A little Halloween colour for the Divas

Are you ready for Halloween? Are you even going out? If you live on/near the East Coast, you're probably hunkering down and not even opening the front door. I'm in Southern Ontario and considering just going to the store and buying each of the kids a box of candy. Seriously. I'd rather do that than brave the nasty weather we're expecting tomorrow evening. YUCK!

I hope today's card has colours cheery enough to bring a bit of sunshine to your day if you're dealing with Sandy in your part of the country:

I started off with Spooky Bingo Bits to create my paper by stamping randomly on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock. Next I stamped the sentiment from Seasonal Sayings onto Whisper White Cardstock and dragged that strip through my Elegant Eggplant ink.

The sentiment was adhered to the homemade paper and they were both adhered to a Basic Black base.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Divas HERE.

Hope you have a great Halloween and manage to stay dry!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Spooky Bingo Bits, Seasonal Sayings
INK: Staz-ON Black, Tangerine Tango, Elegant Eggplant and Wild Wasabi
PAPERS: Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstiock
ACCESSORIES: Markers (for colouring the sentiment)

Happy Stampin'!

A Saturday Sketch for the Divas

Happy Halloween!!! Yes, I KNOW it's not October 31st, but it's just around the corner and it'll be here before you know it! I don't normally make that many Halloween cards, but I've been having fun creating them this year. I may even send a few out!!

Here's my card:

I started off with an Elegant Eggplant base and added a layer of Elegant Eggplant Designer Series Paper.

The next step was stamping the little witchy hats and cutting them out. I then stamped the sentiment in Elegant Eggplant on Whisper White. It was matted on Old Olive and Tangerine Tango and the ends were flagged before it was adhered to the card. The little hats were attached using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here's the sketch on which it was based:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Spooky Bingo Bits, Teeny Tiny Wishes
INK: Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango
PAPERS: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Tangerine Tango Cardstock; Elegant Eggplant DSP
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

CAS Saturday?

I've been fiddling around with ideas for a Saturday feature, so you'll have to bear with me till I discover which one I might like to do. Maybe YOU can even help me decide!

For today I decided to do a CAS card (at least CAS by my standards - LOL!). If you're NEW to card making, CAS means Clean and Simple - that's no extra fancy stuff! No distressing, no fancy layers, minimal embellishments. Get the idea?

Today's card was inspired by one of the many online stamping sites I frequent and the credit for my inspiration goes to Loll Thompson.

Check it out:

I started off with the Designer Series Paper from Howlstooth and Scaringbone, available in the Holiday Catalogue. It's part of the Halloween Suite, but you could most definitely use it for any fall cards as well. Or any cards at all really. There's no discernible Halloween images on any of the papers.

I cut down my strips of DSP to 1 1/4" and then cut them into piece of 1" and 2". They were attached to a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. My little house (from Spooky Bingo Bits) was stamped in Basic Grey on Very Vanilla and attached to a piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock. After tying my Basic Grey Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon to the card front, I attached the house image using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Finally, I stamped the Happy Halloween (from Seasonal Sayings in the Holiday Catalogue) in Tangerine Tango near the bottom of the card front.

The whole thing was then attached to the Basic Grey base.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Spooky Bingo Bits, Seasonal Sayings
INK: Basic Grey, Tangerine Tango
PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango and Basic Grey Cardstock; Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP
ACCESSORIES: Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

BINGO!!!

Bingo Card
The Spooky Bingo Bits Set was designed to easily create a boo-tiful Bingo card. Pair this with the Bingo Card Background Stamp to scare up some fun at your next Halloween party, or to wish your friends a Happy Halloween.




SUPPLIES:
2011 In Color Stampin Write Markers
Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad
Bingo Card
Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack - Brights Collection
Cajun Craze Card Stock
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder
Distressing Essentials
Early Espresso Classic Stampin Pad
First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper
Lucky Limeade 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock
Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin Pad
Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents
Rich Razzleberry Card Stock
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad
Rich Razzleberry Stampin Write Marker
Scallop Trim Border Punch
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Spooky Bingo Bits
Stampin' Dimensionals
Tangerine Tango Stampin Write Marker
Versamark Pad
Very Vanilla Card Stock

Happy Stampin'!