I promised I'd share a project and here it is. My granddaughter loves Wrigley's 5 Zing gum so I thought I'd wrap it up in a Halloween costume. I used Basic Grey eerie collection. The wrapper is 3 x 6", scored at 3/4, 1-1/4, 3-3/4, 4-1/4. Adhere on the back. The pull-out is 2-1/2 x 5-1/2, scored at 3-3/4 and 4-1/4. The inside edges (second picture) are tapered so it slides in and out easier. The belly band is 1 x 6, adhered in the back. I used a 1-3/8 circle punch with the designer paper, 1-7/16-green; and the scallop circle punch (black) from Stampin' Up! The boo stamp I found at Michael's once upon a time. I sponged Ranger distress ink (crushed olive) for color. I thought the wiggly eyes was a nice touch (a little texture humor). Hope you enjoy this as much as I know my granddaughter will.

I'm excited because I won the Our Craft Lounge September Sketch Challenge. I get to choose a stamp set of my choice from Our Craft Lounge and they have some really cute ones. You just can't beat free. It's the first challenge I've ever entered so I'm encouraged to enter more. There are so many beautiful cards that can be seen in all the challenges.

That's all from To Stamp with Love for now: follow your passion and the universe will take care of the rest.

Boo to You!

Happy Halloween....It's a witchy time of the year. I saw this Shadow Box Card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. She featured a Christmas theme and I decided to change it up and make it spooky. I got the witch stamp set a long time ago, Best Witches, from Eat Cake Graphics (the other stamp is a witch flying into a tree; sentiment "Don't drink and fly"...just love it!). The papers are Basic Grey's eerie collection. The spider web and spider are from Memory Box, "Web Crawler." I embossed this image in white on velum and stamped the spider with Memento ink. I used brads to hold the velum in place. I used copic markers to color and just cut around the image with scissors. The Boo stamp was one I got at Michael's for $1.00...thought the google eyes would be cute. I have another Halloween project to share later.

My stamping buddy

I have been so very fortunate to have the best stamping buddy in the world. We have been getting together most every Thursday night to stamp...just Munda and I stamping and talking either at my house or hers. We've been to several conventions in St. Marys, Ga. and stamping classes anywhere close, and just stamp shopping all over the place. We always had to go out of town 'cause there's not even a Michael's close. I think that made it more fun, which is what she was. Munda died suddenlylast night. She had just turned 65 in June. I am so very sad and miss her like crazy already. The last time we stamped at my house she commented on the card I had made with my new JustRite, By the Sea set. I had used the sailboat with "We cannot direct the wind, we can only adjust our sail." She said that was her deceased husbands favorite saying. I went online to tie a sailor's knot and Munda thought that was very funny. We were going to make a card with this set this week. It will take me awhile to adjust my sails after losing my best friend.

Grands

I also have a granddaughter in California. She started the second grade and this stamp, Back to School Girl, also from Lili of the Valley Ltd suited her perfectly. Lili of the Valley Ltd has some very cute stamps. The papers are DCWV "the Grade School stack"; punch EK Success. That's my little granddaughter....very cute!

For the Grandkids

I have 15 month old twin grandsons who live in California, much too far away. My daughter sent me a picture of them sharing a juice bar...so cute! I ran across this stamp, Boys-Milk and Biscuits, at Lili of the Valley Ltd and knew I had to have it. It was perfect for the boys. I don't have a lot of boy appropriate stamps, but I am working on it. The papers are Basic Grey "Oliver", dies are neatabilities (oval and fancy tag), copic markers for coloring, crystal effects on the milk glass. The sentiment is from Unity Stamps. All the time I'm coloring, choosing paper, etc., I'm thinking about my boys.

Autumn Wishes

I just love the fall. It seems to bring lots of memories back...football games, my grandparents place in North Dokato, back to school, new clothes, new paper and pencils...the list goes on. When I saw the Anything Goes challenge, I wanted to share my autumn card. I went to my fall stamps from last year and found this one (Harvest Blessings which is on sale right now) from Verve Stamps. I love this set and it felt good to use it again. The paper is from JoAnn Fabrics, Debbie Mumm "Harvest & Holiday." I also used Circle Nestibilities. I used Memento ink to stamp the focal image and distress inks for the leaves and to distress Autumn Wishes. Anyway....I send the best Autumn wishes to you!

Something New...I'm back

Friday DT challenge #30 from Our Craft Lounge....that's something new. I've never entered into any of the many, many challenges I see, but I have a card that I made with my new Fabulous Florals stamp set. It has all the elements of the sketch and I'm kind of excited to be sharing it. I love this stamp set...it's my first OCL stamps. I found it at my not-so-local, but loved stamp/scrapbook store in Ocala, Fl, Priceless Scrapbooks and More. This is a first attempt and, like everything new, there's "Stuff" to be learned. So here it is......I used Basic Grey "Oliver" paper and the Martha Stewart butterfly punch. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp set, Rockin It. I also used some of Tsukineko Sheer Shimmer Spritz on the flower.