Dogs in Halloween Costume, How Cute is That?

 

I love the meme that goes around every year with the 3 yellow labs in ghost costumes, all ready for Trick or Treat.  So when Spellbinders came out with a die set for these I was all over it!  I didn't get the other set with sentiments in them, as they were from either Better Press or Glimmer, both of which I do not have the tools or desire to do.  So the outside "Happy Halloween" is a die-cut from a different set, and the inside sentiments are printed on lightweight cardstock and glued inside.

Except I had already ordered a similar one from the cheap Chinese place.  I looked all over for the brand name for the cheap one and couldn't find it not even as clipart. What I've seen on the cheap Chinese site is that a lot of the dies are ripoffs of .gif  or other clipart, but not necessarily other die brands.  What are the ethics there?  Same art but different product?  

This one is the Spellbinders' "Woof or Treat". So cute.

This one is from the Chinese site.  If you know where this design is from, please let me know so I can purchase it authenticlly from the real artist.

Oh yes, I did buy 4 more big paper pads from Michael's this week, 3 of them Halloween  themed.  I have gift cards and I'm not holding back any more! Although my stack of paper is threatening to slide over again.

Spooky house!

 

It's a start on Halloween!  I've had these generic, no-name dies in my stash for a few years now and finally broke them out! I think the glue behind the vellum ghosts adds to the creepy factor, don't you?

The "BOO"s were cut with Lawn Fawn letter dies.

A New Lizard in my 'Hood.

 We are basically overrun with iguanas here, but today I saw my first Agama.

Peter's Rock Agama, to be specific. This one is about a foot long.  He is an invasive species, as are most of the "interesting" big lizards.  This is also a result of escaped or released exotic pets. 

Party Parrot is back!

 

More 5x7 cards with Spellbinders' die kits of the month for May, 2024.e birds are Tropical Friends, and that big pink flower is from the Grand Tropical Flamingos. Or maybe Tropical Grand Flamingos, I can't remember!  The background is from an old Michael's 12x12 pad which I broke down last year.

I still have a couple of these birds so keep partying, all you parrots and toucans out there!

Party parrot says Howdy!

 

Spellbinders' Tropical Friends dies the 3D embossing folder of the month on the green card. 

I have made a formula for using the Spellbinders 3D embossing folders in my Big Shot:

I take one tab off the platform, add 3 cardstock shims (the backers in the packaging for Spellbinder's embossing folders, LOL) and one Magic Mat.  I put the embossing folder down on the platform and put all the other layers on top of that so the folder doesn't get warped.   So how thick IS that top tab??? 

Flamingos are fla-mazing!

 

From Spellbinders Large Die of the Month for May 2024, Tropical Grand Flamingos, these are just amazing!  The big tropical flower was very fun to assemble.

The sentiments are from Sassy's LLC.

In the card below, I had a 5 x 7 piece of patterned paper that reminded me of a beach, so I ran with it. It came from a big Michael's watercolor pack that I've had for years. The little crabs and fish are Poppystamps Whittle creatures. So fun!

Another Whittle creature peeping out from the inside! 

More rain boots

 

Another set of rain boot flowers.  I've enjoyed these so much I went back and ordered the fall version which is hiking boots with fall foliage.

The background here is a panel I white heat embossed with My Favorite Things background of scripty writing, then ink blended with one or two Distress Oxide inks.  It's been so long I can't remember much about it.