Gift Sneak Peek....

Here's a sneak peek at a gift I finished up last night and will be giving to my sister this afternoon for a "just because" gift.  I try to do that often for her because she's always so appreciative...and the gifts are usually the simplest of things...items on sale, items I want to make so she's my guinea pig, etc.  She LOVES it though which keeps me going!

I'll post the full pic once it's in her hot little hands!

A birthday that is Magnifique...

On Fridays a bunch of us girls get together and eat lunch...each time it's one of our birthdays, we give a card and some lotto scratch-offs hoping that we'll all get rich and can quit our day jobs...lol. 

Here's one of the cards made last month...I usually just put a sticky on the inside saying "happy birthday" so they can reuse the card for their own purpose.

I used Magnifique paper packet for the card, Cocoa Cardstock for the flower and a Pearl Opaque for the center!  There are many tutorials out there but my fellow CTMH Consultant and friend, Tracey, has a really good one...so, head over there and take a look!

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Open it up and waalaaaaa....

Don't you just LOVE these colors!!!



Spook Alley Bag...

I just love these little bags!  I did this one for Christmas a couple of years ago....and couldn't pass up the chance to do one using Spook Alley and Hooligans!

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I added shading to the web using a Grey Flannel Marker

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His eyes are actually our NEW Opaques....Pearl and Licorice...I used Liquid Glass to make sure they would stay in tact.

Skeleton Wall Decor...

This project cost me a whopping $3....can you believe it!!?!!?!!

I saw the idea HERE at Eighteen25...LOVE their ideas! 

I did a pumpkin one that I will post later but since Halloween is right around the corner, I thought I'd post this skeleton one.  I know some of you may not be fond of "skeletons" but they are the hot trend right now and this one is all glittery and I jazzed it up with our Sparkles so it's not so scary!  I also LOVE the Hooligans Gypsy-colored polka dot B&T as the backdrop...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this paper! Oh...and the BEST part is that the frame only cost me a DOLLAR at the dollar tree...it was a gold color and I sprayed it with silver paint!

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lol...I didn't even know that he was missing a tooth 'till I took these photos

Spiderman Birthday - the PARTY....

Even though the day started out rough for the birthday boy (see previous post here), we managed to still have a GOOD TIME!!!

I made the invites which I posted here....

I made the cupcakes using white chocolate in a piping bag for the webs and luckily it's Halloween so I just bought some plastic black spider rings and cut off most of the ring part and inserted into the cupcake...

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Just in case some people didn't want webs, here are some without....

TK loved us singing Happy Birthday to him (although he did get embarrassed and hid by his brother) and he LOVED blowing the candle out...

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We ordered pizza and TK had a blast opening presents....

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated turning 3 with us!!!