Halloween swap-Seasonal Chums

Can you guess what sets were used on this card?

Seasonal Chums, the pumpkin from the Holiday catalog
Spooky Cat from the Holiday catalog
Cat Punch from the Holiday catalog
The bats from the set called Sweet Home from the annual catalog

The door from the set called At Home

When the door is opened you see more items from the various catalogs

The spider web from Sweet Home
Trick or Treat from the Seasonal chums
Brick embossing folder from the Annual catalog


I love all the layers of this card that Margo made and swapped with me.

Tomorrow I will show off a card I swapped that was made with the Merry Cafe stamp set from the Holiday catalog.

Halloween swaps-Spooky cat

Check out this background for the owl stamp.  It is another section of the Spooky Night designer paper.  If you want to make some easy cards, then cut out the branch, stamp the owl and there you go some easy Halloween cards.  

This card may look simple, but when you open it up.....

It becomes an easel card.  Isn't this cute.  I love the little saying with the eyeballs that has been used in the center. The new stamp called Labels to Love has been used as the background for the eyeballs. It can be punched out with the new punch called Everyday Label Punch.

So, you should never judge a card by its cover.

Tomorrow I will show you a card that is made with several different items from both the Holiday and the Annual catalog.

Halloween Fun class- Halloween Shaker card

 I am almost obsessed with making shaker cards so of course we have to do one for Halloween.  I punched out stars using the Confetti Stars border punch using the following colors.....

Delightful Dijon
Crushed Curry
Daffodil Delight
So Saffron
Gold Foil
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper

I wanted the circle and the shaker items to look like the moon.  This fun set is called Spooky Fun and has lots of fun items to use for fall or Halloween.  I especially like the rugged looking tree.

Come back tomorrow to see one of the treat holders we will be making at Halloween Fun.

Halloween Fun class-Ghoulish Grunge Halloween card

  When I saw the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set I knew I would be able to use it for Halloween, and maybe some other events.  I found a card on Pinterest that looked something like this and decided to feature it in my Halloween fun class.

Items included in this card.

Jar of Haunts stamp set
Ghoulish Grunge stamp set
Everyday Jars Thinlits
Real Red
Basic Black
Old Olive
Pumpkin Pie inks
Pumpkin Pie
Crushed Curry markers.

  This card class will be held at 12:30 or 6:30 on October 8th.  Anyone attending will be making 2 cards, and 3 treat holders.  In addition each attendee will receive a goodie bag full of Halloween items.

Come back tomorrow to see another card you can make at my Halloween Fun class.

Holiday Catalog Open House-Halloween

Last week I featured the Jar of Love stamp set, one of my favorites.  So, when I saw the Jar of Haunts in the Holiday catalog I knew It would be mine.

I found these darling treat holders on Pinterest displayed by Nancy Endwright.  The are small but can hold at least 2 Hershey Treasures.  I can see myself making quite a few of these to hand out in classes during October.

You can make one for yourself by coming to my Holiday Open House on Friday, September 16th at 6:30 PM or Saturday, September 17th at 12:30.

This week I will be featuring one of the items you will be able to make at the open house.

Come back tomorrow to see a Thanksgiving card we will make designed by Mary Fish.

Everything but stamping for Halloween

     Are you attracted to this card as much as I was?  Here is what I love about this idea I found on Mary Fish's blog Stampin Pretty.

The colors, black and white and Tangelo Twist

The designer paper-love the curly cue ghosts

The simplicity 4 items make such a cute card

Using my big shot  The window, the sill, and the work spooky all used the big shot to be cut out.

   I wonder if some of the other designer papers would look as good behind a coordination window?  Hmm sounds like a challenge to pursue.

Happy Haunting for Halloween-I'm back

It is hard for me to believe that so much time has passed since my last posting.  Sometimes events in life keep us from our regular routine.  But I am back and exciting about sharing my stamping ideas with you once again.

 This was a favorite card of mine several years ago.  Why?

Washi tape of course
Simple design and
Cute witch

Well, I wanted to make some Halloween cards this year that looked as much like this card as possible.

 The cute witch was gone and so were the bats, but how about a skull and some spiders.

Or how about a bat and some spiders.  I thought these turned out cute especially when I added some googly eyes.  But, not as cute as that witch.

See what you can do with an idea you like and how you can change it up to be similar.  

Happy Halloween!

Framed Art for October

    

     This was last year's framed art for October.  I got the idea for the art from Connie Babbert.  I loved the picture and so did the ladies who made it.  Well, some new stampers looked at the framed art pictures each month when they came to class and decided they too wanted monthly framed art pictures.  Major Problem  Most of the items on the picture are retired items and I believe in using only current items on my projects and here is why.  What is the ladies wanted to purchase one of the items so they could make more pictures for family and friends.  They would be out of luck.  So for the October framed art I had to change up some things.

  Can you see what I changed?

New designer paper for the background

A spider doily instead of washi tape and a circle

An image from the stamp set Among the Branches (you will be able to order on Sept 4th)

Boo! from the new framelits called Boo to You

I love the changes and so did my stampers.