the end of googlie eyes (sigh)

OK...so today is Halloween and I am SO depressed. (sigh) Why you ask? Well, call me short-sighted or whatever you like but Halloween is the only time I can see a use for my beloved googlie eyes! (sigh) With the passing of Halloween my beloved googlie eyes also pass until next Halloween. (sigh) WOE IS ME! (BIG sigh)

OK...I'll stop babbling about googlie eyes (sigh) and get on with telling you what I used to make this card. (just one more...SIGH).

Stamp set: Batty for You

Ink: Basic Black, Cajun Craze

Cardstock/paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Wicked Fun DSP

Other: 1 3/8" Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Basic Black Striped Grosgrain ribbon, sponge, my beloved googlie eyes (not Stampin' Up!) and black twine (also not Stampin' Up!)

All products except my beloved googlie eyes and the black twine made/sold by Stampin' Up!

House of Haunts card

Here is yet one more Halloween card that I made this year. I've always really liked this stamp set! Here are the items/products I used to make this card. Just a note first though...the stamped image is on Whisper White. I then used a sponge to "dab" Basic Gray on the whole image to make it seem more dark...like it's dusk I guess!

Stamp set: House of Haunts

Cardstock/paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Basic Gray, Basic Black

Other: sponge, So Saffron Stampin' Write marker, Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write marker (I colored in the windows with this), Black Flourish gems

All products made/sold by Stampin' Up!

another Dark & Dreary

Here's another card using the Dark & Dreary stamp set. I don't think I really like this one but here it is anyway! I shouldn't have sponged so much on the image. Here are the items/products that I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Dark & Dreary

Cardstock/paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP, Waffle Paper Assortment 2

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black

Other: sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals, Black Flourish Designer Jewels

All products made/sold by Stampin' Up!

another REALLY simple card

This card is SO simple! I LOVE this DSP (Designer Series Paper) too! The bats you see are "flocked". This paper reminds me of the old fashioned wallpaper you used to see in the old Victorian homes! Anyway, you really can't get much simpler than this card! Here are the items/products I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Grateful Greetings

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Other: Lots of Tags Sizzlets die-Label 2, XL Decorative Label punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, sponge

All products made by/sold by Stampin' Up!

another Wicked Cool card

I got the idea for this card from a card made by Gayla O'Dell. I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture but I stamped the hat on a scrap piece of Whisper White and then cut it out and used Stampin' Dimensionals to attach it to the card. I just LOVE this stamp set! Here are the items and products I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Wicked Cool

Paper/Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry

Other: Eyelet Border punch, Neutral brads, Basics Glimmer brads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write marker, Basic Black Stampin' Write marker

All products made by Stampin' Up!

another Batty For You card

I LOVE this stamp set! Know the main reason I love this set? Because it's SO easy to use the "googlie eyes" with it! LOL I LOVE googlie eyes! OK...enough of me and my infatuation with googlie eyes (does anyone know if there is some sort of support group out there for folks who have a "thing" for googlie eyes?). Here is a list of the items I used to make this card.

Stamp sets: Batty For You, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Balck, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze (I sponged the Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze over the embossing to help bring the embossing out)

Other: 1 1/4" Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Big Shot, Spider Web embossing folder, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, sponge, googlie eyes

All products (except googlie eyes) made by Stampin' Up!

die cut pumpkins card

I bought the Sizzlet dies for the pumpkins and their faces a year or two ago and have just never used them. So, I decided that I WOULD use them this year! And, here is the card I made using them! Here are all the products I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Wicked Cool

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Big Shot, Top Note die, Pumpkin #4 Sizzlet die, Pumpkin Faces Sizzlet die, Stampin' Pastels, sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals

All products made and/or sold by Stampin' Up!

Halloween Hoot

Here is another Halloween card I made this year. I love this stamp set! With all the stamps there are just so many different ways to "arrange" them on your card or whatever you are making! Here are the items I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Halloween Hoot

Cardstock/Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Regals brads, sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Write markers in Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz

All products made by Stampin' Up!

Dark & Dreary Halloween Card

Here's another card using the Dark & Dreary stamp set. This card is really simple and was quick to make! Here are the products I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Dark & Dreary

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Big Shot, Square Lattice embossing folder, Top Note die, 1 1/4" Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

All products made by Stampin' Up!

Dark & Dreary

This is yet another Halloween card I made to send to family and friends this year. Here are the products I used to make this card.

Stamp sets: Dark & Dreary, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write marker, More Mustard Stampin' Write marker, Basic Black Satin ribbon, Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

All products made by Stampin' Up!

Another Halloween card using Batty For You

This is another Halloween card I made to send to family and friends. This time I used the Batty for You stamp set. Here are the items I used to make this card.

Stamp sets: Batty for You, Wicked Cool

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: VersaMark, Basic Black

Other: Styled Silver Hodge Podge Hardware, 1" Circle punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Scallop Circle punch, 5/8" Basic Black Grosgrain ribbon, 1/4" Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain ribbon, white embossing powder, heat tool, Stampin' Dimensionals

All products made by Stampin' Up!

Wicked Cool Halloween

I SO love Halloween! I don't dress up or anything like that. I don't even "decorate" the house (we live in a business district in a small town so we don't get any kids for Halloween!) but I still LOVE Halloween! Here is one of the 15 or so Halloween cards I made to send out to family and friends. It might be hard to see in the picture but I used some ribbon around the "brim" of the witch's hat...can you see it there? I just used a hole punch and punched right beside the hat on each side and threaded the ribbon though the holes. Then, I just glued the ends down to the back of the paper! I used the same ribbon that I used on the little tag on the card. Here is a list of the items I used to make this card...

Stamp set: Wicked Cool

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Stampin' Write marker in Cajun Craze and Basic Black, Tag punch, Small Tag punch, 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta ribbon

All products made by Stampin' Up!

another from our meeting swap

This is another card designed by someone in my Stampin' Up! group. Unfortunately I don't recall who designed this card! The meeting was back in August. I have a few more from that meeting that I'll be uploading over the next few weeks or so. I can give you some details of the card if you want them. Just email me and I'll send you what details I can! The one thing I am sure of with this card is that all of the products used are from Stampin' Up!

Butterfly Prints

Well, I've been on a mission lately. I have SO many stamp sets that I just HAD to have but yet I've never used them. So, I decided that I really should use them! Butterfly Prints (the stamp set used on this card) is one of those sets! I also wanted to use some of the new colors. I tend to go to my "old" favorites alot of the time instead of trying something new. We've had the new colors for some time now and this is the FIRST time I've used Cajun Craze or Peach Parfait! I guess I just don't take to change as well as I should huh? (grin) Here is the list of items I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Butterfly Prints

Cardstock: Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze, Whisper White

Ink: Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze

Other: Big Shot, Elegent Bouquet embossing folder, sponge, XL Butterfly punch, Chatilly Crochet trim, stick on jewels (the ones I used are not made by Stampin' Up! but Stampin' Up! does sell stick on jewels now - I already had these and will use them up before I buy more from Stampin' Up!)

All products (except jewels) made by Stampin' Up!