HOLY MOTHER OF CRAFTS!!!

I JUST SAW MARTHA DEMONSTRATE HER CIRCLE CUTTER! HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS???

AAARGGGHHH - SHE JUST GAVE ONE TO EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE!!!

Okay - I've recovered. Sort of. It looks really cool. If anyone has tried it, please leave a comment with a review!!

Oh - and by the way - this is how they start taking over.

Notice the position with legs extended in the recliner. When she is about one pound bigger, no one else will be able to sit there. Look how innocent she looks. Don't be fooled. They have both already mastered that passive resistance thing where they weigh 100 times their normal weight and go all droopy when you try to pick them up from somewhere you don't want them to be.

Tonight's card is another Doodle Factory Halloween II project. I'm pretty sure the bat and the vampire are my favorites. At least until I move on to the witch!!

I'm going to do a tutorial on something you've probably all done long ago but forgotten - the pop up card.

This is one of the first "tricks" I remember learning that was a definite ooh and aah.

To prepare for the pop-up, cut yourself a standard card base. Then cut another card that is 1/4" smaller on each side.

So if your card base is 8.5" x 5.5", then your inside piece will be 8.25" x 5.25".

Fold them and crease them with your bone folder.

Next, with the inside, smaller piece folded, cut two slits in the creased side of the card - parallel

and about 1/2" apart. The size of these (meaning how deep they

to into the card) will depend on what you're doing with your popup. Mine is pretty small, so I just cut about an inch into the card. This is what it looks like.

Next, pop that little cut piece in the OPPOSITE direction from the crease of the card so it creates a little stand.

The next step is to carefully adere your inner card to your outer card. The ticket here is to

cover every square inch of ONE SIDE (I do the bottom first) with adhesive EXCEPT for the tab that forms the stand.

Make that snug in the crease of your main card, then do the same thing for the top. All you have to do at that point is close the card and press it to be sure it's adhered.

Then, just pop your little stand out, stick some adhesive on it, and it's READY FOR A VERY SCARY VAMPIRE!!!

You better give him the candy.

Note the booglie eyes on my bat. Extremely scary.

My photography was awful tonight but I was tired. I wish you could see the blue tint on his very scary face.

The colors are all much more vivid in real life.

I hope everyone had a great Wednesday!!