The Great Pumpkin

This was a card I made for Halloween last year using Autumn Harvest by Stampin' Up.
"It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" was a show we looked forward to every year when we were kids, it wouldn't have been Halloween without it. My very favorite scene was when Snoopy rises up from the pumpkin patch scaring the wits out of Linus and Sally which is what I tried to show here.
Happy Halloween!!!

Thoughts & Prayers

The SCS challenge for today was ways to use purple and the Cottage Wall paper by Stampin' Up was the first thing that came to mind. I used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday blog for my layout and the stamp set Thoughts & Prayers. The card base is Rich Razzleberry, the inks Pale Plum and Pretty In Pink. Mots of the supplies are Stampin' Up.

Poinsettia Ball Ornament

For this ornament I started with a small styrofoam ball. Punched out Boho Blossoms flower, just using the 6 petal flower one which conveniently happens to be on the edge. Lay your punched out flowers on your foam piercing pad mat and press down as hard as you can in the direct center of the flower with your Empressor stylus. This will curl the flower up perfectly, it's so cool! I secured each of these onto the styrofoam ball with decorative pearl pins. For the hanger I wound some silver cording around a large silver brad and pushed it through the top, securing with some tacky glue so it doesn't just pull out when you hang it.

Winter Post Card

All supplies are Stampin' Up.
Merry Moments designer paper with Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, and Real Red cardstocks. I used the Winter Post skaters with the Post Card sentiment along with the corner swirl from the new hostess set Patterned Pines.

Birdcage Ornament

This was my ornament that I made for tomorrow but I was too happy with it to wait until then. This looks really pretty in real life with all of the Dazzling Diamonds sparkle and it really does look like a birdcage. It was a bit hard to photograph it to do it justice.
I was making a lantern ornament with the strips the other day when this idea came to me. I used Brushed Silver cardstock cut in strips 5 1/2" x slightly narrower than 1/2" wide. The ends were secured with rhinestone brads. The bird is from the Sizzlits Birds & Blooms set hanging from silver cording. I stamped the flourish and flower from Patterned Pines in Bashful Blue and sponged edges. For the embellishment on the bottom to hide the brad prongs I used the Sizzix die cut Swirls Scribbles and covered it completely in Dazzling Diamonds. Supplies are by Stampin' Up.

True Friend

This is a chalenge combo, one for using the colors of Kraft, Black, and Melon Mambo. The second is our weekly Doubledog Dare Challenge this week hosted by Joan Ervin. She challenged us to case a card from our challenge mate Julia (artstamper's) wonderful gallery.
I changed the colors and stamp sets used but kept most of my card close to Julia's. I used the Bella Toile embossed in Black on the Kraft and the flower from the True Friend set for the main image. Ribbon is the polka dot Melon on the reverse side.

Sweet Centers Christmas Lollipop

This was a quick ornament to make, using the Sweet Centers treat cup, a large scallop circle punch and a popsicle stick that I painted white and wound some red grosgrain ribbon around. I got the idea from a craft kit lollipop ornament that used wound up ribbon as the pop part and adapted it for the treat cup. It was my son's idea to make it look like it had fluffy icing on it so I added some Liquid Applique and heated it with the heat gun to puff. You could attach this to a card or hang it from your Christmas tree.