Stamping Spot Studio

For those of you that don’t know me well, I have this weird attraction to Halloween images. So I’m not really sure why I liked the Close To My Heart Thriller stamp set so much…Perhaps it’s just the cool evil-ness of it all. I wanted the big skull to be white, but have more than just one color on the stamp. So I thought, first I’ll sponge the backgroud, then clear emboss the stamp image.

So sponge the background:

Clear emboss the image, then put white paint on it. I can wipe the paint off the embossing, and it will look just fine. Right? WRONG!

That was NOT what I was going for. Okay, how about ink the stamp with blue, then sponge purple ink on the stamp, THEN stamp on paper. Sounds like it should work, right? Right? WRONG!

I can’t even see the purple. Like it wasn’t even there. So then I’m thinking, maybe I can mask the skull to keep it white. So I cut out the mask from a post-it:

Mask the skull part, sponge around it. This is going to work, right? Right?

* cue Evil Laughter *

BWAH HA HA HA!

All items are from Close To My Heart.
Stamp set: Thriller
Inks: Pacifica, Gypsy, Lagoon, Black, Grey Wool
Papers: Grey Wool, Black, White Daisy cardstock

And Mittens says,

“Are you blogging about me again?”

“Stop that. Why don’t you clean off some space for me?”

“See? I’m squished.”

I’m trying something new – and trying to clear out retired papers. Presenting, the do-it-yourself, pick-your-sentiment, handmade card kit!

You get everything you see in the photo above, including envelopes, and several different sentiments to customize your cards with. It uses the Lovely Labels stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

I love that Cuttlebug embossed cardstock. And that patterned paper. And that stamp set. Everything. I love it all.

This kit is now for sale in my Stamping Spot Etsy Shop. I’m hoping to post more kits and quilts soon.

And Mittens says,

“I like when you clean. Now you can store my beautiful shedding fur in these boxes.”

This past weekend, I just met the nicest bunch of gals! I wasn’t sure how much they knew about CTMH, so I just had a simple card for them to make:

All items from Close To My Heart unless stated otherwise
Stamp sets: Happy Birthday, Happy Holidays, Connections
Inks: Desert Sand, Pear, Smoothie
Papers: Olivia level 2 paper pack
Other: Liquid Glass, Prisma Glitter, Nestabilites circle and scalloped circle die, deckle edged scissors

It turns out, they knew a LOT about stamping. Some of them had been meeting regularly for fifteen years!! Whoa!

And other news: My friend Lisa stopped by to visit on her way back to Washington from China. She has her own Stamp Happy blog – go and check it out. Thanks for coming to see me Lisa! We were able to sneak in a photo of us in my sewing cave downstairs.

And Jax says,

“Say chee…Hey is that a gecko?”

Here’s the baby boy version of yesterday’s card, using the same sketch, paper pack, and ink colors. I’ve always loved the Creative Basics paper collections, but so far, this one is my favorite. See yesterday’s post for the Baby Girl version.

All items from Close To My Heart unless stated otherwise:
Stamp sets: Happy Holidays, Sweet Baby
Inks: Chocolate, Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock, Crystal Blue
Papers: Cherry-O Creative Basics collection
Other: Cocoa designer ribbon, Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval dies

Can you spot all the cat toys in this picture? And what does Mittens choose to do? Lie in the box.

And Mittens says,

“So sue me.”

All those little circles in CTMH’s Happy Holidays set attract me, like little round magnets stuck to the fridge. I scanned a ton card patterns on the Mojo Monday Sketch Blog, and found one that would work perfectly:

All items from Close To My Heart unless stated otherwise:
Stamp sets: Happy Holidays, Sweet Baby
Papers: Cherry-O Creative Basics collection
Inks: Hollyhock, Crystal Blue, Chocolate, Sweet Leaf
Other: Hollyhock twill ribbon, Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval dies

The baby boy version will be posted tomorrow!

And Jax says,

“Join me on the Dark Side.”