DDC Happy Haunting

Happy Friday, peeps!  YAY!  The weekend is upon us!  I have a fun little card today; once I saw my friend Bonnie's card with this cute owl, I knew I had to have him for myself!  You can see her card here!  Here's what I did with it:

I started with a 4 1/4" square card base of Chocolate Chip, added some matching DSP, then stamped and embossed my little owl on some thin typewriter-style paper I found in my stash that had a sepia tint to it.  I diecut it with a stitched circle die, then added some shading to the whole thing in some Halloween colors.  I added a Crushed Curry diecut circle to the back to bring it just to 5 1/2" so it would still fit in a standard-size envelope:

Since I had a little embossing "overspray", I stamped a sentiment from a Graphic 45 Halloween set, fussy-cut it out and sponged some Crushed Curry ink on it as well:

Since the Double D Challenge currently is "Owls or Pumpkins", I am going to enter my little owl there!

So happy you popped in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Owl (Impression Obsession) Halloween (Graphic 45)
Card stock & Papers	Chocolate Chip (ret), Crushed Curry, This & That DSP (Echo Park), Typewriter Paper (misc)
Ink	Versamark, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil'Inker), Chevron Circle Dies (Sissix), Sponge Daubers, Blends, Stamparatus, Heat Tool

PP561 Spookiness and a VERY Special Visitor

Hi there stampers!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with Laurie as our hostess--here we go: 

So many fun possibilities, just in time for Halloween!  I pulled out some spooky Tim Holtz patterned paper I've had for a long time and found a suitable stamp and went to work:

After stamping the image with Stazon ink, I colored in the moon, then did some sponging to give it the same hue as the patterned paper:

I added a fun little sentiment, "sewed" around the edges with the Stitchery stamp set and created a couple little stars to embellish the tag:

Finally, I stamped this fun sentiment on the inside and diecut it with an Ornate Tag die:

I hope you'll play along with us this week with our fun "spooky" challenge...be sure to share it with us at the Paper Players blog, and while you're there, check out what the other designers have created!  Thanks for popping in today!

So THIS happened yesterday:

My sweet stamping friend Michele from I Card Everyone drove ELEVEN HOURS from Michigan with her patient hubby Tom to visit me at my yard sale in Pennsylvania, LOL!  I saw a couple walk into the garage and begin to talk to John in a secretive manner; I had a customer but I was keeping my eye on them!!  Suddenly, the woman turned around and walked to me and my jaw dropped!  What a surprise!  We had a lovely day---they went to Longwood while we did our yard sale---then we went out to dinner and chatted away!  I can't begin to tell you how special I felt!  THANKS, MICHELE!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery, Halloween (Graphic 45), Halloween Set #1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Seasonal DSP (Tim Holtz), Typewriter paper
Ink	Stazon, Soft Suede< Cajun Craze
Accessories	Dimensionals,
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Ornate Frames Dies, Stitched Circles Dies (Sissix), Stitched Tag Dies (Reverse Confetti), Blending Brush, Blender Pen, Wink of Stella

AYSI260 Boo To You!

Hey peeps!  Time for another As You See It...as we turn the page to October, we've got a sketch for you:

 

Of course, my mind went to Halloween!  I just got some new papers from CTMH and I paired them with a really old Halloween stamp that I don't think I've ever even inked up:

I diecut the plaid piece with a Stitched Rectangle die, then cut another one and stamped my black cat on top and fussy-cut it out, popping it up and matching it with the plaid beneath it:

The sentiment strip and starry strip are both from the paper pack, and I added some faux stitching and two black glimmer stars for fun!

I inked up a couple more of my Halloween stamp stash for the inside:

I am also adding this to the challenge at Just Add Ink: Just Choose Two---I've got silhouettes and stars!

I love stamping Halloween cards!  But what will you create with our sketch this week?  The possibilities are endless!  Come play along with us!  And thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Stitchery, Halloween (Graphic 45), Halloween Silhouettes (Crackerbox & Suzy), Halloween Set 1 (Rubbernecker)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Black Glimmer, Boo Crew DSP (Close to My Heart)
Ink	Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Die, Country Star Punch (ret), Stamparatus

PP511 Fall Owl

Hi stampers!  It's Sunday and Claire is our Paper Players hostess with this fun challenge:

 

Aren't those critters cute?  That snowy owl reminded me that I had gotten some book plates at a yard sale a long time ago:

Isn't that a great graphic?  I thought they would make great Halloween cards, but obviously I didn't want to have that blank portion on my card, so this is the way I "fixed" it:

I started with a Very Vanilla cardbase and added an Old Olive mat that was stamped with some spooky eyes and embossed with a Subtle embossing folder.  I added a sentiment in Soft Suede, sponged with Sahara Sand, to cover up the blank for the name:

I added some gold glimmer stars and a spooky moon punched with a circle punch:

And a final star on the inside:

This was actually my second card; here's the first card I made, on a Soft Suede base embossed with the Woodland EF and stamped sentiment in Early Espresso:

Now....what little fall creature will inspire you to create something?  Check out what the Design Team used for their cards this week at the Paper Players blog and be sure to share yours with us too! Thanks for popping in today-- enjoy your day and be blessed!

Here's a little disappearing creature!  Now you see her:

And now you don't!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Halloween (Newton's Nook), Halloween 1 (Graphic 45), Vintage Halloween (Crafty Secrets), Misc "Spooky"
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Gold Glimmer (ret), Book Plate
Ink	Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Subtles EF, Woodland EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Verve Star Die (ret)

AYSI161 Vintage Scary!

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's time for another As You See It challenge.....and it's a Halloween "scary" challenge!

I love Halloween but I'm not a big fan of the scary stuff!  Then I remembered I had a whole tablet of Tim Holtz vintage Halloween images and some of them are a bit scary, in a fun way, so I sliced off a big piece featuring several images and made a larger-than-normal (5 1/4 x 6 1/4") card:

I found a piece of textured Sahara Sand 12x12" cardstock in my stash that matched my images pretty well, so I used that for my base; I did a couple of rows of zig zag stitching around the edges of the Halloween paper and then attached it to my card. 

I found this seam binding at a yard sale a long time ago; it's rayon and I think that made a difference when I shabbied it up for my bow!  It's very soft and it crinkled up a lot when I added a little So Saffron ink to dye it and then scrunched it up and heat-set it in my microwave!

But I love the effect it created when I made it into a bow:

I also had some Tim Holtz Seasonal Stickers that I adhered to scraps of the textured cardstock and sponged with different colors, then cut them into banners and tied them to the center of the bow!  They are my favorites!  And here are some closeups of some of the images from the TH papers:

I had to laugh at this one; you can't see the words because of the stitches, but it says "Courage for Halloween"!!!!

 

I added some Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black and Champagne glimmer paper stars, and the front was done!  And here's a semi-scary image for the inside:

I hope you'll play along with our scary Halloween challenge!  Eeeek!  Halloween is only 11 days away!

Speaking of scary, Cassidy carved her jack-o-lantern a couple of days ago:

Yep, it's pretty scary!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Haunting (Graphic 45)
Card stock & Papers	Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black & Champagne Glimmer Paper (ret), Sahara Sand Textured (ret), Seasonal 12x12 (Tim Holtz)
Ink	Basic Gray
Accessories	Vintage Seam Binding, Linen Thread
Tools	Big Shot, Bitty Banners Dies (ret), Stars Die (Verve), Country Star Punch (ret), Sticky Strip, Sewing Machine

JUGS366 and IM272 Happy Halloween

Happy Monday, everyone!  It's a week until Halloween!  Have you sent out any cards?  I made a big dent in my (hoarded) stash, but it's always fun to use my Halloween stamps, so I decided to make another one  The Just Us Girls photo challenge was too cute to pass up, and the In(k)spire Me sketch worked with the stamp I had in mind!

So here we go--it's pretty clean and simple!  I started with a Basic Gray card base and added some Frightful DSP from My Mind's Eye:

I got this little cat on a pumpkin a few years back from 100 Proof Press!  He just cracks me up!  I have had the cats border as well as the "Halloween" for a while, too....I believe they are from Graphic 45.  The "Happy" and the flourish are both from an older Crafty Secrets set.  I stamped them all in Basic Black ink and colored in the pumpkin with Tangerine Tango ink, then added some sequins...easy peasy!  I did do the sketch in the landscape mode, as the elements fit better that way!

 

The inside was stamped with an older Lizzie Kate sentiment, which I love too!

Out in the mail it goes!  And thanks for popping in today!

Have you hugged a pumpkin today?

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."  Proverbs 3:5-6

TSOT280

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  It's time for another Try Stampin' on Tuesday sketch from Kaylin; this week's optional theme is "splash"!

I've been "rediscovering" the plethora of random DSP I've collected over the years....this group of papers is from an older Graphic 45 pad called "On The Boardwalk".....it was perfect for my vintage images of bathing beauties from Artistic Outpost (Boardwalk).  So here we go:

I stamped my image in Bermuda Bay and added some overstamping of SU's Linen background stamp as well as some sponging.  I struggled to find a color that would complement the colors in the DSP, and to my pleasant surprise, the new In Color Peekaboo Peach worked perfectly!  I added a couple of mats and some candy dots, then added a little "enjoy" (Everyday Expressions by Paper Studio) in Cajun Craze.

Finally, I punched out this little circular embellishment from one of the DSP's designs and mounted it on a Cajun Craze scallop.....isn't it fun?  Perfect for the sketch, too!

I have a few summertime birthdays coming up, so this will be in the mail for one of them!  Hope you'll play along with us, and remember that we have a Facebook page and you can submit your creations there as well!

Speaking of the boardwalk, here's a few shots from Funland at Rehoboth Beach, DE....a place where I rode these same rides, as did Dana, when we were kids:

Enjoy your day!