Allsorts Challenge #861

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Lynne is the hostess over at Allsorts, and she would like to see feminine!  If you struggle like I do, there is the Anything Goes option  too!

I'm not sure if I thought this was feminine because it has a woman on it!? It's Halloweeny not frilly! Oh well; it is on it's way to a ghoul-friend! 

 

This is AALL & Create Queen Witch.

A little stenciling for the grass and sky, colored with Ohuhu markers, I think the sentiment is SU. 

2 prizes for this challenge  from AALL & Create.

 

 Go, see what the other ladies have created!

NBUS Challenge #91 First go for the stamps! 

Two Old Bats Halloween October 2026 

Talk to ya! 

Always be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

Hello, I hope you are well!

I have been coloring when I have  down time!!

This HM image is a Stampabilities wood block dated 2010, called Interview with a Vampire. It's cut out with a Spellbinders die, and the papers and words are from an Echo Park paper pack!

A Cut Above October 2026 Anything Goes with a Die Cut 

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #476 Anything Goes Option/ Halloween 

Try It On Tuesday Halloween 

We had a very successful Book Sale over the weekend! The books that were left all fit into the book room. We started with the alphabetizing! It will take a Tuesday or 2! 

I picked up Emma's mom today and we went to the movie at the Library. It was Problemista. 

Tomorrow is my shift at the Tuck Shop. I should have time to run through the Thrift store. Clothes are 1/2 price!

 I am tired, so I'll talk to ya later! 

Keep your heels high and your standards higher.

 Hello, hope you are well!

I have been creating here and there when I have a minute!

I made this, and my GF that Facetimes once a week says, 'it's not my favorite.'

I said, 'It's not mine either, but some kid will get this and love it!'

And honestly, this is a re-do! 

 I had the House Mouse lobster on my desk. He needed to be put on a card before he got lost! The spiders are stamped and embossed and the rest are stickers and embellishments!

House Mouse & Friends Challenge #475 Anything Goes or Pumpkins You have to use a House Mouse, Gruffy or Happy Hopper 

Two Old Bats October 2026 Anything Goes Halloween 

Our public library is doing a Fund A Friday. Money from the government has not increased since 2009 or something crazy like that! And we want our librarians to have a living wage. The committee has raised almost $70,000, so today the library is open! It's a trial for 3 months. The fundraising campaign will go until the end of December 2026.

I have been busy wrapping Blind Date with a Book. Tomorrow and Sunday is the Pumpkin Hayride. I volunteered to help both days with the sign-in and waiver. (I am too short to help people onto the wagons!) Weather's supposed to be good! The Friends of the Library book sale goes the weekend after Thanksgiving, which is October 12th in Canada. The Fundraising committee has a booth in Spirit Square for Light up the Town at the end of November, and that's what we're wrapping books for! We took 100 Blind Date with a Book the the Fall Fair, and came home with 4.

I am still stocking the book-room at the library, doing my shift at the Tuck Shop, Scrabble, and visiting my mom daily. There's also a municipal election coming up, so am going to a town hall, there's a Federal Election in October too. Window washing is in the near future and I will survive!

Have a lovely weekend!

Talk to ya later!

 

Creative Creases #69

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Today I am over here at Creative Creases  with the amazing Creative Creases ladies! Where anything goes, as long as it's a fun fold.

I have made a Vertical Stepper card.

I found this card over here at Beccy's Place!

Please go see what everyone else made for their fun fold and leave them some love!

I would like to link this up at:

Dream Valley Challenge 303 More than one fold

Little Red Wagon #728 Trick or Treat

Krafty Chicks #687 All Occasions

Pammie's Inky Pinkies  #2342 Anything Goes

Talk to ya later!

Stay safe!

October Challenge/ Beccy's Place

I lied! (About the Halloween cards!)

 Here's the card I made for the October Challenge over at Beccy's Place.

I did not add a flower or plant, that was the optional element.

Hope all my Canadian friends have had their turkey!

I am cooking today (not turkey though!), Kalen is coming after he's done work.

I DID make my famous Double Layer Pumpkin pie! Okay, it's more like pumpkin cheesecake!

Have a wonderful day, evening, week!

I probably won't post again until I am back from gallivanting, which will be the beginning of November.

Talk to ya later!

Stay safe!

Creepy Cute Ghost

 Good day, and Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all my Canadian friends!!

Wear your stretchy pants!

This is my entry for the Progressive Challenge over at the Outlawz.

It's called creepy cute ghost, and is by Oddball Art!

Mom got wood Thursday. 

They dump a gravel truck load in the driveway, then it has to be wheelbarrowed to the woodshed at the back. I finished it this morning, and Kalen helped for a few hours yesterday while I was gone!

Now I must go get the rest of my laundry off the line, and see what else I can get into!

Have a great weekend!

Talk to ya later!

Stay safe!

One Last Halloween Card (Maybe!)

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This is the last of my family fancy fold Halloween cards.

I am working on 2 cards for progressive/monthly challenges, and that will probably be it until I'm back from gallivanting in Alberta!

This is my moms card.

It's a Double Z fold that I got over here at Beccy's Place! 

Mom said, 'Oh my," when I gave it to her, I'm taking that as a compliment!

 The others are here, here, and here! Of course I sent other cards out, just did fancy folds for my 'immediate' family!

Have a great day everyone!

Talk to ya later.

Stay Safe! 

Good Witch/Bad Witch

  Happy World Card Making Day!

I'd like to say that I've been in my craft room all day.

NOT!

The weather's lovely, there's still stuff to be done outside!

I have decided, there is no end to yardwork! 

This card is in the mail, to a dear cousin, who bought an awesome pair of shoes at a thrift store, and sent pictures...she was so excited!

I thought she'd get a kick out of this!

I am entering it in the Outlawz Festive Friday challenge.

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com 

Most Magical Time of the Year #1

 

 https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com

Too Cute to Spook #10

 

https://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-7-8-and-9-winners.html

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge

 https://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com

Talk to ya later!

Stay Safe!

 

Wait, There's More!

 I know I said I was going to make fun fold cards for my family for Halloween.

This is Brysons'.

It's an oversize slimline. 4" X 9". Only because I had envelopes in my drawer it would fit in!

The die cuts on the front are frames that open, and these cute scary Halloween kids are behind them! I don't want to open them, they might stay open!

There you go!

One more, probably later this week!

Talk to ya later!

Stay Safe.

Halloween

 I'm in Halloween card making mode!

In between cleaning the garage!

This one is for Vanessa and Harley.

 

 

I found the instructions here, and it is just called a fun fold! 

Of course I had to ink, and emboss, cut and paste, and those small white areas were just wasted real estate, so I put sentiments in there! This is why I have trouble doing CAS!!

This will work over at 

Krafty Chicks #630 All Occasions

Talk to ya later.

Stay safe! 

Shadow Box Card

Hello!

I have a lot to get done before I go north for Bryson's birthday.

This is Kalens' Halloween card this year.

It's a shadow box card, and I found it over here at Beccy's Place. 

Then I stuck a googly eye on it, and was good to go over at The Outlawz, Crash your Stash Challenge/Use googly eyes. 

Their main page for challenges is here!

I've added 2 pictures as the googly eye is blurry in the first!

It folds flat, I tried; and the stuff popped back into place, but I will hand deliver this one! I made a panel for the back to write on.

I am going to try different folds for my family's Halloween cards this year. Three more cards to go! 

Now I must go. I make my mom a box of all occassion cards, and Kalen asks for some once in a while....I have never gave Vanessa a selection.

I have a lot in my stash, so will finish the insides. There are birthday, thinking of you, encouragement, and I'm going to throw in some Christmas!

Talk to ya later.

Stay safe!

 

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

 Hello everyone!

Hope you're all well!

I had a minute!

This is for the  September Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge!

I made an eclipse card, and used flocking on the spider

Less mess than glitter, and looks cool!

Also, I live just north of the Idaho, US border.

There's a fire on Russell Mountain, in the Selkirks.

This is taken from the back yard on Wednesday night.

 Since then it's been really smokey, can't even see the mountain. And for some reason today, it's been really windy!

That's all I got!

Talk to ya later!

Stay safe!

Halloween- August

 It is still hot, hot, hot!

We were promised a week of below 30 degrees Celsius. NOT!

They've changed their minds...we'll only get a day or two. Doesn't matter, Friday evening I'll drag the hoses to the far corners of the yard, and start watering everything!

I played with the Two Old Bats Halloween challenge!

I'm enjoying these challenges.

I volunteer at the Tuck Shop in town, and they will need Halloween cards to sell!

Talk to ya later!

Stay safe, and stay cool!
 

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge July 2022

 I am just all over the place this week!

Yesterday was Christmas, today is Halloween!

This is my entry over at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge!

Talk to ya later!

Stay Safe!

PAUSE! HALLOWEEN!

 Hello!

Sorry, I got sidetracked!

I was looking for a die, while reading my 'reading list' from Blogger.

I was in the Halloween drawer! 

There's a challenge at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge!

I just had to play! 

I was hoping to show the 'shine'!

Anyhoo, I'll carry on!

Stay safe.

Talk to ya later!

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” ― Roy T. Bennett

Hello!

I really should be doing a million little things.

I am, however, learning to relax take things slower.
So far today, I've did dishes, made pie dough, cleaned the back house (which is permitted for a shop).
Hauled some books to shelves, rearranged the stuff on the counter tops, cleaned the pantry....... 

What I should be doing, is cutting insulation for the basement, and/or picking up the walnuts, and finishing the windows on the outside!
The walnuts are going to win, as I gave away all the walnuts I had and they're pretty costly in the store!
I AM going to make my famous double layer pumpkin pie sometime today! The pie dough is for apple pies, tomorrow, or Monday.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! 
Mom and I have a reservation for tomorrow at the golf course!
I've never ate there, and they're having a Thanksgiving buffet.  
I figured it would be cheaper than me cooking the full meal deal for me and mom!

The washer & dryer got  into the basement a week ago yesterday!
By the time the washer was done the first load, I had the dryer hooked up!
My sewer stack was plugged.
No one knows for how long. It was plugged 4-6 feet up the stack!
What should have been a 2-3 hour job for the poor plumber, turned into an all day event!

Garage electrical is safe! The lights I got look amazing!
We should be able to play cards outside now, after dark!

Kalen was home for about 2 weeks between his summer job, and his winter job!
One day he said, 'There's a lot of work to do here!'
I said, 'I know!' 
He left Thursday to start his 10 on, 10 off.
He should be here for 8 days at a time! 

Waiting for my sump pump to be hooked up so I can use my furnace that was installed in July!
Garage door guy was here, and that's it for projects this year!

I think we only have a deck, and front step for me on the list for next year!

I made this dumpling a Birthday card!
Hard to believe he will be 3 in a couple weeks!

He's holding his package of tattoos, and a frog book mark I sent!
He loves books! 
He was also real excited about the 'John Deere' tractor on the card. I found the card on Pinterest.
I asked him if his mom read him the letter, and did he know what it said.
He said, "Bryson David I love you. Love gramma Gail!"
I said, that's exactly what it said!

He also requested his Halloween card have a spider on it, so I did my best!
Made a side step card.

That's all I got!
It's been really chilly this October!
I have not got the inside of my vehicle cleaned! 
I did it last year when I moved here!

I am trying to get around to read your blogs!

Thanks for being here!

Hope you're all well!
Talk to ya later!


 

It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop. Confucious

Hello! 
It really is me!
I have no excuse for the sabbatical!
Life I guess. 
I will give you a condensed version by month!
End of April
I babysat while Vanessa & a friend went to Las Vegas to see the Backstreet Boys. Yes you heard right! I took her to 2 or 3 concerts, then she got a drivers and could take herself! I think that was her 13 or 14thish concert! 
May was getting on with things. 
Like Wine Wednesday or Thirsty Thursday with one of Vanessa's friends that live next door to her. We're actually drinking our bottle of wine tonight....I got no words!
We get together once a week, solve all of our/ the world problems in an hour.
I moved right next door to Vanessa. Into a tiny house, but I'm not in the basement any more, and I have no stairs, and I have my own outside space!
June
Vanessa, Bryson & I went to meet great gramma.

Mom & I went to the Amish Auction. I bought a bird feeder, mom got a bird house. 
We went to Ainsworth Hot springs. 
Bryson loved that big bath tub! The ferry ride was great too.
July
A friend , Her sister & I went to Stettler & Drumheller for a fun filled weekend.! 
Kalen & Megan met us in Stettler for dinner our first night there!
We did the Stettler Train.
The Rosebud Theatre. We saw the Spitfire Grill!
And the Passion Play.
We stayed in Stettler the Thursday & Friday, went to Drumheller for Saturday night, then back to Stettler after the Passion Play.
We also went to The Last Chance Saloon, Trekcetera Museum, a suspension bridge over the Red Deer River! We did lots, were never hurried, as our tickets were bought, we just had to show up to our events!
We were in the hot tub at our hotel every night. It was relaxing. It's too bad we have to drive so far!
We were even famous at our hotel, as all 3 of us went down the water slide!
Trust me when I say there's no graceful way to sit down on a water slide!
August
The kids and I had another relaxing weekend with friends. They live on the Great Slave Lake.
There was fishing, fire pit, eating, visiting.....don't know why we don't do it more often. It's like going from here to Grande Prairie, and we do that a lot!
September
This month I've already done a casino. Vanessa & Bryson came. They visited and shopped while I was working! 
There have been BBQ's, Firepit Fridays, Sunday suppers etc!
I don't have anything wild & crazy planned for the rest of the year, but you never know!
I have also been rethinking the 'working until lunch the day of my funeral!' More news about that next summer!
I will say that I helped Kalen buy property in B.C.

I am liking my 4 days a week work week!
The Cherry Brandy is made, and the Apple Liqueur will be ready in November!

Bryson chilling with the RCMP during the Canada Day celebration in town!

This guy!

Turned 1 a week ago!
His mom is back to work.
I am the after Day Care care!
This little guy is still awesome!
He just doesn't care! He chills. Likes everything!
He can walk, just doesn't.
He stands without help to clap, dance, and just show off!
He walks down the hall & back just touching the wall with one hand! 
He's just such a content little guy. Can amuse himself for hours.
Has slept all night since he came home! 
Him & I got our flu shots today. Unfortunately he has to get a booster shot in 4 weeks.
Ok, you get the picture!

I had to get on here, as I made some Halloween cards I thought I should share!

We still have to decorate over at Vanessa's for Halloween. Better get it done tomorrow while it's still nice out.
We had a dump of snow last week, but it has melted.
 
Kalen & Megan are coming for the weekend in 2 weeks.
They are going to moms for Christmas, and as I'm done the Christmas shopping, I thought I'd do the crazy sock thing and send them. It should make for some fun for them on Christmas morning!
I bought the socks on sale; I just dug through drawers & got out all the promotional stuff I've picked up all over, added some Avon stuff I have, and 3 $10.00 gift cards! =less than $50.00 for 3 pairs of socks, full of treats!
Sorry this is so long winded!
I'll try not to be gone for so ling.
I have been making Christmas cards.

Better go!
Hope you're all well!
Talk to ya later!
 
 
 
 

 

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. -confucius

It's the most wonderful time of the year!
At least for me! 
HALLOWEEN! 

The weather's been pretty darn nice, so after all my errands, hair appointment, laundry, etc. I just might trot up the alley and put out Vanessa's Halloween stuff! (Decorations, blow up pumpkin and all the rest!) She's less than 3 weeks away from delivering!

When I got the May 2016 Paper Pumpkin I knew what I wanted to do.
No, I don't always follow the instructions that come with...who does? 

The triangles reminded me of pumpkin faces, so I made 3 different shaker cards!

Which malfunctioned, big time!
I bought dimensional strips at the $ store.
Don't. Do. That.
I had to glue them as my 2 sided tape wouldn't stick; oh it was a gong show, but I was happy with the end result, and so were the recipients! Sorry about the glare! And yeah, I'm still cleaning up Halloween chunky glitter!
I've stuck all my $ store dimensional into zip lock baggies. Maybe that will help.

Went to 2 movies this week!
Sully, which was an excellent movie, go see it!
Last night we went to Storks, which was pretty cute. 
I told Vanessa if she wanted a baby, all she had to do was write a letter, which got a "haha!"

Better go, trying to clean up my little hovel!
Making treats for my peeps, should be done this weekend!
I'm already taking the ones to the hairdressers!
Can cross them off the list!

Hope you're all well!
Talk to ya later!

It's amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it. --Lindsey Vonn

Happy Halloween!
It's my most favorite day of the year!

This week I've made cupcakes, treats, delivered them, went to the foot surgeon, dentist, a fall supper, movie, got Avon, sorted it, and delivered it, Firepit Friday .................

These were the treat bags I made my peeps!
Kids at work, hairdresser, a lady at the post office yesterday that was having a bad day...............

 They all included some form of this Russell Stover pumpkin chocolate, and the bigger ones had a little more!

 Finally finished Vanessa & Harleys' Halloween card!

(It's dark purple, horrible lighting!)

 

This was pumpkin spice chocolate I found at Michaels & made them for the top of the cupcakes, which apparently didn't make a picture! But the recipe is here!

 This is what it did Monday!

Didn't stay, but we're supposed to get more tomorrow!

It's the "S" word!

 Later this afternoon, I will go to Vanessa's to had out treats!

I'm in a basement suite, and the doorbell doesn't belong to me!

Hauling my bag of costumes up the alley!!

Firepit Friday has still been going strong as it hasn't snowed yet!

We dress warmer, and the fire is bigger!

The foot surgeon & I will talk again in 3 months.

He wants to do surgery again, I just think the screws should come out!

It's not healing; I told him that's because I'm allergic to metal, and why do you have to wear that big bracelet that says 'METAL' into the operating room if no one looks at it!?

Another dentist appointment in a week for a crown!

The movie we went to was The Intern,

with Robert DeNiro & Anne Hathaway.

Highly recommended! 

Tomorrow evening we're going to another fall supper, then to Transylvania 2! 

Tis the season! 

So have a great day & weekend everyone!

Hope you're all well!

Talk to you later!

Nothing will work unless you do. ---Maya Angelou

Good morning peeps!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!
I have made a few cards.
I'll show you them, and then you can get on with your day!

I needed 2 wedding cards, so whipped up 2 standbys!
(Mom needed one!)

 I made a Halloween wreath from a Stampin' Up kit and took it to my mom!

The color is really off here! It's all quite orange!

Look for the purple spider. It's put together with beads!

 |Kalen's Halloween card. I stopped last Sunday on my way home & had lunch with him & 2 of his room mates to the Rusty Nail Bistro, which is to the west of Grouchy Daddy's!

 My drive was beautiful!

Mother Nature was wonderful in all her Fall Splender!

Our leaves are long gone, we have such horrible winds!

 We also had to stop for this procession!

A push & pull load! It's so heavy that there's a semi at the front, and one at the back!

 Sorry the picture is crappy!

I could only find this on Pinterest!

I guess I'd have to know the trucking company! 

The kids are all away!

Vanessa & Harley are gone to a concert in Edmonton.

Kalen took my nephew Shawn & went to grammas!

This is the first time in about 2 years that I didn't have any projects at Vanessas'! 

I've been grocery shopping, filled the van with gas, I'm on my 4th load of laundry! 

The plan is to make a pie or 2, work on my Halloween bags for my peeps, maybe make a card, make my pumpkin spice pumpkin shaped chocolates for on top of my Halloween cupcakes for work, make stuffing, I bought a chicken! Peggy is coming for supper tomorrow. I also took her with me on my trip and dropped her off at her daughters!

I need to get the outside of my windows washed either later today or tomorrow morning. I got cabbage roles |& perogies from the Farmers Market yesterday, they're thawing in the fridge!

I have an easy recipe for  sugar scrub I want to try. I have a 25 lb. bag of apples sitting on my floor to do something with, and I brought the brand new coveralls home from work to pick the patch off the back!

We moved into our new (to us) shop & office.

I can probably walk there if I have to!

There was a box of brand new coveralls; if someone would pick the patch off the back, we can use them!

I might or might not have volunteered!

I have a dentist appointment Tuesday morning, and I finally (after whining) get to see the orthopedic surgeon on Oct 22!

I can live with the pain, it would just be another ache, but the swelling bothers me!I want to know what he put in there!
So this has taken me forever cause I keep getting side tracked on the internet by stuff like this!
 

Anyhoo, have a great weekend people!

Hope you're all well! Talk to ya later!!