Spooky & Spiders!

I have to be honest.....when I first saw the 'Making Every Day Bright' stamp set I wasn't thrilled about it.  The more I got to looking at it I saw lots of possibilities.  You all know I'm a punch girl- so it is very cool that it coordinates with the Christmas Bulb Builder Punch.  

This card is cute!!  I love the little spiders I added to coordinate with the Light Bulb Spider Web.  The little spiders & the Spooky words are from my September Paper Pumpkin kit.  I stamped the little spiders & then used my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to draw the dangles. 

Look in the upper left corner & check out the cute Spider Trinket!  And the Spider web I made out of Vellum using the Cauldron Framelits Dies.  

So this is another one of the cards that everyone will be making at my Halloween Treats classes this coming weekend!  

stamp sets: 'Making Every Day Bright' & 'September Paper Pumpkin'
card stock: 

• Pumpkin Pie- 4 1/4 x 11" (score at 5 1/2" & fold in half for card base); 1 1/2" strip (to punch out Light Bulbs)
• Lemon Lime Twist- 2 1/2 x 1 1/4" (to stamp SPOOKY words onto); 1 1/2" strip (to stamp Light Bulb onto & punch out); 4 3/4 x 3 1/2"
• Smoky Slate- 4 1/2 x 3 1/4"
• Basic Black- 5 x 3 3/4'; 1/2" strip (for light bulb ends); 2 3/4 x 1 1/2"(to layer SPOOKY words)
• Vellum-  2 3/4" strip (to cut Spider Web out with framelit);

ink:  Black Moment
Stampin' Write Marker:  Basic Black
other:  Christmas Bulb Builder Punch, Spider Trinkets, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Cauldron Framelits Dies, Granny Apple Green ribbon, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Champagne Shimmer mixed with Rubbing Alcohol

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I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

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Spooky house?

Is this a spooky house?  I am not sure is really spooky, but it sure is cute!!

This is one of the cards that everyone will make next weekend at my Annual Halloween classes.  I used the 'Farmhouse Christmas' bundle!  And WOW- check out the fence!  It is super cool!  And it was so easy to cut out!  I was just amazed & really thrilled!

There is alot of sparkle that is showing up on this card.  I didn't realize that I had that much on it, but it sure shows up in this photo.  I sprayed on some of my Champagne Shimmer/Rubbing Alcohol mix on it to make is have some glimmer. 

I went with a non traditional Halloween color for this card.  I thought this night time/star DSP from the Twinkle Twinkle DSP was cool, so made the card base Night of Navy to coordinate with it.

The bats flying around the tree & the words are from my September Paper Pumpkin kit! 

For the measurements for this card CLICK HERE!
stamp set:  'Farmhouse Christmas' & 'September Paper Pumpkin'
card stock:

• Night of Navy-
• Crushed Curry- 
• Early Espresso-
• Crumb Cake- 
• Basic Black-
  

designer paper:

• Twinkle Twinkle DSP

ink:  Black Memento
other:  Classic Label Punch, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Farmhouse Framelits Dies, Champagne Shimmer/Rubbin Alcohol mix, Dimensionals, 2 1/2" Circle Punch

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I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!  

Happy Stamping!

Hugs-

SUSIE

A Halloween Treat'

Here is a little extra treat that everyone at my Halloween Treats class will make.  It is made using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch!

Isn't this little mummy kitty cute!  

For the words I used the ones from my September Paper Pumpkin kit.

I used my Tear & Tape & stuck a little Hershey's candy bar inside of this.

I added the little pumpkin here too & think it is cute!  

stamp sets:
'Trick or Tweet'
September Paper Pumpkin kit (for words)
card stock:

• Grapefruit Grove-2 1/2" strip (to punch out Starburst Punch); 3/4" strip (to stamp pumpkin onto & fussy cut out with Paper Snips); 1/2" strip (to stamp words onto- using Paper Snips- cut words in half & attach under knot)
• Whisper White-  2 1/2" strip (to stamp cat onto & punch out using the 2" Circle Punch)
• Basic Black- 5 1/2 x 2"- punch both ends using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch & then score at 2 3/8" & 2 5/8"

ink:  Black Memento
Stampin' Write Black Marker (for the cats nose)
Stampin' Blend:  Light Smoky Slate
other:  Starburst Punch, 2" Circle Punch, Grapefruit Grove Ribbon, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Tear & Tape, Dimensionals, Paper Snips

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I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!
Happy Stamping!
hugs-

SUSIE

Is it a spooky Owl?

This is a very non-traditional Halloween card.  But this owl from the 'Still Night' stamp set is soooo cute I just could resist!!  

This is a card that everyone coming to my Halloween Treats classes will be making.  

I used the 'Itty Bitty Greetings', so everyone at the class can personalize it to something other than Halloween if they want.  Wouldn't this make a great guy card!

Check out how I used some vellum for the moon in the background!  And I also used my Champagne Shimmer (with rubbing alcohol) spray on the entire card to add some sparkle!

stamp sets:  'Still Night' & Itty Bitty Greetings'
card stock:  

• Soft Suede- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" (score at 4 1/4" & fold in half for card base)
• Early Espresso- 3 1/2 x 4 3/4"; 3 1/2" strip (to cut branch out with framelit); 1/2 x 2 1/2" (to layer words onto)
• Crumb Cake- 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 (to emboss using the Woodland Embossing Folder); 1/2" strip (to stamp words onto & punch out using the Classic Label Punch)
• Very Vanilla- 2 1/2" strip (to stamp owl onto, color & cut out using the Framelit); 4 x 5 1/4" (for inside of card)
• Vellum- 2 1/2" strip (to punch out circle using the 2 1/4" Circle Punch)

ink:  Black Memento
Stampin' Blends:  Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Soft Suede
other:  Classic Label Punch, Burlap ribbon, Metallic (Gold) Pearls, 2" Circle Punch, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Night Owl Thinlits Dies, Standard Platform, Woodland Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Champagne Shimmer w/Rubbing Alcohol

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I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!!

Happy Stamping!
hugs-

SUSIE

'Spooky Sweets'

Here is a little Halloween treat pouch!  I added a little card in the inside for you to sign.  You can add candy or money or any little treat of your choice in it.  This is another one of my upcoming Halloween Treats projects. 

NOTE:  This is not the normal size of a card, but it will fit into our medium envelopes.  When all put together like this the finished size is:  3 1/4 x  5" .

stamp set:  'Spooky Treats' (for the outside words) & 'Takeout Treats' (for the inside words)
card stock:  

• Crushed Curry- 9 1/4" x 4 1/4"- score at 5"- then score 1/2" down both sides (the long way)- cut off that 1/2" strip on the 5" back side to fold in & make pocket; 2" strip (to punch out moon & stars); 2" strip (to punch out layered Circle)
• Basic Black- 2 3/4" strip (to punch out bats); 1 1/4" strip (to punch out Circle Tab)
• Whisper White- 2" strip (to stamp words onto & punch out); 4 1/2" x 3" (for inside pull out to stamp words onto & attach Circle Tab Punch to)

dsp:

• Toil & Trouble- 3 1/2 x 3"; 3 x 1/2"

ink:   Black Memento
other:  Spooky Bats  Punch, Twinkle Builder Punch, Black 3/8" Glittered Organdy ribbon, Circle Tab Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stapler

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I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE

My Annual Halloween Treats Class projects!!

As promised, today is the day I told my customers I'd post all of my Halloween Treats projects!!!  

Check them out!  Here are the 11 projects for my upcoming Annual Halloween Treats classes!  Some of them are very traditional & some are not.  I used stamp sets & accessories from the Holiday & Annual catalog, plus the stamp set that came in my Paper Pumpkin kit this month too! 

Are you one of my customer that has signed up to come stamp with me & make these projects?  

So what do you think?  Which one is your favorite?  

Honestly I can say that I like them all!!  The Frankenstein box is probably my favorite- as my boys sure liked it!  The owl one is cool & very non traditional.  It is one of the cards that you could easily change the words & make it into a card for many different occasions.  On it I used the 'Itty Bitty Greetings' too- so you could make this a birthday card if you wanted to do so.  

This week kicked off my 12 days of posting my Halloween projects.  For the next 7 days I'll be sharing each of these projects individually, except for the 4 of them that I have already posted earlier this week & shared about.  So be sure you stop back by & find out more details about each of them!!!  

I hope you have a GREAT Thursday!!
Happy Stamping!
hugs-
SUSIE

A Frankenstein Halloween Treat!!

 Oh gosh.....the boys are gonna love this little Halloween Treat box!!  It was hard to photograph....but the spike in the back actually goes across the back & what you are seeing just the ends. I used the Classic Label Punch to add the spike!

This is another one of my upcoming Halloween Treats class project!  I used the cute Takeout Thinlits Dies that are on page 50 in the Holiday Catalog! It turned out pretty darn cute!!!  Another demonstrator shared a Frankenstein with this Takeout Thinlits Dies, during our share fair- when we were on our cruise in July.  So this is my version of her box. 

I did cut his 'hair' using my paper snips & his hair does go all of the way around on all 4 sides of the box. 

The box was alot easier to make than I thought it would be!  You cut 2 of them!  The Thinlit cuts & scores.....so all you have to do if fold it on the lines, add  your Tear & Tape & stick it together!

I then stuck these 2  together 1/2 boxes (as shown in the photo above this one)......see how I added some Tear & Tape to the bottom of the one, as it sits into the inside of the other one.

Frankenstein's eyes are made using the 3/4" Circle Punch & the 1/2" Circle Punch.  
Frankstein's nose is the 3/4" Circle Punch & roughed up the edges of it with my fingernail.

So what do you think of him?  I can't wait to see what the boys think of him when they see him after school today.

stamp set:  'Takeout Treats'
card stock:  Granny Apple Green, Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Gray
Stampin' Write Marker:  Basic Black (to draw his mouth & scars with)
other:  Big Shot, Takeout Thinlits Dies, Magnetic Platform, Paper Snips, 1/2" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Classic Label Punch, Tear & Tape

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Life is crazy busy here with kids, pigs & lots of stamping!!

I hope you have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Trick or Tweet'

Check out this cute little elephant!!  He has wings!!  I punched out a bat out- using the Spooky Bats Punch, folded it half & put it over his wings.

 This neat little box is another one of the projects for my upcoming Halloween Treats classes.  I think it turned out super cute!

I used the Lustrous White (shimmery) Mini Gable Boxes.  This box is 4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2" & is the perfect sized treat box.  Check it out on page 193 in the Annual Catalog.  

stamp sets:  'Trick or Tweet' & 'Spooky Sweets'
card stock:  

• Whisper White- 2 3/4" strip (to stamp Elephant on & cut out with Layering Circles Framelits)
• Basic Black- 3 1/2" strip (for Layering Circles Framelits); 1 3/4" strip (to punch out bat)
• Pumpkin Pie- 1 1/2" strip (to stamp words on & punch out with 1 1/2" Circle Punch)

designer paper: 

• Festive Farmhouse- 12x2"- score at 2, 4, 6 & 8"- wrap around box & adhere.  NOTE that there will be a little gap, so make that in front & your layered circle images with cover that up!

ink:  Black Memento
Stampin' Blends: Light Smoky Slate, Light Pumpkin Pie, Light Granny Apple Green
other:  Spooky Bats Punch, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Circles Framelits, Stitched Framelits, 1 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Gray Granite 1/2" Textured Ribbon, Lustrous White Mini Gable Box

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I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!

Happy Stamping!
hugs-

SUSIE

Today we start celebrating World Card Making Day!

 

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Halloween Pillow Box

This is a cute treat box that I made for my upcoming Halloween Treats Classes.  I used the Cauldron Bubble stamp set, coordinating Cauldron Framelits & coordinating Toil & Trouble DSP!!

Where did I get this black pillow box at?  Check out the Annual catalog on page 193.  It is actually a Kraft Pillow box that I used a sponge & my Memento ink pad & burnished it over the box to change the color of it!  Pretty cool huh!

This is what it looked like when I got it about 1/2 way done.  I loved the way it turned out!

stamp set:  'Cauldron Bubble'
card stock:  Mango Melondy, Whisper White, Vellum
designer paper: Toil & Trouble
ink:  Black Memento
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Cauldron Framelits Dies, Black Sharpie Marker to Color my Basic Rhinestone, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, 1/8" Black Cord, Kraft Pillow Box, Starburst Punch, 2" Circle Punch

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I hope you have a MARVELOUS Monday!!

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

'Spooky Sweets'

Awhh.......Halloween is such a fun holiday to make projects for!!  I love Halloween!!  Of course it is the fall (my favorite time of the year).  Each year I host 2 Halloween Treats class that consists of cards & treats projects!  

This card is one of the cards that everyone at my Halloween Treats Class will be making! 

Check out the shimmer on it!  I used my Champagne Shimmer Mist/Alcohol spray!

It is hard to see in the photo, but I also used my Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder.  

stamp sets:  'Spooky Treats' & 'Trick or Tweet'
card stock:  

• Whisper White- 4 x 5 1/4"(for front of card- adhere the 4 x 1 3/4" Crushed Curry piece & Pumpkin Pie pieces to the bottom of this & run through your Big Shot using the Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder); 4 x 5 1/4" (for inside of card); 2 1/2" strip (to stamp bats onto & punch out using the Bat Punch)
• Basic Black- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2- score at 4 1/4" & fold in half for card base: 2" strip (to punch out using 1 1/2" Circle Punch
• Crushed Curry- 4 x 1 3/4"; 1 1/4" (to punch out 1" Circle Punch)
• Pumpkin Pie- 4 x 1 3/4"; 1" strip (to stamp words onto & Punch out using Classic Label Punch)

ink:  Black Memento
other:  Starburst punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Punch, Classic Label Punch, Black Glitter Organdy Ribbon, Spooky Bat Punch, Big Shot, Standard Platform, Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Glue Dot, Mini Dimensionals, Champagne Shimmer, Rubbing Alcohol

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I hope you have a SUPER Sunday!!

Happy Stamping!

Hugs-

SUSIE

Candy Cane

Check out these Candy Canes!!  This is another one of my inserts!!  Clean, simple & CUTE!  

I love this 'Candy Cane Season' stamp set with the coordinating Candy Cane Builder punch!  You know I'm a punch girl- so I LOVE IT!  And what makes it even better is this CUTE BOW goes with this stamp set & punch too!  Woo hoo!

stamp set:  'Candy Cane Season'
card stock:  Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White
ink:  Real Red
other:  Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Large Letter Framelits, Layering Ovals Framelits, Candy Can Builder Punch

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I hope you have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE

A wreath!

Here is one of my winter inserts.  I used the 'Wishing You Well' stamp set.  This wreath is cute & the organdy bow is gorgeous!  

This too is a clean & simple insert.....but I like it alot!  

I shadow stamped the wreath.  What does that mean?  I stamped it & then lifted it back up & stamped again & again & again (without reinking it.  This was to give it a more fuller look & it also shows then more lighter & darker shaded of the Old Olive too.  

You can't tell by the photo, but I sprayed the Champagne Shimmer Mist with alcohol.  It shimmers & it really pretty!

I think it looks great on the plaque.  

stamp set:  'Wishing You Well'
card stock:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
ink:  Old Olive, Real Red
other: Red Rhinestones, Classic Label Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Large Letter Framelits

I hope you have a FABULOUS Friday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE

Another Fall insert with the Daisy Punch!

For this fall insert I used my Daisy Punch & my Leaf punch!  It was so easy........yet such a cute "O" insert for my Wooden Plaque!

I really like this one too!  It is clean & simple & cute!  I love fall sunflowers......and that is what this reminds me of. 

stamp set:  None
card stock:  Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso
ink: None
other:  Daisy Punch, Leaf Punch, 1 " Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Circles Framelits

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I hope you have a great Thursday!!
Happy Stamping!
Hugs-
SUSIE