Happy Halloween from Stampendous!

"The Pumpkin Fence"

First off, I want to let you in on a little secret.

 (well, a secret except to anyone who personally knows me)

I am the "Queen of Frugal".

I am the CHEAPEST person you'll ever meet!

I save everything and, if I can make it for less, I'm not buying it at the store.

That especially goes for scrapbook supplies!

THIS is what it looks like when you save all of your Stampendous embossing powders, glitters, crushed glasses, and micas from all of your products rather than tossing it

in the trash can.

Pretty, eh?

When it came to adding a bit of sparkle to my card,

I grabbed the "Mixed" jar, and this is what it looks like!

I used the "Cling Pumpkin Fence" stamp and did very little coloring. 

I'm dealing with some carpal tunnel issues right now,

so trying to use other techniques more.

The only Copics I used were:

Y38, YR27, YR23, E35, and E37.

Easy peasy!

I wet my colored image and sprinkled just a tiny bit of instant coffee onto the front and continued spritzing it until I had the amount of stain that I wanted.

I pulled out the My Mind's Eye, "Spider's Web" papers
for my image mat and background dotted pattern.

After inking all of the edges, and assembling my card, I attached the scalloped edge that came in the paper collection to the bottom of my card.

NOW THE FUN STARTS!

Fran'taging with the micas, embossing powders, and glitters has really made scrapping so exciting!  I'm like a child when it comes to playing in this stuff!

I sprinkled my concoction on the upper right and lower left corners of my card and heated from the underside until everything melded together!

The black mesh trim adds a spider web-like feel,

and the Prima flower is simply a sweet touch.

A little bit more of the "magic mix" on the top of the mesh,

carefully heating until melted, and it's done!

Boo!

Stampendous Glitter and Shine!

I have a friend with a birthday coming up and she is, let's just say, a bit sensitive about her age.  I found this quote and thought of her immediately.  And what better way to frame such a perfect quote?  An embossed Stampendous frame with bits of glitter and shine, of course!

This month's challenge at Stampendous is to add TEXTURE.  Well, this card has a touch of every type of texture I could think of! 

The paper is from My Mind's Eye, Lush collection, the gorgeous flocked black stripe.

It gives the card such a rich, elegant feel. The sentiment is Fiskars.

 I stamped the Jumbo Cameo Frame onto gold Bazzill cardstock and embossed it with the Dark Bark embossing powder. 

The touches of blue, pink, and green were done with the embossing glitters.

IRL you can still see the centers of the small flowers that encircle the frame.

The really fun part was sandwiching the stamped sentiment between the card base and the striped paper. 

I used fine cream linen to stamp the sentiment, trimmed,

and then stapled it directly onto a tablet back.

This provided the stablility I needed to then attach

it to the card base with pop dots.

The front of the card (with the circle cut out) was then glued to the front of the sentiment. 

The black brads were the perfect answer to making sure it was good and secure!

And I think they also add a touch more vintage to the project!

This is possibly the HEAVIEST card I have ever made.

Thank goodness it will be hand delivered!

Waltzing Mouse, "Tag, you're it!"

I don't make tags very often. The canvas just seems so very small. What can you possibly do on a tag? Well, I have been cruising through some of my favorite designers and they do some magnificent things on a tiny little 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 tag! I'm thinking, I can do this... The only thing that seems even more difficult would be ATC cards (no, I don't get that at all!)

Waltzing Mouse threw this challenge out there this week, so I felt obligated to at least try!

So, I pulled out the few sentiments I have from WM, and decided to go with a TAG ON A card that I needed to make anyway. Sometimes friends go way above and beyond to be there for you when all they probably want to say is, "Get over it!"   This is for one of those times when my friend should have said, "Chill-ax, man, Life's way too short".  I don't deserve such great friends!

The pattern paper is 7 Gypsies, Avignon pack, the "post card' was cut from the Cosmo Cricket, " Love Notes" Journaling cards.  My tiny little bike stamp is MME, Lost and Found, Portabella Road. And the Eiffle Tower image is TPC, Travel World. I don't think I left a stone unturned in my scrap room!  The sentiment is from "Rescue Remedies Additions".  I've really gotten my use out of that one!

I recently picked up some fantastic ruffles and trims when I went to California for my brief vacay. That wholesale store was amazing!  The epoxy flowers are my newest Ebay find.  A bit of machine stitching and seam binding, and done!  For someone who doesn't do tags, I kind of like it!

I could sure use some more Waltzing Mouse stamps, especially more sentiments. I'm really limited when it comes to WORDS! So wish me luck!

This is to be entered in the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge this week!