and the Winner is

Hello crafty friends,

I'm here to announce the winner of my first ever Halloween Card Series.   Congratulations Denise Bryant... you won these two stamps set.  I will send you an email in a few minutes.

Since there were only two ladies who posted a comment on every post... Denise and Heidi.  I decided to find something special for Heidi also.

Thank you ladies and everyone else who took the time to leaving me lovely comments.  I'll be back next week as I start my next card series... Christmas :)
  

Halloween Card 11, 12 and 13 - Grand Final

Hello craft friends,

I have to admit I'm forcing myself to write this post.  I truly enjoyed this series, but a death in the family has dull my excitement.  I glad I got these cards done last weekend and that all I needed to do was photograph them and create the post.

Card 11, started w/a digital stamp from La La Land...  Zombie Marci. Isn't she the cutest zombie ever? I colored her on mixed media paper with my zig watercolor brush pens.  Next I did a little fussy cutting to get her into the Peek A Boo Wonky Windows die cut frames from MFT.  I added a sticker spider to finished the card.

Card 12, is a shaker card.  I die cut the window from chunky black glitter paper using the MFT Stitched Arch Stax dies.  The cat was die cut from the same glitter paper using the Cheery Lynn Whimsical Halloween Cat die.  The ears, eyes and nose from white glitter paper.

Card 13, has another digital stamp from La La Land...  Dia De Los Muertos Marci. Sugar skull Marci is just as cute as zombie Marci.  This card was inspired by the background pattern paper and it's curvy Happy Halloween.  I wanted something that would fit into that spot on the card and the dress on this Marci was perfect.  I added an orange glitter die cut of Die-Versions' Oriental Fan die behind Marci for an added pop of color.

Here's a fun photo of all the cards in the series.  Let me know which card was your favorite.

and now, here's a photo of my giveaway...

You have until next Sunday night to comment on EVERY post for a chance to win these two stamp sets from Joy Clair.  I will pick one winner using a random number generator on Sunday night. Good luck and thank you all so much for stopping bye.

Halloween Card 11 - So Corny

Hello crafty friends,

life sometimes gets in the way of crafting.  So I'm back a day late with the next installment in the series.   Today's card is very cute (if I'm allow to say) and I hope you love it.

These corny guys and gals are from Your Next Stamp... the set is called So Corny and I fell in LOVE w/them as soon as I saw them.

I used my Zig Watercolor Brush Markers to color them on watercolor paper.  Are you ready to see the inside?

I found the prefect sentiment in my stash of old stamps.  Sorry, it wasn't in any packaging, so I have no idea who's it by, but it was a clear stamp.  I'll be back this weekend with the final post in the series and a photo of the giveaway.


GIVEAWAY RULES:
To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVERY post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thru my stash for something good :)

Halloween Card 10 - Open Pumpkin

Hello crafty friends,

I'm so enjoying making the cards for this Halloween series, so I hope you are enjoying them as well. Normally, I make 10 of the same Halloween card to send to family.  This is the first time I've made so many different cards for one occasion... and its been so my fun.

Today's card uses a very old stamp by Judi Kins I got years ago at a stamp resale fair.

I was going to create a Halloween scene inside the pumpkin, but I had just open my MFT order, which contained the Sending and Hugs die words and they called to me.  So I used them along w/the Halloween word die from a Little B Halloween word die set.  I die cut all three words from glitter cardstock.  Added some black enamel to the pumpkins eyes and nose and on all four corners of the card.  They aren't perfectly round (have to practice some more), but they are ok on a Halloween card. I added some leaves to the top of the pumpkin and because I felt something else was needed I carefully lifted the pumpkin and added three rows of thin washi tape.


I hope I have inspired you to get some your old stamps and dies out and make some cards of your own.  I'll be back on Wednesday w/a new project.  Bye!


GIVEAWAY RULES:
To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVERY post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thru my stash for something good :)  

Halloween Card 8 and 9 - Pattern Paper

Hello crafty friends,

I found some cute word art pattern papers in an old 6x4 Halloween pad and decided to make them the foundation for my next two cards.

On the orange card, since it mentions ghosts, witches and spiders, I added some of those die cut shapes.  The Spider and Witch are from Die-Versions.  The Ghosts are from Impression Obsession.  I die cut the spider and witch from black glitter paper and backed them w/white cardstock, so they had a white shallow.  Did the same for the ghost w/silver glitter paper.  The spider webs were made with a punch from black cardstock.

On the green card, I used the same spider web punch, but just on one side.  Added some black twine and some Stickles to the bubbles.  I kept this version very simple to show that you don't need a lot of products to make a cute card.

I hope you have enjoyed today's project and that it inspires you to make some of your own.  I'll be back on Monday w/a new project.  Bye!


GIVEAWAY RULES:
To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVERY post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thru my stash for something good :)

Halloween Card 7 - Pumpkins

Hello craft friends,

Quick post today, because I left it for last minute.

Aren't those pumpkins cute?  I used a Tim Holtz stencil and distress inks for the background.   Here's a close up:

This set of pumpkins is an older one, but I still love them.  I hope you have enjoyed today's project and that it inspires you to make some of your own.  I'll be back on Saturday w/a new project.  Bye!


GIVEAWAY RULES:
To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVERY post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)

Halloween Card 6 - Three Amigos

Hello crafty friends,

You are going to love today's card.  I had the idea for it while driving home from work yesterday and after dinner sat down to create it.  I'm so happy with how it turned out.

Here's a close up...

I started by searching though my pattern papers for background elements like the house, the spooky trees and the moon.  I paper pieced the background and added a dark green hill.  Next I stamped and colored my Mama Elephant Three Amigos.  I was going to stamp Trick or Treat (3 words, 3 signs), but ended up searching my stash for small Halloween sentiments stamps that would fit their signs instead.  I meant to give each character hat costumes, but completely forgot... LOL

I love this stamps set and especially love using these cuties in unexpected ways.  They just go with everything.  I hope you have enjoyed today's projects and that it inspires you to make some of your own.  I'll be back on Thursday w/a new project.  Bye!


GIVEAWAY RULES:
To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVERY post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)

Halloween Card 5 - Wreaths

Hello crafty friends,

Wreaths are very popular lately, so I brushed the cobwebs off my wreath die and created these two cards.  One Halloween and the other Fall.  A wreath die or stamp makes the prefect foundation for any card.  For my wreaths I used an Impression Obsession die.

On my Halloween card, I die cut the wreath from back card stock.  I used three tombstones from the Your Next Stamp graveyard set, ghost from the Impression Obsession Mini Ghost set, and the word Halloween from the Little B Halloween Phrases set.

Here's a closed up showing how glittery the ghost are after I used by clear glitter marker on them.

On my Fall card, I die cute the wreath from brown card stock.  Added some small punched flowers w/glitter dots in the center.   The large flower is from Cheery Lynn Sunflower die.  I used a button for the center.

I hope you have enjoyed today's projects and that it inspires you to make some of your own.


To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVER post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)
I'll be back on Tuesday w/a new project.  Bye!

Halloween Card 4 - Trick or Treat

Hello crafty friends,  here's my card for today...

As you know I love Halloween... I also love cats (have two), so you can image... I have tons of cat stamps.  Some of my favorites are of Newton.  This one is Newton's Perfect Pumpkin from Newton's Nook Designs.  The Trick or Treat... OMG, I just realized I glued the words down wrong... LOL! Well, the "Treat or Trick" is from Little B's.

To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVER post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)
I'll be back on Sunday w/a new project.  Bye!

Halloween Card 3 - Jack-O-Lantern Envelope

Hello craft friends... Today's card started w/a jack-o-lantern vellum envelope I found in the dollar section.

I glued the envelope onto my card front.  Added some stampted spider webs, which I colored parts of w/my zig orange marker.  The little ghost and boos are actually attached to the inside panel.

Which I added, so that I can write my greeting.  I may even add a gift card for some hot chocolate behind the panel.



To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVER post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)
I'll be back on Friday w/a new project.  Bye!

Halloween Card 2 - Jack-O-Lantern

Hello Crafty Friends,

For my second card in the series, I used my new Lil'inker's Pumpkin Faces die set to die cut Jack-O-Lantern faces on a black glitter tag.  I lined the back of the tag w/foam squares for dimension and backed it with orange card stock.  I used a small Jack-O-Lantern face stamp to create my background right on the card front. My finishing touch was to add tiny ghosts from an Impression Obsessions die set.

Here's a close up:

To make this series more fun... i'm doing a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVER post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)
I'll be back on Wednesday w/a new project.  Bye!

Halloween Card 1 - Haunting Cat

Welcome crafty friends!

I have ignored my blog for months, so I gave myself a project that was sure to motivate me.   Today is Oct 1st and it's the prefect day to start my Halloween Series.  My goal is to create and post a new Halloween or Fall themed card every other day during this month.  If I'm counting right, that will be about 15 cards... right? So lets get started!

Card 1 features the Happy Haunting Cat from Rubbernecker that I picked up at the August 2016 Scrapbook Expo.

I started w/a pattern paper mat that was an 1/8th of inch smaller than my A2 size top folding card. Next I die cut two tags from an off white tiny text halloween print pattern paper, I layered them and stamped my spooky cat on top.  I added a few sequences and inked the edges of my card w/orange distress ink.

To make this series more fun... how about a GIVEAWAY?  At the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win, so make sure you comment on EVERT post in order to be eligible.

I'm not sure what you will win yet... I'll have to look thur my stash for something good :)  
I'll be back on Monday w/a new project.  Bye!