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What do you do when you can't find the stamp you planned to use on a card? Make a card with no stamped images! Can you imagine <lol> I'm loving this scalloped circle card made with Graphic 45's Alice in Wonderland halloween papers!
Supplies include: Graphic 45 Alice in Wonderland papers; Martha Stewart's with punch; EK Success bat border punch; yellow card stock; A Muse lavendar sheer ribbon.
Okay - it's not even September so why on earth am I talking "October Daily"???? For the past 2-3 years I've enthusiastically started an October Daily, only to never finish any of them (that goes for my December Dailies, too *sigh*). I got so carried away with all the Halloween goodness at One Little Spark I couldn't stop myself from starting another October Daily. Here's a little peek at a portion of the cover...
I had so much fun working on this and I'm determined to finish it this year! Will it actually get finished?? You'll have to tune in beginning October 1 to see how far I get with this one <lol>
after a long night of soaring through the air casting spells on unwitting earthlings, what could be more relaxing than a nice hot bubble bath!
Supplies include: Impression Obsession Inner Witch stamp set; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Prismacolor pencils; Neenah white paper; A Muse black and purple kitchen card stock, lime green and orange card stock, and star twinkles; Martha Stewart White Gold glitter; Nestabilities Labels Eight and Classic scalloped cirlces.
a close up of the moon covered with Martha Stewart's Fire Opal glitter - such a beautiful color!!
Supplies include: Impression Obsession Scaredy Cat and Cat Silhouette stamps; A Muse kitchen black and Paprika papers and green sheer ribbon; Neenah white paper; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Martha Stewart Fire Opal glitter
Saturday night is laundry night only for the wicked <lol>
The background was created by sponging VersaMagic's Night Sky and Memento Pear Tart inks onto Neenah white paper. "Laundry Night" by Impression Obsession was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
The dress, stockings and hat band are all paper pieced and Spica glitter pens were used to add sparkle to lots of things on this card, including the cat's eyes. The moon and stars owe their sparkle to Doodlebug yellow glitter. (Hey Sharon, you should've been here - there's glitter ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!)
I must be among the wicked cause here I sit on a Saturday night doing laundry and making Halloween cards!! Usually I'm making design team projects or class projects or shop samples, but tonight I'm doing something I haven't done in a long time - stamping just for the fun of it! Ah...feels good!
The challenge for this week was to make a mini card. Check out what our talented ladies did this time...
Great ideas! Thanks for playing along!!
Earlier this week I needed a quick and simple "Thank You" card - it doesn't get much more simple than this...
Do you ever wonder what your furry people do when you're not at home? If I come home and don't see either of mine downstairs I know exactly where they are - upstairs sleeping on my bed...
So when I came home this afternoon and they were no where in sight, I went upstairs to check on them. There they were - sacked out on the bed. Spike tried to stand up real fast and pretend he hadn't been sleeping, but just look at that face! He's SO sleepy! Of course, Pheobe took it in stride - she was a little irritated that I had disturbed her afternoon nap. Our little princess knows it her "right" to sleep any place she wants to! <lol> and she does. They both do.
Last week's challenge was to make a card using flocking, flower soft or glitter on a card. Check out these great ideas...
Thanks for playing along this week!
For the next challenge let's do a mini card. I've been doing so many of them this week - they're lots of fun and quick and easy to do.
The Memory Box penguins are perfect for mini cards and this little guy is one of my favorites. He is stamped and colored with Copic markers. Classic oval and scalloped oval nestabilities were used to cut the penguin and scalloped layer underneath. The lavendar base card is 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" and has a smaller purple dotted layer on the front. A sheer white and sheer lavendar ribbon were added before the oval layers were adhered with pop dots. The sentiment was added and this cute little card was complete. Have you figured out the challenge yet? It's to make a mini card!!
Once your project is finished, simply link to it in the comment section of this post. As always, anyone, anywhere can play along. Have fun!
When the 7 Gypsies' printer's tray arrived I wasn't quite sure what to do with it, then it hit me!!! It would be perfect for a Halloween Collage!!
The first thing I did was create a paper collage in all the little nooks and crannies of the tray. After deciding which paper went in which nook, I took them back out and placed them in my workspace. Next, I lined up my favorite Memory Box Halloween stamps and went to work. The first one I stamped was Night Cat - my absolute most favorite stamp!! The lower half of the image was stamped in the upper left hand corner using VersaMark and Stampendous black embossing powder. The upper half of the image was stamped in the middle box on the right side,also with VersaMark and black embossing powder. A section was masked off and the rest of the square was sponged with Memento London Fog, creating a section of light coming from the lamp. In the center of this "light beam" the crow was stamped with black Staz-on.
In the square on the right you can see the orb spider that was stamped with orange pigment ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.
Happy Halloween was stamped directly on the box with Frost White pigment ink.These three sections were decorated with paper and decorative strips made using Martha Stewart's Halloween border punches.
Frost pigment ink was used to stamp the Orb spider. White scrapper's floss creates a web string in the upper box that the spider hangs from in the lower box.
If you look REAL close at lower left corner of the very first picture at the top of the page you'll spot those nifty jeweled spiders parading from one box to the other under red glittered drippy goo.
I love Halloween and I thoroughly enjoyed working on this spooky tray!!! This project is also featured on the Memory Box Design Team blog.
The following stamps were used on this printer's Tray collage...
Night Cat (E1403), Trick or Treaters (C1129); Orb Spider (1131); Old Fence (1392); Happy Halloween Combo (B1391); Spooky Collage ( G1387); Halloween Collage (G1395); Crow (B1389); Bird in Flight(D1393)