Creative Convention--Day 3!

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Hi friends! Welcome back to Day 3 of my Creative Convention—a fun little blog sharing, creative inspiration, sneek peek week that I decided to create and put together while I am away at Backstage in Las Vegas!

Today the project I want to share with you is one I decided for a recent swap I participated in with some of my demonstrator friends. The Pick of the Patch stamp set was one of the first sets on my list when we were able to put in our pre-order. I love pumpkins and Halloween and I LOVE the whimsical fun feel of the pumpkins and gourds in this stamp set. There is also a coordinating pumpkin punch too! SO much to love!

I decided to tie in the Pick of the Patch stamp set with some items that I love from our annual catalogue—so I reached for the Sketched Plaid stamp set and the Country Corners Dies. I have been using these dies ALOT—they are definitely a #craftroommusthave

If you haven’t already I would definitely #addtocart and you can do so by clicking on this link if you are interested!

I started with Smoky Slate as my base and stamped the Sketched Plaid onto my first layer using Pebbled Path ink—however, to soften it, I took my Blending Brush over top of the stamp to actually REMOVE some of the ink. I really like the finished look! And am glad I took this extra step!

I stamped the pumpkins ini Petal Pink, Pumpkin Pie and Pebbled Path ink that was stamped off. The leaves are in Lemon Lime Twist—so I used the Brights, Subtles In Colors and Neutral color families to make this awesome swap!

Now I had to make 24 of these cards…how do you prep for swaps?

I pulled out my little muffin tin to use for storing the different images I was stamping and cutting out! It makes keeping things sorted and easy for the assembly stage. Especially if I plan on working on the swaps over a course of a few days.

I added my little pumpkin patch to one of the Country Corner die cuts and some of the new Natural Ribbon to act like a little tab and popped this layer up with Dimensionals.

I am so happy to share this card as inspiration for you this week and I really hope everyone is excited to get my swap card in the mail!

Make sure to check back tomorrow to see my 4th project share!

Around the World on Wednesday--Just Sketch It!

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Hello friends! It has been so so so long since I have been able to participate in the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! I am so excited that I was able to prioritize the time to create something and participate in this fabulous blog hop!

This month the theme was a sketch—our fabulous hop organizer, Angie, gave us a few to choose from. Once I selected mine, I knew right away I wanted to use it to help design a scrapbook page!

This is the sketch that I selected. I liked the idea of using strips of paper—either card stock or Designer Series Paper.

And I interpreted the 3 shapes to represent a photo mat and supportive shapes to tell the story of my scrapbook page.

 

I started with a base of Smoky Slate card stock and decided to make it feel a little grungy to go with the spooky theme of Halloween. I used my Blending Brush on the edges and then flicked my Basic Black Stampin’ Blend over top.

I cut 6 strips of DSP—all except the pumpkin pattern are from the Black & White Designs collection. The pumpkins are from the Celebrate Everything hostess stack. I added the DSP strips and wonky angles as it also felt like the spirit of Halloween.

I decided to play up the stars from the DSP by added them to my design using a retired die set. Some sets though I just can’t part with as I find I do still reach for them. I cut them out using the Silver Foil Specialty Pack.

My two photo mats are cut to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 which are perfect for adding 4x4 photos. I also wanted to get two pictures on this layout and this size works really well when you want to stack pictures. I felt that adding two pictures didn’t take away from the page design too much.

I cut a stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies and then gave it a little yellow hue using my Crushed Curry ink pad and Blending Brush. The Scary Silhouette Dies were perfect for this page. I love the spooky little house, moon and bats die shapes.

Both of the sentiments on this page are from the Scary Cute stamp set and are die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies. I added some of the Parakeet Party Ribbon and frayed the edges a bit too. A few of the Classic Matte Dots added to the design as well.

This sketch was perfect for coming up with this scrapbook page. You could switch out the elements to do a Christmas page, birthday page, a summer holiday page. There are so many options with this sketch. I hope you will give it a try!

 

Click the NEXT BLOG button to see what Tricia Butts from the USA has created to share with us this month. And hopefully you can go all the way around the world with us as we share creativity and inspiration from around the world!

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31 Boo's to You

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This is a little twist on Halloween because this card doesn’t actually say…Happy Halloween but its implied! Hahaha! I thought it would be fun to focus on ‘31’ as its the date of this fun holiday!

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The background of this card is created using the Alcohol Blends technique again and it really pops to have the vellum on a Basic White background! I used Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black and Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends to create this custom background.

I cut the glittery wreath and the tag using the Frightful Tags Dies. Have I ever gotten my money’s worth this holiday season! I have made countless projects using this die set!

The ‘31’ is cut using the Playful Alphabet Dies—-if you haven’t looked that closely at them, they do contain numbers as well. This is a great die set to have in your collection.

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I added the ‘Boo’ from the stamp set Thinking Thanks & Peace which is in the Holiday Catalogue. I love how the ‘Boo’ has a little ghost floating above. It reminds me of the ghosts in Pac Man!

The twine is from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack which also has a thin red and white ribbon—great for that upcoming other holiday!

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Happy Haunting!

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Hello friends! I offer 3 different scrapbook classes each month so of course for October we had to make some spooky layouts! I wanted to share one with you today that is a little more traditional Halloween than my pink and gold pumpkin page!

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The base of this page is Pear PIzzazz and when I think of this color I picture the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz! Hahaha! I love how a color can evoke certain memories!

In a few select spots on the background I stamped some bats from the Sparkle of the Season stamp set in Pear Pizzazz ink.

Happy Haunting is from the Banner Year stamp set and is on a label found in the Pretty Pillow Box Dies. When you go through your dies you never know what you might find! Behind the sentiment I layered some Linen Thread and some of the Black & White Gingham ribbon! I just love that ribbon!

 

The Trick or Treat area is actually my favorite on the page as I incorporated ‘October’ from the Days to Remember stamp set is a really unique and subtle way that I love.

I die cut a label from the Seasonal Labels Dies and I ran it through a retired spiderweb folder, I just can’t part with it! Behind it I added a spooky black wreath from the Seasonal Swirls Dies.

The pumpkin is die cut using the Detailed Pumpkins Dies and I brought the sentiment to life by stamping mini spiderwebs on it (from the Banner Year stamp set) and adding some Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon.

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Because I am obsessed with the spider web from the Frightful Tags Dies I had to add it onto this page too with a little “Happy Halloween” found in the Sparkle of the Season stamp set.

I added some Cute Halloween elements too—Trick or Treat and the little strip of DSP! And by having two placed to add photos I can snap two Halloween selfies!

If this page has inspired you at all, please reach out to me to see how you can join in my scrapbook classes! They are my absolute favorite and I am always excited to stamp with new friends!

You can message me at stampsandstretchypants@gmail.com

Beyond the Tombstone

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Aren’t these Tombstone Treat boxes just the best? Did you know that you can cut a little window out for a sneak peek at your treat?

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I love a good Halloween treat, especially one that is easy to assemble! When you need to make multiples for classroom treats or to give to coworkers this is important. I think that SU nailed the design of these boxes. The best part is there are so many fun ways you can dress them up! Spooky style that is!

For this box I wanted to create a peek a boo window of sorts so I used the Painted Labels Dies from the Annual Catalogue as the shape was similar to that of the tombstone.

TIP: the two box pieces look very similar so make sure you are die cutting through the top piece!

Once you have cut your window take a rectangle of Window Sheet and using Stampin’ Seal+ add it to the backside of the box. Now you have created your fun window to look through! I added some chocolate pumpkins to the inside of my box as a fun treat!

Trick or Treat is stamped using the Little Delights stamp set and die cut with a circle on Rich Razzleberry Cardstock. I used the same color Stampin’ Blend to customize the Black & White Gingham ribbon. I just love when we can do things like that to make our projects more special.

 

The sentiment is labeled on a black label shape from the Frightful Tags Dies and rotated on the vertical.

I added a spooky owl die cut from the same set and filled in the eyes with some black scrap paper!

I think this makes such a spooky-licious treat to give away!

Please feel free to shop with me if you are in Canada! I would love your support so I can keep loving what I do!

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Happy Halloween everyone! The countdown is ON only one week to go!