And so it begins.....

Here is the first post to my first blog and I'm excited to get started.  It's going to be a slow start since I am smack in the middle of moving but by the end of the month I will have pictures of the projects for my Halloween workshop posted along with kit options.  The workshop will be on October 1st so mark your calendar now. 

 In the mean time, this was a little something I put together last night.  I made the invitations small--the folded dimension is only 4x3--to help cut down on the mailing costs.

I am trying to use up papers I have on hand so I used a 1 x 6 inch strip of Crystal Blue cardstock (swiped in Crystal Blue) under a 3/4 x 6 inch strip cut from the dotted paper in the Cherry O Creative Basics pack(swiped in Chocolate).   I adhered this strip 1 inch from the bottom of a 4 x 6 piece of Colonial White cardstock, folded, and swiped in Chocolate ink.

All stamped images are from the Fanfare WOTG stamp set.  The sentiments are stamped in Crystal Blue ink, the stars in Sweet Leaf ink, and the party info in Chocolate ink.  The cupcake bottoms are stamped in Chocolate ink, cut out, and then swiped.  The frosting is stamped in Crystal Blue, Blush, and Sweet Leaf, cut out, and then swiped.  I adhered two of the cupcake bottoms and frostings to the card and then the third I adhered with 3D foam tape for added dimension.

The final touches are 3 Bitty Sparkles in the corners on the card front and Liquid Applique to the bottom edges of the frosting.  After the Liquid Applique dried I heated it with my craft heater for a fun texture.