Trick or Treats for Lily and Adam

I fell in love with Treasure Box Designs Spooky Purse Treat Boxes little treat purses and knew that I just had to make them for Lily and Adam. 

Lily loves kitties as much as her grandma thus the black cat was made for Lily and Adam is such a sweet little pumpkin!!!!

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

• orange 12 x 12 card stock for pumpkin 
  
• black glitter 12 x 12 card stock for kitty 
  
• scraps for other pieces
• the little treats inside were ghost from SVG Cuts with oval holes for the suckers, same little ghost on the bag of "ghost poop" (aka white chocolate chips) and Bone Appetite from Create with TLC Here's Looking At You-

As my daughter said today when I gave her the kids treat purses, she asked her co-workers if they knew of any other grandmother that would give the grandkids ghost poop and bones!!!! LOL!!! Bad grandma I guess!!!!

Thank you for stopping and visiting today and hope you come back again!!!

I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

this card was entered in the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge Blog: "S" is for Sweet Treat
• Crafting with Friends: Challenge #9 
• Fairy Tale Challenge Blog: Challenge #129 - Box or Album 
• Jo's Scrap Shack: #112 - Anything Goes 
• Aloha Friday Challenge: Challenge #59 - Halloween 
• Left of Center Creative Challenges: Challenge #102 - Halloween 
• PDE Linky Party: Anything Goes - October 5th Week
• Not Just Cards Challenges: Challenge #25 - October
• Through the Purple Haze Challenges: Halloween/Magical
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: Halloween or Make a Card
• The Crafty Addicts: Challenge #3 
• Craft Your Passion: Challenge #285 - Always Anything Goes 
• Inspiration Destination: Challenge #57 
• The Sisters of Craft: October Anything Goes Challenge 
• 2 Creative Chicks: Showcase #3 
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Any Holiday 

Pretty Little Witch with New Challenge at 613 Avenue Create

It's a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create where it's always anything goes with and optional twist: Subway Art!!!!!!

The fabulous sponsors for this challenge are: 

winner receives 7 digital images

Drawn with Character 

winner receives 3 digital images

Poppyseed Graphics

winner receives an $18 gift certificate

For my project, I chose to use Pretty Little Witch by Poppyseed Graphics to make a Halloween card for my friend, Rosie!!!! Now, the inside joke to my card is Rosie hates the color purple - now, what color did I use???? You guessed it - PURPLE!!!!

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

• size A2 card using purple Recollection Card Stock with DCWV The Spooky Stack as my background
• Pretty Little Witch was colored using Prisma Colored Pencils, Prisma and Whispers Markers, gel pen accents, fussy cut around the edges, chalked background with Stickles accents for spider and around the frame 
• frame was made using Darice Oblong Doily Frame with scrap paper
• sentiment, "Here's to being Witch and Famous" had been from Create with TLC October Mega Club or can be found here was chalked around the edges mounted on scrap paper 

I thank you for stopping by and visiting today. Don't forget to visit and enter your project at 613 Avenue Create. I can't wait to see your creations!

I appreciate and love reading your comments - is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions, you can contact me at hercraftiness@gmail.com.

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

this was entered in the following challenges:

• Not Just Cards Challenges: Challenge #25 - October
• Through the Purple Haze Challenges: Halloween/Magical
• Dream Factory: Challenge #25 - Halloween Movies - Practical Magic as she reminds me of Nicole Kidman's character 
• Dies R Us Challenge Blog: Challenge #35 - Ghoul Friends
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: Halloween or Make a Card
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge #169 - Anything Goes 
• Through the Craft Room Door: Challenge Week October 20 through October 26 
• The Crafty Addicts: Challenge #3 
• Craft Your Passion: Challenge #284 - Always Anything Goes 
• Inspiration Destination: Challenge #56 
• The Sisters of Craft: October Anything Goes Challenge 
• 2 Creative Chicks: Showcase #3 
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Any Holiday 
• Crafty Calendar Challenge: Halloween

It WAS a Sweet Treat Retreat Projects

This is the final post of "Sweet Treat Retreat" with showcasing a few of the things that were done - are you ready for creativity????  

Gayle had two (2) black/grey/white jelly rolls along with 18-inch strips of lime green and look at this beauty quilt top she created - doesn't it look like birch trees?

I had a few quilt tops that I had fused down with Heat N Bond Light that needed appliqued in place. I love the look of a "blanket stitch" and my one sewing machine does a beautiful blanket stitch and I finished appliqueing three (3) wall hangings which just need machine quilted now!!!

Dancing with Bats by Susan Probst just needs quilted

Cattucinno by Trish Stewart Designs just needs the whiskers, eyes and quilted

this was an original pattern by one of the quilting members that I started about 8 years ago and finally just need to quilted and buttons of course!

Now for the final project I had done - I forget how many years ago, a friend of mine Rose Weber for Christmas gave me Quilter's Corner, a local quilt shop, Let's Get Dotty Block of the Month complete with fabric!!!! I got blocks #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #12 done!!!! Ok, I goofed and had #12 out of order!

#1 - nicknamed this one Kermit in the pond

#2 - nicknamed this one Kermit playing with his marbles in lily pond 

#3 nicknamed this one Kermit and Miss Piggy dating

#4 nicknamed this one Miss Piggy taking advantage of Kermit

#5 nicknamed this one parrot caught in fan

#12 nicknamed this one Grover and Oscar playing Sorry

this one still needs squared and trimmed! I can't wait to finish the other six (6) blocks now that I got it this far!!!!!!!

   I thank you for stopping by and visiting today.  I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

It WAS a Sweet Treat Retreat Saturday Evening

It had been a "Sweet Treat Retreat" with my friends at Three Rivers Quilting. Every year, the second weekend of October us ladies trek to a location where we spend Friday to Sunday sewing, quilting, knitting, eating, and of course LAUGHING!!!! Sleeping is optional!!!!! This year, there were 22 of us!

Saturday evening, we had a gift for everyone!!!!! I had made cake boxes using Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge in various pieces of card stock with the "sweet treat" inside Fat Quarters!!! These were set on Cake Servers.

The cupcakes on top are also a fat quarter which is rolled and placed in a cupcake liner with a candle in the center - how is that for a "sweet treat"???

Also, there was "taffy" which were fat quarters folded on the bias, rolled, pinned together with cellophane and twine tied the "sweet treat" together which was something I played around with until I was satisfied!!!

We always have a "Make-it Take-it" and this year was no exception - it was a Stiletto (from Mary's Stiletto's) for sewing with decorative beads on a turkey skewer no less!!!!! AND you thought stiletto's were just a super high heeled shoe!!!!

Now, sew, you're not that overwhelmed - I have divided this into several blogs as this is picture intensive with lots of ideas for you to use with links on the "how-to's"!!!

   I thank you for stopping by and visiting today.  I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

It WAS a Sweet Treat Retreat

It had been a "Sweet Treat Retreat" with my friends at Three Rivers Quilting. Every year, the second weekend of October us ladies trek to a location where we spend Friday to Sunday sewing, quilting, knitting, eating, and of course LAUGHING!!!! Sleeping is optional!!!!! This year, there were 22 of us!

The retreat was held at Das Dutch Village Inn and Village in Columbiana, Ohio. It is a quaint place were Amish food is served!!!! The meeting room is where we set up our sewing machines, ironing boards

(Ok, I know there are no sewing machines here right now but Gayle and I were the first to arrive!) with a fabulous sitting area outside the meeting room to sit and catch up with your friends, hand sew, beading, or just relax complete with fireplace!!! 

My side-kick and partner in crime, Gayle, is in charge but unofficially, I am her "secretary" and "helper"!!! What does this entail you ask??? I help create the flyer to be sent out in May or June along with creative juices flowing for quilt block and other goodies as you will now see!!!!

The quilt block this year with the theme "Sweet Retreat" was a piece of candy whether it be taffy or ?????? The square was found in a quilting magazine from years gone by Sweet Shop in Simple Quilts and Sewing Winter 2012. Instructions are sent out to those come to the retreat and everyone makes a square and then puts their name in a jar. On Saturday night, a lucky winner is drawn and they become the proud owners of the squares. This year there were 10 ladies that participated!!!

There are name tags as there are a few new girls every year and you can't tell the players without a name tag!!!!! The name tags were created using my Cricut and a previous free file from Treasure Box Design (Candy Buttons Freebie) where I enlarged with a shadow background, a white layer on top, bright candy colors all made with scraps, their name with a pin back on the back. Of course no piece of candy would be complete if the Stickles Fairy didn't come and visit!!!!! 

We had a guessing game where Gayle cut up pick and white scraps (which she called cotton candy) into 2.5 x 2.5 inch squares to one lucky winner who could guess how many pieces were in the jar!!!!! There were 496 pieces with Karen being the lucky winner!!!! Karen immediately began sewing these squares into a quilt top!!! 

This sign was created by using a left-over name tag candy and Make the Cut shapes (cone, bubble, and swirl) on a shadow background with a visiting from the Stickle Fairy!!!!

There were candy themed treat bags handed out to everyone compliments of the ideas from Pinterest and Create with TLC!!!!! 

Create with TLC Here's Looking at You Halloween Vintage Image Transfer and Word Art Set had also been included in the October Club 2014 was made into little treat bags with adorable bone candy which was found at the Dollar Tree. I cut the image using a 2.5 inch Fiskars Circle Punch and chalked around the edges

The Life Saver idea was found on Pinterest was created by making a matchbook using blue Recollection Card Stock and the life saver from Cricut Life's a Beach Cartridge with a lifesaver inside to save those drowning in stitches and needing help!

The Lollipop Tool was found on Pinterest where the saying was copied onto card stock and a Tootsie Roll Pop inserted

NOW, if you have ever sewn a seam or even quilted you know "measure twice, cut once", and of course of the frog stitch (rip-it!). Another cute treat found on Pinterest was the Quilter's Survival Kit

of course there were "sweet treats" to nibble on while sewing one of which Gayle had made and "no bones about it" it sure was tasty!!!

these were pretzels with mini marshmallows on either side and then dipped in white chocolate!!!!!

Now, sew, you're not that overwhelmed - I have divided this into several blogs as this is picture intensive with lots of ideas for you to use!!!

   I thank you for stopping by and visiting today.  I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

Happy Thanksgiving - May your day be a gathering of Blessings and Joy with a New Challenge at Create and Inspire

It's a new challenge at Create and Inspire - Are you ready to "create" with us??? The fabulous sponsors for this challenge are Bugaboo Stamps and Dilly Beans. 

Fall is my very most favorite time of the year!!! With that being said, I fell in love with Bugaboo Stamps Autumn Jar and of course, you know the Stickles Fairy and buttons just had to come out and become "one" with my card!!!!

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

• size A2 card with Recollection Peach Card Stock and DCWV The Spooky Stack for the background
• Autumn Jar was colored using Whispers Markers with gel pen, Stickles and Darice Glossy Accents accents, fussy cut around the edges and chalked
• twine bow on Autumn Jar on a button of course
• buttons from my stash 
• sentiment, "Happy Thanksgiving May your day be a gathering of blessing and joy" had been from from Create with TLC October Mega Club or can be found here at her Artfire Store was chalked around the edges with faux stitching and mounted on scraps

Now, it's your turn to create for the challenge - I can't wait to see your creative inspirations!!!!

I thank you for stopping by and visiting today.  I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne

this was entered in the following challenges:

• Without Words: October Challenge - Purple and Green (purple in plaid, buttons, and leaves; green leaves)
• Through the Craft Room Door: Challenge Week October 20 through October 26
• The Crafty Addicts: Challenge #3
• Craft Your Passion: Challenge #284 - Always Anything Goes
• Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Blog Challenge: October 17 - Challenge #102
• Inspiration Destination: Challenge #56
• The Sisters of Craft: October Anything Goes Challenge
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: Halloween or Make a Card
• 2 Creative Chicks: Showcase #3

Have a Monstrously Wicked Happy 9th Birthday Nick!

My grandson, Nick, just turned 9!!!! His birthday is sew close to Halloween that many times, he has a Halloween themed birthday party. Did I mention that he loves Halloween also???? With this being said, I knew just what kind of card to make him:

My Scrap Chick has an adorable set to make size A2 cards with a wonderful cast of characters. I would like to introduce you to Franky from Halloween Faces!

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

• size A2 card using green leopard Recollection card stock 
• Franky was cut using scraps with pieces chalked around the edges with gel pen accents
• "Time for a Birthday Sugar High" was from Create with TLC October Super Mega Club mounted on scraps and chalked around the edges 

• "Have a Monstrously Wicked Birthday" was created per my request from Paulette of Create with TLC and part of the October Super Mega Club mounted on scraps and chalked around the edges

• and I wanted to share with you also what I put on the back of my cards - I found this great "used" stamp on E-bay and just had to have and then I add my initials and year and if the card is for something special - I just love the play on "Hallmark"!!!

Thank you for stopping and visiting today and hope you come back again!!!

I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? If you have any questions or need to contact me, I can be reached at hercraftiness@gmail.com

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

this card was entered in the following challenges:
Not Just Cards Challenges: Challenge #25 - October
Chalk N Stock: October Challenge
The Sisters of Craft: October Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Purple Haze Challenges: Halloween/Magical
Dream Factory: Challenge #25 - Halloween Movies - Frankenstein 
Dies R Us Challenge Blog: Challenge #35 - Ghoul Friends
Creatalicious Challenges: Challenge #80 - Guys/Male Themed Cards
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: Halloween or Make a Card
2 Creative Chicks: Showcase #3
Crafty Calendar Challenge: Halloween
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: Challenge #168 - Purple & Green
Inspiration Destination: Challenge #55