Happy Monday! We had a wonderful weekend, Aidan had his 2nd Degree Black Belt Test on Saturday and despite being one of the hardest things he's ever did he worked hard and successfully completed the test, I'm such a proud mama. Yesterday I spent most of the day stamping with some great ladies and was a great way to spend a Sunday. Today it's back to school and work and getting ready for Halloween. Today on the SSINKinkspration blog we have a fun mystery challenge. This is a fun new monthly feature we have where you pick the amount of items from a given list in the creation of your card, lots of fun.
I started with Island Indigo cardstock for the cardbase and then took a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and embossed it with the Big Shot and Woodland Embossing Folder (after embossing I took my Early Espresso Marker to color in the lines on the trees and then sponged all over them with Soft Suede ink, really makes the embossing pop). Next I took a piece of the new Kraft Corrugated cardstock and made a flag and matted it with Early Espresso Cardstock and then added a piece of Blackberry Bliss 5/8" Stitched Cotton Ribbon on top.
For the stamped image I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock and punched the top using the Ornate Tag Topper Punch. I used the Sheltering Tree stamp set to stamp the fall scene on the tag and then used some Mossy Meadow Stitched Cotton Ribbon for the tag and then used dimensionals to attach the tag to the cardfront. The greeting is from the stamp stamp set and was stamped on Crumb Cake cardstock using Early Espresso ink.
I
started with Smoky Slate cardstock for the cardbase and then added a piece of Whisper
White cardstock for the cardfront. I
added a couple pieces of designer series paper from the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Package running diagonally
across the card. I stamped the little
tree from the Project Life Seasonal
Snapshot 2015 set using Old Olive ink.
In the bottom of the card I used the Cozy Christmas stamp set and Stampin’
Write Markers to ink the stamp for the greeting. For a little bling I added three silver
sequins from the Silver Sequin Trim
(I always seem to have a few of those suckers floating around my desk).
I
started with Tip Top Toupe cardstock for the cardbase and then added a piece of
Whisper White cardstock and stamped on it with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set using Tip Top Toupe and Pumpkin Pie
ink. Next I took one of the striped
decorative pieces from the Witching Décor
Project Kit (I know it’s retired but you can cut the same shape out using
the Lots of Tags Framelits and Big Shot). Next I used some Fast Fuse Adhesive to add a strip of ruffled Basic black 3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon. The witches hat and pumpkin treat holder are
both from the Howl-o-ween Treat Stamp set and were cut out with the
coordinating Boo to You Framelits and were attached to the cardfront with
dimensionals. I also used the same
framelit set and Silver Glimmer Paper to cut out the “Boo” greeting and used
the Fine Tip Glue Pen to attach the words.
The final touch was to add some rhinestones to the witches hat (every
good witch deserves a little bling!).
I
was working on finishing the packaging for Aidan’s Halloween teacher gifts and
some of them are receiving small jar candles so I decided these cute little
craft bags would be perfect (we actually used to sell them several years ago
and I stocked up (A LOT) when they were added to the clearance rack, but any
small paper bag would be the perfect base).
All I did was cut a decorative piece using the same Lots of Tags Framelits and some Happy
Hauntings Designer Series Paper (this piece is the same size as the one for
the card). I cut the inside out of one
of the spider web doilies (love this
tip so you can get double the use of these doilies) and then added a witches
hat and “Boo” greeting just as above. To
close the bag I just folded the top over and then used a Silver Mini Metallic Clothespin and tied a bow using Basic Black Baker’s Twine as the final
touch. The cool thing about this back it
it’s totally reusable, the recipient could add a different gift and pass on the
fun.
For
the greeting I decided to change things up and use the All Box Up stamp set (these are some great sayings so don’t
overlook it just because it sold next to one of our box dies!). I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock and
used the Elegant Tag Topper Punch to
punch the top and then used Stampin’
Write Markers to color in the greeting on the stamp before stamping. I used a piee of the Into the Woods 3/8” Cotton Ribbon to tie the knot before attaching
the tag with dimensionals. The final touch was to add one of the Into the Woods Elements (I used a sponge
and some Mossy Meadow and Soft Suede ink to color the wooden leaf before
attaching it with a glue dot).
Good
morning! I was completely wiped after
this weekends race and am still recovering, I wasn’t even able to step foot in
the studio (so sad). By now you know how
much I’m in love with this years Holiday catalog (it really is awesome) and one
of the areas that I really love are the hostess sets that are available under
the Holiday Catalog (they are perfect!!)
Today on the SSINKspiration blog we’re sharing some ideas
using the hostess sets available (both in the Idea Book and Catalog as well as
the Holiday Catalog). It was an easy
choice for me to showcase the Six
Sayings stamp set from the Holiday Catalog.
I
created the cute potion bottles using the Sweet
Hauntings stamp set and stamped on Rich Razzleberry, Tangelo Twist, and
Basic Gray cardstock before cutting them out with Paper Snips and attaching the outer two with dimensionals. For a final
touch, I had a remnant piece of the 1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon sitting on my desk so I
decided to attach it to the cardfront to look like a wooden shelf for the
bottles to rest.
Isn’t
that little Santa too cute? He was also
super easy. It’s one of the prints in the Home
for Christmas Designer Series Paper package and I just cut him out with my Paper Snips (no coloring needed, love
that!!) For the final touch I added a
couple pieces of the Real Red 1/8”
Stitched Ribbon and then tied a knot using the Silver 1/8” Silver Ribbon.
