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#TGIF391 is About a Bit of Inspiration

This week's challenge at #TGIF393 is totally open to interpretation. It could be that you make a Halloween night black cat type of project or watercolor mix with some silhouette images or whatever strikes your fancy. I chose to watercolor with Rich Razzleberry and Gorgeous Grape Ink Pads to create a background for a spunky white embossed greeting and several die cuts.

Boughs of Holly

It's really hard for me to pin down my favorites. I can't say I have a favorite movie or song or food because it's just too hard to pin anything down. There are soooooooo many amazing things in this world. 

What I can say is that holly is my most favorite winter leaf. I know that's a bit bizarre, but I do love variegated holly and red pepper berries for Christmas decor. With that said, I was totally drawn to the beauty of the Boughs of Holly Suite in the July-December Catalog.

I also have a favorite holiday color palette for 2022. I am super loving mixing Evening Evergreen with Blushing Bride and gold. So, I have created a couple cards using stamps and colors I love and can call them my favorites, for at least this season.

For both of these cards I have used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Leaves of Holly Stamp Set
• Holly Berry and Stitched Rectangles Dies
• Boughs of Holly DSP
• Glimmer 12 x 12 Specialty Paper
• Evening Evergreen, Shaded Spruce, Soft Succulent, Basic White, Blushing Bride, and Real Red Cardstocks
• Simply Elegant Trim
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins
• Wintry 3D Embossing Folders
• Evening Evergreen, Versamark, Blushing Bride, and Whisper White Inks
• Water Painter
• Wink of Stella

You can find all the items I listed above in my Stampin' Store. Click on the "shop now" button to take you my store. Happy stampin' everybody!

Fall Inspiration Challenge

Take a look at the inspiration board below and dream up a little something to hand stamp. Orange hues are probably the number one color for fall and that's great. This time thought I didn't want to use any orange or coral as I wanted to pop the greens and yellow colors. For this Hand Stamped Sentiments inspiration challenge I am sharing a wreath style card featuring the Ringed with Nature Bundle.

I traced a circle with a  pencil and used that line as my guide to stamp a variety of images from the Ringed with Nature Stamp Set. My ink colors include: Soft Seafoam, Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, and Evening Evergreen.

I used the Tree Rings Hybrid Dies for the sliced log and for the greeting I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut the two berry and leaf images that hug the greeting. The tied bow under the greeting is a single strand that I pulled out of a piece of Silver Threaded Twine. A trio of white sequins were from the Adhesive Backed Sequins pack.

A Bit of Fall Packaging for Monday Montage

Welcome to SeeingINKspots, my blog that's all about paper crafting with Stampin' Up! products. Today I am hopping with several of my fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators to share a project I recently created.

 

One stamp set and matching pack of dies that I enjoy working with lately in Fond of Autumn Stamp Set and the Autumn Bouquet Dies. The possibilities are HUGE with this bundle. I love stampin' and then coloring the images with an array of Stampin' Blends. When using blends you can get such cool life like fall leaf tones.

You can see I decorated one of the Kraft Gift Boxes with the Fond of Autumn stamps and a couple other awesome products. First I wrapped some of the Rustic Harvest DSP around the middle of the box to create a belly band. Then I added both Evening Evergreen Windowpane Ribbon and Linen Thread. I cut a large Mossy Meadow circle using the Stylish Shapes Dies. This gave me an element where I could stage my focal stamped pieces.

It may be tricky to see, but I did add some stencil work to the box. To do that I used a Blending Brush and Crushed Curry Ink. Speaking of Crushed Curry, I cut two of the banner shapes from the Autumn Bouquet Dies to add color and to help show off the loops of Linen Thread.

Thanks for stopping by today. Click on the "next" button below to visit with Emily or "back" to land at Dani's Thoughtful Corner.

There is an opportunity for you to earn TWO FREE class kits. When you purchase $75 before tax and shipping and use October's host code you will get a FREE #useitup! Class Kit and October's Technique Time! Stamp Class kit sent to you for FREE. Also, here is the really awesome part of this deal, you can be a part of my Seeinginkspots Backstage Pass, my private Facebook Group where my classes are posted. October's host code is 3PNAWZCC.

A Paper Pumpkin Thing: Spooky Treats

Welcome to A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop. Today we are showcasing the Spooky Treats Kit from September. This kit is adorably fantastic and the stamps are super charming. 

I combined elements from the Spooky Treats Kit with a few other non kit items from the Annual and Mini Catalogs. I have decorated one of the Stars Treat Bag from the July-Dec Mini Catalog. These bags are super sturdy and perfect for Halloween.

I used Blending Brushes to add Orchid Oasis, Fresh Freesia, and Crushed Curry ink to the front of the bag.  Next, I splattered Whisper White Ink and Wink of Stella all over for added depth and interest. I tied a big loopy Metallic Mesh bow around the entire bag which gave me something to attach a fancy tag.

All the stamps came from the Spooky Treats Kit. For the ghosts I inked up with Orchid Oasis and then colored the eyes and cheeks with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. I fussy cut the ghosts and then attached them to a pipe cleaner to make them look like they are floating in mid air. For the circle and banners I used the Stylish Shapes Dies. The largest circle is cut from one of the plaid pieces from the Kit. One banner is a print from the Celebrate Everything Host DSP, and the sparkly blue is from the 6"x6" In Color Glimmer Paper pack.

Yesterday I did a Facebook Live class where I made several more projects featuring this kit. If you would like to check it out here's a link. https://www.facebook.com/seeinginkspots/videos/1444863489325506

There are several of us sharing alternative projects today so be sure to click on each of the links below to get lots of ideas using the Spooky Treats Paper Pumpkin Kit.

There is an opportunity for you to earn TWO FREE class kits. When you purchase $75 before tax and shipping and use October's host code you will get a FREE #useitup! Class Kit and October's Technique Time! Stamp Class kit sent to you for FREE. Also, here is the really awesome part of this deal, you can be a part of my Seeinginkspots Backstage Pass, my private Facebook Group where my classes are posted. October's host code is 3PNAWZCC.

#TGIF389 Halloween Colors

These three colors just scream to be whipped up into a Halloween creation. For #TGIF389 I made a funky Halloween card which I cased from myself.

I have used two stamp sets to create this "spookilicious" card. I grabbed Hand-Penned Petals along with the matching dies and the Spooky Treats Paper Pumpkin stamp set. First the greeting is stamped twice side-by-side. However take a close look and you'll see I did something tricky. The image on the right was stamped three times in order to rearrange words to read "treat or trick." I also did another trick for the die cutting of that greeting. I stretched the die to properly fit the greeting. To do that you have to run the die through the Stampin' Cut Emboss Machine twice. 

Now, for the flowers I stamped with Black Memento on Basic White and then lightly dabbed Pumpkin Pie ink with a Sponge Dauber all over. The Basic Black flowers were rubbed with a bit of Whisper White ink and then painted with Wink of Stella. To make the card extra Halloweeny I stretched cobwebs over the entire card.

There is an opportunity for you to earn TWO FREE class kits. When you purchase $75 before tax and shipping and use October's host code you will get a FREE #useitup! Class Kit and October's Technique Time! Stamp Class kit sent to you for FREE. Also, here is the really awesome part of this deal, you can be a part of my Seeinginkspots Backstage Pass, my private Facebook Group where my classes are posted. October's host code is 3PNAWZCC.

A Striking Palette

I put these three colors, Pool Party, Starry Sky, and Pumpkin Pie together for our latest color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I enjoy grouping bold vivid colors. These three do fit the fall theme without being too obvious.

I started off with a printed Tea Boutique Card base in Starry Sky. To that I added a Basic White Stitched Rectangle layer on which I arranged all my stamp pieces. Speaking of pieces they are stamped with the Fond of Autumn Stamp Set with Starry Sky Ink on Basic White Cardstock. I colored with Pale Papaya, Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, and Misty Moonlight (retired) Stampin' Blends.

To finish it all up I added a rather large Starry Sky Metallic Ribbon bow and several Adhesive-Backed Sequins and Gems. These gems are in the July-Dec. Catalog and the teal blue color was a great fit for this card and color challenge.

There is an opportunity for you to earn TWO FREE class kits. When you purchase $75 before tax and shipping and use October's host code you will get a FREE #useitup! class kit and a FREE Technique Time! class kit sent to you. Also, here is the really awesome part of this deal, you can be a part of my Seeinginkspots Backstage Pass, my private Facebook Group where my classes are posted. October's host code is 3PNAWZCC.

Creation Station Tweets and Treats

Welcome to our "Tweets and Treats" Creation Station Blog Hop. This month we can create whatever strikes our fancy when interpreting the "tweets and treats" theme. My imagination went right to "treats" because I love goodies and this month concludes with Halloween, the number one holiday of treats. I designed three small packages which are ready to be filled with candy or handmade goodies.

Goodie Package #1:

• A belly band wrapped around an Envelope Treat Box, 159788 $8 for 10 boxes
• Gingham Cottage DSP
• Pumpkin made with Tree Rings Hybrid (Dies) Embossing Folder
• Ringed with Nature Stamp Set
• Stampin' Blends
• Stylish Shapes Dies
• Silver Threaded Twine

Goodie Package #2

• Stars Treat Bags, 159833 $10 for 10 bags
• The bag is lined with a custom Mango Melody & Pumpkin Pie Ink blended piece of Basic White Cardstock
• Metallic Mesh Ribbon
• Stylish Shapes Dies
• Spooky Treats Paper Pumpkin Stamp Set
• Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins
• Stampin' Blends to carefully add color to the "trick or treat" greeting

Goodie Package #3

• A belly band wrapped around a Scalloped Kraft Treat Box, 155481 $10 for 8 boxes
• Celebrate Everything DSP
• Pumpkin made with Tree Rings Hybrid (Dies) Embossing Folder
• Ringed with Nature Stamp Set
• Stampin' Blends
• Stylish Shapes Dies
• Strand from Silver Threaded Twine
• Autumn Bouquet Dies for greeting banner
• Spooky Treats Paper Pumpkin Stamp Set
• Once filled, wrap the entire box with spider webbing decorations from the dollar store

Be sure to click over and visit with Kathy Kartak. She is "next up" in our hop and has something fabulous to share with us all.

There is an opportunity for you to earn TWO FREE class kits. When you purchase $75 before tax and shipping and use October's host code you will get a FREE #useitup! class kit and a FREE Technique Time! class kit sent to you. Also, here is the really awesome part of this deal, you can be a part of my Seeinginkspots Backstage Pass, my private Facebook Group where my classes are posted. October's host code is 3PNAWZCC.