Looking for some (not so) spooky inspiration for Halloween? On the Craftsy Paper Crafts blog today you’ll find 13+ ideas for cards, tags and treats.
None are mine. All fab designers from around the web. I hope you’ll check it out. Not only will you find some great ideas for Halloween, but you might discover a new crafter whose work you’ll love! 🙂
Today I’m sharing a sneak peek of Taylored Expressions‘ October release which takes place Thursday, October 1st at 7 a.m. PST. Sooo many cute products!
Meet Roly Poly Rudolph. He works great as a tag or card, or as the front of a little treat box. The 3″ circle in Stitched Circle Stacklets works perfectly as a bsae for Rudolph. (I used a 3″ non-stitched circle.)
Here’s a peek at the inside of the tag, stamped with new Special Delivery stamp set. There are several choices of sentiments, perfect for all those holiday gift tags!
I adhered a second assembled Rudolph to a 2″ square treat box (with no lid). Here’s the basic pattern I used. If you’d like a 2″ square box like mine, start with a 6″ square of card stock. Score at 2″ and 4″, turn and score again at 2″ and 4″. Remove “most” of the outer corner squares, leaving small flaps, as shown, for assembling the box.
Here’s a close-up of the front:
And from the side:
Eep! He’s so cute! 🙂
Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day for details on how you can enter to win.
On the TE Blog you will also find a complete list of today’s participating designers, as well as new product information.
Thanks for visiting! 🙂
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Additional supplies: MFT Whip Cream card stock, Chocolate Brown and Red Hot ink, Circle STAX 2.
Posted in Gift Bags/Packaging, My Designs, Taylored Expressions
Today I’m sharing two cards using stamps and dies from Paper Smooches‘ upcoming release. All new product will be available September 30th at 8 p.m. pacific time (right here).
My first card uses super cute Comforting Hugs stamp set. This little monkey is so adorable, snuggling with his banana. haha.
After stamping onto X-Press It Blending Card, I colored with Copic markers then masked the banana and stamped greenery from Botanicals 3. After stamping the tiny hearts, I added Glossy Accents for a bit of dimension and shine.
Copic: E71, E74, E77, Y18, Y35, YR23, YG07
My second card uses new Large Ornament and Merry Christmas dies. The ornament dies cut the top and bottom edges so you’re able to create any length ornament.
I used a Waves die to create the white scallops and tied silver embroidery thread onto the die-cut loop. Merry Christmas was cut twice, first from white, then from green, then stacked for a bit of added dimension.
Such a great release! Two more days until all sets are available (here)! 🙂
Thanks for visiting!
free hugs card
Merry Christmas ornament card
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Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), Copic, My Designs, Paper Smooches
Hi everyone. It’s time for another challenge with Stamping Bella. For last week’s sketch, I used new Maggie with Penguin by Mo Manning. (I adore this image.)
After stamping onto X-Press It Blending Card, I colored with Copic markers and added golden dots to her sweater using an Orange Kirarina Wink pen.
Copic-BG10, BG18, BG57, BG70, BG78, E00, E11, E31, E33, E35, E37, R01, R02, R24, W3, W4, W5, W7, Y21, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99, 110, Orange Kirarina Wink
Patterned paper is Fancy Pants Oh Deer! and enamel dots are by Pebbles.
Next week’s challenge is to use paper-piecing. Create a card or project using any current Stamping Bella image then email your card to Emily by next Thursday to be entered to win some Bella Bucks! (All challenge details can be found HERE.)
As a reminder, Uptown Girl Sofia the Sicky is 20% off through 9/30!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
Posted in Copic, My Designs, Stamping Bella
It’s Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches OCTOBER release with you! THREE new stamps and NINE new dies will be available to purchase on September 30th at 8:00 p.m. pacific time. Once our release goes live, you will find our new products HERE.
To add extra fun to our blog hop, we are offering a $25.00 gift code to choose what you like at the PS online store.
Here are the details:
To increase your chances of winning:
(which means that you have up to three extra chances to win on each blog)
Today I’ve created a White Elephant party invitation using new Tis the Season stamp set and dies as well as new Garland dies.
Tis the Season is a great holiday set which includes a variety of cute images and sentiments for different holiday party themes, i.e. white elephant, ugly sweater, cookie exchange and more. *adorable*
The Garland dies are designed to fold in half, creating an easy dimensional effect. The set contains a circle, which I’ve used here, as well as a more traditional triangle. I used my new favorite tape runner by Xyron to hold the banner pieces firmly in place.
The White Elephant sentiment actually contains the word “Party” at the end, but I chose to use brackets (which I drew in myself) instead.
The elephant was stamped onto X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers. Just a bit of coloring on this one, super easy. 🙂 Once colored and die-cut, I popped the elephant up on X-Press It 1/2″ foam tape. I used a 0.3 black Copic multi-liner to draw the ornament strings and a Kirarina Wink White Pearl pen to add the dots and stripes.
Copic markers: BG11, R29, R59, R89; white pearl Kirarina Wink
Be sure to hop along and comment with the rest of the DT to increase your chances to win:
Thanks for visiting! And happy hopping! 🙂
Posted in Copic, My Designs, Paper Smooches
Sometimes a clean and simple card is all you need. To create mine today, I used a few of the latest releases from Taylored Expressions. I’ve paired a pattern from TE’s Hello Happiness paper pack with C’mon Get Happy stamp set and the prettiest little flowers, Mini Bloomers.
I *love* these small flowers. I die-cut multiple pieces from Potato Chip, Granny Smith, Lollipop, Sugar Cube and Cupcake card stocks. Once I had all the pieces in a pile on my table, I began assembling, and once assembled, I added dots using a White Pearl Kirarina Wink pen.
After stamping the sentiment, I added a bit of color using Copic markers.
I tipped up the flower petals just a bit then adhered each flower to a Skinny Mini Party Border.
I had a few flowers left over and just couldn’t waste them, so I decided to adhere each to the inside of my card.
Thanks so much for visiting. 🙂
Today I’m sharing a quick and easy card using a few different products from Paper Smooches‘ September release. Apologies is this month’s TAM (Thanks a Million) set, which means it’s free to you with any $60 retail purchase through the end of September. It’s a great sentiment set with a wide assortment of apologetic phrases.
I used “I am so” from Apologies, new Sorry Word die and flowers from Needle Little Love Icons dies. The leaves were die-cut using Foliage 2, and the tiny cross-stitches are from Stitched dies.
In other Paper Smooches news, I hope you’ll come back Thursday for our October release blog hop! 🙂
Thanks for visiting!
Posted in Clean and Simple (CAS), My Designs, Paper Smooches
Hi everyone and welcome to another Bellarific Friday with Stamping Bella! This week’s challenge was an inspiration photo, which you can find on this post. It’s bright, it’s bold and it’s vibrant!
I’ve pulled bright colors and the couch from the photo, using Uptown Girls Beatrice and Barbara are Besties.
I stamped the image onto X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers. I used bright inks and my MISTI to easily stamp the multi-colored sentiment from Slang Gang by Paper Smooches. (A quick tutorial for that can be found at the bottom of this post.)
Next week’s challenge is a sketch:
Create a card or project using any current Stamping Bella image then email your card to Emily by next Thursday to be entered to win some Bella Bucks! (All challenge details can be found HERE.)
As a reminder, Uptown Girl Sofia the Sicky is 20% off through 9/30!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
Posted in Copic, My Designs, Stamping Bella
Yes, it really has been a zoo around here. Three weeks into school, and I already have a sick kid. Those germs are kicking in early this year.
In between running up and down the stairs, I managed to create a quick sample for this week’s challenge with Taylored Expressions. (You can find the TE Challenge Blog here.) There is an option to follow a sketch, a Tic-Tac-Toe of items to include on your card, or both. Since I had (very) limited time, I stuck with the sketch.
I used Wild About You with coordinating dies to create a clean and simple zoo-ish card. The animals were colored with Copic markers, and I used a different color ink to put emphasis on the word ZOO in the sentiment.
Copic: BG32, BG45, E33, E35, E37, E41, E42, E43, E47, R02, W1, W3, Y18, Y21, YR23
Play along for your chance to win up to a $20 spending spree in the TE shop! You can find this week’s challenge details on the TE Challenge Blog HERE.
Thanks for visiting! 🙂
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Additional supplies/info: MFT Summer Splash ink, Echo Park Dots & Stripes Soda Fountain (6×6), Corner Chomper. Finished size 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.
Posted in Copic, My Designs, Taylored Expressions
Hi everyone, and welcome to a fun blog hop with the amazing CardMaker Magazine girls! If you are unfamiliar with their blog, you can check it out HERE for TONS of inspiration!
Today I’ve used super-cute Needle Little Love stamp set with coordinating Icons dies. Along the bottom, I placed a zig-zag border die-cut using Borders 3.
Copic markers – BG11, C2, E35, E40, E43, E79, G09, G24, G29, R24, R29, R59,
All images were stamped onto and die-cut from X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers. After stamping “hi,” I stitched over the lines and threaded the string into one of the needles stacked in the thimble.
To add some fun to our hop, we’ll be choosing TWO lucky winners to receive a $25 gift code to the Paper Smooches store. Winners will be randomly chosen from the participating blogs. You don’t have to comment at each stop, but doing so will increase your chances of winning. You will have until September 18 at midnight EST to comment. Winners will be announced on our blog (here) on September 19.
Please hop along to see some fun Paper Smooches projects! Your next stop is Mendi Yoshikawa.
Here’s the entire list of participants, just in case you lose your way. 🙂
Thanks so much for hopping! 🙂
Additional supplies: My Mind’s Eye Collectable “Remarkable” (6×6), white string.
Posted in Copic, My Designs, Paper Smooches
