I challenged myself to make at least 3 cards from the monthly card kit.  It was easy with this one because I love Autumn and Squirrels!!!  LOL

I really loved the crisp blue paper with trees byt it begged for a little red cardinal sitting on a branch!   To bring out the red bird I framed the paper with red cardstock.  It just peeks out from the side and frames the little banner!  I used glossy accents on the bird to give it a little depth.

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp Club October 2013
red cardstock
glossy accents
Archival Red Geranium Ink

The Simon Says Wednesday Challenge for this week is ANYTHING GOES but they were highlighting Art Impressions Stamps.  Fortunately I just bought one when shopping.  How handy is that???

I thought it came out cute!!!!  However I put away my supplies and forgot to write down the copics I used.  Opps!!!!  Lets just say Copics….LOL

Supplies:

Art Impression unmounted Reindeer Games Set
Paper: Basic Gray 25th & Pine
Copics
Jingle bells: Stampin Up!
Natural Cardstock Stampin Up! (card base)
Flourishes Copic Paper
1-1/2″ circle punch
2″ scallop punch

The inside of the card is the part that is not done…..  Imagine if you will that the tray wobbles…..

Will be upodated soon

LOL, OK, I never have enough time, was busy working on something else and realized that I needed to get this online by midnight ET.   I dont have the pop up part yet (been ordered) but I wanted to get the image of the card out there.

This is the front of the card.  The glossy accents are still drying,…..eek!!!

More detail to come

I have also posted this to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge!!!  Check them out  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge

Halloween is just around the corner….  I need to get out all my pumpkins, candles, spooky houses and other fun stuff.   I love every Halloween when trick or treaters come to the door and they tell me how Cool my house looks.  WIth my ghosts and mists and scary stuff.  I always make sure it is not too scary because I love when the little kids come to the door in thier cute cute cute costumes.   I am the type of house that gives out big candy bars because that is who I am!!!!   This year will be slightly different.  I now have a little dog named Olive whose job is to bark like crazy when the door bell rings.  It will be a stressful night.   Maybe she will get use to it.   I plan on putting Olive into a costume.  Of course.   I just cannot decide what I think she should wear.  Target has some cute pet costumes.  I am just not sure.   However back to this post.   I went to Sam’s club and they have thier Christmas stuff out.  Ugh!  They have these yummy cookies that come in tall round tins and I hate to get rid of them.  So I decided to make one of them into a Halloween Candy Treat Canister.

Since I am a big fan of all things Tim Holtz, I used his kraft resist Halloween Paper.   For those who dont know what kraft resist is, it is a wonderful kraft color paper that has black images on it.  Then they use a lacquer on it that so when you use his inks on the paper, the resist part creates a new image.  I used the paper that had the poison labels.    I used his Spiced Marmalade distress stain to make the paper orange and then used Seedless Preserves Ink (that is a wonderful purple color) to highlight the upper and lower portions of the paper.   You can tell by the darker color on the bottom.   It is hard to see all the cool imagines because the paper is wrapped around the canister and glued down.   But take my word for it!!!!!

Since the canister was white, I spray painted the lid with Krylon Stone Metallic in Copper.  It gave it a more rustic metal look.  Then I added a Tim Holtz curio knob on top.

From the left over paper I cut out a posion tag and added it to black cardstock.  I distress the tag the same way.  Then I added a bunch of halloween ribbons from Michaels.

This project was quick and easy and since the cookies come in a set of 4, they would make a cute halloween gift for friends, teachers, etc.  If you have no desire to eat the cookies you can give them away with the cookies inside.  However my cookies seemed to disappear when I was scrapbooking.  Gee I wonder what happened to them!  tee-hee

On the tag you can see the resist much better.   I added some  glitter spiders from Michaels.  I think they were 2.99 for 6 spiders in both orange and black.

You can also use Tim Holtz seasonal kraft resist paper.  That set has all the holidays so you can do this for Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter…etc.

I have also posted this on the fabulous Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog!   Please check them out!   http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge

Supplies:

Round Canister
Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Paper – Halloween Haunts
Tim Holtz Distress Stain – Spiced Marmalade
Tim Hotz Distress Ink Seedless Preserves
Tim Holtz Curio Knobs
Ribbon by Michaels, Celebrate It!
Spider from Michaels, Celebrate It!
Krylon Stone Metallic Cooper
Black cardstock

I just got some new Hero Arts stamps…. and for those who know me, Autumn and Halloween are my favorite.   I think if I divided my stamps out, half of them would fall into this  catagory!!!!   Some people love summer, I love Autumn.  There is nothing like wind blowing leaves from trees that have turned gold, brown, orange and yellow.  Pumpkins, tons of pumpkin, pumpkin patches, pumpkin pie, just any thing with pumpkins.  Warm scarves.  Snuggling under a warm blanket.   Oh How I love Autumn.

To do this card I used my distress inks.    I did a light color and brought it in towards the middle.  Then I used a red/rust color and brought it in about an inch and then the edges with a brown color.   I then used the lucscious yummy colors from Wendy Vecchi from Ranger.  I had been eyeing them for some time.  I went to Beverly Fabrics to pick up some Glossy Accents and they had all the new colors AND they were on sale for 30% off.  Yahoo!!!!   I love Beverly’s and my bank has a deal that gives me cash back of 10% on my purchases.  Can’t get any better than that.   Because the new colors were screaming autumn and leaves I took out the new Scattering Leaves stamps from Hero Arts.  I just randoming stamped them with the new colors around the edges.

Supplies:

Marshmellow cardstock from Bazzil
Scattering Leaves Stamp Set from Hero Arts
Leaves Autumn Stamp Set from Hero Arts
Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Wild Honey, Ripe Persimmon, Gathered Twigs
Archival Ink by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger: Potting Soil, Orange Blossom, Red Geranium, Fern Green

Sometimes I still want to pick up the phone and call my Mother.   It is hard to believe that she has been gone for two years.   Mom, I think of you daily!

This layout was made mostly from the Graphic 45 Secret Garden 12×12 paper pack.  I wanted a frame around the layout so I cut out the frame from a very busy page and laid it over a more neutral paper.

To make the layout more interesting, i cut out three of the flower images and used glossy accents to make them look like enamel embellishments.

I did not like the flowers that I made from the paper, so I resorted pulling out some Anna Griffin flowers.   I might have gone overboard on the flowers, but heck, they are just so pretty!!!

To make the other flowers POP I used that awesome clear Wink of Zella pen.  I love it, it is like stickles but with a brush!!!   The ribbon is a handmade crinkled seam binding I made some time ago.  I love making my own crinkled seam binding.  I use either Sprinklers by October Afternoon  or Glimmer Mists by Scattered Angels.  I have even made them using easter egg dyes.   To be honest, I don’t remember what I used on this ribbon!!!!  I also have very tiny pearls on the frame.  you cant really see them in the photo unless you click on the photo to make it larger.  But I know they are there.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Secret Garden 12×12 paper pack

Handmade seam binding

Tim Holtz Ideaology Memo pins

Zva creative tiny pearls

Crystal Accents by Ranger

Anna Griffin layered Rose stickers

Wink of Zella pen, clear glitter

I enjoyed making this card.   I liked making the embellishment flower.   I have not tried the felt (so afraid if I use it, it will be gone….not that I cant buy more!)  So this was a fun card!!!

Supplies

Die: Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms II #2 Die Collection

Paper:  October Afternoon Thrift Shop

Stampin Up  Moss cardstock

Felt:  Papertrey ink Harvest Gold

Button:  True Black Buttons

Thread: My Mind’s Eye  Follow Your Heart

I had t do this card three times.  The last time I used watercolor paper which worked so much better!!!   I enjoyed making this card!!!!

Supplies

Paper

Watercolor Paper

Papertrey Ink Simply Chartreuse cardstock

Ink:  STampin Up Lucky Limeade; Wisteria Wonder, Island Mango

Stamp:  Papertrey Ink Think Big Favorites # 3 Stamp Set

Embossing Powder Midnight Black by Stampendous

Ok, I did not have tea, but I had coffee.   I liked what Erin Lincoln did, so I decided to paint the coffee onto the card.

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink Cream Cardstock,

Stamp:  Papertrey Ink Guide Lines Two

Gold Glitter by Stampendous