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Yesterday I told you about the Little Boo ghost stamp on the "Under $10" page in the Stampin' Up! catalog. I decided to stamp my own Halloween Designer Paper for this card using Little Boo! To make the ghost in the center of the card, I used the Wide Oval Punch and just trimmed with a scissors to make the wavy bottom of his body. The arms are made from theModern Label Punch, cut in half. The eyes are punched with the 1/4" circle punch, or you could just color them in with black marker. I drew in the mouth and sponged the edges of the ghost with More Mustard just to make him show up a little better. The "Happy Halloween", from All Holidays, is punched with the Modern Label Punch (gotta have it!). It is separate from the layering under the ghost, I just liked the way it fit right at the bottom of the layered piece.
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I think this is the cutest little stamp for Halloween……Little Boo! And it is only $6.95! Have you visited the "Under $10" page in the Stampin' Up! 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog? It is the last page (p. 208) in the catalog. I made some cute "Little Boo" cards, just 3×3 size! So fun! Take a look at those "Under $10" stamps…..you might want to get some for gifts for the holidays….and a few for yourself!
I stamped Little Boo on Whisper White cardstock and punched out with the 1" circle. Then a circle punch layers of Green Galore and Black and the fabulous Scallop Circle Punch. The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.
Over Labor Day weekend my son and his girlfriend came home for a visit. She ASKED me if we could stamp because she wanted to make something for her friend!! I didn't even have to FORCE her to stamp!! We stamped the first time she came to visit back in July so I guess she really did like it! (But then, who wouldn't??!)
Wow! This morning a black cat ran right across the street in front of my car as I was driving back into my neighborhood! Is that real Halloween or what?! I know it is bad luck to have a black cat cross your path, so that freaked me out a little bit! Hopefully today will be nothing but good luck because I love Halloween (it would help if we had some fall leaves here in Houston!) and I get to see my boys. One was nearly born a Halloween goblin because he arrived just 45 minutes before Halloween! But that was twenty years ago! More about his birthday card later.
I usually have a lot of trick-or-treaters at my house, but it is often about 80 degrees, at least when the kids start out after dinner, sweating in their costumes. When I was growing up in St. Louis it was often a problem on Halloween with the weather being very cold, and we had to wear a winter coat…..either over our costume, which meant no one could see the costume, or under the costume, which of course looked ridiculous! "Back in the olden days" we always had to have a joke ready to tell people before they would give us candy. I don't think they do that anymore.
Here are some Halloween cards I've made (okay, mostly copied from somebody else!) to help celebrate the day!
Here is a picture of the card I made for our demo group swap. I saw it in a magazine and changed it a little bit. It didn't give directions, but I just cut two triangles and then the band on the bottom has a fold which holds the triangles together. The stars are punched, of course, and the big one is sprinkled with our chunky glitter, adhered with some Tombow Multi glue. Fun card to make!
Our "demo group" meets once a month and we always enjoy making some project, swapping, and having lunch. We still refer to it as our demo group, even though not everyone is a Stampin' Up! demo, but it is still fun. That's why not everything you see here is Stampin' Up! but it displays a lot of talent regardless. So here is a photo of all the swaps I received last week!
