EEK!

I was inspired to make this owl-y creature after seeing the new Halloween release from Sweet Shoppe Designs. I ended up buying this adorable digi set because I just couldn't resist. But as soon as I saw that little purple guy I knew I had to make him come to life with my punches!
I ran my Top Note die and Rich Razzleberry paper through my Big Kick and then cut the Top Not in half and cut off the perforated section. I dotted my Spica Clear marker all around the border for an extra little twinkle. His eyes were punch with both a 1 inch and 3/4 in circle punches. His nose is one petal from my Five Petal punch. His feet are one small scalloped circle cut in half. The moon behind my owl was cut out with a nestie and I punched a star out of Crushed Curry card stock adding a green button tied with twine and this cut out "Eeek" saying from last year's Halloween paper.
For my background, I layered some Halloween themed paper (also from last year) onto Kiwi Kiss and machine stitched them with a silly stitch. I didn't know how I was going to complete my design ALL DAY that is until I was inspired by Jen del Muro's Sketch For You To Try. I didn't follow her design exactly but it help me get by!
Can you believe I only have one Halloween stamp set and I don't even have anything that says Boo!!! I'm going to have to do something about that! HA!
Now that I'm looking more closely at this card the "moon" is missing something....some paper piercing perhaps? Heading to bed maybe tomorrow!
Thanks for stopping by!
Ingredients:
Stamps: None
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, Only Orange, Crushed Curry(SU!), Eek saying is from Halloween Whimsy dsp, Halloween Black Dots dsp(K&Company)
Ink: None
Accessories: Top Note Die, punches: 5 petal, 1in circle, 3/4in circle, large star(SU!), circle nesties, small scallop punch(EK Success), sewing machine, twine

Katey's Wedding Cake Card

I made this card yesterday while Little Keith was sleeping. I was only going to post it to SCS but I saw a had some comments on it this morning so I thought I would just go ahead and post it here even though the recipient is a follower of my blog!
So I started with Whisper White card stock and made three cake pieces: 3.5 x 1.75, 3 x 1.75 and 2.5 x 1.25. I stacked them just like I would stack my finished cake inside my Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder and ran it through my Big Kick. I wanted to work with just the cake at first not knowing what to do yet with the base so I adhered 2 strips of scrap paper to the back of the cake lengthwise so I could work with it in one piece. I cut three lengths of brown satin eyed ribbon. Katey's bridesmaid dresses are a rich chocolate satin! Did I mention I'm a bridesmaid? I can't wait to wear my dress.
To embellish the cake I used my Little Leaves and Birds and Blooms dies in colors of Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Red and Tangerine Tango. To make the flowers seem more dimensional I folded each petal so it would stand. I glued the two layers together with mini glue dots (a life saver for this project) and I adhered pearls to the center of each.
Once I knew what I wanted my cake to look like this actually came together very easily!
For my base I made a 5 x 7 card out of textured Kiwis Kiss cs and a sheet of Chocolate Chip dotted dsp. It's from the Bella dsp pack. To give this project just a little more I decided to frame my dsp layer with brown grosgrain ribbon.
One other special detail...I punched a hole in the side of the card and threaded ribbon through it to be tied as a special closure.
I hope Katey likes her cake! I really wanted to make something special and beautiful for her wedding. I'm really looking forward to the BIG DAY!
Ingredients: all SU! unless noted
Stamps: none
Paper: Whisper White cs, textured cs Ridinghood Red, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Kiwi Kiss cs, Chocolate Chip dsp from Bella series(retired)
Ink: none
Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder, corner rounder punch(ek success),
ribbon(lss), adhesive pearls(Marc Richards), Little Leaves and Birds and Blooms dies