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Bats and Ghosts

Today’s card was sent to the other twin for Halloween. I am so glad that I kept the bat punch after it retired. They add the perfect finishing touch to a spooky card. I kept the rest of this card simple with a black and purple color palette. The addition of the silver glitter tape pulls the card together.

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  • Stamps: Everything Festive

  • Ink: Gorgeous Grape

  • Cardstock: Toil & Trouble DSP (retired); Basic Black; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Silver glitter tape

  • Tools: Bat Punch; Rectangle Stitched Dies

tags: Everything Festive, Halloween, Toil and Trouble DSP
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Wednesday 10.30.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Bats and Cats

Today’s card was sent to one of my twins. I pulled out some DSP scraps and started layering pieces together. Once that was set, I added an embossing folder and some punched shapes. I finished off with a simple sentiment. Love it!

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  • Stamps: Everything Festive

  • Ink: Rich Razzleberry

  • Cardstock: Spooky Night DSP (retired); Toil & Trouble DSP (retired); Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper; Basic Black; Whisper White

  • Accessories:

  • Tools: Cat Punch; Bat Punch; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Diagonal stripe embossing folder

tags: Everything Festive, Halloween, Spooky Night DSP, Toil and Trouble DSP
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Monday 10.28.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

A Trio of Pumpkins

Slowly getting back into card making with a group of Halloween cards. Today’s card was made for Arthur’s Kindergarten teacher. I knew I wanted to feature the fun jack-o-lanterns from the Harvest Hellos stamp set. From there, I added a nice sentiment, some punched bats, and some retired DSP.

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  • Stamps: Everything Festive; Harvest Hellos

  • Ink: Basic Black; Pumpkin Pie; Granny Apple Green; Rich Razzleberry

  • Cardstock: Halloween Night DSP (retired); Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black; Whisper White

  • Accessories:

  • Tools: Apple Builder Punch; Bat Punch

tags: Everything Festive, Harvest Hellos, Halloween, Halloween Night DSP
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Friday 10.25.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

No Tricks Just Treats

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring Candy and Treats. I wanted to feature the pretty Silver Glitter Ribbon and the fun Spider Trinkets. I played off of the colors in the witch hat DSP to coordinate my ink and cardstock. Simple, fun card.

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  • Stamps: Spooky Sweets

  • Inks: Gorgeous Grape

  • Cardstock: Toil and Trouble DSP; Gorgeous Grape; Pumpkin Pie

  • Accessories: Black Glitter Organdy Ribbon; Spider Trinkets

  • Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Polka Dot Embossing Folder

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tags: Halloween, Toil and Trouble DSP, Spooky Sweets, Embossing Folder
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Monday 10.29.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Sky Full of Bats

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite Holiday Catalog Bundle. Usually I gravitate toward the Christmas bundles and stamps sets. While that is true this year, I also found myself coming back to the Spooky Sweets Bundle over and over. I love the simple bat and moon images. And I always love a coordinating punch! I just had to pick up this bundle to play with this season.

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  • Stamps: Spooky Sweets

  • Inks: Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Mango Melody, Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green; Crushed Curry; Smoky Slate

  • Cardstock: Toil and Trouble DSP; Basic Black: Pumpkin Pie; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Black Glitter Organdy Ribbon

  • Tools: Spooky Bats Punch; Hexagon Punch (retired)

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tags: Spooky Sweets, Halloween, Toil and Trouble DSP
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Monday 10.08.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

A Witchy Birthday

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Halloween card. When I made this card a few weeks back, I hadn't decided to buy any Halloween stamps. (I eventually bought the Sweet Treats bundle because I just really enjoy the bats) So I looked at the paper I had and realized that fussy cutting the witch and cauldron wouldn't be that hard. And so a card was born! I added some fun background paper, a strip of something else and a die cut sentiment. I love how the polka dots on the witch's outfit mirror the polka dots on the background paper. 

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  • Stamps: 
  • Inks: 
  • Cardstock: Toil and Trouble DSP; Lemon Lime Twist; Gorgeous Grape; Black Foil
  • Accessories: 
  • Tools: Celebrate You Thinlits
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tags: Toil and Trouble DSP, Halloween
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Friday 09.28.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Holiday Catalog Swaps

Every new catalog, the demo team I am on does a card swap. I love seeing designs from other demos and stamp sets I don't have. Check out this catalog's examples:

Kathy Thisted

Nicole Flournoy @ Inky Fingers Stamping

Pamela Wu @ Stinky Tofu

 

Sandra Vargas

 

Carla Branton

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Heather Green

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Jennifer Blomquist @ Northwest Stamper

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Christine Szekeres @ Artful Musings

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tags: Card Swap, Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving
categories: Christmas Cards, Other Holiday Cards, Misc- Cards
Monday 09.17.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Witches' Brew

Today's post is another Merry Cafe card. I just love these coffee cups so much. For this one I created my main coffee cup and then started adding the little extras. The spiderweb stamp was perfect for the corners. The striped image was great for a fill-in-the-gap stamp. And of course I had to cut out some great pumpkins and a witch's hat to add to my card. 

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  • Stamps: Merry Cafe; Spooky Cat
  • Inks: White Craft Ink; Basic Black; Pumpkin Pie
  • Cardstock: Spooky Night DSP; Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black; Whisper White
  • Accessories: 
  • Tools: Coffee Cups Frameltis
tags: Merry Cafe, Spooky Cat, Halloween
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Wednesday 10.25.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Spooky Text Cat

Today's post is my favorite Halloween card of the season! I love this cute text cat on a background of jack-o-lanterns. I actually think that the jack-o-lantern paper is my favorite from the pack. It's too adorable! Beyond my cat, I stated a simple greeting and cute out the circle using the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The stitching gives me the image that extra something! To finish off the card, I added some great black rhinestones and washi tape (retired from last year).

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  • Stamps: Spooky Cat
  • Inks: Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black
  • Cardstock: Spooky Night DSP; Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black; Very Vanilla
  • Accessories: Black Rhinestones; random washi tape
  • Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Cat Punch
tags: Spooky Night DSP, Spooky Cat, Halloween
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Monday 10.23.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Trio of Witches' Hats

Today's post is a simple and fun Halloween card. I stamped the witches hats in the three Halloween colors from last year's catalog: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, and Perfect Plum. Using those colors gave me a chance use some of the leftover Halloween Night Enamel Shapes. Cute and simple.

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  • Stamps: Spooky Cat
  • Inks: Pumpkin Pie; Perfect Plum; Old Olive; Basic Black
  • Cardstock: Spooky Night DSP; Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black; Very Vanilla
  • Accessories: Halloween Nights Enamel Shapes (retired)
  • Tools: 
tags: Halloween, Spooky Night DSP, Spooky Cat, Halloween Night Enamel Dots
categories: Other Holiday Cards
Monday 10.16.17
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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