Happy Halloween!

And HAPPY THE REDSOX WON THE WORLD SERIES DAY!!!!!!!!  I'm just a tad bit excited.  And tired.  Very.  Very.  Tired.  HA!

I do have a super fun Halloween card to share with you today, however!  I pulled out one of my stencils, as I'm trying to use those more being that they are all trendy and such.  HA!



To create the background, I layered the tree stencil over the natural cardstock and then pressed my VersaMark pad all over it.  This put ink on the negative space and I heat embossed that with a wicked cool embossing enamel from Stampendous that created a perfect night sky!  I love it!



I die cut a circle for the moon and inked it and then punched a few bats to surround it.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Company's Halloween Chatter set.  I LOVE that set!  I made some cute treat bags for the office with those stamps, too!  So easy!

So, all in all, today we have candy coming from every direction AND the Red Sox won the Series, so, while I may be exhausted, it is going to be a GREAT DAY!

Have a Happy, folks!  Happy Halloween!

Jingle Out.

Christmas with Crafter's Companion

***This is my SECOND post of the day.  To check out my CAS-ual Fridays post please scroll down or click here!  It's kind of an awesome card, so I would love your comments.  Just sayin'.***

I have some exciting news to share today! I am fortunate to be guest designing for Crafter's Companion this month! They have some seriously beautiful stamps and I am really looking forward to sharing my designs with you over the course of the month!

My first card uses the Setnimentals EZMount Christmas Magic stamp set. Thist stamp has SO many fabulous holiday sentiments! I love it!


I stamped the tree in a grey tone and then sort of created a tree-skirt look with the sentiment stamp by stamping it in red. A few drops of glitter glue adorn the tree delightfully! I do so love sparkle!


I hope you will head on over to the Crafter's Companion Facebook page to check out the fun stuff they have going on over there! You can even let them know I sent you, if you'd like!

Have a Happy!

*Crafter's Companion CHRISTMAS MAGIC Sentimentals Stamp Set DS-S-MAGIC-EZ *Martha Stewart GLITTER GLUE PENS 4 Pack 40-00001 *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad LONDON FOG Gray Grey *Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad LOVE LETTER *DCWV Cardstock Stack 4.5 x 6.5 METALLIC Paper *Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958 *Tombow Adhesive Craft Stamp DOT PATTERN Runner 62162 Permanent *EK Success 1/16"" SQUARES 3-D Foam Dots Adhesive SPAF-THS

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Stick a Bird On It!

Yup.  I did it.  I stuck a bird on it.  And I LOVE it!!!  I am playing with some AMAZINGLY fun goodies from IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® today!  I am excited to share this fun project with you!  Here is the card I created and a full tutorial on how you can create this same look yourself!



Supplies:
IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Canary, Scarlet, and Turquoise
IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray
IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Smokey Grey
IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink in Rocket Red
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Martha Stewart Bird Sticker



Step 1.  In the corner of a sheet of cardstock, stamp your IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink directly to the cardstock, applying a large amount of ink with each press.  Allow the ink to dry or expedite the process with a heat gun.



Step 2.  Spritz the inked block with IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray to add a bit of shimmer and texture to the ink.  I love how neat this looks!  Allow to dry, or, again, speed up the process with a heat gun.

Step 3.  Cut out the block and mount on black cardstock.  Adhere to white card base with foam tape.



Step 4.  Stamp the sentiment below the block in Smokey Grey VersaFine ink.  Stamp the heart with Rocket Red Brilliance ink.



Step 5.  Affix the bird sticker to the block.

And with that, my dear friends, I bid you adieu!

Have a Happy!

Brushstroke Butterflies

I have another card today inspired by the awesomeness over at the Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2!  I am loving this, you guys!  For reals!  For this one, I used markers to color some punched butterflies that I added to my card.  I used dye ink markers (Momento) to achieve a really pretty brushstroke look on them.  I love how that worked!  I never think to just use my markers for these types of things!  I'm always reaching for the colored cardstock or patterned paper, so this was a fun diversion from my norm!



I used the awesome Thank You Heart die set from Simon Says Stamp for the focal point sentiment on this one.  I LOVE that die!!!  Lots.  The butterflies are actually punched instead of die cut.  Yup.  With a good 'ole Martha Stewart Classic Butterfly punch.



I used a lot of white with the color combo again.  I have to admit.  It is easier to do the brown tones with the purple and blue tones if you add a lot of white.  I like white, what can I tell ya?  LOL!  I gave it a bit of texture with the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder.  I like that one a lot because it is super versatile!

Anyway... color your die cuts or punched pieces!  It's a neat trick and super easy to do.  AND...you then have something that is the color you want instead of whatever close-to-what-you-wanted color you could dig up in your stash!  That's ALWAYS a good thing!

Have a Happy!

Find the products I used for this card in the links below!  Woot!

A Bit of Congratulations from CAS-ual Fridays

Hiya! It's FRIDAY! Woot! Woot!!! I'm getting a hair cut today. We'll see if I'm still 'wooting' after that. HA! Here's hopin'. In the meantime, we have a brand new challenge for you up over at CAS-ual Fridays! It's all about Congratulations this time around! Keep it CAS and make it fabulous!


CAS-ual Fridays Stamps is sponsoring this week, so that gave me a pretty darned good excuse to pull out this fun new stamp set! I love how it says congratulations without actually using that word...it's nice to mix it up now and then, wouldn't you agree? Just agree. It's Friday. K? K. Thanks, bunches! :)


Now it's your turn! Head on over to CAS-ual Fridays to check out the amazing inspiration and then link up YOUR take on the Congratulations CAS challenge!

Have a Happy!

Heck...have an EXTRA Happy!!!!

Simon Says: Have A Heart!

***This is my second post of the day! Be sure to check out the Fresh Squeezed Stamp New Release below!!!***


Happy Wednesday folks! It's all about HEARTS over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog today and I'm kinda lovin' it. For reals. Just sayin'.

The Design Team got to play with Simon Says Stamp EXCLUSIVES this week! Yup... totally some of my favorite products. I pulled out my February Card Kit and went to town!


Hearts AND GLITTER! Yup. It's a happy! And a hug... all rolled into one! YAYNESS!


AND, as per usual, Heidi is giving one lucky participant a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore! Woot! Woot!!! Simply create a card based on the "Have a Heart" challenge theme!

You will want to head on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog to check out the gorgeous cards the rest of the team has created! Hearts must be SUPER inspiring, because these girls NAILED it! Amazing inspiration!

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