October Club Meeting Technique as promised...

OK call me a goof but I have no clue what this technique is called. I was taught how to do it a couple months back at one of my awesome stamping meeting that I am always going to. I fell in love with this technique and I plan on trying it with other color combination and stamp sets. I encourage all of you to try it and email me a picture of your card you made and I will post it on here to share with everyone.

Supplies you are going to need:

Brayer-if you don't have one I am sure you can sponge a the lightest color on as the background.

1 1/4" Circle punch

a piece of post it note paper 3 colors of ink-a light, medium and darker stamp pad

2 daubers

piece of sponge

scrap piece of paper

Whisper white card stock

any other embellishments you might want to add to your card

I first cut Whisper White Card Stock to the size I want that I will be stamping my image on.

Make sure you have a piece of scrap paper under your card stock. Using your Brayer (102395) cover the card stock with the lightest ink color. I used Pale Plum (102732)

Stamp your image onto that covered piece of paper. I am using the tree from the House of Haunts (111574) with Black StazOn (101406) ink

Punch a circle with your 1 1/4" Circle Punch (104403) out of the post it note paper (make sure you have a little bit of sticky on it), this circle is going to be used to make the moon. Place the circle over the tree where ever you want the moon to be.

Take a dauber (102892) and Perfect Plum ink (101437) and dab the ink all around the tree to the edge of the card stock

Do the same thing with the Elegant Eggplant (105210) letting a little bit of the perfect plum showing through

Remove the circle to show the moon.

Tear a piece of the post it note to give it a rough edge to me the clouds over the moon. Squeeze your sponge and get a little bit of Perfect Plum ink on the edge and make the shadow of clouds in the moon areaEmbellish the card as desired

The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg is in full force...

Most of you know the boys and I work at "The Cave". They love every second of it and think they are coolest thing (haha).

Coleton and I work together as a team. We are stationed at the entrance to the swamp. The swamp has a laser that shoots across about 53 inchs (I think, Seemore my stick buddy is my guide haha) so if your eye height is lower than Seemore's then you have to go through a bypass and Coleton is the guide for it. He is so good with kids, it is the perfect spot for him. When he is not in action he has his special stance and will hold that through and people think he is a fake figure and will stare at him to see if he moves just at the right time he will pick up this head and scare the crap out of women. He is hilarious and loving it way to much. Our area is really dark so it helps with his little scare. The owner Mark was behind a group one time, Coleton scared the daylights out of some girl and Mark just laughed and told him "good job"

Kelton is in a completely different area and LOVES his spot. I get more compliments about him and his position. He works with 4 other men who get to operate on him while getting into a gun fight and the works. Honestly I couldn't tell you what he does. I have never seen him in action. When I do get to see him (which is at the end of the night) he has been asleep on the table. Let me tell you when he sleeps he is asleep!!! I have watched the guys in action shooting the guns (and they echo in the cave and it is loud) and Kel does not flinch. It cracks all of us up. The guys wake him up after the last group of people go through and he is up and ready to go to Waffle House.

You will see more pictures later or even some of these same pictures again soon. I ordered Stampin Up! new My Digital Studio and it should be here on Monday so you know I am going to be playing with it that day. More details about it soon.

Josiah's First Birthday

This is just a quick little share. My great nephew Josiah turned 1, you have to love a little 1 year old eating their birthday cake!!!

Enjoy

Halloween Candy Jar was a hit

I am so excited to announce my first Decor Elements (DE) class was a success. I had 8 people in attendance and everyone had smiles on their faces as they were working on their projects and had even bigger smiles on after it was completed. The smaller two jars I made are from the same SPOOKY BROCADE DE (117572 $8.95) I just cut it up to make it fit. I have enough pieces for another jar I just ran out of them (Wal-mart here I come!!)

I gave them a sneak peak of the "Give Thanks" Decor Element that we will be using in October. I am SO loving the Decor Element line we have at Stampin' Up.

I will be posting more pictures of the things I sticker up ( I feel like I am back in Elementary and my sticker collections, looking at what would be cool to put them haha). I am looking to put them on my car, my laptop, on mirrors and any blank wall I see. I have the ones to put on my car when cave season is over I will be putting them on. I don't want cave dust to ruin them. I am sure that has not been asked by the manufacturer if they could handle that (that one made me giggle)

I have a son the is unusual...

First I want to thank my friend Terry (I roomed with her at convention) for this posting. I am sure she will get a giggle out of it.

When we were at convention and my roommates were assembling their stamps sets I asked everyone if I could have their extra rubber to bring home to Kelton who loves to put it all over his body (he has done this forever!!). He was so excited when I got home and gave him them as part as his gift from my trip. It did not take him long to have them all over him (after he get them on him the fights begins, Coleton will sneak up on him and rip one off, hairs and all. Then Kelton will scream and chase Coleton around to get in a good hit.)

So back to the story...The other day I received a package in the mail, I had no clue what it could have been so I opened it up and just started to crack up. I called Kelton in to look at it and OMG you would have thought someone gave him a million dollars. It was all he had to hold down the excitement and it didn't take long til his shirt was off and he was covered in rubber. Coleton got wind of what was going on and the fight began. Mom and I just stand back and laugh.

Kel still has some rubber left and it will last him another day or two so only a couple more days of fighting haha (I only wish)

Again thanks Terry it was a great surprise

Spooky Treat Halloween Candy Jar Class

Join me and (up to) 15 other stamping and crafting friends

WHERE: my house (604 White Clover Ct)

WHEN: September 24th.

TIME: Starting at 6:30 (if 6:30 is to soon arrive at 7). This candy jar should only take less than an hour to make.

COST $15.00

RSVP to Nikkioaksstamps@aol.com

Already RSVP

1.Patty

2. Krista

3. Amy

4. Tiffani

5. Erin

6. Robin (Paid)

7. Kim

8. Kay

9. Jen B

10. Eilene

11. Paula

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Where has the time gone???????

Another month has went by and it seems just like yesterday I posted. I could use another 6 hours in a day, then I might get everything done I need too.

We have had lots going on this past month, I know that because I look at my camera and say "600 pictures!!!!!" I am coping them off my camera and getting them ready to post on here. No not 600 pictures haha. Just a few to highlight the summer, different projects and upcoming classes.

I promise to have Buzz word back in October and you are really going to want to check here often to see all the exciting projects I have coming up.

Ok enough babbling and I will get posting.

Have a happy day and see you soon