Scary Silouettes Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

How cute is this Halloween Birthday Card! 

Scary Silhouettes Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today I have a fun Halloween card to share with you that is inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #579.

Home Together Dies ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Today's fun Halloween/Birthday card is inspired by Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #478.

Spookville Die Set ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Happy Halloween! 
I've been holding off sharing this card until today...

Strange Beauty ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today I have a Halloween card that was inspired by the colors at Try Stampin' on Tuesday's color challenge #5 and Journey Sketches challenge #48.

Monster Mash ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Today's card is inspired by Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday's sketch challenge #345 and the optional theme is Halloween.

Happy Halloween! ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Just a very short post for you late in the day!  I said I was only going to do one Halloween Card, but I did manage to get a second one done.  I wanted to give the brayer from Fun Stampers Journey a try.  I don't think it turned out too bad.  Of course with all the dark colors I'm not sure how I could mess it up! lol

All of the background colors except the hills at the bottom were put on with the brayer.  I sponged the hills so the house didn't look like it was floating around. lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Halloweenie ~ A Fun Stampers Journey Card

Ok...I couldn't resist!  
I have two wiener dogs that are so much fun (and a LOT of work!), and I have to tell you when I first started going through the Fun Stampers Journey catalog the Halloweenie stamp set caught my eye right away.  I wonder why?! lol

Boy was this card a PAIN to take pictures of!  I wanted to capture what it looks like through MY eyes, but do you think that works with all the shimmer on it?  Of course not! lol  Just imagine a shimmer that's not too crazy and dark, rich colors.  That's how the card really looks.  I hope you enjoy my one (and probably only one) Halloween card. :)

Here's a pic from five years ago of Buster and Slinky. :)  They look so innocent and sweet...I had to bribe them with treats to get them to sit like this! lol

I used my pan pastels to color everything on this card.  I started the background on Butter Cream card stock.  I mixed a little bit of the red with the orange using the Party Pop Pan Pastels.  Then underneath that I added the yellow from the Rich Sorbets set.  I just rubbed the color back and forth to blend it until I had the color combo I wanted.  Next I used the two purples from the Rich Sorbets set.  I started with the violet, then added the magenta.  At the very bottom I added some black.  Then I blended them together like I did the lighter colors to get the look I wanted.  After that I spritzed the whole thing with Shimmer Gold Color Splash and the bottom half with Shimmer Silver Color Splash and let the silver into just the bottom part of the sky.  Once it was dry I added the big moon (I sponged around the very edges of it with some of the orange/yellow color still left on the sofft sponge).  Then I colored both of my dogs in.  Slinky is darker and Buster has a lot of dapple so he's black and gray.  Yes, I fussy cut them instead of using my die (and boy was it a pain with them colored already! lol).  I think if I fussy cut again I'll color them in AFTER I've cut the out!  I put Slinky flush onto my card, then added Buster and popped him up.  After I got them both on I added their shadows underneath them with some more black.  And of course I had to add "Happy Halloweenie" onto the sky.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Supplies used on this card


Stamp Sets:
Halloweenie p. 33 (BD-0138) $15.20

Card Stock:
Pretty Pansy p. 289 (CS-0029) $6.95
Black Licorice p. 289 (CS-0003) $6.95
Butter Cream p. 288 (CS-0006) $6.95
Ink Pads:
Black Licorice p. 289 (IP-0041) $7.95

Supplies:

Pan Pastels Party Pop p. 280 (JM-0081) $49.95

Pan Pastels Rich Sorbet p. 280 (JM-0082) $49.95
Details Pro Shears p. 273 (To-0063)$13.95
Punch Handle p.266 (TO-0031) $12.95
Circle Punch 1.75" p. 267 (TO-0016) $11.95
Shimmer Gold Color Splash p. 291 (IP-0081) $7.95
Shimmer Silver Color Splash p.291 (IP-0082) $7.95

BOO!

Oops!!  So I totally forgot to post my card before I left on vacation to the Smoky Mountains!  Here I thought I was all set to go and I totally was NOT!  Today's card is inspired by the sketch at Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday challenge #242.  It also has the theme of "Boo or Eek!".  I decided to do both since I don't mind making one or two Halloween cards each year. 

Boy did I have fun making this card.  I decided to make a huge moon on my card and use the banner for the sentiment, and of course put "Boo" in the bottom corner.  I used my brayer to get the colors on, then added the trees and extended the trunks so they weren't all the same size.  Next I did a little sponging on the moon so it wasn't quite so bright.  I stamped on the bats with black ink, but embossed the ghosts with white so they stood out. Make sure you check out the challenge from Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday HERE to see all the other great cards!  Not everyone did the theme since that is optional. :)  Show us how this week's sketch inspires you...we'd love to see it!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Sara

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Supplies used on this card:

Retired Stampin' Up! set Holiday Home, Retired Thinlits Little Letters

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Holiday Home Halloween

Today's card is made using the set Holiday Home.  Believe it or not this is the first time I've used it!  Both my colors and sketch are from this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge #191.  I did fudge just a little on the sketch since I don't have all five of the "spots" on my card positioned exactly like on the sketch, but I tried to make them close and still make sense of the scene I wanted.  I had a lot of fun making this card.  :)  I love how these colors look together too!

Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday HERE to check out all the other fun cards made by the designers, and to play along too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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Good to the Last Bite

Well, I have to say I'm a bit behind this week!  This was supposed to post Tuesday morning and it's not even close to that.  I don't know how so many ladies can work 30+ hours a week and keep plugging away with all of their card making/scrap booking, etc.  I've been busy trying to get ready for a craft show with all my other responsibilities too, and I sure would like some sleep!  Guess that's the way it goes when I procrastinate too much. :(  

Anyway I came up with these goody bags for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch challenge and I'm also selling them at the craft show.  They are pretty quick and easy to make, especially the tags.  One of my daughters is a nanny and she asked if she could have a couple for her kids if there were any left over.  That's when I told her I was making last month's paper pumpkin kit for them.  She was happy with that. :) 

Make sure you head over to Try Stampin' on Tuesday to see all the other fun things the designers have created for you.  Make sure you play along too. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Supplies used - 

Clothespins from past Stampin' Up! kits

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Spooky Time

Today's card is my design for Try Stampin' on Tuesday

...Spooky Time.  I sure am glad I won Witches' Brew DSP a while back because I've used it quite a few times to make cards for sketch challenges and designs for Halloween this year.  I have to say I don't have ANY Halloween stamps other than the "Happy Halloween" I stamped inside this card because it comes with the Seasonal Sayings stamp set.  Check out what the other designers made using this sketch.  Why not play along with us too.  Remember the theme is optional, so if you like the sketch and don't do Halloween anything else is just fine!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Seasonal Sayings

Cards Stock:  Basic Black

Witches' Brew DSP

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pumpkin Pie

Punches:  1 3/4" Scalloped Circle,

1 3/8" Circle & 1 1/4" Circle

Sponges

Witches' Brew Box

A couple of weeks ago I made a box using Witches' Brew DSP for the Creative Crew on Splitcoast Stampers.  When I showed it to my daughter she asked if I would make another one so she could give them to give to the kids she nannies.  I had to change the paper that I used since I didn't have enough to do it the same way as the other.  I decided to enter this box in The Paper Players sketch challenge for this week since it's "Trick or Treat" a Halloween card or treat holder.  If you'd like to see my other box click HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Measurements for box.  

Cut an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of card stock or DSP

Score 1" around all edges

Score at 3 3/4" and 4 3/4" down from the long edge

Card Stock:  Witches' Brew DSP

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Pumpkin Pie

Bigz Dies:  Autumn Accents & Top Note

Sponges

Haunted House!

This summer at the Stampin' Up! Convention I saw Carrie Cudney's mixed media projects and thought they would be great to give a try sometime...a long time away! lol  Well the challenge for this project from the Creative Crew on Splitcoast Stampers is Scrapbook focus:  October is Self-Promotion Month.  Show us how awesome you are on a scrapbook page, mixed media project or with This & That.  I saw "mixed media project" and decided I was going to try it sooner rather than later. lol  I must say this took a lot of work and a lot of using the heating tool!  Probably because I ended up buying a glossy "mod podge" which didn't let the ink dry very well...err!  I was happy with the final result though. :)  Instructions below if you dare to read it all! lol

This first pic was the best pic since it represents how it actually looks the closest of the three pics I have.  You can see the trees on the side at least. :)  Those were the only things I stamped on the canvas.

I liked this second picture because the flash of the camera kind of gave the pic natural moonlight.  It's not this bright on the canvas, but I thought was pretty neat to see here.  You can see the trees a little bit on this pic, but not much.

This last picture is actually the darkest of the three...at least it is when I look at it in my Picasa library.  As I'm typing this I can see the trees really well, but if I tip my laptop screen they disappear.  Yup, that's the reason I took a few pics since I knew they would all look different.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Serene Silhouettes

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Night of Navy & Elegant Eggplant

Card Stock:  Witches' Brew DSP

Punch:  1 1/4" Circle

Mod Podge, Foam Paint Brushes,

White Gel Pen, Sponges

How did I make this?  Good question! lol  First things first I drew out a rough sketch of what I wanted (I Googled at a lot of cartoon type drawings of haunted houses to get ideas).  Next I drew what I wanted right on my canvas with pencil and made a few copies of it because I knew I would be cutting it up (did I say this was tedious work? lol).  After cutting out the pieces I traced them onto the DSP Witches' Brew from Stampin' Up!  (making them slightly larger than the original pieces except the windows because I needed to tuck them under each other so there weren't any gaps between the pieces exposing the canvas).  I applied mod podge and put on the first piece which is the sky.  It's actually the white/typed DSP with bats (that's how I get the moon to stand out.  I covered it with a punched out circle while I was sponging).  I applied another coat of mod podge after I applied the paper.  So I don't keep typing that, understand that every time I put on a layer of paper I applied more mod podge on top of it. :)  Then I applied the drive way (used dark typed paper) and the hills (used the black paper with splotches of gray on it).  Next was the house, piece by piece (same DSP as the hills).  Next the windows (used the DSP with summer starfruit on it) making sure I outlined them with black permanent marker.  That yellow sure makes the house's windows glow. :)  Outlined the house, hills, and driveway with the white gel pen.  Sponged (dabbed) on elegant eggplant, then night of navy for the sky.  Unfortunately I must have bought glossy mod podge because when I sponged on the ink it did not dry no matter how much I applied the heating tool.  It would just smear when I applied the mod podge.  I did a LOT of layers trying to figure this out and finally sponged on white stazOn ink to help dry it. Once I got the dark sky the way I liked it I did need to draw some of the white outlines again on the house and hills.  Just add as needed while working on it.  To get the glowing light from the windows and on the hill I would draw a little area with the gel pen then smear it with my finger until I got the look I liked.  If I didn't like it I would sponge over it and try again.  This was very forgiving! :)  Next I stamped on the trees using StazOn Black...and did a layer of mod podge.  Last, but not least, I cut out the fence posts using woodgrains that I found somewhere on the DSP, trimmed down the witch's hat, cut out a small bat and small gray gravestones (kind of hard to see).  Whew, that was a lot more thinking and typing than I thought it would be!  Hope it helps anyone who is interested in making something like this.  I would try and find a video on making mixed media and watching it because that might help you like it helped me (I watched Carrie Cudney's at this summer's SU convention).

Trick or Treat

This is the first project of four that I made for October's Creative Crew challenges...DSP/Color Focus: Witch's Brew DSP on P 21 of the Holiday Catalog or color combo: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla.  

So glad I won the Witches' Brew DSP or I would have been in trouble!  I don't have anything Halloween in my craft room!  I wanted something that was pretty simple to make so I used the top note bigz die and made a box to go in between them.  The only thing that took a little bit of time was coloring in and outlining the words "Trick or Treat".  Oh, and getting the words in just the right spot when you're trying to cut it out in the shape of an acorn. lol

Just a couple of different views of the top of the box.

I guess it's just "trick" once this box is opened, because there's no candy in there for a treat! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Witches' Brew DSP

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Basic Black

Stampin' Write Markers:  Basic Black & Pumpkin Pie

Bigz Dies:  Autumn Accents & Top Note

Sponges

Halloween

Since today is Halloween I'm going to post a few pics of our Halloween tradition along with one little card I made.  I never really had my kids dress up and do trick or treating a whole lot while they were little.  A couple of times I did sew outfits that they were able to use as pajamas once Halloween was done. What we really got into was carving pumpkins...and sometimes making pumpkin seeds.  We did that this year...yummy!  Anyway, here are a few pics for you to enjoy...

I made this 3x3 thank you for my upline Glenda who is always so willing to let us borrow her stuff when we need to...thank you!  I don't have any stamping stuff that is Halloweenish (not sure that's even a word, but I'm using it), so I figured I could make a couple of pumpkins out of punches to put on cards that I've seen around and thought were pretty cute.

My pumpkin is the daschund, Erica's is the bat, Ryan's is the spider & web and Rachel's is the "haunted" house.  

I had to get my two doggies sitting by the daschund pumpkin! :)  They look so obedient and like they enjoy having their pics taken...ha ha, I wish!  My daughters were bribing them with food to get them to sit still like that. They are really longingly staring at the food being held right by the camera! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!