Stamping With Lois

Spooky Halloween Card

While doing a load of white laundry, I was inspired to try my hand at 'bleach stamping.'   I grabbed some Elegant Eggplant card stock, some bleach, and my 'From The Crypt' stamp set.  I made an 'inkpad' by pouring a little bleach onto a folded paper towel that I had placed in a plastic container.  I inked up the stamp and randomly stamped the image onto my eggplant card stock.  (You must rinse and clean the stamp immediately so the bleach doesn't damage the rubber.)  It was fun to watch the colors change as the bleach dried.  After the image was dry, I decided to add an embossed spider to the lower right-hand corner of the card.

 

 

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Halloween Party Class

Last Friday, in my Halloween Party Class we made these cute Halloween Cupcake Picks. 
 
 
 We packaged them using the Top Note Die and Spider Web folder adding some shimmer paint for detail. 

 
 
Next, we made a box for some Halloween treats using two new products from the Holiday Mini Catalog: the Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die #120890 and the Spider Web textured Impressions Embossing Folder #120889.

If you look closely, you can see the embossed spider web on the box.

If you missed the class, but would like to make these projects, here is a list of the supplies you will need:

CUPCAKE PICKS:

• 116576 Batty For You $23.95
• 118874 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Extra Large Punch $16.95
• 119850 1-3/4" Cricle Punch $16.95
• 119877 1-3/8" Circle Punch $16.95
• 114526 Circles #2 Die (for the 2" circle) $15.95
• your choice of ink and cardstock colors
• 116854 Frost White Shimmer Paint $5.95 (to sponge on to the spider web)
• 102892 Sponge Daubers $10.95 (package of 12)-to apply the shimmer paint

TREAT BOX

• 120890 Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die $32.95
• 120889 Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $7.95
• your choice of cardstock and embellishments

Contact me to place your Halloween order today! 

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Trick or Treat Shadow Box

In my world, it is NEVER too early to decorate for Halloween.  This project features the new Trick or Treat Letterpress Plate for the Big Shot that can be found in the new Holiday Mini Catalog on page 42.  What a unique addition to your Halloween decor this year!

 

Trick or Treat shadowbox

Stamps
• None

Paper
• 121045-Basic Black Card Stock
• 102028-Confetti White Card Stock
• 119939-Pumpkin Pie Textured Card Stock

Ink
• 102995-Basic Black Craft Stampin’ Ink® Refill
• 121607-Rich Razzleberry Craft Stampin’ Ink Refill

Accessories
• 119774-Rich Razzleberry 1-1/4” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
• 119246-Rhinestones Basic Jewels
• 104430-Stampin’ Dimensionals®
• 118309-Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
• 113439-Big Shot™
• 120980-Trick or Treat Letterpress Plate
• Shadowbox frame
• Candy corn 

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From The Crypt

I am having a workshop this week and thought I’d share one of the projects I have planned.  I was thrilled that the hostess requested we make a Halloween item.  It meant I got to use the stamp set that grabbed my attention the first time I went through this year's Idea Book & Catalog.  The set is called From the Crypt and it reminds me of really cool tattoo art.

 

Stamp Sets:

  115460 From The Crypt

  111574 House of Haunts

Ink Pads:

  101179 Basic Black

  102283 VersaMark

Paper:

  102851 Basic Black: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 3" x3-1/2", 3/8" x 4"

  105117 Pumpkin Pie: 4" x 5-1/4", 2-3/4" x 3-1/4"

  100730 Whisper White: 2-1/2" x 3"

  115677 Cast A Spell Designer Series Paper: 2" x 4"

Accessories:

  107214 Ticket Corner Punch

  101049 Stamp-a-ma-jig

  102300 Bone Folder

     Optional:

       100008 Heat Tool

       102197 Powder Pal

       103083 Embossing Buddy

       109133 Black Embossing Powder

Instructions:

1.  Use VersaMark ink to randomly stamp spider image on the lower two-thirds of the largest Pumpkin Pie piece of card stock.

2.  Adhere Cast A Spell designer series paper to the top of the stamped Pumpkin Pie piece, aligning both upper edges.

3.  Adhere the thin strip of Basic Black directly below the designer series paper.

4.  Use the Bone Folder to fold largest Basic Black piece in half, creating the card base.

5.  Adhere completed Pumpkin Pie piece to card front.

6.  Use Basic Black ink to stamp skull image on Whisper White piece.

7.  Use Ticket Corner Punch on all four corners of: Whisper White piece, Pumpkin Pie piece and Basic Black piece.

8.  Adhere Whisper White piece to Pumpkin Pie piece, then adhere that to Basic Black piece.

9.  Adhere completed piece to card front so that it is approximately 3/4" from the top, right and left sides of the card.

10.  Use Basic Black ink and the Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the sentiment in the lower right corner of the card front.