My Happy Stamping Place

Happy Halloween

Times have changed.  That's for sure.  Gone are the days where we travel as a family to Pumpkin patches, apple orchards weeks in advance and enjoy a nice fall day selecting pumpkins and enjoying the fine fall weather.  Now there are busy schedules to coordinate.  My daughter couldn't select or carve her pumpkin because she had homework and had to work.  My husband took my boys up to Cub foods to select their pumpkins.  It doesn't have quite the same ambience.  We didn't get them until yesterday, the day before Halloween and the decorated them last night.

Here are the boys with their selections.

Here they are all carved up.

Dont' ask me what the two on the left are about.  Some inside jokes from Utube videos and video games.  The one on the right is a puking pumpkin my husband did.  Lovely.  This is the part of Halloween my husband always takes care of.  Carving pumpkins.

I was busy making treats for my son's class.  Here is what he gave this year.

Little pockets made out of the Stampin' Up! Sizzix top note die.  These would make great gift card holders too!  Here is what he gave his teacher.  I made these for my co-workers too.  First I made shortbread cookies with the cookie press kit from Stampin' Up!.  Then I packaged them and presented them in boxes made out of the fancy favor box Sizzix die

They were a big hit at work!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Candy Corn pennant

I saw this fun idea to use the pennant punch to make candy corn!  Here are a couple of cards with the candy corn.

I have a couple of friends coming over tonight to work on making halloween treat containers for our kids' classmates and some co-workers too.  I'm not sure what I'm making yet but I'll be sure to share what we all come up with!

We're still figuring out the kid's costumes for Halloween.  My youngest, Sam, wants to be a Marine.  This is fueled by his cousin who recently became a Marine and his love of guns.  My middle one, Nick, wants to be Axel Rose, the lead snger from Guns N Roses.  His friend wants to be the guitar player, Slash.  We'll be looking for a long blonde wig and a red bandana.  It should be interesting.  How are your Halloween plans coming along?

I hosted my Halloween Bunko night on Tuesday and my house is all decked out.  I'm ready!  We may even sneak in a Halloween party or two.  Such fun!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Sparkly Spider Web

I'm enjoying a beatiful fall weekend.  Beautiful temps and colors.  My kids all had fun stuff going on this weekend but unfortunately, we had my daughter into Urgent care where she was diagnosed with strep throat and mono!  Ugh!  Her doctor said she was only the 10th patient in her 26 years of practice that had both at the same time.  So she's been feeling lousy but the antibiotics seem to be kicking in so her throat is finally feeling a little better.  There's nothing you can do for mono.  You just need plenty of rest which is tough to do for a teenager. I"m not sure how she got so run down so early in the school year but we're going to try to concentrate on getting her better and avoiding getting to this point in the future.  No sign of the rest of us getting sick.  If anyone is going to get it, it should be me because i'm handling all of her dishes and food but I'm luckily pretty resistant to this kind of stuff.

Now for some fun stuff!  We made this card in my stamp club last week.  The designer paper is embossed with the spider web embossing folder and then distressed with the sanding block so the web stands out more.  Then you coat the whole thing with hairspray. While it's wet you douse it with dazzling diamongs glitter.  Shake off the excess and then spray the whole thing with hair spray again.  Let this dry before adhering it to cardstock.  I recommend using mono multi adhesive to adhere it to your cardstock.

 
The ribbon is the wide basic black ribbon cut in half.  You want the edges to fray.  It adds to the shabby chic look.  The pumpkins are colored in with markers and some dazzling details added for more sparkle.

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I have more projects to show you in the next coming week.  I haven't forgotten about sharing my punch art chicken.  I just need to get it photographed so you can see how it is made.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Cute and Spooky!

I'm back with more Halloween to share.  I have started decorating for Halloween but this weekend I'm going to bring it all out.  I'm hosting my bunko group in October and my son, Nick, wants to have a Halloween party so I have lots of excuses to decorate.....not that I need them!

 

I can't get enough of Spooky bingo bits.  It's my go to stamp set this year!  I teamed it with the Halloween designer paper from the Holiday mini, Pick your Poison. 

Recipe: Stamps: Spooky Bingo Bits, Teeny tiny wishes(greeting)

Ink: Concord crush, Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Luscious Limeade, Basic Gray

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper white, Pick your Poison dp

Other:  In colors glitter brads, 1" circle punch, stampin' dimensionals

That's it - pretty quick and easy!  All of the supplies for this card are from Stampin' Up! and can be ordered from my online website here.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Kathleen

Cute and Spooky!

I couldn't stay away from Halloween for too long.  Not when there are so many cute things to play with!  I can't get enough of this stamp set, Spooky Bingo Bits.  Here's a quick and simple card with it.

 

Recipe: Stamps: Spooky Bingo Bits

Ink: Concord crush, Lucky Limeade, Basic Gray

Paper: Crumb cake, Basic Black, Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Basic Gray, Whisper white, Frightful Sight designer paper    

Other: 1 inch square punch, postage stamp punch, wide striped basic black ribbon, stampin' dimensionals

I hope your week is off to a great start!  This is homecoming week in our school district.  My two oldest are coming up with fun things to wear for each theme day.  So fun to see them getting into it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

More Halloween

It's Friday, the kids have almost completed their first week of school and we have a busy weekend planned!  Tomorrow is our 21st Annual Hopperstad End of Summer BBQ and we are so NOT ready!  It will come togther - it always does.

i have another Halloween card to share with you.  This one i created for the WOW swap group i am in.

 

Recipe: Stamps: Warmest of Wishes(hostess set from the Holiday Mini)

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Luscious Limeade, Concord Crush, Frightful Sight dp

Other: owl punch, 1" circle punch, rhinestones, Perfect Pennants Sizzix die, corner rounder, spider embossing folder

Once again, I have to dash to work.  Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Happy Fall!

We have turned the page on the calendar to September and along with it some cooler weather.  It's a welcome change as far as I'm concerned.  I'm ready to wear jeans and long sleeves again.  I wish I could stretch this weather out to 6 months or so. 

I have been having some computer issues again. sigh.  Kept me from blogging.  I do have some stamping to share.  This card was one of the cards we made at stamp club last week.  I cased it from Erica Cerwin but tweaked the colors and images a little bit.

I'll definitely be using this layout again.  ONe of the things I love about it is all of the dimension.  I am a dimensional girl.  Hah!

Recipe: Stamps: Spooky Bingo bits

Ink; Vintage Violet,Wisteria Wonder, Cajun Craze, Perfect Parfait

Paper: Whisper white, Vintage Violet, Wisteria Wonder, Cajun Craze, Perfect Parfait

Other: 1 1/4" square punch, 1" circle punch, stampin'dimensionas, thin taffeta basic black ribbon

I used the hole punch trick we learned at REgionals last year to tie the ribbon.  Maybe I"ll film a video to show you it cuz it's cool!

Thanks for stoppinig by today!  I gotta dash to work and then to the dentist for a checkup.

Kathleen

 

Pumpkin Buddies

Yet another card with the Button Buddies set.  When it's good, it's good!  I made a sample up of every stamp in this set. 

 

Recipe: stamps: Button Buddies

Ink: Old Olive

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Brights designer paper collection, Old Olive

Other:  Brights buttons collection, lace border punch, pumpkin pie narrow grosgrain ribbon

 

I have my stamp club ladies coming over in about 20 minutes.  We took a break over the Summer and I missed them!  I'm going to spoil them tonight with some fun projects and goodies!  Are you interested in joining one of my clubs?  Contact me for details at kathleen@myhappystampingplace.com.

Gotta dash!  Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

More to share!

Here's a swap card I made just a few of.  I LOVE Halloween and wanted to make at least 1 Halloween card for swapping.  I found this great sketch on the Mojo Monday blog and off I went!

Recipe: Spooky Bingo Bits

Paper: Frightful Sight designer paper, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade, Concord Crush, Whisper White

Ink: Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Concord Crush

Other: triple blossom punch, postage stamp punch, itty bitty punch pack, stampin' dimensionals, 5/16" brads, rhinestones

I just used the color scheme from the paper pack.

One of the things I LOVE about Stampin' Up! is the message they share.  This company isn't as concerned about the bottom line as they want us all to make a difference in other's lives.  I see what happens when ladies get stamps, ink and paper in their hands and turn it into something beautiful.  It transforms them.  It feels so good to be creative!  Would you like to touch someone's life like that?  Then click on over to my Stampin' Up! website and sign up to be on my team!  You wont regret it! There's even a Starter kit special for only $99!  Now's the time!  If you have any questions about the opportunity, feel free to call or e-mail me at 952-226-2190 or kathleen@myhappystampingplace.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Halloween Waterfall

 
Happy Halloween!  I just had to show you one last Halloween card this year and today is the perfect day to show you! I had a request from one of my stamp club members(Hi Bonnie!) to make a waterfall card in stamp club.  These can be a little tricky, but once you get the hang of them they are so much fun!  Here is a Halloween version.

 

 
 
Fun and whimsical.  The images are stamped on watercolor paper and colored in with Stampin' Write markers.  You get the best results on watercolor paper because it's the highest quality paper.

Last night's Halloween party was very fun.  The hostess, Michelle, went all out!  I have never seen a house so decked out for Halloween.  I should have taken more photos.  I was so busy taking it all in that I forgot.  Here's one of my husband and I and the two boys.

 
My daughter couldn't go because she had to stay home and do homework.  My boys asked Doug why he didn't dress up.  hah! This is a recurring Halloween costume for him.  The boys liked that their costumes didn't require them to smile. 

 
This is me and my friend, Kathy. I didn't even get a photo of the hostess!  Shame on me!  Next time, next time.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope your Halloween is filled with treats and not tricks!

Kathleen