Spooktacular

 Good morning!

I have another Halloween card for you today. This one comes from Lisa Curcio. It is a cute, but very simple card using the Ghoulish Goodies stamp set in the Mini Catalog. 

The base is black 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2 and folded at the top. I stamped a 4 x 2 1/5 piece of the Magic in This Night DSP with the little pumpkin from the same set. 

Next I added a layer of Smoky Slate (4 x 5 1/4) that was embossed with the Cobweb 3D folder from the Mini Catalog. Be sure and stamp that sentiment on the Smoky Slate before embossing. Adhere the stamped DSP to the Smoky Slate layer. I wrapped a piece of the Glittered Organdy Ribbon around this layer and adhered it on the black. Then I tied an extra piece on the front and adhered with a glue dot to hold in place.

Stamp the cat and cut out with Layering Circles. Color his collar with Stampin Blends. Add the spider and a jewel to his collar and you are finished.

As Lisa shared on her post, this is a simple sketch that can be used with lots of different cards. Change your paper and images and you have a totally different card. Here is another that Lisa shared.

Here are the details:

Stamp set and dies-Arrange a Wreath Bundle

Cardstock: Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Guilded Autumn DSP, Brushed Metallic

Ink: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

You can find all of these supplies in the Mini Catalog and Annual Catalog at my website.

Try this easy sketch our for yourself. Have fun!

See you next time!

Vickie

 

Sunshine

On page 12 of the catalog is the Jar of Flowers  stamp set. There are two line stamps that are sideways, so, silly me, I couldn't figure out what those images were. Then I thought...straws!!! So I took to looking for a card designed using these images as straws. 

I found this beautiful card from Gillian Long.

Here are some details:

Base Terracotta 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, smaller 5 1/4 x 4 impressed with Wrapped in Texture Emboss Folders 

These are two mini folders (6 1/4 x 3 3/8) made for the mini emboss machine coming out soon!

Ornate Garden DSP 5 1/4 x 2 1/2

White is cut with Stitched So Sweetly dies (second largest rectangle)

I stamped that wonderful sentiment from Ridiculously Awesome in Terracotta Tile ink.

Stamp the jar in memento black. The jar filling is a reversible stamp. One side is smooth, the other is not. Using the first side, I stamped in Daffodil Delight. Turn the stamp over and (stamping off once), stamp the inside liquid again with Daffodil Delight.  Stamp the straw with Mint Macaroon inside the jar. Use the Jar punch to punch out your jar. I stamped the straw with Mint Macaroon on a scrap piece of white, fussy cut it and added to the jar. Tape this on the back to give it stability.

Using the Butterfly Duet punch, punch one butterfly from Terracotta and the smaller one with Vellum cardstock. Use a small glue dot to adhere the vellum butterfly to the larger one. Cover your glue dot with a Champagne Rhinestone. 

Find all these supplies here. 

Now go fix yourself a nice cold glass of lemonade and enjoy before the summer comes to an end!

Blessings,

Vickie

More Than Cookies

Happy Monday!

Today's card is featured on p. 91 of the annual catalog. It uses the Nothing's Better Than Bundle.

 

The base is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Real Red. One of my favorite paper collections is the 6x6 Regals DSP. The polka dots is real red from that set.

I stamped 7 cookies, colored them with the Crumb Cake Stampin Blends and used the Nothing's Better dies to cut them out. 

The words are several individual pieces so that you can make different sentiments. Check out these Love You More Than dies. I cut these out with Early Espresso. 

I had to use one of my own heart dies. I cut it out in the Petal Pink and added to a white piece that measures 4 x 2 1/2.

Add the words, tuck the cookies in and around, and there you have it!

You can find these and other supplies at my website.

Have a good day!

Vickie

Going Batty

Today's card is another Halloween card that I copied from debstampslife.com using the Banner Year stamp set. I just really love this set. It has so many different options in it.

I realize this picture is not the best. I forgot to take the picture in the day time light and night just doesn't work very well.

Base: white 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, 3/4" and cut using the Banner Punch
Bumblebee layer: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4
Plaid Tidings DSP: 1 3/4 x 4 1/2
Pumpkin: 2 3/4 x 4
Black: 3 3/4 x 1/4, a black layer under the white banner.

I stamped the bat on the pumpkin with pumpkin ink with 2nd and 3rd generation stamps. If you are not familiar with those terms, it means I inked the stamp up with pumpkin then stamped it two more times without re-inking.

I stamped 4 of the bats in black memento and fussy cut those. They are adhered with dimensions.
The banner sentiment is part of the same stamp set. I used the banner punch to fancy the ends.

I have been lax in posting because as I said I was going to do, I spent the whole Labor Day weekend in my stamp room! lol. So busy copying cards from various places around the web that I neglected to show you what I've been doing. I promise to catch up with those ideas soon.

All of these products are available at my website here.

Hope you have a great rest of the week.

Thank you for stopping by.

Vickie

Pile of Pumpkins

It is that time of year when people are posting their Halloween creations. I don't really do much for Halloween stamping, but I did copy a few cards that I found around the web. The next few posts will be some creations that I thought were cute.

I found this one on debstampslife.com which uses Banner Year on p. 64 of the new Mini Catalog.  This was one of the first sets I purchased because it covers so many holidays.

The base is a 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2 and folded at the top.

That 4 x 5 1/4 plaid layer is from the new Plaid Tidings 6x6 paper from the New Mini Catalog.

There is a pumpkin layer that is 4 3/8 x 2 7/8. The white layer is 4 1/4 x 2 3/4.
The bottom row of pumpkins starts about 1 1/4" up from the bottom. I copied Debs card in the way she put the face on the pumpkins. This looked like such an easy card, but it took me a couple of tries to get the placement right.

I laid a strip of the Glittered Organdy Ribbon and just wrapped it around the back. I cut the sentiment out of pumpkin using a die from Tasteful Labels. That sentiment is one of several fall/halloween sentiments in the stamp set. I adhered this piece with dimensionals.

I did make a few changes. Here is the original post from debstampslife.com

Hope you have a very special Labor Day weekend. I plan on staying home and well, stamping! Watch for a couple more Halloween ideas soon.

Blessings,

Vickie