October 2022 Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Welcome to the October 2022 Crafty Challenge Blog Hop!  I'm excited to join a talented group of demonstrators today!  See what I have to share with you today and then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional inspiration from today's Crafty Challenge!  To follow the hop and see the other amazingly creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of the other hop participants.

Do you ever need just a little start when designing a card?  I find myself there often - especially when I am needing to get something out the door quickly!  I love templates and when I found out that you could find templates on Pinterest and other inspirational sites - I was in seventh heaven!  Today, we have a quick and easy template that inspired this Crafty Challenge Blog Hop with talented demonstrators from the Crafty Collaborations group.  

I am working on Christmas classes and craft fair projects.  I hadn't yet used my adorable Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Penguin Builder Punch this holiday season.  I enjoyed crafting with this set last year and I was so pleased to see it was brought back in the 2022 July - December Mini Catalog. 

The Penguin Place stamp set has 2 adorable penguin images and accessories to dress them up!  I use my Stamparatus to make my penguins very dark black as I can stamp 2 - 3 times!  If you don't yet have a Stamparatus - this needs to be on your Christmas Wishlist!  It is a must have in your stamping studio.  

Instructions for my October Crafty Challenge Blog Hop project as follows:  

• Cut Balmy Blue cardstock at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".  Score at 4 1/4"
• Cut Basic White cardstock at 5 1/4" x 4".  Dry emboss with Whimsical Woodland 3D Embossing Folder.  Adhere to card front.  
• Cut 3 strips of Tahitian Tide Glimmer Paper at 4" x 1. Adhere to card front. 
• Die cut DSP with 3 1/4" Scalloped Layering Circle Die. Adhere to card front with dimensionals. 
• Stamp standing penguin in Tuxedo Black on Basic White using Stamparatus.  I stamped 3 times for a nice solid black penguin.  
• Stamp beak and feet in Mango Melody.  Punch with Penguin Builder Punch.  Adhere to circle with dimensionals.  
• Stamp hat and scarf in Pacific Point on Basic White.  Fussy cut and adhere with mini dimensionals.  
• Die cut 3 small snowflakes from Tahitian Tide Glimmer paper and Celebrations Tags Dies.  Adhere with Mini Glue Dots. 
• Stamp "Be cool Be Chill Be Merry" in Night of Navy on Basic White.  Die cut with deckled rectangle from Floral Gallery Dies.  Adhere with mini dimensionals. 
• Embellish snowflakes with rhinestones.  
• Cut Basic White at 5 1/4" x 4".  Stamp "Merry Christmas" in Night of Navy from Celebrate with Tags.  Stamp snowflake clusters in Balmy Blue.  Adhere to inside of card.

Here is a photo of the template for this month's Crafy Collaborations Crafty Challenge!  It's a very versatile template - the sky is the limit for your imagination.  

I made another card with the same template replacing the circle with a gift card holder using the Celebrations Tag Dies.  

That's what is extra special about templates they give you more ideas!  

Thank you so much for hopping by!  Please leave a comment as I would love to hear how you use templates to create inspiration!  

Now I invite you to visit the blogs of my fellow talented Crafty Collaborations' demonstrators participating in today's Crafty Challenge Blog Hop! 

KEEP ON CRAFTING!