It's a Halloween Party at Sweet November!

 

Hello friends!

Happy World Card Making Day to you. I hope you are ready to party because the new Halloween Party digi release is now available in the Sweet November Stamps store. The cute forest critters have donned their favorite spooky costumes and gathered together for a scary good time! There are five sets to choose from; Apple Bobbing, Treat Table, Pumpkin Carving, Decorating and Pinata. Each set includes two critters and some background builders that you can have fun mixing and matching to create even more spooktacular party scenes. And if you get the Halloween Party bundle deal you will also get the exclusive Halloween Party Crow digi.

My first card features the fox and rabbit from the Apple Bobbing set with the addition of the tree from Pinata set and one of the jacks from the Pumpkin Carving set. These two friends are competing to see which will be able to grab an apple out of the water first. 

 

Next, hedgehog and squirrel from the Treat Table set are helping themselves to some sugary sweetness. With cupcakes, caramel apples, candy and punch all on offer, it's hard to choose where to start. Some bunting from the Decorating set and jacks from the Pumpkin Carving set add to the party atmosphere.

Finally, the Mole and Mouse from the Pumpkin Carving set are busy carving funny faces into all of the harvest pumpkins. The more they get done before the party goes into the night the brighter the lights will be as they all gather to dance beneath the stars.
 

Before I go, because it is World Card Making Day we have a special gift of a new digi that you can grab for free today only. I like to think the Happiest Happy Mail squirrel has just gotten an invite to the Halloween Party and she can't wait to attend. Now be sure to check out the Friends of Sweet November Stamps group on Facebook for even more Halloween Party cuteness from the rest of our talented design team. Also, don't forget, I will be coloring Live today at 11am PDT over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page and I hope to see ya there!

 

 

So Spooky...

 

TGIF!

It's the final week of the Spooky Season Spooktacular celebration at Sweet November Stamps and today I am sharing the last of the special Halloween digis. The new digi is technically three images in one as an extra special finale. Don't forget that each week's digi also coincides with a week long challenge that will be announced in the Sweet November Stamps Facebook group. Participating in each week's challenge will earn you a unique exclusive free digi and a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to the store. 

This week we have the new What to Wear image of a cute girl dressed up for a Halloween party. She just can't decide whether to go as a pumpkin, ghost or skeleton, so you get all three versions of her to help her choose. I made a coordinating set of smaller note cards using all three of her costumes, using the same layout formula with different color schemes on each card. The monochromatic backgrounds are a mix of stamping the star background and airbrushing over it. Each one was finished of with a handy dandy sentiment strip and a sprinkling of enamel dots. I hope you enjoy this latest addition to the shop.

Toodles!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
digital stamps- Sweet November (What to Wear)
Simon Says Stamp sentiment strips
stamps- Taylor Expressions (Free Fall Background)
ink- Catherine Pooler midnight, grape crush and lime rickey
Papertrey Ink scalloped note card die
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Doodlebug enamel dots
Copic markers:
pumpkin skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, R22
hair/eyes- E33, E57, E79/YG03, G46
clothes- YR31, YR04, YR18, YG01, YG23, G46, BG99, E23, E25, E27, E81, E84
background- C6, C10/W1, W3, W5, W7
ghost skin- E21, E23, E25, E04, R20
hair/eyes- T5, T7, T9/E55, E57
clothes- BG000, BG10, FBG2, BV0000, BV01, BV04, BV23, BV25, BV29, E81, E84
background- BV13, FV2, BV08, BV29/W1, W3, W5, W7
skeleton skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, R83
hair/eyes- E50, E53, E23/B12, B45
clothes- C0, W2, C3, C5, C7, C9, E81, E84
background- YG23, YG25, YG67/W1, W3, W5, W7

 

 

A fright in the night...

Hello there!

I'm having a hard time believing that it is October already, with everything I have on my to-do list I am wishing I could get an extra September. That doesn't mean I'm not itching to get all of the Halloween decorations out and get this place looking extra spooky, LOL! As for my card making, of course I had to have a Halloween card for this first day of October. I went back to my collection of Scooby Doo stamps from CC Designs and inked up this cute duo from the Best Buds set. Scooby is being held in Shaggy's arms after being scared by some ghost or ghoul so I went to my background builder sets from Sweet November Stamps to give them both something to be scared of. The haunted house is from the retired Spookville Expansion while the tree and ghost are from the Spooky Tree Background set. After masking everything together I colored most of the scene in by hand before using the airbrush to add the night sky and glow around the ghost. The sentiment is from the Midnight and Luna set and I thought it was too good not to use with these two pals.  :)

Laters! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- CC Designs (Best Buds), Sweet November Stamps (Spookville Expansion, Spooky Tree Background and Midnight and Luna)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, london fog and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair/eyes- E31, E34, E44/BG000, C3
clothes- YG03, G24, G94, G99, E08, E25, E27, T5, T7, T10
scooby- E35, E37, E44, T5, T7, T10, R30, R32, E04/BG000, C3/BG53, BG07, BG78, Y02, YR24, E47
road/grass- E31, E42, E43, E44, E47/G43, YG63, G94, G97
tree/ghost- E74, E77, E79, W9, FYG1, FYG2/BG0000, BG10, BG11, FBG2
sky/house- BV23, BV25, BV29/FYG1

So sweet it's scary...

Hey, hey!

During the Stamping Bella Holiday release weekend I hosted a bonus Live coloring over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. I stamped up the adorable Bundle Girl Witchy and Kitty because the Bundle Girls are some of my absolute favorite SB stamps. Their simple caps and dresses are the perfect place to have some fun adding prints and patterns to really dress them up and that is just what we did with this little witch. Not only did we add a decorative band to her cap but we also created a Halloween inspired plaid on her dress. Once the witch and her kitty were all colored up we created the spooky night scene by hand and a bit of airbrushing for the sky and moon. The sentiment stamped at the bottom of the card is also included with the Bundle Girl and I left that area white so it would stand out against the dark scene. After the Live I tied some black and silver baker's twine around the card front as a nice finishing touch.  :)

Thanks for stopping by! 

  

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Bundle Girl Witchy and Kitty)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things die
Tim Holtz moon mask
Baker's Twine
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here

Don't be a scaredy cat...

Good morning! 

We sent out the Sweet November Stamps September newsletter Saturday night and I did a special sneak peek of this month's free digi during my Live coloring earlier that day over at the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. A Halloween Stroll is not just one digi but six coordinating images of a little witch being followed by her faithful familiars. I lined them all up on a mini slimline card front and then let my fellow crafters choose the color scheme and background. I love the rust orange and olive green combo of the witches outfit and had so much fun coloring all of the different fur patterns on the cats. The golden field was another great suggestion that lends itself to a beautiful fall day full of magic.  :)

Laters!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
digital stamps- Sweet November (A Halloween Stroll)
stamps- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
Hello Bluebird nesting deckle mini slimline die
Pear Blossom Press gold gel pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here