Global Design Project Sketch Challenge - GDP158

Apologies in advance for my brevity. I’m traveling and did not write this post before I left. Anyway… the Global Design Project has an awesome sketch for you to work with this week. It’s a fun template and I cannot wait to see how you interpret it. #GDP158

My card features the candy cane heart image from the sweet season stamp set and a 3x4 card from the Santa’s Workshop Memories and More kit.

Check out what the Global Design Project created to see FANTASTIC inspiration and play along with us. Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by!

Trick or Tweet - just for fun

It’s the last day of September. High time I get my Halloween on. Check out this little 3x3 gift card. The elephant in a bat costume has to be one of the cutest Halloween images I’ve seen this season (from the Trick or Tweet stamp set). Love him. I created a simple 3x3 card to pair with a Halloween gift. I love how deep and saturated Rich Razzleberry looks with Gorgeous Grape, a perfect color choice for Halloween. The bats come from the Spooky Sweets stamp set.

Candy Cane Season CYOB - TGIF Challenges - TGIFC179

Boy do we have a super fun challenge for you this week at TGIF Challenges. The challenge is to create and come up with your won background. I love a challenge that is so wide open to interpretation.

I created this fun HO HO HO watercolor background. It was fairly simple to make. First I wet the watercolor paper and created a Bermuda Bay watercolor wash with an Aqua Painter. When the paper was still wet I stamped the HO HO HO in Bermuda Bay ink onto the wash. The stamped image bleeds a bit in certain areas but remains crisp in others depending on how wet the watercolor paper was. I’m loving these results! You can see where I tried this technique again here on this dinosaur card.

The candy cane images come from the Candy Cane Season stamp set. These are stamped in Poppy Parade and punched out using the Candy Cane punch. These sweets are so cute and chunky!

Are you ready to try your hand at creating a custom background? Full details can be found on the TGIF Challenge Blog. Thanks for visiting.

Product List

Candy Cane Season Photopolymer Bundle

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Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

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Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

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$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

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SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

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Aqua Painters

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Watercolor Paper

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Rhinestone Basic Jewels

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A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Alternates for Frights & Delights

Welcome! Have you seen this months spooky and totally cute kit? It’s all about Halloween Treats, my favorite. The kit includes bags and toppers to make 24 treats. The stamp set is adorable and versatile. I decided to make a few mini 3x3 note cards and a tiny take out treat box as an alternate design using these supplies.

Frights & Delights 3x3 mini note cards - Paper Pumpkin Alternates - Charlet Mallett

Frights & Delights 3x3 mini note cards - Paper Pumpkin Alternates - Charlet Mallett

The kit includes die cut bats, ghosts and pumpkins. I decided to use the negative space from those die cuts to create a stencil mask.

We live in the woods, up a long driveway, and we don’t get many trick or treaters. Those who do make the trek up are rewarded well. Usually full size candy bars! I’m thinking of pairing a little notecard with the treat to gift to the parents who make that long trek.

Ready to see a few more great alternatives for this Frights & Delights Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription craft kit full of goodness from Stampin' Up! Every kit includes a stamp set, supplies, ink and projects instructions. The designers participating in this hop take the monthly kit and put their own spin on the projects providing alternate ideas for you and various ways on how to use the kit supplies.

Are you a Paper Pumpkin subscriber? If not you can sign up here. Monthly kits at 19.95 USD (includes shipping).

Ready for some SPOOKY inspiration? If you are traveling this hop in order you just arrived from Kelly. Next up is Kimberly. See the full link up to this hop below and thanks so much for visiting!