Frightfully Fun Frames

Frightfully Fun Frames, I saw this idea a little while ago on another blog.  I thought the idea is super cute for Halloween.  I don't have much of a budget for decorating this year so I had to improvise alot.

First I had a 5x7 black frame not being used.  I used some purple scrapbook paper and for the letters I cut out the letters with my Mickey Font Cricut Cartridge.  I cut BOO in 1.5 inch.

I then used my Martha glue and glitter in Peridot on the paper letters and let dry.

Next I used my glue from my Elmer's Craft Kit, it is called Craft Bond and it is a dual tip pen.  I used the wide end and really covered the back of the letters and put them on the background paper and let dry.

Next I took the frame apart and put the paper in first then the glass then the back of the frame.

I think it came out pretty cute despite the changes that I needed to do. 

So what do you think?

Spooktacular

One of my neighbors sells Uppercase Living and I received the word "spooktacular" last year as a freebie.  I finally used it today, after I remembered to get the MDF board from her.  LOL

Anyway I painted the board white and then put the expression on it.  On the back I put in two small screws and tied a piece of black and white checked ribbon.

I wanted to jazz it up a bit and took some white thread, glue dots and some spiders from my scrapbook stuff.  I think it came out cute and I can change the spiders for different ones next year.

Elmer's Crafters Campaign on Bzz Agent

I joined Bzz Agent this summer and I am on my second campaign.  I received my Elmer's Crafters Kit.

 

I will be letting my daughter (aka Miss V), use this kit on her Indian Project for school this weekend.

Trixie costume is done......

Trixie costume is done......and I have one happy little Halloween Fairy!!!!

For her own protection, I had to block out her face in hopes that someone does not feel the need to put her picture on their own websites.  (long story).

So what do you think???????

Trixie Costume...work day #1

I got an early start this morning on Miss V's Trixie Costume, since she now has to be to school at 7:45.  I was home a little after 8.  I laid out the fabric on the floor and started pinning and cutting.  In just under an hour I had the back pieces, front pieces and the sleeves cut out.  I did measure Miss V this morning and shortened the tunic a lot.  She doesn't need it to be all the way to the floor.

I am starting to feel a bit more confident that I can do this. So here are a few pictures of what I already accomplished this morning.

My 11:20 update....

I started sewing about an hour ago and only had one minor freak out. I could NOT understand the directions for the sleeves.  After a sip of ice coffee, I improvised and did it my way!   I just need figure out how much to take it on the sides since it is way to wide.

Ok sewing machine is threaded and ready to stitch...

Ready or not...here we go!

So far so good....

I think it is coming out pretty good!!

Trixie the Halloween Fairy

Yesterday at Walmart we were just peeking at the Halloween stuff and I saw fairy/butterfly wings.  I realized that I never ordered the green ones for Miss V's reward, I know bad Mummah!  So I casually said, wow those orange wings look like Trixie the Halloween Fairy wings.  Miss V right then and there said she wanted to be Trixie for Halloween.  I must have asked her 5 or 6 times if she wanted them for dress up or for her costume and I would not order the Jane Jetson costume.  She was ADAMANT that she wanted to be Trixie!  Oh so I pull up the book cover picture on my lovely blackberry.  Sure enough we found the orange and black tights, wand and necklace.  I couldn't really tell what was on her head and then figured, hey I could just whip up an orange dress...Ok I haven't seriously sewn in YEARS!!!!!!

I looked all over online last night for orange tunics, peasant type dresses and to no avail.  I did spot a pattern by McCalls. 

I explained to Miss V this morning that I was going to go look at Joann's fabrics and if I couldn't find anything, then I would order a large men's long sleeve t-shirt and would take it in and up.  She was fine with that, but said she just knew I would find something at Joanns.  But wanted to make sure that I could some how make it sparkly.  Yep...I have spray glitter which she remembered using last year for our tin can Santa.

So after dropping her off at school this morning, I went and got my ice coffee at Dunkies to strengthen my fortitude that I can sew....

So at Joanns I find the pattern, take a really big deep breath and went in search of orange fabric.  I naturally went to the front where the Halloween fabrics are located.  Nothing so I walked s-l-o-w-l-y up and down the aisles until I found it!  There was bolt of Orange panne velvet in all its glory..just waiting for me.

Take another deep breath, take the lovely bolt of orange panne velvet off the shelf and headed to the cutting station and get my 3 yards.  I then and go get matching thread and went in search of a canvas bag that I can decorate up for her trick or treat bag.  I couldn't believe it, they don't have them.  Oh well....one project at a time.

So I check out and feel like I am going to have a mini stroke...Can I seriously do this???  Can I make a halfway decent tunic dress????  What was I thinking?????

So somehow this:

Will turn into this adorable fairy?

Any and all encouragement would be greatly appreciated!!!!  LOL

Halloween Party Invite

I just created this for Miss V's Halloween Party.  Of course I took out the layer that had the party details.  The kit, I found at GottaPixel, it is call Lil Spooks.  It is so cute!

Frankenstein Pot 2010

Since my sample from last year was never returned, I made a new Frankenstein Pot this year.  This year I think he even looks cuter than last year.

HERE are the directions.

This year I use Americana Paint in Citron Green and it is much better.  You can't tell from the pictures the true color from the picture.  I still need to seal him.

I still need to get some gray craft foam for his neck bolts.

Wine Charms

Years ago I bought a set of six wine charms and it was about $20.00 for them.  They had a couple seed beads and a pewter charm.

There are times that six isn't enough, so I decided to figure out how to make them myself. 

Seriously the hoop part is just an earring hoop, which are pretty cheap!  Then I dug into my stash of beads and charms.  I have a lot of Disney charms for when I used to make jewelery for Miss V.

You can purchase bulk hoops at Michaels or other craft stores.  But I like getting mine at Fire Mountain.  You can make them as fancy or simple as you like.  I like mine pretty simple and fun.  I now have dozens of wine charms.  One of my favorites is Mike Wazowski!  Isn't he adorable????  I think he was the most expensive thing on the wine charm and he was only a dollar or two from World of Disney.

Taste of Mardi Gras

A few neighbors and I decided to start an informal dinner group.  I chose to do A Taste of Mardi Gras.  I found the coolest Mardi Gras digital scrapbook kit at Gotta Pixel.  I also created them in an older version of Paint Shop Pro.  I do have Adobe Photoshop.  I just find it easier to PSP.  I took the layer off that had personal information.

I think they came out really well.  Can't wait to see what my next digital item will be.  Maybe our neighborhood Christmas Party invitation.

Monkey, Monkey, Monkey

I am working on goody bags for Miss V's party and I am bit stumped.

I ordered some white craft bags with handles to put the goodies in and going to print out labels with the kids names on them. Here is a picture of them, they are going to be printed on 3 1/3 x 4 inch mailing labels. (Yes I snagged the picture) LOL I probably shouldn't post the picture, long story but some of my iVillage girls will remember the "infamous Taggie" letter that some of received.

Here are the candy bar wrappers that I made. If you are ever you want to order the foils, you must check out Foilman!

I ordered the stuff below from Oriental Trading. Cute but doesn't match, but Miss V doesn't care because it is MONKEYS!!

I am not sure what else to put in them. Maybe some individual bags of trail mix that has banana chips? Have any ideas, I would love to hear them!!

Monkey Candy Bar Wrappers

I just made these candy bar wrappers. I have been making them for the past few years. I need to order some foils from FOILMAN.

My next question...

I originally was going to frost cupcakes aqua blue and put banana runts on them, but I would have to buy a minimum of 3 pounds.

Or should I frost 1/2 the cupcakes yellow and put aqua M&M's and the other half frost them aqua and put on yellow M&M's???

What do you think????

Scraproom is 80% organized!

Yesterday I decided to undertake the task of organizing my scrapbook room. I got it about 80% done. I want to have it all done by the time my 232 pictures get here, which should be in about a week.

Here's proof that at least my scrap counter is almost organized.

232 pictures

ACK! I just looked at my cart on Kodak Gallery and I have 232 pictures that needed to be ordered and that is only a fraction of what need to print. Well I just ordered them and now need to get my scrapbook room organized!

If you don't hear from me soon, send out the search and rescue!

Tin Can Santa

The kids are making this tonight at our last Christmas workshop. I made some changes to the directions though.

Supplies:

1 empty, clean metal can
white, peach and pink acrylic paint
medium pink pom pom
2 small wiggle eyes
Cotton balls
6-8 medium white or silver sparkle pom poms
1 sheet red glitter felt
2” wide x 8” long strip of white glitter felt
White craft glue
Hot glue gun

Paint entire aluminum can with white paint.

Paint a section in the front of the can peach (or whatever skin tone color you like) for the face. I used Folk Art 949 Skintone.

Take one cotton ball and stretch it out so that fits all the way around the rim of the can. Glue in place about ½” below the rim. This is Santa’s hair. (I actually used two)



Lay strip of white glitter felt on the table. With hot glue gun, fold over edges and tack in place on both sides. This will create a thick and smooth brim for Santa’s hat that will not show any uneven cutting lines. Set aside. (I tried it and it was just a little to short so I used another strip and didn't fold it over.)

Position the red glitter felt around the top of the can, above the hair (stretched cotton ball). Glue in place and let dry. You will finish Santa’s red hat in a later step.

Meanwhile, glue the white felt in place over the top of the red felt and the cotton to form the brim of Santa’s hat.


Using white craft glue, add Santa’s beard by gluing cotton balls all around the can, leaving enough room open for his face. (I did put a staple in the end of the hat just to keep it together)

To complete Santa’s red hat, tuck the red felt into a cone shape, using hot glue to tack in place if you like. Fold felt over the side of the can and hot glue to the side.

Glue wiggle eyes in place.

Glue the pink pom pom on for the nose.


Use an extra cotton ball to dab on the cheeks, using a small amount of pink paint. (I skipped that step)

Hot glue the silver or white glitter pom poms to the end of the red felt.

I also did not like the look of the plain white can so I took a few cotton balls and pulled them apart and glued them on to the back to give Santa some more hair.

Instead of hot glue, I used fabric tac. It worked pretty good.

So what do you think? Oh the reason for the green felt, was because the store didn't have a lot of red left so I bought the rest and some green.

Magic Reindeer Food

The kids will also be making some Magic Reindeer food to use on Christmas Eve.

Ingredients:

1 cup rolled oats
2-6 Tbsp red colored sugar
2-6 Tbsp. green colored sugar
1 - 2 Tbsp glitter

Preparation:
Mix the ingredients together and place in a plastic bag, adding as much colored sugar as you like for a festive effect.

Tie with a ribbon and attach the following poem:

Sprinkle this reindeer food outside tonight.
The moonlight will make it sparkle bright.
As the reindeer fly and roam.
This will guide them to your home.

They will be putting it into a ziplock bag. I also printed the the poem onto Avery Business Cards.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Ornament

This is what the kids will be making this week, during Rudolph Week.

It is the same basic instructions as the black cat that we made.

Find out how to make this fun cat craft using a clothespin and a few other supplies.Age Guideline: 6 Years and UpTime required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time)

The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances.

Materials Needed:
3 Flat, One-Piece, Wooden Clothespins
Small Pom-poms
Wiggle Eyes
Ribbon
Craft Paint
Glue
Paint Brush
Scissors

Instructions:

Paint the three clothespins whatever color you want your reindeer to be. One of them will be the reindeer's head and the other two will be the legs and body.

Start out by gluing two of the clothespins flat sides together so the prongs line up as they will be the reindeer's four legs.

Glue the third clothespin, flat sides together onto the two clothespins you previously glued together; however, you will turn this one so these prongs face the opposite direction of the other prongs. These will be the reindeer's ears.Now you can add the finishing touches! Glue a pom-pom onto the rounded part of the head clothespin to be the nose and glue the wiggle eyes just above it.

You can also add a cute bow by the ears or under the chin. Don't forget to add a white pom pom for the tail.

If you want to use this clothespin cat as an ornament, cut a piece of ribbon about 10-inches long and tie the two ends together to make a loop. Glue the loop to the back side of the reindeer's head.



I think we need to make a mouth somehow, maybe a white gel pen.

Jesus Candy Cane Ornament

I bought this kit through Oriental Trading. I am not exactly thrilled with it. The pieces are super tiny AND both kits I opened are missing pieces. I think I better bring a couple pieces of craft foam with me next week to the class party just in case.



I think they are really cute and I didn't even use the raffia that came with it. I used mini glue dots for all the pieces except the hood and the front of the star where the glitter is.

Snowman Pin version 2

I bought this kit on Oriental Trading for the younger kids in my workshops. It was much easier to put together than the full beaded pin.

The only thing I am not thrilled with, is the beads are plastic.

Snowman Soup

The kids at work will be making Snowman Soup to bring home. I made a cute set of labels/postcards to go along with it. I put four of this pictures on a a sheet of notecard paper or you could just use a good cardstock.

The recipe for Snowman Soup:

1 individual pack hot chocolate mix
3 Hershey's chocolate kisses
10-15 mini-marshmallows
1 Candy Cane

Place all in a pretty Christmas clear ziplock bag or "goody" bag.

Attach the poem with a festive ribbon.