Mornin' y'all! Happy LAST DAY of September...tomorrow starts the best month of the entire year! I'm so excited, I absolutely love October--fall colors, cooler weather, comfy sweaters, pumpkin everything. And lots more Halloween cards on the way but of course I started early and I have another one to share today.
New schtuff alert! I first discovered this Simon Says Stamp set called Spooky Sweets back when I was looking for eyeballs for Mystery of the Glowing Eye and I finally added it to my Halloween stamp hoard last week. I had to make a pastel candy-colored cupcake card for the Inspired By... Challenge:
I used Pretty in Pink, Highland Heather, and Peach Pie for my colors and I think I should have gotten an extra pack of that Unbounded Beauty DSP, who knew it would be so good for pastel Halloween cards? Maybe I should have used Fresh Freesia for my purple but I still like it with Highland Heather. Anyway, I've already made another card with this stamp set which you will be seeing soon, and I have a couple more cupcakes to ink up too.
Supplies:
Stamps: Spooky Sweets by Simon Says Stamp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Highland Heather, Stampin' Blends in Highland Heather, Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink, Ivory
Paper: Highland Heather, Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink, Basic White, Unbounded Beauty DSP, Peach Pie DSP
Accessories: Spooky Sweets dies by Simon Says Stamp, Layering Circles dies, Dimensionals, Cute Stars Sequins
It's Wednesday, so how about a Work In Progress (WIP Wednesday) update on my stitching project? Here it is:
I've been a little bit obsessed with working on this because I think the pattern is SO cute and I finished the first block last night (there will be twelve blocks total). This pattern was released by Shannon Christine Designs as a Stitch-Along (SAL) where one part was released each month over the course of a year; I also have her Spooky Houses SAL and I bought the floss for that already. I'm going to go through SO MUCH black floss, but that's okay because I bought a cone of it several years ago and that should cover both of these Halloween projects. Anyway, I finished off this square last night and started a little bit of the curlicues around the Frankenstein bucket that will go to the left, but I took this picture before I moved my stitching frame so you could see the jack o' lantern in all his glory.
And here's my stitching buddy last night, I don't know how she could breathe laying like that. It's a rainy day today so she was staring morosely out the window because she knows I won't take her for a walk if it's actively precipitating; now she's facing the opposite direction because she's mad at the weather. I will take her later if the rain lets up, we go if it's just wet outside but not if it's still falling from the sky. Anyway, Daphne likes to hang out with me while I'm stitching, we've been rotating between episodes of Smallville, Pushing Daisies, and Scooby-Doo while I work. She's the best couch companion.
