More Halloween Treats

I'm baaaaaaack!!!

I just came off of my big Halloween bash where I had 28, yes 28 middle school "ghouls" over for some spooky fun! Now that it is behind me, though, I can catch up on my blogging and get some projects posted.

Two weekends ago I got my treat bags assembled and mailed off to the Godkids/cousins. I must say that I did not put my best creative juices forward for these, but I did get them out, right? And I'm sure my recipients aren't nearly as picky as I'm being about them. They probably viciously ripped the bags open with no regard for the crafting time put in- GASP!!

So here they are:

Doodlecharms spider, Scrappy Moms stamps

 Pumpkin Carving pumpkin, Mini Monsters

spider with web, Scrappy Moms stamps,
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch

Doodlecharms spider, Pumpkin Carving Pumpkin,

Scrappy Moms stamps

I added photos to these Target $1 board books-

so fun for my toddler twin cousins!

So yeah, nothing fancy here for this year's treats. I saw so many great Halloween ideas from all of your blogs, too, but time just wasn't on my side this season. Volleyball wraps up this weekend so maybe I can hit my crafting a bit more (insert big grin here).

I do have some things to post from my party, which I will try to post ASAP. I also want to jump in a few challenges this week so hopefully I'll be back soon!

Little Girls Little Pumpkins, Big Girls Big Pumpkins!

A couple of months ago while cleaning out our playroom and making it my craft supply room ( hee, hee, hee) I found a photo of my girls at ages 2 and 3 holding pumpkins. My heart completely melted. Since finding this photo, I've had it up on my photo board at my desk and just grin ear to ear each time I look at it.

When I saw the pumpkin challenge this past week at Fantabulous Cricut, I decided to update my scrapbook frame in my office with that old photo, but also add a current photo of my girls to display how they've grown. We did our traditional Fall photo shoot at our nearby forest preserve today in this GORGEOUS weather with beautiful color on the trees. So I had them pose similar to that old photo (of course they tried acting like 2 and 3 while doing so - LOL).

Here is my updated scrapbook frame:

I love this Scrappy Moms sentiment!

Such sweet lil' pumpkins holding lil' pumpkins!

Bigger, sweet-yet-sassy pumpkins holding really big pumpkins!

Supplies: 

• Cricut Pumpkin Carvings cartridge
• Pumpkin patterned paper from DCWV Fall Stack purchased many years ago
• Cardstock scraps from Stash
• "Happy Fall Y'all" sentiment from Scrappy Moms' A Charmed Life stamp set
• Fall ribbon spool from target dollar section
• Yellow Stickles on pumpkins
• Tag hand cut

I am entering this in Fantabulous Cricut's Pumpkin challenge just under the wire. Thanks for the inspiration, FFCB!
I'll be back soon with my Halloween party invitation. Happy Columbus Day everyone!

It's all in the details . . .

Last night's party was a lot of fun! I hope my 5th and 6th grade guests thought so, too. A lot of the fun for me was in the details.

One of my co-workers had told me she purchased the Cricut Lite Cupcake Wrappers cartridge, so I borrowed it from her last week (thanks, Gail!). When she brought it into me, she also brought her new Halloween Cricut Solutions cartridges, October 31st and Pumpkin Carving. It's so nice having crafty co-workers!! I made wrappers for the party using the Witch cut from the Cupcake Wrappers cartridge, and the creepy zombie-like hand from the Pumpkin Carvings Cartridge. These were a little more time and work than I originally wanted to do, but they turned out pretty cute!

The witch cupcake wrapper cut out beautifully, but they took a long time - especially for a full batch of 24 cupcakes! I used an embossed swiss dot green piece of cardstock to cut out the hands so they would have a bumpy look, but cut off the circle around them. So fun! More party details to come . . .