I admit for Halloween I love seeing all the cuties dressed up for the annual night of free candy from strangers. I can't help myself from wanting to answer the door. I tried to give the job to my teens with little success. My daughter literally answered the bell three times, hemmed and hawed ( a southern term I believe) over the trick or treaters, told them to choose what they wanted, and then tried (unsuccessfully) to pass the duty on to her step brother. He was not having it. In his defense, he was in the basement and might as well had blinders and earphones on as he was at the computer. This left me to answer and I immediately feel into that trap again of squealing with delight at the sweetest costume dressed kiddies that echoed "trick or treat" in unison as I opened the door widely. Love it when they get excited to see your "stash" of goodies. I always try and offer a wide variety. Now, if you come late at night this offer is null and void as pickings get slimmer as the night progresses and I turn the light off after 9 PM. Most kids would rather bypass my house because I have 15 steps that require your effort to obtain that sweet treat so your chances of having five choices of chocolate or sugar coated candies is pretty good. :-) Once you have walked those 15 steps, I assure you I will reward your effort with lots of candy! I generally try and give 3-4 items. I have had parents tell me that their child only needs 1 piece. Say what? Not happening on my watch. I will tell you that it is better to give it out than see me sitting on my love seat eating said candy from the gigantic pumpkin basket it sits in at 10 PM as I channel surf for any mind numbing tv sitcom. Trust me on this people. The point of my rant is, I am generous with Halloween candy.
Moving on, it's Thursday and am I ever happy to share my first Halloween card for this year. I cut into my
Authentique papers to create my card for
Aud Sentiment's challenge, " Card for a Girl". Our sponsor is
Di's Digi's Download's and I used the
little rock chic.
I think she is the sweetest! Love her little skeleton ribbons.
For this card, I did some sewing which of course meant I had to distress because I can't sew a straight line to save my life. Another embarrassing thing I admitted. I layered the
music notes paper on a white card base and then sewed around the edges. A strip of the
harlequin with the "
Noteables Front" die cut was stapled with my tiny attacher and then
purple pearls from Queen & Co were added to accent. The tiny sticker at the bottom is also from the "
Glowing" paper line.
BTW, I want some of those awesome stockings she is wearing in my size. :-)
Thanks for stopping by my little blog and making me so lucky to have a reader!
Challenges I would like to enter my card into:
