Happy Halloween Part II and a Christmas Tree

As promised last week, I have another Halloween card for you today. Don’t know what possessed me. I found the bat and spider web punches at a local scrapbooking store and had to have them. I thought they were the neatest! So this is what I came up with.

Isn’t it adorable? Here’s what I used on this card.

Basic Black Card Stock 121046

Pumpkin Pie Card Stock 105117

Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper 132185

Best of Halloween stamp set 134381

2 1/2″ Circle Punch 120906

Modern Label Punch 119849

Basic Black Classic Stamp Pad 126980

Rhinestone Basic Jewels 119246

It was a pretty simple card to make.

Yesterday, I along with several other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators in my area held our annual Stampin’ for the Cure Event. All of us belong to the same group, and out up line started it seven years ago in memory of one of her friends that was taken by breast cancer. It has always been a big success. All of the product we use is donated by the demonstrators, and a few demonstrators hit up local business for donations for our silent auction. All the money we raise is donated to our local chapter of Susan G. Komen. The people who attend pay an entry fee, and they can buy raffle tickets for prize baskets filled with Stampin’ Up! product. Attendees make a total of seven cards. I thought I would share one of them with you. It was created by my good friend Cathy Casey, and I am sure she won’t mind me sharing it with you.

The stamp set used is a carry over set called Evergreen (127973). The card stock is Coastal Cabana (131297). Also used is Winter Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper (132341) Silver 1/8″ Ribbon (132137), Tea Lace Paper Doilies, (129399), Rhinestone Basic Jewels (119246), Metallic Encore Pad, Silver (132142), Pewter Embossing Powder (124114), and Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003).

Hope you enjoyed your visit here today. Until next time…

Happy Stamping!

Josie

Delightful Dozen Christmas Flip Card

I am back from my two-week hiatus, and I am feeling a little bit overwhelmed! Just because I’ve been gone doesn’t mean I have actually been sitting idle. Last weekend my husband and I went back to Ohio for my first cousin‘s 50th wedding anniversary. His children gave him and his wife an awesome party in Akron. It was great to see cousins and friends that I haven’t seen in YEARS, and that is no exaggeration! I even had the opportunity to meet for the first time some of my cousins’ children . The sad part about that is these “children” now have children of their own that are entering college. Jeesh! I am getting old!

I may have mentioned in an earlier post that I was a flower girl in this cousin’s wedding when I was 6-years-old. They had their old wedding album there and I managed to take a photo of a photo of their bridal party. I know who a few of the people are in the photo, but not everyone. I also didn’t realize that movie cameras were available to the general population in 1963 and movies of their wedding were done. Their children had the movie converted to dvd and I got to see myself in action as a 6-year-old and my older sister when she was 8. I must say we were two cute kids. LOL! Anyway, here’s a shot of the wedding party.

The card I am sharing with you today is a Christmas card I made for an upcoming class I will be doing. I love these new Thinlits Card Dies. They are…to DIE for! LOL! I used the Label Card Thinlits Die. There is also a Circle Card Thinlits Die that makes a flip card as well. Its item number is 133480.