Vintage Halloween

I'm running out of time to make Halloween cards, so I've had to keep them fairly simple.  That means no coloring (which I love to linger over), complicated techniques, or fancy embellishments.

For this card, I simply stamped the three images from Artistic Outpost on cardstock in black and shaded the edges with pumice stone distress ink.  The patterned papers are from Authentique's Glowing collection.

Have a great weekend!  Thanks for dropping in.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Artistic Outpost; black and orange cardstock by Bazzill; very vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up; patterned papers by Authentique; Stazon black ink; pumice stone distress ink; oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities; Martha Stewart border punch; pop-dots.

You are the Bee's Knees

I had to put Halloween cards on the back burner for a few days in order to make some birthday cards that need to go into the mail shortly.  This gave me the opportunity to ink up my other new stamps from Artistic Outpost.

For the central image I stamped the lady first, masked her, then stamped the text to create a background.  I stamped the lady a second time on a separate piece of paper, colored her, trimmed closely, then adhered her to the background.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Artistic Outpost; brown cardstock by Bazzil; very vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up; patterned paper by Pink Paislee; peeled paint and frayed burlap distress ink; black Stazon ink; Prismacolor Premier pencils; odorless mineral spirits; light charcoal pencil; blending stump; rhinestones by Bo Bunny; sheer gold ribbon from Michaels; Martha Stewart border punch; pop-dots.

Whooooo is Ready for Halloween?

I'm not!  Not that I have a lot to do, but I did want to send out a few Halloween cards so I figured I better get cracking on them this weekend.

I really like this Art Deco owl by Artistic Outpost. He was colored with a combination of pencils and markers.  Paired with Authentique papers and foliage die-cuts by Spellbinders, this makes a cute and easy card.


What do your Halloween festivities include?  Costumes, carving a pumpkin, trick-or-treating?

Supplies:
Black cardstock by Bazzill; patterned papers by Authentique; owl stamp from Artistic Outpost; Colorbox black pigment ink; clear embossing powder; Prismacolor Premier pencils; Marvy markers; Spellbinders Shapeabilities (Foliage); walnut stain distress ink; corner rounder punch; circle and scalloped circle Nestabilities; pop-dots.

XXX Poison XXX

A friend of mine recently did a favor for me, so I wanted to send her a fun thank you card.  Since we're approaching Halloween, I decided that would be my theme.

I used my new stamps from Artistic Outpost and papers from Authentique's Glowing collection to create this card.  To make my witch extra lovely, I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and added a glittery bat sticker to her hat.

Thanks for dropping in!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Artistic Outpost; black and orange cardstock by Bazzill; patterned papers by Authentique; very vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up; Stazon black ink; Colorbox black pigment ink; barn door and walnut stain distress ink; clear embossing powder; Prismacolor Premier pencils; odorless mineral spirits; Martha Stewart border punch; Martha Stewart bat sticker.

2012 Calendar - Messrs. July

Here's a fun little project I completed in one night thanks to a ready-made calendar from the dollar bin at Michaels.  I selected twelve 4x6 photos, matted them with colorful scraps from my scrap bin, and voila!  The perfectly-sized calendar for my parents to use in their motorhome.


What do you do when you go to the pool and another guy is wearing the exact same swim trunks?  Why, you take a photo, of course.  With your water aerobics dumbbells, to boot!  Hubba hubba, guys.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day.


Supplies:
Photo frame calendar from Michaels, 4x6 photo, orange cardstock by Bazzill.

Vintage Ephemera Finds

Hello there!  I'm sorry that I've been MIA.  I'm still suffering through a creative slump and haven't made so much as an inchie in almost three weeks.  Not to mention my work has picked up (that's normal for this time of year), and we've been busy getting my parents ready to head south for the winter.  But I'm feeling the urge to get crafty again after attending a local fall festival and purchasing some vintage ephemera.

My recent finds include a lovely Valentine and fan-shaped calling card, picture postcards, some early 1900s business receipt postcards with beautiful handwriting, vintage lace and buttons, a trade card advertising Valentines and comics (two for a cent), and even some old-fashioned milk bottle caps sporting a phone number with only four digits.  Oh, the possibilities!  I just need to sit down and start playing.  I will soon, I promise.

I hope you're having a fabulous weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.