Creepy Crawly

I'm really into the black/gold/cream trend right now. Why not incorporate it in to Halloween?! I'm head-over-heels for the web doilies and just adore having a coordinated envelope to send a handmade blessing in! Do you think it'll freak out any of the postal workers along the way?! I know the perfect spider hater this will be going to....my baby sister! 

Jolly Jack

The new stamp and die combo from Stampin Up made this card super easy! Get them together and its 15% off too! The fabulous new BLACK GLIMMER paper gave it just the bit of sparkle it needed. Halloween Designer Series Paper and a subtle printed washi tape. This is an easy layout to copy and incorporate with any of your favorite stamp sets. I'd love to see it too!

Candy Corn drives me BATTY!

Is there anything better than the changing leaves and smell of Autumn?! Only that it brings with it everything pumpkin and CANDY CORN! This Stampin Up pillow box die makes cute treat incredibly easy. 

I embossed the left half with the new tree branch folder and added an ADORABLE punch art owl! The little pumpkin cut outs come with the frame lot, along with leaves and Christmas trees! I threw some candy corn in a clear envious and it tucked nicely into the box, wrapped up with some of the fabulous new silver time! 

We made these at class this month and I'm looking forward to hanging them out to friends at Bible Study! 😊

Spooktacular

I am just head over heels for the Stampin Up holiday catalog! (Available as a customer Septrmber 1st but as my team member you can have it all NOW)

This is the card I designed for a swap. I can't wait to see what I get in exchange. I really love how this turned out! Can you spot the new products?! Those web doilies are DRLISH, and BLACK GLIMMER PAPER my friends!! 

Since my card base is black, the inside needed lined. I used Very Vanilla and added a little spidey! 

My Fall 2010 Cricut Swarm

It's been a week and I am still SO excited about the amazing time we had.

We created a few projects and I HAVE to share my favorite 2 with you ;)

This is my name tag and everyone made one just like it!












This is our momento project. I just LOVE it and it seemed to be a big hit. I am having copies of our photo made (see previous post) and everyone will be able to insert their photo for this fabulous keepsake!

I hope you're enjoying your first few days of fall! I L-O-V-E fall and promise to move on from Halloween now. I'll share more with you again soon. Thanks for checking in with me. Creative blessings, B.

TRICK or TREAT

Yes, I know today is November 1st, but I want to share my 1st Cricut Swarm, held this past Saturday, October 30th! It was Halloween themed, including a Witch's Hat contest! This photo shows my inspiration and prize display. I shared several of the swaps I received f4rom the Utah Swarm!






Look at this gorgeous Cricut Line-up! I am the proud owner of the first F-I-V-E machines here! :D










The participants of the Witch's Hat contest, with their creations. They all did an AMAZING job. Elizabeth, the owner of Scraps Galore, was our judge with her daughter-in-law Erin. The 'sewing hat' won, with an honorable mention given here to Misty Littlejohn who spent countless Cricut hours on her hat. I am there in the front on the right, I participated-but not in the contest ;)





MY FAVORITE PART! I was only familiar with a few of the 15 women I had join me! YAY! I just LOVE the people. Sharing creativity and inspiration is what it's all about! THANK YOU to each lady who made this Swarm the success it was!















I intend to host these fun, themed Swarms each quarter, with the next to be at the end of January. If you are near to the Albuquerque area I hope you'll consider joining us! MWAH!

You've Been Boo-ed!

I was reviewing some of Heidi Swapp's Web Shows when she talked about BOO-ing in your neighborhood! I was going to take a fun goodie bag down to my neighbor-friend anyway, so I began our Boo! Her bag included lots of fun little things for her 2 girls. The bag to the left is what we created for our 2nd BOO to our closest neighbor, the Mayor! I am SO excited. The treats turned out fabulous and it's a lot of fun.














These are hand-made Peanut Butter cups. I shared them with Mike from the Cricut Circle at last weeks swarm. On the tops of them are cut fondant circles (fondant colored 'Cricut-green' and cut with the Cricut Cake). I then thought maybe I could use a Cuttlebug folder to emboss and deboss the circles! LOVE IT!

Halloween style chocolate covered pretzels...

Chocolate dipped marshmallows! YUMMY! We 'Halloweened' them with shaped sprinkles!

And-here's my 2 oldest boys sneeking up to ring the doorbell and drop the goods! SUCCESS!!

We printed out this poem, along with a "We've been Boo-ed' sign for their door. You can find this poem and other related printables at organizedchristmas.com or google for other Boo-ing results.

Begin a BOO tradition in YOUR neighborhood!

Happy Haunting. Bwwaaaa-hhhaaaa-haaaaaaa!

B-O-O!

I created this BOOtiful banner for the super fun challenge Kim is hosting at Olive Juice Studio!


I used the spider web Martha Stewart border punch for the circles. All of the paper was an amazing gift from my Secret Circle Sister, by Pink Paislee!

I have all of her 'Dirty Details' listed below!




This shows : 1. A black and white photo of my oldest son. 2. Th word 'EEK' on ribbon. 3. A key (in the bottom left corner)
















This shows: 1. A bottle cap (thanks to my DH for drinking the Red Stripe. LOL) 2. Another black and white photo 3. The word 'eerie'
















And; this shows: A black and white photo of my 3 littlest children.2. The word 'EEK' again. 3. Gauze (on my cute little mummy. I bought the gauze just for him-and colored it with Tim Holtz ink)!

Of course-it hangs on the wall as described and HAD to have buttons, ribbon and Stickles! Visit OJS to see the other entries. I've DEFINITELY got some HEAVY competition but I really enjoyed creating it and wanted to use my new goodies! I'm feeling Halloweeney already!

Creative blessings, Brynn

The Dirty Details:
1. Your project entry must have a Halloween theme or feel to it AND you must be able to hang it from a wall, door or whatever!
2. It must include a black and white photo of anything -a person, place or thing. The photo can be recent or vintage. (If this is a problem, it can also be a stamped image in B&W, a clip art image OR a picture taken from a magazine/newspaper in B&W.)
3. It must include a key (real or die cut) AND/OR a bottle cap
4. It must include either a bandaid, bandage (I just added the bandage part maybe this will give you a bit more flexibility!) OR a piece of gauze
5. It must include at least one of the following words somewhere in your project. If you’re feeling REALLY clever feel free to use more than one or all of them! You may add additional words if you are writing a thought, poem or sentiment…Here are the words: “Eeeeek”….”mothballs”….”shriek”…..”clammy”….”gelatin”…..or “Eerie”… -you may change the spelling and the use of upper and lower case when adding the word(s) to your project.
This challenge can be anything and can be made from any mediums as long as it includes the items listed above. It can be a card, scrapbook page, tag, altered item, home decor, repurposed/recycled item, etc BUT there must be a way to hang it from a wall, door etc… (HEY! It’s a challenging challenge, what did you expect?! LOL!)
The deadline is 11:59PM, September 30th, 2010.
This contest will be open for voting October 1st-October 2nd. The entry with the most votes will win a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser! Details of the voting system being used will be announced later this month.
Questions? Contact me! If the link button is unavailable for you to upload your photos please send your photo to me at olivejuicestudio@yahoo.com and I will make sure to upload your photo! Please make sure to include your name, email and blog URL!
Olive a SpoOky challenge, don’t you?

xKim