Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down Blog Hop Week 3

This Monster Mash Halloween Blog Hop has been so much fun for me. I hope you all have liked it as much as me. I am really loving this stamp set "Howl-o-ween Creeps". I have to say, right at first I was not sure about it.

Do you love little Frankie holding the Trick or Treat bag? I still go Trick or Treating with my kids every year and I even dress up. We have so much fun together, we are the last ones out too. Last year their were not very many Trick or Treaters and a few of the houses gave my kids all the candy they had... OM Goosh you should have see all that Candy!!!

The Blog Hop is every Monday for 12 weeks. I am picking a favorite every week for 12 weeks and then out of the 12 picking a Grand Prize winner. The Prize is $25.00 in new cool stuff from the new Holiday Mini. The winner will be announced on Halloween.

I had fun with the bow as you can see, I was just going to use the Rich Razzleberry but, I seen the black lace in my drawer... and had to try it out. I just Love the combo together.

I used Paper Players Sketch this week on my card

Click Here to check out the blog and all the other cards.

The Card Recipe

Stamp sets:

Howl-o-ween Creeps 7pc set Holiday Mini 2011

Spooky Bingo Bits 24pc set 2011-212 Catalog

Ink and Paper Colors:

Black, White, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive

Accessories:

Sponge dauber, 2 inch and 2 1/2 inch circle punches, Rich Razzleberry 1/2 inch satin ribbon, Black lace (2010 Holiday Mini), Aqua painter.

Big Shot:

Perfect Pennants Bigz Die

Designer Series Paper:

Frightful Sight 2011-2012 Catalog

Ok here is how to play along

1. It has to be Halloween, card or 3D item.

2. It does not have to be 100% SU 80% is ok.

3. Yes using Retired is OK...

4. Use my Monster Mash Badge/Graphic in your post and a link back to my blog.

5. Add your card to the blog hop then put the code on your post.

Thanks for looking

Hugs
Shirley


Just click on the links below the Blog Hop to Join In!!

There are 2 different Steps to join, add HTML to your blog post and add your Card to the Hop.

Monster Mash Blog Hop Week 2 Winner

Is LeAnne

I love her Card it has a great Vintage look about it. I love Vintage Halloween, I have collected a few really cool ones over the years. So Thank you so much LeAnne. Your card is Fabulous!!

Wee Inklings

Now go visit LeAnne's Blog

The Monster Mash Halloween Blog Hop Week 3 will be up tomorrow.

Hugs

Shirley

Halloween Party Planner and Monster Mash Blog Hop

Blog Hop Week #2 and Post #2

I made these Halloween Party Planners for a Craft Fair. I keep saying how much I love Halloween like in almost every post this month.... so I won't say it again. lol I used the Stampin Up Clear-Mount Stamp Cases. I have a Halloween Party every year and I always have notes about the party and lists of things I need to get, and I was thinking that it would be good to have it all in one place.

I have seen these cases all over with Christmas and other things, but nothing Halloween. I printed the "Halloween Party Planner" on my computer. I used lots of black rhinestones on this one... so cute!

Please include this Graphic in your post with a link to my blog. Thank you

I am having fun with this Monster Mash Halloween Blog Hop. I am doing a new one every Monday for 12 weeks. I am picking a winner every week for 12 weeks and then out of the 12, I am picking a Grand Prize winner. The Prize is $25.00 in stuff from the new Holiday Mini. I am picking the winner on Halloween.

The cases don't really photograph very well, I kept getting a glare on this one because of all the rhinestones.

Here is a better picture of them both together. I cut the felt bats out of the paper on the Wicked Fun DSP.

I got these cool note books that came with a pen at Staples, and on the side of the note pad is a pen holder. I covered them in the DSP.

I just love those spooky bingo bits!!

People really loved these at the fair. They are $12.00 each and I still have both of them.

I did not sell any of the Halloween ones but, I will show you more in another post of the ones I did sell.

Here is a picture of my two BFF's Terry in the red and Beth at the table.

 Stamp Sets:

Wicked Cool 7pc set 2011-2012 Catalog

Spooky Bingo Bits 24pc set 2011-2012 Catalog

Grateful Greetings 12pc set 2011-2012 Catalog

Tiny Tags 17pc set 2011-2012 Catalog (mini Boo stamp)

Ink and Paper Colors:

Black, White, Old Olive, Rich Razzelberry

Accessories:

Decorative Label punch, mini tag punch, sponge dauber, black rhinestones, and lots of circle punches.

Big Shot:

Perfect Pennants Bigz Die

Designers Series Paper:

Wicked Fun 2010-2011 Catalog

Thanks for looking

Shirley

Just click on the links below the Blog Hop to Join In!!
There are 2 different Steps to join, add HTML to your blog post and add your Card to the Hop.

A La Card Monkey's Fall into Autumn Challenge

We have had the best weather for Summer this week here in Washington State, so its sad to think that it is almost Fall. I do love Fall mostly because it's just one step closer to Halloween!!

I had a hard time with this card, everything just did not go my way when I was trying to make it, But I think I really like how it did turn out in the end.

I love the "Rock and Roll" Technique, I do it a lot. Leaves are so pretty when they are done with this Technique. I stamped them in More Mustard then rocked it into Cajun Craze.

A La Card Monkey's Fall into Autumn Sketch Challenge.

 

I did not put a greeting on this card just the little circle stamp that says Paris 1948. I think my Hounds tooth embossing is back words. lol 

The little flowers turned out so cute, I just punched them out smashed then with my fingers a little, then used glue dots to put them on the card. The leaves are from the bird punch, I just cut the leaves off the branch.

It is hard to see but I did use one of the Designer Frames embossing folders around the Eiffel Tower image and some of the Vanilla Shimmer Spritz.

Stamp sets:

French Foliage 6pc set Holiday Mini 2009

Artistic Etchings 6pc set 2011-2012 Catalog

Ink and Paper Colors:

More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Vanilla

Accessories:

Pearls, Flower bitty punch, Bird punch, 5/8's and 7/8's Circle punch, Misc brown ribbon, Sponge Dauber, Vanilla Shimmer Spritz

Big Shot:

Designer Frames and Hounds tooth embossing folders

 

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Shirley

Monday Monster Mash Halloween Blog Hop Week 2

It's week 2 in our 12 week count down to Halloween.

I will be picking my favorite every week, then at the end of the 12 weeks I am going to pick My Monster Mash Favorite... and Yes their is blog Candy for the winner. It will be $25.00 in new stuff  from the Holiday Mini Catalog!!! Wow... Cool... Right!!

I think I am going to get my Halloween out and start decorating. I have over 20 crates full of stuff, so it takes a little time for me to get it all done. I will show you all some pictures.

Please use my graphic in your post with a link to my blog. (you can make it any size you want)

Here is the card I did today for the Blog Hop. I am using a Sketch from Paper Players designed by LeAnne. I Love this Spooky Bingo Bits and knew when I seen the sketch that I would use this stamp set.

The Seam Binding ribbon by Stampin Up is some great stuff. It was really easy to make this bow.

Click here to the Paper Players Blog.

Stamp sets:

Spooky Bingo Bits 24pc set 2011-2012 Catalog

Fang-Tastic 10pc set 2011-2012 Catalog (word stamp)

Ink and Paper Colors:

Old Olive, White, Black, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze

Accessories:

Punches 1 inch and 1 1/8th inch Circles, Cherry Cobbler Seam binding ribbon, Candy Cane button, Hemp twine.

Designer Series Paper:

Frightful Night Catalog 2011-2012

Thanks for looking and Please come join in the Blog Hop!!

Hugs

Shirley

Monday Monster Mash Blog Hop Favorite Week One!!

This was my first week in my 12 week count down to Halloween.

I picked Kathryne as the favorite Halloween craft of the week. Her card is so cute it's like 3 cards in one.

Do you all want to know what I am giving away when I pick my WINNER out of the top 12 !!??

It's 25.00 in product out of the New Holiday Mini.. YEP you pick what you want to win!!

Kathryne

Crafty Kat Creations

The new blog hop post will be up first thing tomorrow, so start making you Halloween cards today.

Congratulations Kathryne!!

Thanks for looking my Friends

Hugs

Shirley

The grand prize winner will be picked on October 31st... Halloween!

Spooky Bingo Bits for A La Card Monkey

Hey Look... Surprise its a Halloween Card. lol I just love the embossing folders and one of my favorites is the Spider web... it it cool or what!!? I was thinking about adding some glitter to the web on this but, I did not want to get Glitter into my tea.

Only 73 days until Halloween!! So this is the best time to get started on your Halloween Cards.

Wow... what a fun Sketch! Go to A La Card Monkey to see all the other Halloween Cards.

I love those Spooky Bingo Bits!

Close up of the Ribbon and Embossing Folder.

Stamp Sets:

Spooky Bingo Bits 24pc set 2011-2012 Catalog

Ink and Paper Colors:

Black, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Perfect Plum.

Accessories:

Ribbon Pumpkin pie, Old olive, Eggplant. Glimmer brads, Punches 1 inch, 1 1/8th inch, 1 1/4th inch.

Big Shot:

Spider web embossing folder

I am also adding this to my Monday Monster Mash Blog Hop!

Hugs

Thanks for looking

Shirley

The Open Sea for Techno Stamper

This is another stamp set that my friend Deanna had for a while, that I just got back. I was happy to get it back, I wanted to use it a little more while it was still current.

I cut out the anchor, and used hemp twine with some knots.

What to play along, go to Techno Stamper.

Here is a close up of the boat, I used a 2 inch circle punch for the boat image and 2 1/2 circle punch for the outer circle.

Here is the Second card I did this time.

A Perfect Day... I have had that stamp set forever! One of the first sets in all my stash. I have kept this one over the years because it's perfect for Scrapbooking.

Stamp sets:

The Open Sea 5pc set Summer Mini 2011

Bring on the Cake 13pc set 2011-2012 Catalog (happy birthday stamp)

Phrase Starters II 4pc set 2005-2006 Catalog (a perfect day stamp)

Ink and Paper Colors:

Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, White.

Accessories:

Hemp twine, Punches 2 inch and 2 1/2 inch Circles

Designer Series Paper:

Nautical Expedition Summer Mini 2011

Click the Badge to join in on the Halloween Blog Hop!!

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Shirley

Monkey Challenge "Thinking of You"

I just got this stamp back from a friend that had it, and I just had to make a card with it real quick for the A La Card Monkey Challenge. My son is the one that really wanted this stamp set when it came out last year, he just loved it. I still had some of the "Travel Journal" DSP from that Mini so I  used it for this card.

I really miss those big buttons from last years Holiday Mini, I have told a few friends if they don't want to keep them I will buy them.!!

The Sketch from A La Card Monkey.

I used the Big Shot Movers and Shapers for the Scallop behind the Scallop.

 Here is a Thank You card I made at the same time.

The Thank you stamp is in the same set as the bikes.

Stamp sets:

Pedaling Past 6pc set Summer Mini 2010

Ink and Paper Colors:

Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, White, Crumb Cake.

Accessories:

Punches Sm Oval, sm Scallop Oval, Garden green button from Candy Cane Button set HM 2010, 1/8 inch Pumpkin pie ribbon, Sponge Dauber.

Big Shot:

Square Lattice embossing folder, Movers and Shapers Punch Windows.

Designer Series Paper:

Travel Journal Summer Mini 2010

Click on Badge to join the Monday Monster Mash Blog Hop

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Shirley

Monday Monster Mash Halloween Count Down Week 1

Halloween is Monday October 31st, that is 12 weeks away. I love Halloween, so how much fun would it be to have a Blog Hop every Monday called Monday Monster Mash!!! So starting today and for the next 12 week I am doing a Blog Hop every Monday.

I will be picking my favorite every week, then at the end of the 12 weeks I am going to pick My Monster Mash Favorite... and Yes their is blog Candy for the winner. It will be something new from the Holiday Mini Catalog!!! Wow... Cool... Right!!

I am also entering this card into the SUO Challenge, "Favorite New Stamp Set". How can you only pick one stamp set... I love all the new Halloween.

Click Here to go to SUO Challenges.

This stamp set makes me think of that TV show.. You know the name. lol That little witch girl is so darn cute. I thought that having the trees in the Image was a cute idea. It's the tree stamp from "Loads of Love".

Ok Here is how to play along.

1. It has to be Halloween, card or 3D item.

2. It does not have to be 100% SU 95% is ok.

3. Yes using Retired is OK... I have tons of retired Halloween myself and will be using them.

4. Use the badge and add the linky to your post. 

 

This cute little owl comes in the same stamp set.

I added 3 clear bitty buttons with the DSP behind each one.

Stamp sets:

Out on a Limb 10pc set Holiday Mini 2011

Fang-tastic 10pc set Holiday Mini 2010 (the word stamp)

Loads of Love 7pc set Catalog 2011-2012 (tree)

Ink and Paper Colors:

Cajun Craze, Black, White, Old Olive

Accessories:

Punches small oval and small oval scallop, Clear bitty buttons, 5/8 Old Olive Satin ribbon, Hemp thread, Bitty Punches.

Designer Series Paper:

Frightful Sight in the Catalog 2011-2011

Thanks Everyone I can't wait to see what your create!

Hugs

Shirley

Just don't forget to get your linky below

 

Halloween Swap Card and Techno Stamper

This weekend was our American Ink Meeting. I wanted to make a Halloween Swap.... Surprise Surprise!! lol I saw MaryJo's Sketch on Techno Stamper and made my swap to follow it.

This is a new stamp set that is coming out on September 1st... Lucky Me!! I got it all ready!!

"Howl-o-ween Creeps" is the name of the set... So creepy cute!

Here is the Sketch that I used for my swamp.

Please check out MaryJo's blog.

I love how this picture turned out!!

Here is my pile of Swaps.

This was my first card with the sketch, but I changed it because, I was not sure I really liked all the color of the dots behind the images. Plus I did not have enough paper to make this one. What one do you like the most??

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Shirley

Click here to check out my Halloween Blog Hop

Come join the fun.