Light Up Spooky House

  Since Halloween will come and go before we know it I thought I better get my last few Halloween themed projects blogged about.

  This one started off as a possible project for my stamp club a few weeks ago.  It didn't make the cut but I did show it at stamp club as an idea to do with the Holiday Home set.

  This project is more of a decoration than a card though it folds flat with little hinges on the inside to keep it open.  

  I used the Circles framlits to cut the large circle in the Basic Black base.  I backed the cut out with vellum and then stamped the tree and bats in Memento ink.  

  The house is embossed in white and then cut out with the Homemade Holiday framelits.  It is adhered just on the edge of the circle with a dimensional.  The ghost is stamped and then hand cut and adhered to the back of the chimney.

  The moon is a small circle of Daffodil Delight with another set of bats stamped toward the edge.

  And here is it all lit up with a battery tea light inside:

  It looks pretty neat when the lights are really dim but it was impossible to capture it with my poor photography skills so you'll just have to believe me or better yet make your own!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Holiday Home

Ink: Versamark, Memento Black

Paper: Basic Black, vellum, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Homemade Holiday framelits, circle framelits, white embossing powder, dimensionals

Bold Birthday Flower - Fab Friday 52

It's a Fab Friday challenge day!  Woo Hoo!  I know you're excited not only for the weekend, but for our great new challenge!  The other day I was saying that I keep making Halloween cards but don't really have anyone to send them too...well wouldn't you know that our challenge colors this time just scream Halloween.  I decided to really challenge myself and say no to a Halloween card.  What was I thinking?  It was a bit of a struggle to get going but then the elements started to come together.

  The card base is Blackerry Bliss with a layer of Whisper White that was embossed with the Large Polka Dot embossing folder.  It's hard to see in the photo but it's a nice subtle touch that adds extra detail but doesn't compete with the brightness of the flower.

  I went with a big, bold flower for these bold colors!  I am loving the Blackberry Bliss lately and I think it looks wonderful on the big petals of the Flower Patch stamp.  I stamped it twice in BB, once for the biggest part of the flower and then again for the little small center which I cut out with my trusty paper snips.  I stamped it once in Tangelo Twist to make the middle layer also cut with the snips.  I layered all the piece with dimensionals so the flower really pops.

  I created the polaroid style frame and the smaller square sentiment panel using the Square Framelits.  These are also popped with dimensionals.

  The "happy birthday" from Endless Birthday Wishes is stamped with Versamark and embossed with black embossing powder.  That's all the black I've got on my card!

  Here's a look at the layers:

  I added a few rhinestones to the side of the flower and then one to the center.

  I hope you'll join us for this challenge!  Check out the rest of the Fab Friday Design Team projects for some more inspiration...they never disappoint!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Flower Patch, Endless Birthday Wishes

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Tangelo Twist, Versamark

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Tangelo Twist, Whisper White

Accessories: corner rounder, Large Polka Dots embossing folder, Flower Fair framelits, Square framelits, black embossing powder, rhinestones, dimensionals

Spooky Halloween Houses

  I keep saying that I don't send out many Halloween cards yet when I sit down in the stamp room I feel like I just keep making more of them!  I guess I will have to find some people to send Halloween cards too!

  Here is my take on the spooky Halloween houses using the Holiday Home set from the Stampin' Up! holiday catalog.  This set is so cute on so many levels!

  The card base is Smoky Slate with a panel of vellum over it.  The vellum is faux stitched around the edge.  The moon is sponged on layering Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie ink.  I just used a circle punch to make a stencil to sponge through.  The bats are stamped right onto the vellum in black.  I added a cloud also cut from vellum.  Isn't it cool that the Word Bubbles framelits can be used for clouds too??  I think the vellum paired with the Smoky Slate gives a kind of foggy night look.

The houses are embossed with white onto Basic Black cardstock and then cut out with the Homemade Holiday framelits.  They are popped up right on top of the vellum with dimensionals.  I stamped and hand cut the little ghosts because you can't have a row of spooky Halloween houses and not included some ghosts!

  Off to make my mailing list for these Halloween cards! 

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Holiday Home

Ink: Versamark, black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Vellum, Whisper White

Accessories: Homemade Holiday framelits, Word Bubble framelits, dimensionals, paper piercer, white embossing powder

Autumn Fence

Here is the third project we made last week at stamp club.  Isn't this a cute little fall scene?

   We used 2 of my favorite stamps lately, Hardwood and Fall Fest.

  The fence was made by stamping Hardwood with Baked Brown Sugar ink onto Baked Brown Sugar cardstock.  Then we used the triangle punch to nip off a small triangle shape from the top of the "boards".

  The pumpkins were stamped with Pumpkin Pie (of course!) ink and Old Olive for the stems. To stamp these quickly just line the pumpkins up on one clear block, then ink up.  Nest, use a blender pen to remove the Pumpkin Pie ink from the stems and then add it back using the Old Olive marker. And then cut them out all at once with the matching Fun Fall framelits.  They are then popped up with dimensionals.

  The clouds were made by using the thought bubble framelit to make a template and then sponged with white craft ink.

  The sentiment is stamped in Old Olive and then punched with the Decorative Label punch and tucked behind the fence board.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Hardwood, Fall Fest, And Many More

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, white craft

Paper: Soft Sky, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White

Accessories: Fun Fall framelits, Triangle punch, Decorative Label punch, Word Bubble framelits

Serene Thinking of You

  Here is another card that I was able to make on Saturday to celebrate World Card Making Day.

 I'm pretty pleased with how this card turned out.  I used a color combination straight from the Color Coach.  If you don't have one of these you need one!  I used Pistachio Pudding, Smoky Slate, Strawberry Slush.

  The layout is from the current Create with Connie and Mary challenge.  That angled back panel had me twitching for a bit since it's against my natural instincts to have everything nice and straight but I got over it and went with it.

  The tree and birds were inked up with Smoky Slate and then I used my blender pen to take off the ink from one bird and used the Strawberry Slush marker to re-color it.

  The bird panel is popped up with dimensionals on a slightly larger circle that was pierced around the edge.

  I added pearls in graduated sizes along the left side and used a bit of the retired In Color stretch trim to bring a little bit more Strawberry Slush to the card.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes

Ink: Smoky Slate  Marker: Strawberry Slush

Paper: Pistachio Pudding, Confetti Celebration DSP, Whisper White

Accessories: Decorative Dots e.f., Circles framelits, paper piercer, circle piercing template, dimensionals, pearls, blender pen, In Color stretch trim (retired)

Bold Autumn

  I hope everyone stamped yesterday as it was World Card Making Day!  While I didn't get a post written yesterday I did do some stamping.  It was a busy week for me with stamp club and other obligations so I had been saving a few challenges from earlier in the week to use once I had a chance to make it to my stamp room.  When I sat down to use them yesterday I realized that if I wanted to to get them posted to the challenge galleries I better hurry up.  I combined 2 challenges for this Bold Autumn card.

  The colors are from ColourQ and the sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches.  I did have to substitute a few colors that I didn't have that retired a while ago.  I think the substitutions are pretty close though.

 Stamping is done on the Old Olive leaf and acorn using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  Even though the set that matched the Autumn Accents die has been retired you can still make great leaves just by stamping them with whatever set grabs your attention.  The oak leaf is slightly crumpled and sponged around the edges.  

  The Very Vanilla oval is embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder and the Pacific Point strip is embossed with the Arrows embossing folder for even more texture.

  I was kind of proud of myself for using scraps of this and that to make this card.  I just dug around in my scrap bag for each color until I found a piece that would work.  Even the Cajun Craze card base was already cut.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Good Greetings

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Paper: Cajun Craze, Island Indigo, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Trim the Tree DSP stack

Accessories: Arrows e.f., Woodgrain e.f., Autumn Accents Bigz die, Oval framelits, linen thread, button, corner rounder

 

Masculine By the Tide

  Sometimes designing a clean and simple card is harder than the one with many layers, techniques and embellishments.  I wanted to design a masculine birthday card for my stamp club this week and it took a lot of tries with different colors, stamp sets and layouts to come up with this one!  I just couldn't get something I liked with the right balance of elements.  I finally switched up my colors and then things got easier!

 

   The base is Smoky Slate with a piece of Typeset DSP with a torn edge adhered to one side.  We added a length of All is Calm washi tape.  I love that even though this washi tape set is for Christmas the patterns really work well on all kinds of cards.

  The coral was stamped on a Very Vanilla square in Smoky Slate ink and then backed with a square of Night of Navy.

  The fish is stamped in Night of Navy and fussy cut and then adhered with a dimensional.  The final step is the sentiment stamped in Night of Navy in the corner.  We used the Petite Pairs set as the scale fit perfectly with the space.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: By the Tide, Petite Pairs

Ink: Smoky Slate, Night of Navy

Papers: Smoky Slate, Typeset DSP, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

Accessories: All is Calm washi tape, dimensionals

  

Sparkly Boo!

Tuesday I had my stamping ladies here for stamp club and we made some seasonally inspired projects.  I don't send many Halloween cards but they sure are fun to make!  I might need to try to get a few sent out this year!

We used the Fall Fest bundle and Little Letters thinlets to make this one:

  The base is Tangerine Tango stamped with all the jack o lantern faces.  I had all the faces mounted on one clear block for quick stamping.

  The black panel has an outline made with the chalk marker. All I did was cut a template out of the thin cardboard from the DSP packs 1/4 inch smaller than the black piece and just trace around it.  Then a length of Tangerine Tange and Basic Black baker's twine is tied around the bottom.

  Use the ghost framelit with Whisper White cardstock and add the googlie eyes and hand drawn mouth.

  The Little Letters thinlets were used to cut out the "Boo".

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Fall Fest

Ink: Tangerine Tango  Marker: Basic Black, chalk marker

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer paper

Accessories: Fun Fall framelits, baker's twine, dimensionals, googlie eyes (non-SU)