303 Creepy Crawly
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Four
Cricut Cartridges Stretch Your Imagination and Plantin' Schoolbook
Halloween ribbon unknown...had it in my stash
Template: PTI My Timeless Templates by Lauren Meador - Milk Made
Techniques: sponged backgrounds, masking, die cuts

Thanks for visiting my blog!
Lorrinda

H2H#25 Ready for a Sketch?

It's week #25 over at the Heart 2 Heart challenge blog! It seems like just yesterday Mary started this weekly challenge to showcase CTMH products, and it's been 1/2 a year already! If you would like some inspiration featuring fabulous CTMH products, you really should check out this blog. There are some very creative people sharing their art there!

This week is a sketch challenge!

Here is the sketch we are to use:

My kids are already talking about Halloween costumes, so that's where my inspiration came from today. I rarely give out Halloween cards, but I couldn't resist breaking in this stamp set:

Recipe:

All products CTMH

X7122B You Rock Level 2 Paper Packet for printed papers

Olive cardstock for card base

Black cardstock for mats

D1442 Thriller stamp set (skeleton, hearts and sentiment)

D1311 October Word Puzzle retired stamp set (bats random stamped background)

Black embossing powder and heat gun

2 black Photo Hangers

Black Organdy Ribbon

Scissors to distress edges

Inks in Black, Olive, Pansy Purple, Goldrush and Versamark
Techniques: embossing, masking, sponging, scissor edge distressing

Thank You  for visiting my blog!

Lorrinda

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Edited to add:

Guess I should be making more Halloween cards, this one was chosen for the Friday Five! Thank you ladies! H2H is one of my favorite places to get inspiration for CTMH products, it means a lot to me to have my card chosen by you!