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Happy Halloween everyone!  I hope you have a safe, fun and entertaining celebration with your family and friends.  I am down to one child who will be trick or treating this year. My daughter is looking forward to "heading into town" to pass out candy at her boyfriends house- yikes!!! Time sure does fly, doesn't it? Anyways, here's a treat bag I made for Halloween this year:  I cut out two of the largest Deco Labels framelits with Basic Black card stock and trimmed off the bottom so that it would stand. I ran them through the Spider Web folder and dragged my White craft pad across it.  I made a little box and attached them to it. I made a paper handle and secured it to the bag with brads.  I also used Witches Brew Washi tape on the sides of the box to decorate it and make it more secure.  I even covered a glimmer brad with Washi tape so that it would match. : )  I made several of these to hand out to a few special grown ups. : )    ...

Tomorrow is Halloween! Can you believe it?!  Here is another Halloween themed card for my "Wicked Wednesdays".  I wanted to use the "Admit One to Halloween Bash" image from the Halloween Bash stamp set and decided an easel card would be fun. Here it is.  I love easel cards.  I love that you can display them without the card failing over....and I tend to display my new creations a lot around my house!. : )   RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash and That's the Ticket INK: Black Stazon PAPER: Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie and Summer Starfruit ACCESSORIES: Witches Brew DSP, Ticket punch, Tasteful Trim Die, Delicate Doilies Sizzlit, Chalk Talk Framelit, Black Glimmer Brads and Paper piercing tool. Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great Wicked Wednesday!  See you tomorrow!  

Hello, and happy Friday! : ) Today was the first day this week that I was able to stamp.  I worked quit a bit this week, and was so eager to meet up with my stamps this morning.  I decided to play along with the dynamic duos challenge #75, and about half way thru its creation, I noticed that the challenge closed yesterday. .opps! Bummer for me.  But, it was fun to create nonetheless, and I am excited to share it with you. : ) Here's the challenge: And here's the card I made: I decided to make a file folder card using my beloved Envelope Punch board.  And as you can see, I used my Gorgeous Grunge stamp set yet again!!!  Here's a better picture with the card in a stand so that you can see the sides of the file card.  Very fun and very easy to make! Notice the black card stock layering around the punched out image?  To create it, I used the Decorative Label punch for the top and bottom, but for the sides I punched out a 1" circle and cut it in...

Can you believe that Halloween is only 8 days away!?! Wow, does time fly by!!!  Here's one of my top favs (do I say that a lot?) for Halloween cards I made for this year using the Chalk Board technique.  I really like it and hope you do too.  I sponged all the paper pieces (except for the black card stock) with Basic Black ink using a sponge dauber.  I added speckles and dots using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set (love it!) onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and distressed it with my finger nail.  I did the same to the next two layers.  I wrapped Linen Thread around the card 2 times and tied a knot.  Lastly, I added 2 Pumpkin Pie Candy Dots to even out the placement of the DSP flags. RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash and Gorgeous Grunge INK: Basic Black and Versa Mark PAPER:  Basic Black and Crumb Cake ACCESSORIES: Witches Brew DSP, White embossing powder, sponge daubers, Linen Thread and Pumpkin Pie Candy Dots. Happy Wicked Wednesday...

It's Wednesday! And that means its time to share another Halloween creation!  So without further delay...here's my share:  Do you notice anything strange or different about the Spider Web embossing folder?  Well, I embossed it on one side and then flipped it over and embossed it on the other side. When I rubbed my White craft pad over the embossed card stock, it made this cool effect.  Kinda like there are many webs that are in 3D.  Pretty cool...huh?. : ) Again, I used the Halloween Bash stamp set along withe the That's the Ticket stamp set.  I just love the "Happy Halloween" ticket image!  Especially since it has a matching punch! : ) RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash and That's the Ticket INK: White Craft pad and Stazon Black ink PAPER: Basic Gray and Basic Black ACCESSORIES: Witches Brew DSP, Spider Web embossing folder, Ticket Duo Builder punch, Decorative Label punch and Basic Pearls.  Happy, Wicked Wednesday!

For this creation, I focused on the color: Summer Starfruit. I love the "creepy crawly Halloween" stamp image from the Halloween Bash stamp set. I made it into a tag using my Chalk Talk Framelits.  I stamped the Off the Grid stamp set repeatedly onto the tag image using Summer Starfruit ink to give it a grungy look.  I love that stamp set! : )   RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash and Off the Grid INK: Summer Starfruit and Basic Black PAPER: Basic Black, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla ACCESSORIES: Witches Brew DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray and Pumpkin Pie Markers, Chalk Talk Framelits, Summer Starfruit 3/8" Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread, Basic Pearls, Sharpie Marker, Dazzling Details Glitter and sponge dauber. Can't wait to show the cool card for next week!  One of my favorites!  Happy, wicked Wednesday!

Here's a monochromatic creation using the Halloween Bash stamp set with the Witches Brew DSP.  I love how clean yet spooky it looks. : )  I added little Basic Pearls which were colored with a black Sharpie marker to the main image.   RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash INK: Black Stazon PAPER: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Basic Black Textured, and Basic Gray ACCESSORIES: Witches Brew DSP, Decorative Label and Large Oval punches, Argyle embossing folder, Tastefully Trim Bigz Die and Basic Pearls. Happy, Wicked Wednesday! 

Boy is it HOT out here in Minnesota!  My daughter had a soccer game today at noon and I thought I was going to melt away. UG!  They won 3-1, so at least she can be happy about that.  After we got home and cooled off, I headed down to my stamping room. Today, I decided to play along with the Friday Mashup Challenge 126 which is to create a set of 3 x 3 cards using Washi Tape. Here's what I made: RECIPE: STAMPS: That's the Ticket, Halloween Bash and Gorgeous Grunge INK: Stazon Black and Pumpkin Pie PAPER: Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla ACCESSORIES: Ticket Builder punch, Witches Brew Washi Tape, 1/8" taffeta Ribbon in Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie. Very easy and fun to make! Hope you are staying cool!  Happy Stamping!

Okay, I have to admit that I really shouldn't be stamping this week as I  really have NO spare time to stamp, but did- quickly this morning. My bad.  We are sending my son off to college tomorrow (bright and very early)...I made my salsa from the garden veggies last night and of course we have open house forour other 2 children, not to mention we are going to our Cabin after the send off of Josh. So here's a quick post of the card I made this morning. : ) Here's the sketch:  And here's my card:  I love Halloween...have I mentioned that before?  Yep, I love it. : ) No recipe today sorry!.....enjoy the rest of the week...and see you next week!  Happy Stamping!

Today, I am sharing a Halloween card I made yesterday following the Freshly Made Sketches blog #100.  I love, love Halloween. It is one of my most favorite holidays to stamp and decorate with. : ) Here's the sketch: And here's my Creepy Halloween card:  I love the trendy " Off the Grid " and " Gorgeous Grunge " stamp sets.  Doesn't it make it look creepy? lol!   RECIPE: STAMPS: Halloween Bash (#130580), Off the Grid (#130736) and Gorgeous Grunge (#130517) INK: Stazon Black, Summer Starfruit and Pumpkin Pie PAPER: Basic Black and Very Vanilla ACCESSORIES: Witches' Brew DSP (#132185), Witches' Brew Designer Washi Tape (#132156), Paper Doilies (#129399), Linen Thread (#104199), Needlepoint Embossing folder (#129383), Pumpkin Pie Button (retired) and Black Brads (retired). So much fun to make!   I'm preparing for a Make and Take in September.  Stay tuned for details to be released early next week.  Happy Friday!