Happy Halloween Megapost

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

I guess I'm still a slacker, since it is Halloween evening and I still didn't post all my Halloween stuff for this year. If you are looking for a VERY last minute Halloween idea, here goes:
The colors for all three projects are Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Old Olive.

Don't eat too much candy!

Halloween 2-4-6-8 Treat Box

This is a favorite little treat/gift container of mine. It is so simple and quick to make, and doesn't require any special tools. You can make a short container like this one with a 1/2 sheet of card stock, or make a tall skinny one if you use a whole sheet. Here are the directions:

Start with an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of cardstock. Cut it in half to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for a short container as shown above, or use the whole sheet for a tall one. Measuring along the 8 1/2" side, score the card stock all the way across at 2", 4", 6", and 8". This should leave you with a 1/2" piece at the one edge, which is your "tab" to apply adhesive on later. Then, turn your card stock 90 degrees and score one line 2" from the edge. Then using scissors, snip the first four score lines from the edge of the paper to the intersecting score line. These are now your flaps for the bottom of the box. Use the scissors to cut off the 1/2" x 2" piece, which is the only waste. Stamp your box as desired and then assemble with a strong adhesive along the 1/2" tab. (I like to use Sticky Strip here.) Fold the bottom flaps in and adhere. Then pinch two sides in and squeeze together. Use a hole punch to punch two holes and run ribbon through to tie the box closed. That's it!

For this Halloween box, I used Basic Black card stock and embossed the Batty wheel with Versamark and clear powder. The tag is from the Eat, Drink, and Be Scary set and was inked with Black, Pumpkin Pie, and Green Galore markers and layered on a Green Galore tag.

Happy Treating!
Brycia

Fright Night Page

Wow, has it really been this long! Yikes! I'm sorry!

Well, here is something appropriate for the season... made after Halloween LAST year, but still all current stuff amazingly!

Sets used are: Eat, Drink & Be Scary and the Taffy alphabet. The colors are Lovely Lilac, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie (DSP paper, card stock and ink), and Basic Black. Journaling was done on strips of card stock on the computer.

Happy Fall!
Brycia

We're Too Young

I love this saying from this set!!! I truly believe so much of age is a state of mind. I certainly don't think I'm old enough to be... well, never mind...

This card was one I offered my stamp club last month. I used the Golden Oldies set and the large grommets from the Mini Catalog and the Rockabilly DSP from the main catalog. The card base is Kiwi Kiss. The image and verse are stamped on Whisper White. The verse was punched out with the large oval punch and also a few small circles were punched to create the conversation bubble. The image was colored with red and grey inks using the blender pens.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Philadelphia Flower Show Pages

I went to the Philadelphia Flower Show for my first time this year, so I wanted to make a record of my experience. The flowers were gorgeous and it made for great photos. I hope get to go again sometime.

I used Certainly Celery for the base of these pages and the Tea Party DSP on the two edges. I thought there were enough flowers already, so I used butterflies cut with the Stampin' Up! exclusive Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix die. Originally I planned to cut the butterflies from the DSP also, but it was a bit to busy for my taste, so I opted for vellum stamped with Polka-Dots, plain vellum, and Whisper White butterflies.

Birthday Boy Scrapbook Spread

My scrapbook club will be doing this spread this Sunday evening. I conveniently scheduled a birthday theme the month after my son's birthday. :)

I used Bashful Blue as the base for these 12x12 pages. I stamped the party hats from Party Hearty along the bottom in Versamark. Then I stamped the title on an 8.5" x 11" sheet in Whisper White Craft Ink (all except the first letter of course) using the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet. After I got the title on, I ran the sheet through my printer to add the journaling. I stamped the "Celebrate You" from Party Hearty in Kiwi Kiss in and punched it out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch. I layered that to a Real Red circle cut with the Sizzix circle die and stamped the image again in Bashful Blue and layered that to a Real Red circle too. I layered a piece of 5 1/2" wide Real Red on each outer edge and then layered the Kiwi Kiss over top. Finally I added a "B" cut from chipboard covered with Whisper White using the Serif Essentials dies and added some 1/2" striped Grosgrain and a Jumbo Groment along the bottom edge.

Cherry Blossom Card

I can't believe I made this card three years ago and never posted it! Since the cherry blossoms are nearly out in the D.C. area, I figure now is as good a time as any.

I used So Saffron as the base, with a layer of Mellow Moss, and Naturals White for the image. The flower from Heartfelt Thanks was inked in Blush Blossom and then the edges were rolled in Cameo Coral stamped and cut out. So Saffron ink was used for the center of the main flower. The background flowers were inked in Blush Blossom and "stamped off" once before stamping on the Naturals White layer. The stems were inked with Mellow Moss and stamped off as well. The layer of Mellow Moss cardstock was stamped with Mellow Moss ink using the now retired Canvas background stamp, but any textural stamp would work just fine.

About a 1/2 inch was cut from the bottom front of the card and then the edge was paper pierced and stamped with "spring" from the now retired Everyday Flexible Phrases in So Saffron. Grosgrain and Gingham ribbon were attached through a hole punched with the slot punch to finish it off.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia