Monsters, Owls, and Monster Dracula?...Oh My!

Fall is here and I can finally haul out the Halloween decorations....Mwaaaahaaahaaha! Halloween is hands down my favorite non religious holiday. I'm sure this love stems from my Mother's love of dressing up, making costumes and scaring the crap out of little kids. I'm feeling nostalgic today because it would have been my Mother's 63rd Birthday.

 

This was taken in September of 1976, I'm not sure where, maybe at a school meet and greet?  I wish I had a photo of her in one of her famous costumes. Miss you Mom.

Once she dressed up as a witch and sat on our porch with the candy bowl in her hands. She was so still that everyone thought she was a prop...but when they reached for some candy she would cackle, the screams were bloodcurdling. Then there was the year that she and my Dad strung a ghost on a zip line between trees and across the sidewalk so that when someone walked by they could let it slide in front of them. I know ...my family has a sick sense of humor :)

She used to sew all of our costumes or assemble them from odds and ends. Tweety Bird, Sylvester the cat, and a gypsy are a few I can remember. My sister can probably name them all but she hasn't reached the ripe old age of 47 yet and still has some vestige of memory left!

Here are a set of cards I made using an older, cute line from K&Co. Why do those embellishment packs come with so many in them? No one could possibly use them all!

 

The diecuts were perfect card size.

 

Remember those Doodlebug Frills on a roll? I finally used some!!!

 

This goofy little owl needed a branch to sit on. Cut one out using the Straight From the Nest Cricut cartridge.

Are you in a Halloweeny mood yet?

 

All American Girls a *thinkingthroughdesign* Thursday Thought

Our assignment at *thinkingthroughdesign* this week was to demonstrate some form of fussy cutting on a layout. I wanted to convey a patriotic, homespun feel for this layout. This paper by K and Co. was perfect! What says homespun more than a quilt!

This photo was taken at sunset on 4th of July weekend, hence the patriotic theme.

Found some old Tim Holtz Grungeboard letters and embossed them with some glitter powder. The Dresden quilt embellishment was fussy cut and layered, then popped with a die cut from the same line.

A little stitching added to the homespun feel. This was my interpretation of a Sketch Support sketch. I'm so sad that Sketch Support is hopefully temporarily taking a break.

 Take a moment to check out the amazing layouts demonstrating different types of fussy cutting at *thinkingthroughdesign* ! Don't forget you can share your creations too!  Thanks for stopping by :)