31 Days of Halloween - Day 21 - Baby Bear Punkin'

Baby Bear! Squeaaaaalllll!!! I must admit, I wasn't on the baby bear bandwagon originally. But... I did a workshop a few weeks ago and my hostess needed just a little extra "boost" to get to her goal. So, I though, what the heck... I'll order baby bear and see what the fuss is all about. And OH MY LANTA!!! I am in love!

I just HAD to make him into a Halloween project so that I could use him right away. Look at the detail on that bear. You could reach out and pet him! I wish we still sold flock! How amazing would that be to add fuzz to this bear??? Holy guacamole!

Here is the link to the video if you want to watch it. Baby Bear Video Link

I just love him. (or her) I can't wait to think of other things to dress him (or her) up in. Let me know your ideas too!

Come back tomorrow for day 22...You'll observe the curve with me!

Until next time...

Jen


Supplies

 

Warmth & Cheer DSP                                                                              Whisper White Card Stock              Thick Whisper White Card Stock      

Baby Bear Stamp Set                                                                    Boo To You Framelits                                  Jar Of Haunts Stamp Set

 

Basic Gray Card Stock                                                                        Basic Black Card Stock                                 Big Shot

  

 Aqua Painters                                                                                    Whisper White Card Stock             Paper Snips                                                                     

Pumpkin Pie/Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers                                  Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers                               Tangerine Tango Ink Pad

Sahara Sand Ink Pad                                                         

Cajun Craze Ink Pad                     Crumb Cake Ink Pad    

         



Chocolate Chip Ink Pad                                                        Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue

31 Days of Halloween - Day 20 - Center Open Box

The roarin' 20's. We are no longer teenagers!!! Woo hoo!! Hahaha. For today's project, I made a box that opens in the center.

I actually saw the original design on Crafty Caroline's Youtube channel, I believe, and thought it would make a fabulous Halloween project. I am planning on using it to hold the kids glow sticks that they will wear for trick or treating. I will give them the box and the glow sticks inside as a "gift" before Halloween. It is a very substantial box that could hold quite a few goodies inside. If you would like to watch the video for the dimensions and tutorial, click here.

Tomorrow we will go back to card making with the sweet stamp set "Baby Bear", Bet you never thought Baby Bear could be used for Halloween, did you? 

Until next time...

Jen

Supplies:

Basic Black Card Stock                  Tangerine Tango Card Stock         Halloween Night Specialty DSP

Paper Snips                                          Bone Folder                                    Stampin Trimmer

  

Jar Of Haunts Stamp Set          Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue                Fast Fuse

 

Decorative Label Punch                              Wink Of Stella Clear

31 Days of Halloween - Day 19 - Watercolor Background

Today we say goodbye to our teens... Tomorrow we will be in our twenties. I'm not sure about you, but I wouldn't want to go back to my teens for all of the money in the world!!! My mom and I were talking the other day and we were addressing the statement that most people say "High school is the best 4 years of your life." I disagree. I believe I am living the best years of my life NOW. My children are all physically and physiologically well. I am financially well. My husband and I are still in love and I could not be happier with my life... I say YOU CAN HAVE THE TEENS!!!

So... to say goodbye to the teens, let's do a technique that we haven't touched on in this series. Watercolor.

This is a simple, one color background, but you could go as crazy as you want. Add as many colors as you desire. Heck, go back to your teens and GO WILD!

I only used some slivers of patterned paper on this card, and they were just scraps. You could even do without them if you wanted to go straight cardstock.

If you want to watch the video, you can do so here.

I made the first card with sequins, but I think I like the bats better. A couple of folks commented on the video that they liked the bats better too. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow and see what we do when we head into "The Roaring 20s"

Until next time...

Jen

Tangerine Tango Card Stock      Cookie Cutter Halloween Stamp Set   Watercolor Wings Stamp Set





    





Cookie Cutter Builder Punch      Basic Gray Archival Ink Pad      Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

   
   
 

Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue  Halloween Night Specialty DSP          Old Olive Ink Pad

 

 

Basic Black Archival Ink Pad                  Stampin' Dimensionals                   Silver Metallic Thread

 
   

Snail Adhesive                          3/8 Glitter Ribbon Combo Pack

31 Days of Halloween - Day 18 - World Cardmaking Day - Gatefold Card

Today is a big day for the world of card makers. A day set aside for all of us to take time out and make a card. Any card. For any occasion. I decided to sit down and make a card using an inked embossed gatefold technique. Why not, right?

I love the brick wall embossing folder. It is one of my absolute favorites. If you have watched my video on this project, you will have seen my "helper", Frankie. He was a bit upset that I was making a card and didn't invite him to partake in world card making day. Since he made a guest appearance in the video, I suppose, I should allow him the same here on my blog.

  

He is our real life Grumpy Cat. He looks ever so sad, but he really is such a sweet boy. I can promise you that in all of these pictures, he is actually purring Lol.

Anyway.... thank you, Frankie, for dropping in to say hi to everyone here also. ;-)

Take a look at the video of the card if you haven't seen it and you can check out his cameo there also.


Back to the project... For this card, I used no designer series paper at all. My embossing folder turned my cardstock into my designer series paper. So if you don't have any patterned paper that you like for a particular project, make your own!

To watch my video with all of the dimensions and instructions, click here.

Tomorrow we will be getting wet so, put on your galoshes for a watercolor background card!

Until next time...

Jen


Supplies:

 

 Smoky Slate Card Stock  Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder   Stampin Trimmer

Bone Folder                              Whisper White Ink Pad                    Tangerine Tango Card Stock

    Here For You Stamp Set               1 3/4'' Circle Punch                  2'' Circle Punch


 


Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue  Cookie Cutter Halloween Stamp Set  Mr. Funny Bones Stamp Set

 

Project Life Corner Punch        Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker