Fright Night and the State Fair

Eek! We're just days away from fright night when all the little spooks creep out of the woodwork and land on our doorsteps asking for candy! Are you ready? 'Cause ready or not...here they come! ;)

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They'll be dressed up like these adorable Halloween Parade spooks from Doodlebug.

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Isn't Halloween a scream? One of my favorite things about the season is the crafting. Hope you enjoyed my cards!

Another of my favorite fall activities is visiting the NC State Fair. Christopher just happens to be tracked out so we went yesterday.

Here we are looking at all the different fried foods available like Oreos and macaroni and cheese. It's mind blowing! These foods, if you can call them that, are already high in fat and/or sugar and calories, but let's not stop there, let's dip 'em in batter and deep fry them in oil too! Insane, isn't it? lol New at the fair this year is a hamburger with a Krispy Kreme doughnut for the bun! Sound good? Would  you try it? 

Don't get me wrong, we splurged at the fair...we  had hot apple cider, roasted corn on the cob, skin-on french fries, pork sandwiches and ice cream.  And because we now have a cat named Oreo...we tried the fried Oreos. Guess what? I think I'll stick to the plain ones! They were alright, but not worth the extra calories. ;) I should mention, however, that Dan liked them more than I did! Go figure...the guy has never been a sweets person!

Well...back to the craft table today! Hope you have a lovely day! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Halloween and Polaroids

Eek! I love creating Polaroid die cuts for my cards! They're so versatile and cute with any theme. How about a mummy holding a Polaroid prop? 

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Polaroids are perfect for framing your focal point...like this flying witch. 

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I used two sets of Polaroid dies for these cards, one from Papertrey Ink and the other from Taylored Expressions. And all the spook-tacular papers and accents are from Doodlebug Design's Halloween Parade collection.

Doodlebug, Xyron and a Giveaway

Recently Doodlebug Design and Zyron teamed-up, combined their products and created some spook-tacular projects for you! We also focused on Doodlebug's fabulous new Pixies...quickly becoming one of my favorite accents! 

I used these fun and colorful new straw-like embellishments as part of a collage of accents on my first card adhering them with one of my favorite Doodlebug washi styles. Eek! Those spiders are fabulous! 

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For my second card I created square frames with the Pixies and filled them with adorable Doodlebug spooks. Xyron's foam pop dots were applied under the stickers for dimension.

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Eek! What do you think? I love the way Doodlebug's Halloween characters aren't too spooky...they're actually pretty darn cute!

If you would like to play with Pixies, hop over to Doodlebug and find out how you can win a set. You will also see lots of Pixie projects to show you lots of ways to use them.

Have a wonderful Wednesday and good luck with the giveaway!

Halloween Notepad

Did you catch my announcement last Friday evening about the launch of Top Dog Dies? It's the new on-line die cutting store from AccuCut that's selling their own line of dies along with dies from companies like My Favorite Things! 

It's exciting to be part of this new adventure as a member of their first ever design team! And now I'd like to share with you my first project using die TW005, a tri-fold A2 size card and Doodlebug's Halloween Parade line.

I added another fold 1/4" on the outer sides of the die's already made creases. Then I cut a stack of blank paper to 5" by 4" and stapled that to the inside of the card. A small round Velcro tab is used to open and close the notebook.

Once the notebook was made, I had fun decorating it with spook-tacular accents. This notebook would make a great teacher's gift or as favors at a Halloween party, don't you think?

I look forward to showing you more projects from Top Dog Dies...real soon! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Trick or Treat Shadow Box

Did you know that Doodlebug Design sells shadow boxes? They do...in all their signature colors too! Included in my most recent shipment of design team goodies, I received their white 8"x8" shadow box to decorate for you. I have to admit I was a little nervous about this challenge! 

I chose the Halloween Parade collection to work with and my nervousness soon dissipated because I just couldn't go wrong with all these bright colors and whimsical Doodlebug images and accents! Do you like? How would you decorate one of these? I wish I had a half dozen more for Christmas, Valentine's Day, July Fourth, etc. Just think of all the possibilities!

Have a wonderful Wednesday! Thanks always for visiting and commenting! :)

Oct. 31

With all the amazing Halloween collections on the market, I'm thrilled we have almost two whole months before the big day to create lots of projects like this cutesy spider card I made with Doodlebug's Halloween Parade line. 

The spider web die from Papertrey Ink is one of my latest had-to-have dies! Eek! I love it! ;)

Thanks to all of you who participated in Pebbles Basics blog hop yesterday! I loved reading all your comments! You still have time to be entered into the drawing to win the following goodies by leaving a comment here by Friday.

Good luck and have a super day! :)