Happy "Spooky" Halloween

Wow where is October go?  I can't believe it is already Halloween today!  I hope you all get lots of treats and no tricks! :)  Today I have a fun Halloween card that I have made using some absolutely amazing and cute stamps!

I am a total Team Edward Girl!  I fell head over heels for Edward when reading the Twilight Series books...which I can't wait for the next movie to come out later in November...my sister and I are counting down the days! :) When I got the Make It Crafty Monztaboyz Set (which is currently 25% off at SCACD) I immediately inked up the cute vampire...or if you were in my studio his name turned into Little Edward (wink wink)!  The papers used are from the fabulous Echo Park Apothecary Emporium collection (which also happens to be 25% off at SCACD...think of all the savings you can get by ordering these Halloween items today...you'll be ahead of the game for next year at this time)!  

My Little Edward was colored with Copics and cut out using my SB Circles, and then popped up onto a SB scalloped square.

Copic Colors Used on Little Edward: Skin: E11, E40, E42, Hair: E27, E35, E47, E49, Coat: N0, N1, N3, N5, Cape & Pants: N3, N5, N7, N9, R05, R46, R59, Bat: N3, N5,N7, N9.

The gorgeous flower arrangement was made using my Marianne Design LR0128 Flower Fantasy Die for the flower and leaves.  The Bat was created using Teresa Collins Happy Hollows Stamp Set.  Topped off with a Prima Delightful Day Glory Flower.  Flower, leaves, and Mr. Batty were edged with Black Diamond Stickles.

I also got a chance to color the other Monztaboyz too....although I didn't get cards made for the other two boys.....but I wanted to at least share my colored images with you :)

Meet Mr. Headless Horseman!  I still can't get over how fun these characters were to color.  Of course they all were colored with Copics.

Copics Colors Used on the Headless Horseman: Pumpkin: YR04, YR12, YR16, YR18, Y38, Y000, G28, YG00, YG06, YG45, Cape: N3, N5, N7, N9, V000, V01, V17, V95, V99, BV11, Pants: N3, N5, N7, N9, Shirt: B00, B41, B93, B95, Boots: E25, E47, E49.

Finally meet Little Frankie....that's the name that I gave him.  I thought he was so darn tootin' cute...with being so shy!

Copic Colors used on Frankie: Bolts: C1, C3, C5, C7, B93, Hair: E25, E31, E47, E49, Eyes: E97, YR12, YR18, Skin: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG99, YG0000, Shirt: V09, V15, V17, Jacket: N3, N5, N7, N9, Jeans: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99.

And finally one more view of my Little Edward card!  Again I hope you all have a Happy Halloween and get lots of treats!

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

Welcome Fall

Happy October!  Are you all ready for fall....I know I'm sure not....I would much rather have warm weather....lol!  Fall means that the dreaded *S* word is on the way....for those who don't live in the upper part of the States that dreaded word is snow....blech!  But I do enjoy the holidays...so all in all it's not a bad time of year!  Plus with fall comes football..and since my team....The Green Bay Packers are the reigning Super Bowl Champs..watching the Packers play makes fall more fun!  Today I have a fun festive fall card to share with you!

Please meet Pumpkin Patch Peeker....she is one of the adorable NEW Peekers in the Holiday Peeker Collection by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD!  Have you gotten your Peeker Fix yet?  You do know the ONLY way to cure Peeker Fever is to purchase your very own Peeker Stamp set, which you can get      -->HERE<-- at SCACD, or for my friends over the pond you can get them -->HERE<-- at Quixotic Paperie.  Papers for this beauty are Echo Park Apothecary Emporium Collection (which is 20% off now at SCACD)!

Pumpkin Patch Peeker was colored with Copics and my pastel pencils.  She was cut out using SB Labels 4 (which is 15% off now at SCACD) and while still in the die the sky and ground were airbrushed.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and arrangement consists of a 35mm Trellis Rose, NEW Carnations, 15mm Roses, Hip Rosebuds, Tulips, Gypsophilas, Gold Glitter Holly Berries, 15 mm Rose Leaf, 25mm Rose Leaf, and a Heart Pin.  I then added some black sparkly tulle to the ends of the arrangement.  Flowers have been glitzed with Diamond Stickles.

Check out the beautiful Guipure Lace.  Then I took some tan raffia ribbon and braided it for a fun edging above the lace.  The triple raffia bow was made using my Bow Easy and then a decorative metal corner was added for a finishing touch.

I hope you have enjoyed my fall creation!  Make sure you head over to the SCACD store to get your very own Pumpkin Patch Peeker....or better yet get the whole Holiday Peeker Set.  When you purchase the WHOLE Holiday Peeker Stamp Set you get 3 FREE mini stamps illustrated by SCACD's Co-DT Leader Carolyn!  Plus when you purchase the whole set you are saving a total of $6 or 20% off of purchasing each stamp individually.

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

Haunted Pumpkin Patch

Hi Everyone~

Are you ready for Halloween yet? I have lots of candy....but not sure if it will last until Halloween because somehow those darn pieces of candy keep finding their way into my tummy! lol! Today I have a NON-Stamping 3D card for you! I had so much fun making this one!

All papers used are from the Pink Paislee Twilight Collection! I love these papers as much as I love the Twilight Book Series! I am a HUGE Edward Lover now...Shhhh don't tell my hubby! Hee hee! I began reading the series maybe a month ago and am already on the 4th book! Just started it yesterday and I can't put it down!!! I also bought the DVD Saturday and can't wait to watch it...I had to read the book before I could watch the DVD! If you love these papers, then you NEED to get to EIO today because they are the weekly special:

Buy any 3 Pink Paislee paper get 1 FREE! Be sure to leave the free one's name in the comment section to receive it. Do not put it in your shopping cart.

Now here is a close up of my 3D pumpkins! I love how they turned out! I will have a tutorial coming soon showing you how to make these pumpkins and ghosts yourself (hopefully will have them posted later this week)!

And here is a close up of Mr. Ghosty!And don't forget about these offers that Barb has going on over at EIO:

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Also while supplies last....Get a FREE HOCUS POCOUS CHIPBOARD THICKER ACCENTS when you order any Hocus Pocus Letter Thicker!

You can get to the Embellish Store by clicking on the link in my sidebar! Make sure you tell Barb that I sent you! :)

Recipe:
Stamps: None....can you believe that!
Inks: N/A
Papers: Pink Paislee Twilight Collection
Tools: Scor-Pal (to fold my cards), Tonic Cutter, Spellbinders Scallop Octagon Nesties, MS Halloween Fence border punch, MS Witch punch
Embellishments: Tulle from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Your comments truly make my day!

ISS Trick Or Treat Blog Hop

It's the end of the month and you know what that means....it's time for another InStyle Stamps Blog Hop!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!

***Don't forgot today is also the Embellish-It Blog Hop.....scroll down to see that post below!***

Watch out for the Ghosts, Goblins,
Witches, and Monsters...
Because today we are
Gettin' Spooky!!!

Welcome to the InStyle Stamps September Blog Hop!

Our theme this month: "Treats"

With fall almost here that means Halloween is right around the corner! Time to get out your costumes, dust off the decorations, and start making some candy apples! Today we have LOTS of newbies for Halloween over at the Instyle Stamps store and you NEED to check out these cuties! I'm in love with so many of them! Especially the two that I have used today!

Like usual, you get to decide which DT member inspires you the most! After you go and view all of the other DT's projects (their links are in my side bar), make sure you head on over to the InStyle Stamps Blog to vote for your favorite project (I hope that my treats have inspired you and would love to have your vote :) The DT member who gets the most votes will win a prize....AND YOU CAN WIN A PRIZE JUST FOR VOTING!!! All you have to do is place your vote; then leave a comment on the post with the poll answering this question to be entered for a PRIZE:

What is your favorite fall treat?

You need to leave a comment to be entered into the drawing. The contest will remain open until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, September 26th, and winners will be announced on Sunday, September 28th!

Now....onto my project:

Meet Patches and Honey Bunny! Aren't these two just the cutest Halloween images you have ever seen! I fell in love with them totally at first sight! They are two newbies being released TODAY!
As soon as I saw Patches, I knew that I wanted to create a pumpkin shaped card for him! I hand drew the pumpkin and cut it out! Used my Basic Grey Halloween paper for both projects!

A close up of Patches who was colored with Copics (of course)!

Then I made a coffin shaped treat holder. I found the template last year and had it tucked away for this Halloween....however the page I printed didn't have the blog address on it so I don't remember where I found this fun project. Honey Bunny was colored with Copics and Twinkling H2O's....she shimmers so beautifully!
Here's a close up of a spider stamp that I had in my stash. I found black sparkle fluff which I put on the spider legs which makes him look cute and fuzzy!

Another view of the coffin box so you can see the dimension.

And what's a treat holder without treats!!!

Now....Don't forget to go vote for your favorite DT member's project over at the InStyle Blog!

Recipe:
Stamps: Patches & Honey Bunny (being released later today) - both diggies by InStyle Stamps , S Halloween sentiment from LSS, Studio G spider & spider web

Inks: Copics Spicas, Copics

Papers: Neenah Smooth Classic Crest, American Crafts Halloween Collection, Basic Grey Halloween Collection
Tools: Scor-Pal, MS spooky fence border punch, Fiskars pumpkin punch, MS tag punch,
Embellishments: scrappers floss, candy corn embellies from my stash, raffia lace, ribbon from stash.

***If you are interested in purchasing this gift set,
please click HERE to e-mail me. ***

Hope you are having a GREAT Friday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricks 'n Treats Blog Hop

Welcome to the Embellish-It

Tricks 'n Treats

Blog Hop!!!

Halloween is just around the corner!

Think way back.....way back when you were a little kid. Its October 31st and its time to do some serious trick or treating. After 6 months of Mom fussing over your Halloween costume, which streets are safe and how big your candy sack should be, you are finally on your way! Time to score some serious candy!

Yep, trick-or-treating is finally here! All you want is candy, candy and more candy! Ring the bell, yell Trick-or-Treat and score! A quick thank you as you turn around and run to the next house and you're good! Piece of cake.....until......

You end up on the porch of the couple that actually expects you to perform a trick to get the treat! Are you kidding me? What a lame couple! Just gimme the candy! The next house gives BIG candy bars!!!

The Embellish-it On-line Design team would like to assist you to forever forget those painful memories! We are here to change those frightful, let's see you do a trick, childhood events! How? We're providing the tricks and you get the treat!

Each of the Embellish-it On-line Design team members have created some wonderful treats for you to see and will share a trick/tip with you at each stop along our hop! Not only do you get to see our special eye candy/treats and get a trick/tip or two, but you also will have the opportunity to win a REAL treat! An awesome Prize Package!

Have we got the tricks and treats for you!

Hop along the blogs and you will have the chance to be entered in a random drawing for the prize package. You have 2 chances to enter!

You can...

1~ Copy and Paste a blurb/banner about this Trick or Treat Blog Hop on your blog and leave us a link by click HERE! or

2~ Play along with us, create a project and leave your link with Mr. Linky on the EIO blog by clicking HERE!

Have fun......and you're off.......

Make sure you start at the EIO blog to make sure that you get to all the stops along the hop! These are projects you DON'T want to miss!!!

Now.....onto my project!

I just LOVE the American Crafts Halloween collection! Aren't these papers delish!!! I wanted to make a cute card for my hubby so when I saw the Can I Tell You A Secret Sarah Kay stamp I knew this would be a perfect image for my card!!!!

Here's a close up of my card! Of course I used my Copics to color my image! And don't you just love those Thickers?! Gotta love all that bling!!! I punched the pumpkins with my new Fiskars punch and then used a combo of stamps and my handwriting to finish the saying!

A close up of the sweet couple:

AND....
NOW FOR THE TRICKS....

How many of you have ordered Lia Sophia jewelry? I love this jewelry and have so many of these empty boxes laying around my house! I thought this size box was PERFECT for altering into a candy holder for Halloween!
And here is the altered box.....with my 2ND TRICK!!!! If you look at the scalloped oval you can see that it is shimmery with a rainbow color effect! Well this is a VERY EASY and CHEAP look to obtain!

All you need is:
A small bowl of warm water
Your piece of cardstock
And clear fingernail polish

Place a couple drops of the clear fingernail polish into your warm water. Then slide your cardstock into the bowl from the side, sliding it underneath the fingernail polish. Let your cardstock float to the top of the bowl and carefully remove with the fingernail polish on top of the cardstock. Set the cardstock on a piece of paper towel to air dry....will take overnight for it to dry (don't heat set or you lose the colorful finish)! Then you have a beautifully one of a kind, hand created background paper!

The side view of my altered candy box!

And a few more views:

Recipe:
Stamps: Can I Tell You a Secret by Sarah Kay, Happy Halloween mini stamp I got at a LSS
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Copic Spicas (used around the pumpkins)
Papers: American Crafts Halloween Collection
Tools: Spellbinders Nestie Ovals, Fiskars Pumpkin punch, MS pumpkin border punch, MS label punch,
Embellishments: Roses from my stash, Ribbon from HL, American Crafts Hocus Pocus Thickers,

I hope you have enjoyed my TRICKS! I can't wait to see what you create with them!

Now hop on over to Kim P's blog for some more tricks!

Thanks for stopping by!!!