Bags of Eyeballs

I found these chocolate eyeballs in my local supermarket.

I used mini cello bags to put them in, die cut a top note square which I then folded in half and added a hand drawn spiders web, I couldn't find my stamp!!!

Again I have added two toppers made from Stampin Up's owl punch.

I think they look really good altogether.



Witches Broomsticks

How cool are these doody witches broomsticks?

To make them all you need is a lollipop and brown card.

Cover the lolly stick with darker brown card. cut a fringe in Kraft card, leaving about 1/2" uncut, this is where it is attached to the broom handle, for my mini lollies the kraft card was 1 1/2" x 4".

Full instructions can be found at www.splitcaoststampers

I already had the owl and bat toppers, they are made from Stampin Up's owl punch, when I first got it a long long while ago I went a bit mad and made lots of different things from it, check out google images for inspiration.

 Sorry about the dire photo, something is up with my camera, but I can't work out what, sometimes it works fine sometimes it doesn't!!!

 On this photo you can see the lollipop better.

I can't wait to hand these out for Halloween...

 



Gift Box and Wallet

I love making boxes and bags.

I made this gift box to put money in for a birthday present, it is similar to the one we made at the Tithe Barn class.

I first saw a picture of the box on inkingidaho blog, I couldn't follow the link for the instructions so I fiddled about until I was happy with the design and look of the box.

We also had a male birthday so I made one of the wallets that I like, luckily I had kept a note of the measurements that I had taken from my sons real wallet!! He still wants me to fill his wallet!!!

How Many Shoes? LO

 In 2008 we were lucky enough to travel to L.A. for 10 days. We visited friends of the boys and had a great time.

As you can see from the layout we managed to buy eight pairs of shoes in 10 days, well it was more like nine days as the last day was when we headed for the airport!!

 For this layout I matted spotty vellum onto blue card, leaving a fine border all the way round. I made two pairs of flip flops from card, I choose to do these because as you can see three pairs of the shoes were flip flops.

I choose to use mainly blue as the blue spotted flip flops were Lucy's absolute favourites until they broke through to much wearing!!! Even in the winter. 

I know this is a very simple layout but it tells the story of how we ended up with so many shoes in our luggage.

Advent Calendar

As promised from several weeks ago, here is the finished blue Advent Calendar that I made for Jake's girlfriend Alex.

Again I have used Basic Grey papers but this time I used rub on snowmen for the decoration.

I made the holder in the same way but this time it was quicker to put together as I knew how to do it. I painted the blocks first then added the matts and the numbers.

 

 Here are the two calendars together, Alex now wants one for 100 days till Christmas!!!

I worked out for her that she could start using the blocks at 32 days till Christmas!!!

Mouse Cards

 Here are two cards made with a free stamp I got a long time ago, he is so cute!!

As you can see I added glossy accents to the balloons

 I just love how shy he looks, wouldn't he make a great Valentines with a big red heart hiding behind him?

The top image is stamped in black and the bottom in a brown ink, I think I prefere it stamped in brown.

The punch I used for the matt is the Martha Stewart Cherish punch.

Tithe Barn Class

Here is the class for Saturday 14th Sept at Tithe Barn.

We will be making both the card and the mini box.

If you wish to join me please let Karen know at www.craftbuddiespapercrafts.co.uk