2013 Halloween card series #5

Hello! It's getting late and I finished up a few more Halloween cards for my sis to give out to her friends.  I kept them simple and used the same layout.  I couldn't spend much time on them so here is what I had!

They're both cc designs stamps from last year.  I finally got to use them and I think they're adorable!  I love jojo the werewolf with his belly sticking out.  I took this pic too early because I actually ended up using stickles on his clothes and stickles on the pumpkin.  It really jazzed up the card a bit since I only used string an no rhinestones. 

2013 Halloween card series #4

I used Hello all!  Here is card #4. I used cc design stamp on this card.  It's a non traditional halloween color card.  I absolutely love the color theme!  I stamped her with archival ink on watercolor paper.  Then I used tim holtz distress markers to color her in.  I'm still getting used to using distress markers so please forgive me!  The sentiment is from Amy R's set.  

I used my tiny attacher to staple the ribbon on the oval (which I also popped up).  I used Martha Stewart's spider web corner punch and edged it all with vintage photo.  I used puffed up paint and heat dried it and it made it look like perfect puffs in her cauldron.  I sewed on the cute pink buttons and voila! 

2013 Halloween card series #3

Here is card #3 for the season!  I used alley way stamps again in this card.  I love her stamps, they are so cute and creative.  I had to have the witch feet for my collection! This was a simple card and I used my spellbinders circle dies to cut out the circles.  I forgot to take a pic of inside the card but it has a few circles to tie in the outside of the card. 

Halloween card 2013 #2

Hello everyone, here is card #2 for Halloween.  I used the Alley Way stamps on this card.  I loved the zombie stamp from the set! It's a simple card and since its going to be mailed I didn't want to go crazy embellishing it. 

Halloween cards 2013 #1

I made so many Halloween cards this year and have been forgetting to take pictures of them!  Shame on me!  On my second round of cards I finally got to take a few pictures of my cards.  These aren't so detailed due to time constraints.

People need their holiday cards so I had to get them done asap! My first card is from Simply B stamps.  I got he last year and finally used her this year.  The sentiment is from an old stampin up set.  My favorite sentiment stamp set : ) 

The inside of the card follows the same layout but a plain circle for me to write in. 

Halloween candy shoppe sign

I was so excited when I saw Stampin up's witches brew designer paper.  One sheet in the pack is super cute so I decided to use it on this project!  I got one of those 3 dollar frames from Walmart.  It was the very last one.  I didn't like it very much but now that it's all painted its perfect for this project!  I cut out a part of the designer paper where it says witches candy shoppe.  Super cute for a sign right? 

Sorry for the glare in the pic.  I'm a horrible photographer! 

I painted it with a coat of white gesso and then sprayed lindys stamp gang chocolate truffle on it and rubbed it in a little bit for the aged look.  Über vintage looking : ) 

I made paper flowers for the corner to dress up the sign a bit.  I also added burlap behind the flowers. 

Another piece of the paper had the word "open" on it so I cut it out to make an open sign. I punched holes in it and ran twine through it.  

Hope you enjoy my collection of this years vintage halloween! 

Vintage halloween banner

Since I'm on a vintage halloween kick, I decided to make some halloween decor! I wanted to make a banner that was more browns and softer looking.  

So below I have a step by step tutorial on what I did.  I wanted to make a video on it but I couldn't get my camera set up right.  So I hope this helps for now!  

I measure out a template I found online.  

I made my first mark at 2 3/4", then 5 1/2" in between and another mark with 2 3/4" from the right side in.  

Connect the dots! 

I used my paper trimmer to cut perfect lines for the flags.  I just cut them at an angle. 

Then I placed my flag over patterned paper and traced it.  

I wanted to use base card stock paper underneath the pattern paper to make it thicker.  

So now glue them on top of each other. 

I love using distress inks and my favorite color has to be vintage photo! I distressed the edges of each flag. 

Next I cut out 1.5" strips of black card stock for my spider web edging. 

They could be a bit slimmer but I like them wider so I can handle them easier in my punch. 

I used my Martha Stewart spider web edge punch and punched my life away! 

I made 3 strips per flag.  

Then I used my color box pigment ink pad and rubbed it on the edges of my web strips.  

I let the strips dry before I add vintage photo to the edges.  This part gives my web edges a softer powder look.  I didn't want to leave it stark white since the paper I used is off white.  The vintage photo adds a touch of brown to them, I love it! Then I used my atg to adhere it to the edges. 

Last part, I cut burlap circles out and then cut strips 1.5"x12 for my rosettes.  I used my hot glue gun to make sure everything sticks!  

I had black chipboard letters in my stash and so I painted them an off white. I used vintage photo on the edges as well and glued them on top of the rosettes.  

I added extra wide grommets and strung through some twine.  Voila!  Quick and easy, super fun for Halloween! 

Wonderland cards!

Ok I must be going through a phase right now, everything I make is alice in wonderland theme!  I made these 3 cards using Greeting Farm's beans.  They are limited edition and I finally got to use them.  I made alice pink instead of her traditional baby blue.  

Lots of layers in the card. I used 3 magnolia dies on this card.  Lace, doilies, burlap (my fav texture to use), and iamroses!  

Second card is the queen.  I like the pink with black.  

My favorite out of the 3.  I loved coloring them with my copics!  

My Vintage Halloween!

Hello everyone!  I got one of those Tim Holtz clocks.  I love the shabby chic look but wanted to do a vintage halloween theme.  Originally I was going to do the classic black dark halloween look but since this clock will be sitting out year round, I thought I'd try something different.  I like the vintage colors and wanted browns and creams in this.  I painted the clock with 2 coats of gesso, then one coat of cream colored acrylic paint.  I slapped some modeling paste on for some texture then sprayed it with Lindy's stamp gang chocolate truffle, Cadbury milk chocolate, and creamed brûlée starburst sprays.  I love the shimmer!!!  Once again I wanted to dive into my graphic 45 halloween in wonderland paper.  This paper is the classifieds sheet so it was all cream and black.  Perfect!!!!

I have some burlap inside the clock as well as some layered behind my prima flowers.  

I used Tim Holtz clasp and rubbed some of that acrylic paint on it so it wouldn't be so plain bronze.  The pocket watch was from michaels and key is TH.  I used TH fragments with glossy accents to make the charm.  

Key hole metal charm from TH and backed it up with scraps of the paper.  I rubbed it with acrylic paint and sprayed it with chocolate truffle.

Fussy cut Alice and added mod podge on the back to give her strength.  

I love making the drink me bottles with glitter.  So cute!

Layer layer layer! I used TH rickety house die, odds and ends ticket stamp, prima flowers, and recollections bling.

Multi levels of pop dots for extreme 3-d effects!

I hope you like my vintage halloween : ) 

Steampunk spells altered wooden box

Hi all! So I finally got to play around with graphic 45's steampunk spells paper collection.  I decided to alter a wooden box I got from michaels a while back.  I did some fussy cutting and made it a little more 3d.  I made paper flowers and used my tim holtz gears die for embellishing.  I also used tim holtz word play to cut out the numbers 45, for graphic 45 of course!  The inside is still a bit empty, I'm working on my mini to go along with my box!  

Sizzix's Prima flower die!

I was so excited Sizzix came out with Prima flower dies.  Like most, I love all things Prima so I knew I had to have the new dies out.  I'm pretty new to paper flower making so I was excited to try out the Prima flora grande die.  It's a bigz L die so the petals are good size.  There are 3 petals and a leaf which is perfect so I don't have to get a separate leaf die!  I like using the middle size flower petal.  It's larger than the middle flower on Tim Holtz tattered flower die.  I cut it out 4 times since I like my flowers full.  3 works but 4 is better! 

I made one then was immediately addicted to it.  I decided to try a few more.  One for my halloween mini I'm working on, then 2 smaller ones for the same mini.... Then a few more for future halloween projects!  

Here's what I used for my flowers.  I brushed matte mod podge on the tops of the flower to give it more strength so they wouldn't tear when I rolled them around.  

Here's another pic trying a different technique with the hole in the middle to place the flower. 

Testing it out but I realized I forgot to ink my edges on the flower before I began!

My 2 mini flowers with my larger one.  The minis are around 1.25" and the larger is about 2.5"

Here are 3 more I made!  So much fun but next time I will use my hot glue gun to move it along faster.