Less is More Spiders

It's that time of year again!

I don't really 'do' the Halloween thing, but when I saw this Hero Arts set of stamps with the matching 'legs' die I just couldn't resist it, I thought this sentiment was such fun!

Here I used a Sizzix rustic brick wall embossing folder and just partially embossed the front of the card. I stamped the sentiment and die cut it with a SU die. Since I couldn't find a little spider stamp of the right proportions I merely doodled this one on the end of his thread!

At "Less is More" this week the theme is Spiders or Insects  so this is my contribution for that!

Great reunion!

I had a lovely time at my old School Reunion at the weekend.  It was a little difficult to recall some of the names of old pupils, but recognition mostly dawned for the majority of them, with a little reminder now and again! This year all the girls who started Brownhills High School for Girls in Tunstall in 1956 reached their 70th birthdays this year, so I guess we were entitled to forget a few names.

I found my old Prefect's badge in my jewellery box and decided to take it with me!

I've always liked it; I don't know what metal it is made from but it looks rather like pewter.

When we got to the hotel, one of our number had made a special 70th birthday cake for everyone and her daughter had decorated it brilliantly in our school colours! 

Quite something huh!

It tasted good too!

My school which is in the photo in the top corner has now been demolished!

Not that the girls made me think of witches you understand, but this is what I made when I got home. It's for the challenge at Addicted to Stamps with this picture inspiration

I simply took the colours for the stripes in the stockings. It's a Bugaboo image with a die cut sentiment and a little Glossy accents added to the shoes.

It's also for AAA Cards Clean and Simple Halloween!

Bonus prize!

I recently won the challenge over at Keep It Simple, where my prize was my choice of 4 digi images from Jane's doodles. Jane very kindly sent me an extra image, which is the character you see here, and I thought him so cute.
It's a fairly simple card... but that's what I prefer.
Cuddly Buddly Papers, computer generated sentiment.
Keep It Simple - Take a Bow (to rhyme with snow)
Creative Belli - Pumpkins
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Fab n Funky - Halloween
Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween
Corrosive Challenges - Halloween
Cowgirls Challenge - Halloween
Ellephantastic - Halloween

Boo!

I seem to have been glued to my craft chair for the past few days, trying to make all the cards for special requests. I think I'm just about getting there, but unless I write things down, I don't have a hope or remembering... and then of course I need to be able to find the paper where I've written the things I need to remember! What it is to be getting old!
I almost forgot this one... my DT card for My Time to Craft, where this week's theme is ghoulies, ghosties and long leggedy beasties.
The image I believe is one of Spyder's and isn't it cute! I got it for free, but now you can buy it for 99p. She has a freebie each Wednesday! I expect I'll be answering the door to a few characters like these in the not too distant future. The paper is Fred She Said and the border punch is Martha Stewart.
Craft Your Passion - Orange, purple and black.
Paper Playtime - Pumpkins or spider's webs (the little witchy is carrying a pumpkin bag!)
Ooh La La Creations - Scary Stuff
Karber Monthy Challenge - Fantasy
2 Sister's Challenge - Halloween
Bee Crafty - Halloween
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbon
Stampin' for the weekend - Halloween
Top Tip Tuesday- Anything Goes
OSAAT - Anything Goes Embellish it (ribbon)
Really Reasonable Ribbons - Halloween
Crafty Cardmakers - Use a Freebie (Spyder's image)
Pile it on - Kid themed Halloween

Trick or Treat

I don't tend to make many Halloween cards, but I think that  this pair of legs from Bugaboo is simply irresistible!
We are desperately trying to clear 20+ years of accumulated 'stuff' from our loft as we are due to have it re-insulated at the end of the week, and the company want it CLEARED!
The garage is filling up quickly. There are piles for the Charity Shop, piles for transfer to the dump and piles for 'keeping'. It's going to be a job well done if we ever get it completed,
Wish us luck!
Stamp Insanity - Halloween
Paper Romance - Halloween
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween
I did it Creations - Spooky
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Halloween
Create4Fun - Use a digi
Bee Crafty - Halloween