trick...or treat...

wednesday...means it's time for the {ippity} fabulous feature!  this week,  that's creepy is the feature.  i love all the stamps in the set.  so cute!!

trick...or treat
stamps:  ippity
cardstock: echo park pp, basic black
ink: tangerine tango, black craft
embellishments: clear embossing powder

be sure and check out the {ippity} blog to see the other chicks creations using that's creepy!

witchey poo...

here is my probably one and only halloween card for the year!! i just don't love halloween even though while sorting my stamps i have a whole box of halloween stamps!  this is a digi stamp from hambo. 

witchey poo
digi stamps: hambo
cardstock: dusty durango, basic black, wrmk pp
ink: onyx black, walnut stain, old olive craft
embellishments: glossy accents, clear embossing powder, prismacolor markers
 

happy halloween!!

hauntingly sweet...

i have had my days so messed up this week!!  i swear yesterday was wednesday.  almost forgot to take out the garbage (garbage day is thursday!).  then, i thought i had one more day for fwf!  i'm so glad i remembered that it was already thursday in time!  so friends with flair time it is!!  and since it's almost all hallow's eve, i thought it was a good time to break out the candy corn tree!  hop on over to the beginning of fwf and have a great friday!  and i promise next week i won't be such a blog post slacker! 

hauntingly sweet

stamps: unity, unknown (spider web)
cardstock: elegant eggplant, basic black, dusty durango
ink: elegant eggplant, dusty durango, versamark, white craft
embellishments: clear embossing powder, may arts ribbon

to be frank...

october is fun because it means halloween is just around the corner.  i'm not a big halloween celebrator (is that a word??) but i do love halloween stamps!  i'm in a frankenstein atc swap that sherri is hosting.  i couldn't believe out of all the halloween stamps i have, i didn't have one frankenstein stamp!  luckily i found one at michael's last week.  i love it!  it's perfect!  and apparently it's time for some new black ink!!

to be frank
stamps: craftsmart

cardstock: rich razzleberry, my mind's eye pp

ink:  onyx black
embellishments: prismacolor markers

happy halloween...

pinked up my blog for octber!  do you like?  now, three words...friends with flair. and two more...it's friday! woot woot! if all goes well, i'm at work today. which seems like a silly thing to be happy about, but we've been a little slow lately (yea for the kids!) so i don't think i've worked my full three shifts in weeks! so i'll be glad if i am working! but back to fwf...i absolutely love love love the september kit of the month from untiy. i used two stamps from it on this card. i love that this crow can be halloweenie or not.  i distressed the edges of everything to give it a little grunge look.  i thought it looked cool!  go visit the other fwf blogs by starting here.  and if you live in the area and are bored tomorrow, come grab a paint brush with me to stain my deck!! 

ps happy birthday to my shackie sis, suzi!

happy halloween 

stamps: unity

cardstock: dusty durango, basic black, recollections pp

ink:  fired brick, weathered wood, black craft, versamark
embellishments:  hemp string, clear embossing powder

hanging pumpkins...

i think this is the final pumpkin atc swap of the year. it's funny because i bought this stamp set a while ago for one of these pumpkin swaps. i made the other atcs and knew i had one set left to make. i knew i hadn't used this stamp yet. so the other day, i was racking my brain (until it hurt!) trying to figure out what i could make another stinkin' pumpkin atc out of! i had completely forgotten about this stamp. nice! but i found it while looking for something else and a big light bulb went of above my head!

hanging pumpkins
stamps: debbie mumm
cardstock: dusty durango, apricot appeal, tangerine tango, recollections pp
ink: onyx black, dusty durango
embellishments: brads, hemp twine, eyelets
other:prismacolor markers

little drac...

little drac
stamps: amuse
cardstock: going gray, basic black, stampin up pp
ink: onyx black

spooky!

i had a hard time coming up with an idea for chris's spooky atc swap. i liked my r.i.p. atc i made for sherri's crow swap, so i kind of did something similar. i bought the martha stewart bat punch many months ago and just haven't figured out how to use it yet on a card or atc. so i experimented and this is what i came up with. i can't believe how many stamp companies are on this little creation!






spooky!
stamps: amuse, just johanna/obp, imaginisce, studio g, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: basic black, crushed curry, dusty durango
ink: riding hood red, pumpkin pie, crushed curry, so saffron, onyx black
embellishments: martha stewart border punch

ghouls...

when i signed up for the ghost swap that my friend chris was hosting, i had a few different ghost stamps in mind. but then i saw this cute card that kristina werner had made and i thought it was cute and figured i could try and make a ghost atc! this is how it turned out! i think i may even try her cute pumpkin!

ghouls just want to have fun
stamps: studio g
cardstock: basic black, going gray, scrapworks pp
ink: onyx black
other: brads

witchie poo...

here's number two for the week for the witch themed atcs. i found this cute stamp on clearance at archiver's a a few months ago. i couldn't believe it because it is so cute!!











witchie poo
stamps: hero arts, stampin up
cardstock: elegant eggplant , kiwi kiss, stampin up pp
ink: elegant eggplant , kiwi kiss, onyx black
embellishments: we r memory keepers buttons

not a costume...

the halloween atcs continue. now appearing will be a collection of witch atcs!! i'm in three witch swaps, i think!! here's the first one. i embossed the witch to make her stand out a little better. i distressed the edges of the patterned paper with the edge of some scissors to make it look raggedy (is that a word?). i think it's funny that i used three different types of black ink!! sometimes i feel like i need to have a sign like this!!!

not a costume...
stamps: amuse, my favorite things
cardstock: basic black, scrapworks pp
ink: basic black, onyx black, craft black
other: embossing powder

this is a quick card i made with some spare parts i had from previous atcs. inside says 'trick or treat'.


all things halloween
stamps: my favorite things, stampin up, unknown (spider web)
cardstock: dusty durango, apricot appeal, basic black, my mind's eye pp
ink: pumpkin pie, dusty durango, onyx black
other: bic & primsacolor markers

all things halloween...

i can't get enough of my halloween stamps lately. which is good because i'm in about 15 halloween swaps!! c'mon...isn't everyone? hehe. this is for my halloween free for all swap. i love the little witch with the pumpkin.


all things halloween
stamps: my favorite things
cardstock: apricot appeal, basic black, my mind's eye pp
ink: pumpkin pie, dusty durango, onyx black
other: bic & primsacolor markers

[spooky]...

another halloween themed atc. this is also for a swap that sherri is hosting, with a theme of scary skulls! this one is kinda girlie and not terrifying, but a skull all the same. i got the cool spiderweb background stamp from my friend erin and have no idea who makes it! i embossed the [spooky].







[spooky]
stamps: imaginisce, studio g, unknown
cardstock: dusty durango, going gray, basick black
ink: black craft, onyx black
embellishments: distressed stickles, embossing powder

r.i.p...

had a hit of late night creativity. whipped out two sets of atcs and my cj (cutting it close, i know!). this set of atcs is for sherri's cawing crows swap. i got this cute little bird that has a star dangling from it's mouth (which i think is probably a christmas stamp!)so i left off the star and made it more crow-like!! i don't usually make flat single layer things, but i like how this turned out.

r.i.p.
stamps: river city rubber works, stampin up, recollections, inkadinkadoo
cardstock: sahara sand, basic black
ink: dusty durango, pumpkin pie, marigold morning, onyx black
other: bic and prismacolor markers

u-pick pumpkins

the second of three pumpkin sets that i'm making, this group for sherri's swap. i love this little stamp from amuse. come to think of it, most of my pumpkin stamps are from amuse!!



u-pick pumpkins
stamps: amuse
cardstock: dusty durango, my minds eye pp
ink: dusty durango, onyx black
other: bic & primsacolor markers

pumpkins for sale...

managed to sneak in a little crafting while i'm on vacation. what more could you ask for...crafts, the beach, fancy digs, and free wireless access!! here is one of the three pumpkin themed swaps i'm in. this is for chris's swap. i used some of tim holtz's (i don't see what the hub bub is all about!) distressed stickles. i'm not sure i like them, but they look ok on these!

pumpkins for sale
stamps: amuse
cardstock: tangerine tango (su), bitter chocolate (bazzill)k & co pp
ink: dusty durango, onyx black
embellishments: distressed stickles
other: bic and prismacolor markers