Sweet Centers Halloween

I actually make this card last week and just have not had the chance to post it. I am glad to report that today is the 5th day in a row that I have not been sick. So knock on wood, I am finally better!!!

Don't you just love the new Sweet Centers stamp set in the Stampin' Up! Holiday mini catalog?

Here is my Halloween version.
All suppies Stampin' Up!
Stamp Set: Sweet Centers, House of Haunts, Twick or Tweet, Sanded Backround, Frightful Fence jumbo stampin' around wheel.
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black Craft. Basic gray classic, White craft, White jumbo cartridge (made with empty cartridge and craft white ink refill)
Accessories: Sweet Treat cups, Black embossing powder, White embossing powder, Basic Black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, 1 1/4" circle and 1 3/4" circle punches, stampin sponge, watercolor crayons, aqua painter

Here is the outside once the candy is removed. To make the moon I punched a 1 1/4" circle, and used the remaining paper as a template, placing it on my card and sponging inside the circle with White craft ink. A 1 3/4" circle is punched in the card front. A 1/14" circle punches out the center of the Sweet Centers stamp. The Sanded backgroud is stamp on Whisper White cut slightly larger than stamped image. The center (punched out) is glued to an additional white piece of cardstock cut into a tag, that fits behind the Sweet Centers stamped image with a piece of 1/4" black grosgrain ribbon used as a pull tab.  On the inside of the card I stamped the bird from the Twick or Tweet stamp set on the back of the tag. When the tag is pulled it makes a opening to remove the candy without tearing up the card. If you notice the white specks on my card, that is what happens when you forget to use your embossing buddy, but since this is a Halloween card the specks did not ruin the card. Moral of the story, DO NOT FORGET to use your embossing buddy.   Thanks for lookin'

THANK GOD FOR FRIENDS!

I just had to take the time to thank several people in my life, through this difficult time I find myself in. I cannot imagine surviving this time if it were not for Donna Olson, who I can ALWAYS count on being there for me; Denise Spanos, my rock, who seems to always have the right thing to say; and Ferne Southern; who understands me (after all we are two peas in a cracked shell). Also my DH, Joe, who somehow, puts up with me. Thank you all, I love you and can't imagine my life without you all. (Can’t you tell I’m a southerner now? It's in my blood, even if I'm a California girl!) I thank God for each and every one of you and my many friends not listed above. You have touched my life, and I will always remember that, and thought the light at the end of the tunnel is very dim, it is there, and I will emerge sometime (soon, I hope) and be back to the loving, kooky Janet you know and hopefully love also.

To all the readers of this blog, whether I have met you or not (specially my followers), thank you for being a part of my life. Just knowing you are out there, somewhere in cyber world, brightens my day.

Happy Stampin'
Janet

Peppermint Pattie Spider                                               

Just for fun I am also adding these fun spiders to stamp camp. My projects always seem to be labor intensive, so I thought I would give my ladies (and gents- I do have one in my downline, so I have to be fair) a break. These are fast and easy to make, are are super cute. I used the small photo corner punches for front legs and the larger ones in the back for the back legs.

All supplies (except candy) are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: none- gasp, gasp, It's ok, try to breathe,

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink: None needed. How is this possible, no stamp, no ink, what is up here lady????

Accessories: punches: Scallop circle, photo corner, 1/2" circle, and for the black part of the eye, and nose, I used the largest hole in the crop-a-dile

That's it! Easy Pesy, and you though I could not make a easy project. Guess I showed you all, didn't I? Now who wants to bet how long it will be before you get away with something this easy?

Happy stampin'

Autumn Harvest Jack-O-Lanterns

Here is another stamp camp project. I am so sorry it took me so long to post this, but I was sick and didn't get this card finished. (You know if I can't stamp, I am really, really sick) So finally here it is. The new dates for the Halloween Stamp Camp are, Sunday September 20, 2009 and Monday, September 21, 2009. As always, reservations are required.      

I saw someone use these pumpkins with the "Eat, drink and be Scary" hats, but I cannot find the post, to give proper credit. So thanks for the great idea, whoever you are!

All Supplies Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Autumn Harvest, Eat Drink and be Scary, Itty Bitty Backgrounds and the Textured jumbo wheel

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Almost Amethyst, Old Olive and SU watercolor paper.

Inks: StazOn Black, Craft black, Pumpkin Pie and Almost Amethyst

Accessories: Watercolor wonder Crayon Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Pie 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon, stampin dimensionals, stampin sponges, clear embossing powder and black embossing powder

It is hard to tell in the scan, but the pumpkins are stamps in StazOn. The hat is stamped in Black craft (on Old Olive cardstock)  and embossed with clear embossing powder, the mouth and eyes are also stamped in Black craft, but they are embossed with black embossing powder, in an attempt to make them darker and spooker. Did it work? The pumpkin on the left and the center hat are popped with dimensionals, the hat on the left pumpkin is stamped with left over rubber (making it higher than the hat, and pumpkin with the dimensionals) adding a third dimension. The textured wheel is rolled in Amethyst on the Amethyst cardstock. I also stamped the speckled stamp from Itty Bitty Background in Pumpkin, just around the edges of the Pumpkin cardstock, over stamping to make it more condensed. Both the Amethyst and Pumpkin cardstocks are sponged. The Jack-0-lanterns are placed to the far left to leave room for the wide striped pumpkin ribbon.

Thanks for looking, let me know what you think.

MDS - My Dear Daddy - 2 version

I like the Not Quite Navy card stock base on the previous post, but this with the Not Quite Navy script DSP coordinates better with the Willocks page. It took me just a couple of minutes to make the changes. I have both saved and don't know which one to print. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Happy Stampin'