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Halloween and catch up

I have never been a big fan of Halloween. I don't like scarey movies, costumes, music, etc. so...Halloween doesn't really appeal to me. My husband LOVES it. sigh....so, over the years I have been forced (encouraged) to participate. A couple of years ago I went all out and sewed some Star Wards costumes for the kids and they have worn them every year since. (good planning on my part, no?) this year, with me being out of town the week before Halloween, we just didn't have much time (or money) to really get ready. Thank goodness I have creative kids. They pulled together their own costumes from what we had around the house. We did also have a Superman costume given to us for Ben so, that helped. Here are Sarah and Ethan. Ethan was suppose to be Darth Maul but his dorky mom put the black on first and then tried to put red over it. aahh....that didn't work. duh! so, he went as a really dark sith Lord. Sarah was a vampire. lovely. As I said, Ben was superman, but he flew around so fast I couldn't get a picture of him. I raided Brad's closet and went as a Basketball Ref. It is a bit sad that I can wear some of his clothes....anyway! The really sad part is...my siseters in Arizona went all out and had awesome costumes! Sometimes I really miss living closer...

In stampin news, I did participate in the Friday Bloggers challenge but, as luck would have it, my computer has been totally freaking out since Thursday night! AAH! So, here is my challenge, a few days late. But, I promise it was done on time!! Our challenge was to either use the same stamps differently or different stamps the same or...something like that. Here is what I came up with . I did two sets, just to try and get it right. :o)

Comments

Lynn Mercurio said…
Great cards...all of them. Love the sparklie teeth on the one skeleton! The Christmas cards are equally as breathtaking.
November 10, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Barb Hardeman said…
Wow, Beckie! You did four great cards. The Christmas cards are so lovely, and your skeleton cards are very fun and creative...
November 10, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Unknown said…
These are wonderful Beckie. I especially love the winter cards. Lovely as a Tree is one of my fav stamp sets. Great job!
November 10, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Ida said…
Welcome back! Lovely cards. I like the soft feel the tree cards have.
November 11, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Kristen said…
great cards. Both are wonderful.
November 11, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Chrissy D said…
These are wonderful! Great take on the challenges! TFS!
November 13, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Kimberly Gajewski said…
What a wonderful cards Beckie! Love the "You Rock" cards! Actually, I love the "Lovely as a Tree" cards too...lol! :D
November 14, 2008 at 7:08 PM
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