more treat than trick.

HM small.jpg I love the haunted mansion at Disneyland… especially at Halloween. They decorate it up with Nightmare before Christmas goodies, and it’s WAAAAY cool. That’s my idea of fun-scary. Things that are creepy but not hair raising or truly scary. Even little Miss E LOVED all the decorations and ghosts, and it reminded me that I love things that are imaginative, fun, and that don’t make you scream in fear! Yes, what I’m saying is that when it comes to Halloween things I’m more treats than tricks.

Like many of you I love Halloween, and I always enjoy all of the festivities surrounding it. From carving pumpkins to baking treats… I love it! The only thing I don’t love is the super scary stuff. I guess I’m just not a fan of making my house so scary the little ones run away crying. Witches, cobwebs and traditional stuff is cool… I just don’t do the ‘horror’ type scary. As a kid I always said that I’d never have a ’scary’ halloween house when I grew up… and I’ve remained true to that. I like spreading the treats! Much as I love to dress up this year I might just wear my pumpkin T-shirt and skip a full costume. I’m already commited to baking cupcakes for the gym daycare party, and carving pumpkins tomorrow… so I’m probably not going to have time to think costume, but that’s OK with me.

To celebrate the upcoming holiday (and spread some fiskateer love) I think I’ll give away a few of Fiskars new squeeze punches! If you haven’t already tried one of these you should!!! They are not only great shapes, but also FANTASTIC and so easy to use it makes me wish I could change my other punches into squeeze punches. SO… today I give you no tricks, just treats. =)

(leave a comment here to sign up and I’ll draw a name on Wednesday morning!)

(side note- I’ll share pics of my front door and Miss E in full costume tomorrow…)

edited to add: Fiskars wants your input on the squeeze punches! Click on this link to take the survey.

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71 Responses to “more treat than trick.”

  1. Rebecca says:

    Hi May! Please SQUEEZE me!! Thanks!
    Rebecca

  2. Elena says:

    I have not tried the squeeze punch yet! pick me!

  3. Mary says:

    way to cool…I love halloween..haunted house well in disney world was all our favorites!! One of these years I want to make it down there in october…hoping maybe next year…depends on kids schedule..I can’t wait to see the new punches…Thanks May !

  4. Jen says:

    Happy Halloween! Would love to try the new squeeze punches. :)

  5. Tammy says:

    I love the picture. I was in Disney about 2 weeks too soon for the decorations on the masion. I can’t wait to see the pictures tomorrow.

  6. erin yamabe says:

    wow. you are so current with your scrappin! that is impressive. i’m not a chronological scrapper by any stretch, but there is a part of me that wants to be more current:)

  7. Tina Mayo says:

    squeeze me , squeeze me!! I am like you I don’t like the scary either. This is really the first halloween, since I was a kid that we will be participating in, My Punkinn (Bishop) will be 15 months old this week. I think we will just go trick or treating at the mall, since he is not walking yet. Have a great Halloween!!

  8. Bonnie Hollaway says:

    I’m with you, May, when it comes to traditional scary Halloween things - I’m not into “HORROR” type scary, either! Loved making costumes for my 6 kids when they were small, now I still make costumes for my DD & her BF( they’re 16!!) Will post their pic in costumes tomorrow, also - their costume is a secret!!! LOL! Have fun carving your pumpkins - DD & I will carve ours tonight!!! Please put me in for the drawing - just saw & tried the new squeeze punches last week - really neat!!!

  9. E says:

    I’d love a squeeze from you, May! And the Haunted Mansion page looks great. You’ve just sparked an idea for our 1st family vacation next year! Can’t wait to see Miss E in her costume tomorrow!

  10. Gretchen says:

    I’ll add my name - no problem!

    Have a great day!
    Gretchen

  11. Kriss says:

    I’d love to try the new punches!

  12. DI Hickman says:

    I took the survey :) love giving input!
    Disney at halloween looks fun! Never been at halloween! I did go to 6 flags once, that was cool at halloween!

  13. Beth says:

    I would love a new Fiskars squeeze punch! I have trouble with many punches due to hand strength issues, and the Fiskars punch looks easy to use. Thank you for doing this give-a-way! Yay! : )

  14. Michelle says:

    Yay, treats! I haven’t won anything in a while so maybe this will be my lucky post :) I’m dying to get my hands on some of those squeeze punches!!!

  15. Debbie Buckland says:

    oooh I’d love to try out the new squeese punches. In particular I’d love to have anything baby, hand print or foot print. ;) Since that is what I’ll be scrapping in the next few years. lol

  16. Loydene says:

    I’m with you, May — but I’m afraid that DS and my sister are more the “scare your pants off” type Halloweeners! DS was working on a fire breathing jack o lantern just last night — he has the flames working with a complicated hopper to feed baking powder into a tube, rigged to another tube for him to blow into — all of which feeds a fine mist of baking power across the top of candle inside the pumpkin - which results (sometimes!!) in flames shooting out of the jacko’lanterns teeth! Just so you won’t worry — he is very careful — and learned the trick in his AP chemistry class!
    Best of the holiday — which means chocolate!
    Loydene

  17. Lori says:

    I agree with you about the ‘horror’ type scary. I wish more people would stick with the fun stuff especially the jack-o-lanterns. I have not used the new squeeze punches yet, I have some on my wish list though.

  18. Jeanelle says:

    I would love to try the new punches!

    Have a SPOOKY Halloween!

  19. Kelly says:

    Oh, I would loved to be picked!

  20. Bonnie says:

    Please, please SQUEEZE ME!!!!! Would love a try at the new punches, plus I NEVER win anything. We just went to a neat pumpkin festival in Norwich, NY. Thousands of neat jack-o-lanterns, all lit up. It was so neat. Thanks. Bonnie Z.

  21. Sandy2 says:

    I hope I win! I hope I win!!

  22. Amy says:

    Yeah! Squeezes!! I am stalking my local stores, but haven’t seen them yet.

  23. MoMeg says:

    I would LOVE to try out the Squeeze ~ please enter me!

  24. Nicole says:

    Count me in!! Love the new punches and have been waiting for them to arrive at my lss!!
    Thanks!!

  25. Kim Lam says:

    I took the survey. It was short and painless! The squeeze punches look cool. I need to get me some.

  26. Rebecca S. says:

    I would LOVE to get my hands on a squeeze punch! I haven’t seen them in stores yet.

  27. Rachel H. says:

    I would love to join the drawing. I will take the survey too!

  28. Jena says:

    The Haunted Mansion layout is awesome. I would like to know what product you used. Oh yeah - and please enter me in your drawing too.

  29. Jacinta says:

    Love the layout. I’d also love a squeeze.

  30. Sue K. says:

    I would love to win one of those squeeze punches! I have not yet had the chance to try them out. Thanks!!

  31. Penny says:

    I’d love to try one of these!

  32. TammyMS says:

    i’d love to try the new squeezes!

  33. Shell says:

    I’d love to try the new squeezes too!!

    My kids are getting ramped up for trick or treating…it’s the next best thing to christmas around here….

  34. Cyndi says:

    Love the squeeze punches!

  35. Cathy K. says:

    Love the Haunted Mansion too, so much fun. Would love to try the new squeezes.

  36. Jane Hasty says:

    I can’t wait to see little Miss E!

  37. Robyn W says:

    ok me too, i am putting my hand up to say i need to try ‘em too,
    GREAT layout, i am a big scaredy cat when it comes to that kind of thing!

  38. Cheery Bunny says:

    I am so in love with the concept of these Squeeze Punches. And I love the shapes they come in– fun, yet practical! I can’t wait to get my hands on a Fiskars Circle Border punch either– I haven’t had the chance to try one yet and they look like way too much fun!

  39. Rosy says:

    You don’t need to include me in the drawing…I just wanted to come on and say those squeeze punches are *amazing*!!

  40. Bonnie says:

    Cheryl, thanks for entering me into the drawing. I’m looking forward to trying the Fiskar punches. Happy Halloween :)

  41. Sandy says:

    Would love a treat for Halloween - Sign me up!

  42. Jennie says:

    Sign me up! The designs are great!

  43. Vidya G says:

    I love Halloween…thanks for doing this giveaway =)

  44. Jenna says:

    Cute page! I like cute-scary too!

  45. Amyre says:

    Fiskars Squeeze Punch and Halloween….Can life get any better? I tried a Squeeze punch out and loved it. They are just as hard to find as the green drill. When I went to visit my Dad in Northern CA, I plotted out all the scrapbooking stores on the way…. and low and behold I got one at a “BEN FRANKLINS” in Novato.

  46. stephanie S says:

    I love these new squeeze punches, they are sooo easy to punch. Hope everyone has a safe Halloween !!!

  47. Wendy Jo says:

    I personally can’t wait to get my hands on all sizes of the Squeeze Punch circles. I have yet to see them in stores. Looks like I’ll have to order through the Fiskars website.

  48. Jeanne says:

    WOW! I would love to be squeezed! Thanks for doing this.

  49. Michelle M says:

    I also love the haunted mansion, this time of year. It’s been a few years since I visited, but took lots of pictures.
    I have not yet been able to check out the squeeze punches, but hope to soon!
    mm

  50. samantha says:

    I have not tried these yet either, but they look really easy to use. Happy Halloween! (Is Oct really over already???)

  51. Monica Fullerton says:

    I want in - to receive a Fiskars punch of my own would be just
    ex-queeze-it. Happy Halloween everyone!

    Monica

  52. Selena says:

    I’m glad someone else loves Halloween too. It’s just so much fun!!! Happy Halloween!!!

  53. Sudie says:

    Cute page. and those squeeze punches are such an innovative and cool tool! a better mousetrap.

  54. Megan says:

    I love the squeeze punch! Our town has a decorated house contest for Halloween. Very impressive, but too spooky for the little ones. Our “spooky” is the big blow up stuff in yards.

    Happy Halloween!!!

  55. Brittnye says:

    Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!

  56. Julie M. says:

    so ready to squeeze! What shapes/sizes do they come in? CK Dec reviewed it but only showed a butterfly ( i think) and heart…what other goodies?

  57. Denise R says:

    Hello May!
    I have one squeeze punch, but would love to have more to start a collection, I love them! Please enter me!! Glad to hear you had fun a D’land. Have to get my daughter there soon. Happy Halloween to all!!!!

  58. wetpaws says:

    I would love to go to disneyland. have never been there. I would love to try the squeeze punches. They sound so Awesome and a must have. please enter me and HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!!!

  59. Maya says:

    May, what an amazing layout! You are just getting better and better :)

    P.S. Of course I would like to try the puch, too.

  60. Tamara says:

    Ready, set, SQUEEZE me baby!

    LOL Done my survey, love it when companies ask for our input :)

  61. Melissa E. says:

    You sound like my type of Halloween decorator. I love Halloween stuff….but it’s got to be cute.

    Enter me into the squeeze punch drawing please.

    Thanks and Happy Halloween!

  62. Victoria in TX says:

    I’d love to win one of these as I have a lot of trouble with my Rheumatoid Arthritis and I hear these are much easier than your average punches.

    Happy Haunting!

  63. jenifer says:

    I would love to try the circle punch—I (heart) circles

    happy halloween!!!

  64. cherylp says:

    I would LOVE to try out these squeezes! They look so fun to use!

  65. Joy says:

    I’ve been needing to get one of the circle squeeze punches…I just got funky love last week and it is VERY fun!

  66. Shannon says:

    Oooh, me..me! I’d love to try the new punches!

  67. Melissa S says:

    I haven’t tried a squeeze yet!! Gimme a Squeeze Please!

  68. melita says:

    i’d love a squeezie halloween treat!

  69. Sarah says:

    I love squeezes too!

  70. Kit Ferber says:

    Hi, I’m new to this site. It was recommended by one of our customers at the store that I work at. Sign me up. I’m game for anything new.

  71. susan says:

    I love the haunted mansion too. Sign me up to win a punch!!

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