Spooky Halloween

I LOVE making Halloween cards. My son can attest to that. Even at age 36, he and his wife still get their fair share of them. Even their dog, Auntie Kia, gets Halloween goodie bags. Hers are filled with homemade doggie treats. Every Halloween I bring baskets full of Halloween treat bags for people and pups when we go to dog shows. This year I will make goodie bags for the dogs in Nueve’s obedience class. Yep, I LOVE making Halloween cards and treat bags. Today’s Spooky Halloween card is the first of this year’s stash. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!

spooky halloween

It’s Sketch Week at The Paper Players and what a great sketch the talented Jan has for us. This layer lover’s heart was aflutter when I saw it. I can’t wait to see what YOU create with it.  But before you head off to gather your stamps, papers and inks, please stop by and leave my “Teamies” some “Comment Love”. It brightens our day!

spooky Halloween

I’m a pushover when it comes to dies. Truth be told, there were two reasons why I purchased Stampin’ Up!’s Spooky Halloween bundle: the dies and the adorable “Frankenpup” image. Although I did not use the dog image on this card (it will be used on the treat bags for Nueve’s puppy pals), I did use this spooky haunted house die cut. Created from Basic Black cardstock, it was easy to add Lemon Lolly cardstock behind it to illuminate the windows and door. The three different patterns of paper all come from the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper Collection. This collection includes patterned paper, precut images, and cut-apart scenes. I bought it because it is perfect for creating tags, which I will need for all the doggie treat bags I will be creating. I am sure I will have lots of help from Nueve, Sixxy and Uncle Q! After all, they are great at helping me photograph my cards at the tree ring in my backyard. Nueve is making sure everything is perfect!

Spooky Halloween

One of my favorite things about this card are the Shimmer Star Foam Stickers. What great little accents! They are the perfect embellishment for finishing off this Spooky Halloween card.

Spooky Halloween

Need more inspiration? Be sure to check out the rest of our talented Design Team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

spooky Halloween

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Looking for an oldie but goodie? Check out my retired stamps which I have for sale.  New sets will be added periodically. Please check often to see what has been added and what prices have been reduced.

Retired Sets for Sale

As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! And please, be sure to SHOP WITH ME! Until next time…

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  • Check out the Last Chance List and save!
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Beside Me Masculine Card

When he was young, my son Brady had a tough time learning how to ride a bicycle. Maybe it was in his genes. I never learned to ride a bike. I grew up on the farm riding ponies and horses. Therefore, it fell upon his dad, a city boy, to teach him the ins and outs of balancing on two wheels. The now retired Beside Me stamp set was purchased just for this image … a reminder of how father and son persevered so many years ago. I hope you enjoy this “Beside Me” masculine card. It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players.

This week it the turn of the amazing LeAnne to host our monthly Clean and Simple challenge. The theme she has selected for us: Things with Wheels. I know you will have so much fun with this challenge. Be it masculine or feminine, juvenile or adult, just remember it is Clean and Simple week. Make sure your creations meet the following criteria:

Have minimal layers and embellishments
Have plenty of open space
Are simple and uncluttered

We can’t wait to see what YOU create. But before you head off to gather up your stamps, papers and inks, please stop by and leave my “Teamies” some “Comment Love”. It brightens our day!

Beside Me colors

Some images are made for coloring with Blender Pens and inks, and in my book, this is one of them. To create this “Beside Me” masculine card, I first stamped the image in Jet Black Stazon. Next, I used the following inks to color the images: Shirts – Real Red, Crushed Curry; Jeans, Short, Helmet, Handle Grips – Misty Moonlight; Hair – Pecan Pie; Shoes, Ground – Crumb Cake; Bike – Smoky Slate; Reflector – Real Red with Wink of Stella. After the image was colored, the Textured Notes rectangle die was used to cut it out. Dimensionals were used to “pop” it up on the card base, which had been embossed with the Plaster Painting 3D embossing folder. The sentiment, from the same set as the image, was stamped using Secret Sea ink. Because this was a clean and simple challenge, I kept the embellishments to a minimum, choosing to use three Opal Rounds.

Need more inspiration? Be sure to check out the rest of our talented Design Team:

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile – On Leave

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

Elizabeth Stewart

Click HERE to View the Last Chance Products

online exclusives

Click HERE to View the Online Exclusives

Click HERE to View Our Kits Collection

Looking for an oldie but goodie? Check out my retired stamps which I have for sale.  New sets will be added periodically. Please check often to see what has been added and what prices have been reduced.

Retired Sets for Sale

As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! And please, be sure to SHOP WITH ME! Until next time…

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  • The $99 Starter Kit is the BEST DEAL EVER! Check out the details HERE.
  • Check out the Last Chance List and save!
  • See my Retired Sets for Sale
  • If you are in need of any current catalog, and you do not have a demonstrator, please email me (kimschach@msn.com). I will send you one free of charge!