Spooky Bingo Bits with Ghoulish Grunge

Well today is the last, for this week, of Halloween cards.  I still need to make a couple for my daughters and grandson too!

I did use a long retired stamp set called, Spooky Bingo Bits, it has a lot of small cute images that you can use for a card.  At one time SU use to sell a stamp that looked like a Bingo card and they had this set and one for Christmas and one for Spring/Easter too.  I used the Ghoulish Grunge on the background to add some interest to it.  I sponged around the circles to add some color to them.  I cut the Spider Web doily in half and trimmed it just slightly to get the look I wanted to achieve.

Here is what I used:

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Elegant Eggplant

Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Black Star-on

Spider Web Doilies-retired

Triple Banner punch

1-1/4" Circle Punch

Thanks for coming by and have a great week-end too!  Mary

World Card Making Day

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Thanks for stopping by!  Mary

Jar of Haunts Meets Ghoulish Grunge

Well today I'm going to share my second Halloween card that I made.

For this one I used the Jars of Haunts, love all the cute things you can make with this set, sadly it is retired too.  I did use my Everyday Jars Framelits to cut the jar out with, easy peasy!  Oh and those framelits are a current item in the annual catalog.  What could be better than a jar full of eyes!?!

Here is what I used:

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White and Elegant Eggplant

Ink: Old Olive, Soft Sky, Staz-On Black 

Marker: Old Olive

DSP: retired

Baker's Twine: retired

Candy Dots: retired

I hope the teachers think the cards are spooky and cute!  Have a great day.  Mary

Mr Funny Bones

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?  It's been awhile for me to be here, was very busy the last couple of weeks and have really missed creating and sharing with all of my crafty friends!

My daughter requested three Halloween cards for Wesley's daycare teachers, love that she gives me plenty of time to create them!  So I went in search of some Halloween stamp sets in my craft room.  Sorry to say that all of mine our retired, but I kept them knowing that I would need them someday with a grandchild, for teachers and such.

I followed a card that Amy K. made last year, but changed it up just a bit because I wanted to use the sentiment in the set, "Oh Snap".

I always but the Happy Halloween sentiment on the inside because you can usually tell from the front of the card what it's for!

Here is what I used:

Card stock: Thick Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Gray

DSP: is retired

Candy Dots: retired

Inks: Craft Whisper White and Black Memento

I hope your week is off to a wonderful start!  Mary

Lovely As A Tree

Well today is the start of the long Labor weekend and the end to summer as most people view it.  I'm already for the cooler days and getting my jeans out of the closet too!

This is the last card that I made for the upcoming auction, which will be held this month at the Assisted Living Facility that my daughter works at.  I hope they do as well as they did last year!

Of course this card was made for a man, so I brought out my tried and true set, Lovely As A Tree!  This time I remember to take a picture of the inside of the card too!

I'm always so happy with how well the cards turn out when using this stamp set too.  I did use a retired embossing folder called Wood Grain, but I felt it would go better with the tree than the Hardwood background stamp.  I did light sponge it with ink the bring out the grains better.  Here is a picture of the inside.  I also stamped the envelope with this same image and colored it in too.

Here is what I used:

Stamp sets: Lovely As A Tree and Flourishing Phrases

Card stock:  Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla

Inks: Jet Black Staz-On, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso and Soft Sky

Sponge

Aqua Painter

Burlap Ribbon

Dimensionals

Bear Hugs

I had a request from my daughter for a one year old birthday card with an outdoor theme.  So I put on my thinking cap and and scanned Pinterest too.  If you remember, last year I made my Dad's birthday card using this set, you can see it HERE.  I used the same colors on this card too!

I hurried to make this card for her because I will be out of town next week, visiting my daughter.  Hubby will be home and holding down the fort!  Anyway, I was just getting done and she called and said she was coming by to pick up some items we had for her, one hour early, so I didn't get a picture of the inside to share with you this time.  When I gave it to her, she loved it and said the parents would really like it too!

To get the background of the trees, I lightly dragged my Crumb Cake ink pad over the embossing folder, run through the Big Shot, and when done, rinse the embossing folder off with water and dry.

Here is what I used:

Stamp sets: Number of Years and Bear Hugs-retired

Framelits: Large Number and Bear Hugs-retired

Card stock: Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Inks: Craft Whisper White, Crumb Cake

SU Markers: Crumb Cake, Dapper Denim, Calypso Coral and Always Artichoke

Linen Thread

Embossing Folder: Woodland

Thanks for coming by,  Mary

The Open Sea

I'm still busy making cards for the auction next month.  Today I'm sharing another card that is great to give to your favorite guy in your life.  This is another Pinterest find, with a few slight changes.

Here is what I used.

Stamp sets: Balloon Adventure-sentiment, The Open Sea-retired

Card stock: Midnight Muse-retired, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler

Inks: Midnight Muse-retired, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Cherry Cobbler

Stipped embossing folder-retired

Linen Thread

I love how this one turned out!  Thank you for coming by.  Mary

From Land to Sea

The card I'm sharing is going to my uncle who lives in Iowa.  Over the Labor Day weekend he will be going on the Freedom Flight and people who know him were asked to send him a letter or a card to let them know how special he is to us.  I mailed this card to his daughter, who will be picking him up at the airport, and they will give him all the cards and letters that were sent to him!  He is going to be so surprised!  Click on the picture to enlarge it.

I got this stamp set right before the retirement list came out, but was still happy to have it, because it makes a great man card!  I did see a card like this on Pinterest, I CASE'd Tracie St-Louis for this card..  I did change it very slightly.  I did fussy cut the Sea Turtles out and popped them up on Dimensionals.  Seeing the picture, it looks like I could have sponged the Soft Sky a bit more.

Stamp set: From Watercolor Wash, Land to Sea and By The Tide-both are retired

Card stock: Shimmery White, Marina Mist and Early Espresso

Inks: Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake

Staz-On Black

Aqua painter

Sponges

Thanks for dropping in, I so appreciate you visiting my blog!  Mary

So In Love

As promised, I'm going to share with you that I made for my Dad to send off to his nephew's daughter for her upcoming wedding next month.

I did use all retired products for this card, sorry about that, but it's gotta get used too.

Stamp set: So In Love

Card stock: Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla-both current

DSP: Falling In Love

Thinlits: So Detailed

Ribbon is retired also

I like how pretty this turned out and hopefully they will like this card too!

See you all Friday!  Mary

Beautiful Ride

Hi everyone, I hope you had a great day to the start of your week, mine is off and running!

Remember not to look at the eclipse today unless you have your special glasses and don't stare at it for the whole time either!

Todays card that I'm sharing is going to my cousin's daughter, she will be getting married next month, so I made her two cards, one from hubby and me and other one, which I will share Wednesday, from my Dad.

I pulled out a retired stamp set called Beautiful Ride.  Yup, it is a set that I kept after it retired.  I've had the "beetle" cut out for probably over a year and it has been laying on the craft table waiting it's turn to be used on a card!

Here is the inside of the card too!

I really like how it turned out and I hope they enjoy the card!

Stamp sets: Sheltering Tree and Beautiful Ride-retired

Card stock: Whisper White, Marina Mist and Watercolor paper for the "beetle"

Inks: Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

Markers- various colors and various colors for the "beetle"

This card took awhile to make, but it was also fun building the scene too!

Thanks for dropping by, see you again on Wednesday!  Mary