Haunted Boo-tiful Day

  I usually don't make a lot of Halloween cards but when I saw the Haunted House and Frankie & Bride stamps in the Happy Halloween/Fall release at High Hopes I had a few card designs pop in to my head right away. 

Frankie and his bride love to travel and today we find them on a haunted house tour! He is the first to admit he isn't great at taking selfies which his new bride finds hilarious but he tries hard. Shifting a little to the right would have helped this photo but they are a boo-tiful day and that is all that matters.

                                                                                       

            After stamping Frankie & Bride, and the Haunted House I coloured them with Copic markers. Frankie & Bride is hand fussy cut leaving a thin white edge and the haunted house was cut in a square. I added some stones to the path on the haunted house stamp just for fun - thank you to my crafty peep for the idea <wink>

Next I cut some patterned paper from an old We R Memory Keepers pad to fit my 5.5 x 5.5 card base. I added a black card stock back the the house and glued it down. I had a blue dot by the ghost that was driving me crazy. It wasn't ink from my Copics, it was something in the paper, so after I coloured the sky I added some stars (to match the patterned paper) to cover it up. 

To make the frame around Frankie, I cut a polaroid die and trimmed the edges and bottom to fit my space. To keep the polaroid die full size covered up too much of the house so I chose to trim it. 

I stamped and cut the sentiment to size, added a die cut spider web and some matte dots to finish off the card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Haunted House, Frankie & Bride  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Boo-tiful Day - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Spookville - We R Memory Keepers

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, spider web and polaroid die - YNS, black matte dots, stars - Twinkle Scribble die - Whimsy Stamps

 Copic Markers:

Tombstone, Fence  - C1 C2 C4 C5

Bats, Roofs - N4 N5 N8 N10

House - BG72 BG75 C2

Moon - E50 E51 E40

Tree, Door, Sign - E25 E27 E29

Windows - E50 E51

Ghost - BG70

Grass - YG61 YG03

Sky - BV000 BV00 BV11 

Frankie - YG01 YG05 YG09 YG17

Hair, Coat - N4 N5 N8 N10 

Bride's Hair - N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N8 N10

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Top, Eyes, Earrings - BV00 BV11 BV17 N1

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Halloween Fun

Welcome Everyone;

With school about to start, it is sure sign that Fall is arriving and Halloween isn't too far off.  I'm sure all the children would love to go Trick or Treating this year.

High Hopes Stamps, has an awesome release of some Halloween/Fall stamps, and for today's card, I have used the adorable Halloween Fun stamp.  After colouring the image with Copic Markers, it was cut out using a Nested Scalloped Rectangle Die.  I used some crystal glaze to go over the sentiment.  Some ribbon and enamel dots finished off this card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Halloween Fun - SS009; Block Happy Halloween - H031; both from High Hopes Stamps Happy Halloween/Fall release
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Boo & Crews (Doodlebug), Bewitched (Echo Park)
• Copic Markers:
• Kitty:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1, C3 - Cool Gray No. 3,  R00 - Pinkish Vanilla;
• Hat:  N8 - Neutral Gray No. 8, N7 - Neutral Gral No. 7, N5 - Neutral Gray No. 5, V06 - Lavendar, V05 - Marigold, V04 - Lilac
• Pumpkin:  YR18 - Sanguine, YR16 - Apricot, YR15 - Pumpkin Yellow, YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• Die:  Nested Scalloped Rectangles - Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo Crystal Glaze
• Ribbon & Enamel Dots

Come for a visit at High Hopes Stamps and check out the "Halloween/Fall" Release and the many other stamps.  If you are in need of some inspiration, pop on over to the  High Hopes Stamps Blog, Facebook, Twitter and Instragram to see the daily posts by the  HH Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

 

Chillin' Tommy Thanksgiving

 Am I the only one who looks like Chillin' Tommy Turkey after a Thanksgiving dinner?!? Okay I WANT to be like him but I host my family for Thanksgiving and I think it may be frowned upon if the hostess would curl up and have a nap...no? I am blessed to do the dinner and I love having my family over. There is always lots of good food and some friendly banter with my brother and nephew just to keep things spicy. 

"Chillin' Tommy Turkey" from the Happy Halloween/Fall release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps is perfect for my Thanksgiving cards for family and friends. He actually reminds me of my brother who is the one who does! take a nap after dinner.....

                                                                                         

                 I stamped Tommy on some Hammermill card stock and coloured him with Copic markers. Next I hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I cut a circle out using a pleated lace die and a circle die to put him on. Patterned paper from the Hello Fall pad by Carta Bella was the perfect backdrop for my design. A fish tail banner was used to cut out the banner in patterened paper and I traced the outside edge of the die and cut it for the card stock behind it. 

After gluing down the paper layers I added Tommy using foam pop dots. I added some falling leaves around him and rolled them with a pen to add a bit of curl and movement to my design. Some ribbon and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Chillin' Tommy Turkey  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Hello Fall - Carta Bella 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, fish tail banner die - YNS, ribbon - Stampin' Up, pleated lace circle die - Gina Marie Designs, foam pop dots, circle die - Spellbinders, enamel dots, leaf die - YNS

 Copic Markers:

Beak and Feet - Y11 Y15 Y17 YR04

Body - E15 E17 E19 E18 R14 R24 R27 R39

Hat - N4 N5 N8 N10 Y221 Y35 Y38 

Sign - W0 W1 W2 E23 E25 E27

Pumpkins - Y39 YR16 YR18 YG01 YG03 YG17

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Fright Night

 Halloween will be here before we know it and this adorable witch and her friends are in the early stages of planning their scary night. We went trick or treating when we were kids and for me it was always fun to raid my dad's closet to see what I could put together for a costume. 

My dad was a mechanic so that one was easy - I just grabbed a pair of his dirty coveralls, put a bit of black face paint smears on my face and I was done. 

Meet "Witchy & Friends" from the Happy Halloween/Fall release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps. Personally, I think this group is too cute to be scary!

After stamping this cute group with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them leaving a thin white edge. I set them aside and cut my card base (4.5"w x 5.5"h finished size). Next I found some patterned paper from an old We R Memory Keepers pad and cut the pieces to size. 

I stamped the sentiment, cut it with a fishtail banner and added it to some black card stock. I don't have the correct size of banner die for the card stock piece so I traced the outside of the banner die and cut it out. 

Some die cut bats were added just for fun, and when I went to add black enamel dots I didn't have any in the size I wanted so I added some black eyelets instead. Boy it has been awhile since I used eyelets! 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Witchy & Friends  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Take Flight - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Spookville - We R Memory Keepers

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, fish tail banner die - YNS, bat die - YNS, eyelets

 Copic Markers:

Cat, Spider, Bat - N4 N5 N8 N10 

Skin- E00 E21 E11 E04

Pumpkin - Y38 YR16 YR18

Hat, Boots, Cape -V22 V25 V17 N5

Outfit - Y21 Y35 Y38 YG11 YG13 YG17 BV00 BV11 V17

Broom - Y11 Y15 Y26 E35 E35 E29

Ghost - N1

Hair - YG05 YG07 YG17

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!