Tricks & Treats

Today's project start with the color palette from the ColourQ challenge #105 and the City Crafter Challenge to create something 3D.

I recently purchased at a garage sale a set of take out boxes which I thought would be great treat boxes. I started with that and created a Halloween Treat box.

This is the treat box with a candy treat wrapped in tulle in the box. 

I took a second photo to showcase the treat box without anything in it.

Recipe:

1. Trace sides of box onto white cardstock. Cut out and repeat to get all four pieces. 
2. Remove top flaps from the box. 
3. Stamp background using an Impression Obsession Cover A Card with  Adirondack Cool Peri -  and Memento Pear Tart.
4. Stamp Hero Arts tree and spider using black ink on purple background. Draw line using black gel pen. 
5. Sponge edges on all pieces using brown dye ink. 
6. Stamp Artistic Outpost bats onto green background using black ink. 
7. Trim out with brown pom poms. 
8. Stain seam binding using glimmer mists. Tie on handle. 
9. Stamp tag with Hero Arts Spider Web and Trick or Treat sentiment. Sponge edges of tag. Add ribbon. 

I also used a sketch from Our Daily Bread Scrapbooking Challenge to create a layout with the colors. 

The background was glimmer misted with a variety of the colors. Then the edges were heat embossed using golden sand - Stampendous.  The stamps are all Our Daily Bread.

The image was colored with a combination of dye inks and glimmer mists.

Here is the color inspiration:

 Here is the layout from ODBD

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Memories & Hopes

I was digging through my scraps pile again and pulled out a few pieces to up-cycle into a new card using the Mojo Monday sketch #209. The Wee Memories challenge this week is to use your favorites and this card has quite a few of my favorites.... I love using butterflies, sentiments, distressing both with the tool and the sponge or paint...

The butterfly chipboard was on another project and was torn up and another color. I gave it a new coat of glimmer mist and sanded and painted on a little white paint. I created a coordinating panel in the background with a few other butterflies.  The center panel was another scrap form awhile ago and the stamps are from Elusive Images.  The Verse is from Verses Rubber Stamps - Bright Hopes Anniversary - MA0332-F.  The embossed panel was in the scrap pile as well. Pulled it out and sponged a little grey ink over the surface.

The rest was distressing, layering and sponging either paint or dye ink. :)

A little shabby chic card being sent off for an anniversary coming up next week.

Here is the wonderful sketch:

Hope your week is off to a good start....

Suzz

Friends & Flowers

I saw a fun sketch from Ellen Hutson Classroom on Lin's wonderful blog and decided to join in the fun.

I pulled out some paper which of course didn't make it onto the final card but it inspired the use of the damask stamp and damask embossing folder on my card.  I also had this beautiful bouquet of flowers (Making Memories)  that worked with the sentiment perfectly. 

The verse is from Verses Rubber Stamps - Flowers in Bloom - FS1119-D. The damask stamp is Hero Arts Cling - Classic Fabric Design stamped in Memento London Fog.  The sentiment is stamped using Stone Grey StazOn.  The background is embossed using a Sizzix Embossing folder and sponged with white acrylic paint.

Here is the sketch:

Have a wonderful Monday!

Suzz

CR84FN39 - Part II

This is week 2 of  the lovely CR84FN39 colors.  I was inspired to create a little fall scene using my Memory Box stamps.

Sponge cardstock  with yellow and orange dye ink. Rip scrap paper to create edge for the ground on the background. Sponge with brown dye ink over the ripped paper on the sponged background.

Stamp pumpkins and crows using brown ink on white cardstock. Sponge with yellow, orange and brown dye ink. Stamp script over pumpkins using brown ink. Highlight with white gel pen.

Stamp fence two times using brown ink on white cardstock. Cut out using scissors an exacto knife. Flip over one side of fence and sponge using brown ink. Highlight with white gel pen.

Stamp trees using brown ink on sponged background. Color leaves with watercolor pencils. Highlight with white gel pen.
Punch circle from cardstock. Use leftover paper from punched circle as a mask to sponge in sun.
Stamp sentiment using brown ink.

Pop dot and attach fences, pumpkins and birds.

The inspiration photos for CR84FN39:

For all the details on the challenge this week go to the CR84FN blog. 

The fabulous CR84FN Design Team:

Deborah Frings * Sue Lelli  * Andrea Matthews *  Stephanie Kraft * Suzanne Czosek (me)  *  Heather Jensen * Mona Pendleton  * Lisa Somerville *  Marie Oberg (Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Stampendous Monthly Challenge - CAS Christmas

Happy World Cardmaking Day!  Hope you are going to spend some time inking up and making some cards. I am planning on sneaking in a little ink time.

This month's challenge at Stampendous is to create a CAS Christmas card.

The prize this month is a Cling Jumbo Sparkle Joy set to a random winner. You have until Thursday, November 3 at 11:59 PM EST to add your link to the linky tool on the Stampendous blog.

The image of the savior in the circle inspired me to create a window card. With the window showcasing the baby inside the card. A very clean design with a little touch of raffia along the bottom. 

The babe inside is colored using watercolor pencils and waterbrush. The frame was sponged with distress inks. The kraft cardstock and raffia were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

To see all the fabulous designs by the Design Team: 

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Taylor Usry

Cyndi Bundy 

Krissy Fossmeyer

Jenn Dove 

Wendy Jordan 

Wendy Price 

Lynn Mercurio 

Melinda Gleissner 

Piali Biswas 

Suzanne Czosek 

Laura Davis 

Rachel Sztonyk

Stampendous Blog 

 

Have a fabulous Saturday!! 

Suzz

Many Thanks

Another fall card for the Hero Arts Monthly Challenge...

The background is created with layers of glimmer mist. I then stamped the cling swirl background over the background using a brown ink.  I layered the stamped leaf over that and colored it with a frost paint. The edges were distressed with brown dye ink. Then colored around the edges of the leaves with a brown watercolor pencil to provide some shadowing. I finished it off with a few more leaves stamped, cut out, and sponged and added the thanks onto the leaves. Then the leaves were dangled using some twine.

Have a wonderful day!

Suzz

Fall Birthday

My BIL birthday is around Thanksgiving and I always need a fall masculine birthday card. When I finished this background I knew it was going to turn into his birthday card.

 I had a hard time cutting into the main image to put it on a card. I am entering this into the Hero Arts Monthly challenge and the Our Creative Corner Numbers challenge.  I started creating these die cut leaves for the OCC challenge by embossing with the folders that have a mix of numbers.  I sponged them and sprayed them with a mix of dye inks and chalkboard mists.

The background was created by glimmer misting a mix of colors onto white cardstock. After that had dried the die cut leaves were laid over the background and sponged around the edges to give the soft impression of the leaves. 

I finished off the background with the Hero Arts script stamped over the background and the Hero Arts Sentiment stamped on the front.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz