Zindorf-Inspired Halloween

Are you familiar with Michelle Zindorf's beautiful cards? Her blog has very detailed tutorials
describing her sponging and brayering techniques, I highly recommend a visit if you need a little (or a lot of) inspiration.

These cards are my interpretations. On the first (navy blue) card, I had a lot of help from my 5 year-old daughter. She decides that some stickles covering the entire card were in order. I actually like the shimmery effect on top of the brayering, and next time might try adding some twinkling H20s or something along those lines to add some shimmer without all the glitter. Remind me to hide the glitter...

Although I'm really happy with the scenes themselves, I always get stuck with appropriate placement and design on the card itself. I like the orange one because the focal point is square, and I put it on a square card. I should have done that with the blue one as well.

Recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado Halloween
Paper: Stampin' Up! (various colors)
Ink: SU! - Elegant Eggplant, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, PTI - Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise

I really need to stop...

...playing with retired stamps. I can't resist this froggy set though - I keep reaching for it over and over! I really want (and need) to get some samples made using the new stuff! I'm going to have to ask someone to hide Unfrogettable from me so I don't use it for a while. Or, I could just not worry about it. I think I'll go with the latter. Life is too short to hide from retired stamps! He's blank on the inside for now, when I have the right occasion to send it, I'll decide which sentiment to use.

Stamps: SU! Unfrogettable, Polka Dot BG
Paper: PTI Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise and SU Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Stazon, Palette Landscape
Accessories: Pencils (no gamsol)

Crab & Co. Card

If you are a fan of the now retired "Unfrogettable," then you should take a look at Crab & Co. It's not new, but very cute with the same style of line drawn images and punny sentiments. Here's a birthday card I made.

Recipe Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White Stamp: Crab & Co Ink: SU! Classic Black Accessories: Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Markers, Googly eyes

Elvis Thank You

I made this thank you card using the Elvis Presley stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms. I am not an Elvis fan, but I could not resist when I saw the "Thank You, Thank You Very Much" stamp. The red cardstock is embossing using one of my new Cuttlebug embossing folders.

From the Kitchen Of...

This is a set of recipe cards and matching gift box I made as a gift. It went together really quickly. I might make a few more sets of these for end of year teacher gifts. The stamps used are all Stampin' Up! -- "From the Kitchen Of" and "Tart & Tangy." The paper used is Whisper White and Summer Picnic. Both Summer Picnic and Tart & Tangy are from the Occasions Mini. (Tart & Tangy and Summer Picnic are now available in the Fall/Winter '08 Catalog).