...August 09 Release Day 4 Halloween again!!

Welcome to Day 4! Had some unfinished business with Halloween, hope you don't mind!! lol. Hoping to get samples up for the other two sets tomorrow and sat and then Release the sets on Sunday! If you are new here I'm releasing 4 sets of Clear photopolymer stamps at the end of the week. Check this post for details and to enter the competition!!


These luminaries have to be the simplest thing on the planet to make, the hard bit is to remember to buy the BATTERY POWERED TEA LIGHTS in advance - No candles please ladies, I don't want to be reading about you in the newspaper!!

Cut a sheet of vellum (PTI do a nice linen texture one) in half lengthwise, or maybe slightly wider, and stamp you scene, secure one end to the other with double sided tape. Easy peasy. This Halloween Party stampset makes it real easy to create the little scene you see here! I picture my witch out in the forest under a moonlit sky casting spells over the bubbling cauldron, while bats circle the skies! pumpkins lying around everywhere. Think that just about covers it! lol. I make a stack of these very year and then just cut them apart beside the join, with scissors, and store flat before re-sticking them next year - sure they're getting a 1/4 inch smaller every year but it's not a problem unless you want to use them for more than 5 years in a row!


Treat bags. Super simple tags made up using the circular sentiment (co-ordinates with a 2 inch circle punch) and some of the images from the Halloween Party stampset. Pop the candies into a clear cello bag, tie with ribbon and stick on a tag, superfast way to dress them up! Apologies for the small portion, I have a problem with the cast eating the props.



Remember I told you that I had made up a little invite rhyme, well here's a dinky way to use it - A little invitation booklet, complete with secret compartment for writing your own message regarding time, venue etc! The booklet measures about 3 inches by 2 and 1/4 inches, very dinky and surprisingly quick/easy to make. I will try to do a tutorial for this but it's going to be next week, after the release is over.


It's a little accordion booklet, held together with black and white saddlestitch ribbon, I took a copic and coloured the white stitching orange. I matched up my verses with co-ordinating images from the Halloween Party stampset. Love that wee mask!





Above, the last verse opens forward to reveal a secret page where you can write in the party details.

The Entire Rhyme reads:

• Come, if you dare, on Halloween Night, for food and drink and many a fright.
• Come, if you dare, in secret dress, but be ready and willing, your name to confess,
• Come, when the sky is the colour of soot, but beware! beware! there is mischief afoot

you can of course, just use one or two verses on your project.





And finally a super simple card, I just wanted to show you this fun 'frogspawn' background I made using a little square patterned stamp from the Halloween Party stampset.

So don't forget to call back often so see what else is new before the release on Sunday! Bring friends, there's another competition to go!

Hope they tickle!!