These are two of the first stamps I bought when starting scrapbooking. Feeling a bit nostalgic, remembering the the excitement of starting a new hobby I had to do something with these two! The super cute cat-stamp is call "cat o' lantern" by Penny Black 2001 and the "halloween" is from Kortmakaren.
To color these oldies I ventured out and tried something new, alcohol markers! I had picked up a few called "Le Plume" and I really liked how it came out! I soon realized that the more colors you have the better look you'll get but with the few I had, I'm really happy!
The card itself is really simple, that colored image is punched with a 2" circle, layered on vellum, some die-cuted copper leafs and a embossed sentiment on a dark-blue metallic card base.
I'm so happy with how these cards came out and I had a really great time making them! I did a batch of 5 and using this dark blue metallic card base made such an impact. Now I'll have to remember to post them!
Happy Halloween! What better way to show Halloween spirit then a reef on your door? Here is the one I did yesterday and how I did it.
The reef is out of Styrofoam and then I have the Halloween colors; orange cotton, black tulle and green and lilac felt.
Since I like to be able to use the reef again I use pins to fix the fabric to the Styrofoam. I start with to orange fabric and cut it in to strips. This way it easy to dress the from and just a pin i the beginning and end of each strip keeps it all in place.
So now the form is all dressed in orange fabric.
I wanted the base of the reef to be orange but with "shadows" so no I dress the form the same way with the black tulle.
Buy very how much tulle you twist around the form you get this shadow effect.
No it´s just to put some flowers and spiders on.
The flowers and leaf are made out of felt but I made some out of the tulle and the cotton too. Adding some spiders and there you go; A Halloween reef the you can use over and over again!
Love Julia
My favorite cupcake is this one, carrot cake! I couldn´t find a recipe so I made my own, hope you give it a try.
Start with the eggs and sugar that you whisk puffy. All dry ingredients you mix together first before adding them to the egg & sugar. Fold in the dry ingredients and add the butter, the last of it is the carrots. Pour the batter in cupcake pan/ forms.
When the cupcakes has come out of the oven and cooled of it´s time for the frosting! 100 g butter 100 g cream cheese 4 dl powder sugar
Mix It together and frost a way. If you want a bit more flavor in the frosting, put some lime in it.
I just love carrot cake and if you try this recipe, you will to! Love Julia
Today I have made a Halloween card but haven´t used any Halloween stuff. The card is orange card stock that I have draw-ed a border on and sprayed with brown glimmer mist. Some washi ape and burlap over the center breaks it off and the flowers are distressed. The bats I have cut out free hand on the same paper as the "Happy Halloween".
So you can make a really cute Halloween card without buying tons of blacks and stampes.
Love Julia
Halloween lanterns is fun and super easy. Take a jar, preferably, a empty one. I used three different textures, tissue paper, tulle and masking tape. And last but not least some googly eyes.
Start of with tissue paper and masking tape.
Then put pieces of tulle with masking tape and keep running the tape around the jar twisting it and placing more tulle.
This is my end result before eyes. By using different textures you´ll get that ghost/ mummy look.
See, super easy and really cute at no time at all.
