October Club - Photopolymer Thank You Set

 

This card looks WAY BETTER in person. I had not yet purchased one of Stampin' Ups! photopolymer stamp sets until this one. I have to say I like them except the ink color doesn't clean all the way off the stamp. It also helps to use the piercing mat as a stamping base so the photopolymer stamp has a cushy base to press into. The color theme is Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, and Early Espresso. That ribbon is Chocolate, not purple in color.  Paper piercing around the edge gives it a nice touch I think.

Easy Spooky Banner

 

 

The Spooky Banner shown in the Holiday Catalog is very easy to make. All you need is the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit (133507 - $19.95) and the Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit (132698 - $9.95). The cool part is once you have the build a banner kit, you'll get all the stencils you'll need to make many more banners and you'll have 12 more flags to work with from your initial investment. So you could make a "winter" and "spring" banner if you'd like. Then if you get the banner bug to make even more you'll just need the Banner Simply Created Kit (132699 - $9.95) to get more canvas flags.

The color theme is Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, so you'll need those inks and sponge daubers to do the stenciling. My cardstock strips are 2" wide with the matching banner notch cut by using the canvas banner as a pattern.

I jazzed up the banner with two more rosettes (they need to be 2" wide by 16" long, scored at 3/8" intervals) with the Witches Brew Designer Series Paper (132185 - $10.95), and added some buttons and googly-eyes to top it off.  Isn't it darling?

Another Convention Swap - Halloween Treat holder

 

Here's another preview of items from the Holiday Catalog that's coming out August 1st. I'm participating in a small swap of 10 Halloween treat items, so this is my swap. I used Dollar Store mini containers and filled them with candy corn. I lined the lid with DSP and then topped it off with the rosette and belly band to add the pizazz! Who wouldn't want to find this at their Halloween party?

 

The supplies are: Summer Starfruit and Brushed Silver cardstock, (new) Witches Brew DSP, (new) Tags 4 You stamp set and matching Label Bracket punch, black heat embossing powder, heat gun, rhinestones and a glue gun with silicone mat to put it all together.

 

The trick to making a lot of rosettes is to score an entire sheet of DSP at the quarter inch intervals, then cut the one inch strips that you need to fold and glue.  So simple. I also used a one inch circle punch with scraps of basic black to glue a base to my rosette on the back side, then flipped it over on the silicone pad to hot glue the prepared tag.  I learned something the hard way - only touch the edges of the tag as you are pressing it to the hot glue on the rosette, otherwise the embossing powder will come off on your fingers due to the heat of the glue gun.  Luckily I learned the first time!

 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Have a great day!

For You Card

This simple but pretty card is my design after being inspired by a technique swap I participated in at Convention. The lower layer uses a technique called "Faux Mother of Pearl." The top layer uses the Faith in Nature set with the flowers hand colored with Rich Razzleberry and Wild Wasabi markers. The verse comes from the A Word for You set colored in Rich Razzleberry. The base paper color is So Saffron, along with Glossy White (technique layer) and Whisper White. The final accent is the 3/8" Stitched Satin ribbon in Summer Starfruit.

How to do the Faux Mother of Pearl technique is quite simple. All you need is Glossy cardstock, a small wad of scrunched up plastic wrap (saran, glad, etc) and Frost White Shimmer Paint. Put a little of the Shimmer Paint on the plastic wrap and daub all around the glossy cardstock. Leave spaces of the glossy showing. Let dry thoroughly (30 mins. at least). Then using a light colored ink, sponge the glossy cardstock and voila the Faux Mother of Pearl technique will appear! Have fun with this!
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