Finally Friday with Halloween Frights!

Hello all!!  Happy day before Halloween!!  Are you ready?

Thiswas made for the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS, who was VA.Sunshine AKA Teresa.  I had so much fun making this card!

My changes are:

* Colors, stamps and theme

* Kept the basic layout, which is one of the elements of the card I loved

* Used ric rak, but in a different way

* Used Big Shot Texture plates to emboss the black panel

This card uses the Halloween Frights sets that was in last years holiday mini!! As this is the only Halloween set I have, I'm glad to have it in the catty!!

The fence was made using my Word Window punch and thin strips of cardstock. I wheeled over the front of it with the new jumbo Texture wheel in Old Olive, which I also used on the Whisper White main panel.

The owl on here came out a little differently than I expected, since he was originally stamped in Basic Black. I off stamped him twice and then did the Rock n Roll technique in Soft Suede.

In the close up shot you can see the detail a bit better on the main image panel.  The tree branch was cut free hand, no pattern! 

And you can see the inside.  We should always remember to stamp the inside of our cards, but sometimes I forget!!

Happy Halloween and Happy Stamping!!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Finally Friday - In Disguise

Hello all!!  Here we are on another Finally Friday!  Halloween is just around the corner and many of you are thinking about what your children, or you, will be for Halloween!!!  I am not a big Halloween person myself, but I do LOVE the colors of Halloween and find myself making many Halloween cards and treats this time of year.

This week our wonderful Selene sent us a scrapbook page, made with the new My Digital Studio, of an absolutely wonderful costume idea her daughter thought up.  Here's what she has to say:

We've been talking about Halloween all week. Deciding what to be for Halloween is always a daunting task. Earlier in the week Alexis shared that she wants to be Tinkerbell.

While playing outside, I suggested she be a bag of leaves. She loves to play with them and suggested we make a craft project out of the leaves in the back yard. However, that idea didn't fly.

Well today we thought of a third option. How about being a Stampin' Up! shipment!??? We got to work with some retired ribbon and a cropadile. Five minutes later we have our first draft! What do you think??

We spent the afternoon crafting. Alexis is holding the card she made using the floating re inkier technique. I don't think she'll ever part with that card. I tried to get her to give it to her teacher at school . No dice! Can you blame her? It's gorgeous!!

Thanks Selene and Alexis for some wonderful Halloween inspiration!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Finally Friday Halloween Style!!

Hello all!!! No, I didn't forget to post today!! I am just posting later than usual!


This week we have an awesome Halloween project by Kristine Memmott!  She used the new Cast a Spell dsp and the Big Shot to create a wonderful Treat Holder


Stamps: Batty For You
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, From the Crypt, Whisper White
Accessories: ¼” Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Matchbox Die, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8” Circle Punch, 1” Circle Punch


Pillowbox Treat Holder

Stamps: Batty For You
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Old Olive, Basic Black, From the Crypt, Whisper White
Accessories: 5/8” Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Pillowbox Die, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8” Circle Punch, 1 1/4” Circle Punch

Happy Stamping!!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Finally Friday - Halloween Style!!

Happy Friday all!! This week we have an adorable Halloween card from Brenda Taylor.

She used the Level 3 hostesses set, The More the Merrier. I just love how she colored in different pumpkins on here and left the rest plain. Makes for a very dramatic effect on clean and simple card, in my honest opinion!! I don't know about all of you, but I am in LOVE with the new In-Colors polka dotted gg!!!! Love on this this card too!!

The More the Merrier and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set
Basic Black, pumpkin Pie, crushed curry & whisper white card stock
basic black ink pad
pumpkin pie & crushed curry su markers
1/2" polka dot grosgrain crushed curry ribbon, scallop oval punch, small and large oval punches and pop dots

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~

Another Haunting Wednesday

Today's projects come to us from Alicia Tomicich-Wiley of Missouri. Here's what she has to say!



Since Halloween has never been a big holiday for me, I don't have stamp sets for it. This year, since I had a club and knew I should do something for the holiday, I created the projects without any stamping, and personally, I really like them. My club members loved them. These have been inspired by various cards and projects I've seen circulating recently.





Mummy Card
Paper--Creamy Caramel, Confetti Cream, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink--Creamy Caramel
Accessories--1" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, White Gel Pen, Sponge








Owl Treat Holder
Paper--Creamy Caramel, Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie
Ink--Creamy Caramel
Accessories--Stampin' Up! Big Shot, Top Note Bigz Die, 1" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, 5 Petal Punch, White Gel Pen, Sponge, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Cello Bag, Candy Corn




Frankenstein Pull Treat--used this tutorial by Beate Johns: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ee/index.php/resources/tutorials/pull_treats/



Paper--Old Olive, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink--Basic Black
Accessories--1" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, White Gel Pen, Sponge, Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker, Sticky Strip, Hershey Candy Bar







Thanks so much for sharing your adorable projects with us today, Alicia!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Happy Stampin'!
~*Elizabeth*~

Haunting Halloween!

Happy Wednesday! Today's card comes from Brenda Taylor. Isn't it just the cutest?!

Supplies(all SU!): Paper- Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie & Kiwi Kiss card stock, Ghostly Greetings DSP.
Accessories- Chills & Thrills rub-ons, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla satin ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, pop dots.

Until next week...

~*Elizabeth*~