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Cookie Cutter Scarecrow Meets Pumpkin Spice Latte

I really do own other stamp sets from the new 2016 Holiday Catalog but I just can't seem to stop playing with this one, lol!  I think we will just designate this week Cookie Cutter Week and finish out this week with the Cookie Cutter Halloween and Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp sets.  Then I'll give them a rest for just a bit.  This is one more project that I featured at my Cookie Cutter Halloween Class this past weekend.  As much as I love the little Halloween images in this set, I'm so glad there is a fall option as well.  This little scarecrow was the perfect addition to my cute little Pumpkin Spice Latte gift package:

If you are not familiar with the Starbucks Lattes they are a substantially larger package than the regular Via packages.  I created the little gift pouch using some leftover 12 x 12 Rich Razzleberry Textured Card Stock that I had been hoarding.  (I really miss Stampin' Up's 12 x 12 textured Card stock...I hope they are reading this today!)  

The pouch is super simple and quick to make.  The 12 x 12 CS is cut at   2 3/4" x 12" and scored at  4 1/4" and 4 1/2".  The top of the back panel was created by attaching a piece of 2 3/4" x 6" Designer Series Paper to the top half of my card stock and then inserting that end from the outside of the Lots of Labels Framelits Die to the inside,  aligning the top of the die with the top of my card stock.  I ran it through my Big Shot just enough to cut through the top only creating the scalloped edge.  The bottom front panel is     2 3/4" x 4 1/4".  Of course we had to make a card to go with it!

The card is a combination of Rich Razzleberry Card Stock, the new Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper and our new Copper Foil Sheets.  Can I just say these Copper Foil Sheets are beautiful and the new Cable Knit Dynamic Texture Impressions Embossing Folder....stunning.  My scarecrow was heat embossed with our new Copper Embossing Powder and colored with Aqua Painters.  

I was experimenting one night and heat embossed the sentiment in Copper Embossing Powder on the Copper Foil sheets.  I wasn't sure how it was going to come out but it actually looks etched or engraved in person. Beautiful.  You will definitely be seeing this technique again although I will say that you do need to use the Embossing Buddy first.  The foil tends to pick up every little smudge and fingerprint and the Embossing Buddy will eliminate the embossing powder from sticking where you don't want it to.  

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of my Pumpkin Spice Latte project!  And please come back tomorrow for the last installment in Cookie Cutter Week!  Thanks for stoppin' by!

Cookie Cutter Halloween Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

$18.00

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper

$13.00

Copper Foil Sheets

$4.00

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Aqua Painters

$17.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Brights Enamel Shapes

$9.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

$7.00

Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies

$25.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$35.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$10.00

Stampin' Spritzer

$3.00

 

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EEK!

Are you getting tired of seeing the Cookie Cutter Halloween set yet?  This is such a fun little set and I still have a hundred ideas in my head that I know I will never have the time to execute. This is one of the cards I designed for this past weekends Cookie Cutter Halloween Class. Love this little Mummy image and I love the way this card came together.  

I finally broke into my Halloween Nights Bakers twine.  This is kind of a big deal for me because I usually tend to hoard new embellishments, knowing that once I break them open I am probably going to have to share.  And I don't like to share.  At least not when it comes to my craft stash. lol!  But check out that Batty Bunting...awesome, right?  My class participants were only wining and swearing a little when they figured out that they had to string those tiny bats together themselves.  (love you guys!) 

The bats were die cut using the Halloween Scenes Thinlits die set.  This set is a Halloween must IMO.  The EEK is from the Spooky Fun stamp set and the spider web is from the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set.  The background papers are from the Halloween Nights Designer Series Paper pack. All of the products used to make this card can be found in the Holiday Catalog or in my on-line store.  Just click on any one of the product pics below to be taken directly to that item in my store. That's all for today and thanks for stoppin' by!

 

Cookie Cutter Halloween Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Ghoulish Grunge Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Spooky Fun Photopolymer Stamps

$16.00

Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies

$25.00

Spooky Fun Photopolymer Bundle

$36.75

Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper

$13.00

Halloween Night Baker's Twine

$6.00

Project Life Corner Punch

$8.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$7.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

1/16" (1.6 Mm) Circle Punch

$9.00

 

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Cookie Cutter Cutie

This past Sunday I held my Cookie Cutter Halloween Class.  I love the cute little images in this set and the Christmas set is equally as awesome.  This is just one of the quick and easy projects we made:

I typically stick to cute Halloween and stay away from the gore but these were just too fun to pass up.  The original idea came from fellow Stampin' Up! Demo Erica Cerwin at Pink Bucaroo Designs. I just updated Erica's idea with our new gusseted 3 x 6 cello bags and the cute little vampire from the Cookie Cutter Halloween Set. Freakin' adorable!   

The "blood splatter" was created using real red ink and the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  (I can't say "blood splatter" without a picture of Dexter' face popping into my head).  The really cool, but oh so gross, syringe pens were an Amazon find although not without some rare Amazon drama.  I ordered a pack of 12 and received only 4.  Since I needed them quickly for my Sunday class I filled out a return on Amazon and re-ordered them again hoping that I would get 12 as promised.  And I did.  But they weren't red.  They were assorted colors which I did not care for.  Now it was Thursday, class on Sunday,and I decided to give it one more shot.  (gotta Love Amazon Prime and weekend delivery!) I went to reorder them one more time, hoping for the best, and the original seller had jacked the price.  Probably because my multiple orders had them on the top seller list for the week, lol!  Anyway, another seller, a pack of 24, red only, two day Prime, Saturday delivery and my class project was saved!  

These were fun and quick to make and would make a great non-candy alternative for Halloween.  They would also be a fun little gift for a nursing student or your doctor's office staff.  You can find the pens HERE if you want to make some yourself!  Please let me know what you think and thanks for stoppin' by!

 

Cookie Cutter Halloween Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle

$35.00

Gorgeous Grunge Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.00

Guesseted Cellophane Bags

$4.50

Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper

$13.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Real Red & Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Markers

$7.00

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

$29.00

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

$8.00

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Blender Pens

$10.00

Halloween Night Baker's Twine

$6.00

Handheld Stapler

$10.00

Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies

$25.00

Stampin' Trimmer

$30.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

 

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Two for One!

I was Pinterest surfing the Cookie Cutter stamp sets the other night when I realized that almost every single sample made with the Cookie Cutter Christmas set has used the Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper.  While this paper is beautiful and I am personally on pack #3, I decided the mold needed to be broken, lol! I just happened to have a pack of the Presents & Pine Cones Designer Series Paper out on my table and this was the result:

Two for the price of one!  Love that cheerful stripe and if you look closely, you can see that the Cherry Cobbler background resembles a knit sweater.  LOVE! In fact I think this may be my favorite pattern in the entire DSP pack.  

Both cards use the same adorable reindeer image from the Cookie Cutter Christmas set and were punched out using the coordinating Cookie Cutter Builder Punch which is available in a bundle at a 10% savings.  Yeah!  

The sentiment is from the new "Greetings from Santa" set in the 2016 Holiday Catalog.  This set is also available in a bundle (and at a 10% savings) along with the Detailed Santa Thinlits Die.  This bundle is a must have IMO but the stamp set is also a great stand alone sentiment set for the Holidays.  

Did you know that you can use our Fine Tip Glue Pen just like Crystal Effects (retired)?  Looks just as great and dries much quicker!  Your welcome.  

I will leave you today with a pic of my "helper".  He used to park himself right on top of whatever project I was working on or climb into one of my shoe boxes as I was prepping my classes.  I finally got smart and designated a box just for his benefit.  This is where you will find him most nights...curled up in his personal box, always present but no longer "helping".  That's all for today, thanks for stoppin' by!  

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle

$35.00

Greetings From Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.00

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

$7.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$7.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Blender Pens

$10.00

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

$29.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$35.00

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

$7.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

 

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Cookie Cutter Rejects

Not everything we make can be our best work.  And I'm learning to be okay with that.  You win some, you lose some, but we keep on trying and that's the important thing!  

I have my Halloween Cookie Cutter class this coming Sunday afternoon and I have been playing with both the Cookie Cutter Halloween and Cookie Cutter Christmas sets in preparation.  Although these two cards are perfectly fine, (and kinda cute if I do say so myself, lol) I was looking for more of a WOW factor.  Here are two cards that did not make the cut for my upcoming class: 

I think the little skeleton image has been the most used image in my Cookie Cutter Halloween set to date.  I love this simple little image but he really pops when heat embossed in white on black.

Its a little hard to tell from the photo but the die cut bat is actually a mini shaker.  I popped up my tag with the Foam Adhesive Strips I showed you in this post and filled with black glitter.  (A chunkier glitter would have worked better but I used what I had on hand).  
  

Again, very hard to see in the photo, but Santa's beard and trim are covered in Dazzling Diamonds glitter for a little extra shimmer and bling.  The Ho Ho Ho sentiment is from the retired  set Greatest Greetings (Occasions 2016) which is one of my all time favorite sets.  It covers every occasion and the fonts are beautiful and fun.  

I have a HUGE Stampin' Up! order being delivered today so I'm sure I will be up late playing tonight and I'll be back tomorrow with more Cookie Cutter projects.  See you tomorrow and thanks for stoppin' by!  

Cookie Cutter Halloween Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$17.00

Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper

$13.00

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle

$35.00

Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies

$25.00

Halloween Night Enamel Dots

$4.00

Halloween Night Baker's Twine

$6.00

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

$23.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Embossing Buddy

$6.00

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

$30.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$27.00

Window Sheets

$5.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

$8.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon

$9.00

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

$7.00

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

$5.00

 

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Jar Of Haunts

I much prefer cute Halloween to creepy Halloween but I am in love with the fun creepy images from the Jar of Haunts Stamp set in the Holiday catty!  Gross as they are I love the eyeballs...so many possibilities.  (although they do remind me of a particularly disturbing episode of Criminal Minds) Here is my creepy card....

I used Smoky Slate for my card base and Pear Pizzazz for my brick embossed layer and creepy jar goo.  The brick background is from the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set.  Although designed with Halloween in mind, this is a very versatile set and would be a great addition to any stamp collection.  The screw top is from the Jar of Love stamp set which can be found in the annual catalog. My little "shelf" is the window sill die from the Hearth & Home Thinlits Die.  

I happened to come across these little chocolate eyeballs and couldn't resist a matching treat.  They are a little snug but I packaged them in our new 2 x 8 cello bags (available in the annual catalog) Too cute!  This was yet another one of my Holiday Kick Off Party projects from last weekend.  

That's all for today, I'll be back tomorrow with a sneak peek from my upcoming Halloween Cookie Cutter Class on Sunday!  Thanks for stoppin' by!  

Jar Of Haunts Photopolymer Stamp Set

$17.00

Ghoulish Grunge Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$7.00

Subtles Stampin' Write Markers

$29.00

2" X 8" (5.1 X 20.3 Cm) Celllophane Bags

$3.00

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

$52.00

Handheld Stapler

$10.00

 

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Spooky Fun Shaker CYCI#138

Shaker cards are all the rage right now and I just had to include one in my Holiday Catalog Kick Off Party.  It was my favorite card of the day and it just so happens to also fit this week's Can You Case It Challenge.  Yeah!  

I just love the dies from the Halloween Scenes/Spooky Fun Bundle, especially that spooky tree!  I wanted to highlight the tree without covering up my orange shaker moon so the moon was offset just enough to let both the shaker and the tree shine.  I also love how the Trick or Treat sentiment fits perfectly inside the pumpkin die.  There are bats flying about and a witch on her broom for a Spooky Fun Halloween night!  

The Halloween sequins are from a local big box craft store. (I purchased them last year but I have seen them this year as well)  The construction of the shaker was made so much easier with the help from Stampin' Up's Foam Adhesive Strips.  These flexible strips are easily manipulated to take whatever shape you need them to contain your shaker filling.  

Here are just a few picks from my Holiday Catalog Kick Off party. We had 17 women stamping a rainy afternoon away!  Remember, all of the items used to make my Spooky Fun Halloween Shaker can be found in my online store 24/7.  Just click on any one of the items below to be taken directly to that item in my store.  I hope you will try a shaker card for yourself!  They are easy to put together and they provide such a WOW factor for the recipient.  Can't wait to pop this one in the mail!  Thanks for stoppin' by today!   

Spooky Fun Photopolymer Bundle

$36.75

Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper

$13.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Window Sheets

$5.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

$8.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$35.00

Big Shot

$110.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$7.00

 

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Collier County Honor Flight

This past week I was asked to make 22 Thank You cards for the gentlemen heading from Naples to Washington D.C. on the Collier County Honor Flight, Mission 11. If you are not familiar with the Honor Flight Network I urge you to visit their website:  

The Honor Flight Network is "a non-profit organization dedicated to providing veterans with honor and closure".  

Our Mission: To transport America’s Veterans to Washington, DC to visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and their friends.

Honor Flight Network is a non-profit organization created solely to honor America’s veterans for all their sacrifices. We transport our heroes to Washington, D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials. Top priority is given to the senior veterans – World War II survivors, along with those other veterans who may be terminally ill.

Of all of the wars in recent memory, it was World War II that truly threatened our very existence as a nation—and as a culturally diverse, free society. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, an estimated 640 WWII veterans die each day. Our time to express our thanks to these brave men and women is running out.

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I was truly honored to be able to provide cards for this group but I am severely lacking in the ownership of military or patriotic stamps, something I plan to remedy very soon.  A huge thanks goes out to two of my club members, Diana and Susan, for generously allowing us to use the stamps you will see shortly.  I also need to thank some of my Holiday Kick Off participants for helping me get the job done.  Thank you Lynn, Kari, Sandi and Patricia for your help! Today I want to share some of the cards we had the honor of sending along on Mission 11:

To the brave men and women who were aboard that flight, I want to personally thank you.  I don't think we will ever fully appreciate all they went through and the sacrifices they made to allow us the freedoms we enjoy today.  Even with the current political debacle we are calling a Presidential election and the unrest and unease that is making daily headlines, we are so much more fortunate than most. Although you have the right and the FREEDOM to voice your opinion, show some respect to the men and woman who gave their lives to give it to you.  So, I will continue to STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM with my hand over my heart in their honor and in thanks for the country we are so very Blessed to live in, even with our faults.  Because they deserve at least that much.  I will leave you today with a quote from Will Rogers:

 "We can't all be heroes.  Some of us have to stand on the curb and clap as they walk by".  

Well done gentlemen, well done.  

Collier County Honor Flight Mission 11:  Frank Bailey, August Brune, Richard Cantania, Francis Ciminelli, Henry Colon, Robert Daly, John DeCaro, Olin Downing, Carl Gallagher, Charles Herbst, Harlan Hummel, Richard Knur, Robert Leeks, Patsy Maiorano, Melvin Maxey, Walter Redden, Norman Regnaud, Delmont Renneke, Robert Rice, Milton Rosenberg, Frederick Schultz, Raymond Urfer


  

 

Silhouette Sunday

Greetings from Fort Lauderdale!  Mu husband and I decided to make a quick getaway this weekend to the 'other coast"  and I am writing this from our hotel room so I will make it quick!  This is the view from our room...

Today's post is a Halloween project I made with my Silhouette Cameo for a friends birthday.  As a crafter, I'm sure you are the same in that we are constantly making gifts for others while very seldom taking the time to make anything for ourselves.  My biggest partner in Silhouette crime is my friend and fellow Silhouette junkie Krista. I wanted to make something for her birthday and even though I know she has the ability, she will never take the time to do for herself.  

Her birthday is in late August so Halloween is fair game, lol!  I had been searching for an oval mirror with a black ornate frame for some time and I happened to hit pay dirt on a  Saturday shopping excursion to Home Goods. I bought two...one for Krista and one for me.  Then I searched the internet for a file that would work and traced it with my Silhouette.  Love this creepy elegant image!

I then cut the image out of black vinyl and prepped my mirror to apply it.  EPIC FAIL!  I broke the mirror in the process.  Not good. I really hope that "seven years of bad luck" thing is just an old wives tale!   .  

Fortunately I had a back up.  I used the one I got for myself and got the gift done.  Mine is still waiting to be completed, reinforcing my point, lol. Hopefully it will get done before October 1st in time to enjoy it for the Halloween season.  Here is the finished product:

Please forgive the awful pics today.  I was in such a hurry to complete her gift in time I never took a picture until the moment she received it which was in a restaurant.  But all turned out fine and I love the way she turned out! Happy Birthday Krista!  

I will leave you today with a pic of the full moon from our balcony...beautiful!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for stoppin' by!