10.30.2008

CINEMA SATURDAY CREATIVE CHALLENGE #3...



This was a first for me on many levels! A blog I follow (which is so very awesome!) done by Sankari , recently linked to a challenge blog, Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge, which she also co-hosts. I've never really done many challenges, but this one was too cool to pass up!

The site features a different challenge each week based on a movie. Last week was Breakfast at Tiffany's (which I have always really loved!), but I never found the time to do that one. This past week was A Nightmare Before Christmas, which I had never seen!

So I got to see a great movie & was greatly inspred to stamp, which is always awesome!
This card utilizes a Cuttlebug embossing folder, three Stampin' Up! sets, Batty for You, Mr. Twigster, and Sock Monkey Accessories. I used paper piecing on the presents and the skullman's scarf. The skullman's body is from Mr. Twigster, and the skull was stamped with versamark on whisper white cardstock & then heat embossed. After that cooled down, I colored over the whole image with a black stampin' write marker, then wiped over it with a napkin, to get a black outline around it.

Hope you like it!

TrIcKs FOR YOUR TrEaTs...

You wouldn't know it from my lack of posting, but I have been stamping a lot lately! But between stamping, photographing, photoshop-ing & posting...whew~ where does the time go?!?
I have a bunch of images to post this weekend, though!

Anyways~ I had a class on Sunday afternoon with five new little stampers... they each made 25 Halloween treat bags for their classmates! They had a blast stamping & punching out & glueing... & I had a blast supervising! Here's what they made:




I provided the candy & supplies... these are the 3x5 cello bags from Stampin' Up!, as well as the sets Batty for You and Halloween Frights. We used 3x4 pieces of cardstock for the toppers, 3/4" inch strips of Ghostly Greetings Designer Series Paper (which I l-o-v-e!!!) and many, many punches! The kids did a great job & completed everything in record time... under 2 hours! WOW!


I'm already looking forward to next Halloween!