Oct

31

Happy Halloween candy tin

Filed Under DT: Jinah N., Holiday: Halloween | 2 Comments

jinah-tin-smJinah created this wonderful candy tin – yum! The outside is so cute – with the little trick-or-treaters. jinah-tin-openjinah-tin-inside-detail
But the inside is even yummier with little Peter Pumpkin adorning each individual piece of candy. This is one time where you’ll certainly want to save the wrappers!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1080-E Peter Pumpkin
1087-O Trick-or-treaters (side)
1088-D Candy hands
6016-N Porch with light

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Oct

30

Eat, Drink & Be Scary

Filed Under Holiday: Halloween, Holly | 2 Comments

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For this card I used my Martha Stewart fence and hydrangea flower punches again. I just can’t get enough of them. :)

I stamped the background and then added some shading around the edges. Glued all my background pieces on and then used a thick glue dot to glue the witch and her coffee cup.

Happy Halloween Eve to everyone!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1191-M A witch and a wand mishap
5071-G Flying crows
8196-D Eat drink and be scary (text)
9058-L Graveyard
9060-B Witches brew (coffee)

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Oct

27

Hank on his hoover!

Filed Under DT: Meg C., Dogs, Holiday: Halloween | 1 Comment

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Meg sent another card – yeah! This one she actually created for a sketch challenge. I love how Hank the dog is in the moon’s spotlight…what I can’t believe is she actually cut out the cord on the vacuum cleaner!

Here’s the instructions Meg sent:

  1. For Mr Hank, I stamped and heat embossed on Stampin’ Up. Soft Suede, PaperTreyInk Smokey Shadow, and some Fancy Pants “All Fall” patterned paper, added some details (like coloring in the hat, eye, and bottom of the vacuum) with prismacolor pencils, cut out, and paper pieced.
  2. For the moon, I brayered Memento Tuxedo Black over orange All Fall paper with a post-it circle on it, then removed the post-it. The fabulous twine is Martha Stewart and the “boo” is from Stampin’ Up Tiny Tags.
  3. For the bottom layer, I spritzed Gingersnap SmoochSpritz over the same patterned paper I used for the vacuum.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
3056-I Hank (the dog) on his Hoover

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Oct

26

Too cute to spook!

Filed Under DT: Meg C., Dogs, Holiday: Halloween | 1 Comment

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Meg has been busy creating her first design team submission – Yahoo! Too cute is right!

Here’s what Meg says:

  1. The paper is Stampin’ Up’s Halloween specialty paper, and the bats are flocked. I cut it down to 5 3/8 by 5 3/8 and mounted it to a PTI Smokey Shadow base.
  2. I stamped Zero on Gina K Pure Luxury, colored him with grey copics (C1, C3, C5 and C7), and cut him out.
  3. I stamped the bat wings on another piece of paper from the same SU pack that has Halloween words on it, embossed with black embossing powder, cut out, and attached to the back of Zero.
  4. I used foam tape to pop Zero and his wings up.
  5. The letters are stamped with a Basic Grey $1 set and embossed. Although hard to see, the ribbon is American Crafts corduroy ribbon that coordinates with the flocked bats.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
3013-D Zero
8184-G Bat wings (set of 2)

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Oct

25

Get Well Soon

Filed Under DT: Mandy, Holiday: Halloween | 1 Comment

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I love the little twist Mandy did using the sentiment. Poor Witch Hazel would certainly appreciate getting such a fancy get well card. :)

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1076-S Don’t Drink and Fly witch

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Oct

24

Peter Pumkin and the full moon

Filed Under DT: Pam, Holiday: Halloween | 1 Comment

pam-halloween-peter-smPam created this great card a bit ago, but I’m posting it now just in time for Halloween. Enjoy!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1080-E Peter Pumpkin
5034-D Bob (bat)
7072-G Full moon

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Oct

23

The zombies were having fun

Filed Under DT: Georgia, Holiday: Halloween | 1 Comment

georgia-frank-smAnother great Halloween card by Georgia. This time Frankin Fairy is floating along under a terrific little saying.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1172-F Frankin Fairy

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Oct

22

Halloween rosettes

Filed Under Holiday: Halloween, Holly, Tools | 2 Comments

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Here’s a card using one of the rosettes…halloween-crow-full-sm

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Ok, so I’ve kind of gone a little batty over Tim Holtz’s Paper Rosette die. This is what the die actually looks like:
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You run it through any of the die cutting machines – Cuttlebug, Sizzix… and then you fan fold it. I actually didn’t use the center part, I wanted something larger, so I just used a round punch that I had. They are really easy and very addictive – once you make one you’ll want to make them for everything!

Here’s a YouTube video:

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Oct

21

Monster Mash

Filed Under DT: Georgia, Holiday: Halloween | 1 Comment

georgia-monster-mash-smGeorgia created this great Monster Mash treat bag! Wouldn’t you just love to get one of these in your plastic pumpkin treat bucket!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1172-F Frankin Fairy

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Oct

19

Introducing the New Design Team

Filed Under Announcements, Holiday: Halloween | 6 Comments

I’d like you to meet the members of the new ECG Design Team.

Annie F. wwwanniesponderings.blogspot.com

Dagmar (Dagi) W. www.dagisblog.blogspot.com

Danielle K. wilddragonflydesigns.blogspot.com

Jinah N. blog.naver.com/cozettee

Meg C. corgi-creations.blogspot.com

Monique (Moon) H. scrapjesvanmoon.blogspot.com

Wanda G. www.ablogcalledwanda.com

I’ve started sending out their first stamp orders, so stay tuned!

In the meantime I thought I’d post a Halloween card I made using some of my new Halloween stamps.

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The fence in the background is a Martha Stewart punch. I punched it out of gray cardstock, added a bit of color by dabbing black and silver ink and then sanded it just a little. The black and gray flowers are also from a Martha Stewart punch – I believe it’s the hydrangea punch (has 3 flowers on it). I found the little spider crystals at a scrapbook store, but you could certainly make them using black stick-on crystals and then drawing some legs. Oh, and I added a wee bit of stitching around the edge by first punching holes and then sewing with some dark gray embroidery floss.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1188-K Toad sister
8194-E Toad sister (text)

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Oct

11

Design Team – emails sent

Filed Under Announcements | Leave a Comment

Hi All.

Well…I’ve sent out emails to those I’ve asked to be on the next Design Team. I’m just waiting to hear back from all of them – want to make sure they still want to. :)

I want to thank everyone who sent in submissions – it was such a hard choice! I love seeing what people create and I wish I could have said yes to you all – unfortunately I’d go broke if I did.

This is going to be an ongoing process, so if it’s ok with all those who submitted I will be saving your names.

Again, thank you so very much and stay tuned!

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