Happy Halloween!

I made this card for the Dynamic Duo challenge earlier this month, but never did get it uploaded. I thought today would be a good day to finally share it!

The CUTE Halloween  3-d stickers from K&Co that I bought last year are hiding really well in my studio - I don't know if they are ever going to turn up again. Sheesh. So instead, I chose to use one of my not-so-cute stickers, but still kept it Clean And Simple.

Happy Halloween, and thanks for stopping by today!

Halloween Cards

I made Olivia and Ethan these fun Halloween cards:

I never did find all my CUTE Halloween stickers, so I used Hallmark Card Studio and my Very Old Windows Laptop to print off the panels, printing the animal images twice.

One dog image was backed with card stock, then fussy cut to pop up on the original panel. I added Glossy Accents on the nose and eyes to give the dog some character, and shading with pencils.

The Crocodile one is for Ethan, and was done the same way:

I used Stampin' Up's Tangerine Tango for the card bases - I love that shade of orange!

The cards were easy enough to do, but they sure weren't quick. They turned out pretty cute though and I was happy to give them to the kids!

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Halloween Goodies

Even though our children are grown, I still like to give them (and now the Grandkids) a little Halloween treat:

I used the 'Tags, Bags, Boxes and More' Cricut cartridge to cut the little boxes, then trimmed 1/4" strips of Tangerine Tango to thread through the slits for handles.

A scalloped circle and hand trimmed "eek" tag (SU) was attached to each handle with ribbon, and I wrote their names on the back. I coloured the spider with pencils.

 

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Dynamic Duo's Challenge 20

It's time for another colour challenge at Dynamic Duo's  where I'm happy to be one of the guest designers for September. This week the colours are Lucky Limeade and Basic Black with the option of doing a Halloween Theme.

Last November I picked up several packages of ADORABLE Halloween K&Co 3-d stickers on clearance. Can I find them? NO.  I wasted way too much time searching through the studio for them, and finally decided to forgo the whole Halloween idea and instead make a card for our Son-In-Law.

His thesis was published, and we are very proud of him!

I thought I had ordered Stampin' Up's Lucky Limeade card stock, but it turns out I only ordered the ink pad. So I used my SU Pear Pizzaz instead (love).

The tree (Hero Arts) was stamped in black on a green rectangle, which was matted with kraft card stock. I embossed the black die cut label (Stampin' Up) with the Swiss Dots embossing folder for some texture, and ran a Pear Pizzaz panel through with a wood grain embossing folder.  After matting the wood grain panel with kraft, I popped the black label up with foam tape, then popped up the tree panel as well.

The twine sits below the stamped rectangle, which I'm hoping will help with the bulk when mailing this card. I will still line the envelope with a card stock panel though.

The words were stamped in black on a narrow strip of the green, which was attached to a scrap of kraft card stock. Then I punched it out (Stampin' Up) and yes - used MORE foam tape to attach it at the bottom of the tree image.

 Here is a peek at the inside.  I added a kraft panel inside the A2 Pear Pizzaz card base, and stamped the tree again in black. We will write our message to him inside, so I didn't add any word stamps.

This fun shade of green paired with black are perfect Halloween colours, so I wanted to at least do a little treat holder:

I used a black and green print patterned paper from my stash to make a simple 'sour cream container', with crimped edges. I always like that look, it helps keep the container sealed, and it's good to haul that crimper out of the drawer once in awhile.  Inside are a couple of nuggets wrapped with a piece of Pear Pizzaz.

I punched a label (Stampin' Up) out of Pear Pizzaz, penned the EEK and added a creepy black flocked spider sticker. The stickers were added to the chocolate nuggets as well. NOT exactly my choice of Halloween images (ug) but those sweet K&Co sticker packages are hiding really well!

Be sure to check out the wonderful submissions from the Dynamic Duo Design Team, as well as the other two Guest Designers for September!

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog

Allisa Chilton

Allyson Andersen (GD)

Anne Marie Hile

Anika Lerche

Karen Aicken (GD)   That's me!!

Kim Singdahlsen

Lesley Croghan

Lisa Elton

Michelle Bala (GD)

Melissa Chipperfield

Paige Grabau
Sue Joyce