because you asked so nicely...

i had a few requests this week to see what i'd been creating with my BIA this week...and because you asked so nicely...here it is!
its a notebook for Shimelle's latest class...just somewhere to jot down my thoughts and ideas from her daily prompts...and hopefully one day get them translated onto LO's...but you know me by now...i don't like to rush these things! lol


i made a closure with some wired ribbon, and a ribbon slide i've had for the best part of forever...the ribbon is attached with the red tape i love on the outside of the back of the notebook {it doesn't show like a wet glue would}, but i used wet glue to attach the clip...i didn't want it falling off and getting lost down the back of someone's sofa when i'm out and about...



the title...like the pp i've used...is from an ancient K&Co. kit and i've simply added glossy accents for a little bit more oomph. the pages are all the plain coloured papers i had left over from my card making history...not acid free...but perfect to use up here...i am scribbling all over them anyway...so i didn't want anything too decorative :0)


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as a little bit of Halloween fun...i couldn't resist cutting a toothless grin out of this pumpkin to replace Uncle Alan at the dinner table as he couldn't make it this week!! lol he was quieter than normal ;0)


sorry alan...what with you being an orthodontist and all...i just couldn't resist it!!

happy halloween weekend everyone...

...i'm super behind on all my halloween crafting...but the chocolate lime cupcakes are done...and now i'm off to do my lantern...have fun!

we've got friends coming over for a halloween tea...

thats not them tho...those are the merangue ghosties i've made to have with coffee...

and that's not them either...those are the cute bat sillouettes we cut to decorate the lounge ;)

hope you're having a happy halloween,

treats only for me please!

:)

ps...the eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that there are now two of my handmade cushions on the sofa! and the green ones are awaiting decoration...any time now!

look who's been eating my cupcakes!!!

Now don't get me wrong, i'm a big fan of sharing things...but who do you think i caught eating my spiders' web style cup cakes on halloween eve??? ;) Actually it looks like he's guarding them for me!! *good spider*

For our Halloween tea with the guys, I decided to make a banoffee pie {yummmeeeeeeey but seriously rich...anyone got an antacid??}. Rather than make it scary looking, when I saw this owl in the chocolate shop...i thought to myself...just scrap it instead!! There are owls and circles and branches everywhere atm...so why not recreate that in chocolate!! Seriously, this could be the way forward...scrapping entirely in chocolate!!! :)


Finally, hubby and I had to have a pumkin lantern {kindly donated to us by the kindly Vics xxx}. I know its a bit old school...and not a work of art like some of the brilliant ones I've seen on other blogs...but its just how I like 'em. And that is good enough for me!

Hope you all had a happy Halloween...with the odd treat along the way!

Thanks btw for all the lovely comments you've been leaving. Its really good to get the feedback, and I will try to check out all your blogs too, to see what you've been up to! You never know...we just might end up being new buddies!