Santa Gets Snarky

 I love the idea that even that "jolly old elf", Santa himself, can get a little cranky during the holidays. Murray's Law (from Gourmet Rubber Stamps) is full of humorous images, several with Santa in snarky mode. Since the "Santa Pony" image is obviously the focal point of this card, I kept it simple...I colored the image with Copic markers, added some highlights with Copic White, matted the image and adhered it to a Bazzill Maraschino card. I ran a strip of Bazzill Parakeet through my Big Shot Pro with Dreamweaver Stencils Christmas Lights, and finished it off with a ribbon tie. Oh, yeah, and of course I added a pompom on his hat!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps Halloween Hop

Happy Halloween everyone! Hope that you've been making the most of the spook season. Just to add another layer on, Gourmet Rubber Stamps is having a fun trick or treat hop, with actual treats up for grabs. Leave comments for each of our team spooks, and you could win* some great stamps. For my blog, I'll be randomly choosing one lucky winner to receive one of the holiday images from the Stick Chick line of Gourmet Rubber Stamps called Girl with Wreath. You'll be seeing more Stick Chicks creations showing up on our blogs, along with Murray's Law, Marsha Mccarthy, Zenspirations, Steampunk, Katie Jane, and Lizzie Anne Designs. You can check them all out HERE.

My post today includes this yummy caramel apple treat wrapped in cello, tied in a plethora of ribbons, twine, buttons, etc. with a fun tag created by paper piecing the caramel apple image from the Lizzie Anne Designs' "Tart & Spice" set for October, along with the tiny little Fall Flavor sentiment. Super simple to create...both the treat and the tag, and a sweet treat to munch.

My second design is a CAS card easily created with the darling owl from the same "Tart & Spice" set. Each owl was stamped in colors to match the fun paper on cork circles (actually they are the cork pads designed to protect furniture and walls!). One owl has glowing rhinestones eyes. The orange strip features the fun sentiment to go with. Gotta love a pun!

 Finally, my third card features a super fun image from the Murray's Law line, "Igor". Gotta love the sentiment that goes along. I colored this wildly with Copics and added a web sticker, glitter brads, and googly eyes (obvious, but had to be done!).

So now is your chance to go "trick or treating"...leave me some love (no tricks, please) and hop around to the rest of our "boo crew":

Taylor

Deb

Joslyn

Meredith

Joy

Kendra

Tricia

Jeni

Rose Ann

Kelli

You have until Wednesday, November 2nd, to hop around. Winners* will be announced on Thursday, November 3rd. Hope it's YOU!

*Winners must live in the continental US.