Little Boo

Happy Halloween Everyone,

Last night I held my Wood Calendar Stamp Camp and wanted to share this Halloween insert we made for it. You'll be seeing all of the inserts at some point.

I used Little Boo, a single stamp from page 208 in this year's catalog. The single stamps are really great. There are more featured in the Mini Catalog as well on page 31.

Anyway, for this insert I used Only Orange, Basic Black and Whisper White cardstock as well as one of the window sheets that comes in the Night & Day DSP from the Mini Catalog. I stamped Little Boo in Versamark and heat embossed it in Black. I punched him out with the 1.25" punch, the Only Orange with the 1 3/8" punch and the Basic Black with the 1.75" punch. I layered Little Boo onto the Only Orange with a Stampin' Dimensional. I also used Black Brads from the Vintage Brands to adhere the Window Sheet. Lastly I stamped Happy Halloween from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Black.

We had a great time at this stamp camp and I'm looking forward to sharing more of these with you as well as looking forward to my next stamp camp on November 20 where we will be getting ready for the holidays with tags & cards!

Have fun trick or treating!

Another Halloween Card

Since Halloween is only a few days away, I thought that I would share another card with you. It seems that my favorite color combo for Halloween is Lovely Lilac, Only Orange & Basic Black. This card was from my Shape Up Stamp Camp. I used the cool stamp set Sweet Centers for this card as well as the Batty jumbo wheel. I stamped the image and heat embossed it (Versamark and Black Embossing Powder). Then I used the 1.75" circle punch to punch out the center. Then I attached the Treat Cup to the card. In order to get the treats out of the cup without destroying the card, I used an idea I saw on someone's blog and created a pocket on the inside of the card and then made a tag you pull up to get the treat out. The "Eek you're sweet" image is what I punched out of my original image. Hope you like this card!

Almost Halloween

Well since it's almost Halloween I thought I'd share this card with you. I made it when I was playing around with the Big Shot Movers & Shapers dies for a meeting the other night. This card uses the cute Little Boo stamp (it's one of the single stamps on page 208 of the catalog). The colors of ribbon and cardstock are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie & Lovely Lilac. The Boo stamp is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in Black. I used the 1.25" punch to punch out the image and then the larger circle and the Circle Movers & Shapers die from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I also used the Batty jumbo wheel across the top. I prefer Halloween cards that are cute, not scary so this one fits that bill!

Lately I've been making wedding cards so I'm sharing one with you today. I used the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder for the Big Shot to create the embossed flowers on Shimmery White cardstock. The background of the card is Night of Navy which I sprayed with Shimmer Paint (from the Holiday mini) mixed with Rubbing Alcohol to make Shimmer Spray. The greeting is from Together Forever and is stamped in Night of Navy on Shimmery White and punched with the Large Oval punch layered on more Shimmer Sprayed Night of Navy punched with the Scallop Oval punch. Simple but elegant - I love all of the embossing folders!

With the cold weather here in Chicagoland, I should be making Christmas cards but it's too early for that!

Congrats Bill & Michelle - it was a great day!

Next Stamp Camp

Sorry this took a few days - I've been under the weather this week - just wanted to give you a taste of what we'll be creating at my next stamp camp on October 30 - this Wood Perpetual Calendar. I first saw this project last year at Christmas time when one of the members of a talented group of stampers I belong to gave it as a Christmas present. You can paint the calendar holder any color you want (or leave it natural). We'll be making inserts for each month - 4 are shown in this picture. There is limited space available at this time - e-mail me today to reserve a spot before they are gone!

Build-a-bear Pumpkin!

I happened to find myself in the Build-a-Bear store a few weeks ago and I found this costume which matches the one of our new Big Shot dies. The Build-a-Bear is made for Stampin' Up and was only available to those of us who attended this year's convention. This treat box is one of the items we made my Shape Up stamp camp last Saturday. The Old Olive Box is made with the new Favor Box Big Shot Die (thanks to one of my downline Barb for the idea and letting me borrow the Favor Box die). A piece of DSP from the new Night & Day DSP is behind the Close to Cocoa Bear and of course the Kooky Spooky pumpkin die in Pumpkin Pie. I used a piece of Basic Black for the jack-0-lantern face and Chocolate Chip and Real Red for the face of the bear. I love these Build-a-Bear dies!

Enjoy your weekend! It's Homecoming at York this weekend and even though it rained (actually it poured buckets), the Sophomore Dukes won again to keep their undefeated record! I'm glad to be home where it's warm and dry after sitting out there watching my son's team play for a few hours - I guess it's fall in Chicago since we've had our A/C and our heat on this week!

Happy Saturday!

This is one of the cards we did at today's "Shape Up" Stamp Camp. It's inspired by a swap I got somewhere last year (no name on the back of it). I changed the colors to one of my favorite combos of colors from the Cottage Wall DSP - Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive & Orchid Opulence. I love the patterns in this DSP. Anyway, this card features Faux Stictching in both Old Olive Marker (on the Whisper White) and on the Eggplant, which was punched with the Medium Oval Punch. The flower center is punched with the Small Oval punch. The card base is Soft Suede. The greeting is from Trendy Trees and is stamped in white and embossed.

Hope those who attended this camp enjoyed it! More samples from it later.