I’ve got a treat for you today at Whimsy and Stars Studio!

September 16, 2013March 18, 20152 Comments

Hi, everybody! I’ve got something sweet to share with you today! It’s my turn to post at Whimsy and Stars Studio’s blog today, and I’ve created a treat topper tutorial that you’ll want to check out!

Here’s a peek at the finished project, featuring the “Halloween Girl” digi stamp:

Be sure to stop by the Whimsy and Stars Studio stamp blog today to say hi and find out how you can make these sweet treat toppers for Halloween or your next event!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Happy Halloween: Beware the Grim Creeper!

October 31, 2012March 18, 20157 Comments

Happy Halloween, everybody! I won’t be getting any little ghouls or goblins ready for trick or treating tonight, but I wanted to share some fun (and delightfully creepy) cards with you today!

In case you’ve arrived from Peggy’s blog and are wondering what this is all about, some of my crafting besties and I came up with ideas for “stalker sentiments” on one of our very, very late night crafty skype chats, and thought the best time to share them with you would be on Halloween during a very informal blog hop!

I have three cards to share with you…the first two are pretty easy and quick…I found a collection of some free retro photos online, and picked a couple for my first two cards.

The idea behind these cards is to subtly surprise and creep you out. Maybe my group of friends watches too many crime-related TV shows or scary movies (I am so guilty of that!), but some of these were pretty easy to come up with! I’m not a fan of gory slasher movies, but I do love Hitchcock movies and the old Twilight Zone episodes, in addition to modern shows like CSI and Criminal Minds.

For a closer peek at any of the cards, just click on the pictures!

Heeeeeeere’s card #1:

Card #2:

For Card #3 (which is actually the first card I made), I found a tutorial online on how to make an interactive spinner wheel card. You’ll be able to get the basic idea on how it works from these pictures:

(for a larger view, please click the photo)

Your next stop on our “Grim Creeper” hop is Thanh’s blog!

Don’t worry, I’ll be back to my regular schedule tomorrow with a colorful new challenge at Your Next Stamp!

Thanks for stopping by!

If you’d like to visit all of the blogs in today’s mini hop, here’s the list: Peggy, Suzanne (you’re here), Thanh, Spike, and Sparkle!

Friday Fun: Halloween Treat Toppers

October 19, 2012March 18, 20153 Comments

Hi, crafty friends! I’m popping today in to share some treat toppers I made for a recent get-together with some of my best crafty gal pals:

(click on the picture for a closer look)

Here’s my supply list for these toppers. (The actual sizes for your project will vary depending on what size treat bag you use.)

Spellbinders Labels 28 (I used the two largest dies to layer the paper and card stock.)
Spellbinders Lacey Circles die
Spellbinders Classic Circles die
Digital Stamp (Tickled Pink Stamps – “Lil Pinkette Witch Audrey”)
Sentiment stamp (Impress Rubber Stamps – Happy Halloween script)
Copic markers
Patterned paper (Graphic 45)
card stock (Core’dinations)
clear cellophane treat bags
a sweet treat

To make assembly easier, I die cut the card stock, paper, digital image and mat first.

Then, I colored each image, one section at a time. After coloring, I assembled each topper, inking the edges of the paper and centering it over the card stock, adhering, then folding it in half. Then, I added the image and its mat on top. Finally, I stamped the sentiment, cut each one out, and layered it on top of the image.

To attached the toppers, I folded the treat bag down and used a staple on each top corner to keep it closed.

Here’s a close-up of the finished topper:

(click on the picture for a closer look)

These are really fun to make, and easy once you get all the pieces together. Hope you enjoyed these and were inspired to create some treat bag toppers of your own!

Hope you have a wonderfully creative weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

YNSC 20: Anything Goes!

October 18, 2012March 18, 2015

Welcome back, crafty friends! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp, and it’s time once again for the ever-popular theme of “Anything Goes”!

My card for this week’s challenge features Your Next Stamp’s “Cute Witch Ellie and Her Kitty,” a spooktacularly cute stamp set! The sentiment I used is from YNS’s “Trick or Treat” set.

Ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:

Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge
You have the entire month to play along
Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread
If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc20)
You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!

Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:

a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!

For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designers Annie Rose and Stephanie, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

Don’t forget, you still have time to play along in our other October challenges: our sketch challenge, our color challenge and last week’s “Think Pink” challenge! Check out all the details on the YNS blog!

Hugs,

TCM September Release Blog Hop!

September 21, 2012March 18, 201548 Comments

Happy Friday! It’s time for the grand finale of release week at The Craft’s Meow! You should have arrived here from Jessica Fick‘s blog, but if you need to start from the beginning, the full list of participants can be found at The Craft’s Meow blog!

Here’s my card! I combined images from “Good Times” (the embossed chevrons on purple card stock), “Vintage Clocks” (the stamped lacy border on the left), and “Fall with Fibi and Lilly” (the main kitty image, sentiment and candy corn).

Don’t forget to visit and comment on each blog on the hop for your chance to win all 6 new sets from TCM! The deadline to comment is 9:00 P.M. Pacific Time on Sunday, September 23rd.

This month’s free gift with a $50 purchase is the “Golden Days” set. All of the stamp sets are available for purchase at The Craft’s Meow!

I hope you enjoyed all of my creations this week! Before I go, I’d like to say THANK YOU to Lisa, Julie, and the rest of the Craft’s Meow team for the opportunity to join them for this month’s release. I’m so happy that things finally came together and I could share TCM’s September previews with you!

Your next stop on the hop is Elizabeta Kushner‘s blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Unscripted Sketches #130

October 29, 2011March 18, 20151 Comment

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! I flipped this week’s sketch and used it to make a Halloween card. I found that this sketch is very versatile, especially if you change it by flipping it or changing the dimensions of the four rectangles!

Every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it…make a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!

Supplies: image and sentiment stamp (“Franken Josh” by Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), paper (Cosmo Cricket Haunted & Basic Grey scraps from Green at Heart and Oxford mini pads), brads, cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), card base, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance in Graphite Black), Copic markers.

Here’s our sketch for this week! I hope you’ll find time to play along with us!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Don’t forget to link your entry for this week’s challenge at the Unscripted Sketches blog! See you there!

Unscripted Sketches #129

October 22, 2011March 18, 20152 Comments

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketches challenge!

If you’re just finding Unscripted Sketches, every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it…make a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!

Here’s my card! I rotated the sketch to the side. Instead of a large title, I used a strip of navy patterned paper. I arranged the image of the magical items and the sentiment in the place of the two rectangles on the sketch, and put my main image in the larger open area.

Supplies: image and sentiment stamps (Magical Mathilda, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps), Copic markers, ink (Tsukineko Brilliance – Graphite Black), patterned papers (Bo Bunny), foam squares, gold gel pen, Star Dust Stickles, card base.

And here’s our sketch so you can play along with us!

Hope you’re able to get crafty with us this weekend! Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team: Arielle, Billie, CherylAnn, Debbie, KathyJo, Linda, Loes, Rudlis, Sarah Kaye, and Susan!

Thanks for stopping by!

DeNami Fall Blog Hop!

October 9, 2011March 18, 201546 Comments

Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by to see the card I made for DeNami’s Fall Blog Hop! Hope you’re having fun checking out all the fun & festive creations along the way! This is my second time participating in a DeNami hop, and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve made!

You’ve probably arrived from Wendy Elliot’s blog, and now you’re visiting me (Suzanne Bier)! If you get lost along the way or want to start from the beginning, you can always go back to the DeNami blog!

Here’s my card:

Other supplies: cardstock, grosgrain ribbon, card base, glitter glue.

I used the dogs from two DeNami Petit Fours sets, (Playful Puppies and Cuddly Pals). The background was made with the Candy Corn stamp on kraft cardstock, stamped in brown ink and colored with an opaque white marker and alcohol markers.

I drew the costumes on each dog with a matching marker, and then colored them in!

Thanks again for stopping by! Don’t forget to comment on each designer’s blog for your chance to win one of TWO $20 DeNami gift certificates! One of the designers will also be randomly chosen to win a certificate! You have until Monday, October 10, 2011 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time to leave comments on all the blogs and be eligible for a prize!

Thanks again for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Michele Gross!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #131

August 22, 2011March 18, 20154 Comments

Welcome! Thanks for stopping by to get a closer look at the card I made for this week’s Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! I don’t often make Halloween cards, but I couldn’t resist making one with this sketch!

Here’s my card:

Supplies: card base, patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket’s Matilda), image stamp (Broomstick Lucy – Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps), sentiment stamp (Stampin’ Up!), border punch (American Girl Crafts), adhesive gems, Copic markers.

and here’s the challenge sketch: