Halloween SFYTT

Happy Halloween!

Here's my Halloween take on this months SFYTT.

This is a hybrid card - the image and sentiment were both printed on whisper white card stock after being created in MDS. The rest are actual materials I had on hand.

Stamps: Spooky Treats Designer Template (MDS), Piece of Poison (MDS)
Paper: SU ww, peach parfait, basic black designer series paper stack
Ribbon: SU basic black satin

More Halloween Decor

I posted my candles that I made for Halloween a couple days ago and here is some more Halloween decor I made for around the house.

These pumpkins were made using the Definitely Decorative vinyl "Spooky Expressions." I actually purchased these around when they first came out but I didn't have anywhere to put them since we were in the apartment. Now that we have a house, we have tons of places to put them! I have one in our kitchen, one in the dining room and one in the living room.

This is a totally non-SU project, but I wanted to share the wreath I made for our front door for Halloween. It was super cheap to create and fairly easy too (except for the second degree burn I got on my finger from the hot glue gun)!

I purchased a wire wreath frame from Michael's and wrapped it with 8 feather boas I got at the dollar store. Then I pulled the leaves off the stems of the skulls (you may have noticed that they are placed underneath the candles I posted a couple days ago) that I got at Michaels and wrapped them around the frame. Finally, I tied on some orange Christmas balls to the frame as well. There are actually quite a few more than you can see in the photo, but the wind made the feathers cover them up when I was photographing it.

Hope you enjoy some of my Halloween projects!

Halloween Candles

I had been playing with MDS a lot earlier in the month to be able to enter the MDS contest to win downloads and came up with this idea as well.

I created the bands in MDS, printed them, mounted them on black cardstock and wrapped them around the candles. I left them loose enough so that I could slide them off and save them for next year! There are a couple of additional candles that aren't in the photo because they sit up on top of the fireplace mantle.

October 2011 Stampin' Up! Promotions

Stampin' Up! has introduced two fabulous new promotions for the month of October.

Buy any 2 Simply Sent Kits and get a coordinating stamp set for free!

Buy any two of the following Simply Sent Kits:

• Simply Sent Great Day ($15.95) - page 192
• Simply Sent Everyday Elegance ($14.95) - page 193
• Simply Sent Sweet Moments ($16.95) - page 193

And get a free coordinating stamp set:

• It's Your Day (french available) ($10.95) - page 192
• Everyday Wishes ($11.95) - page 193
• You're Cherished (french available) ($10.95) - page 193

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This is definitely the best time to become a demonstrator if you have ever considered it. Stampin' Up! is offering a free Big Shot to any new recruit during the month of October. Not interested in, or already own the Big Shot - no problem. Stampin' Up! is offering an alternative up to $125 in free merchandise.

There are two $215 starter kits to choose from if you decide to become a demonstrator: the Standard Starter Kit (valued at $425) and the Digital+ Starter Kit (valued at $415). Either starter kit has free shipping.

This promo is on top of the usual demonstrator benefits including:

• 20% off product discount
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Click on the link here to view the flyer.

Contact me using the email link in my sidebar if you are interested in any of these promotions or have any questions.

SFYTT Button Buddies

Once again, I'm a terrible blogger. Even if I make projects, I don't seem to be very good at getting pictures and posting them any time soon! Unfortunately, I wouldn't expect that to change any time soon - I've been quite busy between work, getting stuff done around the house and now to top it off, my Grandma just passed away, so I'll be going away for her funeral in the near future. I'm having a hard time managing and processing this as my Grandma and I were quite close and she is the only grandparent I had.

Anyways, here's the card I made for this months SFYTT.

Since buttons don't come in the "in colours", I simply used the stamp and covered it in Crystal effects for some added dimension. I love the way this card turned out. I like the sentiment for this card to because it really could be used for just about anything.

Stamps: SU Button Buddies, Bring on the Cake
Paper: SU lucky limeade, ww, Berry Blossoms dsp
Ink: SU lucky limeade, calypso coral
Punch: SU corner rounder
Misc: SU crystal effects, circle cutter

SSSC132 Baby Boy

Again, I have not been a very good blogger and despite making cards, I have not been good at posting them!

Here is one I made over a week ago for the SSSC132.

I love this new "I Dig You" stamp set - it's so cute and versatile! The sentiment is from another adorable new baby set called "Little Additions." I stamped the truck several times in each of the colours and cut out the separate parts so that I could layer them up on dimensionals to create added dimension to each part of the truck - unfortunately it's not the easiest to see in the photo. The animals were all coloured using my Stampin' write markers and stamped write on the main panel.

Stamps: SU I Dig you, Little Additions
Ink: SU pear pizzazz, marina mist, basic gray, Versamark
Paper: SU ww, pear pizzazz, marina mist, nursery nest dsp
Brads: SU basic gray
Powder: SU whisper white embossing powder
Misc: SU dimensionals, heat tool, paper snips

Holiday Mini Catalogue Now Available

Today marks the start of the new Holiday Mini Catalogue. It has some fabulous new items in there for the holidays, including the adorable Stitched Stockings stamp set and Stocking builder punch I previewed here.

Click here to view the entire catalogue!
Items in this catalogue are available for purchase today through January 3, 2012.