Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to you!
Today I have kind of a bonus post. My little one found our cookie cutters this summer and wanted to make Halloween cut out cookies ever since. We finally did it this week and since that makes a TON of cookies we shared some with neighbors too! I {almost} never make tags but I have a lot of Paper Pumpkin Halloween supplies that are kind of perfect for tag making so I used some up to make these plates even cuter! 

The tags used two different kits, Sept 2014 and Sept 2016, and the pumpkin tags used the Holiday Home stamp set which was released in 2014 for the little jack o'lantern faces...which you can hardly see! I layered them onto Old Olive rectangles and then just taped that onto the cookie plates! 

And finally, here's my cute Little Red Riding Hood who got to dress up for her preschool party this week! 

Snowy Houses

Today's Christmas card is a two-fer!
This is the card I sent out for the Cards in the Mail swap, for November/December. It wasn't difficult to mass-produce and honestly I loved how it turned out! I assembled them all before adding the Dazzling Detail "snow", and then had them all spread out to dry, haha! Click on the picture for a better view...
Then crunch time hit for my card class, and I decided we could make this one too!

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Soft Suede, Versamark
Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Pool Party
Accessories: Chevron ribbon, Homemade Holiday Framelits, Big Shot, Dazzling Details, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

How are your Christmas cards coming along? The last couple years we've done a photo card, so you'd think I'd have quite a stash acquired...but you'd be wrong, haha! I still need to complete a dozen or so more, and I was hoping to have them all mailed out tomorrow....hmmmm! Guess how I'll be spending my day...? hee hee....

A Christmas Home

Today's a card I am particularly happy with, haha! I used the current Mojo Monday sketch for this one, and YES it is one we'll make at the card classes!!

The house is stamped in Basic Gray and then cut out with the Big Shot. I put the string of lights on before cutting, and stamped the wreath right on top of the door - most of the samples I've seen, the wreath was cut out. I colored the house with Smoky Slate, and lit up a window because I don't know abotu your house, but its been gray for a while here! The snowman is stamped in Basic Gray too, and his scarf is Mossy Meadow. Then I used Blender Pens and the Soft Sky ink pad to add blueish shadows to the ground! I love the swirly snow pattern on this sheet of All Is Calm DP and it fit so perfectly! Finally, I picked two of the washi tape patterns for the diagonal piece of the sketch! I seriously love it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Basic Gray, Soft Sky, Real Red, Mossy Meadow marker, So Saffron marker, Smoky Slate marker
Paper: Soft Sky & Whisper White card stocks, All Is Calm DP
Accessories: All Is Calm washi tape, Homemade Holiday dies, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Blender Pens

Christmas Card Classes!!!

I did add some info to my event section on my side bar, but this is where you can find all the details about my upcoming Christmas Card Classes!!

To start, here are the first six cards we'll make! We'll use the Watercolor Winter kit, Gentle Peace stamp set, Holiday Home stamp set and White Christmas stamp set.

We'll make 15 different cards, for only $25!
* if you want me to make the cards for you, it will be $30, and you pick them up at your convenience.

I'll hold two classes at my house, and one at my friend's house. Choose the session that works best for you! The classes are set up for 3 hour blocks, but I don't think it will really take that long...
Yummy snacks are always served too!

1: Rabilin's house, Dec 1, 12:30-3pm
RSVP & fee due Nov 26

2: My house, Dec 4, 11am-2pm
RSVP & fee due Dec 1

3: My house, Dec 4, 6-9pm
RSVP & fee due Dec 1

Leave a comment, shoot me an email, or RSVP on the facebook events to let me know you're coming! Then get me your class fee and I'll have your supplies ready to go!

Happy Halloween!!!

Last night I took the kids to a Trunk-or-Treat at a local grocery store, so you get to see Pocahontas and a Minecraft Creeper a little bit early!

But you come for the stamping, don't you? I have tons of that today too! Last weekend I was at my parents house, and my mom had specifically asked me to bring any Halloween stuff I had, so that she could make lots of cards to mail out. Her mother always did before passing away, and her aunt does too, so my mom is carrying on the tradition! We set out the stamps we had (current and very old) and pulled up Pinterest and went to work! I've included links to where the inspiration came from if we found it online...Enjoy these no-calorie Halloween treats!

I'm starting off with maybe my favorite- this one was my mom's idea- she saw the "witch parking" words and wanted to do a fence with a bunch of brooms leaning against it! Clever, huh?!

Supplies: Tee Hee Hee stamp set, old set for fence, Lucky Stars embossing folder

Supplies: Holiday Home stamp set, Good Greetings stamp set, Homemade Holiday Die
Inspired by THIS

Supplies: Lucky Stars embossing folder, old stamp set

Supplies: Tee Hee Hee stamp set, old stamp set for "smoke", Lucky Stars embossing folder

Supplies: Holiday Home stamp set, Good Greetings stamp set, old stamp set for tree, Homemade Holiday Die
Inspired by THIS

Supplies: Holiday Home stamp set, Homemade Holiday Die
Inspired by THIS

Supplies: Tee Hee Hee stamp set

Supplies: Tee Hee Hee stamp set, old spider embossing folder

Supplies: old stamp set, old spider web embossing folder

Supplies: old stamp set

Supplies: old stamp set (I wanted the words pale in Versamark "under" the spider, which I then heat embossed...apparently the Versamark-ed words weren't dry when I put on the embossing powder! Oh well....)

Supplies: two old stamp sets, Lucky Stars embossing folder

Supplies: Tee Hee Hee stamp set, Lucky Stars embossing folder
Used THIS sketch

Supplies: Good Greetings stamp set, old stamp set, old spider embossing folder

Halloween can be a lot of fun, huh? Enjoy the day, whatever you're doing!

Other People's Projects!

Not a lot of crafting going on at my house right now, I'm in the middle of other kinda huge projects {bottling pears, family events, cleaning out storage and selling stuff...}, oh, and it's the week of Halloween.... haha...
However, back HERE I shared my card that I was sending to a list of other demonstrators, for a Cards in the Mail swap, so today I thought I'd share the six Halloween cards I got back! Just in case you need an idea for a lunch box tomorrow, or a neighbor gift...!
I have the designer's name on each card, and I wish I had a blog link for everyone but I don't even know if they all blog or not! So you can enjoy it here!

 both sides of the same card...

Supplies: Holiday Home stamp set, Homemade Holiday Die, Confetti Stars Punch, Lucky Stars Embossing Folder, Circle Card thinlit die

Supplies: Holiday Home stamp set, Work of Art stamp set, Homemade Holiday die

Supplies: Making Spirits Bright stamp set, Lucky Stars Embossing Folder, Motley Monsters DP

 again, two sides...

Supplies: Tee Hee Hee stamp set, Chevron Embossing Folder, Circle Card thinlit die

Supplies: Bootiful Occasions,Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Supplies: Homemade Holiday Die, Holiday Home stamp set

Supplies: Fall Fest stamp set, Holiday Invitation stamp set, Fun Fall framelits, Lucky Stars embossing folder

Neighbors!

Today is my card class at my friend's house! And here is the 4th card we are going to make!
I happen to be very excited about this card! I used the current Freshly Made Sketch for the layout. My last house card, after seeing it on my blog I felt like it needed something...well, it needed a ground to sit on! So this time I made a point to have grassy lawns! haha... I used ink pads and blender pens to shade in the houses, and the door, but markers of lighter shades to do the roofs and other details.

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, Cajun Craze; Markers: Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate
Paper: Sahara Sand, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Color Me Autumn DP
Accessories: Hexagon Punch, Word Window Punch, Big Shot, Homemade Holiday Die, Blender Pen

Blog Hop: Holiday Catalog

Happy October to you! Autumn has definitely arrived at my house, we went from unseasonably hot 91* days to 58* rainy days overnight! But that's okay- autumn is my favorite season and it puts me in the mood to create for the holiday season!! And today, our blog hop is allll about the new Holiday Mini Catalog!! I posted my favorite items from the Holiday Mini in THIS post, and today you get to see the first things I've made, putting those favorite items into action! 

First up, an autumny card, mostly using the NAC #109 sketch! Thanksgiving is a great autumn holiday and I like the excuse to send thank you cards to the people who do so much for me and my family all year long!
(the sketch got a little turned around, only because I wasn't paying attention to which corner got the overlapped Washi tape...)

Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze
Paper: Crushed Curry & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: Color Me Autumn Washi Tape

And next, I have a Halloween card using the current Mojo Monday sketch! Can you see the stars embossed on the black? Love!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Tee Hee Hee
Ink: Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Stars Embossing Folder, Banners Framelits Die, Big Shot

What do you think? Oh I promise there will be many more creations to come, and of course I won't forget the biggest holiday around here- Christmas! But today I thought I'd focus on the autumn holidays first. *grin.
Now go see what every one else chose to make with the products in the Holiday Mini, and be sure and leave them some comments too! Start with Cheryl's blog by clicking below!