Oct 29, 2015 | Halloween, Holiday catalog 2015, Paper Pumpkin |
It’s almost time for Halloween and trick or treating! I finished up my September Paper Pumpkin kit and mailed those sweet treats off to my boys – well to the two that are out of state and have the other one here to be picked up. I included enough for them to give treats to their roommates too. Did you see these?
Last night was my Paper Pumpkin Craft night – a couple of the girls worked on the September kits and a couple of us worked on the new October Kits. I have everything stamped and was working on assembling the cards – I need to finish that up. If you are local to me and want to join us for a fun night out be sure to look for the next date on my calendar. I’ll be posting on my website and on Facebook.
Now here is a fun Halloween card for you –
This style card is fun to make – I’m not sure what to call it. I was calling it a window card but maybe it should be a peek-a-boo card since the inside peeks through to the front. Can you see the front of the card has a section cut out and that has been replaced with a piece of window sheet.
On the inside is the Designer Paper that peeks out. I added the BOO! cut from the Black Glimmer paper to the front of the window sheet. I used the Among the Branches bundle for this card. Embossing with the Woodlands Textured Embossing Folder – it is VERY POPULAR!!! And adding the little eyes peeking out among the branches. Yes I will admit when I first saw the stamp set and read the name it didn’t make much sense to me. About a day later I had that AHA! moment and realized why it was called that. The little elements from the stamp set go among the branches of the embossing folder.
Here is a list of all the supplies:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you come back again.
Oct 23, 2015 | Stamp, Tags |
Last month I had my Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat and I made these little Cake Pop treats for everyone. Well I didn’t actually make the Cake Pops – I found those at the store, but I made the little tags and packaged them up to look so cute.
I love the little Acorn Builder Punch and used it for these cute tags. The caps are the Corrugated Cardstock in the annual catalog. The base is Old Olive and I drew the little face on with my Journaling Pens. The tiny leaf is from Among the Branches and the “tasty treats” is from All Boxed Up set.
Don’t forget the stamp set sale ends today – so get the ones on your wish list today!
Here is the supply list –
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for stopping in today!
Oct 21, 2015 | Big Shot, class, Holiday catalog 2015 |
He’s here. The third card for my “Reclaimed Wood” collection. I have more ideas to work on but this is the third one – a Snowman. The other two – the scarecrow and Frankenstein I’ve already shared. This one I actually created two versions – one I used for my Christmas Card Stamp-a-stack that I had last week and the other was a slightly stepped up version that I did for a swap group. So let me introduce the Skinny Snowman –
Isn’t he fun! And you might never guess where the eyes and nose come from or the trick for the mouth so I’ll tell you! I used the Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies – the little decorative pieces for the details on this snowman. There is a little strip with tiny pumpkins – snip off the stem and ta-da you have some tiny oval eyes! Then the little strip with the trees – snip off the trunk and then you get the little pointy nose! I also used the snowflake element to decorate the hat. To create his smiley mouth I used my Project Life Journaling pen and traced one of my button containers – it was just the right size and shape to give him a big smile.
This is a skinny card – the base is 3″ wide – Basic Black and then I cut Whisper White strips which are stamped in VersaMark ink with the Hardwood Stamp – it is really light and in real life looks like white-washed wood. The brim of the black hat is a 4-1/4″ wide strip – so once you add that the card fits perfectly in our medium sized envelopes.
Here is my stepped-up version.
Can you see the difference? It’s not easy to see on the photos but I added some embossing. I stamped snowflakes on the top of the hat and embossed with clear embossing powder. The brim of the hat is embossed with the Hardwood stamp. Here is a closer look:
it just dresses him up just a bit. But I left that off when I held my Stamp a Stack class because I wanted to simplify it for them – they had a lot of cards to make that day. You could simplify even more by leaving off the Jolly & Bright from the top of the hat.
Here is a list of all the supplies:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Don’t forget about the stamp sale going on this week – through Friday!
Thanks for visiting today.
Oct 20, 2015 | Halloween, Holiday catalog 2015, Scrapbook Pages |
Are you gearing up for Halloween? My boys are grown now so I don’t have anyone to dress up in a costume – except perhaps my dogs. But they would not like that at all. I’ll have to go on the search for some old Halloween photos that I haven’t scrapped yet and add them to this fun scrapbook layout. I was a vendor at a scrapbook crop earlier this month and designed this layout as a mini-class for the croppers. All my seats were full!
I used the Howl-o-ween Treat stamp set and the coordinating Boo to You Framelits. I also used the Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper, the Spider Web Doilies and Black Glimmer Paper. A couple of little details that I included –
- The BOO! and the Witches Hat are both cut from the Black Glimmer Paper
- The eyes on the owl are punched from the Star print designer paper – same as the strip used on the page.
- I used the Very Vanilla Thick Baker’s Twine – took a piece and untwisted the 3 main strands. Then I used one on the little Pumpkin Bucket Handle and the other two around the witches hat.
A layout all ready to add fun photos from Halloween – if not from this year then from a previous year.
Here is a full list of supplies – click on any item and it will take you right to my store:
Product List
Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com
Thanks for visiting today! Don’t forget about the STAMP SALE! It’s only this week Oct. 19 – Oct 23. All stamps are 15% OFF.
Oct 19, 2015 | Stamps |
Stamp sales are the best sales, and this one is no exception! Save 15 percent off retail on stamp purchases October 19-23. Now is the time to purchase those stamps on your wish list, be sure to take advantage of this limited-time sale!
- Dates: October 19-23, 2015
- Host stamp sets and rotary stamps are not eligible for the 15 percent promotional discount on stamps.
- Bundles are not eligible for this promotional discount, but they will retain their current 15 percent Bundle & Save discount. The stamp set from the bundle may still be purchased ala carte with the 15 percent promotional discount.
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This style card is fun to make – I’m not sure what to call it. I was calling it a window card but maybe it should be a peek-a-boo card since the inside peeks through to the front. Can you see the front of the card has a section cut out and that has been replaced with a piece of window sheet.
