Halloween Countdown

Hello! We've been working on a few Halloween crafts here and I wanted to share. First up, some Pumpkin Ice Cream soap we made! I got the idea from Poppy Paperie and I thought it would be fun to make some Halloween ice cream soap! I got the mold and most of the supplies from Bramble Berry. I've made soap before, but this was the first time using a mold like this so it was a fun experiment!

I decided to try to use some Drink Sparkles from Wilton that I picked up from Michael's. I mixed up the melted Shea Melt-and-Pour white base form Bramble Berry and some gel food coloring. I'd like to try the Bramble Berry micas and colorings, but I only ordered a few things for my first try. I poured one layer at a time, waited and then added another layer using a mist of alcohol between layers.

I'd say they turned out pretty cute for a first try! Next time I will for sure use the colors form Bramble Berry. It's hard to see, but there is a slight sheen of sparkle from the Drink Sparkles.

All packaged up!!! I used terrifically tacky tape to adhere the soap to a cardstock base and slid it in an acrylic box. Tied it up with ribbon and a tag stamped from Taylored Expressions' Spooky Tree (I don't see it on the site right now) and Papertrey's Just for You set.

A quick and SIMPLE card using the Halloween Noteblock from Purple Onion Designs and the Spooky Tree from Taylored Expressions. Added a little bling, too! I love how simple this card is and it's going right out to one of my crafty friends!

Next I want to show you a sneak peek at a little craft project my husband is working on! I came home one night and found him using my Cricut to make stencils for a homemade graveyard! Here's a quick peek. I'll try to get better, spookier pics when he sets up the lights!!!

Thanks for stopping in! 

Halloween Party

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Today is a big day in the magical world of the Witch Crafter. I am here to share with you tidbits of Halloween celebration and eerie delights. Follow me on a quick jaunt to my cozy witch's cottage and you shall witness for yourself the happenings on Halloween Lane. First, we must embark on a deeply sacred and magical path toward the tiny cottage my magical family inhabits.

Now please, ghoul friends, stop to enjoy your surroundings. Breathe deep from the well of magical healing and transport yourself to a more quiet, sacred time. Make the effort to consider your journey. Embrace the silence and the solitude. This is the time of year to go inside your own soul and ponder your thoughts.

What beauty awaits you here...

Ah, you have finally arrived to visit my wee cottage. Sit for a spell...

May I offer you all of the sugared delights small goblins can create? You see, the Witch Crafter has four small goblins living in my witchy palace. They are 6, 5, 4 and 3 years, respectively. This keeps the Witch Crafter very, very busy. I must stir up several potions a day to keep my goblins from running amok and tearing down the cottage. They are very, very wild. I must keep them well-fed and rested at all times and they absolutely insist on creating and making art of all kinds. This is a must in our cottage. They created these delicious cupcakes for you. They must like you very much because they have piled the sugar on these treats!

It is also very important for the Mama Witch to display the goblins' creations. After all, they are made with love, sticky fingers and the magic of childhood...

These sugar skulls were made by the 5 and 6 year old goblins. The Witch Crafter is very proud of such handiwork!

I must point out the haunting graveyard to the right of the cottage porch now. It was here many years before my family moved here.

I am not aware of its origin, but there have been whispers in the night of unrequited love...and revenge. Oh my. Such spooky things! Let us scurry off before we scare ourselves!

Before you leave, dear friends, I must invite you into my parlor. There is a spell I have been working on for a fortnight and I must insist you indulge me. Come now...Sit...

Patented Syrup of Venom will do just the trick. A dash of Witch's brew...

Light a candle or twelve...

Gather my incenses, magical powders and tinctures...

Oh my! Can you see the magic in the air? Tiny droplets!!!

All is done and if I did it right, The Pumpkin Kings and I...

have shared the Halloween Magic with you, too!!!! May you have a fabulous Halloween!!!

Full of Magic...

Stop in again soon. I will be waiting for you!

Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!

Sidetracked

Yes, I really do have bins full of Halloween crafting supplies waiting for me! I got sidetracked, though! I just couldn't help myself and had to use my new Nutcracker Sweet stamp to make a Holiday card. I was inspired by the sketch from the WMSC17 again! I just adore Waltzingmouse Stamps!!! They are such high quality that it's really very simple to create something eye-catching and beautiful. My new obsession!

I love this little tree image. Simple card, but I really like these non-traditional Holiday colors. The background was created by stamping various Holiday greetings from the set in white on Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist paper.

I am having fun with the wrinkled seam binding that I got from Etsy here.

Now back to spooky and magical Halloween crafting. I have big plans today! I should see you back here tomorrow unless my wicked little plans are thrown off by some scheming superheroes and other creatures that have taken residence in my creepy cottage!!! Two Spidermen, One Meddling Dinosaur and one Vampiress! ;) Surely these little monsters would like to craft, too!

WMSC17-Gothic Windows

Happy Magical Monday! I hope your week is filled with all sorts of crafting fun! Today I am participating in Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge #17! Click here to see the sketch and join in on the fun!

I just love orange and brown for a Halloween card! The Midnight Feast set was so fun to play with today. Love this Gothic window image! I am trying to squeeze in as many Halloween cards as I can before the season is over and it's time for Holiday cards. Only 27 days left!

Back to my little crafting studio...Hope to bring some more crafty goodness to this spot again tomorrow! :)

Now go play the day away!

Mornings are Lovely

I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee.  ~Harry Mahtar

Good morning friends! My morning has begun with my daily latte and I am pretty sure it was indeed magical because it jumped right out of my cup and down my shirt! That cannot stop me, though, for I have plans! I am pondering exactly what kind of morning I feel like having today. I think I'll need some more coffee, of course, some music, lit candles and time in my craft studio.

I think I shall also carve out a bit of time to bake with my little witch because we love to bake together AND we have matching aprons to wear today.

Eeek! Cute, no!? I just love, love, love this time of year. It makes me downright giddy!!!

Maybe I will craft some goodie bags for my dear witchypoo friends? Just maybe. They do need some BROOMSTICK FUEL! Bwahahahaa!

Witch card: Northwoods rubber stamp, cracks punch by Martha Stewart
Brown lunch bag: Martha Stewart rubber stamps
Broomstick Fuel: Target



Magical Monday

Magical Monday

Happy Magical Monday! The beginning of the week is a great time for crafting something magical and special! It gets the ball rolling on a great week if you take time to do what you love or make something beautiful. I spent my Monday morning tidying up my little cottage, but tonight I have plans to retreat to my craft room and take time to CREATE a little something artsy.  What have you done to make your Monday a Magical one?

Tonight I plan on playing with the little binding machine I dug out of its corner recently. Little seasonal notebooks are such fun to create. I've been a list maker since I could write and I so enjoy making little lists of all the fun things to do this time of year. Want to see my list of things to do/create/read/make happen?

 Halloween Noteblock stamp-Purple Onion Designs
Star Background stamp-Unity

Witch Crafter's List of Autumn and Halloween Goodness

• Make jar luminaries with the kids.
• Make apple pie scented candles.
• Read and make the apple cake from this awesome book.
• Make caramel apples.
• Make a papier mache haunted house with the kids.
• Yummy apple cider and Himalayan Apple Spice Tea. 
• How about making some cute wooden pumpkins?
• Bonfires!
• This spooky cookbook is calling my kids' names from the shelf! ;)
• I adore this autumn wreath.
• Hello, Harvest Moon.
• Make apple butter.
• Lantern making.
• A trip to the Pumpkin Patch.
• Lovely felted soap.
• Read Pumpkin Moonshine.
• Autumn Picnic time!
• Make Dragon bread for Michaelmas.
• Browse through all of my Gooseberry Patch Autumn cookbooks.
• Nature walks almost everyday!
• Pumpkin pie.
• Collect fallen leaves and make King Autumn crowns.
• A Ghoulies and Ghosties High tea from Celtic Tea.
• It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
• Read The Halloween Tree.

Hope you enjoy your very own Magical Monday.

Waltzingmouse Magic

I am super excited to be participating in my first ever WMS Blog Waltz. This project was particularly magical because, obviously, The Witch Crafter loves Halloween. The WMS Halloween images are to die for! I have so many more ideas for the three fabulous Halloween sets, but I knew immediately that I wanted to create potion bottles of sorts. Vampire Blood, Witch's Brew and Venom Syrup...*cackle cackle* Yes Yes! Oh my!!! Let's play dearies!



If there is anything a witchy poo needs most it's a deliciously Spooky Kitchen. I cleaned the cobwebs off of my kitchen shelves, swept the faerie dust from my counter tops and created a fresh canvas for my spooky plans. 

The WMS Halloween images were stamped with Versafine and adorned with my bloody finger and a few Copics. Of course, I snagged the wonderful idea of a bloody fingerprint from the WMS site itself. Those samples are fabulous. I spritzed a few of the labels with Smooch Spritz gold. I really wanted Venom Syrup so I used the Rescue Remedies set and the Double Strength Venom sentiment to create the label I wanted! Nesties made die cutting two of the labels so easy. These potion bottles really fit the bill! You can get your own little bottles at Hobby Lobby.

Won't my kitchen look so cute with my very own Witch's Brew?

The kitchen might be my favorite spot to decorate. Oodles of candles, spooky brews bubbling, fancy faerie lights and tantalizing treats.  

Thanks so much for visiting a corner of my Spooky Kitchen! Come back soon!