November Kit Sneak Peeks

October is blowing out of here and leaving a dusting of snow as it says goodbye here in New England.  How did this happen?  I haven't even put away the shorts and bathing suits and I already need to pull out the snow pants and mittens.  I don't like it.  Not one little bit.

Well, it's almost time for new kits to hit The Store, so here are some sneakie peeks for you:

Got a bit happy with the Tim Holtz rosette die this month.  

Come back Tuesday for the full reveal!

Pinspire Me Monday: crochet owl pouch

It's Monday!  Time for another Pinspire Me Monday.  

Can it be?  Monday may just turn into my favorite day of the week!

So here's what Pinspired me last week:

photo credit: Crochet Ninja

A little crocheted owl coin purse from A Crochet Ninja.  Is he not the cutest?!  The owl was simple as pie to hook up (and now that I'm looking at him, I forgot his little beak and feathers--whoops!).  It was that zipper that had me procrastinating this project until just this morning.  I've never done a zipper before.  I was scared.

But I conquered my fears, bought the zipper, consulted with the nice woman at the cutting counter of the fabric store and set to work on it.  Only took me two tries to get it right.  Third times a charm, right?  The first time I sewed the zipper to the liner inside out--whoopsie!  The second time I hand-stitched the zippered liner to the owl a bit off center.  Let's just say my seam ripper is my new BFF.

But here he is all zipped up and ready to use (minus the beak and feathers I'll be adding shortly):

Itn't he cute!  I'm toying with the idea of adding a crocheted strap to him to make him a wristlet.

Now it's your turn.  Link up one of your Pinspired projects in the sidebar (it's very empty and sad over there...).  Remember it can be anything you've found on Pinterest and tried for yourself: a recipe, a decoration, gift-wrapping, a photograph...anything!

Can't wait to see what you're finding Pinspiring these days!

Sketch Crop

There's a sketch crop going on at Scrapbook Heaven!  If you are a fan of sketches, hop on over to the forum to check out

Here are the sketches I created for the crop:

The idea for this crop is that you can use each sketch for both a layout and a card, and then you can flip or rotate the sketch to create a whole new project.  Fun, right?

Here are the projects I created with my sketches:

a layout with a cute little banner

Then I took the banner portion of the sketch and put it on a card:

Here's my second sketch from above.
The card:

turned into a layout:

So if you're inspired and have some time to create this weekend, join us over in the forum.  There's a fabulous prize package up for grabs if you upload your projects before midnight on the 31st.  Hope to see you there!

Halloween Treats Tutorial

I love getting ready for Halloween.  The decorating, the costume making, ...the CANDY!  Ok, yup that might be my most favoritest part.

Every year, I create a little goodie for the boys to take into their classmates.  It will be sad when they are too old to do this (like my middle-schooler this year).

Here are this year's treats for my youngest's kindergarten class:

Here's what you'll need:

And here's how you make them:

click on photo to see larger

 10. Fill with treats and give!


Enjoy!

Farm Invitations

Moo, Baa, Cluck!   Here's what was on my desk this past weekend:

I love when I can collaborate with a client to create an invitation to fit perfectly with her party's theme.

In this case it was "Fall on the Farm": apple and pumpkin picking, hay rides, a corn maze, caramel apples.

It took a couple of tries:

not "fall" enough

getting warmer, but how about some leaf paper and a cornstalk

Ahhh, perfect!

 

Signed, sealed and delivered!

Have a very happy 9th birthday, Savannah!