Kaitlyn's Halloween Spider

My 9 year old daughter Kaitlyn loves to create just as much as I do and she seems to have a knack for recycling/repurposing things around the house.   Kaitlyn happened to be going through some of my craft supplies and found a piece of floral foam that was left over from a previous project and decided she wanted to make something of it...and this is what she made!

Kaitlyn used these items to create this spider:

• floral foam
• black craft paint
• toothpicks
• black tinsel-like balls
• google eyes
• white foam sheet
• fancy fur yarn
• floss
• tacky glue

Kaitlyn painted the foam and toothpicks with black craft paint.  She glued on the little black tinsel-like balls to the ends of the toothpicks and inserted the toothpicks into the foam.  Kaitlyn then glued on the google eyes.  She then cut out 2 teeth from some white foam sheets and glued them on.  Lastly, Kaitlyn glued on the fancy fur yarn around the body of the spider and some black floss to hang it from.

We are entering this project into these challenges:

• Forever Night Challenge - Trick-or-Treat - Kids Challenge - children under the age of 18 are to create a Halloween themed project and can submit up to 3 projects (this is #3 for Kaitlyn) 
• Craft Your Passion - Kids Challenge #1 - children 16 and under are to create a Fall/Halloween project

I think she did an amazing job and best of all this was all her creation...no help needed from Mom!

Kaitlyn's Monster Treat Bags

Well, after my daughter created her 1st treat bag she wanted to make more and she did just that.  Kaitlyn decided to make a monster treat bag for all the kids in our cul-de-sac, a total of 8 monster treat bags!!!   Each treat bag was created in different color combinations, one specifically designed for each kid.  Kaitlyn made all of these by herself, I only helped her by putting on the ribbon.

Here's a view of some of the ribbon we used:

These items were used to create these treat bags:

• Cricut cartridge Mini Monsters - for the treat bag cut at 5 1 /2
• misc. ribbon
• google eyes
• eyelets

We are entering these treat bags in these challenges:

• Crazy About Cricut - Thankful Thursday - Monster Mash - create any project featuring some type of monster and we were encouraged to involve children
• Forever Night Challenge - Trick-or-Treat - Kids Challenge - children under the age of 18 are to create a Halloween themed project and can submit up to 3 projects (this is #2 for Kaitlyn)
• Craft Your Passion Kids Challenge #1 - children 16 and under are to create a Fall/Halloween project

Thank you so much for looking and we hoped you enojoyed Kaitlyn's Monster Treat Bags!

Bat Hanging from a Tree Halloween Easel card

A friend of mine had asked me to make a card for her to give to her nephew for Halloween.  I racked my brain and couldn't decide on what to make.  I decided to ask her to come over and we'd create it together and this is what we came up with. 

We used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Cricut cartridge Simply Charmed
• My Moments Peel n' Stick ribbon
• white gel pen

Here's just a view of the card:

Here is a close up of the front (you can really see the embossing):

We had a great time creating this card together and I'm sure her nephew will love it!

Froggy Witch Halloween Easel card

Hey there fellow crafters I have a card I am sharing with you today that I created for my mom for Halloween.  My mom loves frogs...in fact in her backyard, by her pool she has frog land.  You'll find all types of frogs there, all except for real ones.  I knew right away what froggy I wanted to use and of course it would have to come from one of my favorite cartridges *Creat-a-Critter*

I am entering this card in these challenge:

• Cricut 360 - Spooky Halloween Blog Hop and Challenge - 10/26
• Crop Stop Challenge #42 - Halloween - 10/26
• Paper Sundaes Challenge #92 - Sundae Bar - create a project using black, sparkle, flowers, and distressing but you only have to use 2 to participate

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Cricut cartridge Creat-a-Critter - for the frog
• Cricut cartridge Happy Hauntings - for the hat
• Martha Stewart punch - for the inside of the card
• google eyes
• Cuttlebug
• green and purple stickles - the hat and frog
• misc. stickers - for the inside of the card
• My Moments peel n stick ribbon
• open stock pattern paper from Hobby Lobby

Here's an up close view of the froggy's hat.  I show you this because my 9 year old daughter suggested I emboss the hat to make it look like the hat on the paper and this is how it turned out.  I think she had an excellent idea and it works perfectly.

Here's an up close view of the inside:

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my Froggy Witch Halloween Easel card!

One Eyed One Horned Flyin' Purple People Eater*Treat Bag*

I think the title says it all...this is my One Eyed One Horned Flyin' Purple People Eater * Treat Bag* I created it for a few challenges and because I LOVE these little treat bags!!!

I created this little guy in Design Studio but I had to make a few modifications to him before I could cut him.  He is cut at 6 in. but I hid the eyes so I could give him just one eye.  I also had to give him a horn, which is actually a welded on ice cream cone from Once Upon a Princess.  The rest is all cut normally.

I used these items to create this treat bag:

• Design Studio
• Cricut cartridge Mini Monsters -  for the treat bag
• Cricut cartridge Happy Hauntings - for the hand
• Cricut cartridge Once Upon a Princess - for the horn
• google eye
• Purple stickles

I am entering this little guy in these challenges:

• My Pinkalicious Blog Hop and Challenge - make a goodie bag or 3D item for a holiday (any holiday or occassion) 10/21
• Paper Sundaes Challenge #91 - Halloween or Fall
• Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday - Halloween Treat Holder - 10/22
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #82 - Purple People Eater - create a project using purple and include a monster or bug - 10/23
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #30 - 3D Halloween Project - 10/23
• BBTB2 - create a Cricut project using the color purple - 10/25
• Whimsical Wednesdays - No Tricks Just Treats - create bags/boxes or anything that you can package up Halloween treats - 10/26

Here's a view of him without the candy:

And here's a view of him up close:

I totally recommend Mini Monsters to any newbie...the images are cute, fun and easy to layer!!!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my little One Eyed One Horned Flyin' Purple People Eater * Treat Bag*

Link Up Love Party with K Andrew

It is time once again for the monthly Link Up the Love Party! It's a great way to find new blogs, share your blog, and encourage the love all over blog land!

Link Up Love Party: How it Works

*Link Up Party runs from Tuesday 10/18 to Tuesday 10/25. Winners announced 10/31
*Grab my blinkie and post on your blog's sidebar
*Be a follower of this blog
*Create a new blog post that is titled Link Up Love Party with K Andrew. In your post, you must mention that the link up love party is a way to get to know each other and find new blog inspiration, mention my blog, with a link back to my blog .
*Post your favorite project that you've done in your blog post THAT HAS TO DO WITH HALLOWEEN!!  That could be a card, layout, treat holder or decoration, anything halloween related.
*Copy and paste the link up code into your blog post so the Inlinkz will show up on your blog
*Spread the word so everyone can join in!
*You must visit, follow, and comment on the 5 people before you AND the 5 people after you in the Inlinkz. It would be fantastic if you would visit as many as you can--maybe everyone? If you are one of the first 5 then you will need to blog the ones before you and a few more after--as long as it's a minimum of 10 near you in the link up tool/gadget)
If you do not do the above your link will be deleted, because it's just not fair to those who work so hard linking up and showing love to the ones on the list. I have two moderators who will be checking this out to keep it awesome and fun!


Link Up Party: Giveaway! A FULL year subscription to the best scrappy magazine out there: Creating Keepsakes for TWO lucky followers who Link up and play correctly. Winner will be announced October 3'rd so make sure you come back to see if you won!!!! Remember, if you dont' claim your prize within ONE week, it goes back in to the pot!

Here is my project that I am linking up.  This is a card I created a couple weeks ago and I just feel in love with those Bone Buddies.

 You can find more out about this card HERE!!!  Thanks for looking and I hope you join me in the link up party!!!

Beware - Haunted House card - HDH #111 Lurid and Looming Landscapes

Hey there fellow crafty bloggers.  I just wanted to share a card that I did this week for a co-worker.  I had already sold her 2 of my Halloween cards and then I showed a sketched that I did for this one and she said she wanted that one too once I made it...and here it is!

I am entering this card in these challenges:

• Paper Cutz Challenge #113 - which requires you to create a card, LO or craft project for Halloween using stars, circles or diamonds and in any color you'd like.
• More Than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #56 - create a project for Halloween
• Paper Sundaes Challenge #91 - Halloween or Fall
• Haunted Design House - HDH #111 - Lurid and Looming Landscapes - create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses, included or is inspired by a landscape scene

Here's a look at the house a little closer...scary ghosts flying about!!!

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Cricut cartridge Happy Hauntings for everything except the moon
• Cricut cartridge Accent Essentials for the moon
• misc. pumpkin stickers

Here's a close up of the gate and what's is that beyond the gate but a couple a graves:

I really like the way this card turned out...I think I captured what I wanted and I hope my co-worker thinks so too! 

Thanks for looking!  Happy crafting!