FMS360 Spooky Cat

Hi everyone!  Happy Friday!  I actually got to sleep in a little bit this morning, what a treat!  I have one last Halloween card for you , then I need to start bulking up on my Christmas and birthday cards!  This one uses the FMS sketch for this week:

This card morphed into something totally different than what I had in mind when I started, LOL!  I wanted to use my cat punch, I haven't used it for a long time and I thought I would make a spooky moon for him to sit in front of, and it just kept going from there:

I used some Halloween papers from last year (Spooky Night) and some Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper.  I punched my cat from Basic Black cardstock and sponged around the edges with white craft ink to give him some dimension against the black DSP:

To make his eyes orange, I stamped them in white craft ink, then dabbed on some orange chalk from my old pastel chalk kit...worked like a charm!  I gave him a little magic wand and added a spooky "boo!" from Basic Gray cardstock that was stamped with a stripey image:

Finally I added a little sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched it out with a Word Window punch...going old school here!  I made three of these and they'll be going in the mail today!!  

So, in keeping with the orange and black theme, I promised I would show you what the kids' cookies looked like after baking:

So, I guess maybe black sugar isn't such a good idea....they definitely look burnt, LOL!  They sure had fun making them, though!   Cassidy didn't seem to mind a "charred" ghost:

Mommy was not so enthralled!  You can see Cassidy chowing down, though!  My brother happened to think they tasted okay too!!!

Thanks for popping in today...enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Howl-o-Ween Treat, Spooky Cat, Teeny Tiny Wishes (all retired)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie Glimmer (ret), Spooky Night DSP (ret)
Ink	Craft White, Basic Black, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Boo To You Framelits (ret), Cat Punch, Sponge, Word Window Punch (ret)

PP359 BOO!

Hi everyone!  It's Sunday, and we are spending some time on the Elk River in Maryland!  But I was able to get some stamping done before we left and made a fun Halloween card using Laurie's cute Paper Players sketch:

I had several ideas for this sketch, it's so versatile, and I decided to use this cute little pumpkin from Seasonal Chums!  It's not just for tags!  Check it out:

I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it in with an aquapainter and inks, then fussy-cut it out (I actually forgot I have the die, DUH!).  I mounted it on a panel of Spooky Night DSP that was cut with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border die and accented with a piece of Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper cut with the same die:

I also cut out a sentiment from the same glimmer paper:

 

and added a spider sitting on some spider web-embossed background:

I added a Basic Black glimmer paper bat diecut from the Seasonal Tags Framelits and some stamping from Spooky Cat for my inside:

As I said, this sketch is extremely versatile, so I hope you'll share your creation with us at our blog! Be sure to check out the DT's creations as well:

Claire

Jaydee

Joanne

Laurie

Nance

Sandy

Deanne

Annie

Jan

My sweet friend and teammate Sandy sent Cassidy this adorable little owl made from some fabric that SU used to sell!  Her name is Hannah...isn't she cute?! 

 Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Spooky Cat, Seasonal Chums, Howl-o-ween Treat (ret), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Spooky Night DSP, Black and Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper (ret)
Ink	Memento Black, Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Boo to You Framelits (ret), Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Spiderweb EF (ret), Aquapainter, Dimensionals

Try Stampin’ On Tuesday 238

Hi everyone!  It’s Tuesday, and it’s time for another sketch from Try Stampin’ On Tuesday!  So here’s the sketch, and the theme, if you choose to use it, is “Hooray”! 

I think perhaps I could say I used the theme “BOO-ray” on my card!  I used the Howl-o-ween Treat stamp set for my funky Halloween card today, giving Miss Pumpkin a Pear Pizzazz witch hat and some black glimmery accents!  What do you think:

The “boo” came from the Happy Scenes set, and I used a circle punch to punch it out, then backed it with a little piece of black glimmer paper as well.  The Boo To You framelits make it easy to cut out the hat as well as the little stars!

And my background is the Happy Haunting DSP!  Fun!  Hope you’ll play along with us.  You can share your creation at the Try Stampin’ On Tuesday blog, or on our Facebook page as well!

Off to have some more fun at Dutch Wonderland!

FMS203

Happy Thursday, peeps!  It’s finally supposed to rain and cool things off today…I can’t wait!  This heat is wearing on me!  I channeled my inner Jen Mitchell and made a little Halloween card to take my mind off it:

I need more Halloween stamps like I need a hole in the head, but I just couldn’t resist the Cheer All Year set with its assortment of fall and winter images!  Who could be afraid of a polka-dotted bat?  Especially one with black rhinestone eyes?

I used the splotches from Gorgeous Grunge in Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Cameo Coral and Elegant Eggplant along with the sentiment from Cheer All Year in our new black ink:

I used the new Curvy Corner Trio punch for the lower right corner….isn’t it cool?  And my sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches:

And the inside, along with a sentiment from Howl-o-ween Treat:

Thanks for visiting today!

Playing with “kinetic” sand (this stuff is so weird!):

It’s a cake for Grampy!

MTS088 Halloween Trio

Happy Labor Day, everyone!  I have a little work, a little stamping, and a little fun planned today!  How about you?  But first, I have a quick little card using a couple of SU sets….I just love how they all work together!  I used the Match the Sketch sketch for this week:

and the Howl-o-Ween Treat and Happy Scene stamp sets:

The sentiment and jack-o-lanterns are stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink and the spider is stamped in the new Basic Black ink, which stamps beautifully!  And having the Boo to You Framelits makes cutting these out a breeze!  I mounted them on a piece of Pretty Petals paper stack, stringing the spider on a little piece of baker’s twine.  I really wanted to use my Chalk pen, but found it had dried out!  Boooo!  Anyone have a fix for that?  I only used it a few times!

I just love the happy faces on these guys!  Enjoy your day!

Silly girl, enjoying her breakfast of flakes and frozen blueberries out on the patio!  Gotta enjoy these late summer days!

Thanks for popping by today!

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Happy Tuesday, peeps! And happy September, although Mother Nature still thinks it’s the middle of July!  It’s HOT HOT HOT here in SE PA!   It’s time for another Try Stampin’ On Tuesday challenge!  This is our sketch for this week:

and the additional challenge is to make a shaker card!  Oh dear…I love shaker cards, but they don’t love me!  But I persevered, using a couple of new sets from the holiday mini, to make a simple Halloween one:

I used the new Happy Haunting DSP with a Basic Black card base; I stamped the owl from Howl-o-ween Treat on a circle of Very Vanilla, then added a window sheet and a frame of Tangelo Twist.  My sentiment is from the coordinating Boo to You framelit dies, using the new black glimmer paper….the scraps were perfect to cut out some little stars as well, also in the die set!  I used some black, silver and orange sequins from my stash:

And for the inside, I mixed some sentiments and images from the same set as well as Cheer All Year:

I hope you’ll play along!  You can share your project at our blog or at the TSOT Facebook page as well!

Dana, John & I weathered the first day of kindergarten…well, that consisted of us getting Cassidy on the bus…..without too many tears or a breakdown!

She was a little trooper!  Enjoy your day!