Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween Everyone! 

I can't believe it's the end of October already!  This fall is just flying by.  It's going to be Christmas before I know it!

I don't have a lot of (e.g. more than 1) Halloween stamps, since I don't really send out Halloween cards.  However, when I saw this cute little bat, I couldn't pass it up.  It's an adorable stamp from Eat Cake Graphics.  I stamped it twice, colored it with copics, and cut it out.  

I had a lot of fun masking and playing with distress inks.  I masked the scene so the top and bottom of the card were left white.  I started by sponging the harvest moon with a variety of yellows and oranges and then daubed the clouds with memento london fog and a little dusty concord distress ink.  Next I stamped the bats on the card and placed their cut-out-versions on top.  This way I could preserve all the little details on the stamp that I wasn't able to cut out: 

As I mentioned before, since I don't own Halloween stamps, I had to create my own sentiment.  I did this using "smitty's ABCs" from Lawn Fawn, which was really easy to do since the letters line up so nicely.  Lastly, I added a border below the scene with another Lawn Fawn stamp "Belinda's borders."  The border and sentiment were both stamped with dusty concord distress ink.  

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a Happy Halloween! 

-Lizzy

Hello!

Just stopping in for a quick hello today!  This card is made with Papertrey Ink's "In Bloom" stamp set.  I colored the large flower and leaf stamp with copics, cut them out, and mounted them with foam tape for added dimension.  The background stamp is an Impression Obsession cover-a-card stamp. 

Lastly, the sentiment is from the same stamp set and embossed with black. 

Thanks for visiting today! 

-Lizzy 

Godzuki

Hi Everyone!

Today's card is a fun and simple Christmas card.  I used the tree in the "Believe" stamp set  and a sentiment from "Think Big Favorites #20" stamp set by Papertrey ink.  

I first stamped a background stamp (Hero Arts Snow Dots) in versamark ink on Kraft cardstock to create a subtle tone-on-tone look.  I then stamped the tree with memento tuxedo black ink and colored it with copics.  Next, I stamped a little star from the same stamp set and  colored it with copics too.  I then embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder on vellum.  In order to cover up the pesky glue dots holding the vellum down, I added some pretty red rhinestones, making it both practical and pretty!  And then to continue to the *sparkle* theme, I added stickles to the berries and a gold glitter pen to the star.  Lastly, I added some red baker's twine in line with the shape of the tree.  

As you can imagine, a simple card needed a simple photo shoot.  Our Director of Quality Control had other ideas, however.  Today we'll call him Godzuki.  

After he inspected my card, he needed to inspect the lights to ensure top-quality photos. 

Unfortunately, it seems today's card wasn't up-to-snuff, so Godzuki took it upon himself to take the place of my card... and model/take a nap.  

And yes-- in case you were wondering-- my nursing textbooks are clearly being put to excellent use. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  

-Lizzy