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Eat, Drink & Be Scary

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I don’t buy much stuff that isn’t Stampin’ Up!  However, I HAD to have this Drippy Goo punch!  It is just adorable!  Our local stores never even got them in stock, and the cashier checked in a 100 mile radius for me.  I happened to email a gal in Florida who was looking and asked her if she would pick one up for me if she found them.  That was several weeks ago.  Out of the blue, she emailed me and said she had found one and did I still want it.  Are you kidding?  YES!  She kindly shipped it off to me.  This was the card I made her when I packed off her check and some extra goodies as a thank you. 

I used the Sanded background on the Basic Grey cardstock.  And I used a strip of Ghostly Greetings designer paper.  The Black/Orange stitch ribbon I picked up last year and it hides the seam between the Designer Paper and the strip of Black Drippy Goo.  I stamped the hat from Eat, Drink & Be Scary in Black Craft Ink and embossed with clear.  I used a strip of Pumpkin Pie cardtock for the band.  Beware is also a contraband Martha Stewart stamp…the drippy letters match the punch!  I hope she likes it!

I’ve been working on some items for another craft fair this weekend and my classes for next week so I’m busy like usual!  Hope you are having a great week!  If you are in the Columbus, Ohio area on Saturday from 8:30 – 3:00, I’ll be at the Clintonville Women’s Club on High Street.  Come and visit!

Oh, I received my FIRST online order from a new customer!  Woohoo!

BLOG CANDY!

In celebration of being published in Paper Crafts Magazine for the first time, I’m offering YOU some Blog Candy!  I also want to thank you for reading my Blog and for your comments.  I like hearing from you!

This is the candle I submitted to Paper Crafts…aren’t they awesome for sending it back to me?  The Blog Candy does NOT include the candle…sorry.  I picked up several of the candles and holders at the dollar store a couple years ago and they sat in my cupboard.  When Paper Crafts sent out a call for using rub-ons in different ways, I used the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration rub-ons on the candle, wrapped some ribbon around the stand, added some beads from the Pretties kit and sent this in to them.  VERY simple, but makes a pretty impressive gift, I think!

So…for Blog Candy…you will get this October issue of Paper Crafts Magazine AND a 1 year FREE Gift Subscription to Paper Crafts Magazine!  Unfortunately this will be limited to new subscribers only!  (Don’t worry…I have another Blog Candy Award coming up SOON that everyone can participate in!)

So, leave me a comment telling me one thing you’ve seen on my Blog that you really like or one thing that you’d like to see me do with my Blog.  I’ll chose a random number from all the entries.  Please, only one comment per person!  Thanks!  Winner will be drawn Sunday, October 19 at 5:00 PM.

Autumn Harvest – Patina Technique

This is a technique for the current October 2008 Technique Junkies Newsletter called Patina.  I think it makes great looking backgrounds.  Since you use a couple different colors, it is easy to customize according to what colors you want to use.  And remember, Patina just doesn’t mean Copper…it happens with silvers, reds, browns, too…so use your imagination.

I used this card at my last Techniques Class, going with fall colors (plus I needed a birthday card!)  The Patina background fits this stamp set perfectly.  Colors used were Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and Metallic Gold.  I did use my oval Coluzzle and then individually cut out the pumpkins and stems in Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive.  The wide Old Olive grosgrain ribbon adds the final touch!

We really enjoyed having the kids in town over the weekend…miss seeing my son.  He won’t be back now until Christmas.  My hubby and I might just need to take a trip up to see him one more time before he moves from Madision, WI to Kansas City, KS.

Have a great week!  My hubby is off today so I’m getting a late start, too!

Bloggers’ Challenge – Inspiration

Today’s challenge was to use this bedding ensemble as inspiration for our card!  I love the striking colors.  For my card, I wanted to stay with the simple clean lines shown in the bedding.  I chose the One of a Kind medallion to represent it (wish I’d have had True Friend!)  I also wanted a large greeting to take up most of the white space on the card.  Life is Good fit perfectly!

I stamped Life is Good with Basic Black on Whisper White.  Then I cut 1/4" strips of black cardstock to make the border on two sides.  The Medallion is stamped with Craft Black, then embossed with Clear Embossing powder and cut out.  I used the small center with a Build-A-Brad (I hadn’t used those in a while!).  The whole flower is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Finally made it home last night from my stamping class out of town about 12:15 AM.  My son and his girlfriend rolled in around 12:45 AM .  They ran into construction going thru Indianapolis.  We plan to spend a fun time with them this weekend.  Having family over tonight for a cookout, too.  Weather is gorgeous for it!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend, too!  Today’s my mom’s birthday and my father in law’s…Happy Birthday, Mom and Dad!

Control Freaks Swap

This was my Swap card for the Control Freak Swappers last time (New Catty).  I chose Snow Swirled because it is one of my favorite new ones in this catalog!  I love to decorate with snowmen and snowflakes, so a tree made from snowflakes works well for me!

I embossed the tree on Whisper White with Gold EP and then separately embossed the snowflakes with Silver EP.  I punched out the snowflakes with my 1/2 circle punch and adhered them to the tree.  The tree is cut out and placed on the Bigz Top Note die cut out of Brushed Silver.  The Verse is stamped with Basic Black and shows up much better in person.  I wrapped some White Taffeta Ribbon around it.  I stamped some larger snowflakes in Baja Breeze on the Baja Breeze cardstock and layered everything on a base card of Whisper White.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST NOTICED!!!  UGH!!!  I forgot to put the Brushed Gold punched small stars on the top of the trees for my swaps!!!  Oh no!  Sorry Control Freaks!  My sample one has it, but not the ones I sent.  GRRRRRR!!!!!  Oh well!

I’m out of town all day tomorrow, so I’ll catch you again on Friday for the Blogger’s Challenge! 

Great Big Gobs…

Anyone remember that kid’s song that started Great Big Gobs…lol!  That is what I think of when I see these eyeballs!  This was another project that I sold at the recent craft fair.  I forgot to take a picture of all the completed ones…they were quite a site!  I only had two left, so I’m sure those will sell at the next craft fair.

I used the retired halloween designer paper from last year and Batty for You.  The plastic tubes were leftover from the Bath Oil beads that I used in the apothecary jars.  I’m glad I kept them!  The wrapped eyeball candy I found at the dollar store, they are chocolate crisps candy.  I knew I wanted to wrap a belly band around the center of the tube with Batty for You, but I was searching for a way to place something like an eyeball on top. 

I originally found some white bath fizz balls at Michael’s and altered one with red eyeball veins and a paper iris, but was afraid that kids would try to eat it, thinking it was candy, too.  Then, I found these Gummi Eyeballs at Walmart.  Aren’t they a riot?  They were already packaged in their individual containers.  I just trimmed down the packaging a little and added a pop dot to secure it to the top of the plastic tube.  (The plastic tube I closed and secured with a bit of Crystal Effects around the lid.) 

I LOVED how these turned out!  They were quick and easy to make.  The kids that came by thought they were great!

Altered Apothecary jars

Did you notice I went missing?  Friday was crazy trying to finish preparing for the craft fair on Saturday.  I didn’t even get time to make or post my Blogger’s Challenge card.  I’ll have to make it up.  I also have two classes this week, and while I have the items designed that we will be doing, I still need to cut paper and CLEAN UP my studio!  Oh my…I think I had every tool out this past week working on craft fair items.  And, of course, my large drawer where I throw in paper, magazines, catalogs, etc. decided to lose it’s bottom and I had a big mess with stuff stacked all around until my hubby could fix it.

Overall, the craft sale went pretty well.  You can tell people are being very cautious with their money.  I did get lots of compliments and made enough to make it worth my time, I think.  Picked up a couple new customers, too, although my purpose was to sell the finished items mostly.  I know I did use up a LOT of retired designer papers and alterable items I had laying around…that is GOOD!

Here are a couple glass apothecary jars that I altered with punches.  The Santa face I found somewhere on SCS, but the Snowman I made up myself.  I used the small Snowflakes Big Shot Die and glued the snowflakes on the sides of the jar.  Santa’s hat sparkles along with Snowman’s snowflake.  Inside I put some Bath Oil Beads…but they could be refilled with candy…I just think people get enough of candy during the holidays so I wanted to use something else.

I have several left, but will be doing another craft sale in a couple weeks, so hope to sell the rest of them during it. 

I need to get off here and start working on my classes.  Have a great week!

EDIT:  These are approximately 3 1/4" in size.  I found them at Hobby Lobby for 99 cents each.  I have seen smaller ones in the wedding section at Pat Catan’s…they are about 1 1/2 inches.

Pocket Silhouettes

My Club members made this card and matching envelope at last month’s meeting.  I tend to "forget" about odd-sized cards when I’m preparing for my classes, but I love the 3 x 6 size and our open-end envelopes.  They are elegant.  Of course, Pocket Silhouettes was on special last month.  I combined it with the Baby Wipe Technique so I would get a faux Spectrum pad look to my silhouettes.  Love it!  Colors used were Ruby Red, More Mustard and Old Olive…a great fall combination!

They stamped the flower stem three times on Very Vanilla and layered them with More Mustard, Old Olive and Ruby Red.  There is a strip of More Mustard along the base Kraft card with the Olive 5/8 Grosgrain Ribbon tied around it.  The flower stem layers are popped up with dimensionals.  We finished with the greeting Thanks So Much from the set.  A fairly easy, but WOW card!

I’m on the final countdown for my craft fair on Saturday.  At least I have enough done that my table won’t look empty.  I’ll be sharing photos of what I did next week!

Eat, Drink and Be Scary!

I LOVE this new set, Eat, Drink & Be Scary!  It is NOW available in the Holiday mini!  That witches hat is JUST TOO CUTE!!!  I had to have it.  Plus I love that I can use my punches with some of the other stamps in this set! 

If you want this set, CLICK HERE to go to my Online Ordering…then click in the upper right corner a Shop Now button…and use #111764 for $18.95!  Order now and get it in time to make a few special Halloween cards!

For the details…this was another challenge with my friends Lisa and Mary last weekend.  We used Lauren Meador’s darling layout.  I cut a Basic Black circle with my Coluzzle, then cut one with Tangerine Tango the same size and cut it in half and applied over the Basic Black one.  Then I cut a sliver of Whisper White and placed it over the seam…trimmed off the sides to match the circle.  I stamped the Witches Hat with Black Craft Ink and embossed with Clear EP, then cut it out and popped it with dimensionals on the circle.  I cut a sliver of Tangerine Tango for the hat band, too.  I stamped the Halloween definition in the upper right and bottom left corners (using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig made it SO easy!)  Then I cut a rectangle of Whisper White, stamped the Spider in Basic Black and used my Tag Corner Punch on the top ends.  I punched a 1/16 circle and used the Silver Elastic Cord (it is BACK in the holiday mini also!).  It is secured to the circle with a dimensional.  I tied the Tangerine Tango 5/8 Striped Ribbon around the base card of Basic Black.

I loved how this card came out!  (yeah, yeah…I say that about a lot of my cards, don’t I?)  The simple things make me happy!

Stamps:  Eat, Drink & Be Scary
C/S:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango
Inks:  Basic Black Craft, Basic Black Classic
Other:  Tag Corner punch, 5/8 Stripe Tangerine Tango ribbon, 1/16 punch, Silver elastic cord, dimensionals, Circle Coluzzle