Friday Friend Share

Here's a card that my friend Kim created. 

I don't know what company/companies the stamps and embossing folder are from. Love the technique of direct-to-paper that she used with the black ink pad.

Friday Friend Share

Here's a card that my friend, Ruth, sent me. It is perfect for fall or even Halloween.

I don't know what company the owl and sentiment are from. And I'm not sure what she used for the background. I haven't seen designer paper like that, but it could be. The black trees give it a spooky feeling, but the bright splash of colorful leaves on the right lighten the mood and brighten the card.

There's a new owl stamp coming out in Stampin' Up!s Holiday catalog. It is in the hostess set. Host a class or workshop and get it with your host dollars!

Thanks for stopping by,
Trude

Halloween Wheel Card

Have you tried making "wheel cards"? I decided to try making one for this Halloween card. This is the first one I have tried. I did a search to find a tutorial, I found several to watch before I created this card. I was happy with the way it turned out, but already know some things that I will try modifying with another wheel card.

This is the Stampin' Up! Holiday Home stamp set and it has items for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Halloween. The Christmas and Thanksgiving are my favorite, but I had to see if I could do anything with the Halloween ones and I came up with several cards.

I used Basic Black card stock, Wild Wasabi card stock, Crumb Cake card stock and Cajun Craze card stock. The ink is Jet Black Stazon and Craft White. The stamp sets are Holiday Home and Hardwood.

So...I was working in my studio today. I was playing with paper...what else, and creating some CARD CANDY. What is card candy? It is interesting items that you use, either by themselves or with other items, to embellish your cards. I will send EVERYONE, that begins following my blog during the month of September, some card candy! The "Follow My Blog" button is in the right hand column of this blog. After you sign up be sure to email me your address so that I can send your card candy. My email is on the "Contact Me" page tab at the top of this blog.
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Random.org says that comment #22 is the Blog Candy's new winner!

BeastyBunny please email your address to me so that I can send your Blog Candy. (check under contacts for my email).

Don't worry if you didn't win, you will have more chances for blog candy in the future. Just be sure to "follow my blog" so that you will find out when the next giveaway will be.

Plus, who knows, if BeastyBunny doesn't contact me before Friday, September5th, I will select a new winner through Random.org...it could be you!

Have a Blessed Day!
Trude

Holiday Home Halloween Card

Random.org says that comment #22 is the Blog Candy winner!

BeastyBunny please email your address to me so that I can send your Blog Candy. (check under contacts for my email).

Don't worry if you didn't win, you will have more chances for blog candy in the future. Just be sure to "follow my blog" so that you will find out when the next giveaway will be.

Plus, who knows, if BeastyBunny doesn't contact me before Friday, September5th, I will select a new winner through Random.org...it could be you!

In the meantime, here's another card idea.

I used two of the new in-colors: Blackberry Bliss and Tangelo Twist. They are both from the In-Color Designer Series Paper stack.

Paper: Whisper White card stock, Basic Black card stock, Wild Wasabi card stock, Rich Razzleberry card stock
Ink: White craft ink, Jet Black Stazon
Stamps: That's the Ticket, Holiday Home
Other: 1/4" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Ticket punch

I used scraps to punch out small circles from for the left-hand circle border.

Other than punching the little circles and gluing them, this is a fairly quick card to create.

All supplies are available at my Stampin' Store.

Have a Happy Stamping Day and please come back soon!
Trude

Holiday Home Halloween Card

Have you checked out the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog yet? So many wonderful stamps and products! You can click on the catalog tab above to view/download a pdf of the new catalog.

Did you miss my post yesterday? Happy Stampers had a Blog Hop that included Blog candy. There's still time to get in on the fun, check it out here.

Here's another project that I created with products from the new catalog.

The stamp set is called Holiday Home. It has houses and accessories for several holidays.
I used the Back to Black Designer Series Paper from the New Annual Catalog for the background paper on this piece. I used an aqua painter and ink to add Pumpkin Pie and Blackberry Bliss color washes to the DSP.
After you stamp the black paper with white craft ink and let it dry (very important!) you can use the new Stampin' Up! Blendabilities to color over any of the white that you want to add color to.

Have a crafty day!
Trude

Halloween Treat Envelope

I made this Halloween Treat holder using the Petite Pocket Big Shot Die from Stampin' Up! I also used the My Digital Studio program to design and print the label. These are quick and easy. It took about 10 minutes to design and print the label and then another 10 minutes to cut, assemble and fill the envelope.