DAY TWO - GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP

DID YOU ENJOY ALL OUR PROJECTS FROM YESTERDAY?  I GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS FROM MY FELLOW GLITTER QUEENS!!

TODAY I HAVE SOME MORE HALLOWEEN IDEAS FOR YOU.  TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:

ISN'T THIS JACK-O-LANTERN ADORABLE??!!  THIS IS FROM THE" GOT TREATS" STAMP SET.  I HAVE A LOT GOING ON BUT IT IS ALL PRETTY SIMPLE.  FIRST, MY CARD BASE IS PUMPKIN PIE.  THEN A LAYER OF BASIC BLACK TOPPED WITH SOME DESIGNER PAPER IN PUMPKIN PIE.  A SMALL LAYER OF DESIGNER PAPER PUMPKINS AT THE BOTTOM FINISHES OFF THE LAYERS.

THE BLACK DOILY LAYER BEHIND MY JACK IS FROM THE PENNANT DIE FOR THE BIG SHOT.  LOVE IT!!  AND I USED THE SCALLOP CIRCLE PUNCH TO PUNCH OUT JACK AFTER I STAMPED HIM IN PUMPKIN PIE.  I COLORED IN HIS EYES WITH MY BLACK MARKER.  I WANTED TO USE MY BLACK RHINESTONES BUT COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIND THEM.  BUT THIS WORKS JUST FINE.

MY BANNER WAS MADE ON WHISPER WHITE AS I STAMPED THE SENTIMENT "GOT TREATS?" 3 TIMES IN A ROW.  I SNIPPED THE ENDS TO BE BANNER-ISH (IS THAT A WORD?) AND USED GLUE DOTS AT BEGINNING AND END TO HAVE IT FLAP IN THE BREEZE, SO TO SPEAK.  I ROUGHLY TREATED THE EDGES OF THE BANNER WITH SOME PUMPKIN PIE INK.

NEXT ARE TWO CUTE TREAT CONTAINERS FOR SOME FRIENDS. 

 I USED MY LARGE SCALLOP CIRCLE DIE FOR MY BIG SHOT.  THIS IS A 3 1/2 INCH CIRCLE, I BELIEVE.  IT IS BIG THAT MUCH I KNOW.  I CUT 8 SCALLOPS STRAIGHT OFF THE BOTTOM SO IT WOULD STAND FLAT.

THEN I AGAIN USED THE "GOT TREATS?" STAMP SET AND STAMPED THE LARGER SENTIMENT FOR THIS PROJECT.  I USED PUMPKIN PIE SATIN RIBBON TOPPED WITH 1/8 INCH BLACK RIBBON ON TOP.  I PUNCHED HOLES WITH MY CROP-A-DILE AND TIED A KNOT INSIDE WITH THE RIBBON TO MAKE THE HANDLES.  I USED GLUE DOTS TO KEEP THE TWO RIBBONS TOGETHER.

HERE IS THE SAME TREAT CARRIER IN A DIFFERENT DESIGNER PAPER.  THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PAPER FROM LAST YEAR.  I STILL HAVE A FEW SHEETS LEFT THAT I AM HOARDING BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR TO THINK IT WILL BE GONE FOREVER!!

THE INSIDE WHERE YOU PUT THE CANDY IS JUST A SIMPLE SKINNY BOX  SCORED AND THEN GLUED TO THE TWO LARGE CIRCLE SCALLOPS.

YOU CAN PUT THE RIBBON STRAPS THROUGH EACH OTHER LIKE ABOVE AND IT LOOKS SO CUTE, OR KEEP THEM SEPARATE AS YOU CARRY IT.  DO YOU HAVE A BIG SHOT YET?  IF YES, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DIE.  IF NO, WHY NOT?  IF I OFFERED IT TO YOU AT A DISCOUNT, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED?

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE PROJECTS TODAY.

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME) 
Judy     

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE. (ONLY NEED TO TELL ME ONE TIME THIS WEEK)

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE ABOUT THE BIG SHOT, AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY TREAT PURSE/CONTAINER..

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS!!  SEE YOU TOMORROW.

BLOG HOP DAY 1 ---I AM BATTY FOR HALLOWEEN

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE GLITTER QUEENS OCTOBER BLOG HOP - DAY ONE.  I AM SO GLAD YOU FOUND US AND I HOPE YOU FIND SOME INSPIRATION AS YOU HOP ALONG.

BEFORE I SHOW YOU MY CREATIONS, I WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU NEED TO READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM BECAUSE THERE IS BLOG CANDY AVAILABLE!!

I LOVE THE FALL SEASON AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE HALLOWEEN AND THE FUN PART OF IT.  I DO NOT LIKE THE BLOODY, ICKY PART THAT SOME FOCUS ON.  ICK INDEED.

BUT I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE FALL COLORS!!  THE ORANGES, BURNT REDS, GOLDS, ETC.  AWESOME.

MY FIRST PROJECT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS A BAT TREAT CONTAINER.  I LOVE THE OWL PUNCH AND THAT IS WHAT I USED TO CREATE MY BAT HANGING IN THE MOONLIGHT.

ISN'T THIS LITTLE GUY JUST ADORABLE??!!  I USED CRAFT INK SPONGED AROUND HIS BODY AND WINGS AND THE TOP OF THE BOX.  HIS WINGS ARE 2 OF HIS LITTLE VESTS FROM THE OWL PUNCH AND PART OF IT TUCKED BEHIND HIS BODY.

HERE HE IS IN A CLOSEUP SO YOU CAN SEE HIM VERY WELL.  HIS WHITE MOUTH WAS GOING TO BE WITH MY WHITE PEN, BUT IT WAS TRY.  SO I JUST WIGGLED AND CUT A SMALL PIECE OF WHISPER WHITE CARD STOCK AND BLUED IT ON.  HE IS HANGING ONTO THE BRANCH FROM THE BIRD PUNCH, AND I USED THE 1 3/8 CIRCLE PUNCH IN DAFFODIL DELIGHT AND THEN SPONGED CAJUN CRAZE AND TANGERINE TANGO AROUND THE CIRCLE FOR THE MOON.  S-P-O-O-K-Y AND FUN!!

WHY DOES IT SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY INSTEAD OF HAPPY HALLOWEEN??  WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY IN OUR FAMILY COMING UP AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CUTE WAY TO PRESENT A GIFT CARD IN THE BODY OF THE TREAT BOX.  HOWEVER, HAPPY HALLOWEEN DOES COME WITH THIS STAMP SET AS WELL, CALLED WACKY WISHES, A HOSTESS SET YOU CAN PURCHASE WITH YOUR HOSTESS DOLLARS WHEN YOU HOST A WORKSHOP IN YOUR HOME OR YOU ORDER AT LEAST $150 IN PRODUCT FROM ME.  IT IS A NICE SET.

CANDY CORN, CHOCOLATE PIECES LIKE M&Ms, REESES PIECES, OR MINI CHOCOLATE BARS CAN FIT IN THIS CUTE DECORATED BOX.  WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN IT IF IT WERE YOUR GIFT?

OUR BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Dawn

Dee               

Jan              

Bridgett        

Jennifer    (THAT'S ME)   
Judy   

Ronnel        

             TO GO TO JUDY NEXT, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG, CLICK BELOW::

NOW THE BLOG CANDY RULES:

1.  BE A PUBLIC FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TELLING ME YOU ARE.

2.  LEAVE ME A COMMENT ANSWERING MY QUESTION ABOVE AS WELL AS LEAVING ME A LITTLE "LOVE" ABOUT MY BATTY TREAT BOX.

3.  VISIT AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON ALL FIVE POSTS FOR THE HOP THIS WEEK.

THAT'S IT!!  THEN I WILL PUT EVERYONE'S NAME INTO THE RANDOM PICKER AND WE WILL HAVE A WINNER.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

TRICK OR TREAT

HOWDY STAMPERS,

I HAVE A CUTE AND QUICK BOX/CARD COMBO FOR A HALLOWEEN TREAT.  LUCKY LIMEADE AND BLACK ARE THE COLORS OF THIS CARD STOCK.  I USED LAST YEAR'S HALLOWEEN DESIGNER PAPER FROM SU! BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE SPIDERS ON THE PAPER.

THE ONLY DECORATION I FEEL THIS NEEDED WAS THE SENTIMENT AND A FEW PUNCHED OUT BLACK BATS.

YUMMY TREATS LIKE NUGGETS OR PUMPKIN CANDIES, ETC. ARE PUT INTO THE BOX BEFORE GIVING THIS TREAT OUT.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HALLOWEEN TREAT? I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN CANDY AND DECIDED IT WOULD BE ANYTHING WITH CHOCOLATE.  LIKE THOSE SNICKERS MINI CANDY BARS.  YUMMMMM

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MY LITTLE TREAT ABOVE AND WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TREAT TO GET FOR HALLOWEEN.

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS Y'ALL, AND CHOCOLATELY FINGERS TOO!!  

I AM BATTY FOR BATS

Last year we drove over to Austin with my son and family to watch the bats leave out from under the bridge at sunset.  There was a lot of teasing towards me because I arranged the trip and at first there were only a few bats to leave.  But then they all woke up and started flying out and down the river.  These are Mexican free tail bats here in Texas. It was fun, even with the teasing.

Not sure what kind of bats these are that I made.  In my card swap group, I received an adorable treat box with an adorable bat on it.  I knew immediately I had to make some of my own.  Here we go:

 Aren't they the CUTEST LITTLE GUYS you have ever seen??!!  I mean, look at those goofy eyes and that funny smile!!  ha ha  They make me laugh every time I see them!

 Here is a closeup to get a better view.  The box is a template I used.  Not sure if there is a die for it or not, but I just used a template. The sponging on the bat and the top of the box was done with vanilla craft ink.  I tried gray first and it didn't even show.  The moon is actually so saffron  1" circle sponged with gray, but the flash washed out the color.  So sorry.

 In this photo above, the box is still "NAKED" on the bottom while I decided what to do to decorate it.
The branch is an sizzlet.

 I decorated the bottom front of the box with designer paper called Cast a Spell.  The "SPOOKY" is from Wicked Cool stamp set, punched out with the 1 3/4 by 7/8 oval punch (called large oval punch in the catalog).  It was stamped with black on pumpkin pie, but here it looks like pumpkin pie on yellow.  Weird what the flash did, huh?  The layer behind it is basic black with the scallop oval punch.

Little Goofy Bat is looking for bugs to eat before he flies off to catch them!  I also used a bat punch in basic black for the bottom of the box.  For the shreds inside, I used white, black and orange.

What is the bat made with you ask?  So glad you asked!!  It is the OWL PUNCH from Stampin' Up!  The wings are his little vest on the same punch!!  The only thing I added to this bat that is NOT the punch is white gel pen for the goofy smile and fangs!!  LOVE THIS PUNCH!!  SEE - NOW you love him even MORE, don't you??!!

So if you NEED to order the OWL PUNCH, the LARGE OVAL PUNCH, the SCALLOP OVAL PUNCH, BASIC BLACK CARD STOCK, PUMPKIN PIE CARD STOCK, or CAST A SPELL DESIGNER SERIES PAPER, just click right below and it will take you to shop at my SU! site - any time and at YOUR convenience!!  Also available to order is the 1" CIRCLE PUNCH and the Sizzlet Little Leaves die.

Everyone who orders from me online this month will get one of these adorable BAT boxes for a THANK YOU GIFT.

Inky fingers y'all and have fun!!

YNS CHALLENGE #53

Welcome!  This is my FIRST Your New Stamp Challenge AND my first challenge with a DIGI STAMP!!

YNS was kind enough to offer us a choice of FREE digi stamps to participate in this challenge, and I chose the hairy spider with the smile!  What a juxtaposition for sure!!  ha

 I did another of my funky fold cards that I have been enjoying creating this month.  It is a 6 x 11 piece of cardstock cut and scored to fold in an unusual way.  I used pumpkin pie for the cardstock, basic black behind the Stampin Up designer paper.  And the FREE digi stamp from Your New Stamp challenge #53 to create my entry into their challenge.  I colored the spider with basic gray marker and backed it with basic black card stock and fussy cut it out.  It hangs from it's web with TRICK OR TREAT stamped in black at the bottom of the card.

Here is a bit of a side view so you can see the slits that are cut and how it is folded several times to create this FUN and FUNKY card.  Inside I stamped BOO.  After all, what else does a Halloween spider say??

Thanks for stopping by!!  Inky fingers y'all!!

DAY TWO OF OUR OCTOBER GLITTER QUEEN BLOG HOP

Happy Fall, Y'All.  Do you remember the stamp set we used to sell with that saying?  I LOVED that stamp.  Made me feel right at home!  ha

How are you enjoying the blog hop so far?  Hope you are getting lots of ideas from our creative gals.  We certainly love to "show off our stuff" for you!!  Did you know we are from all over the United States?  I am in Texas, some are in Michigan, some in California and one even in Hawaii!!  We LOVE the internet so we can communicate with you all and share our ideas!!

For my card today I used the WICKED COOL stamp set.  I LOVE this set.  The boots and the hat are awesome, but so is the candelabra and the word stamps.  I got this idea from my new swap group member.  Didn't she come up with such a FUN idea?

 This is to be like the Witch's dresser or bureau with a mirror.  See the legs of her dresser at the bottom?  I punched those with the decorative punch.  Then I put on 3 "kitty-wampus" drawers to her dresser with dimensionals. (that's Tex-speak for crooked!)  I have mini gold brads as the handles to the drawers.  And look at that - she got stuck inside the dresser upside down!!  It was a wild night, I imagine!!

Her mirror is made with confetti cream card stock, then I sponged some basic gray around the edges, and stamped some spider webs as well.  I added her candelabra just a little crooked to show what a wild night it had been.  Inside, I stamped "Have a Wicked Halloween" also from the same stamp set.  Isn't it a HOOT??!!  LOVE IT.

The card stock colors are concord crush, lucky limeade, confetti cream.  The ink is basic gray and basic black.  Markers were used to color the stamped images.  A tad bit of Crystal Effects looks perfect on her candelabra, even if it doesn't show up well for my camera phone.

Your next stop is all the way over in HAWAII to Cely's Blog.  Get some golden sand in your toes for me while you are there!!

Don't forget to leave a comment and make sure you become a follower of my blog to be eligible for blog candy!!   INKY FINGERS Y'ALL!!

SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU....

Sometimes do you get chills at your neck and the hairs get all prickly and you think someone is watching you?  That is the feeling kids love to have a Halloween time.  It is scary but fun for them at Halloween.  This card is kind of like that.  It is simple but scary and certainly fun.  I saw the idea at Becky Roberts blog and knew I had to CASE it with a few changes to make it my own.

Isn't it just too fun!!!  Reminds me of a mummy because of the black and white -  like bandages wrapped around a mummy.  I used Confetti Cream and my top note die for my BIG SHOT to cut out the card base.  Fold your card base and put it just inside of the one cut mark on the left side.  That way you have a folding card in the top note shape.  Then I cut it again single only in black and cut it in half.  I used the fun 1/8" black ribbon with the tiny white stripes.  I love this ribbon and have it in every color SU! makes it in.  I use it all the time!!  You NEED this ribbon, I promise you!!  I used two different sized punches for the eyes and sponged around the eyeball with black ink.  That's it.  Took less than 5 minutes to make.

I am using them for Thank You cards for my customers so I put a simple "thank you" from Kindness Matters stamp set on the inside.  It fits perfectly into the small notecard envelopes.

Hope you enjoyed this card.  Won't you leave me a note to tell me what you think of this Clean and Simple and FUN card??

Here's to Inky Fingers y'all!!

Wednesday: GLITTER QUEEN'S BLOG HOP - DAY THREE

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING OUR BLOG HOP.  IF YOU HAVE MISSED ANY DAYS OF MY PROJECTS, JUST CLICK ON "OLDER POSTS" AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL MY PREVIOUS PROJECTS.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments you have left me.  I sincerely appreciate them and am glad you like my projects.

I am featuring the Pennant Parade Stamp Set as well as the Pennants Builder Punch from Stampin' Up! all week.  Today I have a Halloween card and a 3-D fun item.



I used the Mini Milk Carton Die and my wonderful BIG SHOT from Stampin' Up! (both are in the big IBC)  LOVE MY BIG SHOT.  You absolutely MUST get one - you can do so much with it - like cut 80 different materials with it.  So the cute little SPOOKY carton comes cut and scored when it is run it through the Big Shot.

I used Halloween Fright DSP as a border on both the mini carton and my card.  Also used  the PENNANT BUILDER PUNCH and stamped from the Wicked Cool Stamp Set the words HAVE A WICKED HALLOWEEN.  Cute, huh?  I added some strips of the DSP to look like ties on the pennant, as well the flags I put into the mouth of the carton "full of candy". Pixie Sticks hold the the Pennants punched out, as well as crimped card stock foofoo (kind of like Cheer Leader Pompoms) at the top for decoration and it will be a winning treat for someone sweet.

For the card I stamped the spider web and the word SPOOKY from the same Wicked Cool stamp set, layered it with basic black card stock and lucky limeade card stock for the card base.  I then used CRYSTAL EFFECTS on the word and it makes it look like it has a plastic bubble on it or a puffy shiney effect.  When the Crystal Effects (IBC) dries it is shiney and dimensional.  I punched out the spider from the paper and used some old olive retired ribbon on the side.



Here is a closeup of the mini milk carton with the yummy candy in it.  Isn't it spooky and fun all at the same time?  I used a mini clip to keep the top closed and put a 1/2" circle punched spider on that as well.  FUN FUN FUN

Here you can see my SPOOKY card up close.  I also put a drop of the Crystal Effects on the body of the punched out spider to give it dimension.  CREEPY and FUN.  ha ha

Your next blog to hop to is Stephanie Lorenz.  Don't forget to leave a comment AND become a follower of my blog to be eligible for my FREE BLOG CANDY before you go!! (HINT of blog candy:  Many fun designer papers in a nice stack all tied with a ribbon is PART of the candy).

Our hop order:

Dawn Griffith

Tracy Bradley

Eileen Cassisi

Anji Clements

Candice Crawford

Tamara Gadberry

Cely Havens

Jennifer Kay (ME)

Stephanie Lorenz

Bridgett Owens

Joan Robertson

Dee Slater

Deidra Williamson

Gina Wrona

DON'T FORGET TO BECOME A FOLLOWER AND LEAVE A COMMENT TO BE IN THE DRAWING TO WIN FREE BLOG CANDY.

Thanks for stopping and hopping WITH ME.

Inky Fingers Y'all.  SEE YOU TOMORROW.