Sweet Sunday........Trick or Treat

Happy Sunday Peeps!!

Time for  new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

I am loving this sketch, many possibilities for that butterfly element, 

I am still hving some fun with my new Halloween goodies.

I adore these fun spider web doilies from Stampin Up, the great thing about them are they are white on the back so they can be used for more than just Halloween!

I used the doily for my jumping off point on my card.

I started with some Basic Black card stock and then I used a layer of Naturals Vanilla

The DSP is from the Happy Hauntings paper pack.

I added the doily in the corner and trimmed it to fit.

I added the strip of Vanilla across the doily and stamped the sentiment, which is from the Tags For You stamp set. The spiders are part of the same stampp and I just masked off and used what I needed on here

My super cute and so not spooky owl, which I love, comes from the Howl-O-Ween Treat stamp set.

I stamped him with some Black Memento ink and used the matching framelits to cut him out,

I added him to the card with dimensionals.

The eyes on my owl are some glittery black rhinestones I got locally (non SU).

I added a few round the card s well. One is actually hiding  a small smear spot, but you would never know huh?

Thanks for stopping by !

Vicki

Curvy Keepsake Box Challenge

Happy Friday Peeps!!

Today I have a couple of Curvy Keepsake Boxes to share with you. 

As you know my friend Wendy at WeeBeeStampin4Fun 

and I do an occasional challenge, 

where one of us pick the challenge, and this time it was my turn,

I made it easy, use the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlit Die.

I decide to embrace two of the upcoming Fall/Winter Holidays, my two favorites, Halloween and Christmas.

My first box for Halloween is made using Elegant Eggplant card stock. I used the star stamp from the Be the hero stamp set. I stamped with Elegant Eggplant ink directly onto the cardstock before putting the box together.

I then created my "tag" starting with the half moon shape. I used my circle punch and then slipped the circle back into the punch to make the crescent shape moon. I used a piece of the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and the Tree Builder Punch to make my puffy, glimmery cloud. I did hand cut the cloud down a bit after punching it out to make it a bit smaller.

I then used the Tags 4 You stamp set to stamp my Trick or Treat piece. I stamped first with black and then with Old Olive and then pumpkin Pie. I cut out the words and glued them to the black piece. I fussy cut this out myself cos I couldn't find my Label Bracket Punch at the time (I have since found it right under my nose BTW).

I then added a punched out bat using the retired SU bat punch.

These pieces are all glued together to make my tag. I then tied it onto the box with a bit of silver 1/8 inch ribbon.

Next up is made with some non SU paper, you all know how crazy I am about this vintage looking sheet music paper and I knew I had to try a box made with it. It is not doubles sided paper and is very thin so I cut out some Basic Black cardstock with my die and used it to back the paper.

I then used some retired Cherry Cobbler Chevron ribbon to tie up my box and made a pretty bow.

I then used a couple of my favorite rusty jungle bells to embellish the bow.

The tag comes from the Tags 4 You stamp set, (the same as the Halloween tag) and is stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink. I punched a small hole in the tag and tied it onto the bow with a bit of linen thread.

Be sure and head over to Wendy's Blog to see her take on this creative challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki

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Happy Heart Day Mini Pails

Happy Wednesday Peeps!!

Today I am sharing some little Mini Paint Pail valentines I have been working on.

I was talking to my friend Wendy at WeeBeeStampin4Fun  the other day and  I mentioned these pails and that I was going to make some for work. I only had four here and I asked her if she knew if Michaels still carried them. She said she had seen them awhile back at her Michaels (of course she lives in PA and I live in MO). 

She then  challenged me to get mine made and she would make hers and we could post them on our blogs today. 

Well, that gave me the push to actually get them done.

 I had four of the pails already but wanted a few more, 

so I ran out to Michaels to pick up a few more. I ended up making 10.

I had decided before I got started that I wanted to make pom poms for the top.

 I tried making some pom poms out of Bakers twine but they just don't look as full and fluffy as the ones made with yarn. 

So I dug into my yarn stash and found some yarn to match my paper colors and made me up a bunch of pom poms!

I think they turned out pretty cute! I love the colors and papers and all the embellishments, some which are pre-made stickers. 

I used the Stampin Up single stamp from last year I think called Happy Valentine Heart on some of them and the Happy Heart Day come from the Tags 4 You stamp set.

All the tags started with a Crumb Cake base punched with the Note Tag Punch. it was the perfect size for the mini pails.

I have a few close up pics for you:

The DSP comes from a My Minds Eye pack I picked up recently.

Don't you love the bows and pom poms?

The clothspins with hearts are some I had in my stash as well as the pretty paper roses.

So sweet and girly!

Hope you enjoy them and don't forget to hop over to Wendy's Blog 

and see how she decorated her little pails!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Vicki