Happy Halloween card!

Hey there!  It's Jessica B. here with a fun Halloween card to share.  I don't know about you, but I like having cards for every occasion and Halloween is no exception.  It's nice to give a handmade card to a friend or neighbor along with some fresh cookies.  Here's what I did with the Witchy Poo and Happy Halloween sets...

I love that little banner and I wanted to use it on this card, but I wanted to show it in a different way.  I punched some one-inch circles from a patterned paper and folded just a bit over on the top of each one.  I attached them to some twine and then used foam tape to put the stamped banner pieces over the circles.  The bats were also attached with foam tape and the sentiment was just stamped directly on the card front. 

This was quick and easy to put together and I look forward to giving it away.  That's what cards are for, after all :)

Have a great Thursday and be sure to check out our Facebook page for more info about our current DT call.  I'd love to see some of our fans apply!

Supplies Used:
gel-a-tins Happy Halloween set
gel-a-tins Witchy Poo set
Xyron 510 with permanent refill
Foam adhesive (made with my Xyron)
Pink Paislee papers
Twine by The Twinery

Let's get crafty!

Another fun project to share with you today!  I made a shaker card and I can't wait to share it with you.  Hope you like it!

I used both the Witchy Poo and Happy Halloween sets on this one.  The card isn't hard to make at all as long as you've got a piece of foam adhesive.  If you don't, make your own by running craft foam through your Xyron on both sides.  Cheap and easy!

This bat is one of my favorite stamps from the Happy Halloween set.  I stamped them in black first and then went over them with Versamark ink and our Pearly White Gelly Powder.  I did the same thing with the sentiment.  The glitter and texture looks so good on the card.

For the haunted house from the Witchy Poo set I stamped again in Versamark and then embossed it using the Storm Scented Gelly Powder.  The silver color is really pretty and the scent is masculine but not too strong. 

I also embossed with the White On Gelly powder on that chipboard moon. It wasn't the right color and that was a quick and easy fix.  I added the black Martha Stewart glitter to the inside edge and the Art Glitter vintage glass glitter to the outside edges for a final detail. 

Papers are by Echo Park and Making Memories, black ink is by Staz-On and dries clear glue is by Art Glitter.

Well, that's it's for me today!  I hope you've had a great week and are looking forward to a fun and relaxing weekend.  I know I am!

October Monthly Challenge (and Sept. winner)

Happy Saturday, first day of October and World Card Making Day to you all!  I do plan on doing some crafting this weekend, and I also plan on doing some fall decorating :)

Let's start today off with the winner of our September Monthly Challenge.  We only had one, so Bobbi-Lynn wins with this adorable card!

She'll get our Sheltering Tree stamp set.  Thank you so much for playing along!  Just e-mail me with your address and we'll get that prize out to you!

This month I'm challenging you to make a Halloween-themed project with your gel-a-tin stamps!  It can be a card, layout or altered item, I just want to see some Halloween out there.  It could be in the colors or style too (just in case you don't have any of our Halloween stamps just yet).  Here's what I did...

I used both of our Halloween stamp sets to alter this little frame (which I then filled with a picture of my youngest in a candy coma).  I just love that pumpkin from the Halloween set and the banner from the Witchy Poo set is a favorite of mine too.  The papers are by GCD Studios and the accents are by Making Memories.  Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.

I really want to see your work this month!  Please link up using the widget below and we'll choose a winner at random.  They'll get the Halloween set that I used for part of my project!

I can't wait to see what you all come up with!  Good luck!

What a week!

Busy times for me!  We're coming up on fall break which means that right now it's all about half-days, assemblies and parent-teacher conferences.  Throw in a new DT to choose and you have one busy girl! :)

Our current team has been wonderful and they're still working hard on projects to share with you!  Let's check out one from Ellen to start off this fall Friday!

"I love love to create my own backgrounds with cardstock, stamps and ink!"

Here are a few more with the save the date stamp set
Supplies:
Core'dinations Cardstock
CI button
Twinery Twine
Cosmo Cricket alpha stickers

We have another card by Cassie today for you!  I love the Halloween set and this card is making me think about all the other projects I need to make with it for October!

"I didn't just want to use black, although I struggled not to, haha. I pulled out some navy paper, and gave it a roughed up look by rubbing the ink pad directly onto the paper. For the main panel I used my Copics and my airbrush system to get the same sort of color as the navy paper, and then I embossed the little ghost in white."

Ink: Craft White, Black Soot distress ink
Paper: SU Not Quite Navy, CDS Cottonball White, MME Gertie
Copics: T3, B39, BG75, & airbrush
Accessories: Circle & Labels 11 Nestabilities, white embossing powder, white Liquid Pearls

I hope you're all inspired to get crafty this weekend!  Don't forget that tomorrow is the day that we announce our new monthly challenge (and the winner for this month)!  See you then!

Wednesday cards!

Hello again!  Today was have cards by Cassie and Ellen to share with you.  Be sure to read through our other recent posts.  We have the Design Team call still going on and you have a chance to win a stamp set again this month with our monthly challenge (not to mention that you'll want to check out any projects you may have missed).
First up today is Cassie!

"It's hard to believe that October is right around the corner! The bats in this set are so cute, and I really wanted to highlight them. I used scraps of 4 different designer papers, each from a different collection to make my back panel. They were glued down to another lightweight paper so that I could stamp and emboss each bat."

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: SU Sahara Sand, CC Mitten Weather, MME Gertie & Mabel, CC Social Club
Accessories: black embossing powder, dimensionals

Now it's time for Ellen's project, this sweet pink card.

Core'dinations Cardstock
Stampin' up! Ink
misc. Ribbon
PTI die for the window

Save the Date Gel-a-tins stamp
*I also used the Beary Much stamp sent for the sentiment*

Let's kick September off right!

Good morning!  Today we've got some more cards for you that are full of gel-a-tins goodness.  Gladys made two, onesie-shaped cards and used the Admission is Free set on them.  I love the look of white ink on Kraft paper and how cute are those boy and girl themes!

Paper: Echo paper - Little girl and boy series
stamp: Admission is free, crown from 100 proofpress
Ink: fresh snow from pti, rose buds from memento, versamark
Others: felt, clouds die from pti, baby onsie shape-up die from pti, limitless layer scallop die, liquid pearl petal pink, pearl and crystal from prima

Cassie used the new Happy Halloween set to make a scary, spider-covered card for us!

"What's scarier than a spider? How about a bunch of them crawling across the surface of something! I started out by crumpling a piece of CDS Smoke Stack cardstock, and then marking it up with some Memento London Fog ink. After flattening it out as much as I could, I stamped the spiders with Versafine Onyx Black and then embossed them with some black embossing powder. How's that for creepy?! "

Ink: Memento London Fog, Versafine Onyx Black, SU Concord Grape
Paper: CDS Cottonball White, CDS Grape Jelly, CDS Smoke Stack
Accessories: black embossing powder

Boo!

Hello and happy Tuesday to you!  Today is the last day to enter your project in our monthly contest.  Go here and check it out!  Now we're going to check a super cute Halloween card from Cherie!

"I've never been so inspired to scrap Halloween before. I really love these stamps. I especially love that "Happy" and "Halloween" are separate so you can stamp it all on one line or on top of one another depending on what you need."

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: We R Memory Keepers
Stamps: Gel-a-tins
Ink: Stampin' Up!
Die Cut: Jillibean Soup

Thursday cards!

I hope you're all having a wonderful Thursday out there!  I've got some shopping and scrapping to do (but unfortunately no scrappy shopping :) )  Let's see if our card creations from the DT will inspire you to create today!  First up is Cherie...

"When I opened up the Halloween set, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to create because I've never really done many Halloween projects but do these stamps ever just create for themselves. They are so super cute!! I think I might even redo my Halloween pages from last year just so I can use this set more."

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamps: Gel-a-tins
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

DT member Karin makes the cutest cards with the best details and today's card is no exception to that!  How cute are those pups she's been using?
"For this card I've used stamps from Cosmp Pups (dog and sentiment) together with Hearts a Flutter (heart and wings). "

I've used Spellbinders for the label and paper is from PTI.

Don't forget, our Monthly Challenge is still going on and you can also still purchase the Super Star set for $12.99 this month!

Cards that are spooky and cards that are sweet!

More fabulous cards to share with you today!  After you check these out, be sure to stop by our Monthly Challenge and head over to the store for our monthly special!
"I tried a neutral look after liking Karin's card so much. "

"This card is really very simple - no fancy techniques so the emphasis stays on the stamps. Paper is Circa 1934 by Cosmo Cricket.
The pumpkin was stamped on textured card stock which gives it a distressed look, and I inked the card stock (which was a creamy yellow) with mustard ink to emphasize the texture."

Gladys made this sweet card with the Button Up set!

"Here I have created a baby onesie using sewing kit! Love the buttons and sewing stitches in the set!"

Supplies
Paper: White stamper cardstock, Echo pattern paper - little girl, OA - 5&Dime
Stamp: Sewing kit from Gelatins
Ink: Versamagic Aquatic Splash, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Grapes Jelly, Lilac Posies
Others: Baby Onesie die from pti, pom pom string, Limitless diecut from pti, 1 3/4" circle punch, Number die, 1" ciricle punch and 1/2" circle punch, blue twine, pink felt, toothpick, clear jewel

Friday Fun!

It's time for more inspiration so let's get to it!  First off, it's a card from Gladys!  She used the Button Up sewing kit to make this cheery card!

DT member Angela used the Happy Halloween set to make this card.  I love that resist technique with embossing powder!

"I did LOTS of heat embossing on this card using White On gelly powder for the ghosts. After they were embossed, I sprayed the cardstock with Graphite Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels and wiped away the excess. Hint: if you miss a spot or two with the white gelly powder, a white gel or paint pen can be used to fill in the hole after misting.

The background was stamped with the moon stamp from the Halloween set and heat embossed using yummy scented Milk & Honey Gelly Powder. It's a beautiful creamy yellow, a little bit transparent when melted.
The sentiment was inked with pumpkin ink, then I rolled the edges of the stamp in black to give that awesome two-tone look. It was a fun card to make and very Halloween-y to me!"

Feeling like Fall...

Okay, it doesn't actually feel like Fall.  It feels like it just keep getting hotter, but the gel-a-tinas are here to help!  Stay inside, turn on the a/c and check out more great Fall-themed projects to help you think about cooler temperatures and falling leaves.

Cassie made this Fall card with the Giving Thanks set. 

"I was on a roll with this cute set, so I thought I'd make a CAS card with the sweet little images as the main focal points. Of course now I'm hungry for pie, and green bean casserole, and anything made with pumpkin!"

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Crumb Cake
Paper: unknown orange, buttercream, Imaginisce - Apple Cider
Accessories: green gingham ribbon, dimensionals, Copics

Angela used the Happy Halloween set to make this adorable Halloween layout. 



"I had fun making this cute layout featuring my kids dressed as Star Wars characters last Halloween. I stamped the images using different inks and layered it with some fun Cosmo Cricket "Matilda" paper. I stamped the pumpkin and bat on separate cardstock and popped them up with foam tape. For the pumpkin, I first stamped it in grey ink on the page, inking a little grey around it for shadow, then popped it up. Love that big pumpkin image - it makes a great focal point!"