Grateful Pumpkin

Happy Halloween Peeps!!

Today I am sharing not a Halloween card but a Thanksgiving card.

You all know I love to make pumpkins with my punches and emboss and sponge them. I teamed this one up with some DSP from the Frostwood Lodge paper pack. 

The base of the card is Early Espresso card stock and then I used some of the "bark like" paper from the DSP. I added a bit of green gingham for my pumpkin to "sit" on, it is from the same paper pack.

The sentiment on here is from the "Always Thankful" stamp set. I stamped it onto some white card stock and matted with Early Espresso. I added some twine and button to the pumpkin and tucked in a couple of leaf pins I had in my stash. I finished is with three gold pearls in the top corner

Well, that is all from me have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN and thanks for stopping by.

HAPPY STAMPING!

Vicki

SSSC141.....Holly Jolly

Good Morning Peeps!!!

It is Sunday which means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the SWEET sketch Karen has for us this week:

Another great sketch from Karen and I am on a Christmas card kick this week so I pulled out the Stampin Up set "Festive & Fun". This is a fun Holiday set.
I stamped the image onto some white card stock with black stazon ink. I then used my aqua painter and ink pads to color.
The DS paper I used is from the Letters to Santa paper pack. I love the colors in that pack.
The base of the card is made with Riding Hood Red and then I followed that with some crumb cake and then the DSP.
The square under the main image is some of the Silver glimmer paper from Stampin' Up and the scallops are made from the same glimmer paper.

The side strip is made up of some DSP from the same pack and then a piece of chocolate chip card stock that I embossed with the square lattice EF. The only embellishment on here is the little bow red taffeta bow on the wreath. I love the country feel of this card.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing 

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse-

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC....Fancy Folds

Happy Saturday Peeps, 

It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 

This week our hostess is the fabulous Tui Nathan from Stampin-Time. Her challenge for us is:

Create a card that uses a Fancy Fold.  

There are so many different types of folds out there, a lot of which I have seen, loved and even saved to do on a rainy day … but, never got around to doing! 

I decided to make a Center Step Card using the tutorial Splitcoaststampers. I think this qualifies as a fancy fold don't you? It has some folds and some cutting involved but the tutorial makes it really easy.

 I knew I wanted to use the Stampin Up "A Beautiful Season" stamp set for my main image. The base of this card is large, it is 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 square and I used chocolate chip card stock.

The DSP I used is from the "Letters to Santa" paper pack from Stampin Up.

The main image is stamped with black stazon onto white card stock. I colored with my aqua painter and ink pads. I added the sentiment with Early Espresso ink, the sentiment is from the Bells & Boughs stamp set.

I thought the sides need a little something so I cut a couple of snowflakes from the Northern Frost die strip and added one on each side with a pearl to the middle.

I added some old olive grosgrain ribbon across the bottom and tied a bow. I tucked a punch edge under the ribbon made with the lace edge border punch and white card stock. Finished it off with two basic pearls in the upper corner of the main panel.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun  challenge. I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

SC356......Very Merry

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch challenge this week on Splitcoaststampers. 

I have to say that these kind of sketches with several little elements are definitely not my favorite. So when I saw this sketch I hesitated doing it, but then I had a thought about the using the Stampin Up Northern Flurries Die Strip that I got this summer and haven't used much.

I decide to try and go about distressed and vintage with them'

The base of my card is EarlyEspresso card stock and then I used Very Vanilla for the next two layers. I used the snowburst embossing folder on one of the layers and then matted with the other. I sponged crumb cake ink all around the embossed layer and then used the edge of my scissors to distress the edges a bit.

I cut squares of 1-1/2 and 1-3/8 inches to mount the snowflakes onto. I sponged the edges of the snowflakes and added a basic pearl to the center and added them to the squares with a dimesional.

I used some very vanilla seam binding ribbon around the bottom and tied a bow. I frayed the tails of the bow a bit. I stamped the sentiment from the Short & Sweet stamp set onto some scrap very vanilla  and used the word window punch to punch it out. I trimmed both ends of the sentiment, making a "v" on one end and straight on the other end.

Well, that is all from me, thanks for stopping by and 

HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Splitcoast Color Challenge....Christmas Lodge

Happy Tuesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing  a card I made using the Color Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The colors are Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze and Island Indigo, with the dessert option of dry embossing!

I struggled a bit with this color combo, I knew I wanted to try the the blue color combo on the Christmas Lodge stamp, I love the blue, I think I could have toned it down a bit to make it a bit more vintage looking, kinda faded I guess but it didn't work out that way. :) Of course I added some of the dazzling details on the roof and snow. Love the sparkle of it!

The DSP I used on here is from the Stampin Up "Pocketful of Posies" paper pack. 

The base of the card is white and then I followed that with some Baja Breeze card stock and then the DSP. 

The image is stamped with black stazon ink and then I used my aqua painter to color. I used Baja Breeze and Island Indigo for the lodge and then added some Daffodil Delight in the windows and old olive for the trees.

The sentiment is from the same set as the lodge the Stampin Up :Christmas Lodge" and is stamped with black onto the white.

I made a triple bow with some Baja Breeze seam binding and added an antique brad to the center. 

What do you think, does it need a few basic pearls in the top corners? I started to but decide to leave them off and let the lodge sparkle on it's own.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and

 HAPPY STAMPING!!

PPA116......Season's Greetings

Happy Monday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card made with the sketch challenge this week on the The Paper Players Blog.

You all know I LOVE a sketch challenge. I pulled out my Stampin Up "Welcome Christmas" Stamp Set and I also used some retired Stampin Up paper from the "Love Letters"  DSP.

I started my card with a base of Crumb Cake Card stock. I used a 5 x 10 inch piece folded in half. I then used some riding hood red and a piece of the DSP. Then another strip of the DSP that is matted with basic black card stock. I stamped the silhouette image with black stazon onto very vanilla card stock. I matted that piece with basic black and added it to the card with some dimesionals. 

I stamped the sentiment twice onto some scrap very vanilla, once with black and once with riding hood red and cut out the black piece and the "Season's Greetings" piece from the riding hood red. I added it to the black piece with some dimesionals.

I used some very vanilla seam binding ribbon that I "dyed" by running it over my riding hood red ink pad a few times on each side. I then put it into a small plastic baggie and added a drop or two of watter and squished it all up. I then used my heat tool to dry it. I then made a triple loop bow and added a pearl brad to the center. Love that bow!

Well, that is all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

SSSC140......Delightful Halloween Night

Good Morning Peeps!!!

It is Sunday which means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the SWEET sketch Karen has for us this week:

I was bit intimidated by this sketch and those little squares.

I finally decided to make another Halloween card and use the Stampin Up Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set. The images in that set are perfect for this sketch.

I used my 1 inch and 1-1/4 inch circle punches in lieu of the squares. I stamped 5 images from the set, two on  old olive, one on cherry cobbler, one on basic gray and one on cajun craze card stock using black stazon ink. 

The base of my card is Crumb Cake card stock and I followed that with some basic black card stock.

The DSP on here is from the Stampin Up Frightful Sight paper pack and the bottom half of the card is some embossed cherry cobbler card stock. I used the square lattice embossing folder, my fave.

The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Grateful Greetings stamp set. I stamped with black stazon onto white card stock and matted with some basic black. I curled the panel a bit with a pencil to give it some dimension, I do however resist the urge to make it into a flag, I tend to do that a bit much! :)

I added a strip of crumb cake card stock across the card with some old olive grosgrain ribbon, then added the circles to the card with some dimesionals. I finished with a couple of silver pearls to the top corners.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing 

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse-

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC...Fabulous Faces

Happy Saturday Peeps, 

It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 

This week our hostess is the fabulous Marjie Kemper  from She Who Stamps & Scraps. Her challenge for us is: 

Fabulous Faces:

Whether you like stamping, card making, altered arts, scrapbooks or collage, I bet faces have played a part of your artwork at some point.  

Show us what you’ve got… whether you like vintage ladies in lace or fresh and funky kids…. steampunk engineers or shabby chic chicks…. even photos of yourself or your family. 

 Please show us your favorite faces this week.

After a bit of thought I knew exactly what "face" I wanted to use. My favorite Christmas girl from the Stampin' Up "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set.

I stamped this sweet vintage little girl onto some very vanilla card stock with black stazon ink. I went to my DSP packs to pick my colors and decided to use the "Letters to Santa" papers, I love the vintage feel to these. I had used this paper for the first time earlier in the week for another card and knew that it had a "blue" paper in it and I wanted to dress/color my little girl with that color. I checked the catalog and found that the blue is Marina Mist so that was my staring point. Her dress and hat is colored with Marina Mist and I used River Rock for the dress and hat trim. The gloves and tights are a combo of the blue and a bit of riding hood red.

 I paired this DSP with some Crumb Cake card stock for the base and some Early Espresso for matting.

When looking for a sentiment to use on my card I pulled out the "Bells & Boughs" stamp set and the idea to use the Holly leaves for an accent hit me. I stamped them onto very vanilla and colored them with my aqua painter and cut them out  and added them to the oval frame.

I added some crystal effects and dazzling diamonds to the berries. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and I added a bit more holly and berries by it. I made a double bow with some crumb cake seam binding ribbon and an antique brad I added some crochet trim over the seam binding ribbon across the card. I finished it off with a few basic pearls on the top corners.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun  challenge. I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do, don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

SC355.....Merry Christmas

Hello Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a card I made using the sketch challenge on Splitcoast.

I have had this set for awhile now and had not used it. This sketch was the perfect time to pull it out, that large  center panel was perfect for the beautiful house in this set, Christmas Lodge from Stampin Up.

I stamped the lodge onto some very vanilla card stock  with black stazon. I used my aqua painter and some riding red hood and cherry cobbler ink to color the house. I also used some daffodil delight, soft suede and old olive. I  added a bunch of dazzling details and set it aside to dry.

That is why I didn't get it done yesterday, I got busy doing some cleaning and laundry while letting the glitter stuff dry and just didn't get back to it til today. I did get alot done, got out the fall stuff, cleaned out two china hutches, vacuumed everywhere, got the laundry all caught up, and cleaned up my stamping area. By then it was time for dinner and I was tired...LOL!!

So I finished it up today, I used Riding Hood Red for my base and the DSP is the fun "Letters to Santa" paper pack. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and I added some Cherry Cobbler ribbon and a few basic pearls! I love this set, I know you will be seeing more of it in the coming weeks! :)

Well, that is all from me, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

 Vicki

The Line Up

Happy Hump Day Peeps!!

Today I am sharing a fun and easy Halloween Door Hanger. I saw one similar to this on Pintrest and wanted to try one of my own.

I started with blank 4 x 4 coasters.
 I made a Frankie, a Ghostie, a Jack-O-Lantern and the Count, Dracula that is!
These are alot of punches and some free had mouths.
The one I had seen had a spider instead of Dracula but I wanted to make Dracula.

I used old olive for Frankie, whisper white for the Ghost, Pumpkin Pie for Jack and some retired card stock for Dracula. The eyes are 1-1/4 inch circle and Frankie and Dracula have 3/4 inch black circle pupils.
The ghost mouth and the jack-o-lantern face I hand drew a template and then cut out.
I made Dracula's mouth by tracing around the edge of a top note die. I made his fangs from the star punch.
I sponges each square around the edges and sponged some cheeks onto each one too.
I sealed each one with some mod podge so they can hang on the exterior door, but for now they are hanging in the doorway between the living room and dining room, they look happy there. :)

I used some of the pumpkin pie 1-1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon to make the hanger/holder for the characters I just hot glued them to the ribbon and added a silver ring to the top
They are super simple and just plain fun for Halloween! Hope you like them!
Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Haunted House Favor Box

Happy Monday peeps!

Today I am sharing a fun little "Haunted House" treat box I made using the Fancy Favor Box die from Stampin Up.

I was heavily inspired by THIS haunted house box on Cammie's blog. She used a Silhouette cut file for her haunted house and I cut my own using her picture as a guide. I wanted to use the Fancy Favor Box die and add the haunted house to the front so I cut a box using pumpkin pie card stock and measured the front panel to decide the width of my haunted house. 

I used basic black card stock for the base of the haunted house and the First Edititon DSP for the house front. I cut extra roofs and added them to the base with dimesionals. After that the fun begins, decorating the haunted house.

I used the scallop edge punch to add "shingles"  to the roof of the first floor of the house. The pumpkin pie colored gingerbread trim comes from the fancy favor box die, it is the piece that is left from the top of the die when it is cut out. I used the retired key tag punch to make the door and the window on the door is made with a very cut down small oval punch. I added a fence all around the box which is a MS punch. I sponged most of the black with some whisper white craft to make it show up better. 

The windows are hand cut and stamped with some images from the Stampin Up "Spooky Bingo Bits" stamp set. I  stamped and cut out a couple of ghost and a black cat. The "Happy Halloween"  is from the al a carte stamp called "Haunted Forest". The "Caution Enter If You Dare" is some K & Company adhesive strips. 

I hope you like my "Haunted House" Favor Box. I would love to offer you a template for the house that I drew but I do not know how to get it on my computer...LOL, I am computer challenged in that area. I have it here saved on a sheet of paper, for future use and would be thrilled to share, so if anyone can school me on the how to's I would be happy to share.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

SSSC139.....Spooky

Good Morning Peeps!!!

It is Sunday which means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the SWEET sketch Karen has for us this week:

What a fun sketch! I love the little banner element, you see these alot now days but I don't think I have done any, even though I do have the Stampin UP pennant punch!

 I am still on a Halloween kick and I couldn't let the month pass by without using my favorite "Greeting Card Kids" stamp set. I love to color these little kids!

I stamped the little Halloween Kid onto some white card stock with black stazon ink and used my aqua painter to color her. I knew I wanted to use the Frightful Sight DSP for this card so I used the colors in that paper for my image. The pumpkin is colored with Cajun Craze and the little witch is colored with old olive, basic gray and cherry cobbler.

The base of the card is Basic Black card stock and then some of the DSP. I made the banner using the punch a papers from the Frightful Sight paper pack. Easy Peasy. I used some bakers twine to hold my banner and add a couple of bows to the ends of the banner. The main image is matted with old olive and I added a bit of trim with basic black a border punch. The sentiment is from the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set, but the little witch is really not very spooky at all.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing 

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse-

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

OCC....Totally Transparent

Happy Saturday Peeps, 

It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 

This week our hostess is the fabulous Marjie Kemper  from She Who Stamps & Scraps. Her challenge for us is

Totally Transparent

Transparencies are so versatile!  You can find them in shapes small enough for journaling and large enough for full 12X12 scrapbook pages.  Whether you make cards or layouts, tags or art journals… you can easily include transparencies into your art.  They can be stamped, inked, painted, misted… the sky’s the limit. You can even run them through your printer and diecut them.   We hope you’ll join us this week showing how creative you can be using transparencies.

I haven't worked with transparencies very much and I think the only time I used them was to put behind  an opening in a box or two I have made. So I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with this challenge. I finally decided to take it easy on myself, since I have been having virtually NO mojo  lately, and decided to break out my pillow box die. I have had my die for well over a year and it was still in it package, I have never used it til now.

I cut out a couple of the boxes with my transparency sheet. Man, what a pain. the transparency sheets are hard to fold! It took a bit of scoring the fold lines to get the box to fold up and the curved lines were even harder, so much for taking it easy on myself. But I kept at it an got them together.

I decided to use the cute little owl from the Stampin Up "Warmest of Wishes" hostess set. Isn't he cute? I stamped him three times, once with black onto very vanilla and then again with black onto pumpkin pie and daffodil delight. I cut out his treat bag and his mask and added to the base. I punched him out using the owl punch. I punched out a 1-1/2 inch circle from some daffodil delight and sponged it heavily with pumpkin pie and cajun craze ink. I tied some 1/4 inch old olive grosgrain ribbon around the box and then added the owl with the moon to the box with some dimesionals.  I stamped the little "boo" onto some very vanilla and punched it out with the jewelry tag punch. and added it to the box under the edge of the ribbon using a bit of a dimensional. 

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun  challenge. I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki

Halloween Owl Treat Box

TGIF Peeps!!

I am so ready for the weekend! How about you?

Yesterday I had an idea to make a Halloween OWL treat box, using The Stampin Up fancy favor box die. 

Owls are so popular right now and I have seen them is so many versions, I just had to try my hand at making one.

I used basic black card stock for most of the OWL. I also used the Stampin Up Tasteful trim Die for the scallops on the front. The eyes are made from circle punches, 1-3/4 inch, 1-3/8 inch and 1 inch circles. I added glitter to the eyes and beak. I  sponged  whisper white craft ink onto the edges of the black pieces. I like this version, but also wanted to try a more colorful version:

I used some retired DSP and the silver glimmer paper. I also made the pupils a bit smaller using my 3/4 inch circle punch. I added a handle to both and used silver and black glimmer brads to attach it to the box.

So what do you think?  Do you like the all black owl or the all dressed up owl? 

Well, that is all from me for today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

You're a Gem

Happy Thursday Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made awhile back using an older Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

I used one of my favorite sets from Stampin Up called "Field Flowers" the card is a 5 inch square or Rich Razzleberry card stock and also used very vanilla  and some retired DSP.

 I love the crochet trim and of course my favorite silver pearls.

Well, thanks for stopping by!

HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SC354....eeek!

Happy Hump Day Peeps!

Today I am sharing a card I made with the sketch challenge today on Splitcoaststampers.

I was stumped for a bit when looking at the sketch. I then started looking for a set that would fit the small image panel. I settled on the Stampin Up "Dark &  Dreary". I stamped the candle stick with black stazon and colored it with some basic gray ink using my aqua painter. I used some cajun craze and daffodil delight ink for the candles and flames.

I used some DSP from the Frightful Sight paper pack.

I had a few of these black roses that I had used on another project laying on my desk and thought it would be  a good addition to the Halloween card.  

The little rose is made from a sizzix die and then rolled up. I added a rhinestone to the center and a couple of rhinestones to the candelabra .

The base of the card is old olive and the DSP is matted with basic black. I rounded the corners of the main image panel and the large back panel.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

PP67....Thankful thoughts

Happy Monday Peeps!!

Today I have a card to share made with the color challenge this week on the The Paper Players Blog. I really liked the colors when I saw the challenge:

I rarely ever use Bravo Burgundy, so I was eager to give it a go. I messed with this card forever and originally had used some leaves from the Stampin Up
Gently Falling stamp set but in the end I didn't like what I had done, so I took it all apart and started again. I did keep the original base and very vanilla embossed layer. I added a strip of Cajun Craze on the side that I embossed with the stripes EF. My Big shot got quite the workout on this card. The sentiment piece is another EF and I used very vanilla and stamped with bravo burgundy ink. The sentiment comes from the Stampin Up "Grateful Greetings" stamp set.

I made my "sunflowers" with the Daisy Die using More Mustard and Bravo Burgundy card stock. The centers of the flowers are circle punches and are embossed with the square lattice EF. I added a few leaves made with the little leaves sizzlet die. I finished it off with a few gold pearls.

Well, that is all from me today, thanks so much for stopping by and HAPPY STAMPING!!

Vicki

SSSC138......Wicked Halloween

Good Morning Peeps!!!

It is Sunday which means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Here is the SWEET sketch Karen has for us this week:

This was toughie!!!
 I almost didn't even get one done! I started out mid week on my card, when I got prompted by some other over achievers on the sketch team,  :) I got the base and BG done but really didn't know for sure what I wanted to do for the main image panel, so I just put it aside til later. I got back to it yesterday afternoon and tried a few different things before settling on what you see.

 I used the DSP from the "Pick Your Poison" paper pack on the BG and for the main panel. I stamped directly onto some of the DSP.  I used the Stampin Up "Out On A Limb" stamp set. I stamped the "Limb" a few times to make the tree. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to add the bats, using just two instead of the three that are on the stamp.
I punched a 1-1/4 inch circle into a scrap piece of card stock and used that to make my moon. I sponged peach parfait, pumpkin pie and tangerine tango ink into the circle.

I added some pumpkin pie satin ribbon and silver pearls for my accents. The strip across the middle is made up a piece from the Pick your Poison Quick Accents and I added a black scallop piece. The sentiment is from the Stampin Up "Wicked Cool" stamp set and is stamped with black stazon onto the DSP and punched out with the 1'1/4 inch circle punch and I matted with a 1-3/8 inch circle punch of black.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us this week, I would love to see what you come up with, create a card or scrapbook page with this sketch and then go to Karen's blog and link up your project for all of us to see.

OK, let's see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team has in store for us this week:

Karen-the Sweetest Thing 

Jen-JenTapler Designs

Karen-Paper Playhouse-

Lynn-The Queen's Scene

Sarah-Jane-Janeybell

Dana-Dana's House of Cards

Well, thank you for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

Vicki

Paper Crafters Sampler

Sweet and Sinister ~~ October 2011


It's time to get your ghoul on with the October issue of the Sampler.  We've taken the spook out of the Holiday and put a "Sweet & Sinister" spin on it.

This issue includes:

• Secret book box treats
• Vintage folk-art recreations
• Mummy bars
• Rhinestone and skull treat container
• Frightfully fun Halloween cards

Here is a little sneak peek of my project for this month:

If you are a fan of Halloween, as I am, you are gonna LOVE this months sampler, I am amazed at all the wonderful projects this months. 

Be sure to go  on over to the  Paper Crafters Samapler Website to get your copy and if you subscribe be sure and use my code PCSVB or just mention my name!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

OCC...Fall Color Challenge

Happy Saturday Peeps, 

It is time for another Our Creative Corner Challenge. 

This week our hostess is the fabulous Lori Rider and she has a great challenge for us.

It is a fall color challenge:

Beautiful Fall Colors!

I decide to make a fall birthday card, we have alot of those in the family

I started the card with a base of chocolate chip card stock and followed that with some very vanilla card stock. The DSP on here is from the Spice Cake paper pack. I then added a strip of chocolate chip that I embossed with the square lattice EF. Love that embossing folder, probably my all time favorite, so far anyway!

The main image piece is made up leaves from the Stampin Up Gently Falling stamp set. I stamped the leaves with Pool Party, Old Olive and Cajun Craze ink. I stamped the leaf lines with chocolate chip ink. The birthday sentiment is from the retired "Something to Celebrate" stamp set. 

I added an old olive double bow made with the 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon and an antique brad.

Be sure to check the Our Creative Corner Blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this fun  challenge. I hope you can find some time to play along and if you do don't forget to link it up over on the Our Creative Corner Blog so we can all see it!

Thanks for stopping by today and HAPPY STAMPING!!!!

Vicki