Stacy's Paper Crafts

Happy Halloween!

Hurricane Sandy dumped 24+ hours of rain and wind on us. Thankfully we didn't have any serious damage to our home. I hope you all fared well too!

It looks like trick or treating is still scheduled for our community tomorrow. I thought I'd share a Halloween card with you all. I used this weeks "Less is More" sketch challenge for my card. The spider image and sentiment are from the $1 stamp bin I picked up from Michaels. I used a splatter image from Red Rubber Designs So Splattered stamp set for the background.

Thanks for looking & Happy Halloween!

$2 stamps are fun!

Last year I picked up this stamp from ACMoore for  $1, the actual cost was $2 but it was miss marked. Even at $2, that's a great price for a medium sized image that can stand on it's own! Paired with a little Basic Grey patterned paper it's a perfect not so cute card for my tween son. 

Hope you're having a great week! Saturday is National Card Making day :) Are you doing anything special to celebrate? I'll be crafting of course and hope to have several cards to share. It's been so cloudy here I haven't been able to capture any good photos this week. Hopefully we'll have a clear, perfect picture taking day here! 

It's pumpkin season

Today is the first official day of fall yippee! Goodbye humidity, you won't be missed :) I'm looking forward to trying out a few gluten free pumpkin recipes this year.

GF baking is a combination of science and using the right flour blends. Last year most of my concoctions were pretty inedible! LOL but they have improved greatly much to the relief of my DS. My DH even likes my gluten free foods better than gluten filled ones, and that's saying a LOT!

I have a few ideas on how to tweak my favorite whole wheat pumpkin bread recipe using a GF flour blend, once I perfect it I'll be sure to share the recipe with you all.

In honor of pumpkin season I whipped up this cute little pumpkin card using this weeks Clean & Simple  sketch...

 Supplies: Stamps: TAC, Paper: Basic Grey pp, Bazzill & PTI CS

Thanks for looking :)

Dig It Out Friday: Paper Piecing

 

Hi all! This week I'd like to challenge you to use paper piecing or hand draw & cut out a shape or object and incorporate it in your work of art. You can even use a stencil if you have one in your stash. The only rule is that you can't purchase anything new to use :)

I can't draw but I think my bat does resemble an actual bat so don't laugh!! LOL I used my Making Memories date stamp to add the date, PTI polka dots, & POD script stamps to create the background.

Thanks for looking & have a great weekend!

Kinda Vintagey?

 

I don't know how to do vintage. Cute? Yes I can definitely do cute, but the vintage style just stumps me when it comes to actually trying to create something myself. I love the look though. Here's my poor attempt at creating a vintage Halloween card. 

  

World Card Making Day is Saturday, will you be doing anything fun? I'm planning to tidy up my craft room tonight so that I can create a few cards tomorrow. A clean room always helps to inspire me. 

Have a great weekend!

Halloween Tags

 
Hi all!

I had a chance to play around with the Picasa 3 software for a little while. There is an option to create  a photo collage... it's pretty cool! I usually use Microsoft Picture It Pro, but my PC has crashed a few times over the last month so I haven't installed it yet. But I really like the Picasa editing software. I don't do any fancy edits, mostly just resizing and adding a watermark to my images so it works well for me. 

You can click the images to enlarge them for a close up view :)

I don't buy mini stamps often but I purchased a set call Trick Or Treat from TAC a few years ago. I knew the images would be the perfect size for mini cards or for creating patterned paper. The kitty and the Trick or Treat bags are two of the images from the set. I used a "to & from" stamp from another TAC set, and the "Happy Halloween" sentiment & witch hat on the tag below are from a mini tag set Making Memories sold several years ago. 

 
I used Basic Grey's Eerie collection again for all three tags. I layered this one with a piece of black cardstock that I stamped using an image from PTI's Text Background II set, with white pigment ink. It also has two mini purple rhinestones on the edges of the mini tag.  

Thanks for looking!
 

A Cute Little Spider

 

Hi all, hope you’re having a great week so far! I wanted to share this cute Halloween card with you all. The spider image is from TCRS, isn’t he adorable?! I can't recall who the manufacturer for the patterned paper is, it's been in my stash for a really long time. The sentiment stamp is by Stampendous. 

 
This year my son wants a “really scary” costume. Gone are the days of anything relatively cute, he’s too “MANLY for cute stuff…” his words not mine! LOL  Tomorrow I’m going to share a few Halloween gift tags. Thanks for stopping by! 

One stamp three ways...

Well sort of! I guess I should say one stamp, 3 similar layouts  =) I made some Halloween cards & tags over the weekend that I'll be sharing with you this week. 

I had a few sheets of paper left over from  Basic Grey's Eerie collection that I got last year, and a stamp in my stash that I don't think I've ever used before. I purchased it from Third Coast Rubber Stamps several years ago. It's a great larger sized sentiment that works especially well with the patterns in these papers. 

I'm learning that my "style" seems to be a little more clean and simple with a few embellishments here and there. What can I say? I like clean lines! LOL Sometimes I try different styles but I always go back to the basics... cardstock, patterned paper, ink, stamps, and one or two embellishments. 

The basics works particularly well when I use busy patterned papers.  For these cards I added some inking, white embossing powder, mini brads, buttons, scrappers floss, & some ribbon to keep the focus on the patterns of the papers.

Thanks for looking! 

Simple Halloween

I'm keeping it simple again today... ink, stamps, cardstock, & embossing powder. I used my PTI polka dot stamps to create the background. The sentiment is from Third Coast Rubber Stamps They have some neat designs that you probably won't find anywhere else. 

PW's color challenge

We had another color challenge hosted by Laurie over at the Paper Wings website today. I actually created a card on the day the challenge was posted which is unheard of! LOL She challenged us to use the colors Orange, Black, & White. 

  
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I pulled out an image & sentiment from a TAC retired stamp called
Trick or Treat (2005/2006 catty) and paired it with an image from the Friendship Strips stamp set. I colored the image using Copic markers, added some ribbon, and some foam tape for a little added dimension.

Supplies:
Stamps:     Trick or Treat & Friendship Strips
Paper:     US white, orange & black Bazzill
Other:     Palette Noir & Versamark ink, Copic markers, & ribbon. 

Thanks for looking :)

October Angel Art Blog Hop

I'm sorry we had to skip August's blog hop but it was just to hectic around here after I moved. Anyhoo the Angels are :) back and we have some awesome Fall themed creations for you to check out. 

I created two Halloween cards to share with you. I used October's SOTM to create the backgrounds. If you haven't had a chance to, please stop by TAC's website to check out the samples I created using this set :)

 

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Supplies:
Stamps:     TAC stamps: Happy Haunting, & Sketched Scrolls
Paper: Purple & black cardstock
Other: Black ink & B&W stitched ribbon

 

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Supplies:
Stamps:   TAC stamps: Trick or Treaters, & Sketched Scrolls
Paper: Orange & white cardstock
Other: Black ink, Copic markers, & Skin Tones colored pencils

Don't forget to check out the other Angel creations :)

Laurie
Kim
Shirley
Julie
Jen
Teresa
Diane
Rita W
Jamie
Suzanne

Angel Art Challenge #1

Morning all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. A couple of weeks ago I asked some of my Angel sisters to join me in a Halloween challenge. The challenge was to create a Halloween project using The Angel Company stamps & products. This is the card I created...

 

You can check out the rest of our creations here...

Vicki:        http://angelstamper2.blogspot.com
Jany:        http://scrapbookandmoremania.blogspot.com/
Angela:     http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com/
Christina:   http://inkmistress.wordpress.com/
Melisa:      http://paperliciousdesigns.blogspot.com/
Maria:       http://stampinfoolmeier.blogspot.com
Barb:        http://fosterdesignhouse.blogspot.com/

Got Candy?

  

Googly eyes for Kisa :)

I decided to pull out my alpha stamps to stamp the sentiment. I love TAC's mini-bet font. It does require a little more effort to use these mini stamps but the results are so worth it.

   

Supplies:

Stamps: The Angel Company: Trick or Treaters & Mini-Bet

Ink: Palette: Noir, orangerie, Giverny Green & Prismacolor Colored Pencils

Paper: Papertrey White & Bazzill

Other: Gamsol, Nesties, googly, round loop embellishment mini brad, & ribbon

Halloween 2008

 

When I started creating this card I had something different in mind but it just didn't turn out the way I expected. Anyhoo, this would be a great card to send to the Grandparents with photos of the kiddos in their Halloween costumes.

 

The board clip didn't match the green cardstock... it's more of a pastel green color so I just sponged it with black ink to tone it down a bit.Thanks for looking!

Supplies:

Stamps: The Angel Company: Trick or Treaters & Mini-bet

PTI & DCWV Cardstock

Embellies: Making Memories board clip, thread

Ink: Versamark & Palette: Noir & Giverny Green

Halloween Sculls

So I had this sheet of patterned paper left over from last year. The busyness of this design was kind of intimidating! For this card I decided to use the print as the main focus of the card. I think it works!!

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampendous

Paper: K & CO & Papertrey

Ink: Colorbox & Palette

Embellies: Brads & Clip by Making Memories