Happy Halloween!!!

We had our first Halloween party last night with my sister and her kids. After an indoor bbq we set the children off with a couple of games, the first being eat the donut without using your hands. Unfortunately Paul couldn't find ring donuts so we ended up with squidgy jam ones!

Heres Jamie (who won no suprises there though!)
And laura and Ollie and Sophie at the side of Ollie.....Jack wasn't too impressed with the game though :) x
They then thought it would be great to make mummy a mummy!!! (Arrggh! All that toilet roll!)
And this is our hall decorated and below are the childrens pumpkins grown expertly by my dad!

Apparently we got the best shaped ones .. Heather you need to get there before Laura next year! LOL!
We have 2 more parties today! so by tonight I will be partied out! Enjoy your Halloween whatever you are doing and be safe if you are trick or treating!

TTFN xx

Spooky thanks

Wow! Thanks to everyone over on the late night stampers group on yahoo! My tea bag boxes have been chosen to feature on there blog finds of the day for today. Check out the group here. There are also many more blogs that have some super work and crafting inspiration. Well done everyone :)

My post for today is all Halloween treats! These are from the wonderful and talent Angie Kennedy Juda over on chic and scratch.
The children that came to my halloween class made one of these and I was really surprised how well they made them (even my 3 year old with only minimal help!) I have a fair few in my cauldron now so I hope we get some trick or treaters on the night..... or I will have to eat the contents!!!



This one is so my favourite! I have more projects to share tomorrow too!
Happy spooking..... ttfn x

Anyone for a cuppa?

Just a quick one tonight as its late ; ) I have been asked to make a tea bag box by a lady who I'm doing a class for tomorrow. The template I have used is a Lauren Meader one, Forkeeps {sake} and also the idea!

I've made 2 as I wasn't happy with the first one (!) This one uses papers from the ski slope collection, choc chip and old olive c/s and Flight of the butterfly and Pocket silhouettes stamps.

I've used the lace edge border punch which I love! The ribbon around the lid is pretty in pink taffeta ribbon. I cut the slot for the teabags to come out with the word window punch and 3/4 " circle punch and a die cut for the base.
This one uses old olive, close to cocoa and real rust c/s and spiced cider dsp. I punched a circle for the cup sliced a bit off the top and adhered it upside down at the bottom. I made a handle with the oval and the word window punch. I matted onto old olive and close to cocoa after stamping the swirl from whimsical wings on it.

Tfl x

Cupcakes

Oh yum!! Looky what I made last night! Cup cakes with pink candy melts piped over the top with a sprinkle of silver balls. And they were very nice too!

Off work today with my poorly number 3 son. He has an ear infection and has been up most of the night :(

Might come back later with a project I have cased!

tfl x

Tree trimmings

I loved this stamp set when I first saw it in the new catologue. I also knew that it would lend itself for a stamp a stack class :)
so heres what I've come up with. we're making 12 cards, 2 of each of these 6 designs using the opposite colours... all in one evening.
I was trying to use the one sheet wonder technique too, but once I'd cut all me bits out I kept trimming or ajusting them in some way so its only loosely based on the OSW , lol!
I've used real red and old olive cardstock (I know traditional but so suits the stamps) and the ski slope papers, although I have merry moments on order so we might use those for the class :)

The ribbons are the same colours as the card, 1/4 " and 5/8" and the scallop oval and the oval punches.

Sentiments are from Best yet (level 1 hostess stamps now retired) and Occasional greetings.

Anyway must go I really need an early night!

Tfl x

Woohoo!! New catologue is here!

Well its here! The new Stampin' Up! catologue has gone live today and I've just placed my first order!!!

I hope I won't have to wait long because there are some super goodies in there and it took me ages to decide what to have and what to leave till next time ;)

If you scroll to the bottom of this post you will see I have added a box (instructions from Ustamp with Dawn) made with the new circle circus stamp set which is lovely!

This card and gift set I made for my work colleague. I used green galore and choc chip c/s , choc chip dsp and some regal rose ribbon.

The stamp set is one of a kind.

This is a decorated brown bag. Same papers and stamps. Inside there are a pair of rubber gloves decorated with fur trim (She loves cleaning and is soo glam! Think Kim and Aggy) and a necklace. Then I popped it all in a big gift bag with a bottle of wine and a toffee cake :)

And heres my box using circle circus and the sentiment is from one of a kind.

Don't forget email me here if you would like to place an order.

Tfl x