Stamping the Cape

Paper Pumpkin - September 2019

Can you believe it? We've gone from surf and sand to skeletons in just a month! Well actually, last month's Paper Pumpkin kit gently nudged us into fall but these cute Halloween treat boxes from the September kit really puts late fall right in front of you! They measure only 2" square so you don't need a lot of candy to fill them.

My crafting mojo has really been struggling lately. It's one of the reasons I've decided to take a break at the end of this year. As a result I only have two alternatives for you this month.

This card base is Mango Melody with the skeletons stamped in Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink. But wait! Where did those reversed skeletons come from? I used my Stamparatus and a Silicone Craft Sheet to create the reverse "x-ray looking" skeletons.

1. Place the Silicone Craft Sheet into a corner of your Stamparatus.
2. Decide where you want to place your cardstock to stamp in Step 5.
3. Line up your stamp on the Stamparatus hinged plate so it will coordinate with the stamping position of your cardstock.
4. Ink up your stamp, stamp it onto the Silicone Craft Sheet. If you want a darker image, do this a couple of times.
5. Carefully place your cardstock face down over the stamped image on the Silicone Craft Sheet and gently but firmly rub. Pick up your stamped cardstock. Voila!

My little skulls were also stamped in Pumpkin Pie but I stamped off first so they'd be lighter.

For this card I needed help from some of our Halloween products in the Holiday Catalog. The card base in Gorgeous Grape cardstock, the background paper is from the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper package. The sentiment was compiled from the Wonderfully Wicked stamp set and the punches used were the Classic Label Punch and the Story Label Punch.

The skeleton is from the Paper Pumpkin kit and he's stamped in black ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock and he, along with the sentiment was sponged in Crumb Cake Classic Ink. I cut him out with my trusty Paper Snips. The skeleton inside the card is stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink from the kit.

 

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September In Color Club

Sip Sip Hooray! I enjoyed working with our Embossing Paste to create the background for my September In Color Club cards. They feature the Sip Sip Hooray stamp set in the Holiday Catalog. By the way, have you noticed my new online store? Pretty jazzy! If you scroll down to the bottom of the front page you can download copies of our current catalogs!!

You will see there is still no Purple Posy card. We have been informed the ink formula situation has been resolved and ink pads are being put together. I am hoping there will be an update in tomorrow's demonstrator announcement.

A couple of hints about this card:

• The card in the front features a strip of paper from the Woven Threads DSP pack. Participants who chose to receive Stampin' Blends received a sampling of that DSP this month, as there isn't a Terracotta Tile Stampin' Blend.
• The diamond mask from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks I used for the embossing paste background is larger than the card front. I used a piece of packing tape to cover part of the mask so it would fit on the split card front.
• I trimmed off the scalloped edge of the 1/2" In Color Scalloped Edge Ribbon for the bow.

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Terracotta Tile

Rococo Rose

Seaside Spray

Pretty Peacock

I had a fun time this Saturday with these two fairies at the King Richard's Faire in Carver, MA. When my son was little we would go every year in costume. I think a new tradition will be started but I need to make another costume for myself. My granddaughter's favorite part was the Big Cat demonstration and watching the horses during the joust. A few "strange" characters were a bit intimidating but she's only 3-1/2!

 

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Holiday Countdown Project

Did you see the fun Christmas Countdown Project on page 38 of the Holiday Catalog? It comes with all the pieces to make the box. Add the Christmas Countdown stamp set for some additional details to the background papers.

You could also use the opposite side of the drawers to create your own Halloween countdown with the fun Monster Bash Designer Series Paper (DSP), or a retirement countdown, special birthday countdown, or maybe even a countdown to a special school vacation (or back-to-school for parents)!!

Don't celebrate Christmas? The gorgeous Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper would make a beautiful Hanukkah countdown project or the Come to Gather DSP for a Kwanzaa celebration! Let your imagination take hold and create a box for any special occasion. 

 

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