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It's that time of year again!!! Time to crank out 20 flakes suitable for Halloween buttons and quick enough that I can get them in the mail before it's too late! This is becoming a Halloween tradition for my family. It's a great way to send easy handmade Halloween gifts that don't rot the teeth! I scored on an excellent Etsy deal again this year with beautiful embellishments from ButtonJones. Honestly, I try to purchase all my buttons here now, not only because I don't have to drive around looking for what I want, but also because the shop is...

Joyce Faye Nelson-Crockett was 13 years old in 1955, dancing to a jukebox in the Hughes Cafe on a Saturday night in East Texas with her sister and her 16-year-old cousin, John Earl Reese. The boy had come home to the nearby town of Mayflower earlier that day after a summer away picking cotton, and he held Nelson-Crockett’s hand as he spun her around the room. All of a sudden, a sharp crack interrupted the music. Nelson-Crockett thought it was fireworks at first, until she heard a thud on the floor and noticed Reese lying there. “I looked and saw...

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Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Jaydee to host this week and she has a Clean and Simple challenge for you to work with:         I decided to use Judy's Freshly Made Sketches layout for my card and having originally decided to go super simple, after yesterday's card I couldn't resist having another go at incorporating an interactive element so I'm having another go over at Just Add Ink too - take a look:   Here's the low-down on today's card: The stars of today's...

Today I'm sharing a clean and simple card for the current challenge over at Addicted to CAS where the code word is 'Spooky':        I'm also linking up with the ladies over at Retro Rubber where the theme is 'anything goes' and at SUO Challenges where the theme is Halloween too. Whilst digging around in my retired stamp collection the other week, since this is where most of my Halloween stamps are to be found, I remembered there were three different Halloween owls in last year's 'Have A Hoot' stamp set from September 2020 and decided to use...