Halloween Triangle Fold Card

Hello bloggists, thanks for stopping by!

There's a real autumnal feel to the weather here today.  It's much cooler than it has been, it's raining and windy and it's easy to believe that Halloween will soon be here.

Halloween is my favourite holiday.  When I was a child, it wasn't a big celebration - Guy Fawkes  Night was much more exciting, with a huge bonfire built by the local boys and fireworks set off in back gardens by parents.  If I’m completely honest, the fun started some time before, with penny-for-the-Guy (which I was forbidden to do) and the older boys buying Bangers and Jumping Jacks for the purpose of scaring the girls by throwing them (you only had to be 13 to buy fireworks then - Health & Safety hadn't been invented!)  Halloween was much more low-key, usually we stayed at home played Ducking Apples (where you tried to take a bite out of an apple floating in a bowl of water or suspended from a string without using your hands).

I really love the modern Halloween, with the fancy dress and the spooky decorations and all.  We still don't exchange cards very much here in the UK but I'm not going to let that stop me from making some! I love the Spooky Fun set lots, and I've used it for this Triangle Fold card.  It opens up like this-

Here's the tutorial-

What do you think?  Hope you like  it!

See you soon,

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

Crate Expectations

Hello bloggists, and welcome!

When I started this blog, I thought I’d probably be able to update it – and my YouTube channel- once a week.  I didn’t think I’d have enough crafty ideas to blog more often, and as filming a 20 minute YouTube tutorial took me the best part of a day, I was sure I wouldn’t have the time.

Well, the more you practice, the better you get – or at least you get quicker!  I’m now regularly posting three times a week – something I never thought would be possible.

Of course, that means that I need more ideas and to plan more projects, and if you’re a crafter you’ve probably experienced the dreaded Loss of Mojo at some time or other. (If you aren’t, a crafter,  this blog will be of no interest at all so you might want to go and find something more interesting to read – no hard feelings!)

The Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue is a great source of inspiration – it used to be called the Ideas Book, because on every page there are pictures showing how the design team have used the products.  And today’s tutorial is my CASE (Copy And Share Everything) of the little fruit crate on page 148.

I loved it on sight, and I know I’m not alone.  This is my version of it –

I do hope you enjoyed it.  If you don’t have a copy of the SU catalogue, get in touch with your demonstrator (if you don’t have one the SU website can help you locate one)

See you soon

Crafty Hugs,

Keren