Kitty in the round...

Peach Parfait makes this kitty soft and subtle, instead of scary!

The flags are just different widths, some embossed, some plain....

Halloween Kitty

Same layout as the previous Tweet leaves card...just with this cute kitty!

Only Orange, Basic Black, Concord Crush


(Sad to say, this is one of my last pieces of Only Orange....boo hoo....)

Frightening Feline #2

Different background...similar layout...just turned on it's side...love love love this cat!

Frightening Feline

When I saw this cat stamp...I had to have it!  But I don't need anymore Halloween stamps!  I have more Halloween stamps than any other holiday (including Christmas!)

This is my first (of many!) cards with this adorable cat!  And I had, had, had to emboss her!  Tried to use up some retired colors (Only Orange and Concord Crush)...love the layout also,...wait till you see how I flipped it around for the next card!

Halloween thanks...

I made this Thank You for my neighbor, Krista...she made the kids all a really cool goodie bag for Halloween...it's a super simple card...Basic Grey base, Basic Black embossed with the web folder, a 3 inch Daffodil Delight circle for the moon, and a black leaf stem from the bird punch and a black owl punch...add a sentiment and you're done!  Can't get much easier than that!

Did some say "Stocking Die"?

Yep...that's the stocking die!  There are mini tutorials all over Splitcoaststampers for this adorable treat holder...the toe is a 3 1/2 in circle with another circle partially cut out and glued on...a heel is cut and the whole thing is embossed (thus erasing the lines of the added 'toe' circle)...I added some light sponging of white ink to the top of the boot (embossed with the web pattern...

This would even be cute for a teacher gift with a gift card sticking out....

My little zombies!

I have to download my camera so I figured I would show you a photo from earlier this month...one of my zombies is missing, since he had pneumonia...

Halloween box, with instructions

Here's my Jack-o-lantern box...

The box part measures 3 1/2 x 6....scored on the longer side at 2 1/2 and 3 1/2...the sides should be scored at 1" on either side (the shorter side)...cut at the creases and fold and glue...


I free-handed the face...the stem in the tab punch...the curly q's are just strips of Always Artichoke, curled around a skinny dowel...

It's coming!

Halloween!

I love when a layout can be translated into any card!

I used this layout to make some cupcake cards a few weeks back, and decided to use it again for Halloween...I just love this (retired) Booglie Eyes set...it's my go to set for anything Halloween!

This layout is so versatile...you can use patterned paper, ebossed paper, or just plain stamped/background paper for any of the elements!

My dad would be so proud...

My father, ever the bargain hunter, gave me several (hundred) of these manila colored envelopes...they are too small to be mailed (I think) so I was going to use them to send things into school...but there are so many, my 3 year old would probably be in college before I used them up!

So I saw this idea on Papertreyink's blog, where they used an actually manila folder to create this little pocket for Pixie sticks...isn't it adorable?

The envelope is just cut in half and glued on the one open side..stamped and a little stamped image (here from Booglie Eyes) in placed in a scalloped circle and attached with a bit of ribbon...

So now I'm making over 70 for 3 of my kids to bring in for Halloween!  Can anyone say Christmas treats with candy canes?

Would you believe....

that this is one card?  It's called the 'Never Ending Card' and I got the idea from here: paperpleasing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/12/never-ending-explanation.html

She has a great video and detailed instructions...it was a lot of fun to make!

It's a spooky day here in NJ!

Here"s my 7 year old, T.J., and his haunted house....it's still a work in progress...he used Lovely Lilac for the house and sponged black all over the edges for a spooky feel...the roof is made of 1 inch circles from Basic Black and Handsome Hunter...the windows have a sheet of vellum (and some have googley eyes glued in the openings)...we crimped some strips of Basic Black for crooked shutters....hopefully he will finish it before next Halloween!

One eyed, one horned....

This is the Make-n-Take I CASED for our monthly demo meeting...isn't he just too cute?  I used retired colors in this sample, but for the demos I used current colors....the mouth is just free-handed...the teeth are made from the oval punch cut in half with a pinking sheer...the tiny smile lines at the corners of his moth are made from a small hand held circle punch and the circle punch from the 3 pack of punches...then cut in 2....


this sample:  Only Orange, Green Galore, Ballet Blue, Ruby Red. Whisper White, Basic Black

current colors: Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black

Halloween goodies!

Here's the little treat bag I am making for both of my older kids' class for Halloween...It is the 2-4-6-8 box and I used the Booglie Eyes and Halloween Background stamp sets....I'm going to fill them with Starburst candy...I've got to make over 50--better get stamping!

More Halloween

I love using outline stamps as the background...it really ties the card together and this shows how you can use just one stamp set to make a card....

Is it too early?

With the crisp air, I'm feeling like I should start using Fall and Halloween colors...I wanted to use my Level 3 Hostess set "The More the Merrier"...I also used the Top Note Die...and some Halloween Paper that was just sitting around...