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Spooky Sweets For Halloween

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Two Halloween cards in one year!  That has to be a world’s record for me.  I am not a Halloween person.   I’ve already told you why in previous posts so I won’t go into it again here.  Just take my word for it.  The only thing is I just love the Spooky Sweets Stamp Set and the matching Spooky Bats Punch (you can save 10% by purchasing them in a Bundle).  I think those little bats are adorable.  Plus the moon stamp matches the Twinkle Builder Punch that is in the Stampin’ Up!®  Annual Catalog.  I love it when Stampin’ Up! adds other products to match the ones you may already own.

To make this card I first stamped the tree and the ground from the stamp set called Sheltering Tree onto Basic Gray cardstock.  I know it kind of looks like a puny tree compared to the bats but I went with it anyway.  No one says stamping has to be perfect!  Then I stamped the cloudy background before adding the quarter moon and the stars to it.  The sentiment was cut out using the Stitched Labels Framelits Dies.

Happy Halloween. I hope all you crazy people out there who love Halloween and go all out have a great time.  Just don’t egg my house, please!

PS:  You know I am going to post Halloween pictures of my grandchildren so you can look forward to that!

Product List

Spooky Sweets Wood-Mount Bundle

$35.00

Spooky Sweets Clear-Mount Bundle

$30.50

Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set

$25.00

Twinkle Builder Punch

$18.00

Stitched Labels Framelits Dies

$33.00

Spring Has Not Sprung!

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Last month I went to Salt Lake City for Stampin’ Up! OnStage.  Although it was cold and rainy, the flowering trees were all in bloom and beautiful.  To me, it seems so funny to see these flowering trees with snow capped mountains in the background.  In any case, when I came back home I realized that we are not even close to seeing flowering trees here.  We don’t even have buds on the trees yet.  This was a super mild winter for us so I was hoping Spring would come early.  No such luck!

I made this card using the stamp set called Sheltering Tree.  I just stamped the “leaves” in Wild Wasabi and then again in Pink Pirouette.  I know this card is wishful thinking.  I can’t wait to see all the apple blossoms, lilacs and other flowering trees and bushes in full bloom.  I think it is going to be a while!

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Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set

$25.00

A Fall Sheltering Tree

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This is what my yard looks like right now (only add about 20 more trees).  Although it is beautiful outside, I am not a fan of raking.  I think the rake is leaning against a tree in our yard too while I am inside stamping.  I am not stupid!  Good thing Rob has one of those mulchers on his Cucumber Crush tractor.  He grinds them all up and we are left with a much smaller pile (thank goodness!).  I am thankful for Rob buying that crazy tractor after all.

This card uses the stamp set called Sheltering Tree.  I stamped the trees first and then stamped the leaves in different colors using Stampin Write Markers.

Happy birthday to my wonderful middle sister, Emily!  I hope your day is awesome!

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Watercooler Wednesday WWC34

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This week’s Watercooler Wednesday Challenge is brought to you by Jean.  Jean gave us a color challenge but it had to be and ombre color challenge.  Ombre is where the colors are similar but you go from light to dark (or dark to light) of different shades of the same color.  I decided to use Stampin’ Up’s blues as my colors.

Sheltering Tree, Ombre

I used Soft Sky, Pool Party, Marina Mist and Island Indigo for my colors.  The splotches and the sentiment are from the stamp set called Sheltering Tree.  To cut the arch, I just used a platter and quickly cut it with a sharp blade. The nice thing about Photopolymer stamps is you can bend them a little to match the curve.

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Sheltering Tree

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I think my two favorite colors of the new In Colors are Mint Macaron and Tip Top Taupe.  They both seem to go with so many different colors.  For this card, I used Mint Macaron with So Saffron.  It is a very soft color combination.

I used the stamp set called Sheltering Tree.  This set was originally in the 2015 Occasions Catalog and, thankfully, it carried over into the 2015 Annual Catalog.  It has 14 different stamps in the set which include four sentiments.

I stamped the tree in Chocolate Chip.  Then I stamped the leaves twice, once with So Saffron and once with Mint Macaron. I think it looks kind of like a flowering tree.

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Spring Sheltering Tree

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One of the things I love about the stamp set called Sheltering Tree is that is a a great stamp set for all four seasons.  Of course, where I live there are only three seasons ~ winter, mud and July.  Right now it is the end of winter and the beginning of mud season here.  Yet, some where in this world there must be spring right around the corner.  Sheltering Tree is also a Photopolymer Stamp Set.  That means it is clear so you can see exactly where you want to stamp but it also means it is flexible.  Therefore, I was able to curve the sentiment on this card.

Happy Spring to those who experience it!

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Painted Petals

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Painted Petals

Painted Petals is a stamp set that is in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Catalog.  It is a two-step stamp set which means you use two stamps to make one image.  In this case the leaves are one stamp and the flowers are another.  This set is for every taste becausr it comes in your choice of wood mount, clear mount and Photopolymer.  I am a wood mount girl but I bought this set in Photopolymer because it makes it so much easier to line up the two stamps.  Photopolymer stamps are actually clear so once you ink it you can see exactly where you need to stamp.  As a side note, I purposely did not try to line up the flowers.  Oh, and try not to tie the ribbon upside down (as I did!).

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Sheltering Tree Club Card

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Sheltering Tree, Kinda Eclectic

This is one of the cards we made at our monthly Club Meeting in February.  It uses one of my favorite stamp sets from the 2015 Occasion Catalog called Sheltering Tree.  It is a Photopolymer Stamp Set which makes it very easy to line up two step stamps such as the little flowers in this card.  Photopolymer stamps are clear so once you ink them you can see exactly where to stamp them.  The sun in this card is from the stamp set called Kinda Eclectic.  We used a marker to color it because the rays on this stamp are really long.  We used the “thumping” technique on the leaves of the tree.  This is where you ink the stamp up (we used Pear Pizzazz) and then you take a marker (Garden Green) and tap it lightly all over the stamp.  This is how you get some of the leaves to be a darker color

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Simple Valentine

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Sometimes simple is better.  As you all know, I have three boys (grown men).  If I made them a Valentine with lace, flowers and other stuff all over it, they would look at me cross eyed, say “thanks” and then throw it in the recycle bin (or garbage can).  Of course, if I didn’t give them a Valentine, they would be unhappy because it is a tradition.  I have given them Valentines practically since the day they were born.  They might tell you, they really want the candy and gifts that go with the Valentines card but I know they really like the card the best (that is my story and I am sticking with it!).

To make this Valentine, I just punched out some hearts using the Sweetheart Punch from Designer Series Paper called Stacked With Love.  This paper is black and white on one side and Calypso Coral, Real Red or Crisp Cantaloupe on other.  The sentiment is from the stamp set called Sheltering Tree.

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Sneak Peak of Sheltering Tree

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When I first saw the stamp set called Sheltering Tree in the Stampin’ Up! 2015 Occasions Catalog, I knew I had to buy it.  As most of you know, I have three boys.  Well, they are not boys anymore.  They are all grown up men but they will always be my boys.  None of them live at home anymore (if that gives you a hint on how old they are).  I saw this set and it reminded me of when they were little, climbing trees, riding bikes and running all over the neighborhood with their friends.  We lived in a small village at that time so it was pretty safe to let them run wild.  I wasn’t big on letting them watch television and play video games and they didn’t seem to mind.  I do remember one boy (not one of mine) said I was the meanest mother in Sackets Harbor because I “made” him go outside and play on a beautiful summer day instead of watching tv.  The “boy” has two kids of his own.  I wonder if they are allowed to watch tv all day?  Somehow I doubt it!

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