Happy Halloween and an Emerging coloring tutorial!

Happy Halloween!! I just had a ball taking the kiddos trick or treating tonight. It's just a natural high to see Harrison (my 4 year old) absolutely thrilled to run (not walk) to each house and cheerfully exclaim "Trick or Treat!" and then politely say "THANK YOU!" as he's half running back to the sidewalk to get to the next house. He was on Cloud 9 and I was loving every minute of it. Of course, Catie is too young to enjoy it, but she thoroughly enjoyed watching Harrison. I tell you...life just can't get better! I will shamelessly show a couple pictures of them before we ventured off. :)


Catie was a pretty little flower and Harrison decided to be a farmer (at the very last minute!) Doesn't he look so mischievous? He gets that from his grandpa. ;) And another without Catie's big-mouthed grin.


He just loves his baby sister. I hope that lasts forever!

Now on to the stampin goodies. I had a little time to play today...not much though! I REALLY wanted to patchwork the ornament from Christmas Classics and, I swear, tried a gazillion different techniques for the right look and none of them worked!! I tried stamping in brown staz-on (but it totally bled...huh?!) thought about embossing, but that wouldn't work either...I wanted vibrant color! I then recalled a technique called "Emerging Pastels" from the Workshop Wow DVD us demonstrators have access to purchase. Instead of using pastels though, I used my markers and a blender pen. Here's what I did:

1. Ink up your ornament in Sahara Sand ink and then stamp off and then on to your cardstock


2. Grab your markers and color in the lines to create a patchwork (I used Real Red, Old Olive, and Chocolate Chip)


3. Take a blender pen and pull the color from the markers into the middle of your "patch"


4. Stamp ornament on your Stamp a Majig and position such that image overlies colored image and stamp in Chocolate Chip



And here is what it looks like (except yours will be stamped more accurately!) lol



Finish your card like so!



Here's a close-up of the ornament...pictures just don't do it justice...really, I swear! :)


This card's layout comes directly from Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I just love challenges.
Some things to note that I did on the card...
The card base is Very Vanilla and I sponged the edges with Close to Cocoa ink. I then layered on top a piece of chocolate paper from the Ski Slope dsp and aged it by rubbing my Very Vanilla craft pad directly all over it. See the little chocolate looking ribbon holding the large red grosgrain in place? That's actually the Caramel gingham ribbon and I colored over the middle part with the Close to Cocoa marker. I also rubbed on the greeting from the new Season of Cheer rub-ons.

All supplies Stampin' Up!:
Stamps: Christmas Classics
Ink: Very Vanilla craft, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive
Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Ski Slope dsp
Accessories: White gel pen, Scallop edge punch, Scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Dazzling Diamonds, Season of Cheer rub-ons, Wide red grosgrain ribbon, Caramel gingham ribbon, Gold cord

Hope you had a GREAT day and thanks so much for visiting! I'd love to see your comments and know who's visiting. :)