I just have to say that I’M IN LOVE WITH CHIPBOARD!!! This really is my first experience with this fun embellishment..and now, I can’t get enough of it. I have this fireplace and mantle that has become the new home of my seasonal woodblocks and matching pennant that I drape below it. I began with inking the wooden blocks with my brayer. Oh, and these are 2 inch wooden blocks by the way. At first I was wondering why in the world I wasn’t painting them with acrylic paints like all the other projects that I have done before. I absolutely love the look of the block done with ink…It makes them look stained instead of some opaque paint covering the block. I let it dry overnight because the adhesive wasn’t really sticking while the ink was still damp. Then the fun began…I used Creepy Crawly designer paper and my sanding blocks to distress the paper. Every block had some kind of ribbon on it. Loved the project…and I am currently conjuring up what to do for the rest of the holidays.!

Just a closer look at these cute little woods blocks…I hope that you enjoy!

Here is a closeup of my little wordparts.   You can see the detail a little better here.

For this Spooky Pennant I cut square chipboard in half to produce triangles.  I then covered them with Creepy Crawly designer paper.  I distressed the edges with classic black ink and stamped the chipboard letters in black as well.  The scalloped edge border was done with my slit punch and a hole was punched in the center of each scallop.  I then punched out 1/2 inch  black circles and adhered them to the back of the scallop.  Black ribbon was used at the top.  I also punched a 1/16 inch hole in the corners of each triangle and placed a black brad for stability.  At the ends, I have two bouquets of the cutest Halloween ribbons that dangle down the sides of the fireplace…sorry I didn’t get them in the picture.

Love these cute little guys…I did alot of chalking for the color around the gable green cardstock. I also chalked the white with yellow. I had a blast using my spiral punch. I am very sad that the cheesecloth background stamp is discontinued though…I just love to use it at Halloween time.

This cute little card was done with circle punches, fine-tipped markers for the “whooshing travel dots” of the bugs and antennae.  Flowers were stamped in Real Red and Wild Wasabi leaves were added.  The card face was mounted on River Rock cardstock.  I just love that color…It seems to take on the color that it surrounds.

I loved this color combination with this Pick a Petal set.  It is using Purely Pomegranate, black, and white cardstock…such a striking color combo!  Anyway, this was a really fun card to make…The polka dots are carried out from the flower to the polka-dotted ribbon to the paper-piercing.

• This baroque motif shadowing was done with Bravo Burgandy ink on Purely Pomegranate cardstock.

• The image was restamped a little to the left with Craft White ink.
• Accent flowers were also stamped in the classic white ink and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamond Dust.
• The word cherish was shadowed in the same way that the motif was stamped.
• A delicate ribbon was placed through the double rectangle punch and tied in a bow. The simplicity of the card is highlighted by mounting this little beauty on Whisper White cardstock. It really brings out the white motif.

• Baroque Motif shadowing… I used Purely Pomegranate cardstock and stamped the image in Bravo Burgandy.
• I then versamarked the stamp and, using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, placed the image a little to the left to stamp a second time.
• I heat embossed using copper colored powder and then mounted it on Groovy Guava cardstock… You can’t say that it is something that you would see every day.