PP761 Boo! Sketch from Joanne

Hello stampers! Time for a new Paper Players challenge, and Joanne has an awesome sketch for us this week!  So much fun!

I have so many Halloween stamps, it's hard to get to all of them but I couldn't let the month go by without using this funny cat and jack:

This image is from 100 Proof Press, stamped on some Basic White in Versafine Black, then watercolored lightly.  I overstamped it with the retired Weathered background stamp to give it an aged look!  The boo is from an old Recollections stamp as well.  My papers are all from Unity, and they complement the vintage look of my scary cat.  A few orange glimmer stars finished it off!  Here's the inside of the card:

Another vintage goodie from Lizzie Anne, adorned with a couple more stars!

This sketch is so versatile, you can use it for lots of occasions! Be sure to stop by the Paper Players blog to see what the designers did with it.  Put on your creative thinking caps then, and share your creation with us!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cassidy with Swoop, the Philadelphia Eagles mascot:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Weathered (ret), Vintage Black Cat & Jack (100 Proof Press), Halloween (Recollections)
Card stock & Papers	Timid Tiger, Basic White, Haunted Hues (Unity), Orange Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched With Whimsy Dies (Ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Oval Dies (ret), Give It A Whirl Dies (ret), Sponge Dauber, Small Oval Punch (ret)

CAS on Sunday 294-Jack & Cat

Happy Wednesday, peeps! The CAS on Sunday challenge this week is Halloween!  I got this howling cat stamp several years ago and always ensure he makes at least one appearance in October!  My card is uber-CAS; just one layer, no embellishments or frou-frou!  Here we go: 

I stamped my cat in Versafine Black ink, then stamped it again on a piece of masking paper and fussy-cut him out.  I laid the masking paper on top of the stamped image, then stenciled a big yellow/orange moon behind him, and finally, colored in his pumpkin:

I added some stamped black stars, some orange "twinkle" and a little "boo" as my sentiment!  I wish I had stamped the image a little lower because it looked top-heavy, so I trimmed off the bottom a bit to even it up, LOL!   Easy peasy and this little kitty is already in the mail!  

 I am also going to add this over at the Double D Challenges where there are looking for a pumpkin!

Thanks so much for popping in today!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Seaside Wishes (twinkle), Jack & Cat (100 Proof Press), Halloween (Recollections), Paper Pumpkin (for the star)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Acetate for Stencil, Masking Paper
Ink	Versafine Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories
Tools	Blending Brush, Pumpkin Pie Marker

IC177 Boo!

Happy gray Monday, peeps! Tonight is Christmas card stamp camp, so this will be quick, as was my card!  The Inspire.Create challenge is to CASE the designer with this card:

What a fun sketch! I have several Halloween stamps that I like to use at least once during the season, and this little vintage cat on a broom is one of them:

The papers were a gift from one of my stamping girls; I looked through several catalogs and I honestly cannot remember these papers from SU but I am sure they are!  My eyes must be really getting bad because I thought for sure there was some gray in them, hence the Basic Gray base, but obviously, the dots are Old Olive.....but hopefully it still looks okay!  I stamped the cat on Basic Beige and partially cut out the broom, then used a Stitched Shape circle die to cut it out:

I lightly stamped the grunge image from the retired Label Me Bold to give him a spooky background!  The sentiment is an old stamp from Recollections, diecut with a banner die and matted with another Basic Gray banner and some old enamel dots:

On the inside, some more grunge and a sentiment from the retired Little Delights:

Such a fun and easy card to make!  And speaking of fun cards, my friend Beth sent me this one; the front is a bookmark that can be removed!  So cute:

Thanks, Beth!  And here are a couple more pictures from the fair; I didn't get many but I always like to see the giant pumpkins! I wonder how they transported them?

Charlie Brown would be proud of both of these "great pumpkins"!!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Label Me Bold (ret), Halloween (Recollections), Vintage Cat on Broom (Victorian Greetings)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Gray, Halloween DSP (ret)
Ink	Versafine Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Basic Borders Dies (ret), Stitched Shapes Dies (ret)

AHSC594 Happy Halloween Boo!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Time for a new sketch from Atlantic Hearts, and here it is:

 

I went old-school here and pulled out some stamps and papers that I've had for a while to create a Halloween card:

The papers are from Carta Bella; I cut some Watermelon Wonder paper with a scallop-edged die and mounted it all on a card base of Basic Beige.  Before mounting, I stamped some little bats all along the edge! I believe the vintage Halloween sentiment is from an old Recollections set....can't be 100% sure!  The "boo" is from Scary Cute and the "happy" is from The Paper Studio.  I stamped it on a diecut banner and it just seemed too big, so I did some creative folding to make it stand up, but still lie flat in the envelope!

I added some big enamel dots, and a sentiment from Close To My Heart's Hello Pumpkin on the inside:

Fun sentiment, fun card, fun sketch!  I hope you'll play along with us at Atlantic Hearts!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Scary Cute (ret), Everyday Expressions (Paper Studio), Vintage Halloween (Recollections), Hello, Pumpkin (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic Beige, Watermelon Wonder (ret), Happy Halloween (Carta Bella)
Ink	Versafine Black, Basic Beige
Accessories	Enamel Dots (unknown)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Edgelit Dies (ret)

SSSC342 Boo!

Happy Firday, everyone! I need to make some Halloween cards....and I have SO MANY Halloween stamps and papers, where do I begin?  The Sunday Stamps sketch was a fun one, gave me a chance to dive into those supplies a wee bit!  Here's the sketch:

So here we go:

My papers are from Carta Bella (Happy Halloween), along with Granny Apple Green, Basic Beige and Basic Black cardstocks.  My cat image is from Close to My Heart, and the sentiment is from Recollections:

I added a Granny Apple Green foil banner to jazz it up a bit!  Here's the inside, a really old Lizzie Anne stamp:

I need more cards, so I guess I'd better get busy!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Pumpkin (Close to My Heart), Halloween (Recollections), Halloween Poem (Lizzie Anne)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green, Green Foil (ret), Happy Halloween (Carta Bella)
Ink	Versafine Black
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Perennial Postage Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Granny Apple Green Blend

Stamp Camp Halloween Projects

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have a very busy couple of days coming up so I thought I'd just share a few projects that we made at my recent stamp camp!  The theme was Halloween, Thanksgiving and fall, and today I'll share the Halloween ones!  Here we go:

This Trick or Treat one uses lots of punches and dies with papers from Honey Bee's Harvest line.  The sentiment is from an old Recollections set and the dies are from Impression Obsession.

The silhouette one uses an image from 100 Proof Press and another Recollections sentiment, along with some papers from Close to My Heart.  I just love this vintage image!  (Measurements for the panels are:  Pumpkin Pie 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"; star and plaid papers 1" x 3"; white circle 1 1/4"; black circle 1 3/8".)

If you need any more information, just shoot me an email!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Fusion Trick or Treat

Happy Saturday, all!  I believe this will probably be my last Halloween card of the season, LOL!  The Fusion challenge is a fun one; I only used the sketch only:

This silhouette image of vintage Halloweeners is also one of my favorites that I try to use every year, but I may have missed last year!  So here it is again, along with a plaid banner and some spooky moon-lit skyline paper! I had to flip the sketch so my little trick-or-treaters weren't blocked by the banner:

I believe this image is from `100 Proof Press, I just think it's so cute!  

The plaid stamp is from Concord & 9th; the sentiment is from Recollections, an oldie but goodie.  

Thanks for popping in today!

The family went to the last high school football game of the season; Cassidy immediately made a beeline for her friends, so no pictures of her!  

It was cold and crisp, a perfect night for football!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Recollections), Halloween Silhouettes (100 Proof Press), Gingham Background (Concord & 9th)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Basic White, Spooky DSP (Echo Park)
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Versafine Onyx
Accessories	Rhinestones
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stamparatus, Cajun Craze Blend

Halloween Silhouettes

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  We had rain and rain and more rain yesterday, and you would think that would wash all the pollen away, but I was really feeling the effects of all my allergies...yuck!  I didn't feel like doing too much, but I did get a couple more Halloween cards made for a couple of challenges!  The Double D Challenge was to use a silhouette (I LOVE silhouettes); 

the Shopping Our Stash theme was Halloween, and the (PIN)spirational Challenge had a Halloween board too:

Isn't that a cute photo?  Anyway, I pulled out probably my all-time favorite Halloween image of these little silhouetted trick-or-treaters, put it in my Stamparatus and inked it up with Stazon ink, then stamped it on a piece of Halloween paper:

 

Aren't they so vintage-y cute?  

I added a couple of sentiments and a few light Halloween postmarks, which unfortunately can'be seen, but they add a little vintage interest as well.  

I added a Basic Black mat and mounted it all on a Crumb Cake base, then added this sentiment (another favorite!):

For my next card, I recently won some Bugaboo digital stamps; I haven't used anything digital for a long time, but I thought I would give one of their Halloween images a try; I printed this on another piece of printed paper, and didn't add one thing to it...totally clean and simple, LOL!  I really like that you can size the image, but I wish it had printed a little blacker!  The sentiment is a CTMH one:

And on the inside, a few more CTMH stamps and a Recollections "trick or treat" on Mango Melody:

That's it for today---thanks for popping in!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

You can't go to Disney without giving Micky a hug!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Vintage Halloween Silhouette (100 Proof Press), Halloween (Graphic 45), Halloween Poem (Lizzie Anne Designs), Daily Design Sentiments (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Nightfall DSP (Authentique)
Ink	Stazon Black, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Epoxy Drops
Tools	Stamparatus, Black Blend

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking (Close to My Heart), Halloween (Recollections), Bugaboo Digital Stamp Halloween Silhouette
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Mango Melody, Misc DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Memento Black, Printer
Accessories
Tools	Printer

PP463 Trick or Treat

Hi stampers!  It's time for another Paper Players challenge, and Laurie has a color challenge for us today:

A lot of times when we have a color challenge, I like to try to think outside the box and create something unexpected with the colors.  My mind defaulted to "Halloween" when I saw these colors, but when I saw what my teammates created, which are beautifully out of the box, I went ahead and embraced the Halloween-iness of these colors and made this:

I used the fun FMS sketch:

and an adorable little witch from an older Recollections set:

I stamped her and her pumpkin in Stazon ink on thick white cardstock and colored them in with reinkers and an aquapainter.  She was then fussy-cut and mounted on some Smoky Slate gingham.  I cut some stars from glimmer paper and colored them with a Blend--another great way to stretch the uses of those wonderful markers!  Here's the inside:

I don't like scary Halloween images, but this little witch is as cute as can be...she makes me smile! Edited to add:  I am also going to submit this to the Krafty Chicks challenge, which is "Bewitched"!

Be sure to check out what the design team created over at the Paper Players blog....then share YOUR creation with us!!  Can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks for popping in today--enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Recollections), Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking and Cardmaking (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Gorgeous Grape, Neutrals DSP, Sparkle Glimmer
Ink	Stazon Black, Gorgeous Grape, Tangelo Twist, Smoky Slate, Terracotta Tile, Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Star Die (Verve), Stitched Shapes Die Bundle (Simon Says Stamp), Stitched Rectangle Dies, Dark Highland Heather Blend, Aquapainter

IB42 Spooky

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Laurel has a fun Halloween challenge for us today at Inspired By!  I very seldom do "gruesome" or scary Halloween cards, I gravitate towards cute and funny, but I did step out of my comfort zone a wee bit for today's:

So here's the prompt:

Yes, a skeleton would not be my normal go-to theme, but I did have this cute little one from a Recollections Halloween set, and I found some Halloween-themed DSP from several years ago with ravens on it instead of bats, so I layered it under this fun little poem that I stamped on vellum:

I put it inside a frame of Granny Apple Green, diecut with a wonky stitched die and popped it up with some of SU's foam strips; that gave it enough depth to read the words but still see the pattern below!  I stamped my skull in Whisper White and gave it a little shadowing with my SU blend, then added some twine and black glimmer stars:

And since I had the inside portion of the frame still sitting on my desk, I added a sentiment to it and layered it on the inside with another piece of the DSP:

I actually think my little skeleton is kinda cute!  I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week too!  Have fun with it!

I recently received this little box of Andes mints from one of my (very) crafty customers, Maryanne:

Of course, Cassidy ate the candy, but also wanted to make little boxes for Lee and Jackie!  We got the directions from Julie DiMatteo (you can see them HERE), and we picked out some cardstock and DSP and went to work!

Learning to use the Envelope Punch Board!

 How does this turn into a box?????

Scoring intently:

And gluing the box together!

We didn't have time to decorate it, so we'll finish it tomorrow!  Thanks for popping in today--be blessed and enjoy your day!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Ghosts and Goblins (Lizzie Anne), Halloween (Recollections)
Card stock & Papers	Vellum, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White, Basic Black, Misc Halloween DSP (ret), Black Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Stazon Black
Accessories	Baker's Twine (Avery Elle), Dimensionals, Foam Strips
Tools	Big Shot, Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (My Favorite Things), Boo To You Framelits (ret)