Grateful Pumpkins

Once again I am combining Stampin' Up with Lawn Fawn and they work well together.  The grateful die cut is from the retired Seasonal Frame Thinlets (presently on the Clearance Rack).  I die cut it twice, gluing one on top of the other.  The little pumpkins and the pretty pattern paper is from Lawn Fawn.  I used an orange Wink of Stella glitter pen to outline the stitching on the pumpkins.  The chocolate chip cardstock was embossed with the Woodgrain folder and is a perfect background layer for Fall.  Have a great weekend and find yourself a little stampin' time!

Witch Hat Clip

Every week, Splitcoaststampers has a tutorial.  I have tried quite a few and some were a little too involved for me.  When I saw this week's tutorial, I just had to try creating a Witch Hat Clip or two.  The first one is the hat on the polka dot bag.  I used solid black cardstock and then brushed it with a black Wink of Stella glitter pen.  It turned out pretty good so next I used  black glitter paper. The glitter hat is extremely cute, but since the glitter paper has white backing, when not looking directly at the hat, you do see the white to which the little clothespin is attached.   I closed a solid orange bag with the clip after putting a Ghirardelli mini inside.   The cute little stamped and fussy cut image is from Penny Black's Bewitched stamp set.  On the picture here, you will see smeared ink on the sentiment.  Since taking the picture, I have replaced the bag so that the smeared ink is no more. If you want to try your hand at this cute little witch hat clip, go to www.splitcoaststampers.com  and on the home page and under Top News and Tutorials, you will see the Witch Hat Clip Tutorial.  Have a great day!

Birthday Treats

Yesterday we went to dinner to celebrate John and Matt's birthdays.  I wanted to use the clear tiny treat boxes (pg. 176) in the Annual Catalog to fill with a little treat.  While I was in Walmart the other day, I saw these Hershey Kisses and I was sure
they would be perfect in the boxes.  Couldn't be much easier to make:  put some kisses and raffia in the box; wrap the box with a 1-1/2" wide strip of paper and wrap ribbon over the paper.  That was for John's birthday.  For Matthew's birthday I made a favor equally simple:  little bags from Amuse Studio with Sixlets little sleeves; orange DSP wrapped around each bag; and all wrapped up with white ribbon and a "cheers" tag.  We went to Chandlers Steakhouse in Schaumburg and had a good food and great evening.  We always have a good time when we are together.  Last night we had the pleasure of having our son's girlfriend and her nine year-old son with us, too. That made the evening even more enjoyable.  Kira and Vinny fit right in with our family.  Have a great day!

Thanksgiving Harvest

I cannot believe that I have already made more than one Thanksgiving card!  Today's card is so pretty that I had to share now rather than wait until closer to Thanksgiving.  The basket of fresh picked squash and pumpkins is from Stampin' Up's Basket of Wishes set.  After stamping and coloring, I fussy cut the image.  For the backdrop I used a number of die cut stitched leaves (Lawn Fawn) and a little gold thread. I really like this stamp set as it has a variety of baskets and a variety of things that fit in the baskets~~a little something for each season.  Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!