Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Halloween!

Birthday Card for my Father-in-law

My father-in-law is visiting from Samoa and his birthday is coming up in November. He was born Year of the Monkey and since he is Samoan, he loves his bananas, lol! Sorry about the quality of the picture, I think I need a new camera. I have the Sony Cybershot, but it seems to always take either blurry or funky pictures. Any suggestions? Was thinking of the Canon Rebel, but who knows. Anyhoo, here is the card I made. Just a simply little card....



My gf Michele sent me this wonderful Halloween rak yesterday! I was so excited! Look at how the card pops-up! So cool! Thanks Michele! You are so sweet!







Hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween! I just love Halloween! Next think you know it will be Christmas, yikes! Thank you to everyone for always leaving such wonderful comments! Big hugs!

My OCS card and some more lovely raks!

My OCS partner this month was Jenny. Here is the adorable card that she sent me! I love it so much and you know how much I love/obsess over my Hello Kitty! Thank you so much Jenny, it was totally me!

She also included some cute images and some McDonalds coupons for my daughter. Thank you so much Jenny! I loved everything!

My gf, Jen, gave me this adorable box filled with yummy candies and a cute bat magnet. You are so sweet Jen! Love it!

My bff, Joy, gave me this adorable box that has a gateway opening. Thanks Joy! I love it so much and sorry that last night's game was so junk. I feel you 100%!


The inside:
The stamp that was inside the box:

Sweet Denise gave both my daughter and I these cute little frankie bags stuffed with yummy candy! You are so sweet Denise and thank you for always thinking of us. I was able to take a pic of mine, but my daughter tore hers apart, go figure...lol!

Some Lovely Raks to share!

My gf Brenda gave this lovely Halloween rak today! She is so amazing! Thank you Brenda, I love the recipe book and the shrink art card! You are so sweet!











Marisa sent me this adorable Halloween card with some cute Himawari images. Thank you so much Marisa for thinking of me!

Mini Treat Holders

My bff, Joy, made these adorable little tin holders that were a like my double holder, but smaller. I made a bunch of them for my upcoming SU meeting and for little gifts for my daughter's teachers. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday!

Happy Halloween Mail!

My sweet and dear friend, Kris, sent my daughter and I some wonderful Halloween goodies! Isn't she the sweetest! I was so happy to receive this happy mail and so was my daughter. She tore open her bag before I had time to take a picture. Here are some of the goodies:

An adorable card:

A bunch of Halloween goodies:

Halloween goodies for my daughter:

Thank you so much Kris for thinking of us, you are too sweet! We made the foam cat like minutes after we opened the box. It is so cute!

Sorry if I have been a bit M.I.A....I started substitute teaching at my daughter's school and also teaching more daytime kickboxing classes, which leaves me less time to craft :0(. Hope everyone is doing well! Have a great rest of the week!

My sister's birthday card

My big sister's birthday is today! So I made her this pop-up birthday card that had a little gift card holder inside. Happy Birthday big sis, love yah!

October OCS Card

Here is the card that I made for my OCS partner, Jenny. She has such wonderful creations on her blog, you must go and check her out.





BTW....did anyone catch "The Joy of Crafting" last night? See anyone you know.....hehe.

Hello Kitty Ornaments!

I was one of the super lucky winners of Elena's Hello Kitty ornament giveaways! I was so excited to get these! They are too cute! Check out her blog for more adorable things! Thanks Elena, I love them!

Halloween Projects

Here are two projects that I made for Halloween. The first is a mini-comp book. The second is the goodie bags that I gave to people at Claudette's Halloween Get Together. Enjoy and have a great Monday!

Claudette's Halloween Get Together

Claudette was so sweet to host a little Halloween get together yesterday for a bunch of us blogging sistahs. There was a bunch of food, crafts, shopping and great gals there. Here is my little one with my bff's daughter, Taelyn.

Joy made me this adorable HK box filled with yummy goodies and a new stamp! Thanks Joy!

Teri made this cute little spider box filled with yummy M&Ms. So good to see you Teri!

Another box by Joy.

Linda made this cute box and also gave my daughter a bunch of Hello Kitty stuff. Thanks Linda for always thinking of her!

Jenny made this cute box filled with candied covered walnuts, so yummy!

Joy made these chocolate slider holders. She also brought a bunch of her inventory for us to fight over, lol! Thanks Joy!

Janette made these adorable holders filled with paper and cute Halloween Kleenex. So cute!

Janis made this cute little box filled with yummy goodies! Thanks for the make and takes too! Glad I finally got to use a Bind-it-all!

Our hostess with the mostest, Claudette made these cute bags filled to the brim with goodies. Thanks again Claudette for a wonderful day!

Kyoko made these cute bags filled with goodies. She also gave my daughter a special bag too! Thanks Kyoko! You are the best!

Jodi made this pumpkin bag using the pillow box die, isn't that so clever!

Thank you ladies for such a wonderful day! Thank you so much Claudette for hosting this party! It really made my week!

Pop-up Wedding Cake Box

My gf and upline, Jacque, made this adorable Halloween box that had a pop-up cake inside. I wanted to make one for my friend's wedding later this month, so I asked her if I could borrow her die. The colors are orange and yellow, so here is what I came up with.

The outside of the box:

When you open it:

Close up of the wedding cake:


I put a little envelope at the bottom for money. I will probably add a personalized tag to the outside of the box. Enjoy and aloha!

Halloween Treat Sacks for soccer

The wonderful and talented Shelby in my SU group made this Build-a-Bear Halloween Treat sack that I cased for my daughter's soccer team. It was a really simple project. The CS on the front and back measured 4¼"x7" and the little paper bags were bought from Sam's Club (thanks Shelby for my stash).

Here is the original:



My interpretation:



Didn't want to make the front too fancy, cause you know 5 year olds....they'll just rip it open or worse yet, just throw it away (gasp!!!).





Hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday!