Simply Beware … Glitter Technique

Hello Stampin’ Friends,

We are over the hump and on our way to the weekend!  We are also half way through our Halloween week card share.

Today’s card is super simple and super glittery!  I began with one of my favorite patterns from the “Witches Brew” Designer Series Paper.  Cover the entire piece with the VersaMark™ … I actually just dab the pad right onto the paper.

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Then I dip it into my “Iridescent Ice” Embossing Powder.  When you heat this… watch closely to make sure it is melting properly.  That’s it!  I love the way this looks, and the technique has several names, but I call it the  “Dazzling Diamond Dust” technique.

I also embossed the “Beware” which comes from the “Halloween Bash” Stamp set located on page 21 of the Holiday catalog.  After embossing, I added the Black Stampin’ Glitter (132206) to just the bat, to tie in that “sparkle”.

I said it was simple … and you can do this to any Designer Series Paper.  So if you have someone that loves that “glitz”, just add this simple technique and they’ll be starry eyed, and think you are the bestest!

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Hope you are enjoying my Halloween card feast … only 2 days left!  So get your “booty” back here tomorrow because you won’t want to miss this quick -n- cute card either .

Have an awesome day!

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August Best of 25 Stamp Set & Card

Hello Stampin’ Friends!

I was excited, as you can image, when I saw the Best of 25 flyer for August…   I’m a bit of a Halloween fanatic, but never really expected Stampin’ Up! to release the best of 25 Halloween!  But here it is, and it has some of my favorites too!

I love the house and the tree in this set, so today I’m going to share with you a card I created using the tree.

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For our 25-year anniversary, Stampin’ Up! is bringing back some of their favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and combining them into 12 sets, which will release— one set per month—during 2013. Even better, along with some great classic images, each “Best of” set will also include a never-before-seen image!

 

Hang on to your 25-year proof of purchase sticker, and adhere it to your Stampin’ Up!® collectors card, which is included with each stamp set.  If you don’t have one, let me know … I will get one to you right away!

For every six Best Of sets you buy, you can send in your collectors card for a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Must be redeemed by April 30, 2014

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If you click on the “Shop Now” button, it will take you to the Halloween section.

When you get to the Halloween items, check out the banner … Isn’t that cool.  I just may have to create that for the Halloween party this year.

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I used the “masking” technique to create the moon…. then sponged the sky with Elegant Eggplant and Night of Navy ink.  I stamped all images with the black StazOn.

The greeting is from the stamp set “Halloween Bash” found on page 21 of the Holiday Catalog.  After stamping it, I cut off the “celebrate” then the “halloween” … leaving a bit of the “crawly” so I could adhere the “celebrate” over the top.  Hope that made sense!  lol

I don’t know what it is about Halloween, but I really do enjoy the holiday!  Must be the spooky movies I watched as a kid.  Feel free to share you thoughts about Halloween, or this card!  Thanks.

Have a wonderful day ~

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