Happy Halloween

Here's to ghoulies and ghosties...

 And long-leggedy beasties...

 And things that go bump in the night

 Happy Halloween!

Gypsies, Candy and Trick or Treating

The best part of Halloween...besides dressing up in costume  is Trick or Treating. 
These gals are dressed up as gypsies and ready to go out into the neighborhood bags in hand to collect the good stuff...you know, fun size candy bars and of course Smarties. ( Have been informed by my darling daughter that the best Halloween candy is Pixy Stixs ...isn't that just smashed Smarties in a paper straw?)

These mysterious gypsies will have to wait until tomorrow night to go Trick or Treating...but the beauty of being an adult is we can start in on the candy any time!

Pointy Hat, Butterfly Wings and a Black Dress

So if witches a wear pointy hat and a black dress all year round, how do they dress up for Halloween?

Butterfly Wings, Beads and Glitter!

This gal has it all going on...from the tilt of her hat, to the Stickle embellished butterfly wings, she is ready to party all night!

Two Black Bats

 This image of a 1800s era girl in a Halloween bat costume and the flourish and swill background (embellished with a glitter pen) both came from Graphic Fairy. The edges of the tag were embellished with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany Distressed ink. 

I finished the tag off with a couple of die cut black glitter paper bats...after all, if you are Bat Girl you can never have too many bats!

Twelve days to Halloween and nothing to wear for a costume.

I love the look of vintage Halloween...I'm talking way old, like 1920s-1930s. That was the era that Halloween parties and dressing up was for the adults. They would have big extravagant parties that would last way in to the early morning. The costumes at that time were very creative.

With that in mind, I created a tag with a vintage 1920s look.

 I'm not sure where I found this image of a woman draped in a textured shawl, from that era. I dressed her up in a pair of black and orange butterfly wings that came from Graphic Fairy (thanks GF love the wings!) and embellished with Black Stickles and a glitter pen.

The background of the tag was stamped then layered with a black doily and a “Petrified Butterflies” label.

Happy Halloween

Decorating for the Holiday

I just checked the date of the last time I blogged...it's been way too long! I wonder what I have been doing? Oh RIGHT...prepping for classes. I have found a whole new respect for teachers.

 Have you gotten your Halloween decorations up yet?  "THEY"  ( yes, that THEY) say that  Halloween is the second most decorated holiday in the country. Decorating creates the mood for the holiday...lets face it, we will come up with any excuse to break out the glue and  scissors and create something festive.

In honor of the holiday I've designed some "spooky"  Halloween tags:

Gotta love all the  different colors of Tim Holtz distress ink...they are so much fun to create with.

Back Porch

From the back porch of the house you can see the beautiful English garden. We can take a stroll through the day lilies, lupin and prim roses out to the gazebo...you can't see the garden? Close your eyes and use your imagination...now can see it?

At Scrapbook Barn we have sold out of this Kaisercraft Beyond the Page house book. BUT... we are getting some more in soon. This book would be great made up with the Graphic 45 Alice in Wonderland Halloween paper...a haunted Alice house...with Alice, the white rabbit and the Mad Hatter looking out the front windows...now I've got you using your imagination!

One Last Bit of Halloween...

I know that Halloween was last week...all the jack-o-lanterns are packed way...we are now thinking about the next holiday... Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years.
But I have one last bit of Halloween to share...

I received this fun Halloween card from"The Great Pumpkin".
The wonderful spider web is created with Stickels...

the spider is a decorative paper clip...the patterned background is multiple black spider webs...

THANK YOU GREAT PUMPKIN...for such a enchanting card!