Sunday, October 23, 2011

Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down Blog Hop - Week Eleven

                                      Only two more posts to go until the big day!  Wow I've actually made it through this far in Shirley Pumpkin's awesome Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down Blog Hop

Today I'm posting a few things since I thought I better step up the process a bit here and make up for the two weeks I wasn't able to post.
To begin with I'm sharing a card I actually made for Mojo Monday 211, however when making it I had this blog hop in mind.  You can see my previous post for all the details and more pictures.  For now though here are a few views of my card.
I just love these ghoulish sneaks as they make their way through the graveyard on the way to collect their Halloween Treats!  This image is from the Haunting Wheel that is for sale on Stampin' Up's Clearance Rack.  What a bargain and what a hoot for Halloween!

Here's my full card using the sketch challenge from Mojo 211.  I really like the bow and the layers on this card.
I couldn't resist showing this spooky scene one more time.  I've used one of the gorgeous papers from the Pick Your Poison Designer Papers series for the background.  It's a perfect scrapbook page for those scary shots and also for highlighting this spooky card! 

I've been busy making treats for company and friends for the upcoming festivities.  Can you guess what this is? 

Right now I'm in love with making these Lollies and have been putting them on everything, including my treats! 
These two beautiful little gifts are quite simply dressed up Cadbury Chocolate bars.  No kidding! They're fun to make and certainly don't look like plain old chocolate bars when they're dressed up in this finery.  For something that takes very little time and supplies treats like these make a big impact.


I thought I'd show you just how simple they are to make.  To begin with just remove the outside wrapper from your chocolate bar and measure it to get the width of paper you will need.  Once you've got your measurement just cut out pieces of DSP to use for the wrappers.

 Before wrapping the bars, score lines to make it easier to wrap the designer paper around the bar and then secure by overlapping ends with sticky strip.


 Here's what they should look like before you add your embellisments. They look really pretty just as they are!
And voila the finished product on display.  I love the way these turned out and my plan is to make a  whole bunch of them for the grownups............... providing my husband and I don't eat the chocolate bars first! 

So that's it for this week of Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down.  Have you decided to play along yet?  There's still time to get your name in Shirley's draw for $25.00 in free product from the Holiday Mini catalogue.  Here's some rules for you to make your playing along easier........... hope to see you in this week's postings.

Here are the rules:
1. Whatever your entry is it has to be Halloween - either a card or 3D item.
2. It does not have to be 100% SU 80% is ok.
3. Yes using Retired is OK...
4. Use Shirley’s Monster Mash Badge/Graphic in your post and a link back to her blog.
5. Add your card to the blog hop then put the code on your post.
6. You can enter as many times as you like, it just has to be a new card and post.
The Blog Hop started a few months ago and is now in week eleven.  Shirley picks a favourite every week during the 12 weeks and then out of the 12 weekly winners will pick a Grand Prize winner. The Prize is $25.00 in new cool stuff from the new Holiday Mini, and the lucky winner will be announced on Halloween.  How cool is that!

When you post Shirley’s badge please add a few words about the blog hop on your blog. Shirley had to delete a few entries a while back because they didn’t follow any of rules.  Might be wise to mention there are rules or copy them to your post like I did.  Okay so now I’m excited to see your entry.

9 comments:

Boni MontaƱo said...

Hi Penny! What a cute idea. I think my kids teachers would love this as a Halloween treat! Thanks for sharing. I am following you! You have beautiful cards and ideas. Thank you for sharing and inspiring us! : )

Shirley Pumpkin said...

I love the card, the ribbon is so pretty on it. I think that is a cool idea to use that DSP as a background for your card. Oh and the Candy... YUMMY!! Thanks for doing the MMMHC Blog Hop again this week.... you even had you post up before mine!! lol

Hugs
Shirley

Elizabeth Price said...

The card is so cool. I just love everything about it! And that big candy bar all decorated is going to make somebody very happy :0) Smiles, Elizabeth

Dale Morin said...

Love your halloween treats. the card is super too. I also love your bow!

Debbie Carriere said...

Fantastic card!!! And look at those great dressed up candy bars!! Love them!

Anonymous said...

Hi Penny. Wish I had the inspiration and talent to create the cards and "stuff" you do. Bet the candy bar inside tastes better!

Richard

Anonymous said...

Hey Penny....Hope I haven't blogged twice. Loved the Chocolate bar treatment. Wish I had the inspiration and talent you do for making your cards and other "stuff" The cards using the light box look great too!

Cheers Richard

Candice said...

the candy bars are wicked cute!!!

super cute card :-)

Denise Pustelniak said...

WOW Penny, You've been busy making all these special items, they are all Awesome!

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