Halloween Cards from Friends

Happy Saturday, peeps! I thought I'd share some of the fall and Halloween goodies I got in the mail (and in person) this season!  This fun little cauldron is from Kathy, and of course, it has CANDY in it!

This beautiful card is from Sally:

And this fun creation is from my friend Sandy:

My clever friend Karen sent me this....and the little ghost's legs move!

Sandy also gave me this little coffin, full of candy too!

Shawn always has cute cards:

And so does Wendy!!  The little black trim on this card is adorable!

And last but not least, this sweet, sparkly creation is from Beth!  She always has such nice things to say in her cards!♥  And I love that glimmer paper!

Thanks, ladies! So much fun getting hand-made goodies!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

PP712 Tag, You're It!

Happy Sunday, peeps! I am the hostess at the Paper Players this week!  It's Clean-and-Simple week and the theme is TAGS!  

Adding a tag to your creation is so fun....there are lots of dies and punches out there to make it easy, and even if you don't have any of those, it's still a snap to do!  I actually made two cards because the first one didn't really seem CAS enough, LOL!  So let's see what I did create:

I have almost as many Halloween products as I do Christmas, so I always try to give my older stamps (and papers) some love!  These papers were from way, way back; I used the Bonanza dies to cut out a tag, then stamped a couple of images on them to create my spooky tag!  I added some mesh ribbon and twine as well as a sparkly black brad!  It all went on a Very Vanilla panel that was embossed with the Dotted Circles embossing folder:

Another real oldie for the inside:

And here's the one that didn't make the CAS cut:

I printed and diecut a digital vintage postcard from my saved images (not sure where this came from; maybe Olde Design Shoppe or the Graphics Fairy) and mounted it on another Bonanza die.  This time I added a little panel at the top from The Greetery, along with one of their Halloween sentiments and banners:

The banner is movable so that it can go into the envelope easily and then be moved outward to display the card and the rest of the tag image.  Love that starry witch!  I used a past Paper Pumpkin set to stamp the inside:

I think I will enter this over at Just Us Girls; they have a mood board and that vintage image on the left makes me think of a vintage postcard!

I will soon be putting away all my Halloween stamps so this may be the last card for that holiday you'll see!  I hope you'll play along with my tag challenge...just remember to keep it clean and simple!  Minimal layers, stamps and embellishments will fit the "tag"!  Share your creation with us at the PP blog and while you're there, check out what the other team members made as well!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy's school had a Rhyme without Reason day; her friend dressed up as a hacker and Cassidy was a rapper:

I hope she didn't leave that "bling" on her teeth all day, LOL!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spooks Galore (ret), Fright Night (ret), Just For You (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Halloween DSP (can't remember the name of it)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Black & White Twime (from my stash), Metallic Mesh Ribbon (ret), Glimmer Brad (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, 1/2" Circle Punch (ret), Bonanza Dies (ret)

Second Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Tear Strip Tags: Halloween (The Greetery), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Pumpkin Pie, computer paper
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Glimmer Brad
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Bonanza Dies, Tear Strip Tag Dies (The Greetery), Tear Strip Tag Cover Up Dies (The Greetery)

CAS on Sunday 294-Jack & Cat

Happy Wednesday, peeps! The CAS on Sunday challenge this week is Halloween!  I got this howling cat stamp several years ago and always ensure he makes at least one appearance in October!  My card is uber-CAS; just one layer, no embellishments or frou-frou!  Here we go: 

I stamped my cat in Versafine Black ink, then stamped it again on a piece of masking paper and fussy-cut him out.  I laid the masking paper on top of the stamped image, then stenciled a big yellow/orange moon behind him, and finally, colored in his pumpkin:

I added some stamped black stars, some orange "twinkle" and a little "boo" as my sentiment!  I wish I had stamped the image a little lower because it looked top-heavy, so I trimmed off the bottom a bit to even it up, LOL!   Easy peasy and this little kitty is already in the mail!  

 I am also going to add this over at the Double D Challenges where there are looking for a pumpkin!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seaside Wishes (twinkle), Jack & Cat (100 Proof Press), Halloween (Recollections), Paper Pumpkin (for the star)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Acetate for Stencil, Masking Paper
Ink	Versafine Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories
Tools	Blending Brush, Pumpkin Pie Marker

Happy Halloween Fun Fold for Creative Creases

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, it's the weekend!  I was asked to be a guest designer at Creative Creases this week; it's always interesting to come up with some creative "fun folds" to kick up our stamping!  I recently saw this card on Pinterest and thought I'd re-create it!  Thanks to Laura for her video!  So here we go:

There are four inside panels to the card; I used some Grapefruit Grove (and for the life of me, I don't know why I didn't use Pumpkin Pie!!!) for the base, and some Haunted Hues papers from Unity for the patterns.  I will write my greeting on the back!   Here's what it looks like unfolded:

I used an older stamp from Recollections for the two stamped panels; they were stamped with Black Memento ink and colored with SU Blends:

And it was fun to highlight some of these spooky papers too!

To keep the bulk together, I added a Black & Vanilla check ribbon!  

I hope you'll play along with the Creative Creases challenge this week too! Maybe you'll be a guest designer as well!  Thanks for visiting today!  

We were at a meeting last night and missed the show, but Dana took this picture of the northern lights; I am so bummed, but at least she and her family got to see them!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Recollections), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret), Spooky Street (Newton's Nook)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basici Black, Grapefruit Grove (ret), Haunted Hues (Unity)
Ink	Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Black & Vanilla Gingham Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Various Blends

Five Easy (Halloween) Pieces

Hello stamping friends!  Five Easy Pieces was the movie I saw on my first date.  I remember NOTHING about the movie, probably because I was so nervous about the date!  (I do remember the date himself, LOL!)  Anyway, recently I bought some jewelry from a sweet little online shop called Chadds Ford Jewelry, and it's only a few miles from me, but when the order came in, the owner included five little Halloween elements to get creative with! Of course, I had to make five cards and they were so easy, hence the title of my post!  I just pulled out some Halloween papers and stamps and here they are:

I'm not going to list the recipes for them, but if you have any questions, shoot me an email!  I am also going to choose one of them for the Shopping Our Stash Halloween challenge as well!  Hmmm, which one should I pick?  Which is your favorite?  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Halloween Shadow Box

Hi peeps! Happy Monday! Just a quick post today as it's a busy one! I recently had a small class and we made this fun Halloween shadow box!  I have TONS of Halloween supplies, so one afternoon, I just gathered them all together and started playing!  My photo isn't the greatest, but hopefully you'll be able to see all the little squares!

I used a wide array of stamps, dies and papers and everyone seemed to love it! I got my 8x8 shadowbox frame from Amazon (Muzilife 8x8 Shadowbox Picture Frame with Linen Board) and it was very well-made, reasonably priced and I got them in one day!  AND it won a blue ribbon at our local fair as well!  If you have any questions about anything on it, just shoot me an email! 

Since Inspire.Create's theme this week is Halloween, I am going to enter it there!

Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

FMS655 Candy Corn Lineup

Happy Monday, peeps! I am squeaking in a card for FMS today; I had lots of ideas for this card, but finally decided on another Halloween card, as my stash is low.  Here's the fun sketch:

Isn't that fun?  My first thought was buttons, but in the end, I went with candy corn!  Here we go:

These little cuties are from Lawn Fawn; I stamped, colored and fussy-cut them out, then mounted them on a simple card base of Pumpkin Pie on which I embossed a Stitched With Whimsy die.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time, diecut with a Stylish Shapes dies.  I did add a couple of wee little star sequins just for fun!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

The Lord works out everything to its proper end--even the wicked for a day of disaster.  Proverbs 16:4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Trick or Treat (Lawn Fawn), Mixed Holiday Messages (My Creative Time)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pumpkin Pie
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Star Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Markers

AHSC596 Boo!

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Time for a new Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge!  I must warn you, my card today is BUSY!  Be prepared!  First, the sketch:

I've had these CTMH papers and stamps for a while, and as I was creating, I realized I covered up most of the background papers, LOL! Oh well!  Here we go:

The stamps are all from CTMH's Hello Pumpkin-Scrapbooking set; the ghost and spiderweb are stamped on vellum and fussy-cut.  The "BOO" was stamped on a scrap of the orange gingham from Sunday's card; I extended the letters top and bottom to give it a bit of interest.  The Pink Pirouette panel was embossed with the Fun Patterns embossing folder, and the Petunia Pop panel was stamped with some of the little fun elements in the set in Fresh Freesia:

The black ink and vellum gave me fits on this card and I had ink everywhere, so I needed to cover up a smudge (that never happens to you, right?) so I stamped a Stitched Rectangle panel with a sentiment from the retired Spooky Cat in Petunia Pop:

Thank goodness for extra cardstock!  So happy you popped in today!  Be sure to check out the AHSC blog to see what other inspiration you can find there, and share yours with us too! Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spooky Cat (ret), Hello Pumpkin-Scrapbooking (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Petunia Pop, Pink Pirouette (ret), Vellum (ret), Boo Crew (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Versafine Black, Petunia Pop, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Fun Patterns Embossing Folder, Deckle Edge Rectangle Dies, Stitched Rectangle Die (ret)

IC177 Boo!

Happy gray Monday, peeps! Tonight is Christmas card stamp camp, so this will be quick, as was my card!  The Inspire.Create challenge is to CASE the designer with this card:

What a fun sketch! I have several Halloween stamps that I like to use at least once during the season, and this little vintage cat on a broom is one of them:

The papers were a gift from one of my stamping girls; I looked through several catalogs and I honestly cannot remember these papers from SU but I am sure they are!  My eyes must be really getting bad because I thought for sure there was some gray in them, hence the Basic Gray base, but obviously, the dots are Old Olive.....but hopefully it still looks okay!  I stamped the cat on Basic Beige and partially cut out the broom, then used a Stitched Shape circle die to cut it out:

I lightly stamped the grunge image from the retired Label Me Bold to give him a spooky background!  The sentiment is an old stamp from Recollections, diecut with a banner die and matted with another Basic Gray banner and some old enamel dots:

On the inside, some more grunge and a sentiment from the retired Little Delights:

Such a fun and easy card to make!  And speaking of fun cards, my friend Beth sent me this one; the front is a bookmark that can be removed!  So cute:

Thanks, Beth!  And here are a couple more pictures from the fair; I didn't get many but I always like to see the giant pumpkins! I wonder how they transported them?

Charlie Brown would be proud of both of these "great pumpkins"!!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold (ret), Halloween (Recollections), Vintage Cat on Broom (Victorian Greetings)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Gray, Halloween DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basic Borders Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)