Pals Halloween Hop - Trick or Treat!

Welcome to the Pals Halloween Hop!  No tricks - just treats for you today!

If you hopped here from Beth's blog you are right on track!

That's the flower base from Summer Silhouettes peeking out from under the witch hats below.  I thought it made the perfect creepy crawly creature to match the sentiment from Halloween Bash. What was the creepiest creature you ever were for Halloween?  My mother dressed me up once as an organ grinder.  She stuck a fake mustache on me, handed me my accordion with a tin cup stuck to it and tied our little poodle to the strap.  Our little poodle found the whole thing very creepy for sure..........and yes I played the accordion.......

My Halloween Treat for you is the following blog candy.  If you'd like to be included in the blog candy draw leave a comment with your e-mail included (US only) and you might be the lucky winner!  My blog candy includes the Halloween card below and elements to create one similar to it!  There is the Fright Night stamp (gently used), 24 6x6 sheets of Halloween colored DSP, glitter brads, and ribbon.  Fun stuff!

Now head on over to Sherrie's blog to see what treats she has in store!


                                                

The complete lineup!

1. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery 
2. Angela Curry at Kindred Stampers 
3. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards 
4. Kelly DeTommaso at Kelly's Creative Corner
5. Debbie Crowley at  expressivelydeb... 
6. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts 
7. Julie Trevett-Smith at The Stampin' Affair! 
8. Kerry Willard Bray at  Stampgoodness 
9. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty 
10. Martie Pollard at The Crafty Bandit 
11. Colleen Mollema at My Crafty Habit 
12. Lisa Davis at Cherry Street Paper Treats 
13. Lisa Ann Bernard at  Queen B Creations 
14. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat 
15. Nancy Gleason at  My Stampin Space
16. Beth Beard at  My little craft blog 
17. Linda Callahan at Stampin' Seasons 
18. Sherrie Gross at Stampin' Sunshine 
19. Peggy Noe at  Prettypapercards.com 
20. Debbie Mageed at  Secret Stamper 
21. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping 
22. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin' 
23. Shirley Sumption at Look at my Cute Stuff 
24. Sandra Conner at Pretty Provisions 
25. Carmen Sublasky at The Creative Stamptuary 
26. Margaret Moody at Margaret Moody 

Atlanta Adventures

Brian King, Katy McGloin and Pam Morris sure know how to throw a party!  They hosted a regional get together for Pals in Atlanta this past weekend. 

Brian graciously met us at the airport and here he is escorting Mary Fish and me back to the hotel.

Being from New York that is a bit out of the region but they welcomed this Yankee as one of their own!  I learned how to say y'all, rode the Marta and had my first Krispy Kreme doughnut......or two!  Who could resist them with Anne Burr serving!

 

Then there was swapping, stamping and oh so much laughing! Katy and Pam gave demos and designed wonderful Make and Takes.  Brian was the ringmaster and kept things moving with games and prizes and some stamping tricks of his own to show us!

After lunch we found these mysterious bags on our tables:

                                  

We were told we had 30 minutes to create a card using only items from the bag and it had to include washi tape, Island Indigo ribbon, Etc DSP, chevrons and an image from Hello Lovely!  Whew it was a mad dash - here is our group working hard on our cards!

It was amazing how we were all given the same materials and we all created different cards - not a bad one in the bunch!  Here is what I came up with -  I was hoping to get three brads in but time was up! 

There were more prizes and games in the afternoon and we ended the day with a fabulous dinner at Maggiano's Restaurant.  So much fun!

So it is Monday morning............back to the real world but before I go I must say thanks once more to my friend Dawn Tidd who got up at 5am yesterday to drive me to the airport! Pals are terrific! 

Postcard - PPA174

Thank you to everyone who commented or e-mailed me yesterday telling me about your card making. I learned that many of you make just one card like I do!  And those of you who told me that you made 10 or 20 or even 30 of a design have my utmost admiration!  I also heard from my cousin who remembers coming to my house to check out the back yard after the elephant visit!  Yep that was our 15 minutes of fame!

Maybe today you have some photography hints for me. Baked Brown Sugar cardstock is a much softer brown than it looks here but I just couldn't seem to get it right in the photo! Natural light would probably work the best but I rarely finish a card in daylight.  If my photos were time stamped most would say midnight or later!  I am sure many of you can relate to that!




We have beautiful fall colors to work with this week at Pals Paper Arts!


                                       

Elephant Tales - FMS106

This little elephant image is so sweet that I decided to stamp it more than once!  The plan is to make a blue version of this card as well.  I vowed earlier this year to make at least two of every card I design for my blog but I am not doing so well in that department.  I am such a one and done kind of gal - why do I dislike making multiple cards?  I am curious about what you do.  If you blog or make your own cards do you stop at one or make a batch?

Now for the elephant story.....you knew there would be one......

I grew up in a small town and our back yard bordered the school grounds.  Our local fire department sponsored a circus one year and it pulled into town late one night. We were already sleeping when the circus set up camp on the playground.  A lone elephant was tethered at the edge of the grounds.  In the middle of the night I heard my father yelling that there was an elephant loose in our backyard.......followed by his raging into the yard (in his boxer shorts!) after that elephant who was trampling bushes and our burning barrel. The handler eventually got the elephant secure but not before it dropped a few more surprises ;)  We got free tickets to the circus the next day.......my father chose not to go.......

Amy O'Neill designed our sweet sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!