Happy Halloween!

Hello all.  I hope everyone had a great Halloween.  We just survived Hurricane Sandy.  We were very lucky here in central MD to not get much (we had worse back in July with the Derocho storm).  We actually did not lose power which is amazing for us, we usually lose it for 4 days at a time.  I think we were better prepared this time.  Unfortunately, folks to the east and north were not so lucky.  We are praying for a quick recover for them all.

This year for Halloween I made two crafts (I still need to do something for my 3 year olds preschool class but have until next week :)).  First, I made cute little bats with a fun size Hershey bar in them for my 4 year olds pre-k class because she dressed as a bat :)  I used the Artiste cartridge for the bat, a circle punch for the face and some papers I had left over from last year.  For the face, I used a Peachy Keen set called Monster Mash (I combined a mouth and eyes from different stamps in the set because I did not want my bat to look mean:)  I had my daughter write her name on the inside and I used a ribbon that can easily be slid off to keep them closed.

Here are my bats and my cute little bat (I hand cut her mask because we could not find a bat costume):

 

For my boys (9 and 11) I used this post from My Creative Time for inspiration and did some cute little cuts from Art Philosophy (I could cut 9 at a time versus using a die to cut one at a time) and put some pixie sticks through added a cute little Halloween sentiment from My Creative Times All Around Halloween set.

Here are those cute treats:

 

Lastly, for Halloween I made some costumers or parts of costumes.  For my 3 year old she wanted to be a bat and I am not a sewer so I decided to do hers out of paper.  I used the Art Philosophy for the tear drops which I then turned upside down.  I used Create a Critter for the owl which I had cut down to make into a mask and added some circles and small feathers and an elastic band to make into a mask.  She loved it and luckily it survived.  Of course she has to wear it next week to preschool because her class Halloween event was cancelled this week due to the Hurricane so I hope it makes it until then!  I also made my 9 year old sons Jayson Werth beard using a picture, some cardstock and some elastic.   Here is a picture of the two cuties:

My oldest wanted to go as the Sun Drop guy (have you seen those soda commercials, he walks around dancing which cracks my son up).  All I had to do for him was make an iron on since we did not have a Sun Drop t-shirt.  It worked ok but I did not have the iron on for dark colored shirts so it is not that visible via picture.  Here is my handsome guy:

WOW! That was a lot in a few days of work!  I guess now it is onto Thanksgiving and Christmas!  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a crafty day.

PS:  I am linking up over at Sarah Hamer Designs, stop by and link up too!  http://www.pinkcricut.com/2012/10/link-tuesday-25/

Halloween Goodie Bags for Preschoolers and Teachers :)

Hello.  I saw these adorably decorated crayon boxes over on a My Creative Time designer's (Cathryn) blog http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-creative-times-july-stamp-release.html back in July and immediately bought the stamp set with the intentions of doing this (a similar version of it) for my daughter's preschool class.  Then a couple of weeks ago I was in Target and saw cute little Halloween notepads in the $1 section (6 in a pack) so I bought those also.  I decided this week to put them in with the crayons to make a goodie bags...of course that meant I needed toppers.  I also decided to make some goodie bags for her two teachers using an idea I had seen around on Pinterest and other sites. 

Here are the bags for the kids:  For the crayons I used the My Creative Time all around Halloween set, some plain paper from AC Moore and some patterned paper from K&Co.  For the bag toppers I used Art Philosophy to cut the square in 2 sizes, then I scored it in the middle.  On the top layer I added stitching via gelly roll pens, either a ghost from Paper Doll Dress-up or a pumpkin from Create a Critter.  Of course they needed a cute little Peachy Keen face :)  I printed the names all one piece of card stock on the computer then cut out using the center point feature and one of the cute tags on Art Philosphy.  I then used the Happy Halloween sentiment from my Pink by Design Guess Who set to add the sentiment.  Lastly, I used the bonus stamp that came with Septembers new order stamps from My Creative Time on the back of the bags :)

 

Here are the bags for the teachers:  I used the same process for the bag toppers as above but I printed the sentiment on orange paper first, then cut the square using Art Philosophy.  I then cut the ghosts from Paper Doll Dress-up and used some cute Peachy Keen faces on them.   I plan to make some of these for my office staff as well this weekend for Monday.

I hope the kids and teachers enjoy their goodie bags!  TFL!

Halloween Bash Door Hanger Invitations

I knew I wanted to make door hanger invitations for a little Halloween Bash I am planning for the little neighborhood kids but was not sure what to do...then I bought Art Philosophy.  Wow, that cartridge has EVERYTHING on it.  The door hanger on it is actually a little pocket which has endless possibilities but for now I just needed it for an invitation!  I used patterned paper from a K&CO. stack and some solid white and orange paper I had already for the invitation information (I printed the information out on the computer and mounted it to the orange card stock).  I used my Pink By Design stamp set Guess Who for the stamps of the cute little trick or treaters and the sentiments (Happy Halloween on the front, Boo, Got Candy? and witchy wishes on the back).  I used colored pencils, a gelly roll pen and stickels to add some color to the trick or treaters.  I will add a couple of pieces of candy in the little pocket (at least 1 piece for each child in the house I am dropping the invitation off at).  I cannot wait to deliver them!  TFL.

The flowers are just to block personal info :)

 

This one was a cheapy stamp from
Michaels that I crossed out the
word scary on and wrote cute
because this is for small kids,
I also added some rhinestones for
the eye and the bow

Halloween Crafts-Pencils and Pillow boxes!

There are SO many Halloween craft ideas out there, my head is actually so full I am sure it would take me years to make all of the ideas in there!  My girlfriend and I decided to have a Halloween Craft Day at her house to make some.  I wanted to make something for my Sunday School students that did not involve candy.  So I decided to do a pillow box with erasers in it and a pencil going through it.  I used some patterned paper from K&Co., solid color paper from AC Moore (a trick or treat paper pack), some ribbon from AC Moore, Michaels and Joanns and a Happy Halloween stamp from the Guess Who set at Pink by Design.  I used my new Art Philosophy cart to cut out the pillow boxes and the tags.  Here is the assortment.  TFL :)

Happy Halloween Paper Wreath!!!!

Hello. I used a less than $3 paper pack (not even half of the pack) from Michaels, a ribbon I purchased at AC Moore for $2 and some ribbon I had for the hanger to make this paper wreath. After I was done I decided to add some spiders (those cheapy spider rings, I had bought a pack at the $1 store for my kiddos) and a stamped Happy Halloween sentiment. I stamped with versa mark and then embossed it. I used the Pink By Design Guess Who set for the sentiment. This was my first paper wreath and I love it.  Can't wait to do a Fall one and a Christmas one. (My girls helped...played with the supplies while I made it, so they wanted their picture taken with the wreath).  Right now it is hanging inside but as soon as the time comes (not sure when it is ok to decorate for Halloween :) it will go on the outside of the door :) TFL.

This is the girls with the wreath before I added the sentiment in the middle of the ribbon