Cats Dancing in the Moonlight

For this weeks post, I wanted to use this stamp of four Victorian looking cats dancing in a circle. As soon as I saw it in the Viva Las Vegastamps! online store, I thought of this idea right away. The stamp is called Cat Dance and can be found by clicking here. For the moon, I used a circle that I punched from pearlescent cardstock. For the Moon’s face, I used the Handsome Man stamp by masking the side of his face with tape before inking and then peeling off the tape before stamping.

For the sentiment, I made up my own and printed it directly onto my cardstock. I used a piece of pattern paper from The Robin’s Nest to make it look like they were in the woods at night. I assembled as you see in the picture, and I put the cats on pop dots to make them stand out as the highlight of the card.

Please stop by the Viva Las Vegastamps! blog often to see what rest of the team is up to. There will be an all new team in April, so be sure to visit often! Also, feel free to stop by my blog by to see my other Viva Las Vegastamps! projects by clicking here.

Using Static Cling Mount Foam!! + Robins Nest goodies!

Hey VLVS! Fans!! DeeDee here again...

Now, I know I Promised a video in my last post.. but my card reader is not working correctly and I can only upload photos at this time... so here is a PHOTO tutorial on using the Cling Mount foam from VLVS! --- This foam has an adhesive side.. and a smooth side.. and once adhered to your rubber stamps allows them to cling to acrylic blocks like photopolymer clear stamps!!! No more heavy bulky wood hanging around.. just easy peasy cling mounted rubber!! 

Onto the tutorial:

Step one: gather supplies.:
Cling Mount Foam (1/8 inch thick) and (1/16 inch thick)

VLVS! unmounted red rubber stamps - I used the Small Flourish Alpha --- $1!!

A nice pair of scissors (Click here for some via VLVS!)

Step two: cut foam to size of stamp

Step three: peel backing from ADHESIVE side and stick to underside of stamp

Step four: Cut and trim individual stamps

Step five: remove 2nd backing to reveal cling... press to acrylic block.. ink up.. and STAMP AWAY!

And here's what I ended up with! Small party favors at a local Halloween party! Paper and Dew Drops courtesy of The Robins Nest!!
The small bottles can be found HERE @ VLVS!

Hope this helps!! -DeeDee

Ouija Board Halloween Card

Ouija Board Finished Card (5" x 7")

Welcome! I’m happy to be posting the first project of my second term on the Viva Las Vegastamps! Design Team.

Glitter Sepia Trees on Linen from The Robin's Nest

This month, the folks at The Robin’s Nest provided us with a selection of their papers to use in our projects. As I flipped through the pile, I saw my favorite – Glitter Sepia Trees on Linen. I love the color, tones, shadows and glitter. I knew I had to use it on my project.

I always think of spooky things being conjured up when someone uses a Ouija board and Viva Las Vegastamps! has the perfect stamp of a Ouija board! It measures 3.25” tall x 4.25” wide. Combine that with ghosts from The Robin’s Nest’s Glitter Ghost Camo cardstock and you have a successful séance.

Glitter Ghost Camo cardstock from The Robin's Nest

I wanted the sentiment to look like the Ouija board and found out that the most common font used on Ouija boards is Captain Howdy. You can download it for free from Urban Fonts. In case it sounds familiar, “Captain Howdy” was the name of the spirit the little girl talked to on her Ouija board in The Exorcist, so it’s the perfect font to use for Halloween.

With the paper, stamp and font set, I was ready to create my ghoulish 5” x 7” card. Here are the steps I followed.

1. Print “Happy Halloween” in Captain Howdy font along a curve on acetate. Cut out.




2. Cut a background mat from Glitter Sepia Trees on Linen (4.75” x 6.75”). Ink the edges.




3. Cut out some ghosts from the Glitter Ghost Camo cardstock.




4. Stamp the Ouija board on Sizzix Little Sizzles™ Hombre Texture Pad paper. The brown looks just like the aged wood you see in vintage Ouija boards. Cut out. Ink the edges.




5. Stamp the Ouija board again on Sizzix Little Sizzles™ Hombre Texture Pad paper. Cut out the planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood). Punch a hole at the end and attach a small piece of acetate to the back to cover the hole. This will make it look like the real playing piece, which has a small glass window that reveals the letter under it on the Ouija board. Ink the edges.




6. Assemble the card.




7. Adhere the planchette to the Ouija board with a pop dot.
   Adhere the background paper to the card base.
   Adhere some ghosts to the background paper (so they are coming out from behind the Ouija board).
   Adhere the Ouija board with pop dots.
   Adhere some ghosts so they are on top of the Ouija board. Use pop dots to support the parts that aren’t attached to the Ouija board.

Check out my other projects on my Create & Craft blog and Happy Halloween!
Joe Morgan