Ghost Poop goodies

I made these little ghost poop boxes and gave them to the stampers who prepaid for my last Stamp a Stack.  

 The box was created using two Bigz Scallop Envelopes die cut on black cardstock.    The little ghost is the Owl punch turned upside down with the little feet cut off.  Eyes and mouth are the smallest circles from the Owl ounch.  I used small cello bags and filled them with a ghost marshmallow candy and miniature marshmallows and tied with a scalloped polka dot ribbon bow.

Items used:  Scallop Envelope Bigz die, Owl Builder punch, Bird punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, Small oval punch.  Cut pumpkin with pumpkin pie cardstock and sponged edges with pumpkin pie ink

In case  you can't read the poem here it is:

I heard that you've been playing tricks
So listen here's the scoop
I'm running short on candy treats
So this year you get Ghost Poop!

So cute!!

Fun Flowers Texture

I saw a Stampin' Up! Only challenge to create a card with texture.  I had seen a card by Sandi Maciver that  inspired this card.  I wanted to use a nice Fall color scheme so I used Elegant Eggplant, Olive Olive, So Saffron and Very Vanilla.  When we do this card at my next Stamp a Stack I will probably use the Fancy Fan folder instead of the Argyle for the background vanilla piece. I love how it turned out!

I sponged the So Saffron flowers with More Mustard ink.  The Old Olive leaves are sponged with Always Artichoke.

Items Used:  Cardstock:  So Saffron, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla.  Ink:  More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant.  Embossing folders:  Argyle, Woodgrain, Lacy Brocade.  Bigz L dies:  Fun Flowers, Autumn Accents.  Punches:  Bird Builder (used the wing for the greenery behind the top flower layer),  Ovals ,  and Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack for flower center.  Pearl. Sentiment is from Field Flowers stamp set.  On the leaves, I folded them in half and ran them through the Woodgrain EF with the grain going in the direction I wanted the veins in my leaves to go.  (I learned that nifty trick from my upline Pam!)

Thanks for looking!

Gently Falling for Sweet Sunday

I made a card for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge:

Here's the sketch:

The cardstock is Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.   I used Gold Encore ink.  The cut out leaf is stamped in Gold Encore ink and embossed with Clear EP.  Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie ink are sponge-daubered on the leaf.  The sentiment is from a retired All Year Cheer set.  I moved the pearls over to the left edge to better frame out my sentiment.   The taffeta ribbon is Crumb Cake.

October Stamp a Stack Sneak Peek!

I designed a card for my next Stamp-a-Stack coming up on October 19 and 20.  I love, love, love it!  I liked it so much I decided to make a Framed Art piece as well.  Here is the card we will be making:

And here is the framed artwork:

It is in a shadow box frame so I was able to make it 3-D with ribbon, buttons and dimensionals and still keep it under glass.  Love it!

Cardstock used:  Earlly Espresso, Crumb Cake, Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla.  Ribbon:  Gumball Green and Early Espresso.  Stamp set:  Day of Gratitude.  Accessories:  Oval punches, buttons, hemp, linen thread, woodgrain and houndstooth embossing folders.  Ink:  Gumball Green and Early Espresso.  DSP:  Summer Smooches

Thanks for looking! :)

Autumn Framed Wall Art

I had a frame that was needing a new use so I created an Autumn themed wall hanging.  I gave it away in a drawing at my last Stamp-a-Stack and my Stampin' Up! "grandma" Gail won it!  (I call her grandma because she is my upline's upline-- two generations-- get it?!  Hahaha)  I wish I would have taken a picture of her with it.  She's so cute!  Anyway here is the framed wall hanging:

I thought the quote was just so lovely.  I die cut the letters from the Stampin' Up! letters die set that retired a few months back (I can't remember the name!)  Then I found a font that looked similar and printed the letters in brown on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I die cut the leaves with the new Stampin' Up! leaves die:  cardstocks used were More Mustard, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso and Cajun Craze.  All the leaves were run through the wood grain embossing folder and then sponged with Early Espresso ink.  I removed the glass so I could tie ribbons around the mat.    I think it makes a wonderful piece to decorate for fall, don't you?

French Foliage

Paper Pals Arts is having a beautiful Autumn color challenge:  Early Espresso, Cajun Craze and More Mustard.  I took  the liberty of CASEing a card by Ann Schach.  I love her work!  Here's my take on it:

My card base is Early Espresso with a panel of Cajun Craze.  The DSP is from the new Orchard Harvest DSP.  Oval Punch and Oval embossing frame.  The sentiment is from one of the retired All Year Cheer sets.  The leaves are from French Foliage.

Trying Something New!

Stampin' Up! is trying something new.  People on Facebook expressed an interest in purchasing individual word stamps from stamp sets.  So Stampin' Up! is making some available for you to purchase separately!

If you want any of these, please make note of the item number when you email me your order.

Summer Smooches

I found two sketches to play with today.   The Paper Players are having a Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  I chose: Birthday, An element repeated in threes and the Colors Red and Blue.  The Sketch is from the Freshly Made Sketch #55.  The DSP is Summer Smooches and In Color DSP.  Colors:  Real Red and Island Indigo.  In Color Brads in Island Indigo.    Sentiment is from Itty Bitty Baners. The Real Red satin ribbon is retired.

Cherry Cobbler Coffee Filter rose

The Dynamic Duos blog is having a Mix & Match week:  Cherry Cobbler and Free Choice Second Color.    I made this pretty rose out of coffee filters.  I used the Floral Frames framelits and cut two flowers each of the three smallest dies.  I ran them under water to saturate them.  Then I dipped a paint brush in Cherry Cobbler ink and ran the brush along the edges of the wet roses.  Laid them on a piece of wax paper to dry.  Used a brad to adhere the layers and crumpled up the flowers.

Cherry Cobbler  and Soft Suede ink.  The swirl flourish and sentiment are  from Everything Eleaor stamp set.

Mojo Monday Challenge

There's a great sketch over on the Mojo Monday site.  Take a look:

Here's the sketch:

The background DSP I chose is retired, but I really like the look of Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade together.  The strip of Woodgrain print DSP is from the fall DSP in the mini catalog.  Love it!  It's called Orchard Harvest and the colors are just yummy!  I need to buy another pack of that before it goes away.  Such pretty patterns!