Halloween

Season of Friendship Halloween

November 1, 2008 By Connie | 2 Comments

I had to sneak in one last Halloween card! I sent these out to a few people this year. Hopefully they have received them by now and I won’t ruin the surprise.

This design was heavily inspired by Kimberly Van Diepen. I loved how she did a white fence in front of the Season of Friendship tree. I added the crow in the limb and the Happy Halloween at the top with a couple black brads. I also used Dazzling Diamonds mixed with Black Embossing Powder to make the tree and cat sparkle! The base card is Whisper White, with a layer of Basic Black and then Kraft. Both the Basic Black and Kraft I used my distressing tool to rough up the edges. I also used a sponge dauber with Black ink around the edges of the Kraft and the punched oval for Happy Halloween. The cat is actually from Batty for You. I stamped and embossed her on Kraft, then cut her out. She is popped up on dimensionals. Oh…in the background I used the stars from Classic Backgrounds in Versamark.

So…those of you who purchased my Season of Friendship Kit, here is one more idea for you to use that set!

Eat, Drink and Be Scary!

October 1, 2008 By Connie | 3 Comments

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

Batty for You

September 23, 2008 By Connie | 4 Comments

I’ve had these glass bottles in my "stash’ for a year or so, I think I bought them at Michaels. I pulled one out and decided to decorate it for Halloween. I also had a bunch of different colored Bath Oil Beads I picked up after Christmas last year for 25 cents a package (about 12 in each package). Good deal! The jar holds about 2 packages.

I stamped the Frankenstein from Batty for You with his greeting Smell my Feet…appropriate…in Green Galore on Whisper White, then punched it out with the 1 1/4 circle punch, layered on the 1 3/8 circle and a Black Scallop Circle. I printed out the words Monster Mash Beads on Whisper White and punched it, too. Tied a black gingham grosgrain ribbon around the neck, sandwiching the tails of the ribbon between two layers of the black scallop circle. Fun and easy Halloween project!

I’ve been on a roll working on my craft fair projects. Yeah! I’ll make sure to take pictures when I’m done to show you. A couple CUTE things I worked on today…inspiration just hit! I had no plans on making what I did.