Okay, so October is all about Halloween ... unless there are Christmas party invitations to be made and sent out. That is the case with the above invitation which is for the HAM (Amateur Radio) Association's Christmas party.
This invitation is 5"x7", and the wording of the invitation inside was computer generated in red ink. The first layer is a red card stock, and the white layer on top of that has been run through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. Since the folder is smaller than the larger-sized card, I used my Scor-It and made dry embossed lines on three sides.
The image is from Stamping Bella and was colored with Copic markers and highlighted on the holly berries with Christmas Red Stickles. I used the round and scalloped Nestabilities to cut the circles and embellished the invitation with a red ribbon.
Now ... it's back to the ghosties and ghoulies because, after all, it is still October, and Halloween is yet to come!

This month is about Halloween ... in the stores next to the Christmas stuff, in the neighborhoods, in the schools and on the blogs.
This witchy witch is from Stamping Bella. She was stamped with Jet Black StazOn and allowed to dry well ... oh, for about a year. (It doesn't pay to get too enthused, does it?) Since she had dried for so long, I was able to color her using Copic markers without smearing the dimpled darling. Even witches get tired of black hats, so hers is orange.
The card was made from orange CS with white CS on top. The white CS was Cuttlebugged Swiss Dots. I used the oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities to cut the image and background CS. A flat-back plastic haunted house was used as an embellishment.
I received several new sets of Elemental Doodles stamps in the mail last week and will be working on cards featuring those stamps.
Elemental Doodles has been named the October Vendor of the Month by Stampers Corner. The group address is StampersCorner@yahoogroups.com. If you are a member of this group ... or become a member ... there are special discounts on ED stamps being offered through the group.
Kudos to my fellow design team members for being published using ED stamps:
Connie - October Vamp Stamp News / Look for her card on the back page
Etha - Fall 2009 issue of Just Cards

It's October already?
How can that be? Where did March go?
It's been way too long since I have posted on my blog, but I will do my best to keep pace with life in the future.
This card was another simple card to make, and I used a black card with black spider web patterned paper on top of it. The skeleton image is a Tim Holtz design from Stampers Anonymous, and the cat image is by Inkadinkadoo. Both were stamped and heat embossed with black detail EP from JudiKins and were then layere on black CS and beige CS. The skeleton image was mounted directly to the card, and the cat image was mounted with foam dots.
I have new images from Elemental Doodles and will be in the ED Design mode this coming week. I spent last weekend in another city playing Cricut with my sister-in-law from MA. What fun! We also went shopping at Michael's and Big Lots. It's amazing what one can find in those two stores, and it's even better when they are located side by side.

This card was done for a sketch challenge, and although it doesn't show well, the colors were black, white and silver. Images were sent to me in a swap as was the beautiful black and silver ribbon.
I didn't realize that it had been so long since I posted anything on my blog, but since the last time, I have caught up with all my swaps and spent a week in the mountains of Colorado. What a wonderful, relaxing time I spent with my best friend. We read, watched movies, played on our computers, shopped, and toured the countryside. I slept so well and relaxed so much that I'm not sure I have any bones in my body!
I didn't even have a chance to miss my kitties too much because Karen brought her beautiful cats with her. I have pictures of her little furballs, so perhaps you will get to take a peek at them tomorrow.
Enjoy your day.

Cats always make good subjects for pet pages, and ours are no exception.

Background scrapbook paper was exactly what was needed to coordinate with the flourish stamp from the Just a Note stamp set from Elemental Doodles.

Next pet page will be of our Maine coon mix cat Tawny. I had laid out a stack of scrapbook paper on the bed after finding this paper shown here. When I went back in the bedroom, Tawny had pulled down the duvet and curled up under the stack of paper.

Now if only I could teach her how to cute and glue the pages for me!

Black and white with one bright ... that was the challenge. This is the card.

Cuttlebug and Nestabilities. Love them. They make life in the round so much easier.

So do background paper, rubber stamps, Copic markers and ribbon.

My favorite scrapbook store is having a 50% off sale through Sunday, and here I am on a negative scrapbook budget. It's way past time I use the goodies I own.

Once upon a time ... not so very long ago ... we had the nosiest kitty known to mankind. I always knew when she had been in my stamp stuff because she would have glitter in the corner of her eyes.
This layout was done using red Bazzill card stock, blue textured card stock, and an cream card stock that had small black flecks in it that look like pepper. I thought it was appropriate since Stamp Kitty's name was Pepper. I used the dragonfly and flourish from the new Mini Heavenly Tea stamp set by Elemental Doodles. I colored the wings of the dragonflies with the Ice Blue Twinkling H2O. Embellishments are simple ... Class A Peel stickers from Stampendous frame the page. I used my computer to print the words since I have very little patience for stamping, cutting and/or gluing letters to a page.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend. I spent it stamping most of the time except for to forage food at a wonderful Mexican restaurant this evening. My tummy is full, and my stamps are calling me.