Michael Strong Card of the Day - Turbulent Tuesday

Here is my card for today.  Notice I have a bit of an embellishment here (even though I was told not to).  I justified it at the time by saying that it would lie flat through the mail however looking back I realize that this was my first step towards open rebellion...

Stamps:  Michael Strong (Spooky Silhouettes)

Michael Strong Card of the Day - Murky Monday

This card is a pretty simple one.  I give these to my sister who has forbidden me from adding on embellishments because they cost more for her to mail.  The sky is sponged in Broken China and the spiderweb in the corner is embossed in white.

Stamps:  Michael Strong (Spooky Silhouettes)

Halloween treats!

Okay, not for anyone reading this blog post -- for my bridge students.  I'm going to fill them with chocolate and hand them out this week to anyone who shows up and plays bridge in our novice games.

I used Tim Holtz's new coffin die cut and stamped with a hardwood stamp.  For the leaves I randomly blotted on some distress stains (Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey, Crushed Olive and Mowed Lawn) and then cut out with Tim's long leaf strip.  The sentiment is also Tim Holtz.  I sponged around the edges in black and then glued on with liquid glue.  The bat is another Tim product and the ghost is a Sizzix die cut.  I used vellum so the ghost would be transparent.

I made enough for 9 tables.  At first this was fun but a little overwhelming to actually glue all these coffins together.  I tried using sticky strip at first but the places to glue were just too small -- especially with the lids.  In the end I just used liquid glue and I held the parts together with tiny little clothespins.  That worked really well.  I could do quite a bit at one time and then when I ran out of clothespins I just waited for the glue to dry and then did some more.  The coffins with ghost on them will be filled with white chocolate and the ones with bats, dark chocolate.  Here they are:

Blog Hop!

Hopefully you came here from Hetty's blog but if not you can start the blog hop here at Michael Strong's blog.

I made a Halloween card for the blog hop.  For this spooky card I took 3 squares of cardstock (3x3, 4x4, 5x5) and layered them on top of one another.  Then I randomly stamped Mike's cat and a spiderweb stamp in black craft ink on top.  When the ink was still wet I sprayed on some Dylusions sprays (Lemon Zest and Squeezed Orange) and then splattered with some black ink.  The ink ran a bit to get a cool, spooky effect.  After the pieces were dry I pulled the pieces apart and matted them with some black cardstock.  I then put on some clear embossing paste with a small circle stencil in some places and let dry.  I added some black ribbon and some orange fiber and added a tag with the sentiment.  Hope you like!

There will be a name drawn from all the people who comment on the blogs and the winner will get Mike's new Pumpkin Harvest stamp set! 

Next up on the Blog Hop is Peg:

http://stampinwiththescottishlass.blogspot.ca/

Stamps:  Michael Strong (Spooky Silhouettes)

Mojoed Seahorse

For this card I stamped the new "Mermaid Lagoon" colour from Tim Holtz onto some Whisper White paper and cut it out using Mike's seahorse die cut set.  Then I sponged around the edges with more Mermaid Lagoon.  For the background I stamped the seaweed in Versamark on Whisper White cardstock and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  After that I sponged a bit of Mermaid Lagoon on and then sprayed some Mermaid Lagoon on top using a diamond stencil.  Some silver string and silver brads completed the look.  The sketch was based on this weeks Mojo Monday sketch #417.

Stamps: Michael Strong (Cloisonné Seahorse, Cloisonné Sea Turtle/Seaweed) 

Wedding card

This is a wedding card I made for my second cousin who is getting married this summer.  The pink is "Pink Pirouette".  I used some shimmer spray on the heart.

Stamps:  Michael Strong (Mini Shapes)

Seahorse Colour Sandwich Sketch

This card uses the "Colour Sandwich" technique from the June/July 2011 issue of Technique Junkies.   The colours are "Mermaid Lagoon" and "Cracked Pistachio" which are two of the new colours of the month from Tim Holtz.  The sketch is this months sketch in the Michael Strong Yahoo Group.

Stamps: Michael Strong (Cloisonné Seahorse, Cloisonné Sea Turtle/Seaweed)