Spooky Banner

Hi friends, Its been a little while since I've posted, but i'm back with a Halloween project for the Wee Memories' 71st challenge.

Can you guess what the challenge theme might be this week?....

Halloween! Sweet eh? I love Halloween, love it! Halloween and Christmas are my favorite holidays to decorate for. I haven't brought out all my fall/Halloween decorations yet, (they're in the crawl space, and I don't go in there....spooky!;) so I made this fun banner. I used papers from Papertrey Ink to make the double layered medallions and I used my Cricut to cut out the pumpkins and the letters. Its pretty simple to make, although the scoring and folding of the medallions might make your hands cramp, and your eyes cross...Maybe. 

Here's a trick to get all that glitter to stay on. I used spray adhesive and did two layers of glitter, then I sprayed some hairspray over the glitter to keep it from crumbling off. 

Are you feeling the Halloween spirit? ;o)

I'd love it if you visited Wee Memories and joined us in this challenge. This week's sponsor is Paper Smooches, they have adorable stamps and will be offering a prize to a special someone who plays along in this challenge... don't you want to be that special someone? You could be, just link up your Halloween creations before next Saturday! 

Here's a peek at my Fall 'faux' mantle. I have acorns, chestnuts and pine cones in the vintage jars.

P.S. I'm gathering photography tips and blogs- and plan on doing some serious learning in the next few weeks (Maybe in time to get a new camera for Christmas? ;o)....) If you know of any great photography blogs or tutorials please oh please send them my way. :o)

ETA- The larger medallion is 6 inches across. I used four 3x8 paper strips for the larger ones and two 2x8 strips for the smaller ones. The patterned paper pad was 8x8. 

Simply Sentiments Wee Memories Blog Hop

Its time for another Wee Memories Challenge Blog Hop! You might have found your way here from Cathy's blog. If you get lost at any time, please go back to Jenny's Wee Memories blog. 

The challenge this week is 'Simply Sentiments' sponsored by I Love It All. I Love It All is giving away a $20 prize package, so be sure to link your card up at the Wee Memories blog before next Saturday! 

Now head on over to Giovana's blog to see her blog hop card! 

P.S.- I'll tell you about my project...Its not a card! Crazy huh?! I decided to make a little Halloween home decor. Eventually (hopefully before Halloween) I'll find a cute little frame to stick it in. I used some paper scraps from Cosmo Cricket, Papertrey Ink, and Crate Paper. The large subway sentiment stamp is from Purple Onions *seriously love those!!* The mason jar and pumpkins are from Papertrey Ink. I apologize for my awful pictures lately..I've been taking them at night *Gasp!* ;o)

Are you feeling ready for fall? I am! 

Better Late....than never?

So I know Halloween was like a whole 2 weeks ago.... BUT I didn't have a camera then, so here are a couple of my Halloween cards.

stamps=PTI

paper=Basic Grey and Heidi Grace

I colored in the stamp with copic markers

Star is made by me

Pattern paper & Stamps= Papertrey Ink

copic coloring

Lace is from my stash....

stamps and paper are PTI

copic coloring

I also used a fiskars border punch

For this one I used my cricut expression with the happy hauntings cartridge. I embossed the coredination paper with my cuttlebug, then sanded.

This card was made from Graphic 45 halloween papers, a couple glitter stars I made and some seam binding. 

I used the cricut for this card too. The cartridge was a child's year.

Sorry about my lame product descriptions...I'll be more thorough when my kids aren't dumping cereal on the floor. :)

Tomorrow or later tonight  i'll post some Autumn cards I made. Thanks for looking!