Halloween

Spooky season is fast approaching & here in the USA it's absolutely everywhere, shops, gardens, restaurants & houses - some of the decor is amazing :-)

Here are a few little makes done with the grandchildren 

TWINCHIES:

CAS bats

metallic stickers 

Another sticker one that seemed ideal for the ink wipe up background !

MOO sized & metallic stickers

The corn candy tastes just as I remember it from my childhood in Libya! Very sweet!!! And the little pumpkin shaped baskets remind me of one I was given at the time but I never used mine to go "trick or treat-ing" it got used as a waste paper basket under my desk..... Ah! Happy memories :-D

N,O,P

Some more alphabet tags to share....

Numbers stencil in the background, Jayne Nestorenko numbers, Tim Holtz bingo card.

Embossing folder, branch & leaves are all Tim Holtz - the owl was fussy cut from a card.

CI poppy plate, cuttlebug alphabet, tattered garland die for flower

Autumn

I may not be doing any crafting at the moment due to my travels but life is colourful! I thought I'd share some of the amazing Fall pictures taken yesterday when we travelled to the White Mountains of New Hampshire

Young Amish lass!

Mount Washington in the distance

I love shopping here!

Another Amish visitor

I just love all the fiery reds that the Maples provide!

Hope you all have a good w/e, we are off to the Roller derby tomorrow evening with the grandchildren.

J, K, L & M

J is one of the tags I made for a Tim Holtz tag last year

K is keys stamped but I don't seem to have a photo of it :-(

L is also one of last years 12 tags challenge.

M for mail, an assortment of stamps.

G,H & I

A little further into the alphabet today...

Green Girls (free stamps)

Detail, beaded pin

Heels, hats & handbags on a piece of Indian textured paper 

Elusive Images, coloured cotton lace 

D,E & F

The alphabet continues...

Inkadinkadoo dog stamps

The hieroglyph wrapping paper made this a little difficult to photograph! The stamps are from Elusive Images

Rubber Stamp Tapestry leaves, corrugated card + Dress It Up maple leaves.

The main element is a machine stitched leaf that has been done on solusolve which is a type of soluble paper, the the paper has been painted whilst damp but as I did this on a course a number of years ago  I am afraid I can't remember what I used.

detail of The stitching.

A & B & C

Late last year & early this year I decided to make a set of alphabet tags,now that they have reached their destination I am able to share them with you

So here are A,B & C

Chocolate Baroque & Paper Artsy stamps

Stencils & free stamps

Paper Artsy stamps& Tim Holtz stamps, embossing folder, dies & ideology