Welcome Crafting Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend. Hubby had to work yesterday, so I got my chores done early and spent some time at my crafting table before I had to put in some time for my daytime job! I was in the zone and enjoyed playing and getting caught up on some inspirational You Tubes. And a little more training for my next step, Pinterest. So much to learn! World Cardmaking Day is Saturday, October 3. In this coming week's newsletter, there will be information about a workshop I'll be hosting that day! I've been working on 3 card designs and one 3d project for this event. If you haven't yet signed up for my newsletter, there is a link on the upper right menu or a pop up for signup will appear shortly after you open the blogsite. I'll post more details in next week's blog as well.
I'm having so much fun playing with Halloween themed designs. I pulled out some Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape and Black Cardstock along with the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper to play with. While searching on Pinterest and the Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Planning site, I found the cutest green witch made from the Gnomes for the Holidays stamp set that Ann Gassman Murray had designed. What a unique way to use this set! I used one of the bearded Gnomes from the stamp set and dressed him up in his Halloween attire. He is so stinking cute!!!! I'm going to have to make some more Gnomes for Christmas cards with this adorable stamp set soon.
Pumpkin Pie Cardstock
- Cut 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and score at 4 1/4"
- Die cut medium solid pumpkin from Autumn Essentials Die Set. Embellish with Wink of Stella.
- Stamp Oak Leaf and Maple leaf with Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad. Punch out with coordinating leaf punch from Autumn Punch Pack. Embellish with Wink of Stella. Place a Mini Stampin' Dimensional on the back of the Oak leaf.
Gold Foil Paper
- Die cut medium pumpkin outlines. Adhere to the medium solid pumpkin with Fine Tip Glue.
Whisper White Cardstock
- Cut 5" x 3 3/4" for card front
- Stamp the tree house on the bottom half of the card to right of center with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad.
- Using the following stamping blends, color the Gnome as follows:
- Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker along left side of the lines of the bark on the tree house. Fill all the bark on the tree house with the Light Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker blending the dark. Use the Light Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker for the window pane trim. Use the Dark Smoky Slate Stampin Blend marker to color half of the rocks in the front path in front of the tree house. Use Light Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker to color the remaining rocks.
- Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend marker for grass blades at the base of the tree house.
- Basic Black Stampin' Blend Combo; use Light Basic Black Stampin' Blend marker to outline the door. Leaving the "braided hinge" uncolored. Outline around the window and the shadow lines on the door. Fill in the door with the Dark Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker. Use Light Basic Black Stampin' Blend marker for the tops of the light bulbs.
- Mango Melody Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Mango Melody Stampin' Blend marker for door knob and the braided hinge. Use the Light Mango Melody Stampin' Blend marker for the window panes. Paint Wink of Stella on the yellow window panes.
- Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend Combo; Use Light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend marker to color 1st and 4th light bulbs starting from the left.
- Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend Combo; use Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend marker to color 2nd and 5th light bulbs starting from the left.
- Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend Combo; use Light Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend marker to color 3rd and 6th light bulbs starting from the left.
- Stamp the 4 small leaves from the Autumn Greetings Cling Stamp Set with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad in various positions above the top of the tree house angling inwards as you stamp to the top of the card front.
- Using the following stamping blends, color the leaves as follows:
- Real Red Stampin' Blend Combo; use Light Real Red Stampin' Blend marker to color half of random Maple leaves.
- Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend marker to color half of random Maple leaves.
- Mango Melody Stampin' Blend Combo; use Light Mango Melody Stampin' Blend marker to color Oak leaves.
- Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend Combo; use Light Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blend marker to color remaining leaves including those on the tree house.
- Cut 6 1/2" piece of green ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo. Adher with Glue Dots o the left side of the card front 3/8" from left side running vertically on the card front. Attach to the backside of the card front with Stampin' Seal. Make a bow from same ribbon and adhere with Glue Dot to upper Left corner.
- Cut 5 1/4" x 4" for card inside. Stamp "Happy Halloween" sentiment from Hallows Night Stamp Set with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
- Scrap 1" x 3". Stamp "Trick-or-Treat" sentiment from Hallows Night Stamp set with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad. Cut with label from All Dressed Up Die set.
- Scrap 2" x 3 1/4". Stamp the bearded Gnome with the striped hat and striped socks.
- Using the following stamping blends, color the Gnome as follows:
- Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend marker for left side and fill the remainder of the stripe with the Light Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blend marker blending the dark side of the 4th and 8th stripe from the top of the hat. Use the Dark Blackberry Bliss Stampin' marker for the toes of the socks
- Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend marker for left side and fill the remainder of the stripe with the Light Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend marker blending the dark side of the 3rd and 7th stripe from the top of the hat. Use the Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend marker for the middle stripe of the socks.
- Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend marker for left side and fill the remainder of the stripe with the Light Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend marker blending the dark side of the 2nd and 6th stripe from the top of the hat. Use the Dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend marker for the top stripe of the socks.
- Basic Black Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blend marker for left side and fill the remainder of the stripe with the Light Basic Black Stampin' Blend marker blending the dark side of the 1st and 5th stripe from the top of the hat.
- Petal Pink Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Petal Pink Stampin' Blend marker the left side of the nose and the Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blend marker to fill in nose and blend in the dark. Use Dark Petal Pink Stampin' Blend marker on the hands.
- Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend Combo; use Dark Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker along left side of the lines of the beard. Fill in the entire Beard and Mustache with the Light Smoky Slate Stampin' Blend marker blending the dark.
- Fussy cut the Gnome with Paper Snip Scissors. I cut off the mistletoe tassel at the tip of the hat and the ornament in his hand.
- Place Stampin' Dimensionals on the back side of the Gnome.
- Cut 5 1/4" x 4" Adhere to Pumpkin Pie card front.
Daffodil Delight Cardstock
- Stamp Oak Leaf and Maple leaf with Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad. Punch out with coordinating leaf punch from Autumn Punch Pack. Embellish with Wink of Stella. Place a Mini Stampin' Dimensional on the back of the Oak leaf.
Real Red Cardstock
- Stamp Oak Leaf and Maple leaf with Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad. Punch out with coordinating leaf punch from Autumn Punch Pack. Embellish with Wink of Stella. Place a Mini Stampin' Dimensional on the back of the Maple leaf.
Adhere decorated card front to the Black Striped DSP with Stampin' Seal or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Adhere the Gnome, the 3 leaves (with the dimensionals the back), the Pumpkin and the sentiment to the card front.
Adhere the remaining 3 leaves to the lower right corner of the inside sentiment with Stampin' Seal. Place in a cluster overlapping each other.
Here is another view of the card - isn't he so cute!!!!
I've seen some really creative ways to use the Gnomes and the Tree House on Pinterest lately. How would you use the tree house or the Gnomes? I'd love to hear your ideas! Click on the photo below to get additional details on this adorable stamp set!
Congratulations to Yvonne Bates for the Prize Bag email contest. She won this cute little bag with a special prize inside! I'll be posting another cute treat container in this week's newsletter that one lucky winner could win. Just send me an email by Tuesday, September 29th by 5pm mdt and one lucky winner will be drawn! More details in this coming week's newletter.
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Please place your October's Paper Pumpkin order by 10/10. This month's kit is a unique way to spread Joy across the globe. There will be 8 Christmas themed cards to make. The sentiments in the kit will be in English, French, and German to share with people in other countries!
The August - December catalog ordering period is going into it's third month with two more months to go. If you have something that you have on your wish list, please keep that in mind. I would love to hear what is on your wishlist. I could use your wishlist as future inspiration! If you haven't started an online wish list, please reach out to me and I would love to show you how to create and share them.
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I hope you have a fantastic week! The first day of Fall starts on Tuesday, 9/22, but I think Summer has other plans! My tree started showing signs of Autumn this week with some golden leaves - and some even fell to the ground! It's coming!
Take care and Craft on!
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