Happy Friday!
I haven't done too many Halloween cards this year...which is rare...I love this holiday and usually crank out cards like crazy for it.  For whatever reason, this year just hasn't been the same...but when cute images pop up, I have to use them!  And that's the case with this latest release from Sami Stamps from last week called Patchwork Halloween.

For my card, I pretty much just cased this awesome Halloween card from Chari Moss.  I loved the cloth looking tape in the background with all of her black elements...so decided it would be perfect for this card.  The problem was I didn't have any of the surgical tape that she used for the background.  So I went on a hunt for it and found some at Target!

I used some Seedless Preserves, Carved Pumpkin, and Peeled Paint on the tape to add some color to the background.  Then colored up my images with my colored pencils and mounted them around the sparkly black hill and frame.  I did a simple embossed greeting from Lawn Fawn and called it good.  It a simple card but still really cute :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a spooky Halloween! <3

Time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.  This weeks theme is Festive Pumpkins and our awesome sponsor is Doodle Pantry!

I have chosen to work with the Pumpkins image from Doodle Pantry.  The image was printed out and colored in with my colored pencils.  I created a stitched frame and cut that out with my Silhouette before adhering a piece of acetate.

Inside the shaker are some fun little bits that I found at Michaels.  They are the perfect size for little shaker cards like this.  For the background, I did a fun resist by first using a stencil to create my embossed grid.  Then blended some yellow and green inks over it.  I used the same pearl embossing powder for the sentiment.

I'd like to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Totally Resistible challenge.

Be sure to visit Tuesday Throwdown for this fun challenge!
Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Friday.
Stopping in quick to share another card from last weeks Sami Stamps release - Halloween Hoots.

I used a lot of the same products from last weeks card, but this time added ink to the Glass Bead Glitter Gel and then applied it to my card front through a stencil.  Pretty fun effect with all the glitter.

Stop by Sami Stamps and join in our Add Texture challenge for this month.

Have a great weekend.
~Emily

Happy Friday!
We have a super cute release for you today from Sami Stamps called Halloween Hoots!  Intrigued?  These images are just adorable and perfect for fall!

We are also starting a new challenge for October to Add Texture!

I have used the Witch Hoot image for my card.  Started off by inking up a super dark halloween type background using Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot right around the edges.  I really wanted to play with the "spooky" theme...though I feel this all turned out more cute that spooky :)  But in my attempt to achieve that, I made a galaxy swirl stencil and layered that over my inked up background.  Then working one swirl at a time, used white pigment ink and feathered it around the stencil.  My goal was to create a hard line on one side of the swirl and then have it fade off.

After that was done, I sprayed the whole thing with shimmer mist and let that dry.  Once that was dry, I went back into the galaxy swirls and added both white and glitter dots, concentrating a lot in the center and then scattering them toward the end of the swirl.  Since this awesome owl is flying through space, I had to add some clouds to finish off the scene.  So I die cut some out and then coated them in a nice thick layer of Faber Castell's Glass Bead Glitter Gel!  This is a new to me product, but holy cow!!  There is so much sparkle in this stuff!  It's easy to work with and clear when it dries!  Win!!

Anyhow :)  I set the clouds aside to dry since they were going to take a really long time and worked on my image.  This cutie is colored in with pencils.  Super simple coloring since it is a small image.  I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment onto vellum and tucked it behind his little broom and then foam mounted him onto my card.  The clouds were still a little wet when I was ready to add them to the card so I zapped them with my heat gun for a bit.  That helped the tops dry but the insides were still a little soft.

I love this card so much!  There is so much sparkle to the whole thing!!  It's gorgeous!!!

Be sure to stop by Sami Stamps to see this whole release and then join in our Add Texture challenge!  Just be sure to use a Sami Stamps image!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    A Gem of a Challenge #179-Halloween
    Artistic Inspirations #164-Anything Goes
    Incy Wincy Designs-All That Glitters

Thanks for visiting! <3