Handmade Halloween Cards
I realize not everyone is crazy as I am about Halloween but I did have a little binge of handmade Halloween card making.
I always go a little crazy when it comes to Halloween because I love every stamp set that Stampin’ Up! puts out when it comes to Halloween.
I also have GRAND ideas for party favors, invites and candy treats that I must make. There is a problem though. I can never get my collective ACT together to make the fun stuff and HAVE the party.
Dang, what is wrong with me?
Okay, don’t answer that. When I tell you later about the latest Van Deep in Troubles Saga you will know exactly what is wrong with me.
So, the point of my discussion today is to share a little handmade Halloween card and inspire YOU. Remember, if you decide to have a party… invite me.
Tee-Hee-Hee stamp set
Oh golly Bill, this is the CA-UTEST stamp set. Check this stamp set out:
Take note- If you are not into fussy cutting, this stamp set might not be for you. However, these images do fit into many of Stampin’ Up! punches making your work load much easier.
I think I fell in love with the colors of this card before I did the actual card. Many of my favorite inks were used on this card- Coastal Cabana, Tangelo Twist, and Blackberry Bliss.
I used the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set for the background. Perfect stamp set for a Halloween card, don’t you think?
The sentiment CRACKS me up and the witches shoes are perfect. Of course being the vintage junky I am I had to add a little of the beautiful Venetian Trim to the card. Who said Halloween had to be all modern? ha ha ha ha (my witch laugh!)
You can view all the products for this card at the end of this post.
Van Deep in Trouble Update!
Seriously, it must be that time of year when all things must go wrong.
While nothing can pale in comparison to last years debacles, the last two days have been a fun adventure. Funny how I leave for a little vacation and WHAM it all hits at once.
Mr. Prince (I added the Mr. because I’m not happy with him!) is in trouble! Since we got our dog we decided to go ahead and put a fence up. Being that Brin is a big dog she needs a place to run like a mad woman.
Being the man that Mr. Prince is he decided that he would build the fence with the help of friends and neighbors. Awesome. I can’t tell him no… this is a male pride issue. You don’t mess with those kind of things. I get that.
The problem is that Mr. Prince is EXHAUSTED. It doesn’t take long to wear him out. He has been more of a supervisor on the fence job than anything but none the less, he is beat being in the Florida sun trying to go back and forth with a wheelbarrow from the front yard to the back yard. I am terribly grateful to the men that have helped us and included Russ in the work. It just sucks to see him so tired from what he is doing.
Houston… we have a LARGE problem. The neighbor came over with his platt and told Russ he thinks the posts that he put in are too far onto his property. When the posts were staged this same neighbor told Russ it looked great. We couldn’t find our platt and went by the neighbors word. Now that all the posts are CEMENTED in, the wife found the platt and we are definitely too far into the neighbors yard. Ummmm… like 3 feet too much.
It’s at this point I wanted to cry. Really have a BIG ONE. The neighbor has been very cordial and obviously this has to be fixed. We don’t intend to take over their portion of the yard. BUT… can you say “WHAT a MESS??”
Today we called a professional fence man to come give us estimates on taking the cemented posts out. I would like to have him finish the entire thing but once again I’m not messing with the male ego thing. No way Jose. This added expense and not to mention all the free labor that has occurred over the last two weekends makes me want to do the UGLY cry. I know that next year this time we will laugh a little but right now I can’t believe the whole thing.
As if that wasn’t enough…. I was in my stamp room tonight and with all my lights (you would think I was blind as a bat with the 5 lamps I have turned to my stamping area) putting out heat I was starting to sweat bullets over creating a card. I could hear the air conditioner going. Once I looked at the thermostat I knew we had a problem. We were pushing 80 degrees in the house. Anything over 74 and I’m sweating like a ……… well I’m not going to finish that sentence but you get my drift.
Mr. Prince said our condenser froze up. As I type I am sweating while we wait for the frozen area to unthaw. All the windows are open and their is a slight breeze coming through. If there had to be any night this could happen I’m glad tonight was the chosen one. It’s actually in the high 60’s. WOW. Fall is really here.
As you can see its been a crazy day. These things will eventually be fixed and we will carry on with our normal crazy life. I’ve learned nothing is normal here but we are super grateful for what appears to be normal.
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3 thoughts on “Handmade Halloween Cards”
Deep breath then another one and another. Cry a little. More deep breathing. Cry a little more. Just make sure those tears don’t fall into your glass of wine. You have got this. Just quote this the next time.
Scarlett: [to Ashley] Dreams, dreams always dreams with you, never common sense.
p.S. I love making Halloween cards. made so many last year but nary a Christmas card
Very cute card, love the splatters. OMG what a mess is right, that is too bad that that happened. It’s so hard when doing things involves neighbors property lines. Well, hopefully, things will be ok. So sorry you had to go through this though. My thoughts are with you all. Take it easy and of course you know, things could be worse.
Such a cute card. How frustrating about the fence – especially since you had checked with the neighbors first. Ugh. Glad you and the neighbors are cordial at least! 🙂 Hugs, Lisa
PS: I bet Brin is going to LOVE the fenced yard!
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