Master of Macabre for May

I am so honored to have been chosen Master of Macabre for May by the wonderful and seriously talented people at Haunted Design House.

I entered these projects in the month on May and was chosen Gruesome Twosome for both.

This is my Altered Jewerly Box which I CASEd a Minion.  Details on this project are HERE!!!

This is my Tooth Fairy, dead and decaying but still hanging on to those precious baby teeth.  Details on this project are HERE!!!

Thank you again to HDH, I look forward to every Monday to see what sinister and brain picking challenge you'll have next!!!



Jaidyn's Disney Memories/Autograph Book

We are taking our very 1st vacation as a family this October to the "happiest place on Earth"...Disneyland!!!  Many years of personal hardship have not allowed us to take any vacations.  I had already planned on making a memory/autograph book this summer but when I saw that Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge was "All About Disney" I just had to get a jump start on it.  I've been working on this for a couple of days now and am so pleased about how things are coming along so far.

I used a (2 bag) Cap'n Crunch Berries box to make the front and back parts of the book.  I cut 4 pieces of the box at 6 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches.  I attached 2 pieces together to make them more sturdy.  Then I just covered them.  Then I added a ribbon to the front.  I used Disney Mickey Font and Disney Mickey and Friends for the front cover.  I used Martha Stewart glitter on the letters and Glossy Accents on the heart and Minnie.  I then began constructing the inside pages.  Each page measures 6 X 10 1/4 and  has a 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 piece of cardstock to place a picture and an autograph in it.  As I get more Disney Cricut cartridges, I will be using my Cricut to cut coordinating Disney characters for each page.  I used ribbon to close the book.  I purposely did not finish this project for the simple fact that I know I will have to make more pages for other characters after we have gone on the vacation.

Here are the inside pages so far:

I will be creating more as I said earlier, this is just the beginning!

Besides the Getting Cricky challenge, I am also entering this project in the following challenges:

• DL Art - Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes - open til 6/9

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Disney Memories/Autograph Book.

Honored again with Gruesome Twosome!!!

I had been thinking about this project for days during the challenge.  I wanted so badly to do something vampire related but it just wasn't flowin'. Then while at work it dawned on me to create a "Tooth Fairy.  Once I had the idea for the "Tooth Fairy" I just ran with it and I am now being honored again as a Gruesome Twosome.  If you missed my "Tooth Fairy" here she is and you can go HERE for all the details.

Thank again to Haunted Design House for this honor!

Father's Day Celebration Table Decoration, Sign and Card

So I was inspired the other day by another crafty blogger to create this Father's Day table decoration.  She inspired the container made from theater boxed candy.  My husband loves candy, especially chocolate, so these M & M's boxed candies were perfect.  I changed the design just a tad. 

Basically I attached the boxes to each other, created and attached a bottom cut out of a portion of a cereal box and inserted some floral foam to hold the picks.  I created most of the picks and the sign from the Father's Day Cricut cartridge and just the hockey player from Sports Mania Cricut cartridge.  Each pick represents something my husband enjoys.  Lastly I tied the boxes off with some jute.

I then took a photo of my girls holding the "Best Dad Ever" sign and had it printed out as a card from Walgreens.

Here's the 5 x 7 card, the coloring looks much better in person:

I am entering these Father's Day Celebration projects in the following challenges:

• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #25 - All About Dad - closes TONIGHT
• Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #64 - Anything Goes -open til 6/3
• DL ART Thankful Thursday - Anything Goes - open til 6/9

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Father's Day Celebration.

The Tooth Fairy - Macabre Monday HDH 134 - Long in the Tooth

Let me present to you the very elusive Tooth Fairy.  Unfortunately when I found her she had already been dead for quite some time.

In her day, this tooth fairy probably stood approximately 6 inches tall.  You can see her long hair had turned grey and she is still wearing a very pretty black hat and tutu type skirt.  Her shirt must have disintegrated along with her flesh.  You can she her wings are very wrinkled, curling and cracking from the many years of decay.  Now just her bones and the human teeth she collected remain.

You can actually see a close up of the human teeth!!!

Now this no longer living Tooth Fairy shall be placed among the other interesting findings in my Appalling Apothecary (you never know when you might need a Tooth Fairy wing or a human tooth collected by a Tooth Fairy).

Now for the truth: 

I created this tooth fairy.  I used a plastic skeleton from my Halloween decorations.  I clipped some hair from a wig I have and glued it on to the skeleton.  I created a little hat from some tulle and a pom pom.  I also used that same tulle to create her tutu.  I hand drew, cut, and embossed her wings and attached them to her back.  The little bag of teeth are actually my oldest daughter's teeth, 8 of them.  I tied off the bag with some jute twine.  And there you have it...a Tooth Fairy!!!

I am entering my Tooth Fairy in the challenge over at Haunted Design House - Macabre Monday HDH 134 - Long in the Tooth.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Tooth Fairy!

2012 High School Graduation card

Today I share with you a simple graduation card that I made for my niece who graduated high school this month.  I'm not really happy with the way this card turned out...I think it could have used some layers but oh well.  I guess beings that I had deal with 2 sick kids over the last 3 weeks and myself being sick too has taken a toll on my creativity.

I decided to make an easel card for this because I just love being able to have them displayed, plus I haven't ventured into any other type of display card.

I only used Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge to create this card.  I covered the wording in Martha Stewart glitter and outlined the cap with Stickles.  I used a white gel pen on the diploma.  Lastly I added some 2012 ribbon and star brads.

I gave this card along with the layout I made:

You can view all the details HERE!!!  I created this envelop for the back of the layout for my neice to place some memories of high school and her graduation that she doesn't neccessarilly want to display or loose.

Since I have already posted my graduation layout and entered it previous challenges I can only enter my graduation card in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #112 - Make a Graduation Project - open til 5/27
• Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #63 - Graduation - open til 5/27
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #56 - Congratulations - open til 5/28
• Creative Cutter Room - Design Time Thursday - Graduation - open til 5/30

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Graduation card!

ME Gruesome Twosome...again!

I'm so excited to be chosen again as a Gruesome Twosome for my Altered Jewelry Box.  This was such a fun challenge and it has inspired me to make more altered jewerly boxes in the future.