Halloween Party Favor Challenge

Hope you're all having a wonderful Crafty Sunday....this is my second post today.   I wanted to share a sweet treat/party favor I'm making for the office.   
I first used MCT Stitched Circle & Scalloped dies - I used glitter card stock and a white glimmer card stock.  I got this idea from one of the MCT design team members, and for the life of me, I have tried to look and see who it was so I could add them to my blog...I believe Give Credit, Where Credit Is Due...so if, no WHEN, I find it I'll add it to my post!



Have plenty of peppermint patties on hand for this project....I ate a few...

 

You're going to use double sided tape and put the mint patty in between the two cuts.

 

I then used any of my Halloween stamps that would fit and stamped in different colors and added a little bow on the top so they didn't look so spooky LOL

 

Here's a short video on HOW TO make these wonderfully tasty treat party favors.

 

And there you have it~

 

I'm entering these sweet little treats to the 3 Girl Jam Party Favor challenge, you had to use ribbon.  Carri over at Double Click Connections keeps throwing (not literally lol) these challenges my way and I'm happy to say this is my very first 3 Girl Jam challenge. Go check them out.

 

Have a crafty day!  Chao for now! --C

Halloween Home Decor

I've been so inspired, once again, from the many talented blogs out there, I just had to give it a shot at doing my own Halloween Home Decor. 

 

I took a scrap of wood, about 15 inches long, and 1 1/2 inches wide. I'm thinking you could use a wooden ruler from the dollar store for this project, just make your circles smaller.

I then painted the wood black with craft paint...probably would have been faster with spray paint. But I did with what I had on  hand - improvise right!

 

I used Halloween paper, not cardstock, for the fanned circles. I scored it every other 1/4 then folded. I used two 12 inch long pieces and then glued them together to make the circle. I tried three different widths on this project.  For this center fan, I used MCT Stitched Circle & Scallop dies and a stamp from my stash of stamps TRICK OR TREAT for the top.

These three circle fans I used cuts from Teresa Collins Chic n Scary all cut on glitter paper.
On the top, my hubby drilled a hold to hang on a nail.  I used some upcycled black mesh (I know there is a name for this stuff but it slips my mind) and tied it into a bow.  VIOLA!
Well that's my Halloween Home Decor project.  I'm hoping to be doing some more home decor projects and share them you.  Until then, have a great day!

Chao for now, --C



Boss's Day

Today is Boss's Day and what a great way to let your boss know they're the best than giving them a card and a little something, something!  The office all pitched in to get our wonderful boss a gift card to Kohl's.

 

The card is sized at 5x7 - had to have enough room for everyone in the office to sign the card! 

The owl is cut from Create A Critter Cartridge at 3 inches.   I used my Gypsy to hide the eyes so I could use my new PKS stamp set.

 

I used Peachy Keen Stamp Set, Critter Faces, for my owl face.  This particular set is the medium size.  I colored in the nose with orange jelly roll pen.  I used Versa Marker   to highlight the 'feathers' on the wings. (this is a new wonderful pen I just started using, it allows you to draw on your paper and turn it into a similar color, like a watermark. Easy Cheesy!)   For the ears and the chest feathers I used Stardust Stickles. 

For the wording, I used my Gypsy to weld most of the lettering from the Jasmine Cartridge.  As you can see, I made the Who into Whooo's  GET IT?!   I used white jelly roll pen to add some emphasis on the lettering.

For the inside, I added another owl at 2 inches, also hid the eyes so I can use another stamp from the set.  I wrote in marker YOURS, following up with the front of the card "Whooo's day is it". Sorry for the writing on this pic...had to get everyone to sign it before I was completely finished and took pictures. Hey, gotta do, what ya gotta do, right! 

I colored in the nose with orange jelly roll pen. The eyes with black and white jelly roll pens. And another new addition to my craft supplies is Glossy Accents. I LOVE THIS STUFF.  Once my ink from the jelly roll pens dried, I added Glossy Accents to the eyes...kind of makes them look like googly eyes.

I think the card came out really cute and everyone in the office liked seeing my new added craft supplies in the works.   They're even cutting out their coupons for me now. LMAO Are they trained or what! 

That's it for today.  Have a great day!  Chao for now. --C

 

Simply Crafts Challenge Blog One Year Anniversary

It's time to say "Congrats" to Simply Crafts Monthly Challenge Blog One Year Anniversary!!!! 
And because it's their one year anniversary they're giving away TWO prizes to two lucky winners who link up their project. 

Below are the details; or click HERE to go straight to their challenge for this month.

This month we are using the vampire bat cut from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge. If you have this cartridge we'd love it if you'd use that cut on your project. We are also opening up this challenge a little bit more since it's our anniversary. You can submit ANY Halloween project as long as it's made between today and October 16th. No past projects please. :)

There are still a few days to enter your project, so I hope you'll be able to join in on the fun. 

For my project, I'm using the vampire bat from Teresa Collins Chic n Scary cartridge. (I don't have the Create A Critter 2 cartridge, yet)

 

I chose to make a Halloween scene using a few cuts from the Chic n Scary. 

 

This little Batty's face is stamped with Peachy Keen Pumpkin Faces...I did a little stamp rendering.  The little mouth, is actually the nose of the pumpkin face.  I masked off the mouth cause it just didn't fit right, but the nose actually looks like a mouth once I stamped it on the bat.  I think he looks a little "hungry" lol  then I pop dotted him so he's "flying". You can't see it real well, but I also used Glossy Accents on his eyes.



This is the Gnarly Tree cut.  I accented it by using white jelly roll pen. I added the glittery moon to make the tree and bat stand out a bit more.  Ohhh, lookin' scary, ha!

The last cut I added to my Halloween scene is the picket fence and crow.  I had to cut this one twice, once in brown kraft color and in black.  Then I just cut the crow off in black and glued him on.  I used brown felt pen and made the lines for the boards of the picket fence. No white wash here.

On the inside I simply stamped Happy Halloween. 

Hope you enjoyed my card that I'm entering into the Simply Crafts challenge.  I hope you'll enter your project too. 

Chao for now. --C



Halloween Cupcake Wrapper

 

 

Hello my crafty friends....I'm super excited for this post because down below is my very first picture video tutorial on how to make this really cute Halloween Spider Cupcake Wrapper. 

 

 

I used the Cricut Cartridge, Ribbons & Rosettes, that my wonderful crafty friend Cassandra had given to me....she won like a Gazillion Cartridges and she shared the love! Thanks, Cassandra!!!

Visit Cassandra's blog HERE

 

One thing I learned, is that if you can't afford, or win LOL, the cartridges you'd like to have then you just have to improvise.  Now some of you may have already been thinking, Ribbons & Rosettes doesn't have a cupcake wrapper on that cartridge...and you're absolutely right!!!  But I liked this spider so much, I used my gypsy and made my own wrappers. 

 

Check out my "picture" video below...don't laugh, it's short n sweet and I only did the pictures with voice over, still not brave enough for a live video...however, that may be coming soon.

 

I hope my video was helpful and you'll be making some fun cupcake wrappers for the holidays. 
Leave me a comment and let me know how you liked the video.

That's it for today. Chao for now! --C

Girls Night Out

In this day and age, I believe you really have to LOVE your job because there isn't much out there should you change your mind and want to do something else.  I'm one of those fortunate ones who can say I LOVE my job...and for those of you who know what I do, you can tell I have FUN at my job too.

Last year we created a Girls Night Out with lots of fun, drinks, games etc...it's kind of like a slumber party and bachelorette party all rolled into one...this night also included POLE DANCING LESSONS (I'm not kidding) Last year we had about 120 participate and this year we had a whopping 231 wild n crazy GIRLS (women) of all ages join us last Saturday for one Crazy Night.

We had such a great time I just had to make these cards to send to some of the girls thanking them for making the night so much fun.

These fun cards are sized at 5 1/2 x 4 on black cards stock.  I then used a HOT pink (because we were ALL really HOT that night-- from all the dancing LOL) the hot pink cardstock for layered dimension.
Then I had a stiletto shoe stamp from a set I believe I bought from Joann's.  I stamped that "single" shoe (we ALL acted like we were single that night ha!) on white card stock in black Momento Ink.

I used Emm'a MCT Scallop Circle and cut it in black card stock and a duo pink zebra striped card stock and then off set the two. Then stamped Girls Night Out from the same set as the shoe, in black Momento Ink.  And just to add a little bling to the card I dotted the i's with some Stardust Stickles.

 

For the inside statement...this stamp also came with the set....and it was PERFECT!!!

Sorry, I can't share any pics from the party....I was sworn to secrecy that they would never be let out from the vault. :-0  Hey, what happens at the AQUARIUS CASINO RESORT in Laughlin, NV, stays at the AQ in Laughlin!!! 

Have a great weekend.  Chao for now --C