Monday, September 26, 2011

2011 Halloween/Orange Challenge

This was Roselyn's project for the night. It is made from wood blocks and mostly involved modge podging. It was an attendent only project. On one side it reads "Halloween" and flip it over, wham, bam, it reads "Christmas". Who would ever have guessed those two words had the same number of letters. It also had little yellow stars on each end with wire attaching them to the wood blocks.


This was also a card that was a left over from last time. This was Roselyn's creation as well. What adorable little bug brads.





This was Janet's card for the night. She used a technique called kissing where she stamped the flower stamp with another stamp and then stamped the card with the flower stamp. It all came together to make one amazing card.

This was submitted by Ashley and was the only black cat card of the night. What a great little card. I love the sparkly and spooky stars and paper.



This one was actually a late submission from last time. I completly forgot who did it, so you'll have to add a comment and claim this one. Otherwise, I guess I can claim it - it's definatly nice enough that I would like to.










Robin did both the challenges too and created the spider (with adorable little googly eyes) and the orange bubble card. They are both just too cute - I might not be able to send these ones out.



























Gretchen was the newcomer for the night, but despite being a newbie she really brought IT with this cute little card. I love the neon green detail on the ribbon. Welcome Gretchen.











Carrie's little card was just precious. The background paper was originally all orange, but we swiped it across a black ink pad and ended up with this really cool effect. We also used a very strange distresser tool to get the rough edges at the top and the bottom. Carrie has all the fun toys.















These adorable trick or treaters are Tami's design for the evening. On her original there were also candy corns; I went rouge and put them on the inside of my card.











Jennifer created this spooky little card. There were many options to choose from, including pumpkins and skeletons, but I loved this scary little ghost. Great use of chipboard here.












This card is simply to die for. I love the different way to use a button and ribbon. Great detail with the jute as well. Nice work (as always) Stephanie M.











My version really does not do this card justice!!! What an adorable stamp that Tina picked for us!!! I loved the little flowers.












This was Melanie's adorable card for the evening. I really liked hand-drawing on the little pumpkin eyeballs- thanks Mel.
















































Our host outdid herself as usual. And these are only the cards!!! The little ghost is raised with diamond glaze, the pumpkin is outlined with brown ink, and the thank you card has a 3d flower. She did it all too" orange challenge, Halloween, and fall.















Stephanie D. went over the top with this card. First ever time at stamp club using puff paints. The inside reads "Boo" and "Happy Halloween".

























Bats and pumpkins!!! Nicole outdid herself. She also had, it seemed to be the general consensus, the cutest "Happy Halloween" stamp of the evening. The bats have diamond glazed wings - great touch!!!





Thursday, September 22, 2011

Halloween/Orange Challenge Preview

This is my first project of five for those attending on Saturday. I wanted something for our Orange challenge and found these fun orange flowers that coordinate with the various shades of orange paper and ink (they match better in person than in this photo!). The card is stamped with the large flower from Doodle This -- one of my favorite sets.

This is my 2nd card for the night, orange-inspired and oh-so fall! Inspired by a card I saw online that I have been waiting for months to make. Another Doodle This stamp on here, I did say it was one of my favorites!



This is my last card and my Halloween offering for the night; I couldn't resist using this funny little ghost. It's a simple card, but has a wavy "have a spooky halloween" greeting inside that I love. It's hard not to use all the cute holiday stamps when we only have one season to use them!

Jennifer is unable to join us these weekend but these are her terrific offerings. Love the glittery images and the funky font for the spooky "Boo".


This is Stephanie M's card, nice use of the Big Shot plus coordinating ribbon and button embellishments. Love the color combo, very fall inspired!

Stephanie also (finally! ha ha!!) sent these simple and sweet cards for those who attended the June playdate.

Last year's cards

These are the projects from last September's playdate. Our theme was Halloween/Get Well:
















This was Tami's darling card from last year -- I didn't get around to making it that night and found that if I held onto her supplies long enough, she'd take pity on me and give me her sample to get her stuff back! The plan worked!