Spooky Halloween Tree

Hi everyone, how have y'all been? I've really missed you gals!! I have a ton to do to get caught up since I haven't been crafting but I'm feeling better now and can't wait to dive into it!! In the mean time how about another archived card for a little spooky fun??

This little card was fairly easy to make. I started off with a charcoal A2 sized card base and stamped the teeny star background in black then stamped a row of candy corn at the bottom. I set that aside and cut a white and lavender panel (I edge punched the lavender panel). I stamped the large winter tree onto the white panel and colored in the trunk with a black marker then added the sentiment and accents (friendly bat and the web & spider are from the Halloween Stamp Set). Using a sponge and a grey Momento ink I added color to the white panel and the card base. After layering the white and lavender panels together I added a length of orange ribbon and adhered it to the card base just slightly off centered then finished it all up by adding a little purple button.

See, easy peasy, right? I just love this little tree for it's uber versatility. I've made spring, summer, winter and Halloween trees with it...what a great stamp to have in your collection!

ohh my...ghosties are in the air!

Can you believe that there's only a week and a half left in September?? It feels like it should only be the 5th of September...this month has flown by me! I want to thank all of you for your well wishes for my hand issue. Y'all are too sweet! The infection seems like it's all gone...Cellulitis isn't something to play around with apparently so I'm glad it was caught early!!





With October rapidly (at the speed of light it seems) approaching it has my little brain going into over drive thinking about my favorite holiday...Halloween!! I'm excited to pull out my DeNami Halloween stamps and play! How about we start off the Halloween season with a fun card I made last year, why wait until October, right?

What a super easy card to put together! I started out with a black card base (A2 sized) and set it aside for a moment. I cut a piece of charcoal and a piece of orange cardstocks the taped them together on the back side and cut them to size to fit my base - keeping the orange panel larger than the charcoal one. Using the chevron pattern stamp from the Modern Borders set I made a "stripe" across both pieces of cardstock. In order to hide the ugly seam line, I added a length of black grosgrain ribbon, tied it in a bow and adhered it to my base. I made a little panel out of the orange cardstock and layered on a piece of lime green that I had free hand cut a wavy edge on. I stamped the little Halloween Fence (twice to get the length I wanted) onto the green and my sentiment on the orange then adhered that to a piece of charcoal cardstock and attached it all to the lower corner of the card. I knew that I wanted to add my little Friendly Ghost because I puffy heart that little guy so much but thought he needed a little friend so I fussy cut a Friendly Bat also. They are both popped up using foam tape/pop dots for some fun dimension. I thought it could still use just a little something so I added two black rhinestones to the focal panel and a little button/twine treatment to the bow.

Ohh how I love Halloween and getting to break out my darling DeNami Halloween stamps!! I plan on getting them all out and playing as much as possible this weekend! :)

Boo!

Ohh my goodness, we went from 98 degree days to 75 degree days with nothing in between...how in the world does that happen?? I'm serious, last Thursday it was 98 degrees, humidity was so unbearable that my chest hurt (asthma was kicking my tushie) and then the very next day it was 75 with low humidity...Mother Nature is sure something, isn't she?? Well, this weather change has me in full gear for fall. Are you ready for the changing of the season?

 

Y'all know that I just LOVE making Halloween cards so I'm pretty excited for this time of year :)

 

DeNami has some of the cutest little Halloween images, don't they?? I paired up the friendly bat with the Halloween petit four set and the Frankin-chickie stamp. And seriously, if you're a Chickie lover, you can't go wrong with that little cutie!!

 

That's it for me today, but I'll be back here on Friday with a fun little project!! See you then :)

Spooky Yumm-a-licious Tree

I heart my Twinkie for lots of reasons...but today, because she enabled my passion. A while back she sent me the cutest stamp set for Halloween. Now mind you, I usually send out just one design to everyone for holiday cards, when you're making close to 30 cards, it's just easier. I did think this set was ADORABLE and wanted to use it but so are my MUCH LOVED DeNami Halloween stamps...I was so conflicted, what's a girl to do? And when expressing this to my Twinkie, she came up with the answer..."well combine them of course!" And she's the blonde...DUH! ;)

I wish I had the DeNami's darling candy corn stamp, it would have been perfect to have some scattered at the base of the tree. Definitely going on my wish list!

This year I ended up sending everyone different cards...so many darling DeNami stamps!! What's Christmas gonna bring??

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Its that time of year again

Yes, yes, it is....so of course I am in the Halloween spirit! For me this is the beginning of the holiday season (that lasts 3 months as well it should). I see that Tina has gotten the Halloween bug too. Nothing wrong with that....nope, nothing wrong at all.

So here is my latest Halloween creation.....



Take a closer peek....



Isn't this fun? I just had to add a little bow (I think Tina is rubbing off on me).

Stamps used: D126 Friendly Bat, PF36 Halloween Stamp Set


So, have you been doing some Halloween creations? Let me know in the comments, I would love to take a peek.




Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Halloween 1

I don't know about anyone else.....but while I *adore* summer, I am ready for some cooler weather. I think that little thought was swimming around in my subconscious this weekend as I was playing in my crafty room because I made a couple of Halloween cards (the second I will show later this week).



And now for a closer look:



Stamps used in making this card: TR12 Sweet Treat Blocks, PF36 Halloween Stamp Set, D126 Friendly Bat, E145 Friendly Ghost.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!