Valentine Collection made by Brigit

I've had the pleasure of meeting Brigit on the Make-The-Cut Forum. She volunteered to test my "No Peeking! Boxes" during Christmas on her Zing and was kind enough to try out my Valentine collection as well.

Her thorough feedback was invaluable - especially as I learned that her Zing would cut notches where my lines didn't join - something that didn't show up on my Silhouette. Since scrapbooking is not my forté, I also loved seeing how she envisions my designs. It was her ink pad distressing that showed me how to give my 3D paper balls an extra pop, especially with the speeding arrows. To see more of Brigit's paper projects, visit her blog at: http://irishmist59.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much Brigit!!!

Cecelia

Happy Halloween

Jack Skellington window decorations for halloween this year - low tech but easy to pack away. Jack was mainly cut with my Silhouette but since the size was limited I had to glue his hand and legs to make it large enough to fit our window. The rest was hand cut.

  

Not too shabby for teeth on a cavity-inducing night. We used a grapefruit spoon with its serrated edges to scrape in between the teeth, then the handle to smooth the surface. We also happen to have linoleum cutters to help remove the white layer so the candle can be seen better at night. The perfect "O" for the little pumpkin snack was made with an apple corer.

Here's where we got our inspiration:

http://www.collthings.co.uk/2008/10/halloween-pumpkin-designs.html

And lastly our bat cave, thanks to Dana-Made-It.
The witch brooms were signature Martha, Martha, Martha.