Let the Holidays Begin...

I am so excited that the holidays are starting... Fall is here and it is one of my favorite times of year! The weather is cooling down with crisp fall air that necessitates lots of warm sweaters and jackets. I love the warm colors of fall, and of course the fun new set of projects that we can do at this time of year.

Here is a yummy treat that I found and made. I adjusted it a little bit, but I think it turned out good.

HALLOWEEN CHEX MIX
8 oz white chocolate baking bars, coarsely chopped
4 cups Corn Chex or Rice Chex cereal
2 cups bite-size pretzel twists (I substituted small bite size honey wheat pretzels from Trader Joes)
1/2 cup raisins (I substituted Craisins)
1 cup candy corn
1/4 cup Betty Crocker orange and black candy decors

1. In large microwavable bowl, microwave chopped baking bars uncovered on High 1 minute 30 seconds to 2 minutes 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth.
2. Gently stir in cereal, pretzels and raisins until evenly coated. Stir in candy corn and decors.
3. Spread on waxed paper or foil until cool and chocolate is set, about 30 minutes. Break into chunks. Store loosely covered.


Here is a Halloween card that I made for a card swap with other Stampin' Up people.

I used the Haunting Halloween stamp set. Cardstock Colors are Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant, Going Gray, and Whisper White. I stamped the flowers with the VersaMark pad and then used black embossing powder. After they were embossed I used bleach to give the stars their glow. The cat witch was stamped in black and painted using the aqua painter and my markers. Then my favorite part was changing the spider on the "...a haunting Halloween" stamp to a spider made from a black brad and then used a white gel pen to put the eyes on eyes. I love the holidays!

Finally, here is a Cute and Creepy Cookie spider that we made for a class activity at Sam's school.
I used a double stuff oreo cookie as the body of the spider (mine have the white frosting but the holiday orange would work too). I wanted to use black rope licorice for the legs but could only find red, and I think it still turned out cute with red legs. The legs are stuck into the frosting. (When the kids were making them, they had trouble getting the legs inside the frosting without breaking the cookie, so we opened up the cookie, they set the legs down and then we used some frosting to help "glue" the top of the body back on top.) Finally we used red and yellow Tic Tac's for the spooky eyes and attached them with some chocolate frosting. (Mini M&M's would also work).

Anyways... let the holidays begin. I love this time of year and it is going to be a great Holiday Season.