Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Yesterday in preparing for Halloween I tried out my new Sweet Pressed Cookie Stamps! I've been dying to try these out since they arrived last week and I just love how they turned out. I made the Sugar cookie recipe that came in the box with them and I added in some food coloring (red and yellow until I got a nice orange color)

Here's how my dough looked:



Then I rolled it into about 1.5" balls and put them on a cookie sheet. I pressed them with the pumpkin stamp-- I found it worked best to dust it in a little flour first so that it didn't stick.


And here are the little guys, fresh out of the oven drying on my little cooling rack:

And they are yummy too! Can't wait to share these with my friends tonight! The cookie stamps come with a snowflake and heart too so I will definitely be making more for the upcoming holidays!

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Bleached Halloween

Here is another card using the Bleach Technique I mentioned in the last post. For this card I also stamped the owl in the tree from the House of Haunts Stamp set using bleach on soft suede card stock. Then I framed the image with basic black card stock.

To make the rest of the card I used a concord crush card stock as the base color. The textured piece was created by embossing a strip of crumb cake card stock using the lattice embossing folder and then sponging over it with Chocolate chip ink. Then I accented it with a piece of ruffled ribbon in lucky limeade. I love the lime and grape combo-- it makes the card really pop. Last I added on the happy Halloween, punched out of so saffron card stock with the Decorative Label punch.

stamps: House of Haunts
ink: Bleach, chocolate chip
paper: concord crush, crumb cake, soft suede, black
other: Decorative Label punch, big shot, square lattice embossing folder, 3/8" Ruffled ribbon in Lucky Limeade

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Bleached Owl Card

One of the Techniques we did last week in my technique class was bleach stamping. We didn't make this card, we made a holiday one I will show you later but I wanted to show you the card I made using the same technique. The cool thing about bleach stamping is that every color of card stock is effected a little differently. For this card I stamped the owl in the tree from the House of Haunts Stamp set using bleach on soft suede card stock. On this color after the bleach dries then the stamped image has a sort of yellowish hue. I think it looks very cool for Halloween or a fall birthday!

To make the rest of the card I used the woodgrain background stamp on Crumb Cake card stock for the base. The main image is punched out with the 2 1/2" circle punch-- I just love this GIANT circle punch. Then I framed it with a scallop circle cut out using the Perfect Pennants Big Shot die.

Only a few days' til Halloween!!

stamps: House of Haunts, Woodgrain Background Stamp, Happiest Birthday Wishes
ink: Bleach, early espresso
paper: early espresso, crumb cake, soft suede, dusty durango
other: Perfect Pennants big shot die, big shot, bleach, white taffeta ribbon, XL circle punch

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Faux metal spider

Remember the Faux Metal technique I showed yesterday? Here's another card using the same technique. This time I made the embellishment using the spider from the Dark & Dreary stamp set:

To make the rest of the card I started again with a basic gray card and this time I took a piece of vellum and put it through the big shot with the spider web embossing folder. It cracked a little but I think it looks cool for Halloween! Then I punched out a border using the Lace Ribbon border punch on black card stock, attached the spider using some bakers twine and added the sentiment Happy Halloween from the House of Haunts stamp set.

stamps: House of Haunts, Dark & Dreary
ink: basic black
paper: basic gray, basic black, vellum, concord crush, river rock
other: pewter embossing powder, circle punches, bakers twine, lace ribbon border punch, spider web embossing folder, big shot, decorative label punch

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Faux Metal Technique

Today is my Monthly Technique Class and we're going to make the card above! This month one of the techniques is Faux Metal... yep, that is not a real metal embellishment... It looks real though, doesn't it? I used the skeleton image from the set Batty For You to make the faux metal shape. Here's a close-up:

To make the rest of the card, I cut out the white shape using the top Note die (still my favorite die) with the big shot. Then I stamped the Hello Doily stamp on it using pumpkin pie ink. The Happy Halloween on the bottom of the shape is from the set House of Haunts. Then I added some black satin ribbon across the middle of the card. For a finishing touch I also punched out a strip of black using the Lace Ribbon Border punch! I love how this turned out... do you think it's a little vintage looking?

I made another Halloween card using the Faux metal technique last year too. You can check it out here.

stamps:Batty for you, House of Haunts, Hello Doily
ink: pumpkin pie, basic black
paper: basic gray, basic black, whisper white
other: scallop circle punch, circle punch, Top Note Big shot Die, black satin ribbon, Lace Ribbon Border punch, Pewter embossing powder

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Boo Bag!

Here is a cool little treat purse for Halloween! It's small but is the perfect size to hold a mini candy bar! It has a little latch that keeps it closed with Velcro:


Then the whole thing opens up like this to hold a treat inside:


Stamps:tiny tags
paper: frightful sight designer series paper, basic black, whisper white, basic gray
ink: black
other:score tool, velcro dot, oval and scallop oval punches, scallop trim border punch, candy, 1/2" circle punch, brads.

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Lollies for Halloween!

Ok, I'm not sure what these are really called but I've been calling them "lollies" They're a cool accordian folded circle that you can make using the new Simply Scored tool from Stampin' Up! This tool is really awesome! It is a big plate with grooves in it that you can use the evenly score and is making any project I do with folds in it a breeze!

Here are some more lollies I made for Halloween! Sorry about the flash... these were hard to get a photo of because they were so tall I couldn't take a photo of them where I usually take my pictures.! I made 3 of them in different sizes and put them in a vase with Halloween candy corn! Isn't it cute?



Here's what the Simply Scored tool looks like:
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