Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween!

This is always such a fun day!  I didn't realize I had the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set, so with my recent purchase of the Stamp Punch, I decided to play around with it a little.  At Hobby Lobby yesterday, there was a package of Halloween paper just calling my name.... so here you see the background paper.

Please enjoy!

This card I LOVED the second I saw it....  it's a CASE from another Stampin' Up Demonstrator, and SO adorable!

You won't believe how easy this is to make:  Heart punch, cut in half, 'clipped' with the small circle punch.  The large star punch (ret.) *just one star prong!  The large circle punch, twice to make the curve, and then the jewel tag punch for the 'teeth'.  I had the stamp from Hobby Lobby for a few years, embossed in Tangerine Tango powder, then sponged the Daffodil Delight pieces with  Tangerine Tango ink.  SO SO cute!!!

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Halloween Kitty! Meow, Meow, MEEOOOOOOWWWWW

My Mother-In-Law is all of a sudden really crazy for anything Halloween - doesn't matter what time of year it is, she is always looking for Halloween items - trinkets, Kitties, etc.  You name it! :)

I saw this stamp in the new catalog, and put it right on my list.  In addition to loving kitties myself, I knew I'd use this for a super-cute card somehow, someway.

I was looking around online, and saw a version of this card, and knew I'd CASE it!

The kitty was stamped on white cardstock, embossed with black powder and heated, and then LIGHTLY - very very lightly, sponged to get the background color.  I tried stamping on gray, and then embossing, but the color was much too dark for my liking.

The background is white cardstock as well, but sponged!!!  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, and Rich Razzleberry make that amazing evening sunset color.  I also used the new framelits for the Happy Halloween banner, and Martha Stewart's fence border punch for a kitty perch.

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Kitchen Sink Crew Challenge #28

I'm entering this card into the KS Crew Challenge this time. Makiko's Trick or Treat Challenge sounded like way too much fun, and I LOVE using my new pumpkin stamp set!!

At the Houston workshop, Makiko provided us with cardstock that was already 'colored' around the edges. I wouldn't call it distressed since this looks much more refined, and I like the style very much.

Connie, one of the other KS Crew members told us how she made her very, very pretty bows! I've been playing around with those since we got back, and found a way to make them, too!


Here is the inside view of the card.


I used lots of inks since the pumpkins are some lighter, and some darker - as you know, no pumpkin is ever identically colored!!

One trick I did discover - when stamping the faces, I used a double stamping of More Mustard to get the background 'yellow', and then the black face on top. It really gave the look of depth.

I used some of my DCWV paper for the sparkly pumpkin background and used the Pumpkin Harvest embossing folder on the other side.

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Kitchen Sink Stamps - "Snowman" Pumpkins

This isn't a scary Halloween card, but I did see this in Houston at the KSS workshop, and had to play with these images!!


I added a scarf using the leaves and vines and at the bottom, added some of the pumpkin blossoms simply so I could see what they looked like stamped using different colors and strengths of inkings on the stamps.

They really are WAY too much fun!!!

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Busier than Ever! Halloween Cards for my family :)

Here are examples of the Halloween cards I sent out to family and friends this past week. In each envelope was a regular card, either 5x7, or 4x5 1/2 AND a pop-up card. I watch the videos on You Tube and get ideas from their creations. Here's a link to the Pop-Up card: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA44EZ5z_Tg

I just love the Drippy Goo punch and Bugs and Hisses Stamp!

The Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge is awesome for Halloween!

Enjoy!

Halloween Cards for Soldiers! August 17 - Sept. 7, 2008

I had more fun making these than I thought!

I used Paper Studio paper from Hobby Lobby - Spiderwebs and Halloween Stripe cut at 2" by 4", and Halloween Words cut at 4" by 6". I used a Stampendous stamp "Bugs and Hisses" and Studio G Series 12 October stamps for the pumpkin and 'trick or treat' accents.

Cricut cart PaperDolls Dress Up helped me cut out the mummy, the ghost, and alien. I also cut black spiderwebs, but my husband said, "Spiderwebs are white." So I cut some white ones and layered them 'cause I just couldn't waste those cool looking black ones! I also cut the pumpkins from the PDDU cart, and used my Sakura glaze pens and Marvy brush markers to color them.

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