We all love candy corn!

This little cutie is from the Candy Corn Man Stamp Set from october pumpkin. The set has three stamps, but I used only one for this card. You can always find the stamps you need by october pumpkin at http://www.octoberpumpkin.etsy.com/ I hope everyone is getting in the mood for Halloween and fall-they are around the corner!

Trick or Treat!!!

This card was fun to make with the Ghost Walk Set from october pumpkin! I believe I may have accidently used an idea from my mother in the design...hope she doesn't get upset! LOL... I am sure it will be okay. Anyway, there are actually three ghosts on this stamp ( and you can see the stamp at the Etsy listing on the right of this page) and I cut one off to make my card. It was fun to make but I should have been making dinner instead ...uh oh!

By the way, HELLO to all the new followers and welcome! I hope you see things you enjoy and you try to make some projects! If you have an october pumpkin stamp project you have made, you can email it to octoberpumpkinstamps@gmail.com and I would love to share it with everyone here!

Anyone that is new, please hop on over to http://www.pelikanbeach.blogspot.com/ to see october pumpkin's designer's blog ( it is my mom!)

Where does the time go?

This was a fun little papercrafting project! I didn't use any of my october pumpkin stamps but it was still fun! Last week ,our son, turned 23! I do not know how that could be! Anyway, I was baking a cheesecake for him and chocolate chip cookies when I realized I was having baking failures one after the other. Not one burnt pan of cookies... two! Not one hour to bake the cheesecake...three! I do not know what was going on. I gave up and ran to Graeter's Bakery and bought the last of the cupcakes, thankfully they had some! I felt I had to make them special in some way so that is how the cute picks came to be. It was fun and they were EASY! Try making your own for Halloween!

Lighthouse Stamps are here!

Happy Sunday! Lighthouse Stamps are here and some are listed on Etsy. Three are up and eight will be the total over the next week so stop by and get a lighthouse stamp for yourself or a gift! www.octoberpumpkin.etsy.com

I wanted to log on and post a tiny bit of news! Go to www.pelikanbeach.com ( my mother's blog)
There are brand new lighthouse cards posted that mom created! They are beautiful! She does such wonderful watercolor work!
Also, the Etsy shop has been featured today on the blog www.craftgossip.com
That was some great news! If you are interested, check the site out under "stamping"!

To end my post, I wish for everyone to take a moment and send a postive thought the way of my mother and father, they are going through a tough time right now and prayers and love are needed! Thank you! Stephanie

Seashell Card

Hi again! This card I made this afternoon, figuring I better get a move on since my swap is due next week! Yikes! I start with an idea in mind then I just sit and stare endlessly at my colors and end up with an entirely different card than what I started with. This one began as a dolphin card with turquoise blue colors, now , how on earth did I end up with a cream toned card with a shell on it? It is a mystery! Anyway, please enjoy! The pictures do not capture the pearl of the Bazzil Bling cardstock, but it really made the card pretty!

Working on the card swaps!

Hello! I am working ...slowly... on my card swaps. Fortunately, I can use my cards for Etsy and to swap. Then I thought, why must only one person get to share the card... we all love to see others work, so I am going to put some of the swap cards up to view on the blog! Enjoy! My style is simple so it should not be hard to duplicate this card.

The stamp set is from october pumpkin at http://www.octoberpumpkin.etsy.com/

I used a sandollar punch from Martha Stewart and watercolored the Manatee with watercolor pencils. The textured cardstock and card are from Die Cuts with a View.

Have a great day! I am off to create a new card for the beach swap! Stephanie