Happy Halloween Everyone!

I'm sending my best of Ghoulish wishes now as I'll be gone most of the day for Halloween!

Under A Spell........

I worked on some Halloween cards today, so these are just a few that I got done to share with you all ............there were too many so I just scanned them and you didn't get any close-up photos this time.

Die-cut with one of my newest stamps Third Coast Stamper

Retired Stampin'Up! sets used here

More die-cuts with Stampin'Up! designer paper

Third Coast Stamper, Judith Stamps and die-cuts used here

Die-cuts & SU retired sets

Die-cuts, SU retired set & designer paper

SU retired set & die-cuts...............Happy Stampin' Y'all

This is what I worked on today

I penciled in the skull first on the wall and then we mixed up the main color of paint. Here I am painting. this is the second coat of bone color drying..........."we took a Ice tea break " here's the finished product in all it's glory...............of course photo doesn't do justice of seeing it on the wall personally! Here we are standing next to the wall art............her son came in and said "Really Sick"..........meaning he really loved it!!!! What teenager wouldn't???? LOL We spent approximately 5 hours working on this "Really Sick" Skull

Spider Witch

Got some new stamps in the other day and couldn't wait to stamp them out and play, she's actually from a set that you get from "Third Coast Stampers" if your interested you can download the supplement to see all the new images. My witch is colored and cut out and then I went over the spider webs with a glitter gel pen to add sparkle (of course with the scan you can't see them) I then sponged yellow on the upper top part of the card stock then used a circle mask to cover the yellow and went over it with a blue color to get the glowing effect of the moon. Just another close-up of the Spider Witch, all other stamped images are "Judith". Oh yeah the Bat is a Halloween Punch by Martha Stewart.......Happy Stampin' Y'all

More Cards from Retreat

Just another Christmas card here but I added a Santa hat to add some seasonal sparkle, Yeah I know she's in shorts but some places don't get snow.......LOL Don't you just love those heart buttons.........my friend gave them to me and they matched so perfectly with the Rich Razzleberry card stock that I used for making this card. This is just another cute penguin from the Debbie Mumm designer paper.......wish I could find some more! So if anyone comes across some let me know!! Hope your week is going well...........Happy Stampin' Y'all!

Terror-ific Halloween & Flower Girl

This is a sample of my Halloween card that I did for the Monthly Ladies Card Guild..............I thought it would be fun to use up my pre purchased Halloween die-cuts for our cards. I had left over die-cuts from the year before and had so much fun making cards with them that I bought more, so this is just a small amount of the fun die-cuts! Take a peek of the great flower ........it's from a SU orginal die-cut called the "Blossom Party" ( item # 115971) the leaves are a punch, oh yeah she's colored with Copic Markers. Did you recognize the eyelet border on the paper .........yes it's SU and it's one of my favorites edge punches (#113692) I got the image of the little flower girl from Dannette in a swap. Hope your week is going okay so far! Happy Stampin' Y'all!

Sharing more Christmas cards

These cute penguins are from some 12 x 12 "Debbie Mum" designer paper pak that I got last year (I want more!) and didn't use them until now............they make adorable Christmas cards tho! So they are singing lots of Christmas Carols to ring in the Holiday Season! This next card is using some stickers from "Penny Black" that ...........again I got several years ago and I was trying to use up my older stock of goodies. Hope this give you a little inspiration .............as both these card are from the retreat that I went on. Happy Stampin' Y'all!

Birthday for a Friend

Okay this was a hurry up and get this card done .....but I'm a procrastinator and put it off....... (I do my best work when I'm rushed!.....LOL )well I was taking my friend to dinner and a 50's concert that happen to come to town. So here's her Birthday card .......she loved it! Once again I'm using up old SU designer paper with a Die-cut of the envelope (item #113462 Scallop Envelope) with a Magnolia Stamp and you pull her out of the envelope and a saying, flower or a greeting could be put there..........I opted for matching flowers. Hope you are having a great weekend! Happy Stampin' Y'all!

Awards Given

Hi Guys & Gals. I just got some blog awards from my dear friends, Kim & Cindy. I hope you go over to their blogs and visit them. One of the requirements is to say 10 things about myself and then give it to 5 people who inspire me. 1. I have 2 grown sons.......my oldest is in the Air Force that is going to Iraq-Afghanistan in December for the second time around for 9 months and I'm not looking forward to it! My youngest son lives & works in Alaska................. 2. I have a tabby cat that I adopted from the vets office that's 2 yrs old named Kushkua.....(Kush) my oldest son named her, meaning for little kitten in Russian....................... 3. I also have a Blue Merle Australian Shepherd that I waited for 9 years to get and she is 15 months old now named Despin .........(shortened to Desi)................ 4. I quit my job as a School bus driver after 8 years, for First Student in May........I was tired of the Politics in the office and back stabbing.................. 5. I have been driving Tour bus for 8 yrs now and would never have been able to see Alaska if I didn't!............... 6. I'm a avid reader and now reading "Time Traveler's Wife and want to see the movie!.................. 7. Did you know that I also knit, crochet, and quilt..........I'm working on a Afghan and crocheting some towel tops................. 8. Oh yeah I dabble in beading & making Jewelry and taught classes at a local bead store..................... 9. I've been published in one of the now retired Stamping Magazines.................. 10. Okay last but not least we celebrated our 30 years of being married in September!....................... Now to elect 5 special folks for passing the torch (award)on to..........per say!

1.Maria from Stamping Inpirations.......I'm always checking to see what she's up too! 2. Michelle at Zindorf Blogs............I've learned tons from her. 3.Lisa is a design team member and always has something going on! 4. Tonya at Tuesday at Tonya's. She's one of my blogging sisters 5. Nina is one busy lady and always coming up with something new.

Kitty & Cat

Just received some new Halloween Stamps from Third Coast Stampers that are just adorable and this is one of the stamps that I got in............"Kitty & Cat" You probably already guessed that I used the Tim Holtz spider mask again, wasn't too sure about the old Halloween retired SU designer paper that I had but it worked out fine with the masking. Just been having too much fun with this mask for Halloween cards! I masked the Kitty girl image and sponged color all around her with a purple, then I knew that it needed a spider to go with the webbing. Happy Stampin' Y'all

Christmas tag card & Snowmen

This card is made from a Christmas tag that I swapped on Paper Crafts Forums years ago and saved it for a special project. It's simply layered on some Christmas themed DP. I had to do some Snowmen ........what would Christmas cards be without Snowmen??? I used one of my Nestabilities to cut and frame these cute little guys, you can't see it because of the scan but it says "Some of my best friends are flakes" that I stamped on the right hand corner of the card. Oh this is a SU set that was retired..........sorry The ribbon is "Sleigh Bells" in the SU "Holiday Mini Catalog" page 17, item #116795 for $7.95 ....it is a twill with the red & green strips. I mounted the ribbon on SU card stock that I used the Tearing Edge ruler on, page 188 of the IBC, item # 102930 $19.95 (I love the torn effect that it gives) Happy Stampin Y'all