Not Christmas Yet

I know the Stamp of the Month was all Christmas and everything and I love it, but I'm still in a Halloween mode!

I had to use the coffin we made to deck out my office.  These are a few of the decorations in my office.  Our local Ben Franklin's (like Hobby Lobby or Michaels) had some very interesting Halloween decorations!  Even my granddaughters are in the Halloween (scary) mode--both of them being silly:

Besides, I still have some Halloween creativity left in me.  I wanted to make some of the Hooligans WOTG (workshop on the go) cards and use the TroubleMaker set.  The one I choose was cute but the card base was white.  I ask you, how Halloween is that?  Well, I love black base cards any time of year but especially at Halloween so this is what I turned it into:

Recipe:  TroubleMaker stamp set; Hooligans Paper Pack; Sunset embelishment pack; Gypsy, Lagoon, Pear and Black inks; black  and white daisy CS; prisma glitter.

Well according to my Halloween Countdown there are 22 days, 15 hours and 31 minutes till Halloween!  What will you turn into this year?????

September SOTM Blog Hop!

Oh my gosh, school is just starting and my granddaughter Mikayla just started kindergarten. They just grow up so quickly! Well, this means it is also time for September Blog Hop (and the first day of the Idea Book).  This month features Halloween with a stamp set called THRILLER (D1442)!  You have just arrived from Helen Onulak's blog.

This card is 5" x 7" and uses the new Hooligan papers from the new Idea Book going live today. 

Supplies:  D1442 Thriller Stamp Set; Hooligans Paper Pack; Black, Lagoon, Gypsy, Sunset, Pear Exclusive Inks; Black, Gypsy, Lagoon CS; Liquid Glass (monacle on guy and scroll); Licorice Opaques gems; Black Designer Ribbon Rounds; Sunset  Mini Medley Accents Collection

To see the complete list of blog hoppers are here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html.   Hope you enjoyed the show! Now hop on over to Lori Miller's blog to see more September eye candy and enjoy all the stops along the way!

Sneak Peak & Mojo Monday

Okay it looks like I've deserted Close To My Heart when you look at this Mojo Monday card.  Actually I just got my first order in of some new papers and stamp sets from the Fall Close To My Heart catalog which goes live September 1.  I just couldn't resist, these guys are called Party Animals and the paper is the Hooligan paper kit.

Here is the Mojo Monday sketch--I really love this sketch:

And, here is my card which is a 5" x 7" card:

Supplies:  Party Animals Stamp Set, Hooligans Paper Pack (Pear, Gypsy, Black & White Daisy Card Stock), Opaques in Licorice (black pearls), Paper Piercing, Orange Grosgrain Ribbon