Last Halloween-y card for now

Okay, this picture is kinda crappy but I think you get the idea. I usually take all my pictures outside on the patio (my secret is out) but I took this one flat, in the kitchen. The card is the yellow thing, I just used the star paper as a backdrop.

I don't know why the heck this image for Tami's merry go round swap stumped me for so long but I knew I wanted a fake spider on it. I thought it would be funny if the spider offered some encouraging words to his friend. So, I used the"hang in there" stamp from Alicia's blog candy. I doodled around the image then went a little pen wild and hand-drew cobwebs in all the corners.

Image: Hairy Hairy from Penny Black

Sentiment: Studio G

Moonlight Halloween

Here's another card for Tami's merry go round swap on the Stamp Shack. For some reason this image really stumped me. I finally decided to play off the stars and moon in the image.The patterned paper is from Mustard Moon. I've had the brads in my stash for years. And, I made the crescent moon with my light blue Marvy Uchida scalloped circle punch.

Spooky house card

I love this image. I only colored the pumpkins with my prismacolor pencils to make them stand out. Then, I added vellum to give the whole image a foggy, spooky feel. I grounded the image on a simple, striped paper to keep the focus on the image. This card is part of the merry go round swap that Tami is hosting on the Stamp Shack.

Have a Cupcake

Kristina (Starofmay) is the featured stamper this week on Splitcoast. It was super easy finding a card in her gallery that I wanted to CASE. Here's her version. I used her LO but changed the colors and sentiment and I did 3 candles instead of 2. I paper pieced the cupcake and cut out the candles from the patteren paper. The flames have orange Stickles on them.

Cupcake and Sentiment stamps: Inkspirations
Ribbon: another from Jill's blog candy
Patterned paper: Kelly Panacci
Cardstock: scraps

Fast forward to Christmas

So my last post was summer and now I'm posting Christmas tags. These are for Sherri's 3rd annual to/from Christmas tag swap on the Stamp Shack. I made them like an ornament so they can hang on the tree after they've done their time on a gift.

Joy stamp: A gift from Kim (thanks Kim)

Swirl stamps: Autumn Leaves

Embossing powder: Creations Unlimited

It's another beautiful day at the beach

I know it's chilly in other parts of the world but it's still summer around here. This is my card for Tonii's tropical card swap on the Stamp Shack. And, I used Kerry's sketch again for my LO, which means that it also qualifies for an extra number for Barb's bingo game.

Stamps: Stampin Up!

Patterned paper: K & Co. and a scrap from a slab

Cardstock: The Paper Salon

Ribbons: Blog candy from Jill