More is More

Awhile back I received a very fun piece of snail mail.  It was an envelope from my friend Jen del Muro (better known to some as genie1314 and thus I call her Genie/Jen) the illustrious inventor of the Genie Bag and stamper extraordinaire.  Oooo…a handstamped RAK?  No, just a lonely single stamped image with instructions.  How cool!  She decided to mail out a challenge to 10 friends to make something with the image in the envelope – like I did a few months ago with Stampin’ Fun For Everyone.

This cute Halloween image Night Things is from Penny Black.  I don’t really *get into* Halloween in general but I was more than happy to play in this challenge…only problem was that I had no Halloween designer paper or sentiments.  But that’s ok – I’m all about *making it work*.

I grabbed a scrap of Cosmo Cricket paper that I bummed off Taylor last time she was here (thanks T!) and decided the Fall color scheme would work for Halloween.  Card base is Creamy Caramel and I stamped the Spooky Skyline wheel across the top in Ruby Red ink.  I was stressed about coloring the image since I only had one – what if I messed up???  I ended up using watercolor crayons and then punching the image with my Marvy Giga Scallop Circle punch.  The whole piece was then covered with Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder  for a very cool shiny finish.  A little twill tape and copper organdy ribbon along with some Ruby Red brads and I was done.  Thanks so much for including me Genie/Jen!  And be sure to check her blog on October 5th when she will post links to everyone’s projects.  I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Oh and talk about happy mail – check out what I got today!

Elaine Schader sent me this wonderful assortment of tags and card candy along with this adorable thank you note for my last swap.  Each one is a wonderful little work of art and I was so excited to receive them.  Thanks Elaine!  I am going to have fun creating cards with these.