Happy Halloween

It looks like the children will have a good weather day for Halloween tomorrow.  They deserve it after the horrible weather they had last year.  A few posts ago I promised a Haunted House treat box made with pattern paper and here it is!  It is pretty cute and even has a matching Halloween card.  The paper is from Doodlebug Designs.  The cat on the card was punched using Stampin' Up's Cat punch and retired Halloween paper.  Have a great weekend and enjoy the extra hour of sleep Saturday night.

Bird Ballad

After all of the Halloween cards and favors, a simple card was on my to-do list.  Stampin' Up's Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper is very pretty and I never purchased it.  But my friend, Paula, did and she shared!  I used Always Artichoke cardstock and Soft Suede ink and they were a good match to the  the DSP.  The sentiment is from a long-ago retired stamp set, Sincere Salutations.  After stamping the sentiment, I punched it out with SU's Timeless Label punch and sponged the edges lightly with Soft Suede ink. I finished the card with a little bow which was made with Braided Linen Trim.  Have a great day!

Pretty Owls

 It is Halloween and most creatures are a bit on the scary side. But not the owls on today's group of cards.  Once again the pattern paper is  from Doodlebug Designs.  I used Stampin' Up's circle and scallop circle framelits and their retired Owl Builder punch.  In addition, on the Tempting Turquoise and Magenta Madness cards, I added little "boo"s to the designer paper.  I stamped the "boo" with Versamark and then used very old Tempting Turquoise and Melon Mambo embossing powders.  I have quite a few items that were great when I first purchased them and then go unused for several months or years~~like these embossing powders and the Owl Builder punch.  And the items are still great.   Have a great day!

Halloween House Card

For this card, I used Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Treat Box die and the Haunted House Add-ons.  Before adding all the die cuts, I sponged the background with Distress Inks.  I temporarily put a little circle in the sky prior to the sponging so there would be a moon.  Next time, I will have a bigger moon.  I used Doodlebug Designs pattern paper for the house and the teal door matches the teal front door on my house!  The only things not Lawn Fawn were the pumpkins.  Those dies are from Simon Says.  Have a great day!

Have A Hoot

 

Doodlebug Design makes some very cute pattern paper.  I like buying scrapbook paper from Scrapbook.com because I can purchase one 12x12 sheet or several.  You can also purchase a 12x12 collection and/or 6x6 collection.  The papers on today's card are from Doodlebug's Candy Carnival Collection and their Ghost Town Collection.  They are both double-sided.  In addition, the weight of Doodlebug's paper is strong enough to make favors.  I will have to use one of their papers to make another Scalloped Treat Box Haunted House.  

The sentiment on the card is from Stampin' Up's Have A Hoot stamp set.  It was the perfect one to go along with the owls on the paper from Doodlebug.  The tag on the treat box is from Stampin's Up's Little Treat Box dies and the sentiment is from the Little Treats stamp set.  I do enjoy making Halloween cards.  There are so many cute Halloween papers and stamps, and those I like are bright and fun and happy~~especially needed these days.  Have a great day!

Halloween Houses

Over the weekend I was playing with Lawn Fawn's add-on to their Scalloped Treat Box die~~Haunted House Add-On.  As you can see, the treat boxes are adorable.  It takes a little time since I have to cut the pieces multiple time on my Sizzix Big Shot.  But the time is well worth it.  Next I need to make some cute little tags and a few more treat boxes, too! Have a great day!

Four Rectangles

 

A couple of weeks ago I posted a Fall card for which I used a stencil to create the background.  For the four rectangles on that card, I used Distress Ink.  It was a pretty card.  

Today I am posting a card for which I used four pattern paper rectangles to create the background.  Another Fall card, I used Cajun Craze for the card base and ink.  Each pattern rectangle measures 1-3/4" by 2-3/8".  Those rectangles fit nicely on the off white cardstock which measures 4" by 5-1/4".  The sentiment determined the size of the sentiment cardstock layers.  The sentiment you use will determine the size you will need.  The sentiment is from a retired Close to My Heart stamp set.  The punched leaf is from Stampin' Up's  Autumn Punch Pak.  Have a great day!

Autumn Blessings

Fall Friends from My Favorite Things, is one of my favorite Fall stamp sets. The little girl images are very cute.  With the cute images, you can make a pretty card very quickly.  After stamping the image on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of what cardstock, I used Copic markers to color it.  I chose pastel colors for a Fall change of pace!  Once the sentiment was added, there was too much white space.  So a few little leaves were added.  To finish the card, I added the Crisp Cantaloupe frame which was made using Papertrey Ink's die, Skinny Embossed Frane.  Have a great weekend! 

Midnight

This is Midnight, Stacey Yacula's Halloween kitten.  Isn't she so cute?  For the background, I sponged the edges of the white cardstock using Distress Ink, keeping the edges dark and leaving the center with little or no ink.  Midnight was stamped, colored with Copic markers and cut on the Scan N Cut.  The moon and stars were cut using Lawn Fawn's Spooktacular die set.  The bat was cut using an Amuse framelit.  Lastly, "boo" was in my stash of Halloween leftovers from last year.  

Speaking of leftovers, I have so many leftovers that yesterday I spent the afternoon going through bins of miscellaneous stuff--cards without images or embellishments, die cuts, stamped and cut images, and more!  I found some really cute half-finished cards and images, which I have kept.  I found things that made me wonder why I saved them.   If I haven't used them in over a year, I won't be using them.  Those things are gone from my scrap room.  I will make a real effort to use the things I kept.  Have a great day!

Cute Pumpkin Carvers!

Isn't this the cutest Halloween image?  Actually, I think it is almost the cutest as I also purchased a cute Halloween kitten stamp.  They are by Stacey Yacula for Purple Onion Designs.  I stamped the image and the sentiment and then colored with Copic markers.  Now that I have looked at the picture of the card, I can see a couple little areas where touch-ups are needed.  The stamps from Purple Onion Designs are red rubber and umounted.  I previously purchased a clear mount for the rubber stamps and it holds the stamp nicely while I stamp.  I have never gotten the hang of using my Misti to stamp with rubber, so out came the Stamp-a-ma-jig.  The white layer was cut using one of the Blueprints die sets from My Favorite Things.  Have a great day!

HB2U

One of my neighbor girls will be celebrating her 14th birthday later this month.  This is the card I made for her.  I used a variety of stamp sets including:  My Favorite Things' Birthday Buddies and Fall Friends and Sunny Studio Stamps' Happy Harvest.  After stamping the images, I cut them out on my Scan N Cut and colored with Copic markers.  Before creating the little scene, I sponged white cardstock using Distress Inks and then used a die from Lawn Fawn's Fancy Rectangle Scallop die set. The plaid paper is from Lawn Fawn and it might be retired by now.  

Today is Matthew's birthday so we are going out to lunch together.  Have a great day and weekend!