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Took a break from Hallowen cards to create some gift packaging for a friend. 

Halloween in July!

It is hot outside and kind of hard to think about the Fall holidays but I am determine to get ahead of the game by starting now.

Working on more to post later

Halloween Soap

When I was a little girl my mom used to work at a very large aerospace company.  Many of the women working in my mom’s group were pretty crafty and she always brought home items she had bought, hand made cloth dolls, knitted slippers, Christmas ornaments and embroidered dish towels, just to name a few.  As I was thinking back on all of those items I remembered one item in particular she brought home that I just loved.  It was an embellished bar of soap!  So, right about now you’re saying to yourself, a bar of soap, who gets excited about a bar of soap?  But, if you were a little girl about the age of seven and you were given a bar of soap wrapped in beautiful blue tulle, adorned with sequins and pearls and fashioned to look like an exotic fantail fish…..come on, you probably would have been excited too!  So, I decided I wanted to try my hand at “decorating soap” and went searching the internet for pics.  Crazy thing, I found a picture of a bar of soap just like the one I had has a child!  It seems that back in the 1960’s the Palmolive Soap Company used to make an oval bar called sweetheart soap and used to sell kits to decorate them with.  For some reason, I can’t seem to find the pic of the fish again but here is a pic I found of the kit.

Anyway, I decided to try my hand at “decorating soap” using a Halloween theme.  Mine doesn’t look anything like the pics of the past but I had fun with it just the same.  Here is my version.

Let me know what you think! :)

Penny Black Vintage Frame

Pretty Penny Black Vintage Frame.

I love that Spellbinders has a die for this image.  I'm going to use it to make some journal cards too.

Here is a close-up.

Stamps – Penny Black, Floral Frames & Just Rite Stamps, Sentiment

Ink – Memento, Tuxedo Black

Cardstock – Pink Paisley, Stampin Up

Glitter - Martha Stewart (Fine)

Punch – Martha Stewart, Rose Leaf

Spellbinders –#14-S4-290

Pearls – Michael’s

Markers – Copics

Crystal Glaze, Judikins

Misc. – Ribbon, Buttons, Flowers

Lawn Fawn Stamps

 

These Lawn Fawn Stamps are too cute.  I made a couple of cards and a gift tag with them.

I especially like the Merry-go-Round. 

The sun ray image in the background is a very cool stamp from Hero Arts

Supplies Used:

Stamps – Lawn Fawn, Admit One & Hero Arts, Cling, Radiant Banner

Ink – Memento, Tuxedo Black & Ranger, Archival

Card stock –Cosmo Cricket, Togetherness

Spellbinders – Nestabilities, Circles

Markers - Copics & Spica Atyou

Pearls – Michael’s

Misc. – Ribbon & Buttons

Here is the tag.

Supplies Used:

Stamps – Lawn Fawn, Admit One & Hero Arts, Friends

Ink – Memento, Tuxedo Black

Card stock –Cosmo Cricket

Embossing Powder - Judikins

Spellbinders – Nestabilities, Ovals

Markers – Copics

Misc. – Ribbon & Buttons

Lawn Fawns Merry-go-round!

Supplies Used:

Stamps – Lawn Fawn, Admit One

Ink – Memento, Tuxedo Black

Card stock – American Crafts, Neapolitan

Glitter - Martha Stewart (Fine)

Spellbinders – Nestabilities, Circles & Scallops

Markers - Copic & Spica Atyou

Misc. – Ribbon & Buttons

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