Hello Fall Card

Here is the card I did end up sending out to my customers last week. I am trying to send out more cards. I mean I am the card lady at work! It would be nice if I sent some out now and again...
This card is growing on me. I really didn't like it at first, and kept adding little touches here and ther. I really need to learn to not make cards I am going to make several of less complicated! Clean and Simple is just not generally my style!
The blue of Marina Mist and Baja Breeze really remind me of the sky in the fall so I thought I would start there. And it is most definitely apple harvest time so there are lots of delicious, fresh apples around. I already had Tart & Tangy sitting on my desk from doing the Teacher's Gift sets, which I just filled with candy on 9/13/10 and should hopefully make it to Geoffrey's teachers before this posts! I'm starting to see more possibilities for the Broadsheet Alphabet stamps. It was really easy to make the FALL background with it! And I just had to pull out the white gel pen. White gel pen makes everything better, kind of like chocolate, lol!

• Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Broadsheet Alphabet, Hello Again
• Paper: Marina Mist, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory
• Ink: Marina Mist, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede
• Other: Big Shot with Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, 1-1/4" Circle punch, Corner Rounder punch, Pinking Hearts Border punch, 1/2" Poppy Parade Stitched Poly Ribbon, 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta ribbon, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Signo white gel pen

As I was writing notes to each person, I realized I really need to learn to write smaller!!
Happy Stampin!

A Few Halloween Treats

This is just a quick post with some Halloween Treats! This mini milk carton has some fun DSP from Wicked Fun and Rich Razzleberry Satin ribbon, all of which come in the Halloween Accessories Kit available on my Kits for Sale page. I didn't have the Early Espresso/Basic Black Waffle Paper yet, so I used some Silver Waffle paper. Frankenstein is from the adorable Batty for You stamp set, and the "happy halloween" is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

On this Candy Wrapper, I used the Frost White Shimmer Paint to stamp From the Crypt's spider all over it. I embossed the Silver Waffle paper with the Spider Web embossing folder and stuck a Black Basic Jewel to the center of it. I also put one on each end of the Rich Razzleberry Modern Label punch for a little more glam :)

And lastly, I still have the Coluzzle Take Out Box cutting template, so I had to pull it out to use for this. I used the Frost White Shimmer Paint again with the bat from From the Crypt. I took two 1/2" x 6" strips of Wicked Fun DSP and glued the ends together to make a 11-1/2" strip. Then I scored it at 1/4" all the way down the length and accordion folded it. Then glued the ends to form a circle and turned it out to created the fanned circle. Then to hold it like that, I stuck it to a 1" card stock circle with Sticky Strip and added the rest of the embellishments. The shimmery bat was created by spritzing a piece of Basic Black card stock with Silver Foil Smooch Spritz, then using the Bitty Bat punch. I also used Crystal Effects to adhere the Black Chunky Essentials glitter to the Large Oval and stuck a Black Basic Jewel to the center of the bat. I wonder which goodies I will fill this with!

Check out the Halloween Accessories Kit here!

Autumn Spice 8x8 pages

Still loving this new Autumn Spice Specialty DSP! This is the 8x8 scrapbook page layout swap I did. We should all be getting ours back soon :) Hopefully before this posts to my blog, lol! I used the leftover leaves from my Autumn Wreath to make these pages. I only needed 2 more Cajun Craze leaves. I told you I had a ton of leftovers!
I have to confess something....I am not really a fan of matting photos on a scrapbook page. I will do it sometimes, but most of the time I don't. Also, my ladies at club prefer to have their options be more open to placement and size of photos on their layouts. This is where I used so much of the Champagne Glass Glitter. It really adds a WOW to these pages.

• Stamps: Gay of Gratitude
• Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Autumn Spice Specialty DSP
• Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Old Olive
• Other: Big Shot with Tasteful Trim and Leaves #2 dies and Square Lattice, Vintage Wallpaper, and Finial Press embossing folders, Designer Label punch,  Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Stampin' Sponge, Champagne Glass Glitter, Crystal Effects, Stampin' Dimensionals, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched Poly ribbon, Sticky Strip

Now to find the perfect pictures to put on this layout!

2007 Halloween page

I was playing with my Halloween kit stuff recently and made a few projects with it. This is one of them. The picture is of my nephew Jacob, and my niece Sarah all dressed up for Halloween in 2007. Aren't they adorable! Jacob is laid back and sweet, but can come up with a good come back in no time flat! That would his father's influence-ever the smart-ass! That would be MY brother, lol! And Sarah is a wild child tomboy whom we all love dearly :) She is sooo going to be a handful when she is a teenager, lol! OK enough bragging about my family! And Jacob and Sarah, I LOVE YOU!
This is an 8x8 page, and the DSP in this kit is 6x6, so I cut two 1"strips and made a 7-1/2" long strip. Then I ran it through the Big Shot with the new Tasteful Trim die, then used the positive and the negative of the cut! Of course it needed some bling, so I used Crystal Effects to glue some Black Chunky glitter to it, and then applied some Black and Rhinestone Basic Jewels. The embellishment to the right of the picture was supposed to have Happy Halloween stamped on it, but I forgot to do that before I assembled it, ugh! So it got some more Jewels on it! The Raven Lace Trim is applied to Sticky Strip on the page and ruffled as I applied it. I stuck a bunch of bats on it, and called it good!

• Stamps: From the Crypt, Teeny Tiny Wishes
• Paper: Wild Wasabi, Rich Razzlberry, Basic Black, Wicked Fun DSP
• Ink: Wild Wasabi, Rich Razzleberry
• Other: Big Shot with Tasteful Trim die, Designer Label punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, Large Oval punch, Bitty Bat punch, Black Basic Jewels, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Black Chunky Essentials glitter, Crystal Effects, Sticky Strip, 1/2" Raven Lace Trim, Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaler, Stampin' Dimensionals, Signo white gel pen

Don't miss your chance to get the Halloween Accessories kite available here. 

Glittery Fall card

This was one of the candidates for the card I am sending to my customers this week :) The DSP is from the new Autumn Spice Specialty DSP and is just luscious! I love the heavy weight and the texture of it all. The colors are yummy too! And I used some of the new Champagne Glass Glitter, which I love too!  There was very little stamping on this card, just the greeting and some on the inside on Naturals Ivory card stock. I didn't end up using this card to mail out to everyone. I wanted to do a full sized A2 card after I thought about it, plus, I have used so much of this glitter I was afraid I would run out, lol! I have found that using Crystal effects is definitely the way to go with the glitter though. It really doesn't shed!

• Stamps: Hello Again, Day of Gratitude (inside)
• Paper: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Naturals Ivory, Autumn Spice Specialty DSP
• Ink: More Mustard, Cajun Craze
• Other: Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched Poly ribbon, Champagne Glass Glitter, Crystal Effects, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals

Don't forget to check out the Kits for Sale page! There are a Halloween kit and 2 ribbon shares available.

Halloween Kit Card #1

I have put together a Halloween Accessories Kit featuring several of the new embellishments in the Holiday Mini. This is a card made from the contents of one of these kits. I didn't use Waffle Paper on the bottom panel because it has not arrived yet, but it would look fantastic there! Lots of fun goodies in this kit.
The layout is based on this Mojo Monday sketch.
The main image is stamped on a piece of Whisper White card stock that has been covered in Frost White Shimmer Paint. The corners were rounded, then I sponged on some Cajun Craze, Rich Razzleberry, and Old Olive ink. Then the edges were inked with Early Espresso and it was matted on a piece of Basic Black card stock.
For the bottom panel, I used the Spider Web embossing folder on Basic Black card stock and then applied dabs of Crystal Effects to the raised web and sprinkled on some Chunky Black glitter. It would look even better with the Waffle Paper! Hurry UPS man!!
The bats were created by spritzing Basic Black card stock with Silver Foil Smooch Spritz and then punching out with the Bitty Bat punch. 10 of these are included in the Halloween Accessories Kit.
Totally creepy looking card :)

• Stamps: From the Crypt
• Paper: Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP
• Ink: Cajun Craze, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Early Espresso
• Other: Big Shot with Spider Web embossing folder, Corner Rounder punch, Bitty Bat punch, Rich Razzleberry 5/8" Satin ribbon, Raven 1/2" Lace Trim, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Basic Black Chunky Glitter, Crystal Effects, Silver Foil Smooch Spritz, Stampin' Sponges

Want Some Coffee?

 

My friend Holly started her very first weekly Color Challenge on her blog this week and I finally had time to do it last night! This color combo made me think of coffee so I went and dug out one my favorite sets.

 

I stamped coffee beans all over the card stocks, embossed the Pumpkin Pie piece with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, and a strip of Daffodil Delight was cut with the awesome new XL die Tasteful Trims! I took my Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso markers and colored some of the largest pearls before placing them on the card. I love how this card could work for a man or a woman :)

• Stamps: Like it a Latte
• Paper: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Naturals White
• Ink: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
• Other: Big Shot with Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and Tasteful Trim die, Distressing tool on Cutter Kit, Large Oval punch, Stampin Dimensionals, Basic Pearls, Signo white gel pen

 This set is sadly retired now, but there is a very cute new set that could be used instead, if only I had it!

You can order this set now! Just go to the SHOP NOW button to go to my demo site. Or contact me to place an order.

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