The Great Pumpkin Hop Day 2 Paper Pumpkins

Hello all,
Welcome to the 2nd day of the GREAT PUMPKIN Blog hop. If you missed yesterday's post, please scroll down.  This HOP is all about the pumpkins!! NO witches, NO haunted houses ... 100% pumpkins/100% of the time!! For this hop, PLEASE make anything that focuses on PUMPKINS. Can be anything altered, handmade, card, 12 x 12 pages , 8 x 8 pages, minis, etc.   If you arrived from Christina, you are in the right place, otherwise start with Amy.

I love Halloween so much because when I was growing up in Germany we did not celebrate Halloween there, so I didn't get the opportunity to go trick or treat when I was a child.  When I moved to the US, I was 16 years old, so I was a tad bit too old to trick or treat. :(  After having children I made sure that every Halloween was special...with homemade or store bought costumes, decorations, parties and lots and lots of candy...you name it, my kids had it.  My youngest is 11 now and he claims he's too old for trick or treating, but we shall see...there's two more days for him to change his mind.  HeheheWith the halloween season just around the corner, I wanted to make some pumpkins.  I used a scallop cut file for the pumpkins.  I sponged them to give them some depth.  Then I folded them and glued together.  My DS inserted the pipe cleaners in the middle and I attached a leaf.  Viola...pumpkins.  Much less messy than carving. 

I also cut some scrap strips of paper and 

ran them through my crimper to give the look of grass.  

Three different sizes and shapes

This is my favorite one.  

Now I hope you liked my paper Pumpkins.  Your next stop will be Jamie and if you get lost, the entire lineup is below.

1. Amy 
2. Melissa  
3. Ashley
4. Anita
5. Nancy
6.  Shannon
7. Amber
8. Linda
9. Colleen
10. Jennifer
11. Lisa
12. April
13. Theresa
14. Jessica 
15. Christina
16. Brenda 
17. Jamie
18. Maria
19. Sherry

The Great Pumpkin Bloghop Day 1 Pumpkin Wall Hanging

Hello all,
Welcome to the 1st day of the GREAT PUMPKIN Blog hop. This HOP is all about the pumpkins!! NO witches, NO haunted houses ... 100% pumpkins/100% of the time!! For this hop, PLEASE make anything that focuses on PUMPKINS. Can be anything altered, handmade, card, 12 x 12 pages , 8 x 8 pages, minis, etc.  If you arrived from Christina, you are in the right place, otherwise start with Amy.

I love Halloween so much because when I was growing up in Germany we did not celebrate Halloween there, so I didn't get the opportunity to go trick or treat when I was a child.  When I moved to the US, I was 16 years old, so I was a tad bit too old to trick or treat. :(  After having children I made sure that every Halloween was special...with homemade or store bought costumes, decorations, parties and lots and lots of candy...you name it, my kids had it.  My youngest is 11 now and he claims he's too old for trick or treating, but we shall see...there's two more days for him to change his mind.  Hehehe

Now today I have a simple wall hanging for you.  I made it as a teacher's gift, but you could alter it to fit anyone.  I love making these signs and hope you enjoy them with me.

Last fall after Halloween Michaels had this package

on clearance and I know I paid under $1.  I love

checking out the clearance section after a holiday, 

you never know what you will find and this was perfect

for my project today, plus I have plenty of leftovers.

Again I started with a 7 x 7 piece of foam core.

I love using it because it's so lightweight.  I attached

some Halloween scrapbook paper to it.

I created a rosette using 2 2x12 inch strips

and adhering them together.  I added 2 pencils

and a pumpkin eraser on top of them.

I got this cute Happy Halloween stamp at Michaels in the

$1 bin and used my glitter pens to outline the words.  I

love the effect these glitter pens have.  I punched two holes

on either side of my foam core with my cropadile and add

some cute Halloween colored ribbon and tied it off in the back.

Now the pumpkin came in the kit, but I added the lines 

inside the pumpkin, inked around it and the leaves.  Using

the glitter pen I added a bit of sparkle and some google eye, 

and upside down heart bling and the mouth came in the kit also.

The vine is also in the kit and is just some sparkly green pipecleaner.

Now I hope you liked my Pumpkin sign and hope you come back tomorrow for another project.  Your next stop will be Jamie and if you get lost, the entire lineup is below.

1. Amy 
2. Melissa  
3. Ashley
4. Anita
5. Nancy
6.  Shannon
7. Amber
8. Linda
9. Colleen
10. Jennifer
11. Lisa
12. April
13. Theresa
14. Jessica 
15. Christina
16. Brenda 
17. Jamie
18. Maria
19. Sherry

Festive Fridays 10-28

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Festive Fridays. If you are new to us, sit back, grab a cup of coffee, relax and enjoy some wonderful Christmas Cards. Yes, I did say Christmas...Festive Fridays will be every other Friday with samples of Christmas cards. This way, you can be making your cards all year long and you will avoid the mad rush when you could be enjoying the Christmas Season. You should have just come from Amanda. If you stumbled upon this post you can go back to Terri and start at the beginning. There is also a complete list of the Festive Friday hop on the left sidebar under the Festive Fridays blinkie in case you get lost along the way.

Wow, what a busy last 2 weeks I've had.  As most of you know I got a job, yeah, but it sure is breaking into my crafting time.  I think in total I've seen the inside of my craft room for maybe 4 hours in the last couple of weeks...it misses me.  Better yet, I miss it!!!  Since I do not have any regular hours at work meaning like an 8 to 5 it's hard for me to try to get on some kind of schedule.  I work any days of the week and times between 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. ugh.  Not fun I tell you, but at least I have a job again.  So with that being said I apologize for not being here so much, but I will continue my DT submissions and of course my " I want to do this" projects...LOL and here is my Christmas card for this week's Festive Friday.

Isn't she cute?  The cut is from Filekutz and you can find it here.  LisaJane's files are so easy to put together and since I also love bears (almost as much as elephants) I cannot wait to get the whole set for the holidays.  Since I am on the Design Team at filekutz I get to show you lots of things and using LisaJane's files is a treat in itself for me.  I've had a few ideas running through my head and hopefully I can have this idea transfer to a project for you soon.  I added a peachykeen face to the bear and then some bling to her shoes and her Christmas hat.  I cut out the package that was on the background paper and popdotted to her.  A simple tag to complete the card and you can have it done in a matter of minutes.  

Now also, don't forget that Filekutz has a new bi-monthly program starting and you can find all the details here and while you are there, sign up for her newsletter so you will be sure not to miss a thing she has coming up:

I hope you liked my Festive Friday card and hope to see you back in two weeks for another Christmas card.  November will be our last month of doing this and I can't believe we are almost done, but I know I have a great variety of cards this year to give a way.  Now head on over to Angela and check out what she has for you.

AMP Skull Candle

 Good morning and welcome to another project using the Amazing Molding Putty.  If you missed my first tutorial using this stuff, click here.  Since I've had this stuff I have made some amazing things but this is one of my favorite tuts.  Now I did not use the Molding Putty for the first project, but the second one I did so keep reading.

I started by melting some candle wax in my pot

all melted....

Then I cut my candle wicks to the desired length of the mold

and poured my wax into the mold

I put them in the freezer and they were ready in 10 minutes

I laid my wick on one side of my candled skull

added a bit of wax ontop of it

and squished the two pieces together

and created a tiny skull candle.

3D skull candle.

another look

Here I made a mold of Winnie the Pooh's face

with the Amazing Mold Putty

melted down some old candles I had

Poured my wax into the mold

again, put it in the freezer for 10 minutes

here is one half

laid my wick again onto the one side of the half

and covered it with some more wax

to create my 3D Winnie the Pooh candle

another look

Now I do NOT recommend to let these candles burn by themselves.  I think it would be cute to have the candle on a birthday cake or Halloween cupcake more for decoration, but it's still a pretty neat idea.  I hope I've inspired you to create something with the Amazing Mold Putty cuz the possibilities are endless.  If you'd like to see more of my creations, click here and I will see you again soon.  Hugs, Brenda

Spiderweb Barrette

Good Morning and welcome to my first Creative Paperclay® submission for the new term.  I'm so excited that I was chosen again and want to show you a quick project you can adapt to any holiday.  Since we are so close to Halloween I thought I'd make a Spiderweb barrette.  Now you will need a mold and I made my own using the Amazing Mold Putty and some Creative Paperclay®.  I started with making my mold and if you have missed my previous posts on how to do that you can see it here.

Using an eraser as my object I made my mold

Then I added my clay to the mold and 

let it set up for a little while and ...

layed them out to dry.  I did pinch the sides 

a bit to really give the "webs" some definition.

I painted them with black acrylic paint and 

used my white gel pen to add in the webbing.

I used my E6000 and attached a

hairclip to the backside of the 

paperclay piece and also added

some silver embroidery floss to

the back of the barrette and the spider.

Now, you can attach it in your hair or...

hang it off of a tree branch.  LOL

Isn't this just cute?  I am going to wear my barrette to work on Halloween and see how many people comment on it.  You could even make this into a pin and wear it on your coat or sweater...totally up to you.  I hope you've enjoyed another idea for using the clay and molding material and I will see you back here again on Thursday for another "Halloween" idea using the Amazing Molding Putty...using...well, you will just have to wait until then cuz it's a total surprise.

I did it again...Creative Paper Clay DT

Good morning all,

+++If you are looking for my Lasting Memories post, please scroll down+++

I just wanted to let you quickly know that I made the Creative Paperclay® DT again for the second time in its existence!!!  Yeah.  I have to tell you, when I first applied I wasn't sure I'd even get chosen.  I do not do a lot of 3D projects, mine are usually pretty small for my card and scrapbooking layouts and I cannot sculpt to save my life.  The last 6 months of being on the DT has gone by so fast already and when the 2nd DT call went out of course I reapplied because I have learned so much and have had such a fabulous time creating stuff for myself.  I can make my own embellishments and not have to buy 12 of something when I only need 3.  Depending on what you are making, an 8 oz brick of the clay can last forever.  Plus now we have also joined up with Amazing Mold Putty and I can cast my own molds and make even more embellishments using the clay and even some 3D stuff.  I hope that you will come back and join me for another post this coming Tuesday, October 25th for another project that I have in the works.  I'm so excited to share it with you...Here are just some of the things I've created over the last 6 months (click on the pictures for more details) with Creative Paperclay® and I hope I've inspired some of you to go out and buy some.

Now be sure to head on over to Creative Paperclay® blog and become a follower and check out all the other ladies that contribute to this wonderful product.  You won't be disappointed and who knows, you might want to try it yourself.