Oct 22 2007
Ruby Tuesday: Stella Does Halloween
This isn’t my usual type of Ruby Tuesday card, I know, but I need some Halloween cards for the few people I send them to every year. I thought there must be some way I could get Halloween out of Stella Ruby and these pieces seemed to work just fine. Actually, I was surprised to find that Stella has a downright sinister side to her personality. Scared me a little. So I put a friendly Jill-O-Lantern on her and she didn’t look quite so forbidding.
I used a combination of older CTMH and Hero Arts stamps to put this card together. It’s been a while since I bought any new Halloween stamps so I’m afraid my Halloween cards may look a little dated. I do enjoy the challenge of bringing out the old stamps and trying to get a new look out of them, though.
After I stamped this pumpkin I realized its face is completely smooth and unlined. It must be a very young pumpkin. I chose these stamps just so I could use my new black Stickles on the hat. I didn’t think to glitter up the face until I saw these on Sophia Landry’s blog, Moonlight Inker. How could I not be inspired by her adorable card? Thanks, Sophia! I’ll be sending this to a friend who not only loves glitter but could use a little sparkle in her days right about now. Just in case you’d like to be enabled, I got my BasicGrey Stella Ruby designer paper and both of the Stickles at Jacksonbelle Embellishments. What a fun place to shop! Thanks, Lindsey!
I hope everyone has a wonderful day and I’ll see you again soon!
Stamps: CTMH pumpkin, hat, spider & web, Hero Arts greeting and zig zag
Paper: Basic Black, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, BasicGrey Stella Ruby DP
Ink: Basic Black, Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink–Tangerine, Going Gray
Accessories: Ribbon, brads, raffia, Stickles, Scotch brand dimensional mounting tape
Hee, hee - what an adorable card and post. You are such an artist in both departments. Love your Halloween take with Stella - never would have thunk it!
what a cute card!!!!
This is adorable!! Stella looks wonderful for Halloween. I love the stitches and the hat:)
Dee
Oh my word, who would have thought of using Stella for Halloween? You are genius, Leslie!!! LOVE this!!
I love that hat!
Nice!!!!! It’s so cute, and I love the idea of the raffia!!!TFS!!
Can’t comment any better than Sue. So.. ditto!
OMGoodness, who’da thought Stella could do Halloween? LOL! This is fabulous, Leslie — love that pumpkin!
I never knew Stella would work for Halloween, but you sure showed me, didn’t you? I love it, Leslie! So cute!!
What an adorable card — I love it!!! Looks wonderful in Stella — who would have known — LOL!!!
This is gorgeous, I just find it so neat that you used Stella for this card. I love that pumpkin and the shiny sparkly hat. Thanks so much for your mention, but wow, that outstrips my idea by far. Awsome!
Super cute card Leslie! I think that Stella looks fine dressed up for Halloween. I really like how the webs look all aged.
Linda
So adorable!
Who but YOU could mkae Stella do Halloween with this much class, Leslie? Great job!
uh oh! stell unplugged!!! better keep an eye on her, Leslie. LOL! Great card!
This is so cute, Leslie! I can’t believe you made a Halloween card out of Stella! Actually, I can believe it. You’re amazing. And you crack me up about the paper scaring you and the smooth-faced pumpkin. So funny! Love the brads in the corners. At first, I thought the two at the top were eyes.
What a wonderful card! I absolutely love it!!
Super cute Leslie, Jennifer
A very fun card, and your humorous description just cracked me up!!! Bringing out Stella’s “dark side” is just another example of her versatility. My only complaint is that spider! Yikes! Linda
Awww, this is cute as can be!!! Love the layout, stitching, sparkle, love it all!