Oct 25, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Halloween |
So this week’s UDI Color Challenge just screamed Halloween and Candy Corn to me!
Here is the inspiration picture:
Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White is all candy corn! And the I had to add black. So I am thinking about what to make and that everyone is thinking candy corn or at least Halloween. So do I want to make something else – thinking, thinking, and I just can’t get the candy corn out of my head. So I went ahead with my idea and here is what I ended up with:
Yep it is a giant candy corn on a piece of Basic Black card stock for the card base. I started by cutting a piece of Daffodil Delight Patterns Designer Series Paper with the Big Shot and the Perfect Pennants die. And also a piece of Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Series paper and a piece of Whisper White card stock.
For the Pumpkin Pie piece I cut off 1″ from the bottom and 1-1/2″ from the top. For the White piece I kept the 1-1/2″ at the top. I glued the Pumpkin and white pieces onto the Daffodil Delight piece so they matched up in the right spot. Now I used my Corner Rounder Punch to round the corners of my candy corn.
I tied a piece of Whisper White Taffeta ribbon around the center of the candy corn – I really wanted to use Pumpkin Pie but that ribbon retired with the last catalog. I added a little BOO tag from the Tiny Tags stamp set to the ribbon. And then attached the Candy Corn to the front of the card.
Because the inside needed a panel for writing I decided to dress it up a little too. I added strips of the Designer Paper and the Happy Halloween greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White
- Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
- Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Tiny tags
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Perfect Pennants Die, Brights Designer Series Patterns Stack, White Taffeta ribbon, White Baker’s Twine, Jewelry Tag punch, Corner Rounder punch, 1/16″ punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Oct 24, 2011 | Embossing, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
This is a quick easy little treat for Halloween. This was one of the projects in my last hands-on class which was all about having fun outdoors. What’s more fun outside than Glow sticks?
The bracelet sized glow sticks fit perfectly in our 1″ x 8″ skinny cellophane bags. I slid in two glow sticks and the connectors and sealed up the bag. I had purple glow sticks so I decided to use purple on my tag.
For some added fun I pulled out my Tangerine Tango Embossing powder. I stamped the trick-or-treat owl from the Warmest of Wishes stamp set (the hostess set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog) with VersaMark ink on some Basic Black card stock, covered it with the Tangerine Tango Embossing powder, heat set it with the heat tool, and then punched it out with my Owl punch. Isn’t he cute with his black mask?
I punched a piece of Elegant Eggplant card stock with the big 2-1/2″ Circle punch. On the bottom I stamped the spider web image from the Wicked Cool stamp set in Black ink – it is a bit hard to see in the photo but it’s there. And above that I stamped the “have a wicked halloween” from the same set in VersaMark and embossed it with the Tangerine Tango powder. To attach to the glow stick bag just punch a hole in the corner and tie on with some Basic Black Taffeta ribbon. 
I attempted to take a picture of it in the dark with one of the sticks glowing – not the best picture but you get the idea. I think these would be fun to had out at Halloween or for a party – get them all glowing and put them in a pot for the kids to pull out.
Enjoy your day!
Oct 21, 2011 | Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Tags |
These are the Pretzel treats that I took to my Pokeeno Group last night.
My friend Sue brought over the Chocolate Covered Pretzels and I put them in long cellophane bags – they were too wide for the 1×8 bags so I had to use some wider bags that I bought last year.
I made tags using the Gift Givers’ Stamp Set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. 
The Halloween image is stamped on Whisper White card stock with Black StazOn ink. Then punched out with the Decorative Label punch. I colored it with Stampin’ Write Markers – Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, and Old Olive. I also sponged around the edge of the tag with Old Olive – going heavy on the bottom edge so the pumpkins look like they are sitting on the ground.
I punched a hole in the corner and tied them to the bags with some Pumpkin Pie Taffeta ribbon (now retired). They turned out cute and everyone liked them.
A couple of other things I wanted to tell you about. I am registered to attend the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX in January. I have never been to Texas so I’m excited to go. Registration is done, Flight reservations are made, Hotel reservations are made, roommates found. I still have to register for the Regional Conference which is the day after but the registration isn’t open until next week so I have to wait a little bit longer.
I also wanted to tell you about Kyle, my oldest son. He is attending Ga Tech – in his second year there and he has been interviewing for Internship jobs for next summer. He already has two job offers – one in Texas and one in California – and he is still interviewing. I am very proud of him but I’m not sure I’m ready for him to be so far away. He did travel to California last weekend all by himself – he flew one other time by himself but we met him there – so this was his first trip by himself, staying in a hotel, he had a limo service pick him up, when to all day interviews at the company and made it back home (well back to his dorm) with no problems. In the next few weeks he will have to decide which job to take.
Have a great weekend!
Oct 3, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
Last month at my Hand’s On class we made these fun Halloween Luminaries……
I bought the House of Haunts stamp set just for this project because the house and tree images fit perfectly in the circle openings. The luminary is made with the 4″ square coasters just like the Strength & Hope Luminary I made a few months back – CLICK HERE to see more on that.
For this one I covered my coasters with the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini catalog. And used the Big Shot to cut the circles. The house from House of Haunts is stamped on one vellum panel and the tree is stamped on the other three. I used the Daffodil Stampin’ Write Marker to color the backside of the moon and windows. The ribbon that holds it all together is the Basic Black Taffetta. I added a few rhinestones and then finally went back and added a punched bat. The punch isn’t in our regluar catalog any more but there were some on the Clearance Rack on Saturday. Go to my online store to see everything in the Clearance Rack – these items can only be ordered online.
Here is a view with one of the lit..
Use a battery operated tea light. We have been having fall weather the past few days so it definitely feels like we should be getting ready for Halloween – finally! I hope you like it.
Sep 28, 2011 | Cards, class, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
Here is a quick card for you today. This will be one of the choices at the Card Maker’s Club today. I got the idea from a candy treat project that Mary Fish made – I just turned it into a card.
I’ve got lots to do so I’m keeping this short. Stamp sets are the new Warmest of Wishes Hostess set in the Holiday Mini catalog and Wicked Cool.
Sep 26, 2011 | Cards, class, Halloween |
Well the fall break and the weekend are over and it is time to get back to a normal routine again. So I’ll do my best to get back on my regular posting schedule – I missed a few days this last week.
Here are some cards that I created for my Hands-On class and then we also made them at the KSU card class this week. And guess what – I’ll have some at the Card Maker’s Club this week too. This is a fun card using the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set – the set has 24 different images in it so everyone has the chance to make this card just the way they want. It uses the Frightful Sight Designer Series paper. The colors are Basic Grey, Basic Black, Old Olive, and Cajun Craze.
Here are the details on the Card Maker’s Club – RSVP on my website if you would like to come.
The Card Maker’s club is all about cards and everyone is invited. Bring a list of cards that you need for the month of August – birthdays, anniversaries, thank you – whatever you might need. Each club meeting will be $15 and you will make 6 cards with envelopes. If time permits you can make additional cards for $2 each – so you make as many as you need in the time of the class. And you can choose which cards you want to make and how many – there will be at least 12 different card choices. And card designs will be available for more than one month – so you can come back to make more or make some that you didn’t get to the last time. This should give you flexibility to create what you need each month.
Please bring adhesive – if you’d like me to order Stampin’ Up! Snail Adhesive, Snail refill, or Tombow Multipurpose glue to have on hand for you please let me know before the class.
Bring your own drink – I will provide a small snack. I think it will be fun and I hope you will join me. Everyone is invited – earn free cards by bringing a friend that I don’t know.
There will be a Mystery Hostess for those that would like to place orders. If there are at least $150 in orders (product) then I will select a Mystery Hostess from everyone that placed an order and she will receive the Hostess benefits – a minimum of $25 in free product (or more if the orders are higher). Everyone loves the flexibility of the new Hostess program and the new hostess set offering!
Card Maker’s Club
Wednesday, September 28th 10:00am – 12:30pm and 7:00pm-9:30pm
RSVP directly from the events on my website calendar.
Yep it is a giant candy corn on a piece of Basic Black card stock for the card base. I started by cutting a piece of Daffodil Delight Patterns Designer Series Paper with the Big Shot and the Perfect Pennants die. And also a piece of Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Series paper and a piece of Whisper White card stock.
