Treat bags and Taylored Expressions

Hi everyone, I can't believe it's my 3rd and final month to guest design for Taylored Expressions.  I sure am going to be sad when this month ends. 

 I LOVE working with TE  and the team.  

This month I got to play with:

Little bits- Ghosts

Little bits- Haunted house

and

Little bits- Halloween Scene

I thought they'd be perfect for decorating treat bags using the mini bag die from A Jillian Vance Design Die.

Want more details and full views of the treat bags?  Visit the Taylored Expressions blog 

Franks candy is GOOOOD!!

 The first card is just bursting at the seams with candy corn!! I also created the border with the stitching stamp. I coloured the little Frank image and cut him out to adhere him to the inside of the (after I stamped the sentiment)

 For this card I used the muffin stamp and heavily embellished it with sequins die cut stars and charcoal twine.  The cut out star was created by cutting the small star then centering a larger star over the empty star space and die cutting again.

  This guy was really fun to make since I love cupcakes and so does he.  I drew the little pumpkin face on his t-shirt  with a black Copic multi liner. The pattern papers are from a Halloween theme Project Life pack.

Materials

Stamps-Frank N Candy:Whimsie Doodles-A Jillian Vance Design

Copic Markers

Charcoal twine- The Twinery

Dies-Banner: A Jillian Vance Design, Stars: Spellbinders

3D foam squares

Wood veneer stars- Studio Calico

trick or treat :)

A few months ago there was a design team call that I just knew I had to be on,  The only snag was that you had to use their products  when submitting and the only supplies I could find was a scrapbook kit.  Personally I find the patterns on scrapbook paper to large for cardmaking but I wanted to make this team so I purchased a kit and gave it my shot.  I have to admit it was my first ever kit and I LOVED using it.  It seemed I could find a place for everything. I honestly couldn't stop till I ran out of supplies (stickers) or ones I wanted to use anyway :)

here are the card samples I submitted for the DT application.  BTW I didn't make the team :(  BUT that's OK I know something else will come along.

Scrapbook kit- Trick or Treat: Bella Blvd

Heart Veneers: Studio Calico

Cloud die: Memory Box

Circle, scallop and star dies: Spellbinders

TSG Day 1 Happy Fall

Our first set from long time designer, and now ILLUSTRATOR, Danielle Lounds!! Happy Fall is full of fun images, and awesome sayings and fonts, perfect for all your Fall scrapbooking and card making needs.

Happy Fall is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 16 stamps and will sell for $15

Would you like to win the new Happy Fall stamp set? Here is what you need to do-visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, October  26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Day 3-Halloween Tags!!

Another SUPER fun set from Melyssa, one that will get you ready for all your Halloween gift giving ideas!! Not only is it a PERFECT tag set, the sentiments and image could be used for cards, scrapbooking, and anything else you desired!

Halloween Tags is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 19 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Would you like to win the new Halloween Tags stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Day 2 Only Treats

 If you are looking for the perfect, versatile, Halloween stamp set…look no further!! Melyssa has made all my Halloween dreams come to life with this AMAZINGLY fun and AWESOME stamp set.

No Tricks Only Treats is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 30 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

Would you like to win the new No Tricks Only Treats stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

TSG Day 1 Sneak peek is bewitching

A new Halloween set from Torico, full of witches, black cats, bats, and fun! Perfect for all your Halloween needs. 

Bewitched By You is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 17 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Our second set was created while allowing the Trendsetters to help with sentiments for Torico’s Bewitched By You set. You know we like to live on the edge, with our tongue in our cheeks here at There She Goes, and this is proof positive of that!! 

Totally Witchin’ is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Would you like to win the new Bewitched By You/Totally Witchin’ stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, September 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

To Cute to Spook

I have a card to share today that using one of my favorite digi images.  This is Little Witch from Whimsie Doodles and I think she's just adorable with her wind blown hair and gypsy like dress.

I really wanted to keep this card as simple as I can, so I printed, coloured and cropped around image slightly smaller than the card face to give it a framed looked.

Then I added a simple shadow to ground the image (so she didn't look like she was floating) and stamped a sentiment.

Materials

Little Witch Digi-Whimsie Doodles

Copic Markers

White Gel Pen- Uni-Ball (to add stripes and polka dots)

Chalk-Pebbles Inc (to blush the cheeks)

Toadly Back!!

Finally, after an unanticipated, and VERY trying delay, we are back with the first of TWO new releases for this month!! We have spaced them out, but we COULDN'T go without releasing the GORGEOUS Halloween sets that our designers have worked so hard on!!

Ready to get started? Let's GO!!

Well, the name pretty much says it all…but this new set IS Toadally Awesome! From Halloween to Birthdays, with a princess AND a frog, along with several punny sayings, this set is so versatile and CUTE!! Use it for birthday’s, Halloween, and whatever else you see fit!!

Toadally Awesome is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 8 stamps and will sell for $12.00.

Would you like to win the new Toadally Awesome  stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, October 13th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Never Ending Hootenannies :)

Well it's been a while since I posted anything. I can't believe what little time I have to make cards. :(  

Today however I made time to make this card.  It's called a never ending card and it's so fun to make that I made a Thanksgiving and Halloween Version.  The Halloween card features Halloween Hootenannies and Halloween Sentiments 2 digi stamps from Whimsie Doodles.  

* Before printing the Hootenannies I resized them to fit the small 3x3 squares of this card.

Here's a video how to

Best Foot Forward

Hi all!  I have two Halloween cards to share with you using the same digi Lizzie Flying Witch and paper Haunted Hallows by Teresa Collins, the same dies Clouds by Memory Box and Moons from circle punches.

The first card I used a 3" punch with yellow cardstock and punched a half 2" circle out of it to make the moon.  

To give it some dept I tucked a cloud behind the moon and one in front.

 For this card I used smaller circle punches.  I also used Reverse Wonky Dies from Spellbinders for the background.  Then I added a few drops of Copic Grey W5,W3,W1 onto Q-Tips to make a cloudy dark sky.

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Trick or Treat...it's a new release

EEeek! It's new Release day at Whimsie Doodles and I can't wait to show you all my projects!  For now I have a little witch called Lizzie and she was so fun to colour that I coloured her twice only I don't have a card made for the second one! LOL  Hop on over to the Whimsie Doodles blog to see what the Design Team made then stop by the store and check out What's new.

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Frightfully Spooky Halloween

The other day I was surfing the net and came across a halloween scene image.  I immediately thought I could make that with Torico's new "Bugs and Hisses" stamp set from There She Goes Stamps.  So I set out to give it a try.  I even remembered to take a couple photos of the process.

Step 1: Cut hill shapes from Post It Notes. Lightly trace the hill shapes in pencil.

 Step 2: Lay your acrylic block on top of the hill and bend the fence to fit the shape.

 Step 3: Stamp the fence around both hills.  Gradually stamp the fence lower until it disappears.

 Step 4: Stamp the trees and head stones.  Trace the lines with a Copic Multiliner then erase the pencil lines.

 Step 5: Colour the hill closest to you the darkest and the one farthest away the lightest.

 Step 6: Punch a circle from a Post It Note and place on image.

 Step 7: Use Various Ink Refills to drop grey ink onto Q-Tip. (cotton swab)

 Step 8: Create clouds by moving Q-Tip side to side with W3.

 Step 9: Repeat step 8 using W5.

 Step 10: Cover sky with W1.  Blend into the clouds.

 Step 11: Remove Post It "moon"

 Step 12: Use Y35 and make a half moon shape at the moon's bottom.

 Step 13.  Add YR14 over the half moon shape.

 Step 14: Add YR12 around the moon

 Step 15: Colour over the entire moon with Y32.

 Step 16: Stamp bats and add shadows.

Step 17: Trim scene, stamp sentiment and mat onto card.  

I sponged around the edges with black ink.