be aware of the spider

Creeeeeeeeeeeeeepy~~~~!
Heeheehee. It’s the perfect spider I made yesterday using Kelleigh’s Perfect Pumpkin Template (small).

My house is a bi-level. You see the stairs as soon as you come in. Normally it’s covered with mails, kids’ school papers, artworks, toys, cloths, and many other things. But, I cleaned it yesterday and was very pleased with uncluttered stairs. So, I put the spider box on the stairs for Kyle to see when he comes back home from school. He said it scared him but he loves it very much. He opened the top and I was very happy to see that the top alone looks sooo good, hehe. Hmmm… maybe I could make a flying saucer with the Perfect Pumpkin Template.

Here’s the Halloween favors Kyle and I made for the school.

I bought many, many, many Halloween stamps for the favors, but I ended up using the digital elements (Spooky Graphics by Nancy Kubo).

The paper cups were on sale for 10/$1 at Borders book store a while ago. Tied it with Wikki Sticks (it’s a sticky waxy kids craft sticks).

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Heeheehee. I can’t help it. I keep using Kelleigh Ratzlaff Design’s Perfect Pumpkin Template to make things other than pumpkin. This is the perfect template!

A perfect house that I made for my son’s friend. It was my attempt to make a mushroom house. Next time, I need to put three top inner layers instead of two (under the roof).
Digital stuff: Polka Dot Party Paper Pack and Alpha by Courtney Wilson.

Oh yeah, here I created an ice cream truck with Kelleigh’s Matchbox Template. I need to convince her to change the product name to “Perfect Matchbox” =)
Digital Kit: Sweetest Thing Madame Wing.

Thank you~!

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Lizzie Anne Designs Sketch Challenge #101.

It’s Wendy’s sketch and she is one of my favorite paper crafters. I was inspired by her card. She used ribbons on her Christmas ornaments and it looked like they were hung. So, I wanted to hang my stamped (and cut) images as well. And, since I don’t care for cats, I wanted to torture them by tying them up, heehee. I know, I am so wicked. My husband tells me that all the time, heehee. But, it’s okay to make a spooky (but cute =) card since it’s a Halloween themed project. I hope those creepy cats don’t haunt me in my dream tonight. Eeeek~~~!!!

Papers: Lizzie Anne Designs Digital Papers – Spooktacular (It was a freebie for LAD Monthly Mix members)
Stamp: Lizzie Anne Designs Hallow’s Eve (I won this stamp set from LAD summer 2009 release contest, heehee)

Speaking of winning LAD stamp set… Lizzie Anne Designs is looking for a guest Rockstar Stamper. If you are chosen, you will get to choose a stamp set of your choice! Check this post for more detail.

BTW, “Take Care of My Cat” is name of a Korean movie. Okie, off to do some laundry folding and tv watching.

Thank you!

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THANK YOU for leaving me comments on my very first the Hybrid Chick blog tutorial post. I felt very loved. THANK YOU!

I made another project for THC blog. It’s Pyramid Lollipop Holders. I had fun making it, and hope you enjoy it, too.

THANKS!!!

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Woohoo! I’m so happy to participate Kelleigh’s blog hop again! Don’t forget to leave a comment on her blog after drooling over all her CTs’ projects. You could win an item from her store.

Here’s the list:
http://kelleighratzlaff.com/ – Kelleigh
http://www.mycrazylifeasamomandawife.blogspot.com/ – Julie
http://www.paperdaydream.blogspot.com/ – Dana
http://www.creativityinprogress.com/blog/ <———– ME

 
It doesn’t look that many on the photo, but I made 36 of these for my son, Kyle’s birthday party last Saturday. I used Pazzles die cut machine to cut these. Since Kyle wanted to help and I didn’t have time to do it all by myself, I let him stamp the trains and draw train tracks till he got tired.

This was my initial mock-up. I had to put the train track when I saw the slits on the Wave Box Template.
Stamps: Close to my Heart.

Goodies that I put in the box.

Well, I was planning on creating the birthday favors that look like porta potties and put tissues (wet or dry) inside. Like this outhouse I made a while ago. So, when I saw Kelleigh’s new template, Wave Box, I reversed the flaps and created this. My husband thought it looked like a refrigerator, but it’s a Sani John, heehee. I photographed the real porta potty back in early September when i had this project in mind.

I didn’t get to make this for the party favors though. =(

Here, I used Purple Onion Designs’ Bare Tree stamp to create a Halloween themed box. And I believe the black fence is from Martha Stewart punch. My good friend, Anna punched some and gave to me. Thank you Anna!

Here I used Cabbage Patch digital kit by Dawn Inskip.

Perfect for putting seed packets.

ALL boxes were created using Kelleigh’s new template, Wave Box Template Set. It’s 20% off today and tomorrow!

http://kelleighratzlaff.com/ – Kelleigh
http://www.mycrazylifeasamomandawife.blogspot.com/ – Julie
http://www.paperdaydream.blogspot.com/ – Dana

THANK YOU so much for checking my blog out today. I appreciate you!

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I’m getting too old. I was picking my daughter up from the bathtub, and I pulled my back. Couldn’t move for a while, and my back still hurts. I almost didn’t finish this project, but THANK GOODNESS for Motrin!

Here, I put Skating Fun Fhiona from Your Next Stamp on a box. Looks more like she is skating, heehee.

Hexagon Box Template (Large) Set by Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs. It was soooo easy to put together.

Paper: s.e.i.

 Created for Your Next Stamp’s very FIRST challenge: Pink and Yellow.

Heeheehee. I won (random draw) this Skating Fun Fhiona from Your Next Stamp Blog. I never expected to win, so it was VERY fun surprise. All you have to do is, be a follower to Your Next Stamp blog, and you get a chance to win YNS stamp every month. Woohoo!

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Last Monday (10/12), Kyle said ABSOLUTELY everything must be Thomas the Tank Engine for his birthday party. I was still tired from the family wedding the day before, so I agreed to it. Even though I was planning on making his party table absolutely fabulous with my paper crafting projects. I was kinda glad I didn’t have to make anything. I was worn out. Too bad for all the cute stamps and supplies I’ve bought for the party. None were used. =(

Tuesday: Still tired. Bought some Thomas party goodies. EXPENSIVE!

Wednesday: Still tired. Got a flu shot. More tired. Started to rain. Gloomy~

Thursday: Kelleigh was showing off (heehee) her newest box template to her creative teams, and I felt motivated again to create something. I used this template to make 36 party favors. I’ll share the photos this Thursday when she releases the template at theDigiChick.com.

Friday: I let Kyle help me with the party stuff, and he didn’t mind everything wasn’t Thomas. *whew* Wish I had started working on it sooner. Didn’t have enough time to make much. *sigh*

Saturday: Still raining. The party at 10 am. About an hour drive from our house. The party place was right next to train tracks, and that was the inspiration for the travel theme party that I had in mind.

Meagerly decorated party table. I was planning on putting the train track (Stampin’ Up! Wheel stamp) just on the center of the table. But, Kyle wanted to do it. I loved his version better.

Used the circles from Thomas confetti for the chocolate nugget trains. Cut sticker sheet margin and used it to connect the wheels.

Put buttons to make candy cars. I REALLY wanted to make the matchbox cars, but didn’t have time for it *sigh*

A lot of kids were sick and couldn’t make it to the party. It was at a moon bounce place. One kid broke her arm at the party. Yikes!

Here, Kyle is making birthday treats for his class. I wanted to use Taylored Expression’s Cuppie stamp instead of the Thomas, but Kyle stopped liking the Cuppies ever since I made the pirate ship.

I didn’t want to bake cupcakes cuz then I would have to put frosting on top (too messy, and Kyle’ll only eat frosting) and I’m never good at pouring the batter into the cupcake mold without spilling it every where.

We baked a chocolate cake in a baking sheet instead and scooped it out with spoon and put it in the clear plastic cups. He put lots of sprinkles, stuck spoons, put Thomas decoration, and wrap it with sandwich bags.

Overall, Kyle LOVED his birthday celebration.

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