Happy Halloween Kitty

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

I love this 3D card! It was easy to put together and great for decorating.

Cut File: Silhouette Design Store

Cardstock: Recollections

Other: white gel pen

Challenges: 

Crazy for Cats   

Make My Monday  

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 

Cupcake Inspiration  

Creative Crafters   

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Halloween Treat Bags with Sticker Decorations

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

These  little treat bags were so easy & fun. I changed the size to make smaller ones. They are perfect for a little something for the neighbor, doctor, teacher, etc. 

Cut File: Silhouette Design Store

Stickers: Echo Park- Halloween Magic

Cardstock: Recollections

Design Paper: Echo Park- Halloween Magic

Other: Print & Cut images from Silhouette Design Store

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Sweet Halloween Treat Bags

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

These  little treat bags were so easy & fun. I changed the size to make smaller ones. They are perfect for a little something for the neighbor, doctor, teacher, etc. 

Cut File: Silhouette Design Store

Cardstock: Recollections

Other: Print & Cut images from Silhouette Design Store

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Mini Halloween Treat Bags - Pumpkins

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

These  little treat bags were so easy & fun. I changed the size to make smaller ones. They are perfect for a little something for the neighbor, doctor, teacher, etc. 

Cut File: Silhouette Design Store

Cardstock: Recollections

Design Paper: Echo Park- Halloween Magic

Other: Print & Cut images from Silhouette Design Store

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The Whole Halloween Town Together

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Here it is! I love my Halloween Town. If you guy use Silhouette files with your crafting, I'm sure you would also enjoy making this and displaying it in your home, office, school, etc. You can cut out as many of the trees and fence bases as you want for the houses you'd wan to make. You can also change up the colors and make the same cut in purple, lime green, etc. 

I'm really excited about making more houses for Christmas, and maybe I can find a Tiny Town for Thanksgiving too. Hmmmm.....

Here is a list of all of the files used with their links to the Silhouette Design Store. If you end up making any of these, please leave a comment with a link to see them. I'd love to visit your blog!

Cut Files: Silhouette Designs-
Haunted House #150686

Haunted Tree #150701

Candy Corn House #150683

Jack O'Lantern Cottage #150686

Bat House #150680

Ghost House #151109

Graveyard House #151106

Fence Base #150698

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Halloween Town - Pumpkin Jack

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Years ago, I created a 3D Halloween Town using Silhouette cut files. I had a lot of fun with it, and one of my daughters mentioned how much she liked it. So, I thought I'd create it again.

Today I'm sharing Pumpkin Jack. His hat all askew makes me giggle. :)

Cut File: Silhouette Designs, Jack O' Lantern Cottage #150686

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Challenges:  PINspirational  

Halloween Town - Bat House

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Years ago, I created a 3D Halloween Town using Silhouette cut files. I had a lot of fun with it, and one of my daughters mentioned how much she liked it. So, I thought I'd create it again.

Today I'm sharing the Bat House & Haunted Tree. 

Cut File: Silhouette Designs, Bitty Bat House #150680

& Haunted Tree #150701

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Halloween Town - Black & Orange House

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Years ago, I created a 3D Halloween Town using Silhouette cut files. I had a lot of fun with it, and one of my daughters mentioned how much she liked it. So, I thought I'd create it again.

Today I'm sharing the Black & Orange House & Haunted Tree. I cut out a couple of the trees.

Cut File: Silhouette Designs, Haunted House #150686

& Haunted Tree #150701

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Challenges: Dragonfly Dreams

Halloween Town - Candy Corn House

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Years ago, I created a 3D Halloween Town using Silhouette cut files. I had a lot of fun with it, and one of my daughters mentioned how much she liked it. So, I thought I'd create it again.

Today I'm sharing the Candy Corn House.

Cut File: Silhouette Designs, Candy Corn Cottage #150683

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Challenges: Beyond the Blue

Halloween Town - Ghost House

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Years ago, I created a 3D Halloween Town using Silhouette cut files. I had a lot of fun with it, and one of my daughters mentioned how much she liked it. So, I thought I'd create it again.

Today I'm sharing the Ghost House.

Cut File: 

Silhouette Designs, Teeny Ghostly Dwelling #151109

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Challenges: Cut It UP

Halloween Town - Graveyard

Halloween all month long at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Years ago, I created a 3D Halloween Town using Silhouette cut files. I had a lot of fun with it, and one of my daughters mentioned how much she liked it. So, I thought I'd create it again.

Today I'm sharing the Graveyard House.

Cut File: 

Silhouette Designs, Lil Graveyard #151106 & Haunted Tree # 150701

Cardstock: Recollections & Stampin' Up

All of the designs in this series were created by Carina Gardner. You can watch her YouTube assembly instructions HERE.

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Challenges: 613 Avenue Create

Puzzle Time!

Our family loves doing puzzles. Tom finished two puzzles in the time it took me to do one recently. LOL 

Here is my finished puzzle, and it's HUGE! It's 23" x 33". 

Puzzle Pieces: 1500

Brand: Buffalo

Name: Raining in Paris

Size: 23" x 33"

Time to go unbox the next one. Have a fabulous day!

Hugs!

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Boo Card

Halloween Challenge all month at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Cut File: 418650 Ghost card- Silhouette library

Cardstock: Recollections

Other: Googlie eyes & foam tape

I did change one thing about the cut file. Instead of cutting out the moon and stars in yellow as designed, I made them a compound path with the base of the card. So instead they were cut out of the purple card base. I then added a piece of yellow behind it. Why? Because I hate dealing with small/tiny pieces. :) And for that same reason, I didn't cut out the tiny eye pieces either. I added googlie eyes instead... which are always much more fun. 

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Halloween Banner all Together!

It's all about Halloween this month at Crafting Happiness Challenges! Swing by and link up your Halloween makes all month long!

Today is all of the banner pieces together that I've been working on. 

Each panel is 6.5" x 9.5". 

I love how big it is! 

Cut Files from Silhouette Design Store: (see all designs HERE)

421942 Skeleton 

421365 Witch

421361 Scarecrow

421359 Haunted House

421366 Witch Flying

421364 Spider (added googlie eyes to this one LOL)

421351 Bat

421357 Ghost

421363 Spider & Web

421362 Skull & Raven

421352 Black Cat

421360 Pumpkin

421943 Witch Ghost 

Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Recollections

Purple Tulle will be holding all of them together & hung outside. I know what you're thinking.... this is made of paper and rain would ruin it. But it will be under the cover of our front porch, so should be fine.... maybe.... probably.... hopefully. LOL

This was fun! Now I need to get started on more Halloween decorations!

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October Banner Decoration (part 5 of 6)

It's all about Halloween this month at Crafting Happiness Challenges! Swing by and link up your Halloween makes all month long!

Each panel is 6.5" x 9.5". 

I love how big it is! 

Cut Files from Silhouette Design Store:

421943 Witch Ghost 

Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Recollections

Purple Tulle will be holding all of them together & hung outside. I know what you're thinking.... this is made of paper and rain would ruin it. But it will be under the cover of our front porch, so should be fine.... maybe.... probably.... hopefully. LOL

Part 6 - the LAST ONE showing them all together coming tomorrow!

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October Banner Decoration (part 4 of 6)

It's all about Halloween this month at Crafting Happiness Challenges! Swing by and link up your Halloween makes all month long!

Today is part 4 of 6 of the Halloween banner I've been working on. Each panel is 6.5" x 9.5". 

I love how big it is! 

Cut Files from Silhouette Design Store:

421362 Skull & Raven, 421352 Black Cat, 421360 Pumpkin 

**I have to say, I think this cat on the pumpkin is my favorite banner!** 

Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Recollections

Purple Tulle will be holding all of them together & hung outside. I know what you're thinking.... this is made of paper and rain would ruin it. But it will be under the cover of our front porch, so should be fine.... maybe.... probably.... hopefully. LOL

Part 5 coming tomorrow!

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October Banner Decoration (part 3 of 6)

It's all about Halloween this month at Crafting Happiness Challenges! Swing by and link up your Halloween makes all month long!

Today is part 3 of 6 of the Halloween banner I've been working on. Each panel is 6.5" x 9.5". 

I love how big it is! 

Cut Files from Silhouette Design Store:

421351 Bat, 421357 Ghost, 421363 Spider & Web

Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Recollections

Purple Tulle will be holding all of them together & hung outside. I know what you're thinking.... this is made of paper and rain would ruin it. But it will be under the cover of our front porch, so should be fine.... maybe.... probably.... hopefully. LOL

Part 4 coming tomorrow!

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October Banner Decoration (part 2 of 6)

It's all about Halloween this month at Crafting Happiness Challenges! Swing by and link up your Halloween makes all month long!

Today is part 2 of 6 of the Halloween banner I've been working on. Each panel is 6.5" x 9.5". 

I love how big it is! 

Cut Files from Silhouette Design Store:

421359 Haunted House, 421366 Witch Flying,  421364 Spider 

Embellishments: Googlie eyes added to the spider (LOL) 

Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Recollections

Purple Tulle will be holding all of them together & hung outside. I know what you're thinking.... this is made of paper and rain would ruin it. But it will be under the cover of our front porch, so should be fine.... maybe.... probably.... hopefully. LOL

Part 3 coming tomorrow!

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October Banner Decoration (part 1 of 6)

It's all about Halloween this month at Crafting Happiness Challenges! Swing by and link up your Halloween makes all month long!

Today is part 1 of 6 of the Halloween banner I've been working on. Each panel is 6.5" x 9.5". 

I love how big it is! 

Cut Files from Silhouette Design Store:

42194 Skeleton, 421365 Witch, 421361 Scarecrow 

Cardstock: Stampin' Up & Recollections

Purple Tulle will be holding all of them together & hung outside. I know what you're thinking.... this is made of paper and rain would ruin it. But it will be under the cover of our front porch, so should be fine.... maybe.... probably.... hopefully. LOL

Part 2 coming tomorrow!

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October Family Calendar

Hi, everyone!

We have moved, and I'm still not all unpacked. But whatever. I have my whole life to get it sorted, right? It's coming together. The entire house has been unpacked and organized, it's just my new craft room that's still not completely organized yet. It will get there. No rush. 

But amid all of the chaos, I found time to get the October calendar up - even though we are almost 2 weeks into the month.

We've changed from putting the calendar on the frig, to using a magnetic whiteboard instead. And it's tucked away on a little passage way between the kitchen and the dining room, so really no one will see it unless they walk by the pantry area. Which I like because I put a lot of post it notes on there for different things we have planned. 

(There's more to this calendar I'm not showing in the photo above. We also have 2 charts. One shows everyone's name grouped with their family, and how old they are/will be for a 10 year period. The grandkids LOVE this! The other chart shows everyone's birthday listed by month. And then there's all the sitcky notes for upcoming events & appointments.)

Dates:

    SU black cardstock cut in 1" squares using Silhouette

    Date numbers cut in orange vinyl and adhered to the black squares

(I decided to stop putting the date numbers on the images, so I could make them separate to re-use them each month. Plus this allows me to use all kinds of images that don't have blank space to add the dates.)

Images:

    All images are print & cuts from Silhouette library. I love love love that print & cut feature!

Days of the week:

    Silhouette library

Blank Black Dates - no numbers:

    I decided to use these to fill in the beginning / end of the weeks when a new month starts / ends. Also using them to mark birthdays & other things.

This was really fun. I love making this each month. I have a whole bag that grows each month, and you may think I'd reuse them. I always think I will, but then I decide, nah... I have to make some new ones. LOL The only ones we re-use since I started this several years ago, are the trees for December. Bonnie loves the Christmas trees.

Have a great day!

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Frankly, You Make Me Happy

A new challenge started October 1st at Crafting Happiness Challenges, and the theme is HALLOWEEN all month long!

I have a new sketch for you today!

Sketch: Paper Play Sketches #76

Collection Kit: Echo Park- Halloween Magic

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up

Design Paper: Echo Park- Halloween Magic

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Challenges: Once Upon a Time

Halloween Greetings

I thought I'd share our Halloween yard decorations with you today. This is the first time in a long long time where we've lived in a neighborhood with lots of children. We are so excited to actually have trick or treaters this year!! 

Crafting Happiness Challenges has a Month long HALLOWEEN challenge going on now!! How fun!! All types of crafting welcome, unlimited entries.

Tom did all the work on this. He's so awesome. Our skeleton wreath on the front door has glowing red eyes. The fun yard decoration, which we named Skully, has arms that reach down to you & then spread wide again. We will also have spooky music playing Halloween night. There may be more decorations added as it gets closer to Halloween.

Enjoy your weekend! 

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Halloween Costumes

Crafting Happiness Challenges has a Month long HALLOWEEN challenge going on now!! How fun!! All types of crafting welcome, unlimited entries.

Cut File: Silhouette library

Sentiment sticker: CTMH

Design Paper: Pink & Main

Embellishments: enamel dots, ribbon

Other: dimensionals

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Halloween Colors

Crafting Happiness Challenges has a Month long HALLOWEEN challenge going on now!! How fun!! All types of crafting welcome, unlimited entries.

Cut File: Silhouette library

Design Paper: Pink &Main

Sentiment: CTMH

Embellishments: enamel dots, glitter star

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Challenges: Lil Patch of Crafty Friends   Busy Becs    Aude Sentiments   Craft Rocket    Crafty Gals   Creative Knockouts   Double D   Paper Funday   Sheepski

Treats

Crafting Happiness Challenges has a Month long HALLOWEEN challenge going on now!! How fun!! All types of crafting welcome, unlimited entries.

Cut File: Silhouette Library

Design Paper: Pink & Main

Sentiment: CTMH

Embellishments: ribbon

Other: dimensionals

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Challenges: Critter Crazy   Crafty Animals   Country View   Pearly Sparkles   SheepSki Designs   This is Halloween   Two Old Bats Halloween Ch

Beware

Link up your Halloween projects at my Crafting Happiness Challenges all month long! I love Halloween.

Cut File: Silhouette library

Design Paper: Pink & Main

Sentiment: CTMH

Embellishments: rhinestones

Other:  dimensionals

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Challenges: If you give a crafter a Cookie  Unicorn Ch   Daisy Chain   A Perfect Time to Craft   This is Halloween   Two Old Bats   

135 Halloween

Crafting Happiness Challenges has a Month long HALLOWEEN challenge going on now!! How fun!! All types of crafting welcome, unlimited entries.

Ch#135 

HALLOWEEN

Cut File: Silhouette library

Design Pa[er: Pink & Main

Sentiment: CTMH

Embellishments: ribbon, rhinestones, glitter stars

Other: SU dimensionals

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Challenges:  A Place to Start   Inspiration Station   Pammie's Inky Pinkies   Use Your Stuff

Party Time!

I love Halloween!! It's hard for me to not post Halloween cards when September comes around, so I usually just do it anyway. LOL But now it's officially October, so expect lots of Halloween projects from me this month!!

Come play at my challenge blog, Crafting Happiness Challenges and link up your Halloween makes all month long! All types of crafting welcome & unlimited entries. I can't wait to see your Halloween projects!!!!

Cut File: Cricut cute file

Cardstock: SU Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Fresh Fresia

Other: SU dimensionals, glitter enamel dots

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Challenges:  613 Avenue Create   Dragonfly Dreams   The Paper Players   

Trick or Treat

I have a new sketch for you today! 

Paper Play Sketches # 74.

Sketch: Paper Play Sketches # 74

Cut File: Cricut library

Stamps: Cardz TV Stamps- Spooky Sayings

Dies: Lawn Fawn- Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangles & SU Playful Piggies (sentiment matting)

Cardstock: SU Basic White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green

Design Paper: Pink & Main- Garden & Not Too Spooky

Other: SU dimensionals, sequins, glue dots

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Challenges:  Crafty Calendar   Send a Smile for Kids   Taylor Made for You