Second Thursday Stampers: October 2015

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Our October--A Fall Full of Seasons

While the Falling Leaves are drifting by our window we are reminded of just how seasonally gifted we are this time of the year.

What fun for our creative stampers to build a really nice little spooky Mini Treat Bag with a Happy Halloween message inside, show their thanks with a Thanksgiving Day view from their window, and feel the frost of the winter season while they take a little Sleighride!

Our new Handmade for the Holidays ©Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog is getting quite a workout this month. We love it! All of the stamps, accessories, and specialty papers come from its pages. Just when we thought our shelves were complete, we found more lovely stamping goodies we just can't do without!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in our projects are from ©Stampin’ Up!

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

No Tricks, Just Treats

We can't help but be taken with the new Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper from ©Stampin’ Up! We are sharing the designs in our Happy pack liberally so every one of our Second Thursday Stampers has a unique little treat bag to take home. We started with pieces of our DSP cut out with the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits and commenced to making a sensational little bag . . .

Spooky Mini Treat Bag Card

With a special little message inside!

The Mini Treat Bag Thinlits are versatile and aren't just for making little bags. There are dozens of creative ideas for this set. There could be . . . you guessed it . . . a bag for all seasons! Our bag is decorated with the fun "Spooky" stamp from Happy Scenes, heat embossed with Black Embossing Powder on Crushed Curry Card Stock and punched out with our 2" Circle Punch. The big yellow 2 1/2" moon is punched from Crushed Curry Card Stock and fancied up a bit with some Silver Cord. As if that isn't enough, we popped that up with Dimensionals over a Spider Web Doily. Wowee! The card inside measures 3 1/2" x 4", and is perfect in Very Vanilla with a little black ribbon pull on top. A little bit of the leftover Happy Haunting DSP and some spooky fun images from Among the Branches make this the perfect little Halloween messenger for treating family and friends. Easy and impressive!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from ©Stampin’ Up!

A Fabulous Fall View

Here it is! Our version of a peak through the window, and what we see is a familiar sight these days. Bright orange (or in our case Tangelo Twist) pumpkins abound, with leaves tumbling faster than our rakes can handle! It's closing in on peak color season here in Southern Wisconsin, and the view through our windows looks a lot like this one!

Grateful for Happy Scenes Card

The beautiful Fall scene in our window is from Happy Scenes stamped in Basic Black and sponged with So Saffron and Tangelo Twist Ink. We colored the pumpkins in the yard with Pumpkin Pie Marker. Our window frame was cut from Chocolate Chip Card Stock and it stands out with the help of some Dimensionals. Our big orange super moon was cut with the second largest framelit from the Circle Framelits Collection and sponged with Tangelo Twist. We are especially happy with the effect our pumpkins in the left corner of our Soft Suede Card Stock card front make. We stamped in black on the suede, then stamped again on some Tangelo Twist Card Stock. A bit of fussy cutting and we have instant pumpkin charm! Our greeting from Happy Scenes is stamped in Basic Black and finished off with a little leaf from our new Into The Woods Wooden Elements. We put the whole thing on a Very Vanilla base just for a little interest. Wow! Easy peasy and so much fun!

Sleigh Bells Ring, Are Ya Listening?

Over the ground lies a mantle of white
A heaven of diamonds shine down through the night
Two hearts are thrillin' in spite of the chill in the weather

Once you have a look at our beautiful winter seasonal card you will know why these words come to mind. You can almost hear Doris Day now! This almost monochromatic card in our old standby Whisper White is just a little different from our usual fare. The stark white is beautifully contrasted with Whisper White stars in a Night of Navy sky. We have put our Sleigh Ride Edgelits to good use with this beauty! You can almost hear those sleigh bells jingle.

Jingling Sleigh Ride Edgelits Card

This card starts with a 5" x 5" piece of Whisper White Card Stock and just gets better and better. The first order of business was to make a night sky from what else? Night of Navy Card Stock. We cut our sleepy little town from a 4 1/2" x 4" piece of white using the Sleigh Ride Thinlits and flipped it over to adhere to the top part of the card. The sleigh was cut from a 4 1/2" x 4" piece of white and popped up with Dimensionals. The Jingle Message from the Jingle All the Way stamp set was the perfect companion for a sleigh ride down the hill. Our starry sky was made with stars stamped from the same stamp set in Whisper White with some really special stars punched from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper with the Confetti Stars Punch. What more can we say? This easy card is stunning, and simply beautiful!