Kellie is wicked cool

Posted on October 31, 2010 by mauistamper

One last hurrah for Halloween:

It’s the ever-talented Kellie again – I think we need to get that girl her own blog! She’s kinda busy though, and she’s generous enough to let me share her artwork with you. This is the Fancy Favor Bigz die for the Sizzix Big Shot. She put vellum windows on either side and stamped them with the bats and spider web from the Wicked Cool stamp set. One of those little battery operated tea lights would be just the thing inside this luminaria, don’t you think?

She shared one more card with me, too:

This is Cajun Crazy card stock with the Wicked Fun Specialty paper. Those folds are such an easy technique but boy do they make this card pop!

Have lots of fun and stay safe this Halloween night!

Getting ready for Trick or Treat

Posted on October 25, 2010 by mauistamper

I’ve got a little more Halloween fun to share, but it isn’t actually mine. I’m really more about the chocolate than the decorations when it comes to Halloween, but fortunately Kellie has been busy with her Wicked Cool stamps and paper!!

Who would have thought that PURPLE (ok, ok, Rich Razzleberry, but it’s purple already!) would work so well as a Halloween color? Go figure!

Wanna see what’s inside?

Kellie stamped her images on tissue paper, put them in place on the tea lights, then used her heat tool to melt the wax over the tissue. Wicked cool, wouldn’t you say? And please notice that she stamped those psycho little bats along the side of the box too – that girl thinks of everything!

For the finishing touch, how about a card that says it all:

If this doesn’t say Wicked Witch of the West to you, well then I don’t know what would! I’m not going to attempt a product list because I would surely make a mess of it, but Kellie did point out something very clever. She doesn’t have the biggest scallop circle, so she punched two XL Fancy Flowers and offset them behind the witches feet. Absolutely brilliant!

Thanks, Kellie, for the inspiration.

Kellie’s Halloween Treats

Posted on October 9, 2010 by mauistamper

Kellie was here this week and shared these fabulous Halloween treat holders. She told me that she made over 30 of them with her mom and her daughter for her daughter to share at school, and they had a great time together. Her mom commented that the 9 year old recipients might not appreciate all the time and effort that went into the making, but her daughter responded “But I’m having a GREAT time!!” Doesn’t that make your heart melt?

Wicked Cool Stamp set
Basic Black Classic ink pad; Whisper White Craft ink pad
Basic Black, Whisper White and Pumpkin Pie card stock
Wicked Fun Specialty paper
Circle and Scallop Circle punches
XL Two Step Owl punch
Big Shot and Candy Wrapper Bigz die

I don’t have the exact list of supplies from Kellie, so I’m improvising here. My photo barely picks up the cob webs running along the side of the black cardstock but they are the perfect touch.

Do you recognize the ghost? Kellie saw it on Stampers’ Showcase, the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator creative sharing site. It’s the XL Two Step owl, standing on his head with his feet cut off. Doesn’t that crack you up? I guess I’m easily entertained, but it gives me the giggles.

So what’s keeping you from making a few treat holders – and some memories – with your family??

Fuzzy Bats and Spooky Eyes

Posted on September 20, 2010 by mauistamper

My friend Kellie came over to play on Friday and brought a couple of cards to share with me. I don’t make many Halloween cards so I don’t buy many Halloween stamps, but her cards just about had me putting in an order with my favorite Stampin’ Up! demo (yeah, ha ha, three guesses who that might be!!).

Since I didn’t make this card, I can’t give you all of the details but she did say she used the Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series papers and the Wicked Cool stamp set. I REALLY didn’t plan on getting that set!

The Wicked Fun DSP has flocking on it so the bats are fuzzy…I like those fuzzy bats…not that I really like bats or anything, but how can you not love fuzzy bats?? Just tell me that.

Don’t you LOVE these eyes? They’re the wing from the XL Two Step Bird punch! I like them even better than Googlie Eyes, and I really love googlie eyes. The spider web is from that dog-gone Wicked Cool stamp set too. Hmmmph.

Kellie CASE-d these two cards and even brought me the names of the stampers, so if you love these cards, be sure to Google these two talented women and give them a little love too. The Eyeballs card was inspired by Sandi Maciver and the Fuzzy Bats are courtesy of Deb Currier.

Have a little Halloween fun!