Halloween-a-thon Day 7: More M & M's!

Here is a treat card I made using the SCS weekly tutorial from a couple of weeks ago. You can access it HERE. Believe it or not, all products used on this card are current SU except for the cat tab stamp at the top, and the pom pom trim which is from Mike's. The main stamp set is Sweet Centers, embossed with a mixture of black and iridescent ice EP. This is a very easy card to create with a big WOW factor, and who doesn't like getting M & M's, right? These are the autumn colored ones, which went very well with my DP.

The only change I made from the original tutorial is that I used the Sizzix window card die so I could put my treat cup in the center of the card. In the tutorial they only used the 1 3/4" hole punch, so the cup has to be to one side. The circle I punched out of the main image so the treat cup could go through I adhered to the tab holding the candy inside, so that even after they've eaten the candy, there is still a greeting showing. It says "EEK! You're sweet!"

I had a lot of fun making this card! You should give it a try. Thanks for stopping by!

Halloween -a-thon Day 6--Time for Treats!

Some people would say the whole point of Halloween is to dress up. But SOME of us might say the whole point is the TREATS! I know for my kids the treats would (probably) win out. Anyway, I've done a few cards done a few decorations--now it's time for some treats. These are super easy to make. I used PTI's glassine bags--you can find them HERE. I used a (yes, retired, of course!) SU set called Halloween Backgrounds. I stamped on the bags and LET THEM DRY! This will take a few minutes! Be patient or you will smear them. Then fill with treats, fold over the top, punch a couple of holes and tie a "cheater bow". Voila! You are done.

I used Elegant Eggplant for the bats, Green Galore for the spiders, Only Orange for the candy corn, and Summer Sun for the moons and stars.

I went to buy candy corn and M & M's to fill the bags and what do you suppose I found? Candy Corn M & M's! They are oversized white chocolate M & M's that are yellow, orange, and white. Cute, but too sweet. I like regular ones better.

Here's a pic of several together. I may just finish up my supply of glassine bags and give these out to Emily's GS troop and Sunday School. I already have other plans for her classmates.

Hope you've enjoyed this post and maybe gotten a little inspiration! Have a great day.

Halloween-a-thon Day 5: a la Zindorf

This card is a CASE of a Michelle Zindorf card--you can see her vastly superior one HERE. I actually think this turned out well except for the white gel pen accents--I can't do mine as well as she does, and the white accents really make her card. But it's still cute! This is the Haunting Jumbo Wheel, stamped in Basic Black Craft. I mounted my panel on Cajun Craze and Basic Black, on this year's (I know, right? Something current!) SU Halloween DP with some black grosgrain and mounted on a CC card measuring 4 x 7.25".

As long as I'm posting my Zindorf CASE's, here is one I made a couple of days ago. I was very pleased with how it turned out. You can see Michelle's original HERE. I needed a sympathy card for a dear friend from NC who lost his son recently. I knew I wanted to use this stamp and in the process of doing a search on SCS, I ran across Michelle's creation. The stamp is Sail Away, from this past summer mini. She mounted hers on Marina Mist, but I didn't have any so used Perfect Plum. It makes it rather dark but oh, well, I still like it. The other panel is River Rock. measures 7.5 x 4 I think.

Please take the time to investigate Michelle's blog or SCS gallery. She is an amazing artist and also teaches workshops all over the country--I went to one several months ago and it was awesome! You should definitely try to go if she comes to a town near you.

Halloween-a-thon Day 4--Happy Fright Night!

Here is another long-retired SU set, Happy Fright Night, colored with Copics and chalk/blender pen for the cauldron and bats. I had originally colored the witch green, but she was too dark, so I did another one and made her flesh-toned. I used a white gel pen for the bats' fangs and Liquid Applique/green Doodlebug Designs glitter for the "brew".

I love this image and had fun coloring it. Thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon Day 3--More Home Decor

More fun with SU's awesome Halloween DP from last year! I really feel like no stamp company does Halloween better than SU. It's all I can do every year not to order their entire Halloween line. In the Sept/Oct issue of PaperCrafts they had an amazing card featuring the cameo in this picture. I looked it up online and found it in an Etsy store called SnapCrafty. You can find these cameos HERE, but she has all kinds of cool stuff.

I think this needs something else, not sure what it is yet though. Let me know if YOU think of anything! Thanks for dropping by.

Halloween-a-thon Day 2--Home Decor

Good afternoon all! Sorry to be posting so late but I've had a bad headache all day. It's finally calmed down enough that I felt like sitting in front of the computer. This is a piece of 12 x 12 wall decor that I made using last year's SU Halloween paper. It was such awesome paper! I mounted it on chipboard and plan to mount it on a cheap 12 x 12 canvas I got at Mike's. You can't tell in the pic but the bats are flocked. I used my Cri-kit gel pens to outline the Cricut shapes. The witch and moon are from October 31, Bewitching is from Happy Hauntings. I popped the witch and the title up on foam tape. I was going to put some ribbon or something on it, and I may still add it later.

I have another 3 of these planned so you'll probably seeing more of these in the next few days. Thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon Day 1!

So I've challenged myself to post a Halloween project EVERY SINGLE DAY in October!!! Now for those of you who follow this blog and are used to LOOOOONNNNGGG dry spells without a post, you know what a big challenge that will be for me. But I have so many cute Halloween stamps and Cricut cartridges that it would be a shame NOT to. So here we are at Day 1:

This stamp set was one of the very first SU sets I ever bought when I became a demo. It retired that same year, 2001. I also made my 2nd swap ever with this set. I love it and will never sell it. I also realized that I have yet to show off my "skills" with CO-pic markers that I paid a lot of money to learn. I have been practicing a bit, and I think this image turned out pretty well. I don't have any dark grey copics, so their shoes are colored with chalks and a blender pen. I colored another of this image that I liked but colored outside the lines a bit and was unable to fix it to my satisfaction. I plan to cut it out later and use it for something else. If anyone is interested in which copics I used, exactly, I will let you know. I don't have very many! I've been buying them one at a time with HL 40% off coupons, so it takes a while LOL. CS is SU Pumpkin Pie and Gina K Pure Luxury layering weight white. Ink is Brilliance Tuxedo Black. These were some of the recommended paper and ink for coloring with copics. Thanks for stopping by!