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Saturday, October 22, 2022

CCM Saturday Blog Hop - Halloween Words

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is Halloween Words and I thought of a ton of them, so Boo, Spooky, Wicked, Scary, and a whole host of others were a possibility. (I wish we still had that Wicked die, lol.) I settled on Scary, because what could be scarier than having a spider drop in on you unexpectedly? I don't mind the orb weavers out on the porch, but when the arachnids are setting up shop in my craft room, that's not okay!

I started with the cute Halloween pattern in the Celebrate Everything Host DSP trimmed down to 3-1/2" x 4-3/4" then matted it on a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Crushed Curry. After wrapping and tying the spider-webby mesh ribbon with a square knot, the whole thing was matted on 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" Basic Black and adhered to the card front.

The 1" x 4-3/4" Crushed Curry plaid pattern (also in Celebrate Everything) was matted on 1-1/8" x 4-3/4" Crushed Curry, stamped with the spider and SCARY, then adhered to the card. Pretty quick and easy!

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

Stamps: Alphabest and Bewitching
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black, and Crushed Curry cardstock, Celebrate Everything Host DSP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: 1-1/2" Metallic Mesh Ribbon

Monday, September 5, 2022

Stamp Review Crew - Best Witches

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's Best Witches edition! The "Crew" is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Betty's blog, welcome! There are four of us today, and I know there are going to be some adorable cards to inspire you!

Best Witches is a seven piece cling stamp set with two adorable witches, a cute little frog (maybe a prince in disguise?), a scattering of stars and some Halloween-y sentiments. It doesn't have coordinating dies, unfortunately, so I did a bit of fussy cutting for the cards I'm sharing today. I could have stamped the witches on a stitched label, but where's the fun in that?

The first card has the witch toiling over her cauldron and the frog giving her the side-eye because he used to be a prince. 😉

She doesn't look too concerned, does she? The brick wall behind her is Basic Gray matted on Highland Heather before affixing to the Parakeet Party card base. Her hat and cauldron are Smoky Slate.

I loved having matching In Color Matte Dots to pop on the background and add an escaping bubble above the cauldron.

The second card is my favorite. The frog peeking out from the background just cracks me up! I don't think his "Boo!" startled her at all.

The greeting was made with the Alphabest stamp set, since "Boo" wasn't included in Best Witches. I used both embossing folders in the Stripes & Splatters 3D set. You can emboss a larger sheet than the approximate 3 inch width of the folder by running it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine twice, and moving the cardstock over.

Rather than use the In Color Matte Dots on this card, I chose the gray ones in the Classic Matte Dots.

That's all I have to share for today, so click "Next" to see what the awesomely talented Charlet created, or "Previous" to visit Betty again!

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Tutorial Tuesday - Little Delights

Have you noticed the all-purpose greeting stamp set on page 59 of the Jul-Dec Mini? It has all the fall holidays covered, as well as Christmas and birthdays! Today's Double Triangle fun fold features the Halloween greeting and the cute bats.

It's a bit tricky to cut, so here's a link to my friend Dawn's instructions on Splitcoast Stampers. It helps to see it done!

Supplies:
•    Stamp Set: Little Delights (156527)
•    Cardstock: Smoky Slate (13202), Basic Black (121045), Pumpkin Pie (105117)
•    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (132708)
•    Tools & Accessories: Paper Trimmer (152392), Layering Circles Dies (151770), Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins (156484)
•    Designer Paper: Cute Halloween (156479)

Measurements:
•    Card Base: Smoky Slate 8 ½” x 11”   (this will make 2 card bases)
•    DSP: 4” x 5 ¼” – choose the striped and Pumpkin/Cat face pieces from pack
•    Small pieces of Basic Black, Smoky Slate, and Pumpkin Pie to die cut circles

Instructions:
•    Score Smoky Slate cardstock at 5 ½” with cardstock in landscape direction and then rotate to vertical direction and score again at 4 ¼”; using the Paper Trimmer cut on the diagonal corner to corner (remove the scoring blade to fit in Paper Trimmer corner to corner). Once cut on the diagonal you will have 2 card bases. Save 1 half for a future card. Crease folds well with bone folder.
•    Cut the DSP corner to corner to make 2 triangles.
•    Randomly stamp the striped piece of DSP with bats using black ink.
•    Attach both pieces of DSP to card front with liquid glue.
•    Die cut the 3 circles: Basic Black with scalloped 2 7/8” die; Pumpkin Pie with the plain 2 3/8” die; Smoky Slate with the scalloped 2” die.
•    Stamp sentiment with black ink in center of Smoky Slate circle.
•    Layer the 3 circles together with liquid adhesive.
•    Attach circles to the top corner DSP centering on card front. Be sure to apply liquid adhesive only to the top corner of the Basic Black circle.
•    Attach star sequins to Smoky Slate sentiment circle.

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Little Delights Photopolymer Stamp Set

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Cute Halloween 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Layering Circles Dies

Cute Stars Adhesive Backed Sequins

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Tutorial Tuesday - Frightfully Cute

Halloween is fast approaching, so this week the "hocus pocus" focus is on Frightfully Cute! Is this not the cutest card ever?! Not frightful at all!

Supplies:
•   Stamp Sets: Frightfully Cute (156487)
•   Cardstock: Highland Heather (146986), Basic White (159276), Basic Black (121045), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Smoky Slate (131202), Crushed Curry (131199)
•   Ink: Tuxedo Black (132708), Pumpkin Pie (147086), Mango Melody (147093), Smoky Slate (147113)
•   Tools & Accessories: Star Crossed embossing folder (156567), Scalloped Contours dies (155560), Frightful Tags dies (156492), Highland Heather ribbon (155812), Playful Pets trim (152466), Water Painters (151298)

Measurements:
•   Card Base: 4” x 11”

Instructions:
•   Cut a 4” x 11” Highland Heather card base.
•   Emboss the card front using the Star crossed embossing folder.
•   Cut a Basic White scallop rectangle.
•   Cut a Basic Black tree and adhere to the rectangle.
•   Stamp a pumpkin on each side of the tree using Pumpkin Pie ink.
•   Stamp the moon using Mango Melody ink.
•   Stamp the bat and spider using Tuxedo Black ink.
•   Add a watered-down puddle of Smoky Slate ink. Using your water painter, tap the water painter to add speckles to the rectangle.
•   Adhere the rectangle to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
•   Cut a Basic Black spiderweb and adhere to the rectangle.
•   Cut a Smoky Slate gate and adhere to the rectangle.
•   Cut the stars from Crushed Curry cardstock and adhere to the rectangle.
•   Cut a Pumpkin Pie tag and stamp the sentiment using Tuxedo Black ink.
•   Adhere the sentiment to the spider web using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
•   Cut a 2” piece of Highland Heather ribbon.
•   Wrap the Basic Black/White twine around the ribbon in a knot. Trim and fray ends.
•   Tuck and adhere the ribbon behind the lower left corner of the rectangle using a glue dot.

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