More cards from October 2012

As promised here are a few more of the cards I made last fall.

This little gal is one of my favorites to use for Halloween cards. If you've read the blog for any time you'll see I pull her out each Halloween and try to find some new way to use her. She's from the Greeting Card Kids set from Stampin' Up! The paper is all Stampin' Up!: Polka Dot Parade and the green piece is from my stash.. The large purple scallop was punched out with the large scallop by Stampin' Up! and then run thru the Spiderweb embossing folder also by Stampin' Up! The yellow circle behind the scallop is So Saffron card stock and was embossed using the Square Lattice embossing folder. My little pumpkin sitting witch is colored with colored pencils, cut out and popped up on dimensionals. The scallop spider web is also popped up on demsionals.

This is the Halloween card I made for my oldest niece. She's crazy about her 2 cats so it seemed appropriate. The stamp is by Stampin' Up! - Frightening Feline, stamped in black StazOn. The image was then die cut using the Window Frames collection framelits by Stampin' Up! and then inked using Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight. The next layer was cut using the next size up of in the Window Frames collection and sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mist in Perfect Pearl. The final die cut layer was cut from Hollow's Tooth & Scaring Bone designer paper by Stampin' Up!. The card base is black, embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder by Stampin' Up! and sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mist in Perfect Pearl.

My last card for today is another Halloween card. I only sent out a few this year. Like I said, life was a bit nuts at that time and card making got put on the back burner.

This card was created using a stamp by Inkadinkado and I believe it is called Haunted Chateau, although there is no name on the stamp. I picked this one up at either Hobby Lobby or Michael's. The image was stamped in black StazOn and inked with Wisteria Wonder around the edges. The glow around the "chateau" was created by inking with Pumpkin Pie ink and Daffodil Delight ink, both by Stampin' Up! It doesn't show up well in the photo but the moon, and the tree got a little bit of icy Stickles added to them as did the grave stones and the walkway. The black die cut piece was cut out of black glitter paper and cut with the largest framelit from the Labels Collection by Stampin' Up! The card base is purple paper from my stash and I used the stamp Wonderfully Worn  by Stampin' Up! in black.

BTW, today is my Daddy's 84th birthday! Happy Birthday Dad!!! I'll show you the silly card I made for him later this week. 

Take some time to get your pinky inky today.

Fast Card Friday - Pursuit of Happiness

Still thinking about the Founding Fathers. It was a novel idea to include the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence. Studies have shown that measuring one's own happiness is a uniquely American (North American, for my Canadian friends - you guys do this too). So during this week of celebrating America --- here's a card that speaks to the pursuit of happiness.

Supplies:

Soft Suede card stock
Bashful Blue card stock
Whisper White card stock
Square Lattice embossing folder
Labels Collection framelits
Big Shot
Pursuit of Happiness stamp set
Soft Suede ink
 Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon
Sponge Dauber

Directions:

• Card base is standard size
• Bashful Blue mat is 3 x 4.
• Run the Bashful Blue mat through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice embossing folder.
• Stamp sentiment on Whisper White using Soft Suede ink.
• Using the 3 die from the center of the Labels Collection framelits, cut out the sentiment using the Big Shot, being sure that the sentiment is centered in the framelit.
• Ink edges using Soft Suede ink
• Adhere sentiment to  mat. 
• Cut a length of Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon, attaching it to the mat.
• Cut a smaller length of Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon, tie into a knot and attach to ribbon base using a glue dot.
• Attach mat to card base.

*you may wish to secure the ribbon in the front with several glue dots placed along the length of the ribbon since the weight of the knot may move the ribbon*

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Take some time to get your pinky inky today.

By The Seashore

It's HOT! No, I mean realllllllllllllly hot - like melt your skin off hot. I live in Oklahoma. Last summer was the hottest on record ... ever. I'm praying that we're not having a repeat of last year's temps. I'm wishing I was at the seashore. Today's card is meant to ease those heat induced blues and take you to cool ocean breezes.

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Whisper White card stock

Soft Suede card stock

Bashful Blue card stock 

By the Seashore stamp set

Soft Suede ink

Soft Suede Taffeta ribbon

Square Lattice embossing folder

Big Shot

Corner Rounder

Snail adhesive

Sponge dauber

Directions:

Card base measures: 4 x 6 

Bashful Blue mat measures: 3 x 5 3/8

Whisper White squares measure: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4

• Emboss Bashful Blue mat with Square Lattice embossing folder
• Round Corners of Bashful Blue mat and Soft Suede card base
• Mount to Bashful Blue mat to card base
• Stamp Whisper White squares using Soft Suede ink and By the Seashore stamp set.
• Round corners on stamped squares
• Ink edges using Soft Suede
• Mount stamped squares on to mat
• Attach Soft Suede ribbon

Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HERE to place an order and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

Take a little time to get your pinky inky today.