Trick or Treat

 

Happy Halloween!  I thought I would stay in the spirit of Halloween with my card today.  This is one I used at my last Stamp A Stack and it went over quite well - simple and fun!  

 

The sentiment is stamped and punched out with the Note Tag Punch, then I colored the pumpkins in with some Pumpkin Pie ink and added a little button with a glue dot before adding it to the card. 

 

Supplies:

A Little Something

Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie ink

Happy Haunting dsp

Very Vanilla, Pumpkin pie card stock

Note tag punch

designer button

 

Simple and Fun Halloween Treat Bags

 

The kids always like to give their friends treats at school for holidays and I like to find a way to have them help put them together.  This time we decided to use a Clear Medium envelope to hold the candy and added a bag topper and stamped piece.

 

One child decided on pumpkins and another on "trick or treat"...both used the Happy Haunting designer series paper for the toppers.

 

These are really easy to put together, but sometimes their attention spans aren't long enough to make the packaging too complicated. 

 

Supplies:

September Paper Pumpkin stamp set, A little something

Tangelo Twist ink

1 1/2" circle punch

1 3/4" scallop circle punch

decorative label punch

Happy Haunting dsp

Basic Black and Very Vanilla card stock

clear envelopes

 

October Paper Pumpkin and Alternatives

I think my daughter watches closer for the Paper Pumpkin boxes each month than I do!  One day last week she said, "Mom, shouldn't you have gotten your orange box in the mail already?" 

 



 

The cards you see above are the designs the kit was intended for and there are 3 of each card ready to be made in the kit.  Of course as soon as I opened the box, I lost one of each card to Maddie...

 

But then I decided to make one of each as intended (the photo above and two below are close ups of those)...

 

and then I just did my own thing for awhile...

 

and came up with the following 5 alternative cards by cutting down pieces and added some additional card stock.

 

I added a little bit of Winter wonderland specialty vellum on a couple of them and a brick wall embossed background on another...

 

I hope you enjoyed the samples and alternatives!  The video from Stampin' Up! for this month's kit is below as well. 

 

 

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Great!

 

This card is another that will be a Stamp A Stack option in the future.  I chose Cajun Craze and Delightful Dijon as my main colors (two that I rarely use) and added some Very Vanilla and Tip Top Taupe.

 



 

The strip of designer series paper is from the Color Me Irresistible specialty paper pack and I cut up a piece of 1" dotted lace trim and stapled it onto that strip.

 

Supplies:

I Think You're Great

Cajun Craze, Delightful Dijon ink

Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe card stock

1" dotted lace trim

Color me Irresistible specialty paper

1 3/4" and 2" circle punches

 

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Watercolor Birthday

 

I went into the scrap and leftover bin for most of this card using a background that I had already embossed and another background that I had already stamped.

 

I used a portion of the Watercolor Wash image behind the flower image and then when I went to add the sentiment I decided to add some color to that as well, using an image from For All Things and stamping it over and over again...

 

Supplies:

Butterfly Basics, For all Things, Watercolor Wash

So Saffron, Memento Black ink

Pistachio Pudding, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White, Blushing Bride card stock

tea lace paper doilies

Large polka dot folder

burlap ribbon

 

Dreamers of Dreams

 

Again I am back with a sample canvas for an upcoming class.  I once again used the denim background, this time stamping with the set Be the Star and Garden Green, Memento Black and Metallic Gold ink.

 

I used some little wooden stars from the Happy Thoughts Paper Pumpkin kit randomly around the canvas...

 

and added some Winter Wonderland designer vellum behind some Project Life banner pieces...

 

more pieces from the Moments Like These Project Life collection...

 

and another...

 

The quote also comes from the Moments Like These Project Life kit. 

 

Before I added any elements to the page, I distressed the denim with some of the denim glaze that I purchased at the same time I bought the canvases, that is the whitish color you see in the background...

 

Supplies:

Be the Star

Memento Black, Garden Green Metallic Gold ink

Be the Star

Basic Black card stock

Winter Wonderland designer vellum

Paper Pumpkin - Happy Thoughts

Mossy Meadow striped ribbon

Moments Like These Project Life collection

denim canvas

 

Happiest Wishes

 

I am drawn to the Boys will Be Boys stamp set it seems, maybe because I have a couple boys in the house and one that loves legos...who knows :)  For the card below, I paired it with the Watercolor Wishes card kit stamp set and some Schoolhouse designer series paper.  

 

I also added a strip of Corrugated paper and colored in and cut out one of the lego images.

 

Fun cards don't have to take a long time to put together!

 

Supplies:

Boys will Be Boys, Watercolor Wishes

Memento Black, Hello Honey, Real Red, Pacific Point ink

Schoolhouse dsp

corrugated paper

Hello Honey, Whisper White card stock

 

Peace on Earth

 

I just love the Hearth and Home thinlits paired with the Happy Scenes stamp set.  There are just so many possibilities!  For this card, I used a glassine sheet as a "window" and embossed it with the Softly Falling folder before I placed it behind the window frame thinlit.  Then I stamped the image of the evergreen trees on some Whisper White card stock and placed that behind the window. 

 

 

I chose the Holly Jolly Greetings set to add some snowflakes to the background and for the "on earth"...

 

"Peace" comes from another thinlit set called Christmas greetings and I used the fine tip glue pen to attach it to the card base. 

 

Finally I added some basic rhinestones and some Winter Wonderland Embellishments to finish it off.

 

Supplies:

Holly Jolly Greetings, Happy Scenes

Crumb Cake , Island Indigo ink

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Island Indigo card stock

Home and Hearth thinlits

Christmas greetings thinlits

glassine sheets

Softly falling folder

Winter wonderland embellishments

basic rhinestones

 

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Little Duckies

 

This is a pretty quick card to put together but I thought it was kind of cute with the little ducks in a row.  I used the Something for Baby stamp set along with the Little Sunshine and Teeny Tiny Wishes sets.  

 

A little bit of taffeta ribbon on a heart clip and it is complete! 

 

Supplies:

Little Sunshine, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Something for Baby

Hello Honey, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso ink

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Hello Honey card stock

taffeta ribbon

hodge podge clip

 

Happy Place

 

Today I have another canvas project to share with you.  It is another sample for those who take my class in a few weeks can look at for inspiration...

 

This time I used a denim background and stamped some images from the By the Tide stamp set onto it.  I used some burlap ribbon that was cut and frayed in a few spots as well as some buttons as accents.

 

The title comes from Hello Life and I chose the Happy Times Project Life card collection and accessory pack for the rest of the elements. 

 

Of all my kids, Wyatt does the most fishing so I wanted to have his canvas to show those awesome times with grandpa.

 

Supplies:

Hello Life, By the Tide

Early Espresso, Soft Suede ink

Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Island Indigo card stock

designer series buttons

burlap ribbon

Happy Times Project Life card collection and accessory pack

denim canvas

 

 

Gift Bag Topper

 

I thought in addition to the weekly deals I shared with you today, that I would share this fun technique video as well.  Hope you have fun watching it and stay tuned for another project from me tomorrow!

 

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