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Halloween came and went without me posting these little treat bags I made for our neighbor's granddaughters.  I put pieces of Halloween Night specialty paper inside a cello bag, added some candy and then put on a topper using the same paper. 

I added a tag stamped with the Suite Seasons stamp set and decorated it with Halloween Night enamel dots and metallic enamel shapes. 

I used the Tag Topper punch to make the hole and added some Glitter ribbon.

Supplies:

Suite Seasons

Basic Black ink

Whisper White card stock

Halloween night specialty paper

Tag topper punch

Metallic enamel shapes

Halloween Night enamel dots

Cello bags

Hard Work

The title on this page actually takes up quite a bit of the space, I had thought about printing it on some card stock instead but I think I like it this way.

The designer series paper are from the Halloween Night specialty paper collection and I added some Halloween Night enamel dots as well.

We didn't get to the lake much this summer but I wanted to remember these moments because she had such a good time catching the first fish and the most fish that weekend!

Supplies:

Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, Basic Gray card stock

Halloween Night specialty paper

Large Letters framelits

Halloween night enamel dots

Project Life journaling card

Tiny Treat Box

I decided to decorate one of the Clear Tiny Treat boxes with some Halloween Night specialty paper.  Instead of adding the paper to the outside, I put it on the inside of the box - one piece to go around the outside edges, one for the top and one for the bottom. 

Next, I added some silver glitter ribbon around the box and added a metallic foil doily with a punched out circle over the top.  I chose the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set and the one that came in the September paper pumpkin kit for the images on the circle.

Lastly, I added some metallic enamel shapes around the box.

Supplies:

September 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit, Ghoulish Grunge

Smoky Slate, Basic Black ink

Halloween Night specialty paper

Smoky Slate card stock

silver glitter ribbon

metallic enamel shapes

Metallic doilies

Clear tiny treat boxes

1 3/4" circle punch

October Stamp Club Projects

Another month is here again already!  This time I have a varying theme going on with the projects we are creating. 

The first card uses the In the Meadow and Tin of Cards stamp sets, some sponges and a mask.

For the second card, I chose the Cable knit folder and Starlight thinlits along with the Bermuda Bay ombre Stampin' ink pad.

And finally, the layout uses the Halloween Night specialty designer series paper along with the Banner triple punch.

in the meadow, star of light, tin of cards

Bermuda Bay ombre pad, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso ink

Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Basic Gray card stock

Halloween night specialty designer series paper

banner triple punch

Starlight thinlits

cable knit folder

ovals framelits

sponges

If these look like fun to you and you think you might like to join us for stamp club - contact me here for more information about both my monthly club and my every other month virtual clubs!

Another Paper Pumpkin Alternative

Here is the promised September Paper Pumpkin alternative project!  I made a scrapbook page using most of the same elements I used on the alternative card idea yesterday.  Halloween night specialty designer series paper and some extra card stock along with some Halloween enamel dots.

The kit comes with lots and lots of extra little six sided cut outs - some with designs on them and some blank.

If this looks like fun and you would like to try out next month's kit, just go here to purchase it!

September Stamp Club Projects

It is time to share my monthly stamp club projects with you again.  This time around I created a layout using the Pop of Pink specialty paper and used some items from the Holiday catalog for the cards.

The first card uses the This Christmas specialty paper and Wonder of Christmas stamp set.  I colored in the angel with markers and the Wink of Stella glitter brush.

The second card uses the Halloween Night specialty paper, Ghoulish grunge stamp set and Suite Seasons stamp set along with some Halloween night enamel dots.

The layout this month leaves lots of open space for the user to add a title, journaling, embellishments or just leave as white space.  I cut the designer series paper at an angle for the left page and have added some washi tape and little banners as accents.

If these look like fun to you and you think you might like to join us for stamp club - contact me here for more information about both my monthly club and my every other month virtual clubs!

Mini Treat Bag with a Window

When I went into my stamp room the other day to create, I had in my head I was going to put together a Halloween themed treat bag using the Mini Treat Bag thinlit dies and the Halloween Night specialty paper.  As I was doing my die cutting, I decided to add a little twist to the bag and add a window with some mini pumpkins and sequins floating around inside.

I punched out the circle with my 2" punch after I had die cut the bag pieces and then added a piece of Fabulous Foil designer acetate on the inside of the bag.  Next, I took the foam adhesive strips and went all the way around the circle and added the mini pumpkin die cuts and some sequins in the circle before placing another piece of Halloween Night specialty paper onto the adhesive strips.

To decorate the rest of the bag, I used some white thick baker's twine, Pop of Pink washi tape, Thoughtful Branches stamp set and Ghoulish Grunge stamp set. 

I also added a few Halloween night enamel dots to my sentiment.

Supplies:

Thoughtful Branches, Ghoulish Grunge

Basic Black, Smoky Slate ink

Halloween night specialty paper

Fabulous foil designer acetate

Smoky Slate, Peekaboo Peach card stock

Halloween night enamel dots

thick white baker's twine

Pop of pink washi tape

gold binder clips

sequins

Vampire, Witches and Ghosts!

I can't say that I make a lot of Halloween cards or projects, but I always make a few for fun and try to pick just one Halloween stamp set each time the new ones come out for that reason.  This time I picked a couple versatile sets - Suite Seasons and Ghoulish Grunge. 

They are paired with some Halloween Night specialty paper, and as I have shown you in a couple other projects, this paper can be used for non-Halloween things too. 

I always love enamel dots for accents so I have added some Halloween Night enamel dots and some Pop of Pink washi tape to finish off the card.

Supplies:

Ghoulish Grunge, Suite Seasons

Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate ink

Delightful Dijon, Whisper White, Basic Black cards tock

Pop of Pink washi tape

Halloween night enamel dots

In Everything

This fall has been a difficult one for harvest (and we are just starting!) but even though things have been tough, we always have to remember that there are others in worse situation and give thanks for that.  This card has that idea in mind with a sentiment from the Suite Seasons stamp set.

I chose some Halloween night specialty paper to go along with it and stamped some images from the Timeless Textures stamp set in the background.

Supplies:

Suite Seasons, Timeless Textures

Smoky Slate, Pumpkin Pie ink

Basic Black, Whisper White, Smoky Slate card stock

Halloween night specialty paper

Lots of Balloons

In a few days someone who loves the green and gold of the NDSU Bison is having a birthday and I thought she would like some green and gold balloons on her card.  I chose the brick wall background from the Halloween Night specialty paper for the backdrop.

The balloons are stamped with Emerald Envy and Garden Green and Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry before they were punched out with the Balloon Bouquet punch and added to the card with Stampin' dimensionals.

Supplies:

Balloon celebration

Emerald Envy,Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Basic Black ink

Whisper White, Basic Black card stock

Halloween night specialty paper

banner triple punch

balloon bouquet punch

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First Day!

Summer vacation is officially over for my kids, today is the first day of school.  Last year I found these arrows at a craft store and altered them with designer series paper and letters/numbers.  You can see that post here...This year, I took the same arrows and altered the other side.

When I put them together last year I added the "grade" and number layers with Velcro so I could remove them and change things and I may do that another year, but I just decided to use different paper and colors this year.  A couple of the "grade" pieces are the same as last year that I just took off the other side.

For Hunter, I used the Halloween night specialty paper in the background (a sneak peek item from the Holiday catalog) because I liked the brick design.  The number on this and the other arrows is die cut using the Large Numbers framelits.

For Wyatt, I chose the apples from the Fruit stand collection of designer series paper and his letters are cut from the Large Letters framelits, this is the one that is different from last year because on the other side of this arrow I had used Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White card stock.

There is a little bit of burlap ribbon where I had a seam of designer series paper since the arrows are longer than 12 inches.

Lastly, Maddie's is done with Blooms and Bliss designer series paper and some ruched ribbon. 

I will probably share some photos with the kids holding these another day but thought I would share the concept now.

Supplies:

Blooms and Bliss, Halloween Nigh specialty, Fruit Stand designer series paper

Large Numbers and Large Letters framelits

Circles framelits

2 1/2" circle punch

Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies

Mod Podge

Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Emerald Envy, Tip Top Taupe, Pool Party card stock

5/8" Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon

burlap ribbon

Wooden arrows

New Permit

I have another sneak peek item for you today in the layout below.  I used a piece of the Halloween Night specialty designer series paper as my page base - there are several designs that do not have to be used for Halloween as you can see...

I added some images from Playful Backgrounds behind my layers with Old Olive ink and then added some patterns from the Serene Scenery designer series paper pack before adding my picture. 

The little arrows were stamped using a retired Project Life stamp set and I added some epoxy stars leftover from a Paper Pumpkin kit.

My title comes from the Perfectly Wrapped stamp set and I used some circle punches for part of it as well.

The white threads are thick baker's twine that was taken apart.

Supplies:

Playful Backgrounds, Perfectly Wrapped

Old Olive, Delightful Dijon ink

Basic Black, Whisper White, card stock

Halloween Night specialty designer series paper

Serene Scenery designer series paper

thick bakers twine

circle punches