PCS-September ~ Greetings a Brewing

Ghastly greetings Sampler friends.  The September issue, Greetings a Brewing, has arrived.  This month we highlight Halloween.  Inside this issue you'll find a variety of Halloween greetings covered with pumpkins, witches, skeletons and more.

This month we have the PCS Ghoulie Hand with Treat template.  A wickedly fresh twist on offering up some sweet treats for your goblins and ghouls.

Below is a peek at my Halloween project.  

Head on over to PCS and look at the other projects and pick up this month's issue.  

Thank you,

Karen

Merry Christmas Card

Here is a card I made using the new Expressions Thinlits Dies in the Holiday Catalog.  If you have not heard the trick with the thinlit dies; use a sheet of wax paper between the die and cardstock and use your paper-piercing tool on the back side of the die to help pop out the cut-out.  

On this card, I layered the Merry on the card front with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive.  I wanted to give it a different look.  This card is a good way to use up some scraps from the Season of Style Designer Series Paper Stack for the tags and for the inside of the card.  

This is a little new for me but this is one of the simplest Christmas cards I have made in awhile.  I guess I could not leave it that way; to me it looked like it was missing something.  I went back to the card and embossed the crumb cake layer but I trimmed it wrong and I had to change the card base around and added another layer.  Look below.

 I do like the crumb cake layer embossed but I don't think you have to add the additional layer.  I do like the Old Olive Card base with the Cherry Cobbler Ribbon.  

Let me know what you think!

Thanks for stopping by,

Karen

O' Holy Night Square Card

Here's a card I made using the O' Holy Night Stamp, Festive Flurry Stamp/Framelits and the Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack from the Holiday Catalog.  This card is a 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" square card.  

Color Combo: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Let me know what you think!

Thanks for looking!

Karen 

Altered Mini Composition Book-Swallowtail Butterfly

Front

Back

Here's an Altered Mini Composition Book I made for my daughter's teacher using the Swallowtail Stamp Set. I stamped with Versa Mark than the Baked Brown Sugar Ink and embossed than clear embossing powder.  I used the Aqua Painter and Ink pads to color the image.  When I was finished I painted the image with the Retired Champagne Shimmer Paint.  I used the new in-colors.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks,

Karen

Acrylic Post-It Note Holder-Swallowtail Butterfly

Here is an Acrylic Post-it Note Holder done with the Swallowtail Butterfly Stamp Set.  I gave this to my daughter's teacher with the Altered Book that will be on tomorrow's post.    I love the Swallowtail Stamp Set and love using it with the New In-Colors.  

If you need more information on how to make these, you can take a look at the one I made last year.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks for stopping by,
Karen

Christmas Six-Sided Sampler Card

1st card

2nd Card

Here's a couple cards I made the other day.  This was the first time I played with the Six-Sided Sampler and Hexagon Punch.  I have seen so many great cards using this stamp set.  I wanted to use it to make a Christmas Card.  I started with a piece of Crumb Cake and layer it with the hexagons.  After I finished the 1st card, I realized the patterns did not line up correctly and it was driving me crazy, so I sat down and made another one. I changed the card base and added another layer.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks for stopping by,
Karen

Stamps: Six-Sided Sampler  (C#130956, pg 125),  Warmth & Wonder - Holiday Hostess Stamp Set (C#131883, pg 39)

Punches/Dies: Hexagon Punch (# 130919, pg 180), Extra-Large Oval (C#119859, pg 182),

Paper: Very Vanilla (#101650, pg 145), Crumb Cake (#120953, pg 145), Raspberry Ripple (#126842, pg 141), Old Olive (#100702, pg 143)

Ink: Crumb Cake Ink (#126975, pg 145), Old Olive (#126953, pg 143), Raspberry Ripple (#126859, pg 141),

Accessories: Crochet Trim Ribbon (#118481, pg 173), Homemade Shimmer Spray

Adhesives: Stampin Dimensionals (#104430, pg 175)