Glowing Ghost Halloween Card

Happy Friday! Today I ran errands and met my hubby for lunch. After putting all the groceries away and doing a load of laundry, I finally made it to my craft room. This time of year I'm ready to start making Halloween cards. Most of the stores have their decorations and Halloween merchandise on display, so I thought I would get into the spirit and make a Halloween card. This Glowing Ghost Halloween Card was made for the following challenges:

• Paper Craft Crew: Sketch #208
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Let's Get Sentimental
• DRS Designs: Monsters, Witches & Ghouls, oh my!

The ghost was stamped onto a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock using VersaMark and embossed with Wow! Glow-in-the-Dark embossing powder. When heat embossed it didn't have the normal gloss, so I then heat embossed it with ultra thick embossing enamel by Ranger. Now it's glossy and it still glows. I tried taking a picture in the dark but it didn't turn out that great! It's pretty neat though and I'm sure my niece with be surprised when it glows in her bedroom. 

Here is the supply list*:

• Paper: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango and Rich Razzleberry cardstock.
• Stamps: Current-You've Got This (background stamp), Timeless Textures, Gorgeous Grunge, Crazy About You. Retired- Fall Fest, Haunt Ya Later and Googly Ghouls. 
• Inks: Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Tangerine Tango and Rich Razzleberry. Basic Black Stampin' Write marker, VersaMark clear and Wow! Glow-in-the-Dark embossing powder.
• Other Stuff: Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel by Ranger, Word Window punch, small oval punch, scissors, sponge daubers and stampin' dimensionals.  

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

Sympathy Card with Enamel Cross

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog today! I would like to share my latest handmade card, it's a Sympathy Card with Enamel Cross. It's been awhile since I've made a sympathy card, but unfortunately this week I need one. I had a couple of sympathy cards in my stash but they weren't what I wanted for this recipient, so I made something more appropriate.

The  retired Trefoil Cross was stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink, fussy-cut and then was heat embossed using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel by Ranger. I used a new to me stamp set for the flowers called Watercolor Flowers by My Favorite Things. The ink colors used include: So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Hello Honey, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Blissful Blackberry, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive all by Stampin' Up!. Once the flowers were stamped I used the coordinating die set with my Big Shot. I adhered everything onto a white swirl embossed background that was created using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. That last detail was adding the stamped butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set by Stampin' Up! I decided to leave a sentiment off the front and stamped the inside with a sympathy message.

Many find making sympathy cards difficult, but if you create something from the heart you can never go wrong.

This Sympathy Card with Enamel Cross is entered into the following challenges:

• Allsorts: Roses
• Crafty Cardmakers: No Patterned Papers
• Crafting with Dragonflies: Make it Floral
• Get Creative: No Printed Papers

Maple Leaf Thanksgiving Card

Hello! It seems another weekend has flown by and World Card Making Day has come and gone. This Maple Leaf Thanksgiving Card was my World Card Making Day creation. The layout comes from the sketch at Create with Connie & Mary. I kept the card simple because I didn't want to distract any attention from the glossy Maple Leaf. The plaid paper is from the Sweater Weather dsp (132184) by Stampin' Up! and the maple leaf was cut using the Big Shot and the Autumn Accents Bigz die (127812). The final touches were the Crushed Curry Candy Dots, white twine, and the Thanksgiving sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (128748, wood). Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Maple Leaf Thanksgiving Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Create with Connie & Mary: Sketch
• Come and Get It: Thanks, Thanksgiving, Gratitude 
• Simply Create Too: Fall/Autumn
• Get Inky!: Fall Colors
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Trefoil Cross Sympathy Card

Hello! I'm back again with another card. The challenge this week at 'ABC' Challenges is to create a sympathy card to remember those lost on 9/11. In a couple of days it will be twelve years that many innocent people lost their lives. Many grieving hearts were created that day and my heart goes out to each of them this week.

This Trefoil Cross Sympathy Card was made using the Venetian Romance dsp, Trefoil Cross stamp, Love and Sympathy stamp set and Pretty Print embossing folder all by Stampin' Up! I used the Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel again on the cross. Here is the tutorial if you missed my last link. Thanks for stopping by!

My Trefoil Cross Sympathy Card is entered into the following challenges:

• "Just Us Girls": Sketch
• 'ABC' Challenges: Sympathy
• Simon Says Stamp: Embossed
• Love To Scrap!: Anything Goes

Enamel Butterfly Birthday Card

I'm really excited to share this Enamel Butterfly Birthday Card with you! It features a new to me technique called embossed enamel. I was admiring another crafters card last week and she used this technique and I immediately knew I had to try it. Here is the link to a tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. The technique combines water coloring, stamping and embossing. It was a lot of fun and I may have a new addiction. The enamel finish is super shiny and this technique could be used on multiple different project types. I did have to make a run to the craft store for the ultra thick embossing enamel and I found it Hobby Lobby. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!


My Enamel Butterfly Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Flutter by Wednesday: Anything Goes with Butterfly or Fairy
• Seize the Birthday: Birthday Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin': Got the Blues
• Allsorts: Butterflies
• CCEE Stampers: Birthday Card

 

Enamel Butterfly Birthday Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Basic Black, Island Indigo and Very Vanilla card stock, Modern Medley dsp and Venetian Romance dsp.
• Stamps: Label Love stamp set and hostess Morning Meadow stamp set.
• Inks and Colouring: Classic stampin' pads in Island Indigo, Night of Navy and Soft Suede, VersaMark Jet Black ink and Black emboss powder.
• Other Stuff: EK Success butterfly punch, Heat Tool, Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel by Ranger, Artisan Label punch, Cricut machine (circles), black glitter tape by Recollections, sale-a-bration Island Indigo ribbon, black candy dots and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.