Happy Halloween - Already??

Yes, already in August lol. I love Halloween and I always make a ton of cards this time of year or at least I try to. I did this card for this weeks Farm Fresh Friday

Sketch over at The Greeting Farm, and here is the card I came up with.

Here is the Sketch for this week

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The skeletons on the background paper where stamped in black and then clear embossed. It is hard to see in the picture, but they are very shiny. I used a ton of different Tim Holtz Distress Inks for distressing all the edges of all the papers and the little pumpkin has a cute purple stickles outfit on.

I also used some of my flower soft :) YIPPEEE ....I covered the spider near the sentiment to make him look fuzzy lol. How cute is he?! Here is a close up of my furry friend.

I usually dislike all types of spiders but this one is so cute. I used an old spider shaped punch which has probably sitting in my stash for several years from my scrapbooking days. This punch must easily be 8 years old or maybe older lol. I then covered him in flower soft glue and then black flower soft. I'm really starting to love this stuff. I did buy the larger container of black and I can honestly say I will never have to buy black flower soft again - there is TONS inside the container.

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado Skeletons, The Greeting Farm Pumpkin

Clear Embossing Powder: Skeletons and Sentiment

Tim Holtz Distressing Inks: Peeled Paint - Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade

Stickles, Rhinestones

Flower Soft: Black

Thanks for visiting

Christmas in July ! and first time ever using a Sewing Machine

Hi everyone!

The first part of my post is a BIG BIG thank you to KelliJo over at SCS. I currently collect Anya stamps from the Greeting Farm, and the only stamp I did not have is the Elf Anya. I wasn't stamping when it first came out, and I was in NY caring for a very sick Mom who was recovering from surgery when it was re-released for Christmas of 2009. I missed it both times, and I was sure I would never see this beauty in my stamp collection ever. Out of pure desperation (haha) I posted on SCS, and KelliJo sent me the stamp and asked for nothing in return. How amazing is that!!!! It seriously brought tears to my eyes. The kindness involved in an act like this is beyond words. So I had to ink it up right away. With it being the 4th I was too busy with family - so I have been wanting so badly to use it, and I finally did today - YAY for me :)

Today the card I created for Farm Fresh Friday at the Greeting Farms :) The challenge this week is to SEW..akkkk. For those of you that know my Cards, also know that I do not Sew - not even a little bit lol. I understand the challenge says you can faux sew, but it got me thinking. I purchased a sewing machine about a year ago, but I haven't ever used it. I also have NEVER used a sewing machine in my life before. Well this challenge got me pretty determined to try and so after several hours of wrestling with my new machine lol - I did!!!

Here is my first sewing card, and the first time I have ever used a sewing machine in my life...

I think it came out incredible for my first time ever sewing, and I have been walking around beaming about it all day LOL!!!



Hope ou guess enjoyed this one :) Thank you so much for visiting and sharing in my very proud moment!