Giving thanks~~

I showed you the gifts received from my October tea swap partners. Here is what I made for them. The theme for October's tea swap was Halloween or Thanksgiving. The colors were orange and black.

I thought I would stick with the Thanksgiving theme and used my Stampin up Owl punch as a start.

This is my handmade card.

My candy box topper

Schedule

...and my tea bags topper.

Thank you for stopping by!

Tea Swap with Dori

My other tea swap partner is Dori.

She made lots of goodies for me!!

First of all a goodie bag with a spider filled with candy and a washi tape.

A picture of her handmade card.

The inside of the card.

A Cute fall box

Filled with these tea bags. BTW, the tea was delicious!

Halloween gifts

My last class of the year was lots of fun!! In addition to class, two of my students created these adorable Halloween favors:

Here is Cassie with her Frankinstein goodie bag.

and Cherise and Maude.  Maude created the adorable goodies in the first picture. 

Tea Time

One of my partners for October's Tea swap, Mary, sent me this adorable Halloween card.  She placed a cloth that reminded me of cheese cloth around a tag that held two ghosts.  So cool!! 

Three tea bags and a halloween tea stamp. Thanks for being a great partner, Mary!!

Halloween Treat Bag #2

Ready for Halloween? How about another easy treat bag?

Using a lunch package...Inked up Darcie Witch Boot embossing folder. Roll thru embossing machine. Distressed tag with Tim Holtz ink; stamped with various $1 Halloween stamps from Michaels. Add eyelet and bakers twine. Tie up package with a nice tulle bow (don't forget to add treats!). Tie tag.

Have a very Safe & Happy Halloween!
BOO!

Halloween Treat Bags

Wow, Halloween is around the corner (almost)! Made a few of these treat bags.
There are so many different styles & sizes out in Google land!

The green/black treat bag decorated with punched scallop circles and the orange/black treat bag decorated with punched starburst; adhered spider (store bought!). Tie closure with radiant raffia.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

I received several cute Halloween goodies from some scrappy friends that I wanted to share with you:

The first one is from Karen, one of the Koolau Kroopers Club members.  I wished I asked which die she used for the basket!!

These are from Joanne, a student of mine who came to the Saturday Class.
 She said she downloaded both, printed them all on her silhoutte dye cutting machine.

More Halloween Tags

So, after I used so many of my little Halloween tidbits for the treat bags for my daughter, I decided to stamp for the treat bags for my co-workers, rather than go buy more.   I had some really cute CTMH stamps that I hadn't used.   I'm going to attach these tags to the same chevron and polka dot treat bags from Container Store that I used for my daughter's bags.  

Paper is from a Halloween stack, CTMH cardstock, stamps and ink, organza ribbon and Halloween cord (Crafty Steals I think). The banner punch is SU.     Enjoy and Happy Halloween!   Karen

Lotsa Treat Bags

I finished all the treat bags for my daughter last week.   Whew!  I made thirty for her to hand out to friends and co-workers.  She is going to fill the bags with candy and staple the tags on so all you see are the tags (and the bags are off to the left and right sides).   Earlier in the month, I posted one bag completed.

I found some great "be-jeweled" spider rings and halloween colored pixie sticks at Oriental Trading which I included in my care package to her.   She is going to flip!

Last weekend, I started on "MY" treat bags for my co-workers.  Since I'd used so many of my odd and ends, I decided to mostly stamp those.  I will be posting those shortly. 

Supplies - treat bags from Container Store, tags, ribbons and embellishments from my stash - many many manufacturers!

Enjoy!  Karen

Halloween Treats

Even in college, my daughter still loves to get little treats to hand out to her friends.  This year she is working an intership so she also wants to give treats to her co-workers.   This is the first treat bag I've made.   I got my inspiration from the cute treat bags on Pinterest.  

The orange polka dot bag is from the Container Store.  The tag is cut from some old halloween paper, skull sticker is from Mikes.   Ribon and black twine is from my stash. 

I'm sure I'll have more bags to post through-out the month as I plan to make some for my co-workers also.   Enjoy!

Karen

World Cardmaking Day!!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!! It's a day to celebrate all of us cardmakers!!

So yesterday I decided to celebrate this occasion with co-workers. Created 60 kits of these two cards and during lunch, we invited all who wished to participate to make a card of their choice.

Card #1 uses Studio G stamps, Sizzix tag, MemoryBox Co. Cloud Die, embossed with SU Square Lattice and 2 scraps of paper.

The second card uses 3 circles for the pumpkin, a piece of green scrap for the stem, maple leave punch by EK Success, Boo! Cuttlebug die, SU Owl punch for the ghost, and googlie eyes.

There was another 3 x 3 card but I didn't take a picture.

I hope you shared World Cardmaking Day with others!!

Halloween Postcard Swap

Deb West at Honolulu Altered Books hosted a Halloween Postcard Swap. Ok, so this was my first swap of this kind and hope my entry is at least acceptible to the other participants . . .

Supplies used: cardstock, ribbon, Magic Mesh, APT Spider Stamp, Studio G Sentiment Stamp, White Embossing powder from PaperTrey Inc., polka dot stencil template by Me, TH Distressed Ink-Vintage Photo, Homemade mixture that resemble Perfect Pearls

The back is the normal postcard design that I found and printed off from the internet.

Did you know A Place in Time makes custom stencils?? Well, I wanted a polka dot stencil and brought the idea to Bill and he made the stencil that i used on the background of my postcard!!

Happy Haunting

We did Halloween theme for my local swap group's swap in September.  Here is my photo.  I used CTMH stamps and inks, various halloween papers, a single rossette from rossette ribbon (American Crafts I think).     My skull is actually on a paper bag.

Enjoy!.  Karen

Happy Halloween Again!

Need a small but cute treat holder? How about one made from a toilet tissue core?! Cute and definitely easy! No matter if you make them short or tall, they are perfect for the treats...no tricks!
Have fun!

Supplies: Toilet tissue (paper towel too!) core, designer paper, Marvy 2" circle punch, Marvy 2-1/2" circle scallop punch, ribbons, craft wire

Happy Halloween!

I see so many Frankies out there in blogland and they are all so adorable! Whether he is smiling or frowning, he is simply cute! I attached him to SU fancy favor bag.
Hope you attempt him...have fun!

Supplies: SU Top note die, 1/2" circle punch, 1" circle punch, cardstock

Halloween treat care box

I made a care box of Halloween treats for my daughter at college.  There was a cute "disco ball", her favorite 100 Grande candy bars, bat shaped brownies and 22 of these cute little Halloween treats for her to share with her sorority sisters.  I saw this idea last year, probably on Pinterest or from another crafty friend.  It is a "s'more kit". There are graham crackers, a mini Hersey bar and ghost Peeps. Just stack and nuke for 5-10 seconds. I hope they enjoy them!

Supplies: CTMH cardstock, Imaginesce mini-paper pad in their Halloween print and some various embellishments from my stash.  Stamps are all CTMH.

Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Black on black with yellow nesti circle; MS Mice border punch; dimensional tape

November Tea Swap - Open Call and Spider Slider Card From Colleen

This spider slider card was created by Colleen. The technique is really cool! The spider slides from side to side and I can see she used two pennies.

She also sent tea and this great stamp!!! Every time I use it, I'll think of her! She is a special friend!

Colleen was my partner for October's Tea swap so if you are interested . . .

Open call for November's Tea Swap!!
Requirements: 2 tea bags in a handmade card mailed to your partner by November 7.

Optional Card Theme: Fall/Thanksgiving Colors: orange, red, brown
Card can be blank OR you can write a note in it. Your choice!

If you are interested, email me no later than October 23

Send me an email SUBJECT: TEA SWAP with
1) your name
2) mailing address
3) email address
4) likes/dislikes/allergies (re tea type)
5) Loose tea okay? Y/N
6) blog (if any)
7) If you are willing to swap international or US ONLY

I will send a group email with the partner list by October 25. Teas must be mailed out by November 7.

Drop me a line today if you are interested!

Responsible swappers only, PLEASE!

I've been busy creating Christmas Tags for next week's class so there hasn't been any posts from me this week. I'll post as soon as they are done.

Stay tuned!

Very Spidey Halloween Tea Card

The color of our tea swap this month is orange and black and here's my card going to Debbie in Vine Grove, Kentucky. I hope she likes it!


This is the second card I made for APT uses very similar supplies, all leftovers from my card class last month.

Supplies: Tim Holtz Die, gold brads, Bazzil cs, Gold ribbon, Prima PP, Nesties, Tattered Angels Glitter Mist, APT Spider Stamp