Stampin' Up! Stuff

Although I enjoy collecting and using stamps and products from a variety of different companies and sources, I'm making a concerted effort to go back to my Stampin' Up! roots on a more regular basis. I know that some of my blog readers want to see things that are exclusively Stampin' Up!, so I'm really going to try to devote at least a post or two a week to SU! only entries. With that being said, here's one of those posts.

I made this card using Mary Jo's sketch. I signed up for a holiday mini swap with the Great Swaps Girls using the new Halloween Frights set, so I thought I'd try it out first for the sketch--kind of a warm up for my swap card, I guess. I used a brayer and three different colors of ink on glossy cardstock to create the panel for the stamped images. I used a post it note to mask the circle for the moon. The trio of bats is stamped in black ink.

I used a piece of paper from the Ghostly Greetings pack for the panel on the bottom of the card. I punched the word window punch three times to make a spot for the "spooky nights" sentiment at the bottom of the card. The words are stamped on the orange panel that's layered behind the patterned paper.

Materials Used (all from Stampin' Up!):

Halloween Frights stamp set, So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, and Basic Black Classic inks, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, and Glossy White cardstock, Ghostly Greetings designer paper, word window punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, brayer, dimensionals

I made this card using a sketch that Mercy posted on her blog a while ago. This was such a quick card to make and it turned out exactly like I saw it in my mind, too.

I started with the strip of striped Sweet Always designer paper on the cardfront. I used this paper as the color inspiration for my card.

I wanted to paper piece the large cupcake image, so I stamped the bottom on Close to Cocoa cardstock, the top on Pink Pirouette cardstock, and the candle on Pumpkin Pie cardstock then cut out the image pieces. I pieced them together on the white panel, attaching the cupcake top with dimensionals. The sprinkles on the cupcake are colored with marker, then covered with Dazzling Diamonds, too.

I decorated the pink panel on the left side of the card using the Cupcake wheel. This coordinates perfectly with the images in the Crazy for Cupcakes set. That's one of the things I like the most about SU!--the stamps, papers, inks, and accessories work so well together.

Materials Used (all from Stampin' Up!):

Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set, Cupcakes wheel and handle, Basic Black and Regal Rose Classic inks, Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, and Whisper White cardstock, Sweet Always designer paper, Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa, and Pumpkin Pie markers, Dazzling Diamonds, dimensionals